text: This resource contains two title pages and 20 vocal exploration cards. There are 10 different animal slides with vocal explorations and 10 animal slides with create your own vocal explorations. Your students will practice making their voices match the melodic direction of the farm animal sounds. Pair this activity with your favorite farm songs and you have a great lesson. My favorite song to pair this with is I Had a Rooster by Pete Seeger. I hope you enjoy this Made For Music Teachers resource.


Denote the open unit disk as \mathbb{D}. Let u(z) be harmonic and positive for z \in \mathbb{D} \backslash \{ 0 \}. Suppose that u(z) + ln|z| is harmonic for z \in \mathbb{D}.
Claim: \forall \ z \in \mathbb{D}, u(z) + ln|z| \ge 0.
This is an old prelim problem I'm trying to figure out. Looks like it could be an application of the max. principle but I'm not seeing the way through.


How to Remove Personally Identifiable Information (PII) from Google Analytics
November 14, 2019
In the face of increasing privacy regulations such as the GDPR, protecting the identity of your website's users has never been more important than it is today.
If you have Google Analytics set up on your site and believe there is a chance that PII data in the URL could be sent to Google, it is crucial for that information to be redacted. In addition to simply following best practices and the law, Google policy requires that marketers must restrict all PII from being passed to Google. The most common information includes email addresses, phone numbers, full names, usernames, passwords and zip codes.
This how-to post breaks down how marketers and data professionals can find and remove personally identifiable information from Google Analytics data.
How do you find PII data in your Google Analytics reports?
The simplest way to check for an email address is to navigate to "Behavior" > "Site Content" > "All Pages." Then add a filter using the ampersand signal @. This will show any pageviews that have common emails in them.
How to redact PII using Google Tag Manager
Follow the instructions below to learn how to use Google Tag Manager to redact PII from the URL before the data is sent to Google.
1. Create a custom JavaScript variable in GTM with the following code:
function() {
 return function(model) {
 // Add the PII patterns into this array as objects
 var piiRegex = [{
 name: 'EMAIL',
 regex: /[^\/][a-zA-Z0-9._-]+(@|%40)(?!yoursite\.com)[^\/]+[a-zA-Z0-9._-]/gi,
 group: '' },{
 name: 'SELF-EMAIL',
 regex: /[^\/][a-zA-Z0-9._-]+(@|%40)(?=yoursite\.com)[^\/]+[a-zA-Z0-9._-]/gi,
 group: '' },{
 name: 'TEL',
 regex: /((tel=)|(telephone=)|(phone=)|(mobile=)|(mob=))[\d\+\s][^&\/\?]+/gi,
 group: '$1' },{
 name: 'NAME',
 regex: /((firstname=)|(lastname=)|(surname=))[^&\/\?]+/gi,
 group: '$1' },{
 name: 'PASSWORD',
 regex: /((password=)|(passwd=)|(pass=))[^&\/\?]+/gi,
 group: '$1' },{
 name: 'ZIP',
 regex: /((postcode=)|(zipcode=)|(zip=))[^&\/\?]+/gi,
 group: '$1' }
 // Fetch reference to the original sendHitTask
 var originalSendTask = model.get('sendHitTask');
 var i, hitPayload, data, val;
 model.set('sendHitTask', function(sendModel) {
 hitPayload = model.get('hitPayload');
 // Let's convert the current querystring into a key,value object
 data = (hitPayload).replace(/(^\?)/,'').split("&").map(function(n){return n = n.split("="),this[n[0]] = n[1],this}.bind({}))[0];
 // We'll be looping thu all key and values now
 for(var key in data){
 // Let's have the value decoded before matching it against our array of regexes
 piiRegex.forEach(function(pii) {
 var val = decodeURIComponent(data[key]);
 // The value is matching?
 // Let's replace the key value based on the regex and let's reencode the value
 data[key] = encodeURIComponent(val.replace(pii.regex, + '[REDACTED'+ + ']'));
 // Going back to roots, convert our data object into a querystring again =)
 sendModel.set('hitPayload', Object.keys(data).map(function(key) { return (key) + '=' + (data[key]); }).join('&'), true);
 // Set the value
You can also get a copy of this code from Brian Clifton's blog article "Remove PII from Google Analytics." I made a few changes in the email and self-email regular expression so that the entire email address would be redacted instead of only the four characters before and after the @ symbol. You could also update the other regular expression to match the parameters you pass in your URL. For example, you may want to add the name parameter to the regex if your site uses the name parameter in your URL.
2. Update your Google Analytics setting to add a custom task to call the new variable you created from the previous step.
Once you have the GTM setting and variable in place, you can set up a "Site Content" report in Google Analytics to check on any URLs that contain redacted PII data by adding a page filter that matches the word "REDACTED." You can check the "Site Content" report to see if you are passing any PII data in your URLs and take action on your site to remove that data from the source.
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Sunday Times Brain Teaser 777 – Feeler Gauges
by L Poulter
I have half-a-dozen feeler gauges on a ring like keys on a key ring. They are attached in a certain order and by selecting a single gauge or combinations of adjacent gauges it is possible to measure from 1 to 31 thousandths of an inch (thou) inclusive in steps of 1 thou. If I remove two adjacent gauges, replace them with a single gauge and rearrange the five on the ring I can now measure from 1 to 21 thou inclusive in steps of 1 thou with these five gauges by again selecting a single gauge or combinations of adjacent gauges.
What are the thicknesses of the gauges and the order of arrangement on the ring in each case? (start with gauge of unit thickness and then its thinner neighbour for the sets).

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Plotting expressions is important to visualize data, relationships between variables, and perform analysis. Mathcad plotting allows visualization of variable values, functions, and data points. Included in this demonstration is common calculus techniques such as symbolic or analytic solutions to differentiation or integration. Use the following worksheet to step through example problems related to using trending capabilities and calculus analysis in a Mathcad worksheet.
- Mathcad Plotting and Calculus Worksheet (xmcd)
- Mathcad Plotting and Calculus Worksheet (pdf)
- Mathcad Plotting and Calculus Worksheet Solution (pdf)
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Almost everyone today carries a camera wherever they go for capturing the moment and sharing it with others. So, what if you were able to take a snapshot of your marriage, giving you an immediate look at 10 different areas of your marriage? That's why we designed Marriage Snapshot for couples.
The process is quite simple. To begin taking your Marriage Snapshot survey, just follow the next steps:
1. Click on the REGISTER button below to create an account.
2. Enter your user specific code.
3. Begin the Marriage Snapshot survey.
4. Connect with your spouse by sending them a personal "invite".


Error 258 appears on a machine with CCleaner installed
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- Spring 2023 lasts from Monday, April 3, 2023 to Friday, June 16, 2023
- Introduces students to aspects of academic success centering on strategies for discipline-specific and delivery-specific study habits, RCC resources and tools. This class will also focus on achieving positive outcomes in the academic environment by using the frameworks of teaching and learning style interactions, college systems understanding, and positive behavior and communication skills. Helps students make personal and social adjustments for college success. Focuses on college terms and information; Academic Major focus, degree choice and requirements, balancing work, school and home demands; financial planning; forming study partnerships; and stress and time management.
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Name: Sam J.
I am tring to find out a good diamagnetic material for
magnetic levatation. I know that Bismuth is the best diamagnetic
material. But with respect to Carbon-Graphite. I have seen experaments
using this and it works well. I was wondering if you could use just
carbon or just graphite, and what would work better. Is it a combination
of carbon and graphite that works best or is one just a filler? Would
using just carbon work better, or just graphite I also heard that the
more dense the carbon is, the better it works. I just tring to find the
best combination to use that will levatate the best. I plan on getting
the matrial in tile form so I can cover a desk and levatate a magnet over
Actually, graphite IS carbon. Carbon-Graphite is carbon in graphite form.
Carbon atoms tend to join together in one of three patterns, depending on
how hard they are pressed together. Under very high pressure, carbon will
form a crystal pattern people like to call diamond. Under more mediocre
conditions, carbon tends to form coal. If presed together very lightly,
often when deposited near the surface, carbon tends to form a pattern called
Graphite is a pattern of sheets laid on top of sheets. The carbon atoms
form a sheet of hexagons, each carbon joined to three other carbons. Since
carbon can bond with four atoms, the fourth connection extends up or down
from the sheet for each atom. This joins to an atom in an adjacent sheet.
Graphite has very weak bonds and a great deal of open space. This is what
makes it such a wonderful substance to put inside a pencil. When you write
with a pencil, you deposit carbon atoms on the paper.
Dr. Ken Mellendorf
The only way you will be able to actually get the magnet to levitate
indefinitely is to use a superconductor as the diamagnet. Otherwise the
eddy currents induced in the diamagnet will fade due to electrocal
resistance, allowing the magnet to approach ever closer.
Richard E. Barrans Jr., Ph.D.
PG Research Foundation, Darien, Illinois
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8 Francophone countries get new currency
8 Francophone countries get new currency
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8 Francophone countries get new currency
It is official that the Eco will replace the CFA franc as the new currency for the eight Francophone countries that form the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA).
France's Council of Ministers officially passed a bill earlier this month that ratified the reform of the monetary agreement that bound the French government to the eight member states.
Doing so brought to a close 75 years of rule by the French Republic in which the states had been compelled to centralizeto deposittheir foreign exchange reserves in the Banque de France, otherwise known as the French Treasury.
Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo will now pool their reserves entirely within the Central Bank of West African States, or BCEAO.
The Eco will remain pegged to the Euro and will be backed by the French Treasury. The euro will guarantee the Eco's convertibility and stability, with the Treasury remaining as guarantor for all eight UEMOA states.
The Eco will have a fixed exchange rate of 655.957 to the euro.
The CFA franc, or Communaute francaise d'Afrique, has been in use since 1945 and was created in the wake of the weakness of the franc after World War II. Initially tied to the franc, it has been linked to the euro since that currency's inception.
Although adopting their own currency had been West Africa's goal for decades, it was last July 1 the UEMOA member countries announced their strong intent to stop using the CFA franc and start using the Eco.
Oddly enough, the Eco is expected to be adopted by member states July 1.
The French government will also withdraw its presence from all West African governing bodies with whom it had been involved, such as the BCEAO.
The Council of Ministers expressed their role would be more guarantor than anything.
"This new position enables us to support the UEMOA in its commitment to pursuing the single currency project of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)," it said in a statement.
Six other Central African countries who belong to the Central African Economic and Monetary Union (CAEMU) utilize the CFA franc, including the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and the Republic of Congo.
Only the West African CFA will sever its ties to France. The currencies are interchangeable.
Adopting the Eco currency means only good things for UEMOA member states: It will decrease present trade barriers, reduce the cost of doing business and raise the prosperity of an enormous region with a population of more than 380 million.
France does not make money on its regulation of foreign exchange reserves that member states were compelled to keep but in reality pays an annual interest rate with a ceiling of 0.75% to the two central banks of the region. In fact, France has denied having made any investment in the reserves.
Breaking from the Banque de France also means West Africa is making a break with the past: Each UEMOA country, with the exception of Guinea-Bissau, is a former French colony. Establishing the Eco reduces
France's influence and ushers out a time of colonial domination.
President Emmanuel Macron and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire have been open to the discussion for, as they called it, "ambitious avenues" in the past. It was during a joint news conference in the Ivory Coast last
Macron, along with Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, disclosed in December that UEMOA member countries would no longer use the CFA.
As the former minister for long-term strategy and public policy evaluation of Togo, and former economic and digital director of the International Organization of LaFrancophone, economist Kako Nubukpo sees the vast long term benefit of a single currency that West Africa can call its own.
"The Eco's creation process constitutes a true test of the credibility of West Africa's vision and governance. For France, the process serves instead as a test of its sincerity concerning its willingness to effectively put the CFA franc to rest," he said.


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Roman bronze stylus
The stylus 'Stilus' is a massive, cool writing tool from polished bronze. This is an antique writing utensil for writing on wax tablets, crafted in very noble fashion, made by applying the lost wax technique. The pointed end serves for writing letters or numbers. The flattened end is an eraser tool to smooth out the carved writing.
This bronze stylus is made very complex, using the traditional technology of the 'lost mould'. An individual wax model is here provided for each stylus, embedded in a mould of gypsum. The mould is heated, so that during casting the now liquid wax can run out. The metal is heated and cast into the hollow cavity of the gypsum mould. Then the mould is smashed and the unfinished casting is cleaned. Finally, the moulding blank is ground and polished glossy!
The stylus was used as a writing tool till the 1960s to inscribe slate and wax tablets. The shape of the stylus was most of the time round or angular, it was made of iron, bronze, bone or sometimes of silver. The point of the stylus pressed into the wax to write. The other end, shaped like a scoop, helped to correct errors. By smoothing out the wax surface, the tablets could be reused for writing. Some Roman styluses look like busts of the goddess, Minerva, because in the Roman age she was considered the guardian goddess of teachers and writers.
What an unusual 'notepad' and a noble writing tool!
- stylus length 4 inch (10cm)


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The Development Of Cationic Dyes In China
Jun 19, 2017
 Cationic dyes are produced with the development of petrochemicals. In the 1950s, with the advent of acrylonitrile fibers, Geigy and Bayer of Germany have developed cationic dyes for acrylonitrile fibers. China in the early 60s have also been research and development to produce the first generation of a variety of cationic dyes. 70 years and the development of the second generation of X-type cationic dyes, to expand the chromatographic range, improve the dyeing performance, taking into account the compatibility between the ternary color. 70 years of trial production and production of the third generation of M-type cationic dyes, known as the migration of cationic dyes, can be applied to a variety of acrylonitrile fiber dyeing.Cationic Dyes
 The world's production of dyes in developed countries, the production of cationic dyes and alkaline dye production accounted for only 10% of the total output of dyes. China's cationic dye production in the 1990s was more than 2 thousand tons / year, accounting for more than 1% of total dyestuff production, but also part of the export. Cationic dyes in the X-type three primary colors and cationic pink FG and brilliant red 5GN for the larger varieties. In recent years at home and abroad to research and development of dyeing performance, special, new structure of the species, as well as the improvement of old products, energy saving, waste management and other fields.Cationic Dyes
 Cationic dyes on the affinity of acrylic, dyeing, due to rapid diffusion and slow diffusion, prone to uneven dyeing phenomenon, and once the uneven dyeing, it is difficult to extend the dyeing time by correcting. Cationic dye dyeing, in order to get a uniform staining results, should be appropriate to reduce the rate of dyeing. Factors affecting the dyeing rate of cationic dyes in addition to the types of acrylic, there are the following aspects:1. Temperature is an important factor in controlling leveling. When the dyeing temperature reaches the glass transition temperature (75-85 ℃), the dyeing rate of the dye increases rapidly. Therefore, when the dyeing temperature reaches the glass transition temperature of the fiber, it should slowly increase the temperature, generally every 2 ~ 4 min temperature l ℃. Can also be 85 ~ 90 ℃ when the insulation dyeing for some time, and then continue to heat up to boiling 2. Dyeing bath pH value, adding acid in dye bath, can inhibit the dissociation of acidic groups in acrylic fiber, reduce the number of anionic groups on the fiber, so that the Coulomb gravitational pull between the dye and fiber decreases, the dyeing rate decreases. The effect of pH on the dyeing rate is more significant with the carboxylic acid group-containing acrylic fiber, and the dyeing rate of the sulfonic acid group-containing acrylic fiber is less affected by the pH value of the bath. Dyeing should be reasonable control of the pH value of dye bath. Cationic dyes are generally not alkali, the best pH value of dyeing is generally 4-4.5, dyeing dark dye bath when the pH value can be higher, light color should be carried out at a lower pH value. The pH value of the dye bath is generally adjusted with acetic acid, acetic acid can reduce the dye bath pH value, but also improve the solubility of the dye. In the dye bath at the same time by adding sodium acetate, can stabilize the dye bath pH within the required range.Cationic Dyes


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SMP (countable and uncountable, plural SMPs)
 1. (Britain) Initialism of statutory maternity pay (payments made by an employer to an employee who is absent from work due to their pregnancy).
 2. (computing) Initialism of symmetric multiprocessing.
 3. (cryptography) Initialism of socialist millionaire problem.
 4. Initialism of single member plurality.
 5. (computing) Initialism of support and maintenance package.
 6. Initialism of system marginal price (the marginal electricity price in a power system optimization).
 7. Initialism of scalp micropigmentation.
 8. Initialism of statement of monetary policy.
 9. Initialism of sekolah menengah pertama (the junior high school level of the Indonesian education system).
 10. Initialism of shape-memory polymer.
 11. Initialism of signal message processor.
 12. Initialism of silyl modified polymer.
 13. Initialism of slow-moving proteinase.
 14. Initialism of stable marriage problem or stable matching problem.
 15. Initialism of stable massive particle.
 16. Initialism of surface-mount package.
 17. Initialism of system modification program.
Further reading[edit]
DWP - Statutory Maternity Pay
Proper noun[edit]
 1. (computing) Initialism of Symbolic Manipulation Program (a computer algebra system and predecessor of Mathematica).
 2. (computing) Initialism of Supplementary Multilingual Plane, one of the sets of character codepoints in Unicode; formally known as Plane 1, and comprising the range of codepoints from U+10000 through U+1FFFF.
 3. Initialism of Scale Model Products.
 4. Initialism of School Mathematics Project.
 5. Initialism of Shanghai Municipal Police.
 6. Initialism of Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan.
 7. Initialism of Sisters of Mary of the Presentation.
 8. Initialism of Standard Motor Products.
 9. Initialism of Simulation Model Portability.
 10. Initialism of SOTA Mapping Project.
 11. Initialism of Serial Management Protocol.
 12. Initialism of Saw Mill Parkway.
 13. Initialism of Shannonville Motorsport Park.
 14. Initialism of Super Mario Party.
 15. Initialism of Sounds of Mass Production or Synthesia Murder Program.
 16. Initialism of Send More Paramedics.
Coordinate terms[edit]
SMP (plural, first-person possessive SMPku, second-person possessive SMPmu, third-person possessive SMPnya)
 1. Initialism of sekolah menengah pertama. (corresponding to junior high school (US) or lower secondary school (UK))


Which city is located at the highest altitude in the world?
Cities with the highest altitudes in the world. The highest city in the world with a population of more than one million is La Paz. The Capital of Bolivia sits 3,869 meters above sea level, and is more than 1,000 meters higher than the second ranked city – Quito.
Is Machu Picchu the highest city in the world?
For reference, that's more than 100 meters higher than the world-famous Inca citadel Machu Picchu in Peru, which sits at a height of 2,430m.
Cities in the Sky.
Rank #1
Urban Center La Paz
Country Bolivia
Region South America
Average Elevation (m) 3,869
Where is the highest altitude?
The most high-altitude point on Earth is Mount Everest, in the Himalayan mountain range on the border of Nepal and the Chinese region of Tibet. Mount Everest is 8,850 meters (29,035 feet) tall. The urban area of El Alto, Bolivia, is the most high-altitude city on Earth.
Which is the lowest city in the world?
1. Baku is the world's lowest lying capital city. Believe it or not, Baku sits 28 metres below sea level, which makes it the world's lowest lying capital city. (In fact, it is one of only two capital cities with an elevation officially below sea level, the other being Amsterdam.)
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Which is the highest capital of the world?
La Paz, administrative and de facto capital of Bolivia, stands at an altitude of 3,631 m (11,913 ft) above sea level.
What is the lowest elevation on Earth?
The world's lowest place on earth is the Dead Sea located in Jordan and Israel, with an elevation amounting to approximately 414 meters below sea level.
Is Kilimanjaro taller than Everest?
Everest (29,035 feet / 8,850 m) in Asia. Aconcagua (22,829 feet / 6,962 m) in South America. Denali (20,320 feet / 6,190 m) in North America. Kilimanjaro (19,340 feet / 5,895 m) in Africa.
Is there anything taller than Mount Everest?
Measuring from the foot of the mountain to the summit, Hawaii's Mauna Kea is the tallest, but most is under the sea. As measured from the Earth's core, Ecuador's Mount Chimborazo is the world's highest, standing more than 2,072 metres higher than Everest.
Which city is closest to sea level?
Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan and is the lowest national capital in the world, sitting at 92 feet below sea level. Not only is it the lowest national capital by elevation, but it's also the biggest city found at levels this low with a total population of just over 2 million people as of 2016.
What is the lowest country in the world?
Places to go: Maldives is the world's lowest country
Not one of its 1,200 mostly uninhabited coral islands measure more than six feet (1.8 meters) above sea level. The Maldives – made up of a chain of nearly 1,200 mostly uninhabited islands in the Indian Ocean – is the lowest country in the world.
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Which country is below sea level?
10) Salton Trough
Thirty-Three Countries with Land Areas Below Sea Level
Country Below Sea Level Location Elevation
Djibouti Lac Assal shoreline 155 meters below sea level
China Turpan Pendi 154 meters below sea level
Egypt Qattara Depression 133 meters below sea level
Which is highest lake in the world?
Highest: Lake Titicaca, Peru-Bolivia
By volume of water, Lake Titicaca is the largest lake in South America, and due to its surface elevation of 12,507ft above sea level, is the highest navigable lake in the world.
Which city is largest city in the world?
As the world's biggest urban area, Tokyo has a population that accounts for more than a quarter of all of Japan.
Which is world's lowest lying capital city?
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Distance Besancon Kiev. Directions, total distances, average speed, travel time, calculate cost and fuel consumption
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In Vegetable Literacy, Deborah Madison reveals the surprising relationships between vegetables, edible flowers and herbs within the same botanical families, and how understanding these connections can help home cooks see everyday vegetables in a new light.
This groundbreaking new cookbook celebrates the diversity of the plant kingdom. Destined to become the new standard reference for cooking vegetables, it shows cooks that, because of their shared characteristics, vegetables within the same family can be used interchangeably in cooking. It presents an entirely new way of looking at vegetables, drawing on Madison's deep knowledge of cooking, gardening and botany. For example, knowing that dill, chervil, cumin, parsley, coriander, anise, lovage and caraway come from the umbellifer family makes it clear why they're such good matches for carrots, also a member of that family. With more than 300 classic and exquisitely simple recipes, Madison brings this wealth of information together in dishes that highlight a world of complementary flavors. The recipes showcase combinations that are simultaneously familiar and revelatory, such as:
Inspiring improvisation in the kitchen and curiosity in the garden, Vegetable Literacy will forever change the way we eat and cook.
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A co-design prototyping approach for building a Precinct Planning Tool
- 1Architecture Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Australia
- 2Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
- 3Curtin University Sustainable Policy Institute, Curtin University, Australia
- 4School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Keywords: precinct planning, co-design, 3D visualisation, workflows, sustainability assessment, agile software development
Abstract. As the world is becoming increasingly urbanized there is a need for more sustainability-oriented planning of our cities. Policy and decision-makers are interested in the use of evidenced based approaches and tools that will support collaborative planning. There are a number of tools in the domain of spatial planning and decision support systems that have been built over the last few decades but the uptake and use of these tools is somewhat limited.
In the context of Australia there is significant urban growth occurring across the major cities and a need to provision planners and developers with precinct planning tools to assist in managing infill and the densification of the existing urban fabric in a carbon constrained economy. In this paper we describe the development of a new precinct planning tool known as the Envision Scenario Planner (ESP), which is being applied initially in two cities, Melbourne and Perth to assist in the urban design and planning of Greyfield sites.
To set the scene in this paper we firstly provide a brief review of the existing state of play of visualization and modelling tools available to urban planners in Australia. The focus on the paper will be to introduce an iterative co-design prototyping approach for developing a best practice precinct planning support tool (ESP) from an earlier tool known as ENVISION. The first step of the approach is an exposure workshop with experts to refine the proposed tool workflow and its functionality. Subsequent iterations of the prototype are then exposed to larger audiences for validation and testing. In this paper we will describe the process and the preliminary findings in implementing the first phase of this iterative co-design prototype approach.


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The Homeless No More Grant (HUMI)
Program Description: HUMI provides homeless prevention and move-in assistance program. The Homeless No More Grant provides one-time financial assistance to families who are facing eviction, or are already homeless. Whenever possible, this program seeks to intervene before a family falls into the cycle of homelessness.
Need in Gainesville:
1. This The number of school-aged children identified as homeless has more than doubled in the last five years (from 525 now at 1,021 children without a home in our school system).
2. Gainesville was just identified as the Florida city most affected by poverty.
3. Gainesville has the highest rent-cost burden rates of any metro in the state of Florida, according to Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS.)
We're going to do something about this.
Family Promise was awarded $20,000 that we're looking to have matched by businesses and grantors who care about reducing homelessness.
The goal of the program is to help families adjust their budget to make room for saving and work with landlords to reduce rent to a rate that is more affordable for the family's income. Through case management and financial assistance a plan is devised that will help families remain housed through the entirety of their lease and determine ways to either increase income or keep rent at an affordable rate.
The following will be used to determine eligibility for the program:
1. Must have a 3 day notice and/or are currently homeless
2. Have a proven financial hardship
3. Have been employed for at least 6 months
4. Rent is more than 30% of Income (rental assistance only)
5. Must have a child under the age of 18 in the home
6. Must have a reference
Role of Client:
1. Work on and follow living budget.
a. Provide monthly bank statements
2. Work on ways to increase income.
a. Education and Certifications
3. Work with landlord to improve communication and maintain housing.
Funded by Gainesville, FL (October 2019)


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You can create
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program. Program calls to $MOUNT that create, mount, or add devices
to shadow sets use the same syntax. To direct the system to perform
any mount operation, you construct a $MOUNT item list. The item list
specifies the virtual unit that represents the shadow set and the
members (physical devices) that the shadow set contains.
The call to the $MOUNT system service has the
Example 5-1 illustrates MACRO-32 statements that produce
a $MOUNT system service item list to create and mount a shadow set.
Example 5-1 Item List to Create and Mount a Shadow Set
The following list describes the elements in Example 5-1:
Notice that the virtual unit item descriptor occurs
first. This item descriptor specifies DSA23 as the name of the virtual
unit. See "Creating a Shadow Set " for the proper naming syntax for the virtual unit and shadow set
The virtual unit item descriptor is followed by two
member-unit item descriptors. Because Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS
automatically determines the type of operation (copy or merge) necessary
before disks can join a shadow set, all of the devices are mounted
with MNT$_SHAMEM item descriptors. These item descriptors specify
that the physical devices, $4$DUA9 and $4$DUA5, are to join the shadow
set represented by DSA23.
The member item descriptors are followed by an item
descriptor that specifies MYVOLUME as the volume label for the shadow
The last item descriptor specifies DISK$MYVOLUME as
the logical name for the shadow set.
Later, if you want to add another device to the
shadow set, you make another call to $MOUNT that specifies an item
list that contains the name of the virtual unit and the name of the
device you want to add to the shadow set. Example 5-2 shows how
to add the physical device $4$DUA10: to the shadow set created in Example 5-1.
Example 5-2 Item List to Add a Member to a Shadow Set
"$MOUNT Shadow Set Item Codes" briefly describes the $MOUNT shadow
set item codes and discusses how to construct a valid $MOUNT item
list. For a complete description of the $MOUNT service and all its
item codes, see the HP OpenVMS System Services Reference


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Siebel Advisor Administration Guide > Working with Advisor Project Files > About the Advisor Project Files >
Advisor Project Structure
The organization in which Advisor presents the project objects reflects the organization of the associated application.
Project objects that define the overall appearance and functionality of the application are considered application-level objects. These application-level objects include the Application UI Definition file and a contents list table.
The application presents information related to one or more categories. Advisor groups all of the project objects related to a single category into a pageset.
Within each pageset, the project objects are organized into two categories: data objects and interface objects. Each data object is further classified as a feature data object or a configuration data object. The feature data and configuration data objects are Feature tables and Configuration tables respectively. The interface objects within a pageset are the Pageset UI Definition file and the Pageset UI Registry file.
Every pageset in an application, at a minimum, contains the following items:
- A Pageset UI Definition file (oc_default_ui.htm)
- A Pageset UI Registry file (pCar_i.htm)
- At least one Configuration table
- One or more Feature tables
- One or more display pages


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Game and Fish discusses doe limit
Thursday, August 14, 2003
There seems to be some confusion over the number of does that may be taken during the upcoming deer season in Arkansas. A few hunters are asking about the implications of the one-doe limit in regard to special Arkansas Game and Fish Commission wildlife management area hunts.
The statewide doe bag limit is one. Even though a WMA and a Deer Zone are separate zones and may have different harvest restrictions, hunters cannot kill more than one doe combined, AGFC Wildlife Assistant Chief Doyle Shook said. "If you have already killed a doe by archery before a WMA hunt or before the zone doe-quota permit is valid, you cannot kill a doe during the WMA permit hunt, nor can you use the zone doe-quota permit."
Here's an example for hunters: If a hunter has killed a doe with a bow on Oct. 1 and he has a zone doe-quota permit for Deer Zone 11 or a WMA permit such as the one used at Fort Chaffee (which allows a hunter to take a doe or either sex), he is not allowed to take another doe because he has killed a doe during the archery season. No more than one doe can be taken in an individual's bag limit.
Another example: If a hunter kills a doe by a zone doe-quota permit and has a permit for a later either-sex WMA hunt, the hunter will have to buck-only hunt because he has filled his doe bag limit.
Statewide, the season bag limit is three deer. A season bag limit may contain two legal bucks and one doe. Hunters must obey zone and WMA restrictions and may hunt in different zones and WMAs as long as the statewide season bag limit is not exceeded.
In zones 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10 or 11, the bag limit is the same (two legal bucks and one doe) but before taking a doe a hunter must have a zone doe-quota permit. Zone doe-quota permits are not valid on WMAs that lie within the boundaries of zones 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10 or 11. The bag limit for archery is the same as the statewide limit. A zone doe-quota permit is not required to take a doe unless a hunter is in zones 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10 or 11 when a firearms deer season is open.
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GIA Competition Entry - FINALIST
A collaboration with Alison Hesketh.
An entry for the Seven Loch's Wetland Park Green Link competition organised by the GIA.
This competition sought to create a 'green link' across the M74 at Drumpellier Country Park just outside of Glasgow which would connect areas of the wider Wetland park. The link would provide both a physical connection for visitors to the park but also to wildlife.
The proposal sees the link as only a small part of a wider series of interventions across the primary routes of the park. This intervention reuses and expands an existing road bridge while creating a visitor viewpoint and landmark, clearly visible from the existing country park. The primary goal for this structure is to highlight, through a combination of its form, mass and materiality the continuation of the Wetland Park across the barrier of the motorway. The structure will allow the visitor to orientate themselves within the wider park before continuing their route.
Landscaping on the widened bridge continues the park's vegetation and wildlife across the motorway.
This proposal was shortlisted and reached the final of the design competition.


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The Congress of the Republic of Peru (Spanish: Congreso de la República) is the unicameral body that is legislative power in Peru.
The current Congress of Peru, sworn in after the 2020 elections, was elected after the dissolution of the previous Congress by President Martin Vizcarra.
Congressmen serve for a five-year term and can be re-elected as many times as they want even though this is very rare. Elections for congress happen at the same time as the election for president.
In 2020, Mirtha Vásquez was elected President of the Congress.
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Geostatistical modelling has proven to be a good tool for decision making in soil nutrient management because it has the ability to map spatial heterogeneity and uncertainty. This study outlines a comparative approach to quantify the uncertainties and correlations in spatial process models as illustrated for the distribution of Zn in top soils of a semi-arid environment. The spatial correlation of Zn uncertainties is investigated by calculating the semi-variance of normalized Zn concentration residuals, for a sufficiently large dataset, as a function of distance between pairs of locations within the Zn field. Three semi-variogram models, namely: Exponential, Gaussian, and Spherical models were tested on the spatial correlation structure of the normalized residuals and further used as default input model for Sequential Gaussian Simulation. The Sequential Gaussian Simulation led to an improved description of spatial heterogeneity and uncertainty. The choice of semivariogram model is therefore critical for robust Sequential Gaussian Simulation and uncertainty analysis. A new criterion is proposed to inform the choice of default input model for sequential Gaussian simulation given by ratio of partial sill to square of major range. With this criterion, Exponential model performed better than both Gaussian and Spherical models. The results indicate spatial correlation in Zn field and it is suggested that the spatial correlation of Zn uncertainties should be considered to exclude inaccurate estimation for spatially distributed systems when performing nutrient distribution studies.
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Let $\mathbb{F}$ be a field with $\operatorname{char}(\mathbb{F})=p>0$.
The derivative of a polynomial $P(x)={\displaystyle \sum\limits _{i=0}^{n}a_{i}x^{i}}\in\mathbb{F}[x]$ is $P'(x)=\sum\limits _{i=1}^{n}a_{i}ix^{i-1}\in\mathbb{F}[x]$.
I wish to prove that for $f\in\mathbb{F}[x]$:$f'=0\implies f(x)=g(x^p)$ where $g(x)\in\mathbb{F}[x]$.
I tried going by this definition of the derivative here but all I got was $p\mid ia_i$ for all $i=1,2,..,n$.
Any ideas?
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What does mean $p | i a_i$? – Lierre Apr 20 '12 at 18:04
The following tangential comment might interest some readers. The error correction process for the Reed-Solomon codes used in CD and DVD players requires evaluation simultaneous evaluation of $\Lambda(x)$ and $x\Lambda^\prime(x)$ at the $255$-th roots of unity in $\mathbb F_{2^8}$ of characteristic $2$, and takes advantage of the fact that $x\Lambda^\prime(x)=\Lambda_1x+\Lambda_3x^3+\Lambda_5x^5+\cdots$ to save a lot of calculation by arranging the computation of $\Lambda(\alpha)$ to produce $\alpha\Lambda^\prime(\alpha)$ as a side result. – Dilip Sarwate Apr 20 '12 at 18:53
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Hint: While technically correct, the notion of divides, i.e. $\mid\;$, is not the best way to phrase things here; instead, since $\operatorname{char}(F)=p$, what you have is $ia_i=0$ for all $i=1,2,\ldots,n$. What does that tell you?
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$i=0$ or $a_i=0$? – Belgi Apr 20 '12 at 18:10
Exactly! :) $\text{}$ But remember, $i$ is not an element of the field $\mathbb F$, but is just a positive integer, so $i=0$ really only tells you that... – Zev Chonoles Apr 20 '12 at 18:11
With this hint I got that:$a_1=0,...a_{p-1}=0,a_{p+1}=0...$ hence $P(x)=a_px^p+a_{2p}x^{2p}+...$ right? :) – Belgi Apr 20 '12 at 18:16
Well, I should mention that for any $i\geq0$, either $a_i=0$ or $p\mid i$, or both - so it still might be the case that some of the $a_{np}=0$. – Zev Chonoles Apr 20 '12 at 18:23
Thanks for the hint! by the way, can we say something about $x^p$? it's probably not true but does $x^p=x^0=1$? (why?) – Belgi Apr 20 '12 at 18:23
The main point you have to understand here is that the statement $p |ia_i $ doesn't make sense because $p$ is not in $F$ and also there is no reasonable definition of "divisibility" in a field.
The correct thing to say is that $ia_i=\bar i\cdot a_i\in F$, with $\bar i\in \mathbb F_p\subset F$.
Hence if $p$ does not divide $i$ in $\mathbb N$ (where divisibility makes sense!), we have $\bar i\neq 0\in F$ and since $\bar i\cdot a_i=0\in F$ we deduce $a_i=0\in F$.
From this you get $f(x)=g(x^p)$ where $g(y)=\sum_i a_{ip}y^i$.
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Well, I said that at first too, but $p=\underbrace{1+\cdots+1}_{p\text{ times}}$ still makes sense in $F$, and since $p=0$ in $F$ and $0\mid m$ implies $m=0$ in any ring, $p\mid ia_i$ is still saying that $ia_i=0$ in $F$. But of course, I agree that $\mid$ is not the right thing to use in this situation. – Zev Chonoles Apr 20 '12 at 18:44
Thank you for pointing this out, indeed it sould be written in a different way as you stated. +1 – Belgi Apr 20 '12 at 20:00
Zev note is a good point too as there is a reasonable definition for divisibility in any ring really. – Belgi Apr 20 '12 at 20:01
Dear _USER_, if $1\in \mathbb N$ is the usual Peano integer and if $p=1+...+1\in \mathbb N$ then, no, $p=1+1+...+1$ is not in $F$ because $\mathbb N$ is in no sense included in $F$: for example $F$ might be finite and $\mathbb N$ is infinite. On the other hand it is true that $\bar p=p*1_F=1_F+...+1_F=0_F\in F$ where I have denoted by $*$ the scalar multiplication of an element of $\mathbb Z$ with an element of the $\mathbb Z$-algebra $F$. The sentence you use "p=0 in F" is an abuse of language short-circuiting these precise notations. (To be continued) – Georges Elencwajg Apr 20 '12 at 20:32
(Continued) This is perfectly admissible for people, like you, who know exactly what they mean but beginners should be absolutely precise when confronted with these subtle concepts for the first time. – Georges Elencwajg Apr 20 '12 at 20:33
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Let $f:X\to Y$ be a universal homeomorphism of regular (excellent finite-dimensional) schemes, $Z\subset Y$ be a regular subscheme. Is $f^{-1}(Z)$ necessarily regular?
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Well, $f^{-1}Z$ could easily be non-reduced (for example, take the relative Frobenius morphism $\mathbb A^1_k \to \mathbb A^1_k$, defined by the embedding $k[y] = k[x^p] \subseteq k[x]$, where $k$ is a field of characteristic $p > 0$, and let $Z \subseteq \mathbb A^1$ be defined by $y = 0$), so I would guess that the question should be interpreted as asking whether $f^{-1}Z$ with its reduced structure is regular. But the answer is negative even in this case. For example, take the morphism $\mathbb A^2_k \to \mathbb A^2_k$ defined by the embedding $k[y,t] = k[x^p, t] \subseteq k[x, t]$, and let $Z \subseteq \mathbb A^2_k $ be defined by $y + t^{p+1} = 0$.
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Can't we base-change $f : X \to Y$ with $Z$ and obtain: $g : f^{-1}(Z) \to Z$? This also is a universal homeomorphism by construction, right? So now we have a universal homeomorphism to a regular scheme, but a regular scheme is weakly normal, see A. Andreotti and E. Bombieri, ''Sugli omeomorfismi delle varietà algebriche''.
Therefore $g$ is an isomorphism at least as long as $f^{-1}(Z)$ is reduced and the map $g$ is birational.
EDIT: My argument that $f^{-1}(Z)$ was reduced was junk. I shouldn't have tried to do math while on the run. But as long as $f^{-1}(Z)$ is reduced and $g$ is birational, then I think things are ok.
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Sorry, why $f$ being a universal homeomorphism contradicts its generic inseparablity? – Mikhail Bondarko Mar 20 '11 at 13:09
I was being dumb. Nevermind. – Karl Schwede Mar 20 '11 at 18:57
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If I Can Sing a Song about Ligatures 2009, Digital Video
w/ Nada Gordon (part of FOREIGN FILM SERIES)
Third in the series of Foreign Films exploring relations of text and image, how text turns the image. In (If I Can Sing A Song About) Ligatures, words taken from lines of Nada Gordon's unrequited love poems, whose sentences are taken, in their turn, from anonymous web poems, reveal a history of sexuality. Ligatures pronounces the poignancy of desire; its power and its vulnerability. The women are visions, girls, desirous, delicate, illusory. The illusionary nature is made manifest-transversing boundaries, expectations and physical limits-by the close. We in the audience, creating our own identities in the moments, remain trans-fixed.
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Controlling Sound against your opponents
Did you know that controlling the noise you make can give you the upper hand over your opponents? Valorant is a very noisy game, for better of for worse, and it's up to you to take advantage of this feature.
In addition to their motor functions and mechanical qualities, a player's efficiency and talent also depend on their ability to accumulate information. Tactical Shooters like Valorant realy heavily on unknown factors (position of opponents, weaponry, location of the Spike), from which flow decisions and therefore strategies.
You could think that sight is the main vector of information in a game. However, the sound is very often much more important. You will hear your opponents much more often than you will see them. It's therefore mandatory to learn how to control your sound environment to progress in Valorant.
What is meant by noise in Valorant?
In Valorant, all actions performed by a player make noise. And each noise is characteristic of an action. The noise you make when walking on an iron floor is different from the noise you make on a wooden floor. The sound you make when you walk is different from the sound you make when you jump. And the sound you make when you jump on an iron box is different from the sound you make when you jump on a wooden box. As you can see, there are many subtleties in sound that can be identified by a keen ear.
Not only your movements make noise, but also the use of your skills, the plant or the attempt to defuse the Spike, reloading your weapon and, of course, firing with your weapons.
I'm making noise, so what?
In Valorant, sound is spatialised. This means that depending on your position relative to the point of origin of the sound, you will hear it differently. It can be more or less loud as more or less muffled. As a result, if you make noise, an attentive player with good sound equipment will be able to pinpoint your exact location.
This is why taking information on enemy positions is more by ear than by eye. The sounds pass through walls, floors and cover each other according to their power and their distance.
In the same way that it is important to spot the sounds made by opponents, it's just as important to reduce as much as possible the noises you make yourself. It's impossible to win a Valorant game without making any noise, but teams that know how to reduce their noise emissions as much as possible will be more discreet and therefore more efficient.
Which sounds can help my opponents?
Pretty much anyone you can hear yourself, but there are exceptions. We're going to see them one by one, but first of all, let's talk about the range of the sounds. As you move around in Valorant, you can see a fairly large circle around your character on your minimap.
This circle corresponds to the area in which your footsteps can be heard by your opponents. Any player in the circle can hear you walking. You should always pay attention to this circle when playing Valorant. This area will gradually become instinctive through training.
For the rest of our explanations, we'll use this circle as a reference. This is then the average range of the sounds, but all the actions you make in the game won't have exactly the same volume, and therefore the same range. Some sounds can spread much further (such as gunshots), others have a lower range.
We'll therefore admit 4 sound levels.
|Inaudible sound||Muffled sound||Normal sound||Very loud sound|
If we take the mini-map aforementioned, here is roughly what each sound level corresponds to.
Before listing most of the important sounds, note that some are tricky. It's not because you or your allies can hear them that your opponents can hear them too. Here is the list of the sounds that your opponents can hear:
|Jumps and Falls|
|Jump (crouching)||Fall (low height)|
|Fall (medium height)|
|Fall (high height)|
|Fall (on an ally)|
|Hanging on/off a rope (running)|
|Hanging on/off a rope (walking)|
|Go up/down a rope (running)|
|Go up/down a rope (walking)|
|Throwing a weapon|
|Picking up a weapon|
|Equipping an ability|
|Using an ability|
|Using an ultimate|
|Picking up an orb (start)|
|Picking up an orb (completion)|
|Planting the Spike (start)|
|Planting the Spike (completion)|
|Defusing the Spike (start)|
|Defusing the Spike (completion)|
|Using a teleport on Bind|
|Crossing a smoke/screen|
|Crossing a Cypher trap|
|Getting spotted by Cypher/Sova|
|Crossing Sage's Slow Orb (running)|
|Crossing Sage's Slow Orb (walking)|
|Teleport with Omen (start)|
|Teleport with Omen (completion)|
|All noises during the buy phase|
By knowing the volume of the different Valorant sounds, you can establish small strategies. It hey will not serve you in every game, they will nevertheless allow you to potentially take advantage over your opponents.
Just as you should always be aware of the noise you're making, you should also be aware of the importance of these noises. A footstep will give less information to your opponent than using a rope, for example. Indeed, you can virtually walk anywhere on a map, but if you're heard using a rope, the opponent can know exactly where you are.
This is where strategy begins! Even if it sounds counter intuitive, sometimes it's better to make a big common noise than a rare little noise. A shared noise says less about your intentions or your position.
A typical example is Sage resurrection sound. Sage res makes you vulnerable for a little while, and your opponents may take advantage of it to rush you and eliminate your ally while they're still in their crystal. On the other hand, by shooting with your weapon when reviving an ally, the sound of the shot will cover the noise of the res. Your opponents may know where you are, but they'll not know that you are brinig a teammate back to battle.
This logic applies to many cases. In the event of a fall: there are few places you can fall from (usually windows), allowing your enemies to spot you. By firing with your weapon when you land, you will of course make more noise than when you fall, but the sound of the fall will be covered. Imagine that your enemies are hidden and defending a bomb site, using this technique allows you to enter this site by jumping from a window without your opponents knowing which access you used.
Overall, strategies that take advantage of sound are much more effective as a team than solo. Throw Raze Paint Shells or teleport with Omen while your allies go bang around enemies, and you can surprise them.
In short, the noises you make can betray you as well as serve you. Learn how to control them, coordonate with your teammates and you'll have another big advantage in your Valorant games.


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Local governments claim that neighborhood improvement programs develop grassroots leadership capacity, raise the importance of neighborhood issues on the citywide political agenda, and empower residents to solve neighborhood-level problems. This article argues that neighborhood improvement programs also jeopardize the geography of opportunity, particularly women's neighborhood activism. Drawing from interviews with neighborhood activists and local government officials from one municipality in Southern California, this study illuminates the ways in which local government efforts regulate and contain neighborhood activism.
- neighborhood improvement programs,
- Santa Ana,
- neighborhood activism,
- neighborhood organizations
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The Airport Nest
The unexpected placement of a kindergarten inside an airport becomes an opportunity to investigate the unusual relationship between a large infrastructure and a small service. The building is developed on two levels. On the ground floor, the long basement generates a small internal courtyard and defines the entrance. On the upper floor, within a single volume, there are the classrooms directly connected to the roof garden.
The concept involves the use of grits and tones in strong contrast to each other: the basement materials reflect the sky, while the upper part of the building incorporates textures and colors of the Apulian land.
- ProjectThe Airport Nest
- PlaceBari, IT
- ClientPrivate commitment
- Consultant MEP: Studio Magnanimo
- Team Laboratorio Permanente: Nicola Russi, Angelica Sylos Labini
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If you don't feel comfortable regripping your own clubs, contact you local Golf Pro, and they will be able to do it for you.
Step 1:
Apply the white side of the tape lengthwise along a clean shaft. Allow 1/4 of an inch to extend beyond the butt end of the shaft.
**Note: This tape can be applied over build up tape, just like the solvent-activated, double coated tape.**
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Remove the white liner and carefully wrap the tape around the shaft. Twist the end of the tape and push the twist inside the butt end of the shaft. This will prevent water from entering the shaft during the grip installation process.
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Plug the hole in the grip cap with a tee or cover the hole with your finger, then pour solvent both into the grip and along the surface of the tape. Cover the open end of the grip and shake to thoroughly wet the entire inside.
**Note: One drop of liquid dish soap can be added to 16 ounces of water to make the grip slide on easier.**
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Pour the solvent from the grip along the entire length of the solvent soluble tape to again moisten the tape.
**Note: Shake the grip briskly to remove any excess solvent that may be trapped.**
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It is very important that the entire surface of the tape is wet (be sure that the butt end is also saturated) to facilitate installation. Position the open end of the grip just beneath the shaft butt and quickly slide the grip up and over the shaft until the shaft hits the end cap.
**Note: The grip should be applied as closely as possible in the correct alignment at this point.**


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School cafeterias across the country are serving up delicious and different menu items that are nutritious too.
Whether it's Spicy Stir Fry, Chicken Curry Salad, or Cuban Style Roast Pork, international recipes helps school districts to meet nutrition standards in a fun way. It also helps students to understand and appreciate different cultures.
To provide students a wider range of vegetables, Wayzata Public Schools in MN offers a Spicy Lemon Chicken Stir Fry dish full of veggies like broccoli, carrot strips, green beans, crisp water chestnuts, onions and julienned red bell pepper.
Highline School District, WA (featured in the video) below provides kids with fun, educational activities that match the cultures represented on the lunch menu to promote cultural awareness among students.
Interested in ethnic menu options? Check out the whole story and learn more about new ethnic school menus at: _URL_
Tray Talk is not Mealtalk!Do you know that Tray Talk and Mealtalk are different programs? Mealtalk is USDA's listserv and Tray Talk (_URL_) is SNA's website for parents to help them understand the facts about school meals and learn about school nutrition success stories from around the country.
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symbolized by a red ball) is highlighted. Then add a new material. You do this by clicking the Add New button in the Links and Pipeline Panel. Once you've done that, set the settings similar to the picture below. Now press F6, then add a new texture to the material. Choose a stucci texture, set the noise size to 0.15. Now switch back to the materials-window (F5) and click on the "map to" tab. Deselect the "col" button and select the "nor" button. This will render the texture as a bump-map on the volcano. Set the "nor slider" to 0.5, which should be the default. Switch to the "map input" tab and choose "tube".
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If you now render you should get something like this:
Blender volcano stucci.jpg
This looks really smooth, like clay pottery. To get a more rough-looking volcano, try out these options:
 - Option 1: Subdivide and increase the fractal.
 - Option 2: Decrease the texture's basis size (in the "Stucci" panel when you select the "Texture" button).
 - Option 3: Proportional edit tool.
 1. Press O to turn on Proportional Editing mode. Select Random fallout.
 2. G rab the center vertice, and raise it along the Z axis.
Older versions:
Go into Edit mode, select all Vertices, and use the fractal (set from 15 to 30) to really get things looking rocky and mountainous. TAB (Edit mode) → F9AKEY to select all → Mesh Tools → Fractal → 15 - 30 (15-low, 30-high) → OK → TAB (Object mode) In Blender 2.5 you can use the random proportional edit tool: use NUM7 to switch into top view, grab the central vertice of your volcano using a large-radius random proportional edit, and pul it slightly into Z-direction.
(A note: Seems there is no need in subsurf at all since fractal tool will dramaticly increase vertices quantity.)


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IZA DP No. 4057: The Impact of Education on the Subjective Discount Rate in Ugandan Villages
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2010, 58 (4), 643–669
Heterogeneity in time discounting may reinforce the existing barriers to save and invest faced by rural populations in developing countries. We elicit a subjective discount rate for a varied sample of Ugandan villagers. In accordance with other studies, we have found the discount rate to decrease with education. We examine this correlation further by testing the causal effect of education and exploit two different sources of its variation: school frequency across villages and the number of the respondents' school-going years that overlap with the era of the dictator Idi Amin's rule. For men, we find that education has a significant impact on their discount rate, similar in magnitude for both types of instruments and robust to observable characteristics. This finding highlights the importance of education in development.


What Causes a Laptop to Short Circuit?
What Causes a Laptop to Short Circuit?
What Causes a Laptop to Short Circuit?
Technology is advancing day by day very fastly. Laptops are part of life for everybody either he is a student, teacher, doctor, engineer or writer. Everybody using laptops randomly and roughly. There are 2 to 3 laptops in every home nowadays because it is the need of everybody.
In this article, our editors have explained all the reasons which cause a laptop to short circuit. Along with this, we have added a detailed guide about fixing problems caused by the laptop short circuit.
As it is very important in our life so when its processor shows some problem many of work stuck down due to defect in laptop. People use laptop recklessly and it causes a laptop to short circuit.
First of all, we have to know what is a short circuit?
What is the short circuit?
It can be defined as low resistance of the connections in laptop. Low resistance between the circuit and power supply that are giving it to Electrical power. Due to low resistance high current will be passed and it causes a short circuit.
A short circuit can be an alternating current AC and also can be in direct current DC circuit. The short circuit in the laptop produces a high temperature that damage the whole circuit and battery can explode due to heat. You must always keep your laptop secure from a short circuit.
What Causes a Laptop to Short Circuit?
Any physical damage or any electrical damage can cause a short circuit in laptop. A short circuit will consume all the power and it causes your laptop not to turn on.
 If your adapter is working when you put up on the wall and then stop working when you connect it into your laptop then it means short circuit takes place in laptop. When two wires in the circuit that should not be connected, they get connected short circuit takes place.
Causes of Short Circuit in Laptops and how can we fix it
There are many causes of a short circuit in a laptop:
Spilling of liquid:
The electrical circuit of the laptop can be damaged by the spilling of water or liquid on it. A liquid can cause these types of damage:
 - A short circuit caused by wet liquid (problem removes after liquid cleaned and dried)
 - A short circuit caused by dried liquid residue
 - Corrosion (especially with Coke or Pepsi)
 - Electronic components damaged by above short circuits
During using a laptop if you spill water or any liquid on a laptop, it can cause a short circuit. It is very common that we keep eating and drinking during work on the laptop. So it can cause a short circuit.
Fix it:
if you spill liquid while using your laptop then these tips can give you fighting chance to salvage parts of your laptop.
 - Turn off your laptop immediately.
 - Unplug the laptop from its power cord. Press the power button for the 4 seconds that it turns off the power of a laptop or shut down the laptop.
 Remove the battery of the laptop. Disconnect the battery from the laptop.
 Clean the laptop with a highly absorbent cloth that it cleans visible liquid on a laptop so that it could not cause a short circuit.
Dry it with dryer and wait for 3 hours then you can use a laptop easily.
Issues in Laptop Power supply can cause a short circuit
Check power supply by plugging it into the wall of outlet to check the LED of the power supply lights up. The power adapter should not plug into the laptop, only the wall of the strip outlet.
Laptop adapters have LED light, which allows users to identify either current is passing from the adapter or not.
If the LED light is not turning on, check it in another outlet. If you still see no light, then the surge protector in the cable is burnt and the cable needs replacement.
Fix it:
 this can be resolved by buying a new adapter for the charging of laptop otherwise it would because of short circuit. Because burnt cable could not provide a sufficient amount of current to the laptop.
High Voltage:
Due to damage to the cable or power supply or any other cause of high voltage. Any problem with electricity that increases the voltage input can cause a short circuit of laptop.
High voltage effects on the circuit of the laptop that decrease the resistance of current and large amount of current pass from the circuit and short circuits happens. High voltage can also cause errors in the laptop processor.
Fix it:
Test the output voltages. Put a positive pin inside the cable power connector that inserts into a laptop. Put the negative pin on the outside of a cable connector. Check the digital display to see the reading.
Test that the output is correct by reading the recommended output levels. Replace the power cable if the voltage output has a large variability.
Low Voltage:
Due to an error in power supply, not proper current can pass from the power supply and it causes a short circuit in the laptop.
A laptop requires a sufficient amount of current for charging so when not proper current converts into the socket of power, it causes a short circuit to the laptop.
Fix it:
By replacing a power supply, one can secure its laptop from short circuit.
Hardware devices cause short circuit:
A short circuit can also be caused by any defective hardware devices like floppy, USB, DVD, CVD or CD player hardware. Because this hardware might contain any virus that affects the circuit and short circuit can take place.
Fix it:
Use millimeter or an ohmmeter for testing of short circuits in the laptop. Put the positive pin inside of the power connector of the laptop. Put a negative pin on the outer metal part of the connector. Check the millimeter digital display. If reading is less than 3 ohms, it is an indication of a short circuit.
Remove devices like CD, DVD, and ROM, battery, Floppy or any other connected device to see if it is the cause of the short circuit.
Turn on the laptop without these devices to see either laptop starts or not.
Dust and improper placing:
Laptops should be placed on a neat and clean surface. A person should use a protector for its screen and its body that it can be protected from the dust. Because dust particle form clog into the laptop which can affect the circuit and short circuit can take place. You should always maintain a clean laptop.
The irregular placing of laptop or placing a weight on the laptop can cause short circuit and damage of the laptop. A laptop should place on the plain surface to protecting from the damage.
Fix it:
This problem can be solved by drying out the dust from the circuit by the dryer. Blow dry moves out the dust particles from the circuit.
How to prevent a laptop to short circuit?
there is some safety precaution to prevent from the short circuit:
 - While using laptop avoid the use of liquid or water near the laptop.
 - Avoid taking the coffee or tea during using a laptop but if you don't work without these things then take them with special care.
 - You can also use motherboard protector that if something is spat on the motherboard it will not cause the short circuit.
 - The power supply should be placed at a safe place that it could not breakdown or damage.
 - A laptop should be placed in its bag and power supply with it.
 - The laptop should be used in room temperature because high temperature can cause a short circuit. You can use a laptop without a battery.
 - Make sure that electricity supply is in range, and then connect the power supply with laptop otherwise short circuit can take place due to insufficient or high voltage.
 - A laptop should be placed out of the reach of kids.
 - Hardware devices should be installed in the laptop after rechecking that they are free from virus, these drives interrupt the circuit and shirt circuit takes place.
 - A laptop should place in a dry and clean surface.
 - Any weight gaining thing should not place on the laptop it damages the laptop and short circuit might be possible.
Final Words about Electrical Short Circuit in a Laptop
As we are talking about the short circuit of a laptop so I am sharing my story of laptop. We all know that load shedding and electrical fluctuations is a common problem from the last few years.
so 6 months ago my laptop was on charging and suddenly load shedding happens and I forget to remove my laptop from charging. Now, when the light comes it comes with high voltage power and it damages many electronics in the area.
Fortunately, only the laptop was on charging other appliances was not switched on, so when checking my laptop its power supply was not working.
High voltage damages my laptop charger by not my laptop because the laptop power supply contains a protector. whenever high voltage or improper voltage passes from it, it acts as a fuse and destroy itself and protect the laptop from the damage. So in this way, my laptop remains safe from a short circuit.
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Querying Places
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Most information from the Firefox history and bookmarks system ("Places") comes from executing queries on the history system (nsINavHistory.executeQuery/executeQueries). This will give you a nsINavHistoryResult object which will contain a tree structure of the results. The definitions of these structures is in {{template.Source("browser/components/places/public/nsINavHistoryService.idl")}}
Executing a query
There are two parts of a query: a list of one or more nsINavHistoryQuery objects, and an nsINavHistoryQueryOptions object. You first need to fill out these structures with the parameters you want. Use nsINavHistoryService.getNewQuery and nsINavHistoryService.getNewQueryOptions to retrieve empty objects. These objects typically have empty values for each possible field, so using them in their initial state will give you all of history in a flat list:
var historyService = Components.classes["_USER_-history-service;1"]
// get all history sorded by ascending visit date
var options = historyService.getNewQueryOptions();
options.sortingMode = options.SORT_BY_DATE_ASCENDING;
// no query parameters will return everything
var query = historyService.getNewQuery();
var result = historyService.executeQuery(query, options)
Result types
The query options structure nsINavHistoryQueryOptions has an attribute resultType for the type of the results that you want. It is important to understand the differences between these:
 - RESULTS_AS_URI: This is the default, and means that you get one result node of type RESULT_TYPE_URI for each URI that matches the query. The visit date for each node will be the last visit date for that URL. You will definitely want this when showing bookmark folders.
 - RESULTS_AS_VISIT: This means that you want one entry for each time a page was visited matching the given query. Therefore, you may get duplicate entries for URLs, each with a different date. The nodes will be of type RESULT_TYPE_VISIT which will give you access to a session ID for each visit. This session ID is the same for all pages that were reached by clicking links. A new session starts when the user types a new URL or follows a bookmark. It is used to compute the dividing lines in the places history view.
 - RESULTS_AS_FULL_VISIT: This is the same as visits but the results will be of type RESULT_TYPE_FULL_VISIT and will have additional information about the visit, such as the referring visit, and how the transition happened (typed, redirect, link, etc). This information is typically not needed and causes the result nodes (of which there may be many) to be larger, which is why it is a separate option.
The named constants are properties of nsINavHistoryQueryOptions, for example Components.interfaces.nsINavHistoryQueryOptions.RESULTS_AS_VISIT.
Query parameters
Note: The query object interface is subject to change. In its current form it is not very expressive. Implementing a better interface is {{template.Bug(317830)}}.
You can pass one or more nsINavHistoryQuery objects to nsINavHistoryService.executeQuery/executeQueries. Within one query object, all parameters are ANDed together. The conditions for different query objects are then ORed together. This allows for a simpler implementation and interface than a full logical operation with nested clauses while still being expressive.
Example of querying for any pages I've visited that contain the word "firefox" in the title/URL or that I've visited today from mozilla.org.
// first query object searches for "firefox" in title/URL
var query1 = historyService.getNewQuery();
query1.searchTerms = "firefox";
// second query object searches for visited in past 24 hours AND from mozilla.org
var query2 = historyService.getNewQuery();
query2.beginTimeReference = query2.TIME_RELATIVE_NOW;
query2.beginTime = -24 * 60 * 60 * _PHONE_; // 24 hours ago in microseconds
query2.endTimeReference = query2.TIME_RELATIVE_NOW;
query2.endTime = 0; // now
query2.domain = "mozilla.org";
var result = historyService.executeQueries([query1, query2], 2, options);
Note: Keyword searching doesn't work correctly across OR queries. The current behavior does the normal query and then selects keywords from the first query and filters all the results. (In other words, the keywords from the first query are ANDed with all queries.) Keywords from subsequent query objects are ignored. This is {{template.Bug(320332)}}.
Bookmark queries
The contents of bookmark folders can be retrieved by setting the "folders" member in the query object. This item is an array of folder IDs from the bookmark service. Typically, you will only have one folder ID in this list, which will given you the contents of that folder. You can set multiple folders and the result will be the intersection of all the folders.
Generally, you want to set the grouping mode in the options to GROUP_BY_FOLDER for bookmarks queries. This will result in a hierarchical structure containing the bookmark folder hierarchy rooted at where you requested.
Note: This doesn't actually have any effect in the current implementation. The query system always assumes GROUP_BY_FOLDER for bookmarks queries. See {{template.Bug(324579)}}.
For sorting, you will generally want to use SORT_BY_NONE (the default) since this will return items in their "natural" order as specified by the user in the bookmarks manager. Other sortings will work, however.
For bookmark queries you will generally want no query parameters to retrieve all items from the requested folder(s). When you specify exactly one folder, GROUP_BY_FOLDER, and no query parameters, the system will be more efficient querying and keeping the results up-to-date since this maps to exactly one bookmark folder.
var bookmarkSvc = Components.classes["_USER_-bookmarks-service;1"]
// |options| is an object created in the previous section
options.setFolders([bookmarkService.toolbarRoot], 1);
options.setGroupingMode([options.GROUP_BY_FOLDER], 1);
var result = historyService.executeQuery(query, options);
Serializing queries
Normally, query and options objects are represented in terms of objects. However, it is possible to serialize these objects using queriesToQueryString, and deserialize them using queryStringToQueries. The result will be a string starting with "place:" which you can store or bookmark. When a "place:" URI is bookmarked, it will expand to the results of the query when it is opened by the user.
You should never manually construct "place:" URI strings. The format is subject to change. If you need one, create the proper objects and call the history service to serialize it for you.
Be careful, queryStringToQueries may not return any query objects if the string was empty. Your code should handle this case. There will always be an options structure returned. If no options were specified, it will have the default values. If there were no query parameters specified but the input string was not empty (there were options) you may get one query object returned, containing the default query values.
Example of serializing and deserializing two queries and an options object:
var queryString = historyService.queriesToQueryStrings([query1, query2], 2, options);
var queriesRef = { };
var queryCountRef = { };
var optionsRef = { };
historyService.queryStringToQueries(queryString, queriesRef, queryCountRef, optionsRef);
// now use queriesRef.value, optionsRef.value
Using the results
Note: Be careful when accessing nodes and do not keep references to them around. Notifications sent to the result from the history and bookmarks system, as well as commands executed by the programmer such as sorting may cause the structure to change and nodes may be inserted, removed, or replaced.
The nsINavHistoryResult object returned by executeQuery/executeQueries contains the list of matches to the given history or bookmarks query. These results are contained in a tree structure made up of nodes. A node's type can be retrieved using its type attribute. This type tells you what interface you can QueryInterface the node to in order to get at more detailed information:
 - nsINavHistoryResultNode: Base class for all nodes. Contains URI, title, and other general info.
 - nsINavHistoryVisitResultNode: Derived from nsINavHistoryResultNode, contains session information.
 - nsINavHistoryFullVisitResultNode: Derived from nsINavHistoryVisitResultNode, contains information about how the user navigated to this page. Note: currently unimplemented, see {{template.Bug(320831)}}.
 - nsINavHistoryContainerResultNode: General container node giving access to its children. Derived from nsINavHistoryResultNode.
 - nsINavHistoryQueryResultNode: A type of container representing a query of the history system. It allows you to get the query options and parameters.
 - nsINavHistoryFolderResultNode: Derived from nsINavHistoryQueryResultNode, this represents a special type of query mapping to the exact contents of one bookmarks folder. It gives easy access to its folder ID, and also updates itself more efficiently than a general query.
Example of detecting the type of a node
var Ci =


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I'm afraid this is a myth which is perpetuated in the NIV Study Bible notes on Exodus 28:35. The notes say
According to Jewish tradition, one end of a length of rope was tied to the high priest's ankle and the other end remained outside the tabernacle. If the bells on his robe stopped tinkling while he was in the Holy Place, the assumption that he had died could be tested by pulling gently on the rope.
But you can't always believe the notes in your Bible. This myth appears to have originated with the 13th century A.D. Jewish work, the Zohar:
A knot of rope of gold hangs from his leg, from fear perhaps he would die in the holy of holies, and they would need to pull him out with this rope.
There is no evidence in any ancient source that this is true. Besides, Leviticus 16:3-4 gives clear instructions about what the high priest should wear, and it did not include a rope.
There is a helpful discussion of the myth at the BiblePlaces blog (from which the above information was obtained).


an ambassador is to represent the voice of MLOps across the BAA team with the intent to ensure that the AI R&D is leveraging MLOps and spreading awareness across the team.
Roles and responsibilities of the MLOps Ambassador Team
Figure 1: Roles and responsibilities of the MLOps Ambassador Team
Building out a proof of concept to gain hands-on experience with Kubeflow and TFX
We previously wrote about our experience applying TensorFlow to an already-published project in Image Classification of Race Cars. Our next step was to build a proof of concept from the ground-up, leveraging the power of MLOps through an end-to-end Kubeflow-based ML pipeline.
The aim was to build a POC that would serve as a more powerful search tool on the WWT homepage, taking in natural language inputs to output the relevant articles and content for customers and employees navigating the website. As an additional challenge, we decided to leverage Google's language model, BERT-Small (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers), which has over 110,000 training parameters. This complex combination of Kubeflow on AWS with a BERT-Small model stretched our team's thinking allowed us to deeply understand the pros and cons of this novel environment.
The visual below goes into how MLOps played a role in the entire process, offering increased modularity and a decreased in the amount of compute required, especially during the ingest and data processing step of the pipeline.
building an MLOps pipeline
Figure 2: Kubeflow allowed us to traverse a smooth pipeline from start-to-end
Building out an accessible and comprehensive MLOps training platform
While our role as an AI R&D team is to expand our current day capabilities by stretching the limits of what new tools and technology we operate with, we were aware that a lot of these learnings can dissipate without regularly maintained and updated training resources for the rest of our team to leverage.
Moving to new methods of operation and learning can be significant sources of friction for any data science team and increasingly more so for those with a higher number of operational models and teams. Therefore, we decided that integrating foundational organizational change management (OCM) components to this broader rollout of MLOps within our team would ensure that our gradual shift to these processes would be as streamlined as possible.
The creation of such a training platform and pathway for our data science team was a key push of the MLOps Ambassador group, especially with the organic interest we received from the broader BAA group as we showcased our POC.
Instead of boiling the ocean to collate a set of randomized training material, our process involved creating four personas that we defined as the primary interactors with MLOps tools in any organization.
Four primary personas for training
Figure 3: Four primary personas for training
We then sought to create a set of expected skills and capabilities for each of these personas and mapped each one either to an existing or home-grown training resource, with a lot of learnings extracted from our development of the POC mentioned earlier in this article.
The data science team has been getting to "touch and feel" Kubeflow, KALE and MiniKF to try and get exposure to a variety of tools so that we are prepared as we start to develop a formalized offering.
Our current training platform consists of a Wiki, as well as a resource center available to all members across the BAA team, with relevant links to resources and a recording of all the learning curves, road bumps and learnings our data science team come across as they get hands-on learning with a variety of MLOps platforms. Below is a description of our data-science team's current training efforts, which we hope to continually build and mature.
different training groups and their respective efforts
Figure 4: The different training groups and their respective efforts so far
Considering our development of internal MLOps capabilities, we have been engaged in some exciting business development opportunities with interested clients. This is evidence of the maturing market and our readiness to get ahead of the curve to respond aptly.
Our efforts are to continually develop a formalized MLOps offering to supplement our current analytics and AI offerings, offering the degree of scale that more technologically mature organizations seek.
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Project focus during our time on the AI R&D Ops rotation
Novel application of reinforcement learning
The R&D Operations team collaborates closely with WWT data scientists who are always welcome to work on R&D projects but who, when on rotation, work in pairs on a project chosen by the PSP.
During the past few months, multiple data scientist rotations tackled the same novel project, an exciting new application of reinforcement learning (RL) in the data center networking space. We were particularly excited about the research because of the way this project brings together different areas of WWT expertise, from core IT infrastructure to advanced analytics. The data scientist rotations made excellent progress, iterating through several different RL algorithms and reward matrices to find the most effective combination.
Now the problems to solve are more network engineeringand development-oriented, so the next data scientists on rotation will move on to experiment with different data sets and objectives. But there is more to come on this application of RL, so keep an eye out for future updates.
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New publications
On top of the major project for of the R&D Program over the last three months, the data scientists involved with the program also completed and documented two additional projects from the certified backlog. Their efforts represent the benefit of opening up the slate of projects deemed interesting by the PSP, allowing the data scientists additional opportunity to learn and get a head start on experimenting outside of their project work.
The resulting papers were the first to work through the newly formalized peer review process and are also indicative of the increasing breadth of the R&D community across WWT, as more groups and areas of the company become interested to be involved in the exciting R&D work.
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What's next?
Another highlight of the past few months has been the number of new and exciting technologies coming to market, even in the midst of COVID-19. The R&D team would like to highlight the following technology in particular for its applicability to WWT and our partners.
It's time to admit something. This article was not really written by a person...
It was, in fact, written by several people! Though we are very excited though about the possibility of custom-prompted and artificially generated prose that is indistinguishable from real human-created text, this article truly was written by the authors. As is clear from some lighthearted examples of fake content generated by OpenAI's new language model GPT-3 (here and here), we are closer than ever before to being able to speak to computers and have them answer.
This last and even more advanced model, described in a recently released paper, builds off OpenAI's 2019 success using scale to create a production-ready generalized pretrained text (GPT) response generator. OpenAI's engineers again leveraged an astronomically sized training data set and millions more parameters for the latest edition, and the organization has opened an API access point to their GPT-3 model for experimentation by academic, commercial and individual collaborators.
The AI R&D Program has a surfeit of ideas and use cases ready to tackle with GPT-3's help, so stay tuned for future articles once we have hopefully been granted beta API access!
In the future, the R&D Team will continue to encourage new ideas and experimentation as we solidify the MLOps capability, push forward different RL applications and experiment with new technologies. We are excited to continue bringing more people from across WWT into the program and to establish and expand our external partnerships. The R&D Operations Team will continue developing processes and operations to enable data scientists and engineers to realize and publicize their ideas and ongoing efforts.
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Best ways to fix a white screen on Mac
Your Mac stuck on white screen and you desperately grab your phone to google solutions? As it mostly happens abruptly, you need to find the fast way to bring your Mac back to life. So, let's get down to work right away!
Why my Mac stuck on white screen?
Macs are reliable computers, but on the rare occasions they may encounter trouble and won't load. When this happens, you see a blank white screen, your Mac becomes pretty much unusable, and you keep asking yourself, "Why won't my MacBook turn on?"
Usually, this happens after updating your operating system to a new version, when dealing with incompatible drivers, or if some applications fail to upgrade. This results in a blank screen on Mac until some steps are taken to bring your computer back to its normal state.
How to fix the MacBook white screen
Before you do anything to solve the Mac frozen screen, try an easy fix: check your peripherals. Try to disconnect all of them (printers, scanners, USB devices, etc.) with the exception of the keyboard and mouse. Then reboot your Mac. If it boots up now, one of those peripherals is the source of the plain white screen problem. However, if it fails and your MacBook won't load, check out other possible ways to wake up your Mac.
1. Boot into safe mode
A safe boot feature in macOS and Mac OS X was designed for troubleshooting purposes. It allows to check the disk for all possible file system errors and if needed, a repair would be run. Starting your Mac in safe mode is the first thing you should do when your Mac won't turn on.
To start up in safe mode:
 1. Press the power button, then immediately press and hold the Shift key.
 2. When you see the Apple logo, release the Shift key.
Once you boot using safe mode, the very first thing is deleting cache files. A cache is a place where data is stored temporarily to help things load faster. But eventually, files in a cache become outdated and start to pile up on your Mac, resulting in a white screen problem. Here's a comprehensive guide "How to clear cache on a Mac."
After you've deleted the cache files, you should also remove recently installed applications. But note that dragging them to the Trash is not the right way to remove apps as it leaves behind tons of associated files on your Mac. But don't worry, there is a utility that will help you — CleanMyMac X. Its Uninstaller module is designed to uninstall apps completely, with no leftover parts and pieces behind.
Simply download the app (it's free to try), launch it, choose Uninstaller and select the app you want to delete. Click Uninstall and the application will be removed completely. As simple as that!
As you've removed all the clutter, restart as normal without pressing any keys during startup. Probably you won't see that MacBook white screen anymore.
PRAM/NVRAM is a small amount of memory that your Mac uses to store certain settings and access them quickly. These settings include sound volume, time zone, startup disk selection, and more. If you experience some issues related to these settings, resetting PRAM might fix your MacBook stuck on white screen.
Here's how to reset PRAM/NVRAM:
 1. Shut down your Mac.
 2. Immediately press these four keys together: Command+Option+P+R.
 3. Hold down the keys until you hear the startup sound.
 4. Release the keys.
When your Mac finishes starting up, you should go to System Preferences and adjust some settings that were reset, such as time zone, display resolution, etc.
3. Use Disk Utility to verify or repair disks
Disk Utility can fix several disk problems, including the white screen on Mac. That's why use it to your advantage if the above steps didn't work.
 1. Restart your Mac holding the Command and R keys.
 2. Release the keys when you see the Apple logo.
 3. Click Disk Utility and then click Continue.
 4. Choose the disk you want to repair.
 5. Click the First Aid button.
If Disk Utility says the disk is about to fail, there's nothing you can do — you have to replace it. If it reports that the disk has been repaired, you're done. You can click Show Details to get more information about the repairs.
4. Reinstall macOS
If all the approaches are failing and you still see that white screen on your Mac, you may need to reinstall your operating system. Don't worry, it won't affect your files, apps, user setting, etc. Only a fresh version of the macOS will be installed on your Mac again. Here's how to do that for macOS SierramacOS High SierramacOS MojavemacOS Catalina and macOS Big Sur
Note that sometimes the standard reinstall methods won't work due to the issues with the drive. In this case, you'll need to use the internet recovery to reinstall the operating system.
Follow these steps to reinstall macOS from the internet:
 1. Turn on or restart your Mac.
 2. Hold down the Command+Option+R keys until you see the Apple logo or a spinning globe.
 3. When startup is complete, you'll see the Utilities window.
 4. Choose Reinstall macOS and click Continue.
Follow the onscreen instruction to complete the process.
Once you've brought your Mac to life, make sure to do some maintenance to prevent such unpleasant issues in future. A utility we've mentioned above — CleanMyMac X — will help you keep your Mac in shape for years. Apart from cleaning your Mac from all the junk, it gives you access to all maintenance scripts that allow to quickly optimize the system performance and never worry about the health of your Mac.
With the solutions above, you'll fix the white screen problem on Mac, so that it can function as a new one. Cheers!
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Posted by James Briggs on January 19, 2003
In Reply to: The 'v' sign posted by alan on January 19, 2003
: Perhaps the most common British
phrase, even if it is not spoken but indicated by raising two spread fingers
in a similar fashion and meaning two the American 'one finger salute'.
: It is said to have originated during the Napoleonic wars when Napoleon so frustrated with the devastating effect the British archers were having in battle that he promised that any captured British archer would have his two firing fingers chopped off, in defiance the British archers stood on a hill and raised two fingers in the direction of the enemy soldiers and shouted F**k off thus connecting the word and the sign.
Although he certain origin is unknown, a highly likely basis takes us back to the Hundred Years' War between England and France in the 14th and 15th centuries - much earlier than Napoleon, by which time archers were virtually redundant! Captured 'English' archers who, it seems, were actually mainly Welsh, had the first two fingers of their right hand cut off so that they couldn't take part in future battles. As a defiant riposte, after felling a French soldier with an arrow, an archer would raise his two fingers, just to show that he was still in the game. The battle where this first happened was likely to have been Crécy in 1346.


Simple Adoption Law & Legal Definition
A simple adoption refers to a type of adoption that establishes a new legal parent-child relationship between the child and his/her adoptive parents, without terminating the parent-child relationship which existed before the adoption.
In simple adoption, adoptive parents have parental responsibility for the child. It allows some of the legal bonds between an adopted child and his/her birth family to remain. However, it is less restrictive in its requirements and less radical in effects than plenary adoption.


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Definition of quarter binding in English:
A type of bookbinding in which the spine is bound in one material (usually leather) and the rest of the cover in another: useful for siding quarter bindings and half bindings are many patterns of lining paper
More example sentences
- The process of quarter binding a book is more akin to paperback binding than traditional case binding.
- This printing features the light grey quarter leather binding, with gilded labyrinth design by Jeff Clements.
- They would not have had a dust jacket but would be bound in leather or clothe in styles known as full binding, half binding or quarter binding.
- Example sentences
- These copies are quarter bound in leather with a gilt spine and housed in a slip-case.
- The book is quarter-bound in red with grey board that has stamped into it in red and gold foil Tolkien's Ring and Eye of Sauron symbol.
- It was quarter-bound in a traditional style: a cream canvas spine with a leather spine-label and grey paper-covered sides.
Definition of quarter binding in:
- US English dictionary
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