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Simulated reconstruction of a three-dimensional (3D) object in from cylindrical hologram is proposed. The simulation is done using a fast calculation method, where wave propagation in spectral domain and in cylindrical coordinates is used to generate the cylindrical hologram of a 3D object. The same procedure is followed to reconstruct the object back. The reconstructions resembled the original object and could be seen from all. The whole simulation process is done using open-source software.
© 2011 Optical Society of America
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Pure Water San Diego
The next generation of San Diegans will see the long-term effect of changes to San Diego's water supply, so it especially important to educate local youth about water reuse. Community and school partnerships and youth-specific materials have helped us reach students of all ages. Also be sure to check out our activities (more coming soon!).
We have joined with groups throughout San Diego to educate youth about water purification. Partnership activities include developing lesson plans, giving tours and presentations and developing youth-oriented activities and events.
Videos and Presentations
The kids' versions of the facility video and the tour presentation are geared for 2nd-6th graders.

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Quick Answer: Where To Find Motorbike In 7 Days To Die?
Where can I find Boars in 7 days to die?
Boars are wild animals commonly found in the Forest or Snowy Forest biome and sometimes in POI's labeled "Beware, Dog, Snek, Pig, Man." Boars are neutral animals and will not flee if a character approaches them, instead they will fight back if provoked, chasing the player and attacking them.
Can you get pets in 7 days to die?
7 are purchasable from the Trader's with a starting base price of 800 or found in plane supply drop crates and use the Quest system to switch to a place-able animal.
What animals are in 7 days to die?
Hostile Animals
 - Wolf.
 - Dire Wolf.
 - Rattlesnake.
 - Bear.
 - Coyote.
 - Mountain Lion.
 - Grace.
How do you track animals in 7 days to die?
Crouch down and use your keen eyesight to find the tracks of small animals like Rabbits, Snakes or Chickens. Tracked animals are marked on your compass and map. Your hawk like senses can detect Deer and Boars as well as sneaky predators like Wolves or Coyotes.
Can you find cars in 7 days to die?
Jims Cars can be found in cities, towns and rural areas.
Will 7 Days to Die be updated on console?
You might be interested: Often asked: What Is The Fine For Riding An Unregistered Motorbike?
How do you make a small engine in 7 days to die?
The Small Engine cannot be crafted and instead must be found through scavenging or harvesting. The most common way to obtain a Small Engine is to use a Wrench and harvest/dismantle from a Sedan. When scavenging, the Small Engine can be found in Working Stiffs Crates.
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Horticulture/Seed Banking
< Horticulture
Seed Banking refers to populations of seeds in the soil over long periods, primarily applied to weeds. Many weeds create seed banks, which allow them to germinate even if the previous year's plants did not have an opportunity to set seeds.
What can be doneEdit
 1. Prevent weeds from going to seed. Though this will not affect the seeds already in the soil, it will help prevent the problem from getting any worse, and eventually will run the seed bank down (as most seeds are not immortal, even though they might seem that way).
 2. Mulching in late winter or early spring will keep seeds from being exposed to light, which is the most common metabolic signal for germination.
 3. "Stale beds" can be created by repeated tilling or other methods of cultivation
 4. Pre-emergent herbicides can prevent the germination of many weed seeds.


Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2016
For zeotropic mixtures, the temperature varies during phase change, which is opposed to the isothermal phase change of pure fluids. The use of such mixtures as working fluids in organic Rankine cycle power plants enables a minimization of the mean temperature difference of the heat exchangers, which is beneficial for cycle performance. On the other hand, larger heat transfer surface areas are typically required for evaporation and condensation when zeotropic mixtures are used as working fluids. In order to assess the feasibility of using zeotropic mixtures, it is, therefore, important to consider the additional costs of the heat exchangers. In this study, we aim at evaluating the economic feasibility of zeotropic mixtures compared to pure fluids. We carry out a multi-objective optimization of the net power output and the component costs for organic Rankine cycle power plants using low-temperature heat at 90 ◦C to produce electrical power at around 500 kW. The primary outcomes of the study are Pareto fronts, illustrating the power/cost relations for R32, R134a and R32/R134a (0.65/0.35mole). The results indicate that R32/R134a is the best of these fluids, with 3.4 % higher net power than R32 at the same total cost of 1200 k$.
Jesper Graa Andreasen
Martin Ryhl Kærn
L. Pierobon
Ulrik Larsen
Chalmers, Sjöfart och marin teknik, Maritim miljövetenskap
Fredrik Haglind
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Empty properties are a wasted resource. We try to identify these long-term empty properties as they can contribute towards the degeneration of an area and undermine sustainable communities. They may also become a rubbish dumping site or the property condition could deteriorate. There has also been an increase in the number of break-ins to steal metal items such as boilers, radiators and pipework.
Information for owners of empty homes
Where possible the District Council aims to work with owners of empty properties to bring them back into use using the following methods:
- Renting through council leasing or rent deposit schemes
- Private renting through a private agency – letting agencies will offer a range of management services
- Private renting with the owner as landlord
- Selling the property - on the open market through an estate agent or at an auction.
- Enforcement options
Where an owner persistently leaves a property empty, if it is in a poor condition or in an area of high housing need, the District Council may take the following action:
- Report the property to other council departments such as private housing service and planning, in relation to poor condition of property.
- A Compulsory Purchase Order can be issued, if the owner has resisted all voluntary attempts to bring the property back into use.
- Empty Dwelling Management Order: This allows councils to take over the management of residential properties, where an owner of an empty property has turned down offers of help to bring the property back into use, and can offer no good reason why the property should remain empty.
The council would facilitate any capital works needed to allow the property to be leased and use the property to accommodate people in housing need for up to 7 years.
Report an empty property
If you have information on an empty property or wish to complain about one, please contact us.


Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Clrmamepro (cmpro) Tutorial - Part 1
I use cmpro (clrmamepro) almost everyday. I can't say I know everything about this rom manager, but I guess my knowledge is good enough for daily work. From time to time people ask me how to scan roms, rebuild or update sets and usually if I'm not busy I try to write back and explain it as good as I can. So to save some time I'm going to show you how to use the basic functions of cmpro.
Before you start to read this tutorial and mess with your roms, please make sure you have read the cmpro documentation included in the docs directory. A backup of your ROMs would be a good idea.
Let's start from something simple. You have a directory full of Atari - Lynx ROMs and you want to check it against the No-Intro Atari - Lynx DAT.
1. Start cmpro. You will see a Profiler window:
 2. Go to the No-Intro project website and download Atari - Lynx DAT file. You also need the header file for this set. Just click the asterisk icon (right side) to get it:
Unzip the header file into the headers directory. Unzip and simply drag the DAT file into the Profiler window. You will see another window asking where do you want to put the dat. You can press OK to put it in the PROFILES category or create a new directory (category). Let's create a new one to separate all No-Intro DATs from the rest. Press Create Dir, enter the name (No-Intro) and press OK.
3.Another window will appear. Select the No-Intro Directory as a destination for your DAT file and press OK.
4. New folder will appear in the folder list on the left side of the profiler. That's the place where all new DATs goes:
5. Double click on the Atari - Lynx profile (No-Intro\Atari - Lynx). You'll get another window, press Default:
6. Enable the header support:
7. Enter the Settings section and set the ROM-Paths. This is the place where you keep your Atari - Lynx ROMs:
8. Close the Settings window and open Scanner. You will see two windows: Scanner window and Scan Resoults (logs) window.
9. Before you press the New Scan... button, go to Hash & CHD... and select options according to the screen below:
10 Close the Hash & CHD...window and enable all fix options:
11. You can press New Scan... button now and watch the log window. If any error occur you will be asked if you want to get it fixed e.g. wrong name or case:
When the scan is finished you'll see a Statistics window:
In this case there is no missing ROMs. You can scroll down the Statistics to see more details.
If you close all the windows and go back to the profiler you will see some information about every set you have already scanned:
Tomorrow I'm going to show you how to create a fix-DatFile, how to make use of it and how to complete your ROMs collection using cmpro once you have found all the missing files.
If you already know cmpro and think I made a mistake here or something can be done in another way or if you see anything I should change, just leave a comment.
 1. cool, works fine!
 ~running imame4all on ipad2~
 2. How do I play street fighter 3 third strike on mame4droid reloaded(.139). I'm so confused on what to do and how to use this and everything. Please help
 3. How would I go about renaming the roms? I am so lost..I am trying to use Hyperspin but all the SNES roms I have are not named according to Hyperspin so I was trying to use clrmamepro to fix this..
 I thought your guide above was for that but I guess not...


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What is the best method for finding impulse peaks (dirac delta) in a 2d matrix.
More specifically, I would like to find the harmonic frequencies of a given image and so I need to find impulse peaks in the image absolute value DFT.
I thought of using findpeaks but there's no 2d version. I also saw earlier posts regarding finding ordinary peaks using imdilate and/or imextendedmax but those find all the peaks in a 2d matrix whereas I am only interested in impulse peaks. I am sure DSP people have a common recipe for this...
Please Help,
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Define an "impulse peak". – Oli Charlesworth Nov 21 '10 at 23:23
I'm looking for frequencies in which the Fourier Transform absolute value takes a value of a Dirac delta function at that frequency (infinity). Obviously, for a DFT you don't expect to see infinity but a major peak. Problem is how to find those peaks in 2d and how to distinguish them from normal (lower, non impulse) peaks. – smichak Nov 22 '10 at 5:28
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What you want to do is find peaks with high contrast. Thus, you need a way to identify local maxima, plus a way to measure the difference between the peak and the surrounding values. Thresholding on this difference will identify the impulse peaks for you.
Assuming your input signal is called signal
%# dilate to find, for every pixel, the maximum of its neighbors
dilationMask = ones(3);
dilationMask(5) = 0;
dilSignal = imdilate(signal, dilationMask);
%# find all peaks
%# peaks = signal > dilSignal;
%# find large peaks peaks by thresholding, i.e. you accept a peak only
%# if it's more than 'threshold' higher than its neighbors
peaks = (signal - dilSignal) > threshold;
peaks is a logical array with 1's wherever there is a good peak. You can use it to read peak heights from signal with signal(peaks), and to find coordinates using find(peaks).
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OK - that's a start... but how do I choose threshold? I assume it should depend on the input signal. Is there a good method /rule of thumb for choosing it? – smichak Nov 22 '10 at 20:50
They're Dirac peaks, so the threshold is infinity :P. Joking aside, there is no single best way of choosing a threshold. You can try and run graythresh on signal-dilSignal if there are two clear peaks, one for signal and one for noise. You can also set the threshold as 3 robust standard deviations (median absolute deviation) of the signal. Maybe you can even decide on a fixed value if all your data is very consistent, and the height of the peak has an easily identifiable meaning. – Jonas Nov 22 '10 at 22:26
OK - that sounds promising... I will go with that. – smichak Nov 23 '10 at 5:53
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This paper I wrote contains Matlab source code for fast local peak detection in 2D. It works similar to imregionalmax() in Mathworks Image Processing Toolbox but allows you to specify a local neighborhood radius: bigger radius -> sparser peaks.
Since you expect sparse impulses, the nonmaxsupp_scanline() function may be suitable for you.
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The findpeaks() algorithm is pretty trivial; if an element is bigger than both its neighbours, then it is a peak. Writing a 2D version of this should be pretty simple.
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text: While large, good condition, well-shaped oysters have high market value, they require optimal growing conditions and labour intensive techniques to culture. To handle this NSW oyster growers are progressively moving towards innovative technologies, one of which allows automated bulk processing of oysters. Growers now purchase sophisticated graders that clean, count and sort large number of oysters quickly and efficiently. While graders are routinely used to count and sort oysters into batches of similar size, these machines are actually measuring the characteristics of individual oysters. This presents an unprecedented opportunity to collect high-quality oyster growth and growing area performance data. This project focuses on the assessment of oyster lease and cultivation method performance. This can be translated into a management tool for improving the industries' productivity and environmental sustainability. The project also demonstrates the possibility of implementing a long term oyster performance monitoring program, with minimum additional effort from the growers.

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In partnership with Xavier University, the Freedom Center has been working with an undergraduate course around the exhibition Women Hold Up Half the Sky. This course takes a pedagogical approach to topics of sociology, human trafficking, maternal health and domestic violence. Students will gain a deeper understanding of sociological practice through a marriage of theoretical knowledge and practical experience. In collaboration with the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center this course includes a service learning component and emphasizes theory as a tool to understand activist experiences, and practice. The students started the course with intense study of the content of the exhibition to prepare them for the experience.
Starting on Saturdays beginning March 1st from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. the students will begin their experience as tour guides in the exhibit.
As part of the internship period each week the students will write a reflection blog about their experiences, interaction with public, and their personal thoughts about the content. This week's blog is titled Why does Half the Sky Matter?
We hope that you will check back each week for a new blog entry and get involved in the conversation.
Manager of Content Development & Interpretation
Why does Half the Sky matter?
As I sat in the maternal health section of the Women Hold Up Half the Sky exhibit last Saturday, I looked at a bright green homemade banner that read "We lost our only surgeon". The story was of a thirty-four year old woman and successful surgeon in Uganda who lost her life in childbirth. Though she gave birth in a hospital, there were not enough nurses to attend to her, and she died without any doctors or nurses around.


[Medieval Chronicles] Super Unnatural Walkthrough
Clues and answers for Medieval Chronicles 2. Solve the case of a murderous mummy and its curse. Kongregate.
M. Chronicles 1 | Table of Contents | M. Chronicles 3
1. Go right and talk to the soldier blocking the way. Select the Badge clue at the upper right corner and talk to the soldier again.
2. Go right, then up to the crime scene.
3. After the cutscene, go left to find the officer-in-charge.
4. After the cutscene, interact with the armor with a helmet on it to find the mummy.
~~walkthrough by moshimushi.wordpress.com
Collect clues
1. Talk to Dr. Sigh (+Incident Report)
2. Talk to Assistant Grayson to the leftmost in front of the Rex bones.
3. Interact with the nearest potted plant right of Grayson regarding Incident Report (+Mummy's Sceptre)
4. Talk to Curator Whitesworth, south of the crime scene.
5. Interact with the Mummy (+Pharoah Tututut)
6. Interact with the Mummy with Incident Report (+Too Clean)
7. Interact with the Professor's corpse (+The Victim)
8. Go back to Grayson and talk to him about Pharoah Tututut (+The Curse…!!!) and The Victim (+Behaviour)
9. Talk to Amber, right of Grayson, about Pharoah Tututut. Woofs-a-lot will run off.
10. Talk to Captain Blues, right of Amber, about The Victim (+Workaholic)
11. Go south of the crime scene, after Woofs-a-lot and talk to him about Pharoah Tututut (+Bandages)
12. Go left to the Professor's room where Tira is in. Interact with the blue book regarding The Victim (+The Diary)
13. Talk to Deam, just outside the room, about The Diary (+The Underground)
14. Talk to San, to the right and near Woofs-a-lot about The Diary (+The Dopplers)
15. Talk to Whitesworth about The Diary (+Fake Robberies)
16. Talk to Amber about Fake Robberies (+Wrong Quantity)
17. Talk to Tira about Fake Robberies (+Manifest)
Once ready, interact with the mummy to move on to the next stage.
~~walkthrough by moshimushi.wordpress.com
Professor Redguard:
Right, but his recent behaviour was more erratic than usual… And the reason for that is…
Dopplers (✓)
But he did come in contact with the Dopplers some way. It is evident from the—
Museum Robberies
Professor's Diary (✓)
The Sceptre
The Mummy
The Bandages
The Paintings
So if the Professor was exposed to the Drug, his emotions were affected as well.. Most specifically, his—
Fear (✓)
Your Archaelogical operation is being used to—
Steal Artifacts
Fund Terrorists
Blackmail the Nobles
Create a Zombie Army
Cover Conspiracies
Smuggle Drugs (✓)
Smuggling Drugs:
you can't remember you gave me the clue yourself Tira. Which was—
A Letter
A Bill
A Receipt
A Coded Message
A Manifest (✓)
A Will
Redguard, If I remember correctly, he warned you about—
The Mummy
Professor's Diary
The Sceptre
Museum Robberies (✓)
The Bandages
The Paintings
Everything becomes clear when you factor in one possibility. Which states that there is—
A Ghost
A Mummy
A Thief
An Elephant in the room
A Hidden Agenda
An Inside Man (✓)
Human Psychology:
Consider yourself to be Guilty of the crime. Now everyone is looking for a suspect. What is it you will first do?
Change the Subject
Act Innocent (✓)
Blame someone else
If everyone is discussing the case, what is the best thing you could do to avoid suspicion without any proof.
Stay Silent (✓)
Blame Someone else
The person who stayed silent from Redguard to being accused of a spy is—
Sir Whitesworth
Captain Blues
Assistant Grayson (✓)
The Mummy
1. Continue to click the barrels Dregg hides in until he escapes the room.
2. Chase after Amber. Enter the only available door. Once the mummy comes out of a door on the other side, enter the door to its right. Once out the door again, enter the center door.
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Clay Tool Set
This set contains a fantastic variety of tools suitable for use with clay. They may be used while the clay is still moist or on green ware (unfired air dried clay) to carve, cut and clean.
This clay tool set may also be used with polymer clay. Each tool is made from clear varnished hardwood handles with durable steel blades. There are infinite ways to use these tools. Below is a small selection of possibilities.
- The small metal brush creates multiple fine textured marks.
- The Spearhead end cuts small straight lines and is perfect for creating fine details. Carve, cut and smooth with the curved end.
- Remove clay in square in large flat areas with the open loop end. Carve, cut and smooth with the curved end.
- These tool ends are the perfect size for hand drilling holes for salt and pepper shakers in green ware.
- The needle point end is ideal for placing delicate objects or scratching in fine details. Carve, cut and smooth with the curved end.
- This tool is often referred to as a spoolie. It is great for cleaning rough spots on green ware in delicate or hard to reach places.
- The curved end has a small sharp blade which is great for removing small areas with straight edges. The angled end is great for cutting small detailed areas.
- The angled end is invaluable for flattening areas in hard to reach places. The needle point can create small holes, texture marks or can assist in placement of small objects.
- Use the slightly forked end to create wood like texture or sgraffito effects. Spearhead ends cuts small straight lines and etches fine details.
- The curved blade with the flat end lifts small areas with straight edges. Use the slightly forked end to create wood like texture or sgraffito effects.
- The curved blade cuts, carves and smoothes clay. The large spearhead blade is great for deepening details and making longer cuts.


text: The use of wooden barrels to store and transport liquids dates back to 2690 B.C., when ancient Egyptians during the Early Dynastic Period began replacing clay vessels with wooden casks in order to meet the demands of their sprawling civilization. The advantages of wooden barrels were evident - not only were they less fragile than clay vessels, but their cylindrical shape allowed them to be rolled rather than carried across short distances. As settlers along the Nile quickly realized, however, barrels made from wooden staves imparted a unique color and flavor profile to the liquids stored within. Buck 8 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is matured for a minimum of eight years in new American oak casks under the intense Kentucky sun. As a result of this maturation process, the bourbon has a caramel color, along with an aroma of vanilla, dark fruits, creme brÃ»lée and honey. The aroma gives way to notes of cherries, maple syrup, waffle cones and wood spices on the palate, and leads to a finish accented by touches of caramel, charcoal and cocoa. The bourbon earned the Bronze Medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, and earned a score of 91 points from the Beverage Testing Institute. Pick up a bottle today!


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Definition: 'Diamond-shaped Murmur'
diamond-shaped murmurType: Term
1. a crescendo-decrescendo murmur, from the shape of the frequency intensity curve of the phonocardiogram, often audible as such.
The information shown above for diamond-shaped murmur is provided by Stedman's.
* Stedman's, part of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, provide a comprehensive line of health-science publications for healthcare professionals and medical students.


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Helpers > Teacher
| Child Care Providers
Holidays & Events
Teacher's Appreciation Week and National
May > Child Care Provider's Appreciation Day-celebrated the Friday before
Oct. 5th > World
Let's show our teacher's and child care
providers how much they mean to all of us: to our children, our
families and the community.
In 1984 the National PTA instituted Teacher's
Appreciation Week, the first full week in May and the second Tuesday in May is National
In 1994 the UNESCO instituted World
Teachers Day celebrated October 5.
Also, another important event is Child
Care Provider's Appreciation Day - celebrated the Friday before
If children are attending a part-time or full time preschool or a
child care facility this is a special activity in which the entire
family can participate to honor teachers and child care
The dedication and love that our children receive from teachers and
child care providers is immeasurable and affects the entire family,
with this mind this craft will express to them that the entire
family cares for their dedication.
Hand Flower Craft
This craft involves tracing the hand or doing individual handprints
of each member in the family. These handprint tracings or
paint handprints are placed to form a flower. Here are the
instructions to make it. On the materials column is the
template for the leaves and stem.
Have fun with this family project.
Note: This activity is also appropriate many other occasions
and they are listed in the craft's instructions page.
* something to color or paint with
*glue or glue stick


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'icon-color': '_TAG_,_TAG_' # owner buddy or shared activity color
'mime_type': 'application/x-my-activity'
'share-scope': # if shared
'buddies': '{}' # buddies in a shared activity as JSON
'description': 'some longer text' # description editable in journal detail view
'tags': 'one two' # tags editable in journal detail view
'something:text': 'text I want to be indexed' # properties with key ending in ":text" will be searched in fulltext search
'checksum': # md5 hash of file, created by DS, do not set or modify
'my.organization.MyActivity.myProperty' # private property, prefixed with activity name to avoid name clashes
Due to bug #4662 only some known properties are retained! The list is at the bottom of datastore/ (fixed in Sugar 0.83)
And custom properties must have String values for now (bug #5134).
And since Sugar 0.83 all former String values are now stored and returned as Arrays of Bytes. You can still set them as Strings.
Keeping and Resuming
To create an item in the datastore, call create():
object_id = datastore.create(properties, filename, transfer_ownership)
The metadata properties are a dictionary (type "a{sv}") containing (at least) the entries mentioned above. If filename is not empty, the file will be moved or copied to the datastore, depending on the transfer_ownership flag. The activity should delete the file once the call completes (if transfer_ownership was false). Otherwise (if transfer_ownership was true) the datastore will remove the file. For this to work under rainbow you must place the file in the "instance" directory. The returned id will be a string like '4543af91-7be9-404e-b2f1-3e27cb15a15d'.
To update an item use update():
datastore.update(object_id, properties, filename, transfer_ownership)
Again, if a filename was given and transfer_ownership is false, the activity is responsible for deleting the file after the call returns.
To retrieve an object's properties and file:
properties = datastore.get_properties(object_id)
filename = datastore.get_filename(object_id)
The returned temp file should be deleted by the activity as soon as possible, latest when the activity quits.
The metadata properties need to be preserved and stored again when updating an entry. An activity should also track updates to the properties made in the Journal while editing the datastore object. For this it should subscribe to the Updated signal:
An efficient way to do this is registering a DBus match like path='/org/laptop/sugar/DataStore', member='Updated', interface='org.laptop.sugar.DataStore', type='signal', arg0='objectId' --Bert
Activities may query the datastore:
(results,count) = datastore.find(query)
It returns the results as array of properties and a count of matching items (the array may have fewer items if the query was limited). In addition to the usual metadata items, the properties will include the object id at key 'uid', the mountpoint of the item at key'mountpoint', and possibly a 'filename' if requested.
The query can be a:
string: fulltext search
the given string is searched in all text properties
dictionary: structured query
the key-value pairs in the dictionary specify the value (or array of values, or dictionary specifying range) for a specific property, e.g.:
'title' = 'First Project' (but see note below)
'mime_type' = ['image/png', 'image/jpeg']
'mtime' = {'start' = '2007-07-01T00:00:00', 'end' = '2007-08-01T00:00:00'}
also, there are a few specific keys to adjust the query:
'query': fulltext search term
'order_by': key (or array of keys) to order results by, to reverse order use '-key' (but see note below)
'limit', 'offset': return only limit results starting at offset
'mountpoints': array of mountpoint ids to search (or all if not specified)
'include_files': if true, generate files as if get_filename() had been called for each item. In results, a property 'filename' will be added.
NOTE: Since Sugar 0.84 only very few keys are supported ('uid', 'activity', 'activity_id','mime_type', and 'keep', see here). Other keys are ignored so you may get back more results than expected. Results are ordered by timestamp by default. Sort keys are limited, too (none in 0.84, in 0.86 'timestamp' and 'title', see here).
You can also retrieve an array of unique values for a field:
values = datastore.get_uniquevaluesfor(property, query)
Note that currently (2007-07-25) the query is ignored in this call, it looks for all values in all entries.
Progress Display
To add a progress bar to a Journal entry (like the Browse activity does while downloading files), create an entry with a "progress" property in the meta data. The value is the percentage done (0 to 100). The file cannot actually be stored incrementally in the datastore, it needs to be saved to a temp file first. But the entry metadata can be updated continuously to inform the user of progress while creating the temp file (by not giving a filename yet in the update() call). Once the temp file is complete, it can be checked-in as usual. The user can cancel by clicking the x icon next to the progress bar. This deletes the entry, so you need to watch for the datastore's "Deleted(id)" signal.
meta =... # regular metadata
meta["progress"] = 0
id = datastore.create(meta, "") # create with progress bar
while (done() < 100) {
 if (got_signal(datastore, "Deleted", id))
 return user_cancelled();
 meta['progress'] = done()
 datastore.update(id, meta, "") # update progress bar
datastore.update(id, meta, # check-in file, remove progress bar
Journal UI
The Journal activity provides a D-Bus service to allow activities to bring up an object chooser dialog, focus searches etc.:
Service name: org.laptop.Journal
Object path: /org/laptop/Journal
Interface: org.laptop.Journal
Choosing Objects
Call this method to bring up the Chooser dialog (which looks like a small journal overlayed on your activity):
chooser_id = org.laptop.Journal.ChooseObject(xid, what_filter)
The xid should be your activity's X window handle, or 0. The filter says what type of Journal entries is preselected in the drop-down menu (this parameter was added in Sugar 0.83). It's a string containing either a bundle id (e.g.,'my.organization.MyActivity'), or one of the generic data types ('Text', 'Image', 'Video', 'Audio', 'Link' definition), or an empty string for no filter. The call returns immediately with a string chooser_id. You need to watch these signals which get emitted when an item is chosen or the dialog is canceled:
ObjectChooserResponse(chooser_id, object_id)
The object_id received in an ObjectChooserResponse signal then can be used to open the corresponding datastore object.
Focusing Objects
The Journal activity allows an activitiy to "focus" an object, so the user can immediately open it (this is currently the only way to have one activity "launch" a different activity).
Switches to the Journal activity and shows the selected object.
This can be used to, e.g., open a URL (create a URL object in the journal then call this) or to view source code (store the source code as text file in the journal then call ShowObject() on it).
To focus on multiple objects: org.laptop.Journal.FocusSearch(query) Removed in Sugar 0.83
Mount Points
Devices are represented as mount points in the datastore. If no mountpoint is explicitly specified, the main datastore (Journal) is used.
 mounts = datastore.mounts()
Returns an array of mount point descriptors where each descriptor is a dictionary containing at least the following keys:
'id': the id used to refer explicitly to the mount point
'title': Human readable identifier for the mountpoint
'uri': The uri which triggered the mount
Mount points can be specified when creating an object (using a'mountpoint' key and id value in the properties), and when querying the datastore (by adding a'mountpoints' query option).
Large files to be stored on an external device should be placed at the uri of the mount point (see external media).
Activities are isolated from each other and from the "olpc" user. They do not have the same permissions as you would expect in a non-restricted Linux environment (see Bitfrost and Rainbow). In particular, they can not write in the /home/olpc directory!
Users and Groups
While Sugar runs as user "olpc", activities do not (the Terminal activity as a maintenance tool is an exception).
Instead, each activity instance is run with a unique user id. That is, a new anonymous user is created when the user clicks an activity icon, and the Rainbow demon runs the activity under that user.
All instance of the same activity get the same unique group id. That is, a new anonymous group is created when the activity is run for the first time,


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barahumi official video by nazir M. Ahmad (Sarkin Waka)
The song about the Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II. In the song Nazir describes how Danmajen Kano Sanusi Lamido became Muhammadu Sanusi II Emir of Kano. 'Barahube' in this context is best understood by its use in the song. Nazir uses it to describe the Emir as the first among equals, a prince and Emir, blessed, favoured, highly educated, commands respect, overcomer, chosen by Allah among other. 'Barahube' seems to be an adjective that describes many things at once not as synonyms but as distinct features of any noun. Nazir uses 'Barahube' to describe how the Emir overcame opposition to ascend the throne of his fathers.


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You need to run the script from the main server that stores the users' profile folders. For the script to run successfully, the touch.exe and users.txt files must be in the same directory as the script. To create the users.txt file, open a command prompt and switch to the users' profile directory (in this case, the directory is in D:\\Profile). Then, type
dir /B > users.txt
The users.txt file contains all the users' profile directory names.
In the script, the $source line contains the original profile folder with the shortcut file test.lnk. Replace the path and link with the path that applies to your environment. Don't forget the double slashes. The $destination line is the path to users' profile directories. Replace D:\\Profile with the directory for your environment. The default path in this script puts the shortcuts on the desktop. If you want to put the link elsewhere (e.g., Start Menu\Programs), change the path. Replace $var2 with your central user profile directory path.
Finally, your users need to log off before you can run the script. If you run the script while users are logged on, the system will set the date stamp back when the users log off.
Microsoft Certificate Server
Using x.509 digital certificates (or digital IDs) is an essential part of the modern enterprise information infrastructure. Microsoft's Certificate Server, included in the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack, makes deploying digital IDs quick and inexpensive. Certificate Server provides two important features.
First, you can configure Certificate Server to let you import digital client certificates that you exported from Internet Explorer (IE) 4.0. IE can export existing personal certificates to a.pfx file for use on another system. But if you used the basic Certificate Server enrollment procedure, you can't import the.pfx file. To solve this problem, you need to open the Certificate Enrollment Form (ceenroll.asp), go to Advanced options, and select the Allow Keys to be Exported check box. Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 lets you impersonate a digital ID owner to a domain account owner so that you can perform administrative tasks and send a.pfx file and the accompanying root certificate to an extranet user, regardless of the user's logon credentials. Thus, you can still use NT's integrated security while expanding your applications for extranet use. Use the IE certificate export feature to give your users (including external users) in-house generated digital IDs. (For more information about Certificate Server and IIS, see Ramon Ali, "Configuring IIS 4.0 Certificate Authentication," February 1999.)
Second, Certificate Server provides additional protection for private keys. If you use VeriSign for enrollment, you can select Additional Security for Your Private Key and thus set the security level. If you select high-level security, every certificate usage requires additional password input. In Certificate Server, a Certificate Manager update lets you set the security level for existing private keys. You can download the update from Certificate Manager runs on NT, Windows 98, and Win95. You must run the Certificate Manager executable, certmgr.exe, from the command line. You can change a certificate's security level only if the certificate has exportable private keys. To view information about certificates in your store and set their security levels, go to a command prompt and type
certmgr.exe -s MY -c -addui
You need to increase your command-prompt window screen buffer because certmgr gives highly detailed text information.
File Synchronization
As a systems administrator, you've probably experienced file synchronization problems. If your organization consists of workstations and laptops, you most likely have two data storage locations: local and network (for backups). Because my organization's users work with their own machines 95 percent of the time, we had to find an inexpensive and easy way to keep their local drives synchronized with the network drives and vice versa. An easy way to solve this problem was to use the xcopy command in both directions, with the proper switches, to copy only the newer or changed files. However, xcopy can't handle deleted files. If you delete a file in one location, it might reappear at the next file replication.
The Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit offers a powerful file-copy utility called Robocopy. Listing 5, which has only two lines of code, shows this utility. First, we copy all the new or modified files (archive bit set) from the network to the local drive and reset their archive bit (/m). If two copies of a file with the archive bit exist in both locations, /xo copies only the most recent one. The /s parameter excludes empty directories, and /log directs the output to log.txt, which is a new feature in Robocopy 1.95.
The second operation in Listing 5 copies only files that don't exist on the network drive or that are older than or different in size from the files that reside locally. The operation then deletes the network files that no longer exist locally. Finally, the output of the operation is appended to the existent log file.
For this utility to work, you must implement a backup policy that doesn't reset the archive bit after a backup. In my organization, we perform regular backups only by overwriting the tapes each time. Thus, only new or modified files have the archive bit set in the network location.
Our file synchronization process is limited because we assume that users work with their own computers 95 percent of the time. Local file synchronization works perfectly, and if users move, delete, or rename a local file, these changes replicate to the network. If users then decide to work at another computer, they access their network drives. Not any of the file operations users perform (e.g., move, delete, rename) replicate locally. Thus, previously performed file operations are lost at the next replication. Robocopy doesn't provide complete file synchronization, but it might still be beneficial in your environment.
More Heat Problems
Dianne M. Daniels' experience with a loose heat sink causing blue-screen-of-death errors (Reader to Reader, "An Unlikely Cause of Blue-Screen Errors," October 1998) reminded me of a problem I experienced more than a year ago. I had a new 200MHz Pentium Pro server with a 512KB cache. The server mysteriously crashed on a regular basis. The only way I could keep the server up for any length of time was to run it in a very cool room (below 60 degrees Fahrenheit) with the cover off and a 22" box fan blowing at the server. Obviously, heat was causing the problem.
The CPU heat sink fan was securely attached to the CPU with heat sink compound and properly clipped to the motherboard. Thus, I suspected a faulty CPU. I obtained a replacement CPU from the vendor and proceeded to move the heat sink fan to it. However, I discovered a small (0.2" * 1.2") plastic-coated bar-code sticker mired in the heat sink compound. I removed the sticker and put the heat sink and original CPU back in place. Since then, the machine has exhibited no heat-related problems.


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Whenever there is no service while using live tracking, all the points in between losing Internet connection and regaining it are gone. It would be great to have an option to send all cached points once a connection is back. As they can be timestamped, it should not be a problem for receiving servers to parse the points. They could be sent in an array, for example.
Local caching for live tracking when out of data signal
Would it be possible to add local caching to the live tracking so locations are sent from when the phone is out of data signal?
For implementation I envisage it working something like:
- In a live tracking profile, users can opt to use caching
- Caching is unavailable for GET requests (as data length is limited and you do not want to poll a url multiple times in a short time)
- For POST requests, Locus sends (if data available) a cache variable which is an array of locations (in the same format as the live beacon).
On the receiving server:
- any local authentication etc.
- process live location
- check for cache variable
- if present and supported, process cached locations
As an extra bonus, Locus could detail how many cached locations are stored in notifications (with where it currently reports successes and failures), and provide a way of manually sending the data to the server (example is when you finish a walk out of signal - you stop the tracking, but want to share the outstanding locations when you are back in signal.)


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Hey! Directory Localizer
Directory Localizer helps you localize directories.
Periodically, you'll want to know where a Python source file is actually located on disk. You might want this for all sorts of reasons, and it's always a bit messy when you do want to know.
DirectoryLocalizer solves two problems:
- it lets you know where you are on disk, assuming you're not anywhere crazy, like in a zip import, and
- it lets you pass that location to other code that might want to know where you are.
Usage is extremely simple:
- Make a DirectoryLocalizer object, dl (or whatever).
- Call dl.set() from the file you want to locate on disk.
- Any code that can access dl can now call:
- dl.dir(): for the directory of the file where dl.set() was called,
- dl.path(fn): for the filename of a file in the directory where dl.set() was called,
- dl.file(fn): for a file object of the file in dl.path(fn), and
- dl.read(fn): to get a read of the file in d.file(fn).


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Imagine being comfortable in any area in your home at any time. Villara's Zoned Thermal Equalizer (ZTE) makes it possible.
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Our patented electronic device converts an ordinary heating and air conditioning system into an intelligent comfort control system. Two or more separate zones of your home are createdupstairs and downstairs or living areas and sleeping areas – then temperatures are controlled separately in each zone.
The ZTE system provides benefits to single or two story homes:
- Separate temperature control for each zone
- Maximization of overall system capacity
- Long-term energy savings of up to 17%
- Improvement in temperature differential between floors by up to 60%
- Fully automatic or manual operation


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Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
- This article is about flavor, the sensory impression. There is another article on Flavor (particle physics) for the particle property.
Flavor (or flavour) is the sensory impression of a food or other substance. It is determined by the three chemical senses of taste, olfaction (smell), and the so-called trigeminal senses, which detect chemical irritants in the mouth and throat.
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Side effects of macrobid in elderly
Side effects of macrobid in elderly
Is Macrobid safe for elderly?
It is generally accepted that nitrofurantoin may be ineffective for UTIs in the elderly because age-related declines in renal function result in subtherapeutic concentrations in the urinary tract. However, the recommendation to avoid the drug in the elderly is not because it causes nephrotoxicity.
How long do side effects of Macrobid last?
I stopped taking the medication on day three when I noticed I had also developed a rash. And my breathing was being impacted. It took 48-72 hours to feel better and the rash to subside. While my symptoms went away within 6 hours – the side effects with this drug were awful.
How long does it take for Macrobid to clear up a UTI?
Treating urinary tract infections with Macrobid If your doctor prescribes Macrobid for your UTI, you'll likely take this drug at home. Treatment typically lasts seven days. Be sure to take Macrobid exactly as prescribed by your doctor.
Can Macrobid make you feel weak?
Feeling dizzy, sleepy, tired, or weak. Some people have had hair loss with Macrobid (nitrofurantoin capsules). This went back to normal when Macrobid (nitrofurantoin capsules) was stopped. This medicine may change the color of the urine to brown.
Why do seniors get so many urinary tract infections?
Certain factors may increase the risk of UTIs in older people. Conditions common in older adults may lead to urinary retention or neurogenic bladder. This increases the risk of UTIs. These conditions include Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and diabetes.
Is Macrobid bad for your kidneys?
As renal function deteriorates, the nitrofurantoin bladder concentration decreases and plasma levels increase. Therefore, in renal impairment efficacy is reduced and the potential for adverse reactions increased. Nitrofurantoin is consequently contraindicated in patients with creatinine clearance less than 60 mL/min1.
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How long does it take for Macrobid to get out of your system?
What are the side effects of Macrobid?
What Are Side Effects of Macrobid? nausea, vomiting, upset stomach, diarrhea, rust-colored or brownish urine, vaginal itching or discharge, headaches, and. gas.
Is Macrobid 3 days enough?
How long will I take it for? If you're taking nitrofurantoin to treat a urinary tract infection, then you usually need to take it for 3 to 7 days. If you're taking nitrofurantoin to stop urinary tract infections coming back, you may need to take it for several months.
What is the strongest antibiotic for a UTI?
Which antibiotics work best to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs)? Augmentin. Ceftriaxone ( Rocephin ) Cephalexin ( Keflex ) Ciprofloxacin ( Cipro ) Fosfomycin ( Monurol ) Levofloxacin ( Levaquin ) Nitrofurantoin ( Macrodantin, Macrobid ) Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole ( Bactrim, Septra )
How do you get rid of E coli in the urinary tract?
After a positive urinalysis, your doctor might prescribe Bactrim or Cipro, two antibiotics often used to treat UTIs caused by E. coli. If you're not better after a few doses, the E. coli may be resistant to these drugs.
What kind of bacteria does Macrobid kill?
What is nitrofurantoin (Macrobid, Macrodantin, Furadantin)? Nitrofurantoin is an antibiotic that is used for treating urinary tract infections caused by several types of bacteria. It is effective against E. Coli, Enterobacter cystitis, Enterococcus, Klebsiella, and Staphylococcus aureus.
Why does Macrobid turn urine brown?
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What drugs interact with Macrobid?
Drug interactions of Macrobid, Macrodantin, and Furadantin include probenecid, sulfinpyrazone, magnesium trisilicate antacids, live tuberculosis vaccines (BCG vaccine) and live typhoid vaccines, and quinolone antibiotics.
Can Macrobid treat kidney infection?
Macrobid is available as a generic. Macrobid should not be used for pyelonephritis ( kidney infections ) or other deep tissue infections such as perinephric abscesses.
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This is intended to provide information for people who throw Not An Answer (NAA) flags and who might be surprised to see the canned decline reason "flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer", (or some other decline reason) as the response to the flag.
When should answers be flagged as Not An Answer and when should something else be done?
We see quite a lot of Not An Answer flags that shouldn't really have been thrown. The NAA flag should be thrown when the community lacks the tools to fix an issue e.g.
 - The answer is asking for additional information or making a comment on the question - we can convert to a comment.
 - Someone is saying I have this problem too/Did this ever get resolved/Thanks etc.
 - Someone is asking a new question.
You could flag these as not an answer but you could do better
 - The answer is a comment on another answer (please use other and let us know where it should go, use the share link).
 - The answer is additional information that should be an edit to the question. We can convert to edit so using other and letting us know is good, you could edit the information into the question yourself and then flag other and request deletion.
NAA flags shouldn't be thrown when the community has the tools to fix the issue e.g.
 - The answer provided is wrong.
 - The answer provided doesn't answer the question.
 - The answer is phrased as a question e.g. Did you try X or Y? Which is really a hint to the OP to do something.
You have the tools to deal with these: Downvote, leave a comment or both. If you have enough rep and you feel it necessary, you can cast a delete vote.
Additional Information: _URL_ Can we have an unambiguous, official ruling on what the "not an answer" flag is for?
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 - _USER_: I believe we are, it only says may not will. – user9517 Mar 27 '13 at 14:31
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 Great. So don't use NAA if the answer doesn't answer the question (?!) – vonbrand Mar 29 '13 at 0:31
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 - _USER_ I find that when a comment is an answer, many users tend to steal the answer in that comment and post it as their own answer. – AStopher Nov 10 '14 at 9:18
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L}{4 \hbar E} = \frac{{\rm GeV}\, {\rm fm}}{4 \hbar c} \times \frac{\Delta m^2}{{\rm eV}^2} \frac{L}{\rm km} \frac{\rm GeV}{E} \approx 1.267 \times \frac{\Delta m^2}{{\rm eV}^2} \frac{L}{\rm km} \frac{\rm GeV}{E},
where 1.267 is unitless. In this form, it is convenient to plug in the oscillation parameters since:
The mass differences, Δm2, are known to be on the order of 1x10-4 eV2
Oscillation distances, L, in modern experiments are on the order of kilometers
Neutrino energies, E, in modern experiments are typically on order of MeV or GeV.
If there is no CP-violation (δ is zero), then the second sum is zero.
Two neutrino case
The above formula is correct for any number of neutrino generations. Writing it explicitly in terms of mixing angles is extremely cumbersome if there are more than two neutrinos that participate in mixing. Fortunately, there are several cases in which only two neutrinos participate significantly. In this case, it is sufficient to consider the mixing matrix
Then the probability of a neutrino changing its flavor is
P_{\alpha\rightarrow\beta, \alpha\neq\beta} = \sin^{2}(2\theta)\, \sin^{2} \left(\frac{\Delta m^2 L}{4E}\right)\, \mathrm{(natural\,units)}
Or, using SI units and the convention introduced above
P_{\alpha\rightarrow\beta, \alpha\neq\beta} = \sin^{2}(2\theta) \, \sin^{2}\left( 1.267 \frac{\Delta m^2 L}{E} \frac{\rm GeV}{\rm eV^{2}\,\rm km}\right)
This formula is often appropriate for discussing the transition νμ ↔ ντ in atmospheric mixing, since the electron neutrino plays almost no role in this case. It is also appropriate for the solar case of νe ↔ νx, where νx is a superposition of νμ and ντ. These approximations are possible because the mixing angle θ13 is very small and because two of the mass states are very close in mass compared to the third.
Theory, graphically
Two neutrino probabilities in vacuum
In the approximation where only two neutrinos participate in the oscillation, the probability of oscillation follows a simple pattern:
Two neutrino oscillation probabilities.png
The blue curve shows the probability of the original neutrino retaining its identity. The red curve shows the probability of conversion to the other neutrino. The maximum probability of conversion is equal to sin22θ. The frequency of the oscillation is controlled by Δm2.
Three neutrino probabilities
If three neutrinos are considered, the probability for each neutrino to appear is somewhat complex. Here are shown the probabilities for each initial flavor, with one plot showing a long range to display the slow "solar" oscillation and the other zoomed in to display the fast "atmospheric" oscillation. The oscillation parameters used here are consistent with current measurements, but since some parameters are still quite uncertain, these graphs are only qualitatively correct in some aspects. These values were used:
sin22θ23 = 0.95. (It may turn out to be exactly one.)
sin22θ12 = 0.86.
\Delta m^2_{12} = 8 \times 10^{-5} {\rm eV}^2.
\Delta m^2_{23} \approx \Delta m^2_{13} = 2.4 \times 10^{-3} {\rm eV}^2.
Electron neutrino oscillations, long range. Here and in the following diagrams black means electron neutrino, blue means muon neutrino and red means tau neutrino.
Electron neutrino oscillations, short range
Muon neutrino oscillations, long range
Muon neutrino oscillations, short range
Tau neutrino oscillations, long range
Tau neutrino oscillations, short range
Observed values of oscillation parameters
\sin^2(\theta_{13}) < 0.032^{}_{} at 95% confidence level (\theta_{13} < 10.3^\circ) [5]
\tan^2(\theta_{12}) = 0.45^{+0.09}_{-0.07}. This corresponds to \theta_{12} \equiv \theta_{\rm sol}={33.9^\circ}^{+2.4^\circ}_{-2.2^\circ} ("sol" stands for solar) [7]
\sin^2(2\theta_{23}) = 1^{+0}_{-0.1}, corresponding to \theta_{23} \equiv \theta_{\rm atm}=45\pm 7^\circ ("atm" for atmospheric)[8]
\Delta m^2_{21} \equiv \Delta m^2_{\rm sol}= 8.0^{+0.6}_{-0.4}\cdot 10^{-5} {\rm eV}^2 [7]
| \Delta m^2_{31}| \approx |\Delta m^2_{32}| \equiv \Delta m^2_{\rm atm}= 2.43^{+0.13}_{-0.13}\cdot 10^{-3} {\rm eV}^2[9]
δ, α1, α2, and the sign of \Delta m^2_{32} are currently unknown
Solar neutrino experiments combined with KamLAND have measured the so-called solar parameters \Delta m^2_{\rm sol} and sin2θsol. Atmospheric neutrino experiments such as Super-Kamiokande together with the K2K and MINOS long baseline accelerator neutrino experiment have determined the so-called atmospheric parameters \Delta m^2_{\rm atm} and sin22θatm.
For atmospheric neutrinos (where the relevant difference of masses is about \Delta m^2 =2.4\times 10^{-3}\mbox{ eV}^2 and the typical energies are ~1 GeV), oscillations become visible for neutrinos travelling several hundred km, which means neutrinos that reach the detector from below the horizon.
From atmospheric and solar neutrino oscillation experiments, it is known that two mixing angles of the MNS matrix are large and the third is smaller. This is in sharp contrast to the CKM matrix in which all three angles are small and hierarchically decreasing. Nothing is known about the CP-violating phase of the MNS matrix.
If the neutrino mass proves to be of Majorana type (making the neutrino its own antiparticle), it is possible that the MNS matrix has more than one phase.
Since experiments observing the neutrino oscillations measure the squared mass difference and not absolute mass, one can claim that the lightest neutrino mass is exactly zero, without contradicting observations. This is however regarded as unlikely by theorists.
Origins of neutrino mass
The question of how neutrino masses arise has not been answered conclusively. In the Standard Model of particle physics, fermions only have mass because of interactions with the Higgs field (see Higgs boson). These interactions involve both leftand right-handed versions of the fermion (see chirality). However, only left-handed neutrinos have been observed so far.
Neutrinos may have another source of mass through the Majorana mass term. This type of mass applies for electrically-neutral particles since otherwise it would allow particles to turn into anti-particles, which would violate conservation of electric charge.
The smallest modification to the Standard Model, which only has left-handed neutrinos, is to allow these left-handed neutrinos to have Majorana masses. The problem with this is that the neutrino masses are implausibly smaller than the rest of the known particles (at least 500,000 times smaller than the mass of an electron), which, while it does not invalidate the theory, is not very satisfactory.
The next simplest addition would be to add right-handed neutrinos into the Standard Model, which interact with the left-handed neutrinos and the Higgs field in an analogous way to the rest of the fermions. These new neutrinos would interact with the other fermions solely in this way, so are not phenomenologically excluded. The problem of the disparity of the mass scales remains.
Seesaw mechanism
Main article: Seesaw mechanism
The most popular conjectured solution currently is the seesaw mechanism, where right-handed neutrinos with very large Majorana masses are added. If the right-handed neutrinos are very heavy, they induce a very small mass for the left-handed neutrinos, which is proportional to the inverse of the heavy mass.
If it is assumed that the neutrinos interact with the Higgs field with approximately the same strengths as the charged fermions do, the heavy mass should be close to the GUT scale. Note that, in the Standard Model there is just one fundamental mass scale (which can be taken as the scale of SU(2)_L\times U(1)_Y breaking) and all masses (such as the electron or the mass of the Z boson) have to originate from this one.
There are other varieties of seesaw and currently it is not


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Last month Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida, leaving a wake of devastation in its path. An estimated $2.5 billion in damage was done to production agriculture across the Sunshine State. Dairy producers were not hit as hard as other sectors, but losses are still expected to total near $12 million according to officials with the Florida Department of Agriculture.
"Florida agriculture took it on the chin as Hurricane Irma pummeled the state, and the $2.5 billion in agricultural damages is only an initial assessment," says Adam H. Putnam, Florida commissioner of agriculture.
A report released by the Florida Department of Agriculture with data from USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service assessed damage in all of Florida's 67 counties.
Irma forced milk processing plants to shutdown prior, during and after the storm. Southeast Milk Inc., a milk cooperative in with members across Florida, lost an estimated $1,951,695 from milk dumping and milk being sold at lower prices in other markets.
Electricity went down for several days at dairies making cooling animals with fans difficult, leading to heat stress and lower milk production. It is estimated Florida dairy farms will lose $7.5 million in revenue during the next four months because of the health setbacks cattle suffered.
An estimated 40 dairies incurred significant damage from Irma to barns, equipment, fences and other structures. No official number is released, but estimates include:
- $4,000 per farm in debris cleanup and rebuilding fences: $160,000.
- $50,000 per farm in damage to barns, sheds, milk parlors, and other infrastructure: $2,000,000.
- $5,000 per farm in equipment damage: $200,000.
"We're likely to see even greater economic losses as we account for loss of future production and the cost to rebuild infrastructure," Putnam says.
Total losses, including crop losses, to dairy producers in the state are estimated to be $11,811,695.
Losses for other agriculture industry sectors include:
- Citrus: $760,816,600
- Beef Cattle: $237,476,562
- Aquaculture: $36,850,000
- Fruits and Vegetables (Excludes Citrus): $180,193,096
- Greenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture: $624,819,895
- Sugar: $382,603,397
- Field Crops: $62,747,058
- Forestry $261,280,000
The report states Florida has more than 100 dairies milking 125,000 total cows. Annually milk sales are more than $500 million in Florida.


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The National Bank of Serbia (Serbian: Народна банка Србије / Narodna banka Srbije) is the central bank of Serbia. Founded in 1884, the responsibilities of the bank are: monetary policy, sole issuer of Serbian banknotes and coins, protection of price stability and promotion of stability of the financial system within Serbia.
Core functions of the National Bank of Serbia include determining and implementation of the monetary policy, as well as that of the dinar exchange rate policy, management of the foreign currency reserves, issue of banknotes and coins, and maintenance of efficient payment and financial systems. The current governor of the bank is Jorgovanka Tabaković, as of August 6, 2012.
The bank was originally established on July 2, 1884 as the Privileged National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia. It was modeled after the National Bank of Belgium, considered at the time to be at the forefront of modern banking institutions. The first governor of the bank was Aleksa Spasić. Following the First World War, the bank underwent several changes as the country expanded and eventually became Yugoslavia. It wasn't until 2003 that the last remnant of Yugoslavia disappeared and the bank returned to minting Serbian currency.
Head office building, 12 Kralja Petra St. Belgrade
- Privileged National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia (2 July 1884 - 20 January 1920)
- National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovens (20 January - 3 October 1929)
- National Bank of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (3 October 1929 - September 1946)
- National Bank of Yugoslavia (September 1946 - 19 July 2003)
- National Bank of Serbia ( - since 19 July 2003)
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Visit the Foundation Center to learn more about developing a proposal and participate in webinar training and live classroom trainingmany courses offered at no charge. Cleveland is home to one of only five Foundation Center locations across the United States. The Center is conveniently located in nearby Playhouse Square. All CSU students and faculty are welcome!
- Basic Introduction: How to write a grant proposal and grant budget.
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Upgrading your iOS platform
How to update your operating system in order to support the Happy Hints App.
Here is a simple guide to update the software on apple devices via iTunes.
1. Connect device to Mac/PC using apple USB cable.
2. If iTunes does not open automatically, please open it.
3. In the left hand tool bar you will see a heading labelled devices.
4. Click the name of your device (see example below).
5. A screen will appear in the centre of itunes with all the information about the attached device, which will enable you to manage all media on your device (see example of this screen below).
6. In the centre of this screen there is a box called 'Version'. In this box there is button labelled check for updates (see example below).
7. Click this button and iTunes will prompt you to update the device if this is required.
8. If an update is required proceed by following on-screen instructions and only unplug the device when the update is complete.
Please Note: Devices with iOS 5 (the latest version of the apple operating system) onwards can update from the device itself wirelessly without connecting it to a Mac or PC. This can only be performed if the device is on a wireless network connected to the internet. For example, if you have a wireless router in your house through which your PC or Mac connects to the internet, your phone or other device must also be connected to the internet via the wireless network to perform the update.
1. On the device press the settings icon.
2. Press the general option from the list.
3. Press software update.
4. If you are on a wireless network and an update is required follow the on screen instructions to update.
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Introduction to Sociology
The only textbook that helps students make micro-macro connections, Introduction to Sociology helps students uncover the surprising links between everyday life and global change.
The Seventh Edition does not simply compare the United States to other countries, but shows students how global processes play out in their lives. Drawing on research from both macro and micro sociology, the author team shows how sociologists bring the two together to give a comprehensive picture of modern society.
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Teaching indigenous languages with AR
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March 26, 2021
This week, you can read in Avvír about how and why Ludenso Create will be made available in 3 Sámi languages by 2022. Together with forward-thinking Sámi teachers, we hope to contribute to the preservation of the indigenous languages in Scandinavia.
The indigenous Sámi people from Scandinavia naturally feel proud of their culture. Unfortunately, lots of young students with Sámi backgrounds do not know the language of their parents and grandparents. The Scandinavian schools offer education and values which are usually far from the Sámi culture, making it difficult to access modern tools to motivate these students to learn their native language. That is why we at Ludenso are proud to share that we will make Ludenso Create available in 3 Sámi languages by next year.
Why is it important to make new technology available in indigenous languages in school?
Language is our main form of interaction with others, as our words help preserve stories, information, traditions, and identity. The indigenous languages represent the legacy of grandmothers and grandfathers. Should an indigenous language disappear, the indigenous traditional knowledge such as legends, stories, songs, and myths also disappear.
Photo: "Norwegian Sami People" by Karin Beate Nøsterud
Today, indigenous languages are threatened by the constant growth and assimilation of globalization. This is despite the UN's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which states that learning an indigenous language is a human right.
How can we contribute to the preservation of the Sámi languages?
At Ludenso, we work to enable all children to become digital creators. This means that regardless of your background, ethnicity, or language, you should be able to free your imagination with the AR technology we are developing.
In collaboration with the Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training, we have therefore set out to translate our AR program, Ludenso Create, as well as pedagogical content and guidelines into how to use the technology in the three Sámi languages. This includes Lule Sámi, Northern Sámi, and Southern Sámi. But pure translation is not all. We also want to help preserve the Sámi perspectives, values, history, and culture. To achieve this we will collaborate closely with Sámi teachers, who will share their pedagogical and cultural perspectives on how to phrase tasks for the students.
Photo: "Sami Man" by blueorangestudio
This year, we are creating a teacher portal, where teachers can share their pedagogical tasks through a form, and easily access and share these tasks with students and colleagues. The teachers will also be able to find the pedagogical tasks created by others. This way, the Sámi teachers can help inspire other Sámi teachers. A bonus is that this enables teachers from other countries to seek inspiration from these tasks to teach their students about the indigenous cultures we are so fortunate to have in Scandinavia.
Are you a Sámi teacher, and would like to take part in the work to enable all children to be digital creators? Please send us an email to _EMAIL_, and we would love to collaborate.
If you want to read the full article, "– Buot mánát galget sáhttit šaddat digitála ráhkadeaddjin written" by Alf Berg Grønnli, you can find it in Avvir (here)


Use CSV Uploader for Ad-hoc Analysis
You can upload a set of data to your GoodData workspace (project) and analyze it on an ad hoc basis using our CSV Uploader. You can use the CSV ploaderU to quickly analyze your data or to verify data integrity and standard compliance of your CSV files.
CSV Uploader allows you to add data from a file without affecting the rest of the data in your workspace (production data). The data from the file is added as a separate dataset (non-production data) and does not affect the existing datasets. To add data from a CSV file to use in your production environment, see Load CSV Files to a Workspace with the LDM Modeler.
For the following tutorial, download the order_lines.csv sample file. Ensure the downloaded file keeps its *.csv suffix. If you decide to upload your own CSV files, ensure that you read CSV File Requirements. Once the data is added, you can immediately start analyzing it in Analytical Designer (see Create Insights).
To load the data using the CSV Uploader:
 1. Select the workspace/project that you want to use to upload your CSV file.
 The Default dashboard page with your workspace opens.
 2. Click Load in the top navigation bar.
 The Load page opens.
 Depending on your GoodData plan, the page may look differently:
 3. Click Load on the CSV tile.
 The Choose a CSV file pop-up window appears.
 4. Click Browse to select the CSV file, then click Load to start data processing.
 5. On the screen that appears, verify the data, then click Done.
 GoodData will start processing your data.
 When the processing is finished, you will see the confirmation message
 6. Close the green message and click Analyze to open Analytical Designer and begin creating insights.
Access Data from a CSV File
The data from a CSV is added to a separate dataset and do not mix with your prodution data that you added from a data warehouse or using LDM Modeler.
To access the CSV data, simply click the Production data tab under the name of your workpace and click the CSV dataset (Order LInes (2) in this case).
Manage CSV datasets
To update or delete a CSV dataset uploaded using the CSV Uploader, go to the Load section.
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Close the batches whose batch Ids were passed to BatchClose.SetBatchId.
The Test Manager displays test results in batches. The article Grouping tests into batches with the SDK explains how tests are associated with batches based on a batch ID, and how you can use the SDK to control which tests will be part of a particular batch.
Here, we will focus on understanding the notions of an active batch and closing a batch.
A batch is created and becomes active when a test is started with a batch ID that does not match an existing active batch. As long as a batch is active, new tests that have a matching batch ID will be added to the batch.
The Eyes server closes an active batch if it has not been used for several hours, or if it has been in continuous use for more than a few days.
When a batch is closed, the Eyes server sends a batch completion notification, if this feature is enabled. New tests that start will be added to a new batch and not to the closed batch.
You can manage batch closure by manually closing the batch. This is recommended if the user wants to get a batch completion notification as soon as the tests complete and not when the batch is closed automatically by the server.
This method does not take any parameters.
Return value
Type: void
The example below illustates how to close a batch programmatically:
Note that the batch id of the batch being closed needs to be passed to BatchClose.SetBatchId. In this example, we assume that a batch id was set for all the batches by assigning a unique ID to the environment variable APPLITOOLS_BATCH_ID. This is used as a default by the method Configuration.SetBatch which is setup in the suite Configuration object which is then assigned to each Eyes instance.
 * Setup a common batch for all tests
BatchInfo batchInfo = new BatchInfo(batchName);
batchInfo.Id = MyGetUniqueBatchID(); // User defined
suiteConfig = (Configuration) new Configuration()
 /*... other configurations */;
 * Assign the configuration to all newly created Eyes instances
eyes = new Eyes();
 * After all the tests have completed, in all the runners
BatchClose batchClose = new BatchClose();


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You may want to filter and view your contacts which have a phone number to more easily add only call-able individuals to a call list, for example. Here's how to do that:
- From your Contacts page, click on advanced search.
- Click "field" to see the drop-down menu for categories.
- Select "Phone," then set the next field to "exists."
- Click "Submit Query," and the search will return contacts who have an email address. You can also select "does not exist" if you're looking for contacts without email addresses.
Pro-tip: You may wish to create a Saved Search that includes this criteria, so that you can always quickly identify contacts that meet a set of criteria, including having a phone number. Especially if your account includes the phone number lookup monthly add-on feature, saving this search criteria will help you quickly identify when someone you're trying to reach now has an associated phone number.


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Now determine the direction in which you'd have to move the center point of the 3D image to align it with the 2D image. For our tutorial image, we need to make the following changes: 6.88 R, 0.504 P, 6.015 I. This should be relatively straightforward from an examination of the landmark coordinates for the two images and the differences between them.
Finally, make appropriate additions and subtractions from the current center points (see Centering above)
For the tutorial data:
X: (A-P) _PHONE_-0.504=_PHONE_
Y: (S-I) _PHONE_-6.015=_PHONE_
Z: (L-R) 96.45-6.88=89.57
To make the actual changes as calculated, use 3drefit. Here is the command you'll want to enter for the tutorial data:
>3drefit -xorigin _PHONE_ -yorigin _PHONE_ -zorigin 89.57 brain3d+orig.BRIK
Sometimes this takes a few tries to get it right. You should end up being able to move the crosshairs around on the two images and get similar xyz coordinates.


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Methods | Statistics | Clinical | Educational | Industrial | Professional items | World psychology |
Cooperative inquiry, also known as collaborative inquiry was first proposed by John Heron in 1971 and later expanded with Peter Reason. The major idea of cooperative inquiry is to "research 'with' rather than 'on' people." It emphasizes that all active participants are fully involved in research decisions as co-researchers. Cooperative inquiry creates a research cycle among four different types of knowledge: propositional knowing (as in contemporary science), practical knowing (the knowledge that comes with actually doing what you propose), experiential knowing (the feedback we get in real time about our interaction with the larger world) and presentational knowing (the artistic rehearsal process through which we craft new practices). The research process iterates these four stages at each cycle with deepening experience and knowledge of the initial proposition, or of new propositions, at every cycle.
- Stage 1: The first reflection phase that determines topics and methods of inquiry. This phase involves primarily propositional knowing.
- Stage 2: The first action phase, usually within the group, that tests the agreed actions, records outcomes from the testing, and observes if the actions conform to the original ideas from Stage 1. This stage involves primarily practical knowing.
- Stage 3: A second action phase, usually by individuals in their everyday life outside the group, where the experiences and the consequences of one's new inquiries in action can generate profound new feelings and awarenesses. In this stage, the experiences may lead to new fields, actions and insights that depart from the original ideas. This stage involves primarily experiential knowing.
- Stage 4: The second reflection phase when, in the group, co-researchers reflect on their experiences and the data collected in Stages 2 and 3. Now they may re-frame the original ideas and amend inquiry procedures. In this stage, co-researchers also decide whether to proceed to further cycles in the inquiry processes. This stage involves primarily presentational knowing, developing new images and ways of acting. This leads back to propositional knowing, if the inquiry group decides to start a next cycle.
The following figure illustrates the four cognitive modes and stages in Cooperative Inquiry process cycle (Figure is taken from John Heron's Co-operative Inquiry, pp.56, 1996)
Figure 1 Co-operate Inquiry Life Cycle
- Reason & Bradbury, Handbook of Action Research. London: Sage, 2001.
- Heron, J. 1996. Cooperative Inquiry: Research into the human condition. London: Sage.
- Reason, P. & Rowan, J. 1981. Human Inquiry: A Sourcebook of New Paradigm Research. London: Wiley.
- Reason, P. 1995. Participation in Human Inquiry. London: Sage.
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Monitoring mites with a sugar shake
It seems that every beekeeping group has its own way to monitor Varroa mites. I keep hearing variations on the sugar shake (or sugar roll), the alcohol wash, and the soap bath. But one thing remains constant: most hobby beekeepers don't want to kill bees in order to count mites.
The powdered sugar shake does not kill bees. The sugar-coated honey bees are easily added back to the hive and the sugar consumed. Both the alcohol wash and the soap bath give a slightly more accurate count, but both kill the bees. Soap and alcohol give more accurate results for two reasons: they better separate the mites from the bees and they allow an actual count of the bees in the sample instead of an estimate.
However, it is my opinion that beekeepers are more likely to monitor if they don't have to kill bees in the process. I also believe that the easier it is to do, the more likely it is to happen. Furthermore, I don't think the last scintilla of accuracy makes much difference. Your decision to treat or not treat will probably be unaffected by the one or two mites you missed.
Compare the two
If you are uncomfortable with the difference, you can try this at home: Do a sugar shake and count the mites. Next, use alcohol on the same group of bees and count the extra mites. In most cases, you will find that the sugar shake dislodged at least 90% of the mites.
If you want, you can assume you are getting 90% of the mites with your sugar shake, and then you can adjust the estimate by dividing your count by 90%. For example, if your sugar roll yielded 8 mites, then 0.9χ = 8, so χ = 8.8 mites. Let's call it 9. But do I think this is a necessary step? No.
In the interest of simplicity I have distilled a number of sources that describe how to do a sugar shake and tried to make it as easy as possible.
Simple Instructions for a Sugar Shake Test (Sugar Roll)
Equipment Needed:
 - A mason jar with a marking at the 1/2-cup level. Some mason jars come with embossed measurements, or you can draw a line with a marker.
 - A mason jar ring fitted with a round disk of #8 hardware cloth. This lid must fit on your mason jar.
 - Confectioner's sugar (powdered sugar or icing sugar)
 - A spoon
 - A container for counting mites. It should be white or at least very light colored so the mites can be seen.
 - A bucket, bowl, feeder, Tupperware container, or something that you will shake your bees into.
 - A small amount of water
Prepare all this equipment in advance. If you use a 5-gallon bucket to catch the bees, you can put the rest of your equipment in there for transport. Once in the apiary, lay out your equipment.
Now, here are the steps:
 1. Remove 1 or 2 frames of bees from the brood nest. Ideally, these frames will contain open brood and nurse bees. Make sure the frames you shake do not include the queen.
 2. Shake the frames over your bucket. Don't bang the frames, just shake.
 3. Take your bucket of bees, tap it so the bees collect on the bottom, and then pour them into your mason jar up to the 1/2-cup line. This will give you approximately 400* bees.
 4. Quickly screw on the modified lid.
 5. Pour the rest of the bees back in the hive.
 6. Spoon some confectioners sugar onto the mesh screen and work it through with your fingers.
 7. Shake the bees in the jar for about a minute to completely coat both bees and mites, using as much sugar as necessary.
 8. Invert the jar and shake it into your light-colored dish. Keep shaking until mites and sugar stop falling out.
 9. Add a small amount of water to your dish of mites. This dissolves the sugar and makes the mites easier to see.
 10. Count the mites.
This concludes the actual test. Next you will need to consult a chart in order to decide if you should treat for mites. Recommendations vary depending on the season and where you live. Also, recommendations may be given based on the number of mites per bee, in which case you will have to divide your mite count by the estimated number of bees in your sample.
Neither way counts every mite
None of the methods mentioned above—sugar, soap, or alcohol—count the mites under the brood caps, but most of the charts available take this into consideration. If you are uncertain, but sure to read the fine print.
Although this system is not perfect, it will give you a lot of information for a very small amount of effort. Give it a try and see how your mites are doing. One way or the other, you might be surprised.
*Estimates vary. According to Marla Spivak at the University of Minnesota, there are approximately 100 bees per fluid ounce.
Nick Holmes
Do you have a reference you can point at about the calculation for working out infestation levels, the only ones I know about are for mite drop through the screen floor under normal activity.
The University of Minnesota says this, "If you know how many bees were in your sample, you can estimate the number of mites per 100 bees. If there is brood in the colony when you sample, you should double this number to factor in the amount of mites in worker brood. For example, if there are 5 mites/100 bees, the total infestation is probably 10 mites/100 bees. If your colony has over 10-12 mites/100 bees, you should consider treatment."
On the other hand, The University of Montana recommends treating if you get 5-9 mites from a sugar roll containing 250 bees. I assume they are doubling the number to account for brood, which would give you 10-18 mites. Dividing that by 2.5 gives you 4-7 mites/100 bees. Those are fairly inconsistent, so I hesitate to recommend one over the other.
Today I opened up one of my hives to remove the spent HopGuard strips and put the quilt box on for the winter. I was surprised to find a nest of ladybugs under the telescopic outer cover and the inner cover. Although I have been bitten by the orange ladybugs before, I doubt the ladybugs would attack the bees but I was wondering if they would eat the mites. I would guess their main reason for being there was to stay warm and dry but wouldn't it be great if these are a natural predator of the varroa mites.
Nick Holmes
Ok thanks… gives me a start in terms of mites / role = infestation in hive. I should be able to extrapolate from that. Thanks 🙂
Hi Rusty,
I didn't want to use chemicals to treat, so I read & read to find the best way to treat for mites. So I settled on the wintergreen patty recipe you provided, sugar sprinkle, followed up with about 60 drops of peppermint oil mixed in about 2 pints or less of honey (theirs) in a baggie feeder. I also saturated strips of paper towels with a mixture of 1/2 cup corn oil and tea tree oil/peppermint oil/patchouli oil in a plastic condiment squeeze bottle, I used only 2 oils together. I laid the saturated 5×5 pieces of paper towels, 2 in each hive directly on the frames in the upper brood box, with the hopes they chew it up and get some oils. (I only overwinter with 2 deeps.) Oo I tucked them in with a candyboard, said a prayer and will check on them before deep winter sets in. This is just my second year so I'm still learning. I'm not a helicopter beekeeper. I'm pretty lazy, and I let the bees be bees. I don't go down in brood frames and examine and I don't cut things open or out. It's mostly because I do more harm being inexperienced than any real help. I hate tearing up all their hard work. The only thing I will do in the spring is try a walkaway split on my two hives. They beat me to it last palm Sunday lol!!!
Mark Martin
Very good! I actually tried the sugar roll method for the first time this year and had 4 mites drop. Ideally I would have done a set of brood frames in the top and bottom box and maybe averaged them together but I ran out of daylight. Hopefully the bees will make it through the winter and I can see how many mites drop next year in the spring, summer and fall.
PS – I'm trying the pine shavings in my ventilation board this winter. I'm excited to see how it works! Thanks!
I'm not sure exactly what you are asking... why what? But powdered sugar is found to be an effective mite control if done on a regular weekly schedule. It only gets part of the mites (and none under the cappings) so it must be repeated often. The sugar shake test dislodges a greater number of mites because you use


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Towny war is activated by our chief, KaizenWorlds, there is a 30-second countdown and then War begins.
During war Nations fight each other. Towns without a nation are not included, cannot score points.
Nations can also pay a daily Neutrality cost to avoid taking part in a war. The cost of neutrality is 100 dollars from its nationbank each 'Towny Day'.
Useful during war is the '/towny war hud' which will make a scoreboard appear for the player, which details points and properties of the townblock they are standing in.
While war is in effect, each competing town has a health points property attached to it. Normal townblocks have an HP of 60 while Home Blocks have 120 points by default. A townblock loses HP by enemy-nation residents standing within the townblock. When a townblock has lost all HP and fallen the town which the attacker belongs to gains one townblock and points to their War Score.
When a townblock is under attack, fireworks appear above. Red for damage, red creeperhead for a won townblock, and green when a townblock is being healed by a defender.
Only townblocks on the edge of the wilderness can be attacked first.
A Town can be knocked out of a war when their Home Block falls or if their Mayor is killed. A Nation can be knocked out of a war if its capital city is knocked out of the war, or if the King is killed.
Points in war given for the following:
- A enemy killed: 1
- A townblock stolen: 1
- A town knocked out of the war: 10
- A nation knocked out of the war: 100
- Towny war ends when there is only one nation who's Home Block has not been conquered or when the admin toggles war off. Although the townblocks are restored at the end of war, the damage from any griefing is permanent.


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You can automatically detect scene changes in footage that does not have an EDL, such as archived material. Once SpeedGrade has identified scene changes, you can add keyframes to scene changes, or split your footage up into separate clips.
The workflow consists of the following steps:
- Detect the scene changes.
- Prepare the footage for grading or editing.
- Save or export the footage.
After marking your scene changes, prepare the footage for grading or editing as follows:
- To separate the footage into individual shots or scenes, click Split into Clips.
- To flag the scene changes, click Add Keyframes to Clip.
Once you split into clips or add keyframes, you can save the scene-detected content as a SpeedGrade project or create an Edit Decision List (EDL).
In the Setup Panel under the Timeline tab, do one of the following:
- To save the content as a SpeedGrade project, click Save IRCP.
- To export an Edit Decision List, click Save EDL.


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Olga Radko joined the UCLA Mathematics Department as a VIGRE Assistant Professor in 2002 after receiving her PhD from UC Berkeley. Her pioneering work on the complete classification of two-dimensional Poisson structures is well known in the field of Poisson geometry, where these objects are sometimes called Radko surfaces.
In 2007, Olga founded the Los Angeles Math Circle, and served as its director until her death in 2020, continuing to work even while hospitalized. LAMC was Olga's passion and her creative energies and administrative talent led the program on a path to remarkable growth and impact.
Olga inspired a generation of schoolchildren to pursue studies in mathematics and related fields. Over 1,500 children attended the Math Circle during its first 13 years of operation. More than 170 UCLA students worked as docents in the Math Circle over these years and have learned first hand the joys of sharing beautiful mathematics with kids of all ages. Her experiences teaching mathematics to young children have lead her to write two books Breaking Numbers into Parts, co-authored with Dr. Oleg Gleizer.
For the last 2.5 years of her life, Olga fought a hard battle against ovarian cancer. Despite being in continuous treatment for most of this time, she lost this fight on June 29, 2020.
Olga was a devoted wife and mother. She is survived by her husband Dima Shlyakhtenko, her mother and sister, and two sons, Victor and Robert. The world has lost a wonderful person and an irreplaceable gem.


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The Argentine Breakfast
Generally, Argentine breakfasts are small meals of medialunas (croissants,) jam and coffee. A cortado is coffee with a little bit of milk; cafe con leche, as the name suggests, has more milk in it; and a cafe chico is usually a small cup of thick coffee.
The Argentine Lunch
Midday lunch is a considerably larger meal, often with pastas or meats as main courses. Just about every restaurant prepares fresh juices, licuados, blended with water or milk. Businesses in many cities across the country close for lunch, as people go home to eat a long meal with their families. Popular sandwiches include:
The Argentine Mid-Afternoon Snack (merienda)
In the late afternoon, Argentines have a snack or sandwich to keep their hunger at bay until dinner, which is typically not eaten before 9 or 10 p.m., especially during the hotter months. This tea time tradition, known as merienda, can be traced back to the 1800s, when British immigrants arrived in Argentina. Often merienda consists of the same medialunas that are eaten for breakfast, with either tea, matÃ©, or coffee.
Dinner takes place quite late, and many restaurants in Argentina stay open and are packed past midnight. Cuisine of Argentine stems from mainly Italian and German culinary traditions, so pastas or meat and potatoes are the most common Argentine food items. Argentines in general and PorteÃ±os in particular (residents of Buenos Aires) are night owls, and itâ€™s common to eat late and go out even later, only to wake up a couple of hours later for a small breakfast and a long day of work.
Here are some related tips to help plan your trip to Argentina: Bodega La Caroyense, Patagonian Food, Food in Buenos Aires, Tips For Taking Tea In Gaiman, Vegetarian Survival in Argentina, Argentina Food and Drink and An Argentine Meat Feast.