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(also lava tunnel)
A natural tunnel within a solidified lava flow, formerly occupied by flowing molten lava.
- Channeled through a lava tube, the sea can roar and blow its spray as high as 50 feet.
- As the lava flows onwards, this skin is left behind as a lava tunnel.
- In 1996, the Italian army proved this by detonating 15,000 pounds of mining explosives to successfully block a lava tube leading from Mount Etna and threatening villages below.
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history of the rona tranby trust
The Rona Tranby Trust was established in 1991 from a bequest in the Will of Thomas Paul Rona who died tragically with his wife Eva in a car accident in September 1987.
In his Will, Tom Rona directed thata specific bequest from his Estate be held for the benefit of Tranby Aboriginal College or the Aboriginal Legal Service according to the discretion of the Trustees of the Estate.
The Ronas were Holocaust survivors who lost many family members in Nazi concentration camps during WWII. Both were committed social justice activists, taking a keen role in raising awareness of the Holocaust within the non-Jewish community. As members of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies they were also active in promoting inter-ethnic harmony.
The Rona family at the suggestion of Kitty Fischer, Eva's sister, approached Gridiger Lawyers for advice in fulfilling the wishes of Thomas Rona. Roland Gridiger considered a number of suggestions from the relevant communities and recommended that the Trustees of the Estate adopt the Rona Tranby Trust.
In setting up the Rona Tranby Trust, it was agreed that parallels between Aboriginal and Jewish history gave a compelling logic to link these different communities. Both peoples share important values and priorities and have suffered persecution, dispossession of lands and attempted genocide.
The Rona Tranby Trust was launched at a public ceremony at Tranby Aboriginal College on September 2nd 1991 in the presence of the Hon. Paul Zammit, NSW Minister assisting the Premier on Aboriginal and Ethnic Affairs.
The Rona Tranby Award & collection
The bequest in Tom Rona's Will enabled the Trustees of the Rona Estate to establish 'The Rona Tranby Award & Collection'. This evolved into a collaboration between Tranby Aboriginal College, Glebe and the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and set out the projects that would fulfill the requirements of the Trust.
Rona Tranby Awards are given to support the recording and preservation of Indigenous Australian oral history. The original concept of the award was to utilise the skills that had been cultivated within the Jewish community in the recording of the oral histories of Holocaust survivors. It was thought that such expertise could be shared to assist Indigenous Australian communities record the oral histories of their Elders.

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What is the solid surface wash basin?
The wash basin is one of the indispensable sanitary wares in our living bathroom, because the wash basin is often used in our lives.It also known by other names including sinker, washbowl, hand basin, and wash basin—is a bowl-shaped plumbing fixture used for washing handsdishwashing, and other purposes. There are many material for wash basin,So choose a wash basin that fits the style and good material of the bathroom are very important. lets introduce KKR solid surface material wash basin for you.
Solid surface wash basin may be growing in popularity as people choose them over higher priced sink options. There are six reasons a homeowner may choose a solid surface sink.
Scratch Resistant
While solid surface wash basins can get scratched, the scratches can be removed if they are buffed with a non-abrasive scrubbing pad. Most minor cigarette burns can also be removed with gentle sanding.
Seamless Appearance
KKR wash basin/sinks can have a smooth feeling and may also have a seamless appearance. This smooth texture and the invisible seams can protect small particles like dirt crumbs and bacteria from collecting. The seamless surface can also provide a water-tight seal and can eliminate the need for caulk.
Unlike standard recessed sinks that can increase the likelihood of bacterial growth in the rimmed edges, solid surface sinks may not have these. Their nonporous surface may also have antimicrobial properties that can prevent the growth of mold, mildew and bacteria. This can be especially beneficial when these sinks are used in food preparation areas like kitchens.
Stain Resistant
Accidental spills can happen and when they do, the results can be permanent. The material in a solid surface sink can resist the permanency of these stains. Most marks or stains left from lipstick, marking pens, juice, dyes or makeup can be removed with a non-abrasive scrubbing pad.
Solid surface basins can come in a variety of colors and patterns. Some may have patterns that look like granite and others may have whimsical colors and patterns to match a more eclectic decor. These color patterns can be visible throughout the entire depth of the material, rather than just on the surface, and the material can be made to fit a variety of shapes.
Less Maintenance
In most instances, KKR solid surface basin can be cleaned with soapy water and a non-abrasive cloth.Its very easy to clean.
 In addition, I would like to add that if it is practical and convenient, I think that in terms of material, you should choose the wash basin of solid surface stone. Because the acrylic solid surface stone wash basin is easy to maintain and can be polished repeatedly when Be scratched.
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Terrestria is the plane on which the planet Earth is located.
EDIT: Due to limited Magic information, the best assumption is that planes are individual planets. No other information can be garnered from the true Magic: the Gathering storyline. The best explanation for our universe being in the MtG multiverse is billions of overlays on a gigantic plane, causing each individual cosmic body that exists in real life.
EDIT: The formation of a seperate article, i.e. 'The AoM Multiverse' is suggested.
It is commonly accepted that a plane is not a planet, though in most cases the focus of a plane will take place on a particular planet within this plane. The confusion arises in that most planes are confused with planets, due to the fact that most planes are named after their primary planets.(). Each plane is a seperate 'universe' however, the word itself has the stigmatic effect of only meaning there can be one'verse'. Each'verse' is a plane, within a wider multiverse. This given it means that any number, and any variant of a plane is possible within the multiverse, it can be said that the Magic multiverse contains an infinite number of planes. (). As part of the possibility, and as is used in these storylines, Terrestria is part of this multiverse.
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|Past Planes of AoM|
|Planar System(s):||Syndicate System|
|Plane(s):||Arcanis | Mirrodin | Terrestria | Focturna | Sahrahlas | Yorfallia | Avernus|
|Future Planes of AoM|
|Planar System(s):||Chaos System|
|Plane(s):||Furcht | Arcanis | Sahrahlas | Avernus|

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Question: What Is The Population Of China In 2020?
Which country has more females than males?
Conversely, there are more men than women in Asia, Arab countries and Northern Africa.
The same countries also lead world statistics in the life-expectancy gap between men and women..
What is 1% of the world population?
What is the population of India in 2020?
1,380,004,385 peopleIndia 2020 population is estimated at 1,380,004,385 people at mid year according to UN data. India population is equivalent to 17.7% of the total world population. India ranks number 2 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population. The population density in India is 464 per Km2 (1,202 people per mi2).
How many people are in the World 2020?
7.8 Billion7.8 Billion (2020) The current world population is 7.8 billion as of October 2020 according to the most recent United Nations estimates elaborated by Worldometer. The term "World Population" refers to the human population (the total number of humans currently living) of the world.
Is China overpopulated today?
Which country has lowest population in the world?
Why is China so big?
Short answer: China is big right now, largely due to the rise of the Qing Dynasty. … However, it is notable that the emperor that was responsible for the expansion of the Qing dynasty's border to include current day Mongolia, Tibet and Taiwan is KangXi Emperor of Qing.
What's the male to female ratio in America?
How many kids can you have in China?
How many females are in the World 2020?
Currently, the world population is increasing by more than 90 million per year. The Global sex ratio is 1.018. It means that we have slightly more men then women. The median age of the world's population is estimated to be 31 years in 2020 (30.3 and 31.8 for male and female accordingly).
What is China doing to stop overpopulation?
Why is India so overpopulated?
What is the total population of China in 2020?
Total population of China from 1980 to 2024 (in millions)Population in millions2020*1,_PHONE_,_PHONE_,_PHONE_,390.089 more rows•Mar 5, 2020
What is the population of USA in 2020?
What percent of China's population is male?
According to the 2010 census, 91.51% of the population was Han Chinese, and 8.49% were minorities. China's population growth rate is only 0.59%, ranking 159th in the world….Demographics of China15–64 years70.7% (2019 est.)65 and over10.92% (2018 est.)Sex ratioAt birth1.14 male to female (2016 est.)22 more rows


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Mar. 23, 1998 Engineers at the University of Toronto have developed a software program that could save the transportation, mining and manufacturing industries millions of dollars.
The software, known as EXAKT, indicates the optimal time to renew, repair or replace equipment, says Professor Andrew Jardine of the department of mechanical and industrial engineering, one of the project's two principal researchers. The program, using mathematical models and equations, focuses on the equipment's current performance data as well as economic factors such as the initial cost of the equipment and estimated resale value of machine parts.
"This new software allows maintenance managers, for the first time, to combine risk assessment and economic considerations in terms of decision-making for industrial equipment," Jardine says. "The cost of replacing an item after it has failed completely will obviously be greater than replacing it under preventive conditions. It's not just a matter of running equipment into the ground."
Currently, managers considering parts replacement rely on one of two approaches -- the age-based technique that calculates equipment longevity based on the age of the equipment or the condition-based approach that relies on other measures such as the level of mineral-to-oil ratios in equipment.
Research was funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Materials and Manufacturing Ontario, a provincial centre of excellence, and the Condition-Based Maintenance Consortium, an international partnership that includes various industries in Canada, the United States and Hong Kong.
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Cedar Hedges
Have large cedar hedge close to 8 ft. tall. We would like to replace three of the trees in the middle of the run. How would this be done? Would it be harmful to the other trees to the side of them and what size would the roots be? I can see close to the surface there is a spread out mass of roots, but how deep does this go? We are in Oakville, good soil, full sun, and we water. Thanks.
Thank you for contacting the Toronto Master Gardeners with your question.
8 foot cedars in the middle of a run can be replaced with minimal damage to surrounding members but it also depends on how many roots can remain undamaged. Usually cedars of this size in a maintained hedge refrain from growing thicker lateral roots which spread out into neighboring cedars. They tend to have more fibrous surface roots and some thicker roots going deeper. This is the norm but also depends on soil conditions and how many year the cedars have existed there. If they have been there more than 3 years, you will likely have to dig down 3 to 4 feet for removal, and may have roots as thick as 4 inches in diameter.
If you are digging up a neighboring cedar, you would want to avoid digging and disturbing roots under the 'drip line' of the neighbor that you want to retain. So as you are digging and you find root that might travel out from the cedar you are removing into the drip line space of the neighbor, then use a lopper or pruner to cut the roots off, rather than digging into the space of the neighbor.
Also sometimes it is a good idea to gently tie up the surrounding tree you want to protect from wielding digging tools with a twine or burlap.
Here is some general information on growing healthy cedars from a few of our earlier posts:
Watering deeply and thoroughly (at least once or twice a week after planting, especially in these hot summer conditions) is key so that your cedars' roots can take hold and spread. This is much more effective than frequent spraying or light watering, and can be done easily by using a soaker hose along the base of the cedars for several hours to ensure that the moisture reaches into the roots of the plant. Watering should continue well into the autumn until the ground is frozen to maintain adequate moisture through the winter. Cold winter winds can desiccate the foliage – once the ground is frozen, your cedars cannot take up moisture to replace what is lost from their foliage.
Deep, thorough watering can also help the roots in the root ball to separate and penetrate into the soil after planting: plants that have been in their containers for some time can often be root bound – that is, their roots circle around the pot and are quite tightly packed. If you did not loosen, tease out, or separate the roots somewhat before planting, your cedars may be experiencing some stress as the roots move into the garden soil.
Fertilizing the hedge with a 30-10-10 formulation three times in the growing season (May, June and July) is appropriate. It is very important to follow exactly the directions for applying fertilizers so that they are absorbed into the soil and are able to reach the plant's roots. Don't fertilize in late summer as the hedge needs to prepare to go dormant for the winter.
Using a mulch over the roots ensuring that the mulch is kept at least 3 inches away from the trunk. This will help maintain a consistent level of moisture for root survival.
Good luck with your removals and replacements.


Initial review of the matter - stage one
To support agencies apply the CaPE Case Categorisation Framework, a three stage approach to assess and manage conduct and performance matters has been developed. The approach supports the proactive and timely resolution of matters.
In stage one, a manager, human resources or ethical standards area in an agency receives information about a conduct or performance matter, to conduct an initial review to determine the details of the matter, the issue type and whether the matter should be categorised under the CaPE reporting framework.
A comprehensive intake process that includes all relevant information to hand at the time the matter is referred will ensure that all available information is considered and will allow for planning to occur about how to manage the matter to finalisation, within benchmark timeframes.
During the initial review of the matter, the following aspects should be considered by the assessor:
Intake considerations
Issue The specifics of what the matter is actually about, or the high level descriptor of the concern/s
Behaviour Does the behaviour relate to an employee's conduct or their performance? Does the employee know what is expected of them?
Breach What is the breach of policy, procedure or accepted standards of behaviour?
Evidence What information is available to support the matter at the time it is raised, consider any gaps in the information that may exist.
Referral Whether the matter, if proved, would constitute corrupt conduct.
Issue type Consider the issue type that most closely aligns to the circumstances of the matter.
At any point during the initial review or ongoing management of the matter, should a reasonable suspicion be formed that if proven, the allegations may constitute corrupt conduct, and the matter must be referred to the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC). Each agency has a designated CCC Referral Officer who is responsible for this function and can provide advice about the management of corrupt conduct. Matters involving corrupt conduct are not reportable in an agency's CaPE report unless the employee has been suspended from duty.
1. Determine the issue type
This issue type register below provides a descriptor for each issue type. To select the most appropriate issue type, consider the descriptor in conjunction with the specifics of the matter.
To support local management of the matter, the assessor may deem it necessary to assign multiple issue types. However, for CaPE reporting purposes the single most appropriate issue type must be assigned to the matter i.e. one issue type.
2. Issue type register
Determining the appropriate issue type is dependent upon the specific circumstances of each matter, which should be assessed in its own context, with regard for the allegation/s and information available at the time the matter is raised.
Issue type Descriptor
Assault/excessive force Can involve matters defined as assault in section 245 of the Criminal Code Act 1899, or use of excessive force with or without a weapon. Can also include threats of assault or excessive force.
Attendance/leave Matters involving unauthorised absence from the workplace or those where a pattern of unscheduled absence has been noted.
Breach of scope of practice Includes matters where a health practitioner may have undertaken a task outside of their education, registration conditions or departmental policies.
Bullying/harassment (not sexual) Repeated unreasonable behaviour towards an employee or group of employees that creates a risk to the health and safety of the employee/s.
This does not include reasonable management action or an employee's perception of reasonable management action being taken against them.
Charge/conviction (civil) Information obtained that an employee has breached a civil law.
Charge/conviction (criminal) Information obtained that an employee has been charged or convicted with an offence under the Criminal Code Act 1899 or other relevant legislation.
Conduct in a private capacity Inappropriate or improper conduct in a private capacity that reflects seriously and adversely on the Queensland Public Service.
Conflict of interest The private interests of an employee interfere, or appear to interfere with the employee's performance of duties, and the employee has not declared or managed the conflict appropriately.
Discrimination Treatment of a person or a group of people less favourably than others because they have a particular characteristic as outlined in section 7 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991. Discrimination can be direct or indirect.
Drug/alcohol issues Can involve possession or theft from the workplace of an illicit or prohibited substance or related paraphernalia. It can also involve matters where an employee presents for work whilst impaired by alcohol or drug use
Failure to provide adequate medical treatment Care or treatment provided by the practitioner is at a lesser standard than what may reasonably be expected of the practitioner according to relevant standards, codes of practice, and/or by the public or the practitioner's peers. Can also relate to circumstances where an employee responsible for the care or welfare of others does not seek or provide medical assistance where required.
Failure to show courtesy and respect Behaviours demonstrated towards another in the course of duty that contravene the standards contained in the Code of Conduct.
Financial impropriety/fraud Can include matters involving the fraudulent diversion of public funds (including the fabrication of information or dishonesty in claiming employee entitlements), theft of public funds or unauthorised use of public funds (including government resources such as work time, equipment or facilities). Can also include matters involving a dishonest attempt to obtain a benefit or entitlement.
Inappropriate conduct (general) A general behaviour that is inappropriate that may not contravene the Code of Conduct but may still give rise to corrective actions occurring.
Inappropriate conduct (sexual) Conduct or unwelcome attention of a sexual nature that makes a person feel offended, humiliated or intimidated. Includes uninvited physical intimacy, uninvited sexual propositions and remarks with sexual connotations.
Misuse of resources Matters included in this category can involve unauthorised or inappropriate use of physical, intellectual, service or Information Technology based public resources, but does not include financial impropriety.
Non-compliance (direction) A deviation occurring from a lawful and reasonable instruction or direction issued to an employee in the course of their duties.
Non-compliance (policy/legislation) A deviation from an agency's or a profession's standards, policies or legislation relevant to the carrying out of the employee's duties.
Non-disclosure of relevant information The deliberate withholding of information relevant to an employee's employment or the carrying out of their duties.
Performance deficiencies Can include performance matters that are being informally dealt with through feedback to the employee, matters that are being managed through a performance improvement plan (PIP) or that are being managed through a discipline process if a PIP is unsuccessful. This type of issue includes deficiencies resulting from a lack of knowledge, competence or appropriate care or diligence but do not include deliberate acts or omissions in duty.
Unauthorised access/disclosure of confidential information
Can involve accessing or disclosing official information without a legitimate reason, unintentionally disclosing official information, falsifying information or records, acquiring or retaining information or records illegally, or inadequately safeguarding information.
Note - issues involving unauthorised access to information or departmental databases will likely involve a breach of the criminal code and require referral to the QPS and/or the CCC.
Other Provide a detailed summary.
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How to interpret your dog's barking
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How much barking is too much barking?
In an effort to determine what is normal woofing, an Auckland animal behaviourist has bugged the houses of 60 dogs and recorded how much they barked when their owners were out.
Maggie, Brodie, Rastus and Jezebel (breeds unknown) were the kind of dogs anyone would like to have next door, barking infrequently and not for very long.
Emily, Jasper, Scarr and Jock were not so good neighbours though: Emily barked more than 20 times in a week for about three minutes each time; on one occasion Jasper barked for about 15 minutes straight.
The study's author, Dr Elsa Flint, said the average amount of barking for a home-alone dog over an eight-hour period was 4.3 times, with an average of about 30 seconds per bout.
The study participants came from two Auckland vet practices, on the North Shore and in Howick.
All were aged one to 14 and were ordinary, well-cared-for dogs, exercised off-property for at least 30 minutes per day, and living in suburban houses with gardens.
Sixty dogs began the study but only 40 returned data as tape recorders were lost or damaged or owners withdrew from the study.
The noisiest dogs were female and younger.
The question, though, is why do this research?
Flint, in her work as a behaviourist, has seen complaints about barking dogs increase over the years as population density increased. Auckland Council alone fielded 8876 complaints in the 2011-2012 financial year.
But it wasn't always the dog that was at fault, Flint said. "In a lot of cases there was some bad feeling between neighbours and they were using the dog to get back at each other."
Councils were in a difficult position because they didn't have a benchmark for inordinate barking.
The other worrying factor was that concerned owners often turned to electric collars that shocked the dog when it barked, Flint said. "That really upsets me. The dog doesn't know what's happening. I've seen results where the dogs are terrified to move. They just go into shut-down mode."
Flint said in one extreme case owners came home to find their dog hiding under a bed in a pool of its own excrement, fearful of moving because it wasn't sure what was causing the shocks.
Flint said she could hear whether barking was territorial guarding or separation anxiety and most of the dogs she recorded were territorial guarding.
Problem barking required an evaluation of the many factors that could be creating the behaviour, she said.
In one case, she filmed two dogs in a backyard and the problem was that the older dog was going into their joint kennel and preventing the younger one from getting in. A second kennel solved the problem.
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What are graded elements and how do they work? Does L&L use them?
- Graded elements are one way kiln manufacturers adjust for the natural top-to-bottom temperature variations in a kiln.
- Graded elements are great when a kiln is brand new. However, elements age, and with different elements in the same kiln they will age at different rates. If you have to change one element (ruined by glaze, for instance) and not the whole set of elements, your kiln may not be so even. This process is also accelerated by higher temperatures.
- Zone control dynamically deals with any such changes and maintains its evenness over time and under different loading conditions.
- L&L uses graded elements on its new School-Master kilns because the temperatures are not so extreme and it allows us to use the less expensive single zone controllers.


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Chapter 7 Analysis of Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Pages: 3 Published: Jun 1998
THE HISTORY OF INDUSTRIAL analyses of aromatic hydrocarbons began in the 1920s when the production of benzene from coke by-products became commercially viable. By the 1930s, the rapid growth in demand for benzene as well as the commercial production of heavier aromatics led to the formulation of a considerable number of empirical analytical procedures. At this time, ASTM Committee D16 on Aromatic Hydrocarbons was formed. In the more than 50 years that this group has been active, the changes in analytical techniques have progressed hand-in-hand with the advancements in process technology and the expansion in the demand for high-purity aromatic products.
Paper ID: MNL10828M
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What triggers xenophobic violence in South Africa? By answering this deceivingly simple but critical question, this paper high – lights an often-missed empirical factor and key element in the xenophobic violence causal chain: mobilization. Drawing from extensive, comparative empirical data and global literature, the paper argues that, while macro and micro-level socio-economic and political circumstances are important elements in heightening tensions and creating collective discontent, anger and resentment towards foreign nationals, it is the mobilization of this discontent and not the discontent itself that triggers xenophobic attacks in locations where they occur. Mobilization is the vital connective tissue between discontent and xenophobic violence. Local violence entrepreneurs use well-known mobilization techniques, including haranguing and parochial patronage, to stir crowds into targeted and well-organized violent attacks of foreign nationals in South Africa. While this argument is in line with existing theoretical approaches that emphasize mobilization as a key causal factor in the occurrence of collective violence, the paper provides useful solid empirical backing these still hesitant approaches require to consolidate their explanatory value and efficacy.
Author: Jean Pierre Misago


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Bead Shroud Fragment
An arrangement of small faience beads with original threading mounted on cardboard annotated: "From the Ramesseum Q. XVIII DYN XV Cent / BC". They were collected during the 1896 excavations at the mortuary temple of Ramesses II (Western Thebes) by the Egyptian Research Account. This is a fragment of a text band from a funerary shroud constructed of faience beads strung together in a net pattern, that would have been placed over the outer wrappings of a mummified body. From Quibell's excavations for the Egyptian Research Account 1896; see J E Quibell, 'The Ramesseum' (London, 1898).


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Have you ever wished you had more concrete evidence of what was said in a text message? Maybe you need to prove a point, resolve a dispute, or record important information. I don't know.
Whatever the reason, printing text messages is a great way to save a hard copy of your conversations, which can be helpful if you need to go to court or simply hold someone accountable.
But how do you print text messages on your iPhone? It's not as simple as you think. Unlike some other phones, the iPhone doesn't have a built-in option to print messages directly from the Messages app. However, there are several options, depending on how many messages you want to print and whether you need physical or digital copies.
1. Using screenshots
The easiest and quickest way to print text messages on your iPhone is to take a screenshot of the conversation and print it from the Photos app. This method is suitable if you only have a few messages to print and you don't mind having them in image format. Here's how:
- going to message Select an app and conversation I want to print.
- To take a screenshot of a conversation, depending on the type of iPhone you have, lock button And that top volume button At the same time, or on some older iPhones, home button And that lock button at the same time.
- Then go to photograph App.
- Tap. album Click on the tab to select it screenshot.
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- click select and tap all screenshots Select the items you want to print (checkmarks will appear in blue circles).
- Then in the bottom left corner Share button.
- Then select Print.
- Please make sure you have wireless printer Now that it's in range and connected to your iPhone, adjust the settings as needed.
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- Tap Print Click in the top right corner and wait until the message prints.
You have successfully printed text messages on iPhone using screenshots. However, if you have a large number of messages to print, this method may not be very efficient as you will have to take multiple screenshots and print them one by one. In that case, you may want to try the following method.
2. Convert text messages to PDF on Mac
One way to save your entire text conversation is to convert the chat to PDF from your Mac. However, as you'll see in the steps below, if you want to download all the text messages you've exchanged with someone over a long period of time, you may have to scroll back and forth a lot. In some cases, the Messaging application may close automatically. This process works well for short-term printing/saving, but is somewhat unreliable for printing/saving conversations over long periods of time.
- open i-message Apps on Mac.
- choose text conversation I want to save it by Click on it.
- select File.
- Then select Print.
- From the drop-down menu, File type.
- please select Save as PDF.
- Now choose what you want save as, where If you want to save it, title, author and subject.
- then click keep.
- with this, PDF Conversation text and images.
3. Send a conversation to another phone number
Let's say you don't have access to a printer, but want to copy and export a text thread from your iPhone. You can send it to another number and print it later. This is great if you want to share parts of a conversation, but not the entire text thread you've been sharing with someone for years. To send a conversation, follow these steps:
- Start. iMessage app On your iPhone.
- find conversation What you want to save open it.
- Tap and hold message bubble In conversation.
- Tap more.. when the menu is displayed.
- Manual selection all messages Tap the circle to the left of the message bubble to save the message you want to save.
- select all messages Tap the circle to the left of the message bubble to save the message you want to save.
- Tap. share Options at the bottom right of the screen.
- Go ahead and choose. to People you want to share conversations with.
- click green circle up arrow To share.
4. Use of third-party apps
Another way to print text messages on iPhone is to use a third-party app: Eye-mazing. This app allows you to export your messages as PDF files that you can print from your computer or save as digital copies. This method is suitable if you have a long history of messages to print and want to save them in text format. Here's how:
- After downloading, Install the app on your computer, and launch that.
- Connecting Connect your iPhone to your computer using a USB cable.
- unlock Tap your iPhone trusted device When prompted.
- In the app's sidebar, device and click message.
- choose conversation I would like to export it.
- In the top right corner, select from and to The date of the conversation you want to print.
- Adjust settings as needed, printer Connect to your computer and click Print Also.
Alternatively, if you want to export your messages as a digital copy and save it to your computer, you can do the following:
- follow me same procedure The steps up to step 6 are the same as above.
- Instead of clicking "Print", Export to PDF.
- click Next, and select name and location Specify the location to save the PDF file.
- click export, Wait until the messages are exported.
Cart important points
Printing text messages on your iPhone can be useful for a variety of purposes, including recording evidence, documenting important information, and preserving memories. However, it's not that easy to do this directly from the Messages app, so you'll have to use some alternative methods, such as taking a screenshot or using a third-party app like iMazing.
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Synonyms of none in English:
2 none of this concerns me
no part, not a bit, not any
It is sometimes held that none can take only a singular verb, never a plural verb: none of them is coming tonight, rather than none of them are coming tonight. There is little justification, historical or grammatical, for this view. None is descended from Old English nān, meaning 'not one,' and has been used for around a thousand years with both a singular and a plural verb, depending on the context and the emphasis needed
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ULI Nashville Civic Leadership Forum: 4 Crime Rates
Higher-Density Development: Myth and Fact examines widespread misconceptions related to higher-density development and seeks to dispel them with relevant facts and information.
Many residents say they chose higher density housing specifically because they felt more secure there; they feel safer because there are more people coming and going, making it more difficult for criminals to act without being discovered.
MYTH: Higher-density development leads to higher crime rates.
FACTS: Crime rates at higher-density developments are not significantly different from those at lower-density developments.


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The Castello Plan is an early city map of Lower Manhattan from 1660, created by Jacques Cortelyou, surveyor of then named-New Amsterdam (later renamed by British colonial settlement as New York City).
Around 1667, cartographer Joan Blaeu bound the plan, together with other hand-crafted New Amsterdam depictions, to an atlas, which he sold to Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. This transaction most likely happened in Amsterdam, Netherlands, as it has yet to be proven that Blaeu had ever set foot in New Netherland.
It is covered extensively in volume 2 of I. N. Phelps Stokes' six-volume survey The Iconography of Manhattan Island.
See also
- Iconography of Manhattan Island from Columbia University Libraries
- Overlay of the Castello Plan on current Manhattan
- List of property owners
- Map scanned from the book "The Legend of New Amsterdam"
- Interactive version of the Castello Plan
- Google Earth File of the Castello Plan
- Zoomable version of the Castello Plan
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by Helen Leong
A life of hard work as a gardener in San Francisco leads Leong Quong to become a prize-winning flower grower in Milpitas, California.
Leong Quong was born on March 12, 1897 in China. He was the fourth child and one of seven brothers. They all lived in a small village called Dow Moon, Ha Jow region of China. He was considered well educated in those days. He learned to read and write in (Cantonese) Chinese. He was a very good student and told he would become a successful person.
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Lesbians in Iran: Stories of Persecution and Torture
The Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees (IRQR) documented cases of Iranian lesbians being forced into marriage, persecuted, become victims of extortion, "persuaded" to undergo hormone treatment and/or sex reassignment procedure, take unnecessary medication for serious mental disorders, raped and tortured.
Iranian lesbians, like their gay brothers, are not allowed to have an existence in Iran. Many are forced by society and by their family to live a lie and marry a man. Women convicted of lesbian sex face flogging or, after conviction for a fourth time, the death penalty. Lesbians have no security of person vis-à-vis the government. Each time they are arrested, they risk being raped, whipped, persecuted or even tortured to death. If they are raped by strangers or acquaintances, they and their family members are often reluctant to file a formal complaint because being raped is itself a matter of shame and disgrace. Even when complaints are filed, they do not prosper as the law pertaining to the crime of rape requires four male witnesses to prove the legitimacy of the accusation.
Those forced into marriage by their families experience the trauma of rape every night as a wife's first duty is to serve her husband's sexual needs. Under Iranian law, it is lawful for a man to rape his wife. The only unlawful rape of a woman is zena or adulterous rape. Many of these women suffer from depression and other mental and spiritual problems. If their sexuality is discovered by their family members, they are likely to be beaten and abused if not abandoned. Abandonment often means drug abuse and prostitution. Sometimes, lesbian women are forced by their families to consult a doctor, a process which can involve agitation and trauma. There have been cases where a lesbian required hospitalization after being prescribed a dangerous pill used typically for serious mental illnesses. They may even be persuaded to undergo sex-change operation, which can lead to depression, various mental and physical conditions and even suicide.
For lesbians and bisexual women, family and institutional social control may be the greatest threat to their safety and well-being. Research conducted by IRQR in last few years with Iranian lesbians indicates that their families and communities pressure them to repress their sexuality in myriad ways. Their fear of discovery is well-founded.
Lesbians whose families suspect them of homosexuality may be punished. A university student in her mid-twenties in Tehran told us that she was barred from leaving their home for there months when her mother discovered she was a lesbian. After which she was under constant supervision and was prevented from communicating outside the family.
Maryam is a 29-year-old Iranian lesbian refugee whom we were able to help get an early legal interview with the UNHRC in Turkey. She had a terrible life in an abusive situation. Her family forced her to marry one of their relatives. The husband raped her every night. She could do nothing about it because one of the first duties of women in the Islamic Republic of Iran is "sexual delivery" to their husbands. This poor girl went to a doctor after the repeated brutal marital rapes. The doctor told her, "You appear to have been raped by an animal and you need urgent health care now." However, her family ordered her to be patient and stay at her husband's home. She was then repeatedly beaten by her husband but she eventually escaped and went to a friend's house. While she was there, her brothers came when she was out and told her friend they were going to kill their sister to save the family's honour. She allegedly had dishonored the family because she had left her husband and has suspicious connections with other women. That was when she fled Iran to Turkey, where she was put in touch with us by one of our members in Iran. She cried when she told her story and I lost control too. I told her, "Don't go back to Iran. We don't want to lose any more members of our queer family."
As part of the routine pressure on Iranian women, lesbians are forced into marriages. Sanaz, 32, explained that her mother forced her to marry a man after discovering she was a lesbian. Had she refused, her parents would have disowned her. She had no means of supporting herself. She continues to live in fear of her husband discovering her sexuality and thus might become abusive or publicly "out" her in a shameful divorce. She also described a pattern of forced sex with her husband.
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I have observed that the same amount of sugar tastes differently in hot and in cold coffee. If I drink hot coffee, I feel I can add more and more sugar, without it tasting too sweet. However, cold coffee tastes overly sweet with only small amounts of sugar.
Why does this happen? Why does sugar taste differently sweet in cold and hot coffee?
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The question is a little ambiguous, but sugar dissolves more readily in hot liquid than in cold liquid, which might explain the effect you describe. – user5561 Mar 16 '12 at 16:17
I have made some edits to your post to make it a bit more understandable. If I had change the original meaning of your question in any way, you can edit it using the edit button found under the question tags. – Jay Mar 16 '12 at 16:25
_USER_, Thank you. That's exactly what I had in mind. – user9368 Mar 16 '12 at 16:34
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Its possible that when you drink a hot liquid, you swish it around your mouth a lot less than when you drink a cold liquid, and thus fewer of the taste buds on your tongue are exposed to it. This wouldn't be surprising: it's hot after all.
Another possibility is that if you're starting with hot coffee, and adding sugar to it, that the sugar isn't fully dissolved when you drink it hot (it takes time, especially if you don't stir it much), but has dissolved by the time the coffee cools. With more dissolved sugar, it is sweeter.
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This research paper suggests that, in general, pH, temperature, and ions don't generally significantly affect our perception of sweetness intensity. Since temperature and acidity are the two major differences between iced and hot coffee (depending on preparation), this more or less rules out the possibility of a chemical difference.
"The main finding from this three-part study was that temperature, pH, and ions had little effect on the perceived sweetness intensity of the sweeteners studied. Even when significant differences were found in the temperature study, the effects were very small."
This, to me, suggests it's either due to larger "sips" of cold coffee and more of an opportunity to taste the sweetness or because sugars dissolve less readily in the cold coffee and it's easier to perceive the sweetness when it's not in a solution.
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I suggest the change is in the coffee rather than the sugar. Coffee is more aromatic when hot. When you put the same amount of sugar in a hot and cold cup of coffee, the sweetness will dominate more in the cold coffee where there the coffee taste/aroma is less pronounced.
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Actually, it has nothing to do with the solubility of the sugar. The reason is that fructose (in an aqueous solution) has two different cyclic forms. The Beta-fructopyronose form (6 membered ring form) is much sweeter than the furanose (5 membered ring) analog. At lower r temperatures the equilibrium shifts and more of the pyranose-ring fructose is present (converted from alpha and beta fructofuranose) thus increasing the perception of sweetness.
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This is very interesting. Where can I find more information on it? – J.A.I.L. Dec 13 '12 at 13:41
Cold coffee tastes less bitter than hot coffee. When I was a kid I worked in a bakery. The last pot of coffee was always left for the first bakers, who came in at 3 AM. By the time I got there at 5 AMthe coffee was at least 12 hours old and on a burner for at least a couple of hours.
I found that if you put some of the coffee over ice it tasted OK. My favorite coffee drink today is ice with a couple of shots of espresso. No sugar needed.
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Why does it happen? – J.A.I.L. Dec 16 '12 at 17:22
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When setting up the Techdinamics Desktop Client, you might want to use a Generic USB scale to calculate the weight on the packing line.
Differently from specific scales (detailed here), Generic USB scales can be used, but it requires a few additional setup steps.
To set the scale up, you can follow the steps in this short video, or with the step-by-step instructions below.
To set up the Generic USB scale you will have to:
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2. Select Generic USB Scale from the Scale Model Dropdown
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4. Press Save to confirm the changes
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Let A,B R and p R. Prove that p is an accumulation point of A B if and only if p is an accumulation point of A or p is an accumulation point of B: (A B)'=A' B'.
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Since the bulk of the açaí planting is done, we are keeping the locals busy with the construction of a 30m-high canopy observation tower in the Garza Lagoon, a long-time dream we've had for the reserve. The tower will enable us to learn invaluable new information about the forest and also help us visually identify when poachers or loggers have entered the property. The lagoon is home to many commonly poached endangered species, including paiche (arapaima) and black caiman. It also serves as the rookery for at least 7 species of water birds, including the Agami Heron, whose eggs were previously poached by locals.


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Deformation detection determines the quantified change of a scene's geometric state, which is of great importance for the mitigation of hazards and property loss from earth observation. Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) provides an efficient and flexible solution to rapidly capture high precision three-dimensional (3D) point clouds of hillside areas. Most existing methods apply multi-temporal TLS surveys to detect deformations depending on a variety of ground control points (GCPs). However, on the one hand, the deployment of various GCPs is time-consuming and labor-intensive, particularly for difficult terrain areas. On the other hand, in most cases, TLS stations do not form a closed loop, such that cumulative errors cannot be corrected effectively by the existing methods. To overcome these drawbacks, this paper proposes a deformation detection method with limited GCPs based on a novel registration algorithm that accurately registers TLS stations to the UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) dense image points. First, the proposed method extracts patch primitives from smoothed hillside points, and adjacent TLS scans are pairwise registered by comparing the geometric and topological information of or between patches. Second, a new multi-station adjustment algorithm is proposed, which makes full use of locally closed loops to reach the global optimal registration. Finally, digital elevation models (DEMs, a DEM is a numerical representation of the terrain surface, formed by height points to represent the topography), slope and aspect maps, and vertical sections are generated from multi-temporal TLS surveys to detect and analyze the deformations. Comprehensive experiments demonstrate that the proposed deformation detection method obtains good performance for the hillside areas with limited (few) GCPs.
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Each team (country) is given an envelope of materials at the start of the game. You will need to fill each envelope with the appropriate materials in advance and label the envelope. The following envelopes are required for each game.
Rich countries: A1, A2
2 pairs of scissors
1 set square (the exact size of the large triangular shape)
1 protractor (the exact size of the semi-circular shape)
1 sheet of A4 paper
6 × £100 notes (or €100 or $100).
Middle-income countries: B1, B2
10 sheets of A4 paper
3 × £100 notes (or €100 or $100)
Low-income countries: C1, C2
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AGRESTA, Marisa Cury; BRANDAO, Maria Regina Ferreira and BARROS NETO, Turíbio Leite de. Physical and emotional causes and consequences of career termination in sports. Rev Bras Med Esporte [online]. 2008, vol.14, n.6, pp. 504-508. ISSN _PHONE_.
INTRODUCTION: Elite athletes will have to face sport career termination sooner or later, and this is a crucial and inevitable process that brings about changes in the occupational, financial, social and psychological spheres of their lives, which can be followed by emotional distress. OBJECTIVE: The present study had the aim to research how former Brazilian basketball and professional soccer players have experienced retirement in sports career as well as its causes and consequences. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 79 former elite male athletes (soccer and basketball players) with mean age of 51.75 ± 8.85 years old were assessed. They have been professional athletes for 18.22 ± 4.66 years and had their career termination at about 34.36 ± 4.42 years. A semi-structured interview frame was used and the data were analyzed according to the answers frequency of occurrence for each interview item. RESULTS: It was observed that for 75.9% of these athletes the retirement from sport was their own choice. Age (49.4%) and appearance of other interests (43.0%) were the most frequent reasons related to the retirement. However, they have experienced feelings of sadness (50.6%) and resignation (36.7%) and 43% of the former athletes have experienced worsening in their physical condition after career termination. CONCLUSION: We can conclude that the hereby-assessed athletes have experienced a long sports career, but their retirement caused feelings of sadness. On the other hand, old age itself is a limitation for the practice of elite sports, and its acknowledgement has led to resignation.
Keywords : retirement; sports [psychology]; soccer; basketball.


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On the meteorological characteristics of polluted air masses at Barrow, Alaska
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Anthropogenic derived pollution episodes at Barrow, Alaska occur when air masses under anticyclonic influence emanate from the Arctic Basin. The high frequency of above-normal wind speeds and the only slightly above-normal pressures characteristic of these Arctic air masses suggest that pollutants are transported to Barrow along the periphery of the Arctic anticyclone within a zone of rapid transport.


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Mesmerizing video of 'Waterfall Clouds' in Aizawl goes viral
A mesmerizing video of clouds flowing off a height like a waterfall in Aizawl is going viral.
The video was shared on Facebook by Aziz Barbhuiya, and has been viewed and shared thousands of times on social media.
The viral clip shows clouds descending from a higher level to a lower one, with many saying it looked like a fluffy waterfall.
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The stunning visual comes from a phenomenon known as orographic clouds that are commonly known as "waterfall clouds". These clouds are generally associated with a moist airflow over mountainous areas.
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Because information from the dbx symbol table is read in as it is needed, the whereis command registers only occurrences of a symbol that are already loaded. As a debugging session gets longer, the list of occurrences can grow (see Debugging Information in Object Files and Executables).
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What's the correct term?
As Mari-Lou has said, puréed is probably the best term, and the one most often used today:
Baby food is normally puréed.
However, if you want a word with a Germanic root, rather than a loan-word, then you could use mashed:
Baby food is normally mashed.
Older recipe books (printed before the advent of food processors) would probably use mashed instead of puréed, and the term mashed is still used in traditional British cooking. For example: mashed potatoes, bangers and mash.
mash verb [WITH OBJECT]
Reduce (a food or other substance) to a pulpy mass by crushing it:
- 'mash the beans to a paste'
- 'mashed banana'
Mush (or the adjective mushy) is usually the first word that comes to my mind when I think of any baby food. It's a slightly derogatory word that an older child or adult might say if he or she were served with some creamy but tasteless mass of food.
- any thick, soft mass.
If the OP wants the correct descriptive term for baby food, there is only one choice. It is purée or pureed, it is the standard, and positive term that especially describes homemade baby food.
Puree (or spelled purée) is a French loanword that has been used in English for over three hundred years, long before the invention of the electric blender.
1. a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
verb (used with object), puréed, puréeing.
- McGrady pureed organic fruits and veggies for William and Harry
Comparing pureed fruit (blue line), mashed fruit (red), sieved fruit (green), and ground fruit (yellow) Ngram produces the following results.
"to Puree" is the technical term which describes the process of making a substance like baby food.
"Baby food is a Puree" is a true statement no matter how you look at it, is not derogatory and is well know and widely used.
I wouldn't recommend using the word "pap" as I am a native speaker who has a girlfriend with kids and I have never heard it. Also if you were to google it, you might understand how it could be an embarrassing word to be misunderstood using while using it.
No, it's not mush (which applies to many things that are not baby food), and although it is definitely puréed or mashed, so are many other foods.
If you're looking for a word to describe it, that word is
1. Soft or semiliquid food, as for infants.


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Archived:Calculating text width in Qt
This code snippets shows how to use the QFont and QFontMetrics classes to draw a string into the center of the screen and to get the string height and width in pixels.
Note: In order to use this code, you need to have Qt for Symbian installed on your platform.
- Install latest Qt for Symbian see Qt for Symbian - Installation packages
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- Go through this article: Getting started with Qt for Symbian
- This source code centers the text and sets the text colour.
// Create font
// Set current font
// Set font color
// Get QFontMetrics reference
QFontMetrics fm = painter.fontMetrics();
QString text = "helloworld";
// Calculate text center position into the screen using QFontMetrics class
QPoint center = QPoint( ( width()-fm.width(text))/2,
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Study finds starfish shed arms to protect against overheating
May 31, 2013 by Bob Yirka report
A Starfish in Mauritius. Credit: Alain Feulvarch/Wikipedia
( —A team of marine biologists has found that some starfish lose a leg when faced with too-warm environmental conditions. In their paper published in The Journal of Experimental Biology, the researchers describe what they witnessed as they subjected 70 starfish to various heated environments and filmed the results with infrared cameras.
Starfish are considered to be a cold-blooded animal—they can't adjust their internal temperature as environmental temperatures change. Because of this, they are at the mercy of weather conditions. This can be a problem for them when tidewater recedes leaving them stranded on a beach exposed to the hot sun. Until now, most biologists have believed that starfish, like most other, have a uniform reflective of the temperature around them.
To find out how the starfish survived changes in heat, the research team captured 70 ochre starfish found living off the California shore and subjected them to heat related tests. Groups of the starfish were put into different tanks with different temperatures and were then filmed using an to see what was going on with heat distribution inside of their bodies. To their surprise, they found that the temperature in the legs of the starfish was different than that of their core—the disk at the center of their legs that holds their. They also found that starfish have a definite limit on core temperature—if it reaches 35 C they die. Most remarkably of all they discovered that if the starfish were subjected to for very long, they would engage in abscission (intentional shedding of a body part) of their legs.
More specifically, the team found that all of the starfish were able to keep their central disk 3 C to 5 C cooler than their arms, suggesting that the animals were using their legs as heat sinks. In extreme cases, the diversion of heat to arms would cause the arms to shrivel up and fall off—though that shouldn't be a problem for them as starfish are able to regenerate lost legs.
The findings by the team are the first time that arm loss in an animal has been seen to be attributable to thermal regulation. They also show that not all starfish leg loss is due to predators.
Explore further: Thousands of starfish found dead on beach
More information: Survival and arm abscission are linked to regional heterothermy in an intertidal sea star, J Exp Biol 216, 2183-2191 doi: 10.1242/jeb.083881, June 15, 2013.
Body temperature is a more pertinent variable to physiological stress than ambient air temperature. Modeling and empirical studies on the impacts of climate change on ectotherms usually assume that body temperature within organisms is uniform. However, many ectotherms show significant within-body temperature heterogeneity. The relationship between regional heterothermy and the response of ectotherms to sublethal and lethal conditions remains underexplored. We quantified within-body thermal heterogeneity in an intertidal sea star (Pisaster ochraceus) during aerial exposure at low tide to examine the lethal and sublethal effects of temperatures of different body regions. In manipulative experiments, we measured the temperature of the arms and central disc, as well as survival and arm abscission under extreme aerial conditions. Survival was related strongly to central disc temperature. Arms were generally warmer than the central disc in individuals that survived aerial heating, but we found the reverse in those that died. When the central disc reached sublethal temperatures of 31–35°C, arms reached temperatures of 33–39°C, inducing arm abscission. The absolute temperature of individual arms was a poor predictor of arm abscission, but the arms lost were consistently the hottest at the within-individual scale. Therefore, the vital region of this sea star may remain below the lethal threshold under extreme conditions, possibly through water movement from the arms to the central disc and/or evaporative cooling, but at the cost of increased risk of arm abscission. Initiation of arm abscission seems to reflect a whole-organism response while death occurs as a result of stress acting directly on central disc tissues.
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- The definition of a drawl is a way of speaking with draw-out vowels.
An example of a drawl is how people in the southern United States typically speak.
- Drawl is defined as to speak slowly with drawn-out vowels.
An example of drawl is the way John Wayne spoke.
Origin of drawlprobably frequentative of draw
verbdrawled, drawl·ing, drawls
Origin of drawlProbably from Low German drauelen, to loiter, delay.
(third-person singular simple present drawls, present participle drawling, simple past and past participle drawled)
- To drag on slowly and heavily; while or dawdle away time indolently.
- To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.
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- (intransitive) To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.
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I'm attempting to create a simple line chart with d3, however for some reason it's filling between the line and some midpoint. Here's the output:
Line Chart
My javascript is the following:
 var width = 500,
 height = 500,
 padding = 10;
 var extentVisits = d3.extent(visits, function(obj){
 return obj['visits'];
 var extentDates = d3.extent(visits, function(obj){
 return obj['datestamp'];
 var yScale = d3.scale.linear()
 .range([height - padding, padding]);
 var xScale = d3.time.scale()
 .range([0, width]);
 var line = d3.svg.line()
 .x(function(d) {
 return xScale(d['datestamp']);
 .y(function(d) {
 return yScale(d['visits']);
 .attr('width', width)
 .attr('height', height)
 .attr("transform", "translate(5,5)")
 .attr("class", "line")
 .attr('d', line);
Where visits is of the form:
 visits = [{'datestamp': timestampA, 'visits': 1000},
 {'datestamp': timestampB, 'visits': 1500}]
I'm pretty new at d3 so I'm sure it's something simple, but it's driving me crazy.
Thanks in advance.
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The midpoint you're seeing is just the connection of the first and last point. This is because the path you've created has (by default) a black fill. Even though it's an open path (i.e., the first and last point are not actually connected), if filled, it will appear closed:
The fill operation fills open subpaths by performing the fill operation as if an additional "closepath" command were added to the path to connect the last point of the subpath with the first point of the subpath.
Source: SVG specification via this SO answer
The solution here is to eliminate the fill and instead set a stroke. You can do this directly in JS with d3 or through CSS.
 fill: none;
 stroke: #000;
Demo showing both the CSS and JS method (commented out) on jsFiddle
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Q.Over the past five years, I've built more than 30 laminate countertops, and I've never had any problems with them. Recently, however, one of my countertops started to bubble in a few places about five weeks after I built it. I tried taking an iron and heating the laminate, then flattening it with a J-roller until the laminate cooled. This worked, but for only about a week. What could be causing this to happen? And what can I do to fix this problem?
A.Merrill Glos, engineer at Formica Corp., responds: The most common cause of bubbling laminate is dimensional incompatibility between the laminate and the substrate. To prevent the problem, the substrate and the laminate must be compatible — they must respond to humidity changes by expanding and contracting at the same rates — and they must both be acclimated to the indoor environment before they are bonded.
If the laminate is dry and the particleboard is wet, the laminate will bubble when the laminate grows and the substrate either shrinks or stays the same size. It takes laminate about two days to acclimate, if air can get to both sides of the material. For a piece of 3/4-inch particleboard substrate, it takes about a week. The best substrate is particleboard, which has good dimensional compatibility with laminate. Plywood makes a poor substrate, because it is more dimensionally stable than laminate.
Solvent-based adhesives are preferable to water-based adhesives. When it comes to dimensional movement, wood reacts with moisture, not with solvent. Even with proper acclimation, if you use water-based contact adhesive, the water can disrupt the humidity balance by introducing water into the laminate or the substrate. Solvent-based adhesives tend to be more forgiving than water-based adhesives, and do not induce dimensional change problems.
To solve the problem, you'll have to heat up a larger area of the laminate than just the bubbled area. Heat up the bubbled area, as well as the entire area from the bubbles to the nearest laminate edge. This will allow the laminate to slip, adjusting to the change in dimension. After heating, use a 3-inch J-roller to rebond the contact adhesive, rolling until the adhesive is cool and has regained its strength.


text: In order to gain a deep insight into the mechanism of Ni-doped Mo activated sintering process, the diffusion behavior of Mo-Ni interface was studied utilizing a Mo-Ni diffusion couple. The phase structure and composition on the diffusion layer were characterized and analyzed by means of scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope, the self diffusion coefficient and interdiffusion coefficient were calculated. The results show that a diffusion layer is formed between Mo and Ni after sintering at 1223k for 1h, which is comprised of a δ-NiMo intermetallic compound and a limit solid solution containing small amounts of nickel. The self diffusion coefficient and interdiffusion coefficient are 2.068×10-18cm2/s and 4.5×10-12cm2/s, respectively. It is suggested that the diffusion rate of Mo in δ-NiMo intermetallic compound and a limit solid solution containing small amounts of nickel is 106 times bigger than that of self diffusion, and the intermetallic compound layer provides a short diffusion path for Mo activated sintering.


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Kent Library is pleased to announce the availability of Films on Demand. This streaming video service offers over 12,000 titles covering a wide range of academic subjects from freshman to graduate level. Content includes documentaries, lectures, instructional/curricular videos, and historical primary source videos. Example content includes Ken Burns' 'Civil War' documentary, Universal Newspapers Newsreels, and '10 essential interviewing skills'. Videos may be browsed by subject, by special collections such as PBS' NOVA, or searched by keyword, and can be linked from or embedded in Moodle course pages. You can link to/embed entire videos or specific segments, and many videos have closed captioning available. Videos may be viewed from anywhere in the world that has high speed internet access (DSL or higher recommended), including phones and other mobile devices.
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Help pages: at the above link, click on 'help' near the top right to access various guides and tutorials. For example, type 'moodle' in the search box on the help screen to find information about using videos with our online learning system.


Pythagorean dates
The numbers that make up today's date—12, 16, and 20—form a Pythagorean triple. That is, 12² + 16² = 20².
There won't be any such dates next year. You could confirm this by brute force since there are only 365 days in 2021, but I hope to do something a little more interesting here.
The Mathematica function
 PowersRepresentations[n, k, p]
lists the ways to represent a number n as the sum of k pth powers. Calling PowersRepresentations[21^2, 2, 2] shows that there is no non-trivial way to write 21² as the sum of two powers; the only way is 0² + 21². You might try using the whole year rather than the last two digits, but there's no non-trivial way to write 2021 as the sum of two powers either.
The paragraph above says that no Pythagorean triangle can have hypotenuse 21 or 2021. But could there be a Pythagorean date next year with 21 on one of the sides?
If the components of a date correspond to sides of a Pythagorean triangle, and one of the sides is 21, then the day must be on the hypotenuse because all the month numbers are less than 21, and that day must be greater than 21.
Let's look for Pythagorean triangles with a side equal to 22, 23, …, 31 and see whether any of them have a 21 on the side.
The Mathematica command
 For[d = 22, d <= 31, d++, Print[PowersRepresentations[d*d, 2, 2]]]
This tells us that the only numbers from 22 to 31 that can be on the side of a Pythagorean triangle are 25, 26, 29, and 30.
The number 21 does appear in the list: (20, 21, 29) is a Pythagorean triple. But if the 29th of a month were a Pythagorean date next year, it would have to be the 20th month. Since we only have 12 months, there won't be any Pythagorean dates next year.
The number 22, 23, and 24 can't be written as sums of squares in a non-trivial way, so if there's a Pythagorean date in the next few years it will have to be with the day of the month on the side. We can see from the output above that (7, 24, 25) is a Pythagorean triple, so the next Pythagorean date is 7/25/24, and the next after that is 7/24/25. And the next after that will be 10/24/26.
Incidentally, there is an algorithm for counting how many ways a number can be written as the sum of k squares, and it is implemented in Mathematica as Squares[k, n]. If you run SquaresR[2, 441] it will tell you that there are four ways to write 441 as the sum of two squares. But all four of these are trivial: (0, 21), (21, 0), (0, -21), and (-21, 0). Because every square can be written as the sum of two squares analogously, a return value of 4 means there are no non-trivial solutions.
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Consider the integral
$\int_0^{\pi/3}x\cos^2(x^2)dx $
Here, I see two terms: x, and $\cos^2(x^2)$. I would normally use integration by parts, but I run into major issues because of the $\cos^2(x^2)$, specifically the $x^2$.
I take $\cos^2(x^2)$ as $u$, x as $dv$, and after the simplifying of some constants, I have
$\frac12 x^2\cos^2(x^2) + 2\int_0^{\pi/3}x^3\cos(x^2)\sin(x^2)$
*because I found the derivative of $\cos^2(x^2)$ was $-4x\cos(x^2)\sin(x^2)$ and the integral of x as $\frac{x^2}2$
but you can see, this new integral isn't very helpful. I can't use parts with an integral with three terms being multiplied, so I'm kind of stuck.
I do know that $\cos^2x = \frac{1 + \cos(2x)}2$. That could be useful, but I don't know if this applies to different forms of $x$ such as $x^2$, like it does for $ax$, as $a$ as a constant.
How can I find the integral of these kinds of functions, where trigonometric functions have squared or cubed composed functions inside? Any help would be appreciated.
Much thanks
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Since you know that $\cos^2x = \frac{1 + \cos(2x)}2$, try the substitution $u = x^2$.
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I have it! Thank you very much. – Zolani13 Apr 1 '12 at 5:52
Substitute $t=x^2$, so $dt=2x dx$, hence :
$I= \frac{1}{2} \int \limits_{0}^{\pi^2/9} \cos^2t \,dt$
Now use a fact that :
$\cos 2t=2\cos^2 t -1$
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text: When refugees flee war and persecution, protection and assistance are usually provided by United Nations organisations and their NGO implementing partners. In parallel is a largely neglected story: refugees themselves frequently mobilise to provide protection and assistance to other refugees. At a global level, there has been a shift in international policy rhetoric towards 'localisation' and inclusion of refugees, which potentially provides an opportunity to engage with refugee-led community organisations (RLOs). However, RLOs rarely receive access to international recognition or funding despite often being regarded by refugees as an important source of assistance. In this paper we draw upon ethnographic research on the interactions between international institutions and RLOs in Kampala, Uganda, to explore how 'localisation' unfolds in practice within humanitarian governance. In the absence of a clear policy framework for localisation at the global level, national level representatives have considerable discretion in whether and how they partner with RLOs, leading largely to their exclusion – and the development of alternative support strategies by RLOs. We suggest that an effective localisation agenda will require much more attention to the role of power and interests at the local level if RLOs are to be engaged as meaningful actors in humanitarian assistance.


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[ MFC ] - Changing progressbar colour of CProgressCtrl
1. Introduction
A "Progress Bar Control" can be used to show the progress of a long running operation. In MFC, "CProgressCtrl" class is associated the progress bar control. In this article, we will see how to set the progress bar background as well as the progress colour. The background colour can be set using the class member function directly. But, for setting the bar colour we need to send the message to progress bar from the containing parent.
This article is applicable to Visual Studio 2005 or earlier. If you use, 2005 later versions, you can set the bar colour using "SetBarColor" member function of the CProgressCtrl.
2. About the Example
Have a look at the below screenshot:
MFC Progress Bar Colour
Fig 1. MFC Progress Control with Different bar colour
The Start Progress button will start progress in default Gray background and blue bar colour (Depends on your windows Theme). The bar animation is simulated with an introduction of small delay while progressing. The Reset Progress button will reset the progress to the start of the progress. The Set Red button of the sample changes the background colour to white and foreground colour to Red.
3. Create the Application
Create a dialog-based application and name it as PrgrsClr. After the project is created, drag and drop a "Progress Control" from the toolbox to the dialog. In our example, the progress control ID is set to IDC_PROG_BAR. Similarly, add the other buttons as shown in the previous section. Handle the "BN_CLICKED" event for the buttons Start Progress, Reset Progress, Set Red. The below screen shot shows handling the BN_CLICKED for the Start Progress button.
Button Click Handler
Fig 2. Button Click Handler
Add a control variable for the Progress bar as shown in the below screenshot:
Adding CProgressCtrl control variable
Fig 3. Adding CProgressCtrl Control variable
1) Invoke Add Variable dialog from the Context menu by right clicking the class name from the class view tab (Marked as 1)
2) In the Add Member variable dialog, select the progress bar control id (Marked as 2)
3) Make sure the Category is set to Control (Marked as 3)
4) Provide the control variable name as m_ctrl_progress (Marked as 4) and click the finish button (Marked as 5)
4. Initialize Progress Bar
1) First, declare a function the header file, which we can use for initializing the progress bar. The code is below:
//Sample 01: Initialize Progress Bar
void InitProgress();
2) In the CPP file, the function InitProgress is implemented. The "CProgressCtrl::SetRange" function sets the progress bar range from number x -> y. In our case, we set the range for out progress control from 0 to 100. That means, when the progress control value is at 5, the bar appears at the initial stage and when the value is at 90 the bar approaches towards the end. In our case, each progress unit represents 1%. Next, the position is set at 0 using "CProgressCtrl::SetPos". The progress control's current position at zero indicates that the progress is not yet started.
//Sample 02: Initialize Progress Control
void CPrgrsClrDlg::InitProgress()
3) In the OnInitDialog of the class CPrgrsClrDlg, make a call to the InitProgress so that when the dialog appears, the progress control initialized to 0-100 Range and control start position is at zero. Below is the code:
// when the application's main window is not a dialog
SetIcon(m_hIcon, TRUE); // Set big icon
SetIcon(m_hIcon, FALSE); // Set small icon
//Sample 03: Make a call to Progress Control
5. Capturing the Progress - Simulated
1) In the Start Progress button click handler increment the progress bar position one by one with a delay of 100 milliseconds. Here a loop that runs for 100 times is used to increment the progress position. To set the delay of 100 milliseconds "Sleep" function is used. Below is the code:
void CPrgrsClrDlg::OnBnClickedButtonStart()
 //Sample 04: Start Progressing with a Delay
2) Make a call to the InitProgress in the Reset Progress button click handler. Below is the code:
void CPrgrsClrDlg::OnBnClickedButtonReset()
 //Sample 05: Reset the Progress Status
6. Changing the progress bar color
In the Set Red button click handler, the progress bar's background color, as well as the Bar's color, is changed. The background color is set to white whereas the Bar color is set to Red. In VS2005 and earlier versions, the bar color can be set by sending the PBM_SETBARCOLOR" message to the progress bar. Below is the code:
void CPrgrsClrDlg::OnBnClickedButtonRed()
 //Sample 06: Change Background to white and Bar color to Red
 m_ctrl_progress.SetBkColor(RGB(255, 255, 255));
 m_ctrl_progress.SendMessage(PBM_SETBARCOLOR,0,RGB(255, 0, 0));
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text: It's an interesting question, however... one of the stones is going to reach Eevee first resulting in evolution before the other stones can influence it. Unless you somehow find a way to make the electrons (smallest part of an atom) of all three stones touch Eevee at the EXACT same time. If it did happen though, well fire and water makes steam. Now what does steam and electricity make? Not sure, but I assume it would be a strange energy that could be associated with psychic types and thus Espeon would be the result. Unless somebody here knows what happens when you combine steam and electricity?


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Remus Lupin on his infant son's Metamorphic abilities[src]
Difference between Animagi and Metamorphagi
"Metamorphmagi are born, not made."
—Tonks explaining to Harry about Metamorphmagi[src]
Using Metamorphic abilities
—Tonks regarding her Metamorphmagus abilities[src]
Nymphadora Tonks changing her facial features at will and with ease
It is unknown whether Metamorphmagi receive any training in developing their innate skill, or if they learn through trial and error; given their rarity, it is unlikely that much training is available. However, Tonks has shown that she only needs to concentrate a little to change her appearance, so it may be simply a matter of the Metamorphmagi wanting to change. While it has been debated whether Animagi transformations and Disapparition require a wand, it seems Metamorphmagi do not need theirs to utilise their abilities, as Tonks has claimed that other wizards need a wand or potions to transform, meaning Metamorphmagi such as herself are not restricted as such.
Tonks angry
Tonks' hair changing colour under the influence of her emotion
It is unknown if Metamorphmagi must register with the Ministry of Magic like Animagi must, as Metamorphmagi did not choose to become what they are, while Animagi did. Although unlike Animagi, Metamorphmagi do not possess any distinct markings that come with their transformation, so it would be far more difficult to keep track of them for any signs of ability abuse.
Like many other types of magic, a Metamorphmagus' abilities are affected by his or her emotional state. The person's appearance at any moment will often reflect the emotion the person is feeling at the time. Strong emotions, such as shock or sadness, can affect their abilities to the point of having trouble using them at all. For example, Nymphadora Tonks had difficulty using her abilities following Sirius Black's death, when she was depressed over her feelings for Remus Lupin.[3]
Metamorphic abilities can be very helpful when it comes to disguises. For example, Nymphadora Tonks was able to put her abilities to use in performing espionage for the Order of the Phoenix. She also got full marks in Concealment and Disguise of her Auror training, implying that this ability can be used for official examinations and competitions.[1]
Albus Dumbledore wrote an article examining whether it was possible for Metamorphmagi to use their transformational abilities to disappear without a trace in a 1926 issue of Transfiguration Today.[4]
Known Metamorphmagi
Behind the scenes
 - In latin, the female form of Magus is Maga. However, female Metamorphmagi are never refered to as "Metamorphmaga" or "Metamorphmagae", which would be the female plural, in canon.
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What is Wide Awake Hand Surgery?
Wide awake hand surgery is surgery of the hand and wrist that is done without sedation, without a tourniquet, and without general anesthesia.
This new surgical approach involves injecting local anesthetic around specific nerves in the hand and wrist. There is no need for general anesthesia, hospitalization, and the associated risks, expenses, and inconveniences. Immediately after wide awake hand surgery, you can simply walk out of the operating room, go home or back to work - just like you would after a dental procedure.
As patients seek to minimize their medical costs and time away from work, wide awake hand surgery is in higher demand. The technique is safe, effective, efficient, and cost-effective, and results in high patient and surgeon satisfaction.
How is it different from other anesthesia?


R: Text Mining (Pre-processing)
This is part 2 of my Text Mining Lesson series. If you haven't already, please check out part 1 that covers Term Document Matrix: R: Text Mining (Term Document Matrix)
Okay, now I promise to get to the fun stuff soon enough here, but I feel that in most tutorials I have seen online, the pre-processing of text is often glanced over. It was always (and often still is) a real sore spot for me when assumptions are made as to my knowledge level. If you are going to throw up a block of code, at least give a line or two explanation as to what the code is there for, don't just assume I know.
I remember working my way through many tutorials where I was able to complete the task by simply copying the code, but I didn't have a full grasp of what was happening in the middle. I this lesson, I am going to cover some of the more common text pre-processing steps used in the TM library. I am going to go into some level of detail and make some purposeful mistakes so hopefully when you are done here you will have a firm grasp on this very important step in the text mining process.
Let's start by getting our libraries
install.packages("tm") # if not already installed
Now, let's load our data. For this lesson we are going to use a simple vector.
wordVC <- c("I like dogs!", "A cat chased the dog.", "The dog ate a bone.",
 "Cats make fun pets.", "The cat did what? Don't tell the dog.",
 "A cat runs when it has too, but most dogs love running!")
Now let's put this data into a corpus for text processing.
corpus <- (VectorSource(wordVC))
corpus <- Corpus(corpus)
Here is the output
Now for a little frustration. Let's say you want to see what is in text document 4. You could try
But this will be your output, not really what you are looking for.
If you want to see the actual texttry this instead
Now you can see the text
As we go through the text pre-processing, we are going to use the following For Loop to examine our corpus
for (i in 1:6) print (corpus[[i]]$content)
Punctuation generally adds no value to text mining when utilizing standard numeric based data mining algorithms like clustering or classification. So it behooves us to just remove it.
To do so, the tm package has a cool function called tm_map() that we can pass arguments to, such as removePunctuation
corpus <- tm_map(corpus, content_transformer(removePunctuation))
Note, you do not need the for loop, I am simply running it each time to show you the progress.
Notice all the punctuation is gone now.
Next we are going to get rid of what are known as stopwords. Stopwords are common words such as (the, an, and, him, her). These words are so commonly used that they provide little insight as to the actual meaning of the given text. To get rid of them, we use the following code.
corpus <- tm_map(corpus, content_transformer(removeWords),
If you look at line 2, "A cat chase dog", you will the word "the" has been removed. However, if you look at the next line down, you will notice "The" is still there.
Well it comes down to the fact that computers do not treat T and t as the same letter, even though they are. Capitalized letters are viewed by computers as separate entities. So "The" doesn't match "the" found in the list of stopwords to remove.
For a full list of R stopwords, go to: _URL_
So how do we fix this?
Using tm_map with the "tolower" argument will make all the letters lowercase. If we then re-run our stopwords command, you will see all the "the" are gone
corpus <- tm_map(corpus, content_transformer(tolower))
corpus <- tm_map(corpus, content_transformer(removeWords),
Next we will stem our words. I covered this in the last lesson, but it bears repeating. What stemming does is attempt to remove variants of words. In our example, pay attention to the following words (dog, dogs, cat, cats, runs, running)
corpus <- tm_map(corpus, stemDocument)
Notice the words are now (dog, cat, run)
Finally, let's get rid of all this extra white space we have now.
corpus <- tm_map(corpus, stripWhitespace)
I didn't use this argument with my tm_map() function today because I did not have any numbers in my text. But if I, the command would be as follows
corpus <- tm_map(corpus, content_transformer(removeNumbers))
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The Scheduling feature is easy to use. From the 'Shows' page click on the orange 'Create' button or the 'Shows' icon. A list of your shows will appear. Simply click the name of the show you want to schedule an episode for. Click the 'New Episode' button and select 'Schedule' from the drop sown menu that appears.
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