curling (n.)
"action of turning, bending, or forming into ringlets," mid-15c., verbal noun from curl (v.). Curling-iron "rod of iron to be used hot for curling the hair" is from 1630s.
The game played with stones on ice, originally Scottish, is so-called by 1610s, but the sense connection is obscure. "The name appears to describe the motion given to the stone" [OED]. Evidence of the sport dates to the early 16c. in Scotland; written accounts of the game date to the 1540s. A similar game is described from c. 1600 in Flanders.
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Definitions of curling from WordNet
curling (n.)
a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target;
curling (adj.)
(of hair) making curls or having been made to curl;
Synonyms: curled


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How do I pass through where not Exists in ProductName table.
LOAD *, ResourceID as Value
DROP TABLE ProductNameTemp;
LOAD *, ResourceID_1 as Value_1
DROP TABLE UsersTemp;
Load ProductName, LastUsage, '' as Netbios_Name0, '' as User_Name0, ResourceID
where not Exists(Value, ResourceID_1);
Load ProductName, '01/01/1981' as LastUsage, Netbios_Name0, User_Name0, ResourceID_1 as ResourceID
where not Exists(Value_1, ResourceID);
I am not able to understand what you want to do. As per my understanding first you want to load ProjectName and User tables without any where clause. Then why do you again want to load productName table with where not exist clause.
As per documentation the exist clause syntex is:
exists(field [, expression ] )
Determines whether a specific field value exists in a specified field of the data loaded so far. Field is a name or a string expression evaluating to a field name. The field must exist in the data loaded so far by the script. Expr is an expression evaluating to the field value to look for in the specified field.
Please explain in detail what do you want to do.

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1 June 2009
With one of the world's largest populations of consumers, mainland China is a potentially lucrative market for many advertisers, but to successfully communicate their message to Chinese consumers advertisers need a visual strategy that does more than simply 'stick a dragon on the box' according to Deakin University lecturer in graphic design Dr Lisa Scharoun.
"Chinese consumers are open to western products and ideas, but if the wrong approach is used it can lead the audience to misinterpret the visual message and be highly offended as a result," she said.
From 2003 to 2005, Dr Scharoun was a lecturer at the Raffles Design Institute in Shanghai and she said it was during this time she became particularly interested in the advertising western companies used in China.
"Living there I realised how completely at odds western style advertising was with Chinese culture."
In her recent paper Made for China: Global Collaboration and Understanding in Advertising Design, Dr Scharoun refers to a number of examples where the misuse of culturally significant symbols in advertising offended Chinese consumers – for instance dragons portrayed as sinister, frightening creatures.
"The western interpretation of a dragon as an 'evil demon' doesn't work in China because, while dragons are highly significant to the Chinese and are seen as possessing great power, they are considered to be good-natured. It's a bit like presenting a kangaroo as an evil protagonist to an Australian audience," Dr Scharoun said. Even the appropriateness of the research methods themselves need to be evaluated.
"Often an advertising agency or a company will take a strategy that works well in the west and try and use it in China without researching whether it is suitable for that market.
"Generally in the west, we have an individual mindset whereas in mainland China there is more of a collective mindset. For instance, if you were to run a focus group in mainland China, participants are less likely to express their own feelings and more likely to look to the group's leader for their response," Dr Scharoun said.
Understanding the Chinese market not only has implications for advertisers and their agencies, Dr Scharoun says, but also for the teachers of design.
"It's very important that design students are given the opportunity to gain an understanding of the complexities surrounding advertising in China." Dr Scharoun believes cross-cultural collaboration at the undergraduate level could be one of the ways to overcome this type of cultural misunderstanding.
"Global Design Strategies: China is a proposed 12-week course for Deakin University graphic design students providing an in-depth exploration of Chinese culture, history and design," Dr Scharoun said.
As part of the course, it is planned for Deakin students to be paired with 'design mentors' from DongHua University in Shanghai, collaborations Dr Scharoun says she hopes will be ongoing.
"Hopefully through these collaborations students will form relationships they can take forward into their careers. Then when they are presented with a brief for developing advertising for China they can draw on the contacts they made through the course and on the knowledge they gained to develop work that is culturally sensitive and not just stick a dragon on the box."
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My life in the workhouse
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A recount of a child's life in a typical Victorian workhouse, complete with a virtual tour. Children can click on hot spots to reveal labels, captions and further information and to hear sound effects.
Leaflet 1 and Leaflet 2 offer extracts from Berlie Doherty's novel and play Street Child, featuring a London workhouse. This on-screen resource can be used before or after the group reading sessions to explore the fact behind the fiction. It includes a virtual tour of a workhouse. Children can click on hot spots to reveal labels, captions and further information and to hear sound effects.
- What do the children know about workhouses? What do they expect to find in the text? What are their feelings about workhouses?
- Discuss how to navigate the text and what to click on first.
- Read the text together or read it in pairs/as a group/independently.
- Challenge the children to find specific information and to explain how they found it. Was the resource easy to use? How has the writer brought the information to life?
- Compare a daily workhouse routine with the school timetable.
- Compare the text with that in Leaflet 1 (from Street Child by Berlie Doherty). How does the purpose and language of each text differ?
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Meaning: Treat someone badly
Example: Her boss DUMPS ON everyone when things go wrong.
Meaning: Criticize heavily, often unfairly
Example: She DUMPS ON her family a lot.
Meaning: Tell someone your problems
Example: When he';s depressed, he needs someone to DUMP ON.
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|Feather Key Joints - Course: Techniques of fitting and assembling component parts to produce simple units. Trainees' handbook of lessons (Institut für Berufliche Entwicklung, 19 p.)|
The present handbook is meant for practical vocational training in fields where - in additional to manual and mechanical metal working - mastery of assembly operations is required.
It describes the various kinds of joint that can be made with feather keys and profile shafts according to the function of the respective component groups.
The making and detaching of feather joints are explained by their major sequences of operation. In support, each section is followed by control questions the answering of which enables the trainee to check his knowledge.


RE: Prestressed Concrete Torsion Design (ACI
Title: RE: Prestressed Concrete Torsion Design (ACI
 I think most of the prestressed beam analysis programs take this into account. Also, since the prestressing strand is used mostly at the point of maximum moment - usually midspan, since most pretensioned beams are simply spans - but torsion is usually higher towards the ends, this is an effective way of decreasing the mild longitudinal steel required. Be careful about development length and provide hairpins at the ends of strand and mild longitudinal steel to develop the A_sub_l steel at the ends.
 If there is prestressed steel in the beam top to control stresses in the early life of the beam, depending on the analysis, that entire developed area may be used this way.
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[Use of essential oil of peppermint (Mentha piperita) in the complex treatment of patients with infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis].
Virol J. 2009 Jan 20;6:8. PMID: _PHONE_
The paper describes the effects of peppermint (Mentha piperita) essential oil inhaled by patients with infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis in the penitentiary system. This procedure is shown to be most effective in infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis in the phase of resorption of infiltrates and/or closure of decay cavities. The efficiency is determined by the rapid positive changes in a tuberculous process, which appear as a rapider regression of tuberculous inflammation, causing small residual changes. This procedure may be used to prevent recurrences and exacerbations of pulmonary tuberculosis.


IHC Titan Type D 45 (1910s)
IHC Titan 45 Lowe Brothers
The Manitoba Agricultural Museum collection features an IHC Titan Type D 45 that was donated to the Museum by the Lowe Brothers of Foxwarren, Manitoba.
The Type D 45 had its origin in the IHC Reliance Type D of 1910. IHC's Milwaukee plant began producing the 20 Horsepower Reliance Type D using IHC "Famous" engine design which was also used in IHC's Type B 20 horsepower tractor. The Type D 25 horsepower tractor soon followed and then the Reliance Type D 45 horsepower appeared. The Reliance Type D 45 featured a 2 cylinder engine that was the first engine specifically designed for use in a tractor by IHC. A distinctive rectangular tank type radiator was developed for the Reliance Type D 45. In 1911, the Reliance models were renamed Titan.
The Type D 45 featured a 2 cylinder horizontal engine running at 335 RPM with force feed oiling, make and break ignition, hit and miss governor and a tank type radiator with a pump. The transmission offered one speed ahead and one speed in reverse. A spur gear drove onto the live rear axle through a bull gear with a differential in the right rear wheel. The Type D 45 developed 45 horsepower on the belt and 27 horsepower at the drawbar. It was rated as being able to pull a 10 bottom plow.
The Type D 45 was replaced in 1914 by the Titan 30-60. Between 1911 and 1914, 1319 Type D 45s were built.
The Titan tractors with multiple cylinders, in general, featured engine cylinders that laid side by side where as the Mogul designs featured opposed cylinder engine designs.
A long time resident of the Elton district recounts that the Vance family of the area possessed what he thinks was a Titan 45. However by the time he was old enough to remember this tractor, it was well into the 1930s and the tractor was badly worn. By that time, it was started by the expedient of wrapping a long rope around the belt pulley a number of times and then attaching the free end of the rope to a single tree with a horse harnessed to the single tree. The horse was then started forward at a trot. The engine then began revolving, hopefully firing up. On one occasion, the operator forgot to retard the ignition to start the tractor, the tractor then fired at the top of the piston stroke and ran backwards. The tractor was still powerful enough that it exerted enough pull to snatch the horse backwards, taking the animal off of its feet. Needless to say this particular horse was never able to be used around the tractor after that experience! Even as part of team on a sheaf wagon at threshing.
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Several factors usually determine if a person will have or experience social anxiety. A few of them are genetics, trauma, their childhood, introversion vs. extroversion, and whether they feel safe in that environment or social situation.
Some people are generally sensitive to social situations and can experience varying degrees of anxiety when confronted with a social situation. Although there is no way to actually tell if someone has social anxiety, there are certain behavioral factors or qualities that make some people more likely to experience social anxiety than others. One of such qualities is the zodiac sign.
In this article, we'll be discussing which is the worst zodiac sign for social anxiety. If you're interested in knowing which is the worst zodiac sign, then keep reading. We'll be providing a list containing 5 signs that have qualities that make them more susceptible to social anxiety.
5 Zodiac Signs Most Susceptible to Social Anxiety
- Virgo (August 23 to September 22) – Virgo is a mutable and grounded sign. It is generally associated with the earth and being well-grounded. Virgos are extremely patient and calm. They tend to suffer in silence and give people several second chances. Virgos are also loyal. The combination of these qualities can lead to heightened feelings of social anxiety. Due to the Virgo's reluctance to discuss what is wrong, they can continue to internalize their issues, and this can manifest in social situations. Virgos also like order and being in control. These are qualities often absent in a social situation. The lack of order and control may cause Virgos to withdraw and feel anxious about the situation.
- Gemini (May 20 to June 21) – Infamously known as the two-faced sign, Geminis can actually be quite dependable. They tend to see both sides of things and have more than one thought process. This helps them to be more patient and calculated in their decisions. Unfortunately, this can also cause social anxiety. They have a tendency to overthink situations, and this can manifest as social anxiety. Gemini will also absorb the energy of others. If they're in a location they do not feel comfortable in; they can become extremely socially anxious and overthink everything they do.
- Scorpio (October 23 to November 21) – Scorpios are deep thinkers and introverts. They have an iron control of their thoughts and expressions. Unfortunately, this makes it hard to spot signs of social anxiety in a Scorpio. If they get too deep in their head around people they don't know well; they can become socially anxious.
- Cancer (June 21 to July 22) – Cancers are a fluid sign as their element is water. They have many emotions and can often feel overwhelmed by their emotions. Due to this, they may get called moody or pessimistic. They simply prefer to stay within people they trust. Being in a place with a lot of people they do not know can make them socially anxious.
- Taurus (April 20 to May 20)- This sign is calm and collected. They prefer calm situations and staying in their comfort zone. Taking them out of their comfort zone can lead to feelings of anxiety.


text: In order to obtain insight into the structure of cobalt phthalocyanine dimers, molecular mechanics calculations were performed on dimeric cobalt phthalocyanine species. Molecular mechanics calculations are first presented on monomeric cobalt(II) phthalocyanine. Using the Tripos force field for the organic part of the molecule and parameters derived from the literature and subsequently optimized to describe the CoII force field resulted in a geometry that is in very good agreement with experimental data from the literature. Optimization of the dimeric structure leads to a geometry in which both phthalocyanines are separated by 3.2 Å and one of the molecules is shifted 2.38 Å in both the X- and Y-directions with respect to the other. This geometry is in excellent agreement with literature data on ß-Co(pc) crystals and with other calculated and experimental data on similar systems. All calculations were performed with three possible charge distributions in the phthalocyanine molecule and it was shown that varying the charge distribution had no significant effect on the final dimeric structure. This method provides valuable insight into the most important energetic interactions leading to dimer formation.


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Comparing algorithms of dissimilar performance order, such as O(nlogn) for STL sort and O(kn) for Radix-Sort, should provide insight about when one algorithm is expected to be better than another. The comparison is easier to see if the orders are put in a similar form, such as O(log2(n)*n) and O(k*n). Both formulas have an n term in common, and thus the comparison is between log2(n) and k. Another way to see this is to divide the two formulas. In this case, n cancels out and log2(n)/k ratio remains. If log2(n) is bigger than k, the ratio will be bigger than 1. If k is bigger, the ratio will be less than 1.
Table 8 demonstrates this relationship. It shows that log2(n) increases by one when n doubles -- which follows from one of the rules of logarithms, where log( m*n ) = log(m) + log(n). In this case, log2( 2*n ) = log2(2) + log2(n) = 1 + log2(n). The second portion of the table shows that for log2(n)to double, n has to square, which follows from another rule of logarithms, where m*log(n) = log(nm), where m=2 in this case.
In Table 8 one of the entries is log2(4.3*109)=32 -- for example, n = 4.3E+9, or 4.3 billion. For this case, when the array contains 4.3 billion elements, then O(log(n)*n ) = 32*4.3*109, which is the estimate of the number of comparisons for the STL sort algorithm.
For Binary-Radix Sort, the order is O(k*n), where k is the number of bits in each element. If the elements are 32-bits each, then O(k*n) = 32*4.3*109 operations for an array with 4.3 billion elements. In this case, the estimates for STL sort and Binary-Radix Sort are equal. For the case of 8-bit elements, Binary-Radix Sort estimate is 8*4.3*109, whereas STL estimate stays at 32*4.3*109, predicting Binary-Radix Sort to be faster. For the case of 64-bit elements, the Binary-Radix-Sort estimate is 64*4.3*109, whereas STL estimate stays at 32*4.3*109, predicting STL sort to be faster.
These examples demonstrate that STL sort performance is estimated only from the number of elements in the array and not their size, whereas Binary-Radix Sort is estimated from the number of bits of each element and the number of elements. The order formulas predict that Binary-Radix Sort should be faster than STL sort (actually any optimal comparison sort) when the elements are made of a few bits, but that STL sort should be faster when the element size is large.
Tables 9 show measured performance comparisons. Intel IPP does not implement 8-bit and 64-bit signed integer sorting in non-Radix and Radix sorting.
Table 9 provides a lot of information, with several notables:
- All algorithms performed consistently with their unsigned counterparts (when existed), where signed and unsigned performance was nearly equal.
- IPP Radix Sort is significantly faster than all other algorithms for 16 and 32-bit signed -- 8X and about 3X faster respectively than the closest competitor.
- Order predictions hold accurately for Hybrid Binary-Radix Sort for 8, 16 and 32-bit cases, where the performance decreases by 2X as the number of bits (k) increases by 2X. However, for 64-bit case the performance does not decrease by 2X as predicted, but increases by about 16%.
- Order prediction is not accurate for STL sort, expecting the performance not to depend on the size of array elements, but only on the number of elements. However, STL sort performance decreases by 2X as the number of bits increases by 2X, for 8, 16 and 32-bit cases, but not for 64-bit.
- Order prediction for STL sort to beat Binary-Radix Sort did not hold for up to 64-bits.
At first it may seem that Binary-Radix sort is a good candidate for multicore and multithreading. It splits the data set into two portions and then splits those further recursively. However, the split of the array is data dependent. In other words, the split will not always be even, which leads to uneven load balancing. This may be one of the reasons that Intel did not multithread its Radix-Sort implementation.
In-place Hybrid Binary-Radix Sort (MSD-style) algorithm was developed and improved through several performance optimizations. Insertion Sort was used at the bottom of the recursion tree. Over 40% performance improvement was achieved from the initial implementation, by removing redundant operations. The implementation was extended to handle unsigned and signed integers from 8-bits to 64-bits. A data-type-aware generic interface, overloaded functions, was used to encapsulate unique unsigned and signed implementations under a common interface. The resulting algorithm compared favorably with STL sort implementation, outperforming it by at least 15% for random input data and 32 & 64-bit increasing and decreasing data sets.
Comparison to Intel's IPP sort (in-place) and Radix sort (not in-place) was also performed, where IPP's Radix Sort was found to perform 20X, 8X and about 3X faster for 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit unsigned respectively. Hybrid Binary-Radix Sort outperformed IPP's sort for 16 and 32-bit data types, but lagged by 20X for 8-bit unsigned data type.
Inconsistencies in using algorithm order for performance prediction were found for STL sort for most data sizes, whereas Hybrid Binary-Radix Sort was predicted consistently except for 64-bit data size.
A further hybrid in-place algorithm can be evolved by combining the best attributes of Intel's IPP algorithms with in-place Hybrid Binary-Radix Sort. For instance, the high-performance IPP 8-bit in-place sort can be integrated under the generic interface developed. For the 8-bit unsigned overloaded function implementation, Intel's IPP sort function would be called. The combined algorithm would retain its generic interface, but yet would have data type specific optimized implementations. This leads to "generic data type adaptive" algorithms, which would retain a generic interface and adapt to perform optimally for each data type. Purely generic algorithms miss this opportunity, as well as the 20X performance improvement shown for 8-bit data types.
Floating-point support would be a nice extension. Intel IPP sorting routines support floating-point: single and double-precision. Creating a more sophisticated generic implementation, such as STL's, would allow custom classes to be sorted. The use of iterators would reduce the number of items passed to each level of recursion from currently 4 down to 3 (first and last iterator, and bitMask), possibly improving performance.
 Intel Integrated Performance Primitives for Intel Architecture, Reference Manual, Volume 1: Signal Processing, August 2008, pp. 5-57 - 5-61.
Jim Vaught of Arxan Defense Systems -- personal discussion.
 V. J. Duvanenko, Algorithm Improvement through Performance Measurement: Part 1, Dr. Dobb's
 Scott Miller of Arxan Defense Systems -- personal discussion.


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This article of Golf Club Storage Rack was published at October 21, 2017 at 6:05 am. It is published in the Rack category. Golf Club Storage Rack is labelled with Golf Club Storage Rack, Golf, Club, Storage, Rack..
Golfgolf (golf, gôlf;[Brit.]also gof ),USA pronunciation n.
- a game in which clubs with wooden or metal heads are used to hit a small, white ball into a number of holes, usually 9 or 18, in succession, situated at various distances over a course having natural or artificial obstacles, the object being to get the ball into each hole in as few strokes as possible.
- a word used in communications to represent the letter G.
- to play golf.
Clubclub (klub),USA pronunciation n., v., clubbed, club•bing, adj.
- a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon;
- a group of persons organized for a social, literary, athletic, political, or other purpose: They organized a computer club.
- the building or rooms occupied by such a group.
- an organization that offers its subscribers certain benefits, as discounts, bonuses, or interest, in return for regular purchases or payments: a book club; a record club; a Christmas club.
- a stick or bat used to drive a ball in various games, as golf.
- See Indian club.
- a nightclub or cabaret: Last night we went to all the clubs in town.
- a black trefoil-shaped figure on a playing card.
- a card bearing such figures.
- clubs, (used with a sing. or pl. v.) the suit so marked: Clubs is trump. Clubs are trump.
- See club sandwich.
- a short spar attached to the end of a gaff to allow the clew of a gaff topsail to extend beyond the peak of the gaff.
- a short spar attached to the truck of a mast to support the upper part of a club topsail.
- clubfoot (def. 3).
- to beat with or as with a club.
- to gather or form into a clublike mass.
- to unite;
- to contribute as one's share toward a joint expense;
make up by joint contribution (often fol. by up or together): They clubbed their dollars together to buy the expensive present.
- to defray by proportional shares.
- to hold (a rifle, shotgun, etc.) by the barrel, so as to use the stock as a club.
- to combine or join together, as for a common purpose.
- to attend a club or a club's activities.
- to gather into a mass.
- to contribute to a common fund.
- [Naut.]to drift in a current with an anchor, usually rigged with a spring, dragging or dangling to reduce speed.
- of or pertaining to a club.
- consisting of a combination of foods offered at the price set on the menu: They allow no substitutions on the club luncheon.
Storagestor•age (stôr′ij, stōr′-),USA pronunciation n.
- the act of storing;
state or fact of being stored: All my furniture is in storage.
- capacity or space for storing.
- a place, as a room or building, for storing.
- memory (def. 11).
- the price charged for storing goods.
Rackrack1 (rak),USA pronunciation n.
- a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited: a clothes rack; a luggage rack.
- a fixture containing several tiered shelves, often affixed to a wall: a book rack; a spice rack.
- a spreading framework set on a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or the like, in large loads.
- a wooden frame of triangular shape within which the balls are arranged before play.
- the balls so arranged: He took aim at the rack.
- a bar, with teeth on one of its sides, adapted to engage with the teeth of a pinion(rack and pinion) or the like, as for converting circular into rectilinear motion or vice versa.
- a bar having a series of notches engaging with a pawl or the like.
- a former instrument of torture consisting of a framework on which a victim was tied, often spread-eagled, by the wrists and ankles, to be slowly stretched by spreading the parts of the framework.
- a cause or state of intense suffering of body or mind.
- violent strain.
- a pair of antlers.
- [Slang.]a bed, cot, or bunk: I spent all afternoon in the rack.
- to torture;
torment: His body was racked with pain.
- to strain in mental effort: to rack one's brains.
- to strain by physical force or violence.
- to strain beyond what is normal or usual.
- to stretch the body of (a person) in torture by means of a rack.
- to seize (two ropes) together side by side.
- rack out, [Slang.]to go to bed;
go to sleep: I racked out all afternoon.
- rack up:
- [Pool.]to put (the balls) in a rack.
- [Informal.]to tally, accumulate, or amass as an achievement or score: The corporation racked up the greatest profits in its history.
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I have a shared OneNote notebook. When someone visits the share link, they go to the first page of the first section. Is it possible to create a link to a different page in the notebook, so this is the first page that is displayed?
To generate a link to a page in OneNote Online:
- In the Navigation Pane, right-click the page tab in the Navigation Pane to which you want to generate a link.
- Select Copy Link to this Page.
- In the Copy Link dialog that appears, press CTRL-C or right-click the link and select Copy to place the link to the clipboard.


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September 6, 2011
A normal linked list can be accessed only at its head. A double-ended queue, or deque (pronounced "deck"), can be accessed at either end. Like a normal list, a deque can be null. New elements can be added at either end, the element at either end of a non-null deque can be fetched, and the element at either end of a non-null deque can be deleted. Deques are a combination of stacks and queues.
Your task is to write a function library that implements deques; you should be sure that all operations are performed in constant time. When you are finished, you are welcome to read or run a suggested solution, or to post your own solution or discuss the exercise in the comments below.
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Tissue harmonic imaging: why does it work?
Thomas JD; Rubin DN
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1998 Aug;11(8):803-8
The recent utilization of harmonic frequencies in the imaging of both tissue and contrast
agents has dramatically improved echocardiographic image quality. In contrast
harmonics, the harmonic frequency energy is generated on reflection from the
microbubble contrast agent. In tissue harmonics, the harmonic frequency energy is
generated gradually as the ultrasonic wave propagates through the tissue. Critical to the
utility of tissue-generated harmonic frequencies is their origin beyond the chest wall and
their nonlinear relation to the fundamental frequency energy strength. These two
characteristics of tissue-generated harmonics ensure that the echoes most likely to
produce artifact are least likely to produce harmonic waves. Armed with an understanding
of how these images are produced and with data emerging as to their clinical utility, we
anticipate that harmonic imaging will become the standard for assessing regional and
global left ventricular function in technically difficult studies.
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The last time I checked, most sugar is really dry (unless it's something like brown sugar). So why is it categorized as "wet"?
Sugar is not really a wet ingredient, it's just treated as one in certain types of baking (i.e. cakes).
When making a cake or other "fluffy" baked good, you want a fairly small amount of gluten to be produced, otherwise you'll get a chewy texture instead, and you definitely don't want a cake to be chewy like bread.
Dissolving sugar in the water inhibits the gluten-forming proteins. It's a method (actually, the method) of adding more liquid to the mix without getting a tough, chewy cake. It is for this reason that sugar is considered a "wet ingredient" - because the process only works properly if you add it with the water, not with the other dry ingredients.
It's even possible for sugar to be a dry and wet ingredient in the same recipe; you might add just enough sugar to the water to get the right texture, and add more to the dry ingredients for further sweetening.
I'm not sure what the context is, but I dug up this article that mentions sugar being a wet ingredient when baking certain items such as cake. A quick summary from the article:
"...the general idea is that Sugar and Water are Best Friends Forever, and they swear that nothing will ever separate them."
I'm guessing basically sugar is used with water (as opposed to being kept undissolved as a solid) so much that this is why it is considered 'wet,' at least in the context the article talks about.
Hope this helps!


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Classic World Cutting Fruit Puzzle
Teach your child about different types of fruit while putting this puzzle back together. They will love this chunky fruit set.
Your child will learn to name and identify the fruit, as they remove and match them back to the images on the board. Puzzles help build children's hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills, while also encouraging problem solving and discovery.
This puzzle even includes a knife allowing your child to safely practice the motions of cutting fruit themselves!
The fruit shapes included are apple, lemon, pear, orange, kiwifruit, strawberry, pineapple, peach and watermelon!
Size: 32 x 32 x 5 cm


Friday Jan 03, 2014
ODI 12c - Components and LKMs/IKMs
Here I'd like to illustrate some nice capabilities of ODI 12c's knowledge module framework in combination with the new component based mapper. Some of this was prompted from recent questions from Holger Friedrich (on migration from OWB..'where is delete'), Stewart Bryson and Mark Rittman (on components and KMs here) and a general nagging thought I had that people were generally unaware of the capabilities. There's a lot more we can illustrate and talk about in this area, so this is a little taster...
Customized loading, integration and error management can be defined using knowledge modules. There is a text based substitution library that makes building such knowledge modules very easy - especially with the abundance of examples - plus the substitution reference documentation is a good reference guide (intro here, reference here). This can be used in harmony with ODI 12c components. In 12c we have modularized a lot and introduced components (components are logical and describe the WHAT of the transformation, component KMs describe the HOW, just like regular KMs), also we have formalized some parts of the framework but it is still as open as ever.
In supporting the odiRef substitution library we have chosen a similar approach to how the sub-select worked in 11g. If you want to build your own integration you can use the odiRef methods to get the target shape, details, connection etc. The source for the target, just like in 11g is provided via the odiRef methods also and may be rolled into the odiRef.getFrom method.
To illustrate, if you want to perform an integration to do a delete operation, then the following snippet is sufficient - in 11g or 12c (the code in red is boiler plate). In ODI 12c you can now have an arbitrary mapping graph leading up to the target;
 1. DELETE FROM <%=odiRef.getTable("L","TARG_NAME","A")%> T
 2. WHERE (<%=odiRef.getTargetColList("", "[COL_NAME]", ", ", "\n", "UK")%> )
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 6. <%for (int i=odiRef.getDataSetMin(); i <= odiRef.getDataSetMax(); i++){%>
 7. <%=odiRef.getDataSet(i, "Operator")%>
 8. SELECT <%=snpRef.getColList(i,"", "\t[COL_NAME]", ",\n", "", "UK")%>
 9. FROM <%=odiRef.getFrom(i)%>
 10. WHERE (1=1) <%=snpRef.getJoin(i)%> <%=snpRef.getFilter(i)%> <%=snpRef.getGrpBy(i)%> <%=snpRef.getHaving(i)%>
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For example in the mapping below, I am using the subquery filter component to identify some rows that I then want to DELETE from the CONTACT_LIST target. The integration type property on target datastores was introduced in 12c and supports a set number of integrations to help filter the IKMs, if you select None, you can pick any IKM applicable for the technology.
If you look at the physical design for the above mapping you can now pick the IKM which performs the delete, the subquery filter also has a component KM which produces code, this code is rolled into the odiRef methods in the template. This then lets arbitrary map designs to be created and still build customized KMs for loading, integrating and error management. The odiRef substitution methods are simple text based APIs for producing text based on simple primitives.
This then produces the following SQL statement to perform the DELETE DML, our IKM has no knowledge of how to construct subquery filter, pivot or any other complex transformation - the code has been modularized. The code produced is below;
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Another useful illustration of things working in harmony is related to the improved code generation for Oracle connectivity - the basics of database links have been greatly improved (no more requirements for view on source, but still supported). The framework change in order to support this will have more use cases down the line too. Now you can use the 12c database link LKMs to pull data from tables over a database link and leverage custom IKMs on the target. One of the 11g issues was related to the requirements the 11g Oracle to Oracle database link LKM placed on users, this has been greatly improved, you can now take advantage of this, plus use existing IKMs, build new ones etc.
The mapping above uses new 12c LKMs to access remote Oracle datastores and a customized IKM to illustrate the mix and match capabilities.
Hopefully this gives you some background and insight into the ODI 12c mapping and knowledge module capabilities that you weren't aware of. Looking forward to any questions and additional ideas, insights that you have.
Wednesday Sep 09, 2009
The techniques that we will leveraged for this are the following:
All the objects mentioned in this article can be downloaded. Save
this XML file
 - Name your target table
Interface Definition Tab
SAMPLER_ID number(3)
SAMPLER_NAME varchar2(30)
SAMPLER_PRICE number(10,2)
Sampler Interface Table Creation
 - Have a naming convention that is simplified
 - Limit the number of parameters
 - Limit the complexity of the code
 - RandomBool(): generate a 0 or a 1
For our example, we will build the following mappings:
Column Mapping
SAMPLER_ID RandomNumber(1,999)
SAMPLER_NAME RandomString('A', 1, 30)
SAMPLER_PROMOTION case when RandomBool()=0 then 'FALSE'
else 'TRUE'
SAMPLER_PRICE RandomDecimal(1,10000)
In ODI, the mappings will look like this:
Sampler Interface Mappings
Sampler IKM
10,000 records generated in 5 seconds
Statistics are available in the Operator interface.
Sampler Stats
 - Use the same logic to create your interface
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How To Install An HRC Fuse in Steps
Since HRC fuses are simple to use and crucial for supplying electricity safely, they have grown in popularity. You can choose from a wide variety of fuses on the market, but HRC is the most often used and finest choice.
Regardless of everything else, no one can exist without electricity; power is very crucial. It would be best if you only employed fuses that are of high calibre and can be used for a significant duration because electricity is continually developing.
We'll go over the installation process for HRC Fuses but first, let's understand what it does exactly.
A high rupturing capacity (HRC) fuse is where one of the fuse wires temporarily conducts a short circuit current. The circuit immediately shuts off in the event of a problem, preventing any damage. Glass or another chemical substance, depending on the one you choose, is typically used to make HRC.
The cage can be firmly closed to keep air from entering the fuse. Silver wires and metal caps are used to create the rather tight corners at both ends. Power distribution using HRC is always reliable and secure; if the fault current is high, the break time is low, and vice versa.
Fuse installations are typically best left to professionals due to their size and labour-intensive nature, making them similar to circuit breakers and other similar things. Before connecting all the wirings and placing them in a secure area, they check the wirings and the spot where it needs to be installed.
It is possible to maintain a specific amount of current without the HRC fuse opening. Typically, the current passing through the fuse doesn't have enough energy to weaken the element significantly and continues to be strong enough. However, on rare occasions when a significant current flows, the fuse element melts before the fault current reaches its maximum.
The fuse element won't turn off in an overload situation, but if it persists for too long, the material may break the circuit. The thinner sections of the metal ends will disintegrate in the event of short circuit circumstances or other similar problems in the power systems. For this reason, there must be restrictions on some electrical power system components.
Advantages Of Installing HRC Fuses
- They have a high breaking capacity
- These fuses remain popular because they have a long lifespan.
- Because they are affordable and available to everyone, it is simpler to use them.
- On some premium models, the fuse has status indicators.
- HRC fuses operate at a fast rate of speed and are very rapid.
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Saturday, 18 February 2012
The Waiting Period: Graduate Admissions Survival
If you have a philosopher who happens to have applied to graduate schools this year, you are likely in thick of waiting. This waiting period is almost always intensely stressful for both you and your philosopher.
Depression during this waiting period can be exasperated by your philosopher, especially if they persist in checking their email frequently or if they insist on monitoring acceptances/rejections on online forums (such as gradcafe). This is especially dangerous for philosophers who are also working on MA theses (it's the worst kind of distraction from work).
So how can you help alleviate the depressive effects of the application waiting period?
1. Make an alternate plan.
This may seem rather dreadful, but it will help both you and your philosopher if you develop a backup plan (what to do if your philosopher doesn't get in anywhere). If your philosopher knows that they have alternate options—even if these aren't ideal—then it might ease their mind a bit. For sure, having a backup plan can also do wonders for your mental health.
2. Reassure. Reassure. Reassure.
You will find yourself having to do lots of reassuring during this period. Prepare to be patient with your philosopher every time they descend into the slough of despond. Reassure your philosopher that they are really intelligent, they haven't heard from every school yet, just because someone has been accepted on gradcafe doesn't mean that all decisions are final, just because they didn't get in this year doesn't mean that they can never try again, etc. Just because they didn't get into one of their lower-tier schools, doesn't mean that they won't get into an upper-tier school. Remind them. Here are two stories that might help your philosopher:
Story 1: A philosopher thought they had received rejections from every school to which they applied, as they had seen people post on gradcafe about each of their schools. Well guess what? An oversight had led to an acceptance letter—from their first school choice—either not being sent or being lost in the mail.
Story 2: An extremely intelligent philosopher received rejections from every place they applied one year. Instead of giving up, this philosopher applied to exactly the same places the next year and got in to several of them.
3. Bake treats.
This speaks for itself.
4. Distract your philosopher.
This is a good time to ply your philosopher with distractions. Help them train for a marathon; make a goal to watch all of the AFI top 100 movies; encourage them to prepare a paper for publication; refinish some furniture. Distractions are really necessary to keep your philosopher from being despondent sometimes.
When all else fails, direct them to Ph.D. comics.
~The Philosiologist
 1. I work in graduate admissions and I can absolutely verify that some excellent applicants are unlucky one year, reapply the next year, then sail through. For PhDs it can sometimes be the case that there a particular area of research is very oversubscribed one year - often due to considerations of the funding the department has in place, which students it has already admitted, and which staff are able to take on new students - and eases up the next. That said, to next years' applicants, it IS important to apply to a range of different places and to apply early!
 I should also emphasise your point that, in my institution at least, admissions decisions are sent out over a rather long period (weeks to months) and that just because some have already received offers, there's no reason you won't. Sometimes notifications are done in alphabetical batches, sometimes in order of assessment, sometimes randomly.
 2. Thanks for the reassurance! See, philosophers? :-)
 3. I hope you will post new update soon.


Today's lesson will be the word princess in Korean. If you've watched your fair share of Korean dramas, you will know that there are quite a few historical dramas that focus on important kings, queens, princesses, and princes throughout Korea's history.
Let's start with the basic form of the word.
Most people when referring to the general term for princess will simply use 공주 (gong-ju). You will find this in titles of songs, lyrics, tv shows, etc.
However, "님" is added if you are referring to a princess in formal terms. This is more respectful and is akin to saying "Her Highness" instead of simply princess. In this situation, you are not just speaking to the person, but speaking of them, thus showing more respect.
Of course, in today's world, it's rare that you would use the term princess seriously. Nowadays it's used simply to refer to old stories or to mock a girl/woman who is very spoiled.
For example, someone might reply "네, 공주님" to someone who is requesting something of someone and being very demanding. Some lovers may also use it jokingly.
Another way someone might use it is to say someone has 공주병 (gong-ju-byeong) if they are very spoiled. It basically takes the word princess and adds "병" which is a word for disease. Basically there are saying you have a princess disease.
On the flip side, the word for prince is 왕자 (wang-ja)
Here are the words and audio files for this infographic:
a. 공주 = princess
b. 공주님 = princess (Formal)
c. 공주병 = princess disease
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This question arose in the comments of A question about groups of intermediate growth. I think it might be interesting to put it more in evidence.
Let $G$ be a f.g. group with a fixed symmetric set of generators $S$ and denote by $B(n)$ the ball of radius $n$ about the identity w.r.t. the word metric induced by $S$.
Fix an integer $k\geq1$ and define $\overline\zeta_k(G)=\lim\sup_n\frac{|B(nk+k)|}{|B(nk)|}$.
Observe that
 1. If $G$ has polynomial growth, then $\overline\zeta_k(G)=1$, for all $k$.
 2. If $\overline\zeta_k(G)=1$ for all $k$, then $G$ has sub-exponential growth.
General question: What can we say about $\overline\zeta_k(G)$ if $G$ has intermediate growth?
Martin Kassabov, in the comment to my question, suspects that it should be always (or most of the times) equals to $1$, but I cannot find even a single examples of a group of intermediate growth for which it is equal to $1$. I have to say that my knowledge about groups of intermediate growth is very little and I just tried to apply Corollary 1.3 in, but, as already observed by Martin, it is not strong enough to give an example of groups of intermediate growth whose $\overline\zeta_k(G)=1$.
Particular question: Is there an example of group of intermediate growth for which $\overline\zeta_k(X)=1$, for all $k$?
Thanks in advance,
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there is not "easy proof" of the observation 1, and for observation 2 it is enough to have it for some $k$. – kassabov Nov 15 '11 at 16:41
Yes, I was sure about the second point... – Valerio Capraro Nov 15 '11 at 19:32
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It seems that if $\bar \zeta_k > 1$ for some $k$ then $\bar \zeta_k > 1$ for all $k$. Also it is clear $\lim_k \sqrt[k]{\bar \zeta_k} = 1$.
My guess is that most known groups of intermediate growth satisfy $\bar \zeta_k=1$, but proving this require very carefull estimates for the size of the balls. Notice that until recently the growth type on any group of initermediate growth have not be computed, which requires just a "crude" estimates of the growth type. You can see the recent papers of Bartholdi and Eschler: and, where they have computed the growth type of many groups, but I fell that their estimates are far from what you need to get $\bar\zeta_k=1$.
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the second claim (about the limit) is clear and follows from your argument in the other question. Can you please give me some details about the first claim: if $\overline\zeta_k >1$ for some $k$, then $\overline\zeta_k>1$, for all $k$? Thank you very much in advance. – Valerio Capraro Nov 15 '11 at 22:27
Using that $B(n)$ is an increasing function one can easily see that $\sqrt{\zeta_k} \leq \zeta_l$ for $k


My Paternal Lineage - a Memory of Leatherhead.
My paternal grandparents lived and worked at Polesden Lacey from circa 1899 to 1906, under, first, Sir Clinton Dawkins and then later Mrs Greville.
Their first born was at a large house in Leatherhead; their second born was in the house of Polesden Lacey itself.
They left Surrey at that time and their other children, one of which was my father, were born in Shropshire.
Stories told on the hearth, abound re their time in Surrey, the lanes and places nearby -such as Ranmore Common. Another age, another world, but we keep it in our memories.
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Hi Edward,
Does your family history of Polesden mention the rebuilding of the bridge over Connicut Lane? This would have been around 1903. I have access to the censuses of the time if you'd like me to look them up.
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Algebra Seminar talk
Antoine Mottet (Univerzita Karlova)
Cores of structures with a Ramsey expansion
A core is a relational structure whose endomorphisms behave locally as automorphisms. Cores are objects that appear naturally in the study of constraint satisfaction problems, and in this context it is an important question to determine which classes of structures can be reduced to the study of the cores inside them. The class of finite structures is a trivial such example, and the class of countably categorical structures is another (Bodirsky, 2003). In this talk, I will show that the same holds for structures admitting a countably categorical Ramsey expansion. This is joint work with Michael Pinsker.


text: In my last article, I wrote about an app called DrainGuard that can help you monitor your battery usage in standby mode; still on that battery power tangent, how about a screen that recycles light energy well enough to charge the phone? Engineers at UCLA have developed a process for harvesting and recycling the light energy of LCDs in electronic devices. By equipping a LCD with their photovoltaic polarizers, the device can convert ambient light, sunlight, and its own backlight into usable electricity. The UCLA team explains that currently a device's backlight is responsible for consuming around 80 to 90 percent of the battery and in the current design of LCDs, as much as 75 percent of light is simply lost. The polarizing organic photovoltaic cell can potentially harvest that 75 percent back into usable electricity. Essentially, as long as you have a light source, your phone may stay charged forever. The UCLA team, as well as the rest of us, hope to see technology manufacturers utilize this concept with future products.


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The surname Spink in my family tree is from my paternal line. At the moment I have 27 people with this surname. The earliest person is my 4x great grandfather William Spink who was born about 1764, probably in the Linton area of the Yorkshire Dales.
According to surnamedb the name Spink is of Anglo-Saxon origin. It is said to derive from a nickname given in the first instance to someone thought to resemble a finch in some way. Possibly with reference to its brightly coloured plumage or sweet singing voice.
A large number of early medieval surnames were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames, given with reference to a variety of characteristics, such as
- a person's physical attributes or peculiarities
- mental or moral qualities
- a fancied resemblance to an animal's or bird's appearance or disposition
- habits of dress, or
The first recorded spelling of the family name is believed to be that of Roger Spinc dated 1133 in the "Chartulary of Ramsey Monastery", Bedforshire. Other early recordings are :-
Thomas Spink listed in the Assize Rolls of Northumberland in 1256; the marriage of Edmonde Spincke and Alice Madison in Stepney, London on 5th September 1604; and the marriage of Stephen Spink and Ann Ring on 29th October 1696.


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Intro to Survival Skills:
you know what to do in an emergency situation? Where can you find water? Is it safe to drink? How can you create a shelter? Signal for help? Using a compass, and methods of starting a fire. Find wild edibles to eat, and how to prepare them. Cost is $5 NNC members, $10 for non-members This will include time inside and outside on the grounds.
Navarino Nature Center
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BACKGROUND: The Mediterranean diet (MeDi) is known to prevent cardiovascular events but the mechanisms mediating this association are not fully understood.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to examine the association between MeDi adherence and the presence and extent of atherosclerotic plaques in carotid, femoral, and aorta territories and its relationship with risk factors in asymptomatic middle-aged adults.
METHODS: Cross-sectional analysis of the Aragon Workers' Health Study, a cohort of 2588 subjects (94.9% men aged 51.3 +/- 3.89 years) without previous cardiovascular history. Participants underwent carotid, femoral, and aorta ultrasound for the quantification of number and thickness of plaques and intima-media thickness. To estimate the participant's adherence to MeDi, we computed the Alternative MEDiterranean index (aMED).
RESULTS: The overall aMED score was 4.19 +/- 1.70, representing a moderate adherence to MeDi. aMED score was associated with the presence of plaque in femoral arteries (odds ratio highest vs lowest aMED score quartile: 0.63; 95% confidence interval: 0.48-0.83; P trend =.045) independently of risk factors and mediators. The strongest association between aMED quartiles and presence of plaque was found among smokers, both in femoral (0.39 [0.22-0.69]; P trend =.001) and in any territory (0.33 [0.14-0.79], P trend =.008). aMED was inversely associated with the number of plaques in all territories except for carotids.
CONCLUSION: MeDi adherence showed a dose-dependent protective association with the presence, number, and thickness of plaques independent of other risk factors. The association was strongest for femoral arteries and among smokers. (C) 2017 National Lipid Association. All rights reserved.
- Mediterranean diet
- INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS
- RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL
- SUBCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS
- CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS
- PRIMARY PREVENTION


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Muzundrum is a "game of musicians". In the standard game, players take turns rolling 12-sided (dodecahedral) dice that contain one of the twelve tones in standard Western music and attempting to place the die on the board to form chords and scales from standard tonal music theory. For example, if a player rolls a G, he or she can place it next to a C and E on the board to form a C-major triad.
There are of course many variations on the game. And the twelve sided dice can also be interesting tools for chance compositions or guided improvisation.
We now have a pair of sample dice here at CatSynth HQ:
The black die has the standard tones as described above, while the white has the solfege syllables do, re, mi, fa, so, etc.


Why is Bali different to the rest of Indonesia?
Bali is different from the rest of Indonesia because of the religion that it follows. The majority of people in Indonesia are Muslim, but most people in Bali follow Balinese-Hinduism. Many religions set time aside in daily lives for religious rituals; Muslims, for example, pray five times a day.
How is Bali different to the rest of Indonesia?
Bali is small – about 100 miles wide and 70 miles north to south. And, unlike the rest of Indonesia, its 3.9 million residents are mostly Hindu, not Muslim. … From relaxing retreats to bustling streets to standing amid volcanoes and Buddhist temples, Bali, Java and Jakarta capture the essence of Indonesia.
Why is Bali so different?
Culturally Bali is mostly Balinese Hindu, which is quite a stark difference from the mostly Muslim Indonesia. The state of development and foreign influences is also very different in Bali compared to many other places.
Is Indonesia and Bali the same place?
Why is Bali unique?
FASCINATINGLY: What was Myanmar's name before 1988?
How dangerous is Bali?
Why is Bali so cheap?
Which God is Worshipped in Bali?
Bali's official religion is Hindu, but it's far too animistic to be considered in the same vein as Indian Hinduism. The Balinese worship the trinity of Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu, three aspects of the one (invisible) god, Sanghyang Widi, as well as the dewa (ancestral gods) and village founders.
What is the best month to go to Bali?
Is Bali a third world country?
Bali is not a country. It is an island that is part of Indonesia, and Indonesia is said to be a third world country (although it's slowly improving). That being said, there are huge regional differences in Indonesia. As a tourist magnet, the wealth level in Bali is quite a bit higher than in the rest of the country.
FASCINATINGLY: Your question: Is your salary in abroad is taxable here in the Philippines?
Keep Calm and Travel


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Reverse Logistics (RL) is a full member of a Supply Chain. As such, it must contribute by adding value to the latter. Moreover, firms are now supposed toprove they are citizens socially responsible for their acts and their consequences on the environment. We present in this article a conceptual framework in which RL is a source of competitive advantage. A qualitative
study identifies the corresponding concepts. We offer the basis of aquantitative study on the required means for a RL to create a competitive advantage in a supply chain. Among the recommendations of the article, we can mention top management's involvement, dedicated information systems and collaboration with other links in the chain.
F. Brach, X. Brusset, Revue Française de Gestion Industrielle vol.33(1), pp 33-53, (CNRS4), 2014.
Reverse logistique, supply chain management, étude qualitative


Print Making
Linoleum block printing is made by cutting into linoleum surface with a sharp V-shaped knife chisel tool that comes in different sizes and shapes. Most of the times you draw on the surface and then carve out the negative imprint. When producing type on linoleum, always carve the type in mirror form so that when applied the ink onto paper it is legible.
Chine-collé has many different was that can be executed. The process that I used was to force through a press roller all the paper once cut and layered one on top of the other. There is no glue to adhere all the paper cut-outs. By using paper with natural long fibers, once the papers go through the press many times over the fibers are forced to stick together.
The Japanese Kimono Women composition has 15 layers all on top of one another. The last layer is the layer with the most small cut-outs. The Women are composed together through 10-25 individual paper cut-outs. The Japanese parasol is a linoleum print. There are only four of Chine-collé compositions.


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Scripture Journaling Plan
Your Bible Journaling Plan – A Walk Through Romans
Your scripture journaling plan – your reading and writing passages can be found in Romans
The key word for Romans is faith – throughout this bundle you will be taking a walk through Romans and journaling your faith.
Romans was written by Paul in about AD57 near the end of the third missionary journey. The main synopsis of Romans is all about :
- the need for salvation
- the method of salvation
- salvation illustrated in the life of Abraham
- The blessing of salvation
- the scope of salvation
- life of holy service to God
- struggle with sinful tendencies
- the plan of salvation by faith
- Gods dealings with Israel
- The restoration
The scriptures are there for you to reflect, journal and encourage you to live a life with purpose.
This is a reference guide for you to come back on a daily basis to reflect on and journal on.
Take care Debbera xoxo


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Clarence Birdseye
Born: 1886, Brooklyn, NY
Died: 1956, New York, NY
Did You Know?
Birdseye devoted the end of his life to improving paper manufacture. He worked for two years on a plantation in Peru to develop a method of converting sugar cane waste into paper pulp, shortening the process from nine hours to twelve minutes.
Photos: (left) Birdseye Foods; (right) WGBH
Retail Frozen Foods
A venturesome biologist brought convenience and variety to American tables when he invented and marketed retail frozen foods.
Labrador Life
An adventurous biologist and a businessman, Clarence Birdseye devised a way to quick-freeze foods and market them to the public. Birdseye was born in 1886 in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up hunting and practicing taxidermy. After studying biology at Amherst College, he took an assortment of wildlife jobs. In 1912, he went to the northeastern Canadian province of Labrador to buy and sell fox furs. During one of the region's cold winters, he came up with the idea of flash-freezing foods.
Freezing Practices
Observing the practices of the native Inuit people, Birdseye saw the preservative effects of extremely cold temperatures on fresh fish. If the fish was frozen fast enough, its cellular structure was minimally affected, and its appearance, taste, and texture were not changed. He experimented with freezing cabbages for his family to eat in the vegetable-poor winter months.
Making a Business
Birdseye returned to the States in 1917, and eventually went into the wholesale fish business, capitalizing on his interest in quick-freezing under extremely high pressure. In 1924, he founded a company, Birdseye Seafoods, Inc., to market his flash-frozen foods such as fish, meat, and vegetables. The foods were test-marketed in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1930, before their national roll-out. Temperature control had to be maintained from factory to point-of-purchase, so the foods went to retailers in refrigerated boxcars, and Birdseye leased retailers specially-designed freezer display cases.
Big Sellers
By the late 1940s, American consumers were buying freezers for their homes, and the convenience of frozen foods made them big sellers. Food companies soon launched more elaborate offerings: frozen hors d'oeuvres, entrees, and pizza. Birdseye was instrumental in bringing the food industry into the modern era. He died of a heart attack in 1956.
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World War 3: Safest destinations in the world to live amid heightened global tensions
WORLD WAR 3 could erupt at any point as tensions begin to rise in the east after North Korea decided to blow up its joint liaison office with South Korea near the border. And now, clashes at the border between China and India have also sparked fears of World War 3. Amid rising tensions and uncertainty, where are the safest countries in the world?
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North and South Korea appear to now be at loggerheads after the North renewed threats of military action against its southern counterpart. An explosion was heard earlier today and then smoke was seen rising from a town on the border between North and South Korea. A four-storey building was blown up, symbolising possibly the beginning of another feud between the two nations. Five Chinese soldiers and a further 11 were also injured today after violent clashes erupted at the China-India border.
Both India and China lost soldiers in the battle, which took place at Galwan Valley.
Reportedly, these are the first casualities in decades to result from violent clahes between China and India.
North Korea's People's Army (KPA) is reportedly preparing to send troops into the demilitarised zone between the two countries.
The move will "turn the front line into a fortress", despite it remaining demilitarised since 2018.
The Indian Army has also said that it is meeting with military officials on both sides to try and quell tensions.
As tensions erupt and more worrying news continues to hit the headlines, many are beginning to grow concerned that World War 3 could be triggered.
If an all-out war is sparked, where are the safest countries in the world to avoid tensions?
Here's a list of five of the world's safest countries to avoid World War 3.
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World War 3: Safest destinations in the world amid North Korea vs South Korea tensions (Image: GETTY)
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World War 3: If an all-out war is sparked, where are the safest countries in the world? (Image: GETTY)
1) Iceland
Iceland has been the most peaceful country in the world since 2008, an impressive feat but not surprising considering its low crime and murder rate per capita.
But some of the main reasons the country is so safe might be surprising.
Unlike other nations, Icelanders don't have an army and the police do not carry guns.
There are also very strict driving regulations that mean Icelanders do not drive any faster than 55.9mph.
And surprisingly, the country is so safe that not even Iceland's president has a bodyguard.
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2) Singapore
Singapore is known for its cleanliness and for immediately shutting down travel amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The country also has one of the lowest crime rates in the world.
The reason for this is because if people do commit crimes, the penalties are more harsh compared to other parts of the world.
CCTV cameras are also abundant in nearly every corner, making it extremely safe.
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World War 3: The UK has plenty of nuclear bunkers (Image: GETTY)
3) Switzerland
Switzerland has multiple underground bunkers for its population, making it not only safe but potentially bomb-proof.
Back in 1963, every household was required to build an underground bunker.
The country hasn't fought a war in over two centuries and has remained famously "neutral" throughout some of the world's greatest conflicts.
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World War 3: Could Iceland be the safest place to go? (Image: GETTY)
4) UK
Although not the safest country in the world for crime or murder rates, the UK has a host of nuclear bunkers.
From Holborn in London to Aberlady in Scotland, the UK has plenty of nuclear bunkers that could protect citizens from a potential war.
A lot of the bunkers were built in preparation for the Cold War or are leftover from World War 2.
Some people even have Cold War bunkers in their back gardens.
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Most peaceful countries in the world (Image: EXPRESS)
5) New Zealand
New Zealand is both safe and is now home to nuclear bunkers, according to Travel Base Online.
Reportedly, several billionaires have decided to buy homes in New Zealand complete with secret 150-tonne nuclear bunkers 13 feet below the ground.
A company, based in Texas called the Rising S Company, installs the massive underground vaults which come in at an eye-watering £8.9million.
But as well as nuclear bunkers, New Zealand's rates of violence are also very low compared to the rest of the world.


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Intra-National versus International Trade: How Stubborn are Nations in Global Integration?
This paper examines the home country bias in the goods market among OECD countries. An average country imports about two and a half times as much from itself as from an otherwise identical foreign country, after controlling for sizes of exporter and importer, their direct distance, geographic positions relative to the rest of the world and a possible linguistic tie. If one believes that the substitutability among goods produced in OECD countries is high, as it seems reasonable, the observed bias implies relatively small nontariff barriers. Over 1982-94, the home bias of OECD countries as a whole exhibited a slow but steady decline. The bias in a typical member country of the European Community relative to its imports from other member countries showed a fifty percent decline during the period.
Document Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3386/w5531
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Dialogical argument as an interface to complex debates
Chris Reed, Simon Wells
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 The Magtalo prototype environment harnesses dialogue protocols to support flexible, intuitive interaction with data in complex, contentious domains and provides mechanisms for eliciting structured knowledge. Magtalo represents the first example of an implemented online system that uses a closely specified argument-based dialogue protocol combined with a rich language for representing monologic argument to provide a tool for intuitive user exploration of a disagreement space. This approach also enables the expansion of argument resources through knowledge elicitation, which is structured by the argument dialogue protocol. The continuing aim of our research is to use advances in argumentation theory to push the practice of argumentation technology in providing tools and interfaces that have wide appeal.
 Original languageEnglish
 Pages (from-to)60-65
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 JournalIEEE Intelligent Systems
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- Perkins Schools' operating levy on the May ballot is 6.9-mill levy to fund day-to-day operating costs for our schools.
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- State funding reductions to Perkins Schools have resulted in the loss of millions of dollars for Perkins Schools. The Governor's recent proposed budget reflects an additional reduction in Perkins' state core funding for next year of more than 4%.
- Perkins teachers and staff have not had a base salary increase since 2008, and in the last few years – the district has eliminated more than forty teaching, administrative, and classified positions to reduce salary and healthcare costs.
- The State of Ohio has placed Perkins Schools under fiscal caution status, and a state audit is underway to make recommendations for additional reductions.
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Multimedia Case Study > Tip the Balance on Waste
"Tip the Balance - on Waste" is a waste reduction programme designed by Hot PJ for senior primary students within Canterbury.
Developed by Environment Canterbury on behalf of the Canterbury Joint Waste Committee, "Tip the Balance" is designed to challenge students to rethink the choices they make when it comes to choosing their school lunch, with the aim of reducing waste.
Students embark on a proactive journey:
- travelling back through the life cycle of an aluminium can - a very long life!
- making choices about what food and drink to have in their lunch box
- finding out how 'wastewise' these lunch choices are
- comparing their choices with a group of virtual friends and seeing who ends up with the best 'wastewise' score.
The interactive resource is supported with a Student Workbook and a Facilitator's Guide.
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At the bottom of this article, you can download our Account Customization Guide that will walk you through modifying each core section of Copper to match your needs.
Our downloadable guide, a Google Sheet, contains 7 tabs. Each tab is a template to guide you through matching your data and workflow to Copper's structure.
We recommend going through the tabs in order, and by the end, you will have a blueprint for building out Copper and prepping your data for a successful import.
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How Much Does Calcium Chloride Cost?
Calcium Chloride is a salt of calcium and chlorine. This chemical compound often includes brine and is used for refrigerating plants; ice and dust control on roads; and desiccation. Calcium chloride is hygroscopic in nature and should be kept in tightly sealed air tight containers.
As a desiccant, calcium chloride is used to absorb moisture mainly on the road since it is thrown on the road which makes it hold the dust down. This chemical compound is often sold in bags in various amounts. This is one of the factors being considered for the price of it. Other factors that affect the price are the types of calcium chloride as it can be used in a number of ways.
How much is it?
- A pallet of calcium chloride can cost anywhere from $550 to $650, while a single bag can run anywhere from $12 to $25. Ice melter that is designed to melt the snow and ice in the winter months can cost $10 to $18 per 5 to 10 pound container.
- Calcium chloride used in the food industry is usually sold in bottle. Food grade calcium chloride is water soluble and is used in food preparation, such as in the process to obtain firmness of certain vegetables. A 500g bottle can cost anywhere between $18 and $24.
- Calcium Chloride is also sold in a pellet form, which is stored in buckets. This product is sold for $30 to $55 per 50 pound bucket. For example, the PELADOW brand sells a 50 pound bucket for $30 to $40. The chloride that commonly comes in pellet form can be a great solution for icy driveways as well as melting snow.
What are the extra costs?
- If you're going to be using the product to thaw or melt ice, you'll need to spread it evenly; this is where a hand held spreader may come in handy. This device can cost anywhere from $14 to $26, depending on the size.
What is going to be included?
- Calcium chloride comes packaged either in a clear container or a bag. Ice melter containers may have a cap that can act as a spreader to make it easier.
How can I save money?
- Calcium chloride is not an everyday household item. Purchase an appropriate amount every time you need it and save any remaining product after use. A good time to get a discount is after the winter season as many retailers are trying to get rid of their overstock.


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Definition: – Synchronizing Power is defined as the varying of the synchronous power P with respect to vary in the load angle δ. It is also called Stiffness of Coupling, Stability or Rigidity factor. It is represented as Psyn.A synchronous machine, whether a generator or a motor, when synchronized to infinite Busbars has an inherent tendency to remain in Synchronism.
Consider a synchronous generator transferring a steady power Pa at a steady load angle δ0. Suppose that, due to a transient disturbance, the rotor of the generator accelerates, resulting an increase in the load angle by dδ.
The operating point of the machine shifts to a new constant power line and the load on the machine increases to Pa + δP. The steady power input of the machine does not change, and the additional load which is added decreases the speed of the machine and brings it back to synchronism.
Similarly, if due to a transient disturbance, the rotor of the machine retards resulting a decrease in the load angle. The operating point of the machine shifts to a new constant power line and the load on the machine decreases to (Pa – δP). Since the input remains unchanged, the reduction in load accelerates the rotor. The machine again comes in synchronism.
The effectiveness of this correcting action depends on the change in power transfer for a given change in load angle. The measure of effectiveness is given by Synchronizing Power Coefficient.
Power output per phase of the cylindrical rotor generator
The synchronizing torque coefficient
In many synchronous machines Xs>> R. Therefore, for a cylindrical rotor machine, neglecting saturation and stator resistance equation (3) and (5) becomes
For a salient pole machine
Unit of Synchronizing Power Coefficient Psyn
The synchronizing Power Coefficient is expressed in watts per electrical radian.
Since, π radians = 180⁰
1 radian = 180/π degrees
If P is the total number of pair of poles of the machine.
Synchronizing Power Coefficient per mechanical radian is given by the equation shown below.
Synchronizing Power Coefficient per mechanical degree is given as
Synchronizing Torque Coefficient
Synchronizing Torque Coefficient gives rise to the synchronizing torque coefficient at synchronous speed. That is, the Synchronizing Torque is the torque which at synchronous speed gives the synchronizing power. If Ʈsyn is the synchronizing torque coefficient than the equation is given as shown below.
- m is the number of phases of the machine
- ωs = 2 π ns
- ns is the synchronous speed in revolution per second
Significance of Synchronous Power Coefficient
The Synchronous Power Coefficient Psyn is the measure of the stiffness between the rotor and the stator coupling. A large value of Psyn indicates that the coupling is stiff or rigid. Too rigid a coupling means and the machine will be subjected to shock, with the change of load or supply. These shocks may damage the rotor or the windings. We have,
The above two equations (17) and (18) show that Psyn is inversely proportional to the synchronous reactance. A machine with large air gaps have relatively small reactance. The synchronous machine with the larger air gap is stiffer than a machine with a smaller air gap. Since Psyn is directly proportional to Ef, an overexcited machine is stiffer than an under excited machine.
The restoring action is great when δ = 0, that is at no load. When the value of δ = ± 90⁰ the restoring action is zero. At this condition the machine is in unstable equilibrium and at steady state limit of stability. Therefore, it is impossible to run a machine at the steady state limit od stability since its ability to resist small changes is zero unless the machine provided with special fast acting excitation system.


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The ECLT Foundation funds and operates projects in tobacco-growing communities worldwide to help end child labour.
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We work in targeted areas—with multiple stakeholders specific to each community—to do whatever it takes to address the root causes of child labour.
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Bookmark Commands
The bookmark commands context menu is available when you right-click on the bookmark in the bookmarks toolbar.
Bookmark Notes
1. Bookmark Notes
Bookmark notes allow you to associate a given log entry with a block of free-form text. Depending on the state of the current log entry, the bookmark notes command will either convert the current bookmark or display the already set bookmark notes.
Filter After
2. Filter After
Reads the time of the bookmarked log entry and creates a new Date Filter showing everything which occurred after that time.
Filter Before
3. Filter Before
Reads the time of the bookmarked log entry and creates a new Date Filter showing everything which occurred before that time.
Filter Between
4. Filter Between
When two or more bookmarks are selected this command will determine the start and end time of the underlying log entries and create a new Date Filter showing everything which occurred between the selected times.
Calculate Elapsed
5. Calculate Elapsed
Calculates the amount of time that has elapsed between the two selected bookmarks.
Compare Log Entries
6. Compare Log Entries
If you have configured LogViewPlus to use a compare tool (like WinMerge) the Compare Log Entries command will open the log entries of the two selected bookmarks using your configured tool. This is helpful for quickly determining the difference between two bookmarked log entries.
7. Copy
The copy commands are used to copy data to the Windows clipboard. You can either copy the full log entry as it was originally written or you can copy a particular cell within the grid. Copying cells is particularly helpful if you intend to create a text filter from the cell data.
8. Find
Finds the currently selected. This action is the same as double-clicking on the bookmark.
9. Delete
Permanently deletes the currently selected bookmark. Any notes associated with the bookmark will also be deleted.
10. Export
Saves all current bookmarks to a log file in your Windows Temp directory. This log file is then opened in LogViewPlus using a predefined pattern. This is helpful when you want to quickly view all log entries associated with your bookmarks. It can also be helpful if you need to remember the bookmarks you have created.
Show Bookmarked
11. Show Bookmarked
The show bookmark detail command opens the docked bookmark view.
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Technical Article Problem: Polygons are divided in tiny strips when exported to EPS, PDF, SVG, or AI Illustrator
Article ID: 29950
Bug Id: N/A
Software: ArcGIS - ArcEditor 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 ArcGIS - ArcInfo 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 ArcGIS - ArcView 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 ArcGIS Engine Runtime 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.1, 9.2 ArcGIS Server 9.0, 9.0.1
Platforms: Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP
When opened in an external editor like Adobe Illustrator,.EPS,.PDF,.SVG, or.AI export files display some large polygons divided into separate pieces.
For example: This map contains a polygon with a large number of vertices. This screenshot shows the polygon selected in ArcMap: -show me-
[O-image] ArcMap Polygon Dicing Selection Screenshot
Selecting the same polygon in the resultant.AI file exported from ArcMap and displayed in Adobe Illustrator shows that the polygon has been split into smaller pieces: -show me-
[O-image] Adobe Illustrator polygon dicing screenshot
This is called polygon dicing, and it occurs when drawing or exporting polygons that have more vertices than a certain threshold. For.PDF,.EPS, and.SVG formats, the default threshold is 5,000 vertices. For the Illustrator format,.AI, the default threshold is 8,000 vertices.
The purpose of polygon dicing is to:
- Speed up on-screen drawing and
- Prevent interpretation failures when files with large polygons are opened with older software or on a machine with limited resources.
Solution or Workaround
Reduce the effect of polygon dicing by simplifying the polygon data or exporting at a lower resolution. If this is not possible or does not help, increase the vertex threshold at which polygon dicing occurs.
 These steps only apply to ArcGIS version 9.0 and later.
 The instructions below include making changes to essential parts of your operating system. It is recommended that you backup your operating system and files, including the registry, before proceeding. Consult with a qualified computer systems professional, if necessary. ESRI cannot guarantee results from incorrect modifications while following these instructions. Therefore, use caution and proceed at your own risk.
 1. Start the Windows Registry Editor by navigating to Start > Run, typing regedit and clicking OK.
 2. Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ESRI\Export and and then select the registry key 'ExportObjectsParams'.
 3. The ExportObjectsParams registry key contains a MaxVertices registry value for each of the five vector export formats:
 The number in the registry data field determines the maximum number of vertices a polygon can have before the exporter will dice the polygon into multiple parts.
 Change the value to a higher number by double-clicking the registry data icon, changing the edit window to 'decimal' mode, and entering the higher number in the text box. The changes will take effect the next time a map is exported to that format.
 To find the optimal value for your workflow, you may need to experiment. Higher limits typically cause slower display and edit times in Illustrator and Acrobat.
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By earthman3 - 12/13/2012 6:27 PM
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I found that if polygons are displayed with a non-zero value of transparency in GIS they will export into these strips. Setting transparency to zero on the Display tab solves the issue. You can then apply a transparency to your polygons in Illustrator. If you have other items as a basemap, such as satellite imagery or a topographic raster (DEM or hillshade), I also recommend exporting each as separate Illustrator files (i.e. export just the polygons, just the imagery, then just the DEM/hillshade. Then rebuild these elements that you exported as separate Illustrator files into one, master Illustrator file. Using copy/paste-in-front makes layering the items in the appropriate spatial location. It's a few extra, but quick, steps that I've found to provide the desired results.