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by Rick Copeland and Bernie Hackett
This intermediate-level class will teach you techniques using the popular NoSQL database MongoDB, its driver PyMongo, and the object-document mapper Ming to write maintainable, high-performance, and scalable applications. We will cover everything you need to become an effective Ming/MongoDB developer from basic PyMongo queries to high-level object-document mapping setups in Ming.
The class will begin with a brief overview of MongoDB and its Python driver PyMongo. We will cover basic operations using PyMongo, including data manipulation, querying, and GridFS. Students will install MongoDB and PyMongo as part of this section.
We will then describe the design philosophy and setup of Ming, a SQLAlchemy-inspired object-document mapper (ODM) for MongoDB developed at SourceForge.
Next we will cover the base-level implementation of Ming, including schema design, the session and datastore, lazy migrations, data polymorphism, and GridFS support. We will also cover effective MongoDB index design, querying, and updating techniques, and how to use these with Ming. Students will install Ming as a part of this section, and have exercises covering schema design, lazy migrations, and GridFS.
The final segment will cover the object-document mapper portion of Ming. We will cover the unit of work design pattern, object relations, ODM-level polymorphism, and how to drop down to the base layer (or even down to pymongo) when you really need to. This section will include exercises in designing your ODM model and effectively using the unit-of-work session.
This talk targets Python 2.6-2.7 and MongoDB 2.0. Students should have Python 2.6 or 2.7 installed on their machines prior to the class and should be comfortable using virtualenv and pip or easy_install to install packages.
7th–15th March 2012


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Community Action brings local vegetables to low-income families through Farm to Preschool program
View full sizeSarah Cooper usually buys her groceries from a low-price supermarket, where she says produce is cheapest.
The 26-year-old Beaverton woman has a 2-year-old daughter and a tight budget. But recently, she and her family have been eating organic vegetables grown by local farmers as participants of the new Farm to Preschool program.
"I don't usually get a chance to get local produce," she said. "It tastes a lot better. I feel like I'm getting my vitamins better, too."
Farm to Preschool is run by Community Action, a nonprofit organization that strives to alleviate issues of poverty in Washington County, through its Home Based Early Head Start program. That program prepares Hillsboro and Beaverton children, age 3 and under, for kindergarten and focuses on parent involvement.
The 79 families enrolled in Home Based Early Head Start receive $10 worth of fresh produce from local farmers once a month for six months. The program, which started in May, is funded by a $7,860 federal Child Care Wellness Grant.
Home Based Early Head Start is designed for families with an annual income at or below the federal poverty level of $23,050 for a family of four. The program operates at no cost to participants and is full, although applications are accepted year-round.
Kathy Zane, the program area supervisor for Early Head Start, said she had been trying for years to start a program that brings local food to low-income families.
"We are trying to improve the diets of children, especially with what we know about the epidemic of obesity," she said. "That's what this is about — transforming our food culture."
As part of the program, a registered dietician provides monthly low-budget recipes and activities for teachers to show the parents and children during home visits. The activities are easy, such as making a salad, so that children can be included.
Teacher Monica Oyola said the program has provided parents with a fun approach to getting their children to eat more vegetables.
"When the children were involved in the preparation part," she said, "they were more willing to eat it."
Ana Laura Gaona, 40, of Beaverton, said she tried to use her Farm to Preschool shares as a way to introduce her children to cooking.
"They learned to make a salad," she said. "It is an activity that they liked a lot because they learned how to use tongs, how to squeeze a lime and how to add salt."
Gaona said she could distinctly tell the difference between the farm-fresh shares she has been receiving and store-bought vegetables. "They have more taste and color," she said. "Even the smell is different."
The program is also an avenue to introduce families to new types of produce, Zane said. In July, the families received golden beets, rainbow chard and French sorrel.
Florence Jessup, a farmer with Artisan Organics in Hillsboro, said buying fresh food that's in season and preparing it at home is far less expensive than buying fast food.
Americans spend a smaller percentage of their income on food than any other country in the world and eat more than people in most countries, she said, "yet we still have nutrient-deficiency diseases, because we're getting calories but we're not getting nutrition."
Teacher Lindsey Walsh said one of the program's goals is to show families that buying local is easier than most people think.
"I feel like sometimes our families hear the word organic and think 'oh, that's too fancy' or 'I can't afford that,'" she said, "but at the farmers markets you can get a pretty good deal."
– Andrea Castillo

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|dc.description.abstract||This dissertation proposes a strategy for training indigenous youth ministers in Singapore as a means to reach and disciple Singaporean youth. Chapter 1 defines the problem of Singaporean Baptist youth ministry and argues that current needs could be met by training indigenous youth ministers.
Chapter 2 provides the historical and cultural background of Singapore. The characteristics of the church in general, as well as the Baptist church specifically, are explored. Chapter 3 analyzes the major global changes currently directing the shape of youth cultures worldwide. I assert that, in the same way that Singaporean youth are greatly influenced by the practices and lifestyles of the indigenous adults, they are also affected by ubiquitous global forces.
Chapter 4 is entirely focused on youth culture in the Singaporean context. Singaporean youth culture is compared and contrasted with characteristics of both global youth culture and indigenous adult culture. Chapter 5 explores the history of youth ministry in Singapore. There is consideration of both church-based and parachurch youth ministries. The Baptist church's missed opportunities to reach out to youth and their current desire to take the necessary steps for student evangelism are highlighted.
Chapter 6 proposes the missiological principles necessary for the justification of a cross-cultural youth ministry training program. Subjects discussed include the use of buildings, the strategy of multiplication, problems of dependence upon foreign leadership, and the importance of implementing a cross-cultural approach to reach youth.
Chapter 7 proposes specific strategies to train indigenous youth ministers in Singapore on an informal basis. After the strategies of Youth Ministry International and Sonlife are examined, specific methods of informal training through the Singapore Baptist Convention are discussed.
In chapter 8, I present a model of formal training that could be established at the Baptist Theological Seminary of Singapore. The model includes mandatory internships and a list of classes necessary to make up an undergraduate youth ministry major. Chapter 9 contains the conclusion of the dissertation.||en_US

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The Stacks project
Remark 86.21.2. In [Definition 1.7, ArtinII] a formal modification is defined as a proper morphism $f : X \to Y$ of locally Noetherian formal algebraic spaces satisfying the following three conditions1
 1. the Cramer and Jacobian ideal of $f$ each contain an ideal of definition of $X$,
 2. the ideal defining the diagonal map $\Delta : X \to X \times _ Y X$ is annihilated by an ideal of definition of $X \times _ Y X$, and
 3. any adic morphism $\text{Spf}(R) \to Y$ lifts to $\text{Spf}(R) \to X$ whenever $R$ is a complete discrete valuation ring.
Let us compare these to our list of conditions above.
Ad (i). Property (i) agrees with our condition that $f$ be a rig-étale morphism: this follows from Lemma 86.8.2 part (7).
Ad (ii). Assume $f$ is rig-étale. Then $\Delta _ f : X \to X \times _ Y X$ is rig-étale as a morphism of locally Noetherian formal algebraic spaces which are rig-étale over $X$ (via $\text{id}_ X$ for the first one and via $\text{pr}_1$ for the second one). See Lemmas 86.17.5 and 86.17.7. Hence property (ii) agrees with our condition that $\Delta _ f$ be rig-surjective by Lemma 86.18.12.
Ad (iii). Property (iii) does not quite agree with our notion of a rig-surjective morphism, as Artin requires all adic morphisms $\text{Spf}(R) \to Y$ to lift to morphisms into $X$ whereas our notion of rig-surjective only asserts the existence of a lift after replacing $R$ by an extension. However, since we already have that $\Delta _ f$ is rig-étale and rig-surjective by (i) and (ii), these conditions are equivalent by Lemma 86.19.3.
[1] We will not completely translate these conditions into the language developed in the Stacks project. We hope nonetheless the discussion here will be useful to the reader.
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ranking Spain ranks # 36 out of 158 countries. In the first place is Switzerland.
If we talk about the number of smiles issued per country, the order changes. The United States is the one who smiles the most and Russia the least.
With respect to sex, women smile more often than men.
33% of adults smile more than twenty times a day, while 14% do it less than five times. This number is very low compared to children, who smile an average of 400 times a day.
As you can see the number of times a person smiles a day descends parallel to their growth, that is, the older you are the less you smile.
A recent study has shown that people, who inject botulinum substances around the eyes, are no longer able to smile genuinely, so they are more likely to become depressed.
Conversely, those people who inject these substances on the forehead to eliminate the wrinkles that form in that area, tend to be happier because they have lost the ability to frown.


Meaning of U in English
I. ˈyü noun
( plural u's or us ˈyüz)
Usage: often capitalized, often attributive
a. : the 21st letter of the English alphabet
b. : an instance of this letter printed, written, or otherwise represented
c. : a speech counterpart of orthographic u (as long u in mute, short u in cut, or u in rule )
2. : a printer's type, a stamp, or some other instrument for reproducing the letter u
3. : someone or something arbitrarily or conveniently designated u especially as the 20th or when j is used for the 10th the 21st in order or class
4. : something having the shape of the letter U
II. abbreviation
Usage: often capitalized
1. uncirculated
2. uncle
[German und ]
4. under
5. unified
6. uniform
7. union; unionist
8. unit; united
9. universal
10. university
11. unpleasant
12. upper
III. symbol
Usage: capitalized
1. ital intrinsic energy
2. uranium
IV. ˈyü adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: u pper class
: characteristic of the upper classes — usually used in contrast to non-U
V. abbreviation
Usage: capitalized


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Evaluation of experimental bridge [electronic resource] : Massman Drive bridge over Interstate 40 in Davidson County /
Abstract (Summary)The Massman Drive Bridge is a 284ft. two-span continuous steel bridge over Interstate 40 in Nashville, TN. The bridge is an experimental design that unifies the construction economy of simple span bridges and the structural economy of continuous span bridges. The structural system involves bridge girders initially erected with simple supports at the center bent and abutments. Before the deck is placed, an experimental connection is used to rigidly connect the two adjacent girders over the center bent. The experimental connection couples a cover plate in tension and two kicker wedge plates in compression. The kicker wedge plates supply resistance with direct bearing between each other and the compression flanges of the adjacent girders. A total of 84 weldable strain gages were applied to three of the five bridge girders. The majority of the strain gages were placed at the connection on the plates and girder. Data collected during placement of the bridge deck concrete was used to evaluate the bridge performance under dead load. Several live load tests were later performed and will be reported by others. The data indicate that the three girders instrumented were continuous across the experimental connection. The two interior girders were found to exhibit similar behavior. However, the one instrumented exterior girder was found to have a reduced stiffness at the connection, as compared to the two interior girders. The effectiveness of the connection appears to be dependent on the erection of the wedge plates. A rationale for this behavior is presented but is not conclusive. Overall, the conclusion is drawn that the method works, in the sense that continuity over the center bent was achieved under the weight of the freshly cast deck.
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Source Type:Master's Thesis
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Do you know how many calories in an Apple? although healthy and packed with vitamins and fiber and apple does contain calories. There is no such thing as a free food. So the calories in an apple can be higher
then you estimate aim for five a day. Fruit and vegetable servings of fruit juice or smoothies only count as one portion no matter how much you drink so very the fruits to eat daily. Try super foods like blueberries and red berries calories in fruits such as these is very low.
Apples are packed with nutrition and low in calories plus they provide your body with water. Apples contain at least eighty to ninety percent water and are high in vitamins and antioxidants. They are rich in the following nutrients: Beta carotene,vitamin A, vitamin C (mostly contained in the skin area of the Apple), iron, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and two important antioxidants polyphenols and flavonoids.
You will be able to tell when an apple is at its perfect ripeness by the amount of send it gives off from the skin. Raw apple with skin per 100 grams 52 calories, extra small = 2 ½" diameter (101g) calories 53, raw apple without skin per 100 grams 48 calories small = 2 ¾" diameter (130g) 63 calories, large = 3 ¼" diameter (215g), 103 calories. One cup sliced (110g) 53 calories, boiled Apple per 100 grams 53 calories.
Good points of apples:
- No saturated fat
- No cholesterol
- Very low in sodium
- High in dietary fiber
- Very high vitamin b6
- Very high in vitamin C
I hope you enjoying reading this article about how many calories in an apple. Don't forget to share this article, thank you very much.


Overgrown Beak, hook beak, parrot beak
Sometimes a pigeon's upper beak will longer than it should, usually in a downward curve or a hook. This will eventually make picking up seed impossible and the pigeon will become starved.
Beaks can be trimmed or filed to a more acceptable length, but trimming too far back can cause a serious bleed so trim off a tiny bit at a time
On white beaks identifying how much can be trimmed safely is relatively simple as the overgrown bit will be transparent making it easy to see where the blood supply starts, but in dark beaks it is much more difficult and it might be best to ask a veterinary nurse to do the job the first time so that you can observe!.
 If you plan to trim a beak yourself have a supply of Cornflour ready and dip the beak in it if it starts to bleed and trim off only a fraction at a time, wiping your finger over the end of the beak each time. If there is the tiniest trace of blood on your finger, then stop..
File down any rough bitsThe trimmed beak is likely to overgrow again so pigeons with this condition would be better kept as pets or placed in the permanent care of a sanctuary.


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Severe hyperkalemia leads to bilateral calf pain and ECG abnormality in a patient with pacemaker.
Department of Cardiology, Fuxing Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100038, China.
- *Corresponding Author:
- Bingzhang Jie
Department of Cardiology
Fuxing Hospital Capital Medical University
Beijing 100038 China.
Accepted date: November 17 2014
Hyperkalemia is an electrolyte abnormality that may cause cardiac pacemaker malfunction. Clinically, bilateral calf pain is extremely rare in hyperkalemia. Here we presented a case of a 78-year-old female who had bilateral calf pain with electrocardiographic changes in severe hyperkalemia.
Hyperkalemia, bilateral calf pain, electrocardiographic changes, pacemaker.
Hyperkalemia is a common clinical condition that could induce deadly cardiac arrhythmias, and is usually detected by electrocardiographic manifestations such as classic sinewave rhythm, and nonspecific repolarization abnormalities. However, sometimes it is difficult to diagnose hyperkalemia. Hyperkalemia related bilateral calf pain is rarely reported. Here we presented a case of a 78-yearold female who had severe hyperkalemia with bilateral calf pain, and demonstrated electrocardiographic changes.
A 78-year-old female presented to the vascular surgery clinic because of progressive bilateral calf pain and cramping that began 3 days ago. She had no other complaints, except fatigue, nausea, upper abdominal pain and partial loss of hearing. She had no previous history of bilateral calf pain, with medical history of coronary artery disease, hypertension, and atrial fibrillation, which had been first diagnosed in 1992. Renal inadequacy diagnosed in 2009 (the highest creatinine value was 217 μmol/L). She received single ventricular pacemaker 10 years ago. Cardiac therapy consisted of spironolactone (20 mg daily), irbesartan (150 mg/d), and metoprolol. Her blood pressure was maintained at 110/70 mmHg.
On admission, physical examination revealed that her limbs were pale and clammy, her blood pressure was 90/60 mmHg, and ECG showed regular pacing of pacemaker and widened QRS complex (Fig. 1a). A color doppler ultrasound of lower limbs arteries showed that bilateral popliteal artery had moderate stenosis, but the blood flowed smoothly. Since her symptoms persisted, she was asked to stay in the observation room. Six hours later, the patient developed excruciating pain and extreme weakness and sudden onset of hypotension and bradycardia. ECG showed that the pacemaker failed with further widened QRS complexes, the heart rate was 30 beats/min (Fig. 1b). Therefore, she was transferred to the emergency room. Physical examination revealed her inability to move limbs and her blood pressure dropped to 70/50 mmHg. Possibility of electrode dislocation verified. Preparation for temporary pacing was processed immediately. Rapid blood gas analysis showed that serum potassium was 9.9 mM/L, suggesting that hyperkalemia led to the failure of pacemaker capture. Isoproterenol, calcium gluconate, sodium bicarbonate, and insulin were administered to improve both the hemodynamics and the serum potassium, followed by emergency hemodialysis. After normalization of the serum potassium concentration, her cardiac rhythm became sinus rhythm and her heart rate was increased to 72 beats/min (Fig. 1c). The bilateral calf pain and quadriplegia resolved completely. She was discharged after one week when the serum potassium was 4.7 mmol/L. Repeated ECG recording showed regaining of pacemaker function (Fig. 1d).
Figure 1: Twelve-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs, 25 mm/sec, 5 mm/mV) obtained from the patients. ECG recording (1a) showed the ventricular paced rhythm at 60 beats/min, with a hyperkalemia-induced QRS and T wave widening. ECG (1b) showed QRS widening with loss of ventricular capture. ECG (1c) after the normalization of serum potassium concentration revealed sinus. ECG (1d) after the normalization of serum potassium concentration revealed atrial fibrillation with regained pacemaker function.
In most cases, bilateral calf pain may involve a variety of etiologies, including musculoskeletal and vascular pathology such as deep venous thrombosis. Hyperkalemia results in acute onset of quadriparesis or paralysis [3,4]. However, there are reports of leg pain induced by hyperkalemia, especially for the patients who underwent pacemaker implantation. Hyperkalemia is an electrolyte abnormality that may cause cardiac pacemaker malfunction. This case illustrated some typical ECG changes due to hyperkalemia during paced rhythm, including gradual widening of the paced QRS complex and eventual loss of ventricular capture that reverted with the correction of hyperkalemia. As demonstrated in this case, initial characteristic electrocardiographic abnormalities in hyperkalemia during paced rhythm are widened QRS complexes, followed by the failure of pacemaker capture, which resulted in hypotension and bradycardia. Rapidly progressing hemodynamic instability on the basis of atherosclerotic stenosis may result in acute aggravating limb ischaemia, followed by bilateral calf pain and quadriparesis. Hyperkalemia often leads to the appearance of a typical sine-wave pattern and may ultimately result in cardiac arrest and respiratory failure without timely treatment [6,7]. Furthermore, hyperkalaemia should be considered in the differential diagnosis of the failure of pacemaker capture.
Hyperkalemia is a medical emergency that can lead to severe consequences and needs urgent attention. Recognition of the combination of bilateral calf pain and electrocardiographic abnormalities as showed in this case will help early diagnosis and treatment of hyperkalemia. Although hyperkalemia–related bilateral calf pain is extremely rare, clinicians should always be aware of this potentially life-threatening situation.
Conflicts of interest
None to declare.
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- Shiver SA, Blaivas M. Acute lower extremity pain in an adult patient secondary to bilateral popliteal cysts. J Emerg Med 2008; 34: 315-8
- Wilson NS, Hudson JQ, Cox Z, King T, Finch CK. Hyperkalemia-induced paralysis. Pharmacotherapy 2009; 29: 1270-2
- Huntgeburth M, Laudes M, Burst V, et al. Acute cardiac arrest secondary to severe hyperkalemia due to autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type II. Clin Res Cardiol 2011; 100: 379-82
- Bahl A, Swamy A, Jeevan H, et al. Ecg changes of hyperkalemia during paced rhythm. Indian Heart J 2009; 61: 93-4
- Pluijmen MJ, Hersbach FM. Images in cardiovascular medicine. Sine-wave pattern arrhythmia and sudden paralysis that result from severe hyperkalemia. Circulation 2007; 116: e2-4
- Freeman SJ, Fale AD. Muscular paralysis and ventilatory failure caused by hyperkalaemia. Br J Anaesth 1993; 70: 226-7


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- CLUSTERO – Romanian Cluster Association
The purpose of the association is to promote, revival and economic development of Romania by supporting the creation, development and cooperation between clusters at regional, national and international level.
iTech Transilvania by ARIES Transilvania joined the association in 2014.
- Cluster Collaboration
It is a networking platform for European clusters (organizations and members) in order to improve their competitiveness and growth by stimulating trans-national and international cooperation.
- The Cluster Observatory
The Cluster Observatory is an online platform, free and easy to use providing a single point of access to information and analysis on clusters, cluster organizations and regional microeconomic framework conditions in Europe. In addition, it offers a library and a classroom for training in clusters.
- THE BALKAN CLUSTER NETWORK
"The Balkan Cluster Network" was founded in November 2012 by the association of over 25 organizations and cluster support institutions. The main objectives of the network are:
- Contribute to the strategic planning of the development of clusters in the Balkans;
- To contribute to the intelligent development in the Balkans;
- Provide support for public-private dialogue in the development of clusters in the Balkan countries;
- Clusters interconnections (C2C), promotion and internationalization of clusters in the Balkans.


Who Invented the Ferris Wheel?
Who Invented the Ferris Wheel?
Called by other names such as the big wheel or observation wheel, Ferris wheels are usually found in theme parks and amusement centers. Within this type of non-building structure, people can sit comfortably in passenger gondolas, which are attached to the rim and are set in a huge upright wheel. Today, you can find some of the biggest structures in countries like Japan, the United States as well as Taiwan. Aside from these wonderful details, there are so many other important things to learn about it including who invented the Ferris wheel.
The Invention of the Ferris Wheel
Who invented the Ferris wheel? The American inventor named George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. designed and invented the Ferris wheel in 1893. It was made for the World's Columbian Exposition that was held in the City of Chicago in Illinois. It was then called the Chicago Wheel, which he did as part of an effort to build something quite impressive just like the Eiffel Tower in France. After this huge event, every ride of similar nature was referred to as Ferris wheel.
Additional Facts and Other Interesting Details
The Ferris wheel was the centerpiece at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. It used two steam engines, which stood at the height of 260 feet or 80 meters. After that, it became part of the Saint Louis 1904 World's Fair. Throughout history, the world has seen different kinds of massive Ferris wheels.
After the Chicago Wheel, the Great Wheel was created in 1895 as part of the Empire of India Exhibition that was held Earls Court in London, England. In 1900, the Exposition Universelle was showcased at the Grande Roue de Paris in France, which lasted only until 1937. In 1997, the Tempozan Harbor Village Ferris Wheel opened in Osaka, Japan, which had a height of 369 feet or 112.5 meters. In 1999, a much taller structure was built in the form of the Daikanransha in Odaiba, Japan. This Ferris wheel is bigger at the height of 380 feet or 115 meters.
In 2000, then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair opened the London Eye in England. The structure was very impressive, which remains as the highest in the entire Western Hemisphere. Years after that, the Star of Nanchang opened in 2006 in Jiangxi Province, China. It stands 520 feet or 160 meters tall. In 2008, the tallest Ferris wheel was established in Singapore. It was called the Singapore Flyer, with a height of 541 feet or 165 meters. Aside from these, there are other massive structures of the same nature available such as the Eurowheel in Italy, the Sky Dream Fukuoka in Japan and the Riesenrad Vienna in Austria.
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How to Respond to Tragic Events and CalamitiesQuiz
This quiz is a complementary resource for activity 3 of this lesson: How to Explain Calamities and Tragic Events to Madrassah Children
Through this quiz students are tested on their understanding of how a believer responds to tragic events emotionally, physically and intellectually. Additionally, they are tested on their correct understanding of the concept of Qadar in relation to calamities that no one has control over, ones that are self-caused and ones that are caused by others to us.


object. The default (when no nisplusLDAPentryTtl is specified) is 1 hour. The template mapping file /var/nis/NIS+LDAPmapping.template changes this to 12 hours for objects other than table entries. However, there is no auto-recognition of non-entry objects, so if you add mapping for a non-entry object, the TTL will default to 1 hour.
Note - There are no TTLs for nonexistent objects. Hence, no matter which TTLs are in effect for LDAP-mapped entries in an NIS+ table, a request for an entry that does not exist in NIS+ will query LDAP for that entry.
nisplusLDAPobjectDN Attribute
For each mapped NIS+ object, nisplusLDAPobjectDN establishes the location in the LDAP DIT where the object data resides. It also allows specification of the action to take when an LDAP entry is deleted. Each nisplusLDAPobjectDN value has three parts. The first specifies where LDAP data is read from, the second to where it is written, and the third what should happen when LDAP data is deleted. Refer to the following example.
nisplusLDAPobjectDN rpc_table:\
The above example shows that the rpc.org_dir table object should be read from the DN cn=rpc,ou=nisPlus, (since the value ends in a comma, the value of the defaultSearchBase attribute is appended), with scope base, and that entries with a value of nisplusObjectContainer for the ObjectClass attribute are selected.
The table object is written to the same place. The delete specification is missing, which implies the default action, which is as follows. If the NIS+ table object is deleted, the entire LDAP entry should also be deleted.
If data should be read from, but not written to LDAP, omit the write portion (and the colon separating it from the read part).
nisplusLDAPobjectDN rpc_table:\
Note that the nisplusObjectContainer object class is not part of RFC 2307. In order to use it, you must configure your LDAP server as detailed in Mapping NIS+ Objects Other Than Table Entries.
For the rpc.org_dir table entries, you could use the following example.
nisplusLDAPobjectDN rpc:ou=Rpc,?one?objectClass=oncRpc:\
The above shows that the table entries are read from and written to the base ou=Rpc. Again, the trailing comma appends the defaultSearchBase value. Select entries that have an objectClass attribute value of oncRpc. When creating an entry in the ou=Rpc container in LDAP, you also must specify top as an objectClass value.
As an example showing a non-default delete specification, consider the following.
nisplusLDAPobjectDN user_attr:\
The user_attr.org_dir data resides in the ou=People LDAP container, which it shares with account information from other sources, such as the passwd.org_dir NIS+ table.
Select entries in that container that have the solarisAttrKeyValue attribute, since only those contain user_attr.org_dir data. The dbid=user_attr_del portion of the nisplusLDAPobjectDN shows that when an entry in the user_attr.org_dir NIS+ table entry is deleted, deletion of the corresponding LDAP entry (if any) should follow the rules in the rule set identified by the user_attr_del database ID. See nisplusLDAPcolumnFromAttribute Attribute for more information.
nisplusLDAPattributeFromColumn Attribute
nisplusLDAPattributeFromColumn specifies the rules used to map NIS+ data to LDAP. Mapping rules for the other direction is controlled by nisplusLDAPcolumnFromAttribute.
nisplusLDAPcolumnFromAttribute Attribute
nisplusLDAPcolumnFromAttribute specifies the rules used to map LDAP data to NIS+.
The full entry mapping syntax can be found on NIS+LDAPmapping(4). However, a few examples should make things clearer.
The NIS+ rpc.org_dir table contains four columns called cname, name, numbe, and comment. Therefore, the entries for the NIS+ RPC program number (100300) with the canonical name nisd and the aliases rpc.nisd and nisplusd could be represented by the following NIS+ entries in rpc.org_dir.
nisd nisd 100300 NIS+ server
nisd rpc.nisd 100300 NIS+ server
nisd nisplusd 100300 NIS+ server
Assuming the defaultSearchBase value is dc=some,dc=domain, the corresponding LDAP entry, as listed by ldapsearch(1), would be the following.
dn: cn=nisd,ou=Ppc,dc=some,dc=domain
cn: nisd
cn: rpc.nsid
cn: nisplusd
oncRpcNumber: 100300
description: NIS+ server
objectClass: oncRpc
This makes for a simple one-to-one mapping between NIS+ and LDAP data, and the corresponding mapping attribute value going from NIS+ to LDAP is the following.
nisplusLDAPattributeFromColumn \
rpc: dn=("cn=%s,", name), \
 cn=cname, \
 cn=name, \
 oncRpcNumber=number, \
This constructs the DN for the entry to be cn=%s, with the value of the cname column substituted for %s.
Since the value ends in a comma, the read base value from the nisplusObjectDN is appended, and you have the following.
The oncRpcNumber and description attribute values are just simple assignments of the corresponding NIS+ column values. The rpc.nisd will collect the multiple NIS+ entries into one LDAP entry, with multiple cn values to represent the different name column values.
Similarly, the mapping from LDAP to NIS+ would be as follows.
nisplusLDAPcolumnFromAttribute \
 rpc: cname=cn, \
 (name)=(cn), \
 number=oncRpcNumber, \
The above assigns the oncRpcNumber and description values to the corresponding NIS+ columns. The multi-valued cn (denoted by (cn) is mapped to multiple name column values (denoted by (name)). Since the name column cannot be multi-valued, the rpc.nisd creates one NIS+ entry for each cn value.
Finally, the nisplusLDAPattributeFromColumn value is an example of rule sets used for deletion.
nisplusLDAPattributeFromColumn \
user_attr_del: dn=("uid=%s,", name), \
 SolarisUserQualifier=, \
 SolarisAttrReserved1=, \
 SolarisAttrReserved2=, \
Again, the user_attr.org_dir data shares the ou=People container with other account information (from the passwd.org_dir and other tables). If an entry in the user_attr.org_dir table is deleted, you probably do not want to delete the entire ou=People entry. Instead, the delete entry above says that when a user_attr.org_dir entry is deleted, the SolarisUserQualifier, SolarisAttrReserved1, SolarisAttrReserved2, and SolarisAttrKeyValue attributes (if any) are deleted from the ou=People entry specified by the following rule.
The rest of the LDAP entry is left unchanged.
NIS+ to LDAP Migration Scenarios
Likely scenarios for a migration from NIS+ to LDAP include the following.
How to Convert All NIS+ Data to LDAP in One Operation
How to Convert All LDAP Data to NIS+ in One Operation
Merging NIS+ and LDAP Data
NIS+ to LDAP Migration Scenarios showed how to synchronize NIS+ and LDAP data when data conflicts between the two should be resolved by letting either the NIS+ or the LDAP data be authoritative. Merging data requires a more complicated procedure.
The example procedure in this section assumes the following.
How to Merge NIS+ and LDAP Data
Caution - If the LDAP data should change between the download in Step 4 and the upload in Step 10, the upload might overwrite those changes. For this reason, you should try to prevent modifications to the LDAP data during this procedure. Consult your LDAP server documentation for more information.
 1. Back up all NIS+ data using the nisbackup command.
 # nisbackup -a /nisbackup
 2. Identify the NIS+ tables that have data which must be merged with LDAP. Dump the contents of these tables to flat files. For example, dump the contents of group.org_dir by using nisaddent as follows.
 # nisaddent -d group | sort > /before/group
 Piping the nisaddent output to sort will make for convenient comparison later on.
 3. Download LDAP data to NIS+.
 # /usr/sbin/rpc.nisd -D -m tmpmap \
 -x nisplusLDAPinitialUpdateAction=from_ldap \
 -x nisplusLDAPinitialUpdateOnly=yes
 4. Start the NIS+ service.
 # svcadm enable network/rpc/nisplus:default
 The rpc.nisd daemon will now be serving the data downloaded from LDAP. If the conflicts to be resolved are such that NIS+ clients should not be exposed to them, make sure to perform this and the following steps when there are few (preferably no) active NIS+ clients.
 5. Dump the NIS+ data for the affected tables.
 The following example uses the group.org_dir table.
 # nisaddent -d group | sort > /after/group
 6. Create merged versions of the tables.
 Use the file merge procedure of your choice to produce the


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Resolved, That the 79th General Convention directs the Executive Council to take the necessary steps to develop a mandatory training program with respect to alcohol and substance misuse and other forms of addiction (to be renewed at designated intervals) for all persons in the process of formation for ordination and for all priests and deacons currently licensed, with the goal that all such clergy would:
- Be trained in prior resolutions of the General Convention regarding impairment;
- Recognize impairment; and
- Provide tools for reporting incidents involving impaired clergy and remove barriers that impede individuals from reporting.
Resolved, That the Executive Council consider using training materials through publicly available resources at no cost, such as The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (samhsa.gov).
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When importing products into Daylite by going to File > Import > Import Delimited Text Data, please keep in mind the following:
The price of a product or service is not available as a field you can select during an import. Price is calculated based on the 'cost of goods' field and the 'profit' field. If your profit field is blank, only the cost of goods will be used to determine the price.
The price column in your import file cannot have the $ symbol in it.
When importing a product and specifying a tax (i.e., Tax 1 or Tax 2), use a '1' in the import file to identify that the tax field should be checked.


Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Why Does Old Ice Cream Get Crunchy?
This was originally posted on Sustainable Nano, which is my new project. You should go check it out! Science Minus Details will live on though! Poop posts will come, have faith!!!!
As with all good meals of information, let's start this one off with ice cream!
In an effort to grow out of my "slim fit" clothes, I've begun an ice-cream-after-every-dinner diet.
Even the cat likes my diet!
An added bonus is that I go through jugs of ice cream so quickly that I NEVER have to deal with old, gross, crunchy ice cream! You know what I'm talking about. You reach into the back of your freezer, find that jug of 6-month-old ice cream, only to discover that it tastes like the perfect mixture of sugar, fat, and sand.
In order to understand this gritty phenomenon, let's talk first about what gives freshly purchased ice cream that wonderfully non-gritty texture. The ice cream manufacturing process is controlled very carefully, such that the ice in ice cream comes in the form of lots of super-tiny ice crystals. These ice crystals are usually around 10 to 100 micrometers in size, which is so small that our tongues can't even detect them as crystals, which is one reason ice cream is so smooth! However, if their size increases significantly, our tongue notices the crystals and the ice cream tastes gritty. But how do the crystals get bigger? Well, as we talked about in the previous post, small crystals have more surface area compared to an equal mass of large crystals. This means that lots of the atoms that make up small crystals are stuck out on the surface of those crystals, instead of being nestled on the inside. Those surface atoms would much rather be on the inside of the crystal, surrounded by other identical atoms. We scientists would say the surfaces of crystals have extra energy, relative to the insides of crystals.
Water molecules on the surface of ice crystals have extra "surface energy" because they aren't fully surrounded by other water molecules.
As a consequence of this, small crystals are always looking for a way to grow larger so that a smaller percentage of their atoms will have to live on the crystal surface. That is exactly what happens over time as ice cream sits in the freezer—the ice crystals find a way to grow larger—leading to that oh-so-disappointing gritty texture. One way this crystal size growth can happen is when small crystals clump together to make larger crystals. This turns some of the unhappy surface atoms into happy interior atoms.
An even cooler way crystals can grow larger is by stealing individual unhappy surface atoms from other crystals. Basically, the surface atoms are so unhappy, they simply "abandon ship" and wash up on the shores of another crystal, making that second crystal larger. This process results in larger crystals growing and smaller crystals shrinking. This can continue to happen until the small crystals disappear completely! Cool!
What in the world does this have to do with nanotechnology? Well, if we shrunk the smooth-tasting ice crystals to be around 1,000 to 100,000 times smaller, they would be nano-ice crystals. We scientists would then call them "nanoparticles," and we can make them from lots of different materials. Nanoparticles are so tiny that their surfaces have WAY MORE extra energy, and this energy can be harnessed to do some amazing things! To choose one example of many—big chunks of gold can't do much for a chemist except buy her lots of late-night meals and maybe a new car bike (we're sustainable here, remember!). However, nano-sized chunks of gold have such energetic surfaces that they can link two different chemicals together—where nothing at all happens without the nano-gold.
Gold nanoparticles can act as "catalysts" in chemical reactions.
The surfaces of nanoparticles can also be harnessed to degrade pollutants, turn fuels into electricity in fuel cells, and tons of other great stuff! Their surfaces are also largely responsible for how these materials behave in the environment and in organisms' bodies (more on that soon!). So, the more we understand about these special surfaces, the better we can predict where nano-pollutants might end up and how toxic or non-toxic they might be. We can then hopefully use this information to design nanoparticles that are "benign by design." So, to stretch the ice cream analogy to its limits, it's best to understand as much as we can about nanoparticle surfaces in order to avoid any gritty-tasting negatives, but there are still plenty of smooth-tasting positives!
 1. glad the cat enjoys the ice cream.
 1. haha, yeah. me too! She didn't like it as much as she likes leftover cereal milk tho.
 2. :-) NOt dead, just trying my best to get paid to talk about science, rather than do it for free, so focusing my efforts on helping scientists learn how to communicate with the public, at I swear I'll come back to science minus details. Have faith. I'm so sorry it's been so long since I've posted an update. Thanks for checking in!!!!!!!!!!!!
 2. Brazilian food tech student here. Just curious about re-crystallization.
 Thanks for the info ;)
 1. This isn't quite "recrystallization" as a chemist would use the term. Perhaps food scientists have another use for it. Recyrstallization usually purifies things by allowing you to rinse away impurities. The water isn't becoming any more or less pure here, just changing the size of its crystals. I'm glad you found it useful though!!!


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Purpose: To explain the orientation angles used for Inertial Labs devices and how they relate to one another.
Last Updated: August 2019
What's the difference and why does it matter?
Euler angles are generally what most people consider when they picture 3D space. Each value represents the rotation in degrees (it could technically be in any units) around one of the 3 axes in 3D space. Most of the time you will want to create angles using Euler angles because they are conceptually the easier to understand. The flaw is that Euler angles have a problem known as the gimbal lock that prevents certain rotations when two axes align. The solution: quaternions.


Ensembles apply to trajectories, not frames
It is common to initially think of ensembles as applying on a frame-by-frame basis. However, ensembles are only valid on trajectories, not individual frames. To explain this, let's consider a couple simple common misconceptions.
Combining volume ensembles doesn't combine volumes
It might seem like Ensemble(volume_A) & Ensemble(volume_B) should be the same as Ensemble(volume_A & volume_B). But this is absolutely not the case. We can see this easily by using PartOutXEnsemble as the example ensemble. PartOutXEnsemble(volume) creates an ensemble in which at least one frame must be outside of volume. So the difference between and-ing together the two ensembles vs. and-ing together the two volumes can be described like this:
 - PartOutXEnsemble(volume_A) & PartOutXEnsemble(volume_B): there is at least one frame in the trajectory outside of volume_A, and at least one frame outside of volume_B. These two frames do not need to be the same frame.
 - PartOutXEnsemble(volume_A & volume_B): there is at least one frame which is outside of volume_A & volume_B, which is the intersection of volume_A and volume_B.
Note that the second case does NOT mean that a single frame is simultaneously outside of both volume_A and volume_B: it is outside the intersection, not the union. If what you want is a ensemble of trajectories which contain at least one frame that is simultaneously outside of volume_A and outside of volume_B, you can write that as PartOutXEnsemble(volume_A | volume_B).
A trajectory in 'PartOutXEnsemble(volumeA & volumeB)' but not in 'PartOutXEnsemble(volumeA) & PartOutXEnsemble(volumeB)'
The above trajectory is in PartOutXEnsemble(volume_A & volume_B) but not in PartOutXEnsemble(volume_A) & PartOutXEnsemble(volume_B). To be in that ensemble, it would need to have a frame in the red area, or the outside both volumes in the white area. The volume given by volume_A & volume_B is the purple area, and some frames are outside of that.
Complementary frames do not generate the logical inverse ensemble
Another case where your intuition can lead you astray is when thinking about complementary and inverse ensembles. For example, since InXEnsemble(volume) consists of frames inside of volume and OutXEnsemble(volume) consists of frames outside of volume, you might mistakenly think that InXEnsemble(volume) | OutXEnsemble(volume) allows all trajectories.
However, if you think about the whole trajectory, you'll see this is not the case. InXEnsemble requires that all frames be in the given volume; OutXEnsemble requires that all frames be outside the given volume. A trajectory tested with InXEnsemble(volume) | OutXEnsemble(volume) must satisfy one of the two ensembles: either all frames inside or all frames outside. It can not include a transition across edge of the volume.
OutXEnsemble is complementary to InXEnsemble in the sense that OutXEnsemble(volume) == InXEnsemble(~volume), but OutXEnsemble(volume)!= ~InXEnsemble(volume). This again comes back to the statement in the previous section that combining volume ensembles does not combine volumes, because InXEnsemble(volume) | InXEnsemble(~volume)!= InXEnsemble(volume | ~volume).
To find the actual logical inverse of an ensemble, we should return to its set-theoretic definition. For InXEnsemble, this is:
\[\forall t; x[t] \in V_x\]
where \(t\) is the time (frame number), \(x\) is the order parameter function which defines the volume, and \(V_x\) is the extent of the volume. To take the logical not of that, we apply the standard rules that \(\forall\) becomes \(\exists\) and \(\in\) becomes \(\notin\), giving us:
\[\exists t\ | \ x[t] \notin V_x\]
This is, of course, the definition for a PartOutXEnsemble. And if we think about this in words, it makes perfect sense: if the ensemble requires that all frames be in some volume, then the set of all trajectories which do not satisfy that ensemble would have at least one frame outside that volume.


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ELABORATELY TRANSFORMED MANUFACTURES
This article presents statistics for manufactured goods classified by degree of transformation. The basic premise of this classification is that each manufactured product reaching the point of sale will have been subjected to one or more processes beginning at a raw material state and passing through a range of manufacturing processes and intermediate products to become a final end use product. The number and complexity of such processes determine the category for degree of transformation to which that product is classified. Readers should note that the statistics presented are still experimental as the classification used to categorise goods by degree of transformation is still under development by the ABS. Statistics in graph 19.8 and table 19.9 are indicative rather than precisely classified estimates.
The concept of degree of transformation is also related to the concept of value adding. The amount and complexity of transformation strongly influence the amount of value added by manufacturing processes. However, in making the connection between degree of transformation and value adding, it should be noted that other factors also influence the amount of value added by manufacturing activity. Furthermore, for a given Australian produced final product, not every transformation required to produce the product has necessarily been carried out in Australia.
The classification has five broad categories. However, the first three of these have been combined together in the graph and table below because the boundaries between the categories have not been finally established. The categories are:
- Primary products (such as butter, pasteurised milk, red meat, hides and skins)
- Primary product manufactures (such as beer, flour, refined sugar, wood pulp)
- Simply transformed manufactures (such as clay bricks, paper, pig iron, plaster)
- Moderately transformed manufactures (such as broadwoven fabrics, soaps and detergents, steel wire)
There are slight differences between the classification used for production statistics and the classification used for export statistics. However, both classifications describe elaborately transformed manufactures in a virtually identical manner.
Graph 19.8 shows that the proportions of Australian produced goods classified as simply modified, moderately modified or elaborately modified have remained virtually unchanged over the three years to 1998–99.
Table 19.9 shows that Machinery and equipment manufacturing is the industry subdivision with the greatest proportion of elaborately transformed manufactures among its products, while Metal product manufacturing and Wood and paper product manufacturing have the most even spread of values across the various degrees of transformation categories.
- Elaborately transformed manufactures (such as clothing, motor vehicles, machinery, paint)
Table 19.10 shows that elaborately transformed manufactures now exceed 20% of goods exported, and remain the fastest growing category of exports.
19.9 DEGREE OF TRANSFORMATION OF MANUFACTURED GOODS(a)
|Industry subdivision |
|Food, beverage and tobacco manufacturing |
|Textile, clothing, footwear and leather manufacturing |
|Wood and paper product manufacturing |
|Printing, publishing and recorded media |
|Petroleum, coal, chemical and associated product manufacturing |
|Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing |
|Metal product manufacturing |
|Machinery and equipment manufacturing |
|Other manufacturing |
|Total manufacturing |
|(a) Excludes approximately $600m of goods which have not yet been classified to any degree of transformation category.|
(b) Also includes products classified to the 'Primary products' and 'Primary product manufactures' categories.
Source: Manufacturing Australia (8225.0).
19.10 DEGREE OF TRANSFORMATION OF EXPORTED GOODS(a)
|Category of goods|
1988-89 to 1998-99
|Unprocessed primary products and minerals |
|Processed primary products and minerals|
|Simply transformed manufactures|
|Elaborately transformed manufactures|
|Other (mainly non-monetary gold)|
|(a) As classified by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).|
Source: Exports of primary and manufactured products, Australia, 1999 (DFAT).
This page last updated 25 May 2009


How does First to File affect multiple inventors?
How does first to file affect multiple inventors?
It used to be that if an author/inventor was not listed on the patent the author could lose the patent rights due to the multiple inventor rule.
For example, Advanced Magnetic Closures, Inc. v. Rome Fasteners Corp., 607 F.3d 817 (Fed. Cir. 2010).
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1entire case was misrepresentation by inventor and not allowing the original inventor its right. first to file is something different, good question we need some time to comeup with quality answer. – Pushpak – 2015-04-18T11:25:09.380
First to File doesn't have any impact.
Magnetic Closures was about inequitable conduct, effectively deliberately lying to the Patent Office about the inventorship of an application. Inequitable conduct can invalidate a patent. This rule hasn't changed.
Another part of the AIA did impact inventorship, and made correction of inventorship simpler: However, this doesn't enable correction of inventorship where the initial false claim was deliberate.
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bastard + -ize
Alternative formsEdit
bastardize (third-person singular simple present bastardizes, present participle bastardizing, simple past and past participle bastardized)
 1. To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.
 The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock. — Blackstone.
 2. To reduce from a higher to a lower state; to debase.
 The simplified word processor is a less-functional, bastardized version of the full program.
 3. To introduce debased elements into.
 4. To beget out of wedlock.


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Certificat de formation à la sécurité
The Certificat de formation à la sécurité (CFS) (in English Safety training certificate) is the French national degree required to be flight attendant in France. It replaces the Certificat de Sécurité Sauvetage (CSS) since the 16th of July 2008. It consists of a theoretical and a practical part, each of them contains teaching in aviation safety and first aid.
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Published: 2011 Juni
Institution: Institut AIFB, KIT
Erscheinungsort / Ort: Karlsruhe
Numerous forms of policies, licensing terms, and related conditions are associated with Web data and services. A natural goal for facilitating the re-use and re-combination of such content is to model usage policies as part of the data so as to enable their exchange and automated processing. This paper thus proposes a concrete policy modelling language. A particular difficulty are self-referential policies such as Creative Commons ShareAlike, that mandate that derived content is published under some license with the same permissions and requirements. We present a general semantic framework for evaluating such recursive statements, show that it has desirable formal properties, and explain how it can be evaluated using existing tools. We then show that our approach is compatible with both OWL DL and Datalog, and illustrate how one can concretely model self-referential policies in these languages to obtain the desired conclusions.
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Is it Time to Revisit Your Hedge Fund Structure?
A typical "master-feeder" private investment funds structure uses a combination of corporate entities, including companies, limited partnerships and/or limited liability companies. Investment managers should consider the consequences associated with choosing one form instead of another early in the structuring process.
This article contemplates a structure that involves both US and Cayman Islands-domiciled "feeder funds" and suggests that, because of the enhanced complexity of Cayman Islands companies, it may be a good time to consider structuring a "master-feeder" fund solely using limited partnerships. Furthermore, this article will:
 - describe a typical "master-feeder" structure;
 - discuss the role of directors in Cayman Islands companies, which are frequently used as offshore feeder funds in "master-feeder" structures;
 - briefly discuss increased scrutiny and potential regulation of directors; and
 - suggest some advantages of a "master-feeder" structure that does not employ directors.
Basic hedge fund structures
A "master-feeder" structure is used primarily by hedge fund managers to address investor tax and regulatory concerns, some of which are discussed below. In a typical structure, a master fund will be formed in a tax-efficient jurisdiction to serve as the primary trading vehicle. Investors invest in the master fund indirectly through a feeder fund that contributes all or substantially all of its assets to the master fund.
A few of the well-known advantages of a typical "master-feeder" structure include the following:
 - ease of trading — all investment assets and most counter-party and service agreements are held in and with one entity (i.e., the master fund);
 - fundraising flexibility — multiple feeder funds can be added to the structure to accommodate future investors with different terms and conditions; and
 - tax and regulatory flexibility — multiple feeders can be added to accommodate the tax requirements of different classes of investors.
Potential disadvantages can include the cost of establishing the entire structure, especially in the case of smaller hedge funds seeking a cost-efficient structure, as well as the accounting and administrative complexity involved in administering a master fund with multiple feeders.
The choice of fund entities and jurisdictions is largely driven by regulatory and tax considerations (and investment managers should consult tax counsel early in the structuring process):
 - US Taxable Investors: Feeder funds established in the United States, or for investors that are already subject to the US federal income tax regime, typically will be established as entities that provide "flow-through" income tax treatment for US federal income tax purposes. In such case, both the US feeder fund and the master fund will not be subject to US federal income tax and each investor will be allocated its allocable share of the master fund's gains, losses, income, deductions and credit. The US feeder fund would typically be structured as a Delaware limited partnership or Delaware limited liability company because each of these entities is treated as a "flow-through" entity for US federal income tax purposes (unless elected otherwise) and Delaware has proven itself to be a stable jurisdiction in which to conduct business.
 - Non-US Investors and US Tax-Exempt Investors: Non-US investors (to the extent they are not already subject to the US tax regime) typically will seek to avoid being subjected to US federal income tax on income that is "effectively connected" with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States and US tax-exempt investors typically will seek to avoid the potential US federal income tax consequences of recognizing "unrelated business taxable income". Feeder funds offered primarily to these investors typically will be established in a non-US jurisdiction as an entity that is taxed (or elects to be taxed) as a corporation for US federal income tax purposes (where limiting the activities of the master fund to alleviate these concerns is not ideal or practical).
The Cayman Islands is a popular jurisdiction in which to establish both offshore feeder funds and offshore master funds, in part for a number of reasons:
 - entities formed in the Cayman Islands are generally not subject to Cayman Islands tax;
 - as with Delaware, the Cayman Islands is generally considered to be a stable jurisdiction in which to conduct business and is familiar to both investors and to investment managers; and
 - the jurisdiction boasts a robust network of service providers thereby facilitating fund establishment, accounting and administration.
For these and other reasons, hedge fund managers may prefer to use a Cayman Islands exempted company (which is governed by the Companies Law (2012 revision), a Company) as the offshore feeder fund in a "master-feeder" structure and a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (which is governed by the Exempted Limited Partnership Law (2012 revision), a Partnership) as the master fund. Note that, for offshore funds, some managers may use Companies as master funds and Partnerships as offshore feeder funds. Other offshore entities, such as trusts, are sometimes used but are considered by many to be too expensive or legally rigid.
Under US federal income tax law, a Cayman Islands Partnership (as well as many other types of non-US entities that are treated as "flow-through" entities for US federal income tax purposes) may file an election with the US Internal Revenue Service (a so-called "check-the-box" election) electing to be treated as a corporation for US federal income tax purposes. A Cayman Islands Partnership that is treated as a corporation for US federal income tax purposes (i.e., by filing a "check-the-box" election) may prove, in certain situations, to be more efficient to use as an offshore feeder fund than a Cayman Islands Company. Alternatively, the investment manager may use Cayman Islands Partnerships (with no "check-the-box" elections) as the offshore master fund and offshore feeder fund and interpose an entity that is treated as a corporation for US federal income tax purposes between the offshore feeder fund and the master fund.
The role of Company Directors in a "master-feeder" structure
Companies are required to have directors (each, a Director) but investment managers, and indeed some Directors, may not understand the various legal obligations and duties associated with the position. An affiliate of the investment manager typically holds the "management shares" of a Company used in a "master-feeder" structure; "management shares" generally hold the power to appoint the Directors. Those Directors have a number of statutory duties (maintaining registers, certain reports and books of account, among others) and must approve certain actions taken by the Company. Directors (in their role as Directors) do not manage the business or make investment decisions. This is because, in the context of a Company used in a hedge fund structure, the Company hires the investment manager to run the investment program and, in the management agreement with the investment manager, the Directors delegate to the investment manager all powers permissible under governing law.
The legal role of Directors is not ministerial, however, which investment managers should consider when appointing them. Not all Director duties can be delegated to the investment manager and Directors are subject to personal liability for a breach of certain fiduciary duties, which will be discussed below. Cayman Islands case law has established a number of principles relating to Directors' fiduciary duties, perhaps the most pertinent of which is that Directors must act in what they bona fide consider to be the best interests of the Company.
This duty is owed to the Company itself, i.e. the offshore feeder fund, and not to subsidiary or affiliated entities and not necessarily to investors. In the context of a "master-feeder" structure this means that Directors primarily consider the interests of the offshore feeder fund, when structured as a Company, and not those of the master fund or any other feeder fund. If the "master-feeder" structure uses a Company for both the offshore feeder fund and the master fund, then the master fund will have Directors whose duties are owed to it and not to the offshore feeder fund. Some fund complexes use the same Directors for the offshore feeder fund and the master fund, which may give rise to irreconcilable conflicts of interest.
In the case of hedge funds, Directors are typically one of two types: "insiders" (employees of or entities controlled by the investment manager); or professional Directors that are not affiliated with or otherwise employed by the investment manager (Independent Directors). Independent Directors generally either work for a financial services company, which may perform separate administrative services to the fund complex, or work independently.
There may be costs involved in employing Directors. Independent Directors, and some insiders, are typically paid a salary for their work that is not tied to the fund's investment performance. Directors' compensation and other fees are generally paid out of the assets of the Company itself.
Increased demand for the use of Independent Directors
In the past it was fairly common for all of the Directors of a Company used in a hedge fund structure to be insiders, which is efficient because they are known to the investment manager and generally share the investment manager's views. However, investor demand for Independent Directors has increased since the financial crisis as investors seem to associate them with added security in that an Independent Director may look more carefully into the investment manager's business practices than an inside Director.
A 2011 case in the Cayman Islands, Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited (In Liquidation) v. Stefan Peterson and Hans Ekstrom, received wide attention from lawyers and investment professionals. The court found the directors of the fund guilty of a violation of their fiduciary


View Full Version : Printing vocab list (with definitions) from LXT
01-29-2006, 07:16 AM
I was wondering how to create a vocab list with glosses from LXT. I tried using the word list manager for all the LXT words in Jonah, but couldn't figure out how to print out a list with glosses. I figured I could always use the report generator, but that's more information than I'd like.:D
01-29-2006, 11:49 AM
Hi Jake,
While you cannot create the lexicon from the LXT, you can from the BLM as it requires a morphologically tagged text.
Here are the steps:
1. Open the word list manager.
2. Select load or generate word list.
3. Select BLM and in the verse range type in Jonah.
4. This will generate the list back in the word list manager. Go to the menu/select/select all.
5. Go to file/make lexicon from selected words
6. Select the lexicons you want included.
7. You now have the file to save or print.
John Fidel


Streak to Amazon RDS
How To Replicate Streak Data to Amazon RDS
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Select Streak objects to replicate.
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Skyvia not just copies Streak data to Amazon RDS once, it can keep your Amazon RDS database up-to-date with Streak automatically, ensuring you always have fresh data for data analysis without any user intervention.
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If you need more than just to copy data from Streak to Amazon RDS, you may use Skyvia's powerful data import functionality. Skyvia's data import tools will correctly extract Streak data, transform it, and load to Amazon RDS when Amazon RDS tables have different structure than Streak objects.
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The Hefei TV tower is taken as an analytical case to examine the control method with a fluid viscous damper under wind load fluctuation. Firstly, according to the random vibration theory, the effect of fluctuating wind on the tower can be modeled as a 19-dimensional correlated random process, and the wind-induced vibration analysis of the tower subjected to dynamic wind load was further obtained. On the basis of the others' works, a bimodel dynamic model is proposed. Finally, a dynamic model is proposed to study the wind-induced vibration control analysis using viscous fluid dampers, and the optimal damping coefficient is obtained regarding the wind-induced response of the upper turret as optimization objectives. Analysis results show that the maximum peak response of the tower under dynamic wind load is far beyond the allowable range of the code. The wind-induced responses and the wind vibration input energy of the tower are decreased greatly by using a fluid viscous damper, and the peak acceleration responses of the upper turret is reduced by 43.4%.
high-rise structurewind-induced responsefluid viscous dampervibration control


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In the spiritual world omens are everywhere and there are no such thing as coincidences. You can use signs around you to guide your life and your workings if you only know how to interpret them. 7 day candles have long been used by rootworkers to read a specific working and determine its effectiveness, or warn of any problems or solutions. Just like reading tea leaves, the burnt candles can provide valuable insight.
The soot on a candle is one of the most recognizable results of burning a candle. While in the mundane world one might say this was merely soot, in the spiritual we know there is a message to be interpreted in that soot.
BLACK SOOTBlack soot is a sign of negativity and witchcraft.
- If the soot does not travel all the way down the glass, is only at the top or perhaps stops in the middle, the negative influence or obstacle has been unblocked.
- If the black goes down the entire length of the candle it means your working has been blocked and there are still things preventing you for attaining your desired result. It could also indicate someone has casted against you or has significant spiritual protection. If this is the case burn another candle to try to break through their defenses.
- If the soot is at the bottom of the candle it is a warning that negative influences are being sent to you. This can be the case when someone casts against you.
WHITE SOOTWhite soot is another matter all together. This can indicate spiritual communication, purity, and exorcism. It could indicate that the spirits have heard your prayers and removed the negativity from the working. This is especially true in unhexing rituals. Again, look to the amount of soot to tell you if it is completed or not.
- If the soot only goes half way down or less, the cleansing was successful.
- If the soot is carried through the length of the candle you may need further cleansing and spiritual work.
- If the soot is at the bottom of the candle, it signifies the presence of outside aid or help either spiritually or physically.
- If the candle burned half black and half white this means that one aspect is overriding the other. Look to which is on top to see what was undone. If black is on top, your spirits cleared it. If white is on top the spirits of another have combated your attempts.
- If the soot is on only one side of the candle, this is a sign that what you are doing is incorrect. Either the candle fixing wasn't appropriate or the spirits aren't happy with the candle itself.
The flame is by far the most important part of any candle working. The subtle actions of the flame can tell you a lot from the moment you light it, to the moment it goes out. Let start with lighting the flame.
- If the candle does not light this means that this type of working will not work for what you need and another type of spell should be used.
- If the candle lights and splits into two or more flames, this indicates the presence of others, either spirits, deities, or human, getting involved. Look to the rest of the candle to interpret whether this person is good or bad.
- If you are trying to split up a couple and both flames stay lit, the couple will stay together.
- If you are doing a working for attract a lover and the second flame seems to rise out of the wax your working will be successful especially if both flames grow into one large flame.
- If the candle flame is high it means there is a lot of power behind the spell and little resistance. If the candle burns low it means there is a strong opposing spiritual force and a cleansing and or banishing may be needed.
- If the flame makes a crackling or popping sound it indicates conversation. Either the spirits are trying to talk to you or the target is talking about you. Look to the purpose of the candle and the other actions of the flame to determine which is which.
- If the flame flickers there is a spirit around. If the flame pops while flickering it is the spirit trying to communicate to you. Open yourself up to it. If it is a devotional candle and it is flickering it means you are in contact with your deity and any prayers or petitions will be heard.
- If you attempt to blow out the flame and it does not go out this means the spirit does not want you to extinguish it. The same can be said if you blow it out and it flicks back on. Let the spirit complete its work, something important may be in the works that you do not want to interrupt. If you are uncomfortable ask the spirit to protect the candle or ask for permission and try to extinguish it again.
- If the entire top of the prepared candle catches fire it means all the resources of the prepared candle are being used due to spiritual influences creating obstacles. Look to the other signs to see if the candle was successful. If the preparations do not collect along the glass as the candle burns, but remain pooled together, it means all the resources are needed and will burn at the end of the candle. The soot, flame, and glass should be read for the outcome.
- If the flame burns high and calm and produces no soot you are in the presence of a larger entity or guardian spirit, most likely benevolent. The same can be said for high aggressive flames that flicker in large strokes. These tend to be darker spirits and deities, both are there to listen or aid you.
- If the flame goes out while burning this means the spirits cannot help you and the answer you seek is already determined. This can also happen if you unexpectedly get the result before the candle is finished.
- The glass retains the story of the working through the soot and preparation but the glass itself can tell you things about the spell.
- If the glass cracks but does not break it means there was some type of opposition that was broken. It may have been sent to the spell to try to deflect it or it may have been encountered along the way. If it does not break or shatter then the spell is protected and was successfully defended.
- However, if the glass breaks or shatters it means you are up against something larger than yourself. Malicious forces have either protected your target or have been attracted to your working and are trying to interfere. It can also indicate someone is casting against you and you are not spiritually protected or strong enough as what was thrown at you was larger than what you were sending out. Either way, do a stronger working and light another candle to try to combat it.


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Addressing systemic discrimination in service delivery.
Substantive equality recognises that policies and practices put in place to suit the majority of clients may appear to be non-discriminatory but may not address the specific needs of certain groups of people. In effect they may be indirectly discriminatory, creating systemic discrimination.
In this section you can find:
information about the WA State Government's Substantive Equality program and how it is being implemented
resources for those participating and supporting information
EOC training for systemic discrimination
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Developed by The DIAGRAM Center, the Poet image description tool is an open-source, web-based tool for creating and providing guidelines to writing image descriptions for images in existing DAISY and EPUB books. With Poet, it is possible to crowd source the creation of image descriptions, which can reduce both the cost for content creators and delivery time for end-users.
Easy, Intuitive User Interface
Using Poet is easy. Take any DAISY 3 or EPUB3 book file and upload it to Poet. Then, follow simple steps to write a description for each image. The descriptions will then be available to assistive technology for voicing whenever the next reader downloads the file. See this two-minute introductory video that shows you just how easy Poet is to use.
- Math Editor (beta) – transcribes math into a machine-readable format (MathML or text description). For more information about accessible math, see the DIAGRAM webinars on tools and techniques for making math accessible. You may also be interested in Benetech's MathML Cloud project.
- Image Description Training Module – reference guides and hands-on practices to help cultivate skills for writing image descriptions. The module is available from a drop-down menu in Poet and provides guidance for common types of complex images such as flow charts and Venn diagrams, following an expanded list of NCAM guidelines. For each one, you will see an example, description guidelines, and even a template (if it applies).
- Image Coverage Checker (click here for this stand-alone tool) – generates a report that summarizes the images in a given file that already have descriptions. This is a great tool for quick assessment of how much time might be required to provide image descriptions in a given book and where the descriptions can be found in a file. This free web-based tool can be used on any DAISY 3 or EPUB3 file.
Obtaining the Open Source Code for Poet
If you want to obtain or contribute to the open source Poet code, or set up your own instance of Poet, go to the Benetech's Poet GitHub repository. You can view the source, submit issues or comments, and/or make your own modifications. The Readme section contains licensing information and guidelines for setting the environment variables. Alternatively, if would like to host your own instance, the code may be downloaded, installed, and managed in your own hosting environment.


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As of July 1, 2001, the Idaho Safe Haven Act protects abandoned infants. This law is intended to provide a safe alternative for parents who otherwise might abandon their babies.
A safe haven is authorized by law to accept a baby less than 30 days of age, directly from a parent, without identifying the parent. The parent is not required to provide any information to the safe haven, but may volunteer medical or other information. The parent remains anonymous and will not be prosecuted for child neglect or abandonment.
The law specifically identifies the following safe havens:
The safe haven will:


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Flies Wirral and Chester
There are various fly species that are of concern as pest species in the UK.
They have a common ancestry but are diverse not only in form but also in lifestyle.
MerseyPest treats all species of fly and flies in Wirral and Chester.
The most notable pest flies are;
Common House Fly
Lesser House Fly
Treatments for each of these species of flies can be very different. A survey is required to identify the species of fly before a treatment can be specified.


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Little Beaver and the Echo
by Amy MacDonald Illustrated by Sarah Fox-Davies
Reviewed by Sarah A. (age 7)
Sarah A. is a student in Ingrid ODonoghue's 2nd Grade Class
This book is about Little Beaver and his echo. Little Beaver is lonely. He didn't have any friends which made him very sad and he began to cry. As he cries he hears someone across the pond. Is it a new friend? Little beaver sets out to look for his friend. On the way he meets others who want a friend too. At the other side of the pond there is a wise old Beaver. He tells Little Beaver about Echo. Does Little Beaver find a friend? You will have to read the book to find out.
This is a good book. It teaches you that friends can be found in unexpected places. I like Little Beaver because he told wise Beaver that he and echo didn't have any friends. Wise Beaver is smart like me. The illustrations are like water drops dripping into puddles. This book reminds me of when I went to Yosemite.
I recommend this book to anyone who has ever had to look for a friend.


Check a Device Here
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Why You Should Use CTIA's Stolen Phone Checker?
Before you buy or sell a second-hand mobile device, you should check to see if the device has been reported lost or stolen. This is because if someone inadvertently buys a reported lost or stolen device the rightful owner may have already requested the device be blocked from accessing wireless carrier networks. The rightful owner may have also activated a device protection feature that prevents use of the device, rendering the device inoperable.
What is an IMEI/MEID/ESN? It is your device serial number. To find it...
1. Dial *#06# on your mobile
device settings
2. Check device settings
3. Look behind the battery
4. Examine Device Packaging
How to Protect Your Device and Help Stop Device Theft?
Consumers play an important role in device safety and security.
 - To protect your device, use PINs, passwords and other features that can help protect mobile devices and personal information. There are also a number of apps that can locate, lock and/or erase your wireless device if it gets lost or stolen.
 - If your device is lost or stolen, your personal information is at risk. Contact your wireless carrier and local law enforcement and follow these steps.
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
The Physics Of Ponytails
I kid you not! They even came up with something called the "Rapunzel Number"!
It turns out that there is an important-enough research being done on the physics of ponytails that it warrants a publication in the Physical Review Letters, no less!
He and two other physicists have been trying to determine whether the shape of a ponytail can be deduced from the properties of a single hair. After all, a head with 100,000 strands is a complex physical system, as anyone with a copious coiffure can attest.
And it turns out that there is a simple theory. The crucial characteristics are elasticity, density and curliness, which essentially tell how springy a piece of hair is, plus the length of the ponytail. The researchers came up with a simple formula that describes the ponytail shape when the hair is bundled together.
They called it the Rapunzel number. "We couldn't resist," Dr. Goldstein said.
Oh dear!
I'll try to find the exact reference to this one when it appears and post it here. I wish they explain why this is important and what other implications this involved. Maybe it's written in the actual paper. The only thing I can find in the news article is the sentence "... Dr. Goldstein said the findings could also be applied to bundles of other long filaments, including fiberglass and wool...", which doesn't say much.
Another news report on this story mention quite a bit more, but it is still unclear what properties actually that is so important.
So maybe this won't be nominated for an Ig Nobel after all! :)
Edit: the Ponytail physics is getting a Synopsis coverage! Click that link for the exact reference.
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A father and son are growing fruit and vegetables 8 metres below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea — here's why
 - Nemo's Garden is an underwater farm in Italy.
 - The project consists of 5 biospheres connected by a central 'tree of life'.
 - Each biosphere has carefully monitored temperature and humidity.
This is Nemo's Garden, it's an underwater farm created by the Ocean Reef Group.
The project was started as an experiment as the owner's crops were suffering in cold weather. Nemo's Garden utilises the near constant temperature of the sea to make growing plants easier.
The garden was first set up in 2013 by Father and son team Sergio and Luca Gamberini just off the coast of Noli, Italy.
While the original experiments were washed away in a storm, a more permanent structure was built shortly after.
Nemo's Garden is connected to a control tower on the shore that monitors each biosphere and provides power.
Ocean Reef Group also produce smaller biospheres that can be placed inside aquariums.
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Datastream with Redshift
A guide to loading Datastream data from your S3 bucket into an Amazon Redshift cluster for querying.
To get started on this tutorial, you'll need:
 - A working datastream feed delivering to your S3 bucket. You'll want the name of this bucket and access credentials handy.
 - A Redshift cluster and credentials for a user with sufficient permissions
On Disk vs Spectrum
To query Datastream data in Redshift, data needs to be made accessible, either by loading the data to disk in Redshift or by creating an external table pointing to your S3 bucket and querying the data via Redshift Spectrum. An overview of the tradeoffs between these two designs is below:
Data loaded to Redshift disk
Data queried via Redshift Spectrum
Price per TB of data
Very low
High, depends on cluster design
Performance tuning
Performance of queries can be improved by tuning cluster size, table properties
Less direct control over performance
Querying through multiple systems
Data must be loaded into each system
Data in S3 can by queried by other systems
Rows can be deleted or updated through Redshift
Data in S3 cannot be edited through SQL commands
JSON field support
Limited JSON functionality in Redshift
Improve JSON functionality
Note: Most users of Datastream will want to start by storing data in Redshift directly and consider migrating to Spectrum if data reaches a scale where costs are a concern.
Storing data on disk in Redshift
Step 1: Table creation
Start by creating a table on your Redshift cluster. We recommend the following CTA statement:
CREATE TABLE example_table (
Distribution VARCHAR(8),
Last_ping_timestamp TIMESTAMP,
Host VARCHAR(32),
Cookie_id VARCHAR(32),
Page_session_id VARCHAR(32),
Domain VARCHAR(64),
Path VARCHAR(1024),
New_user BOOLEAN,
Device VARCHAR(16),
Engaged_time_on_page_seconds INT,
Page_width REAL,
Page_height REAL,
Max_scroll_position_top REAL,
Window_height REAL,
External_referrer VARCHAR(64),
No_client_storage BOOLEAN,
City_name VARCHAR(64),
Region_name VARCHAR(32),
Country_code VARCHAR(2),
Country_name VARCHAR(32),
Continent_name VARCHAR(16),
Dma_code INT,
Utc_offset_minutes INT,
User_agent VARCHAR(256),
Recency INT,
Frequency INT,
Internal_referrer VARCHAR(1024),
Author VARCHAR(128),
Section VARCHAR(128),
Content_type VARCHAR(32),
Sponsor VARCHAR(32),
Utm_campaign VARCHAR(32),
Utm_medium VARCHAR(32),
Utm_source VARCHAR(32),
Utm_content VARCHAR(32),
Utm_term VARCHAR(32),
Account_id VARCHAR(32),
Page_title VARCHAR(256),
Virtual_page BOOLEAN,
Scrolldepth INT,
Total_time_on_page_seconds INT,
Ga_client_id VARCHAR(32),
Login_id VARCHAR(32),
Id_sync VARCHAR(32),
Subscriber_acct VARCHAR(32),
Page_load_time INT,
As shown above, we recommend selecting cookie_id as the table's distribution key. This field is a unique per-user ID. Distributing on it ensures that data is distributed roughly uniformly across Redshift slices while also generating performance improvements for queries looking at data per-user, which are common for Datastream users.
For example, calculating unique visitors via COUNT(DISTINCT(cookie_id)) will be significantly more performant using this distribution style. Alternatively, we recommend leaving the default distribution style in place.
Since most queries for traffic data contain a time filter, we strongly recommend choosing a sort key of last_ping_timestamp. We strongly recommend that compression encodings not be specified and instead be set automatically by the COPY command.
Step 2: Loading
Data should be loaded into Redshift via the COPY command. It can either be loaded in 30 minute batches or, if needed, on a per-file basis.
Datastream delivers data to folders partitioned into 30 minute chunks, for example all files written between 7:00am and 7:29:59am on August 12, 2020 will be written to the folders3://yourbucket/2020/08/12/07/00/
Given that, the simplest way to load data into Redshift is to issue COPYstatements copying an entire 30 minutes of data into the cluster, for example:
FROM 's3://yourbucket/YYYY/MM/DD/HH/MM/
TIMEFORMAT 'epochsecs'
Important notes:
 - {AUTHORIZATION} should be specified using the appropriate authorization parameters, as described in the Redshift documentation here.
 - The above query must be run once a given half-hour has completed. For example, a COPY of the 7:00am folder can only be executed at 7:30am or later. Failure to do so will result in data written after the COPY command is run being skipped.
 - Redshift does not provide functionality to avoid duplicate imports or to retry failed imports (for example, if the cluster is unavailable when a COPY is issued). The calling function should ensure that COPY statements are executed exactly once for each folder.
Step 2b: Loading data via Lambda
While batch loading is easy operationally, it introduces up to 30 minutes of lag between data delivery and input because one must wait for a folder's time window to be up before executing a COPY. If faster imports are needed, we recommend following the AWS instructions to create a function in Lambda that immediately copies over files upon their delivery to S3.
To ensure that data is delivered in real-time, Datastream guarantees that a record of each pageview is delivered to S3 at least once. While duplicates are rare, they can occur, so for the purposes of accuracy we recommend an additional deduplication step after each COPY statement. In the below deduplication statement we look back for duplicated records for a two hour window and always keep the more recent row:
Cookie_id, page_session_id, MAX(row_id) AS ri_to_keep
Last_ping_timestamp >=GETDATE() - TIMEDELTA '2 hours'
Cookie_id, page_session_id
COUNT(1) > 1
) AS duplicates
EXAMPLE_TABLE.Last_ping_timestamp>=GETDATE() - TIMEDELTA '2 hours'
EXAMPLE_TABLE.row_id!= duplicates.ri_to_keep;


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The Brain Health Consortium (BHC) encourages diverse experts to come together to conduct basic research in brain patterning and function, and to translate understanding of stem cell technology for biomedical research.
BHC partners with the Department of Biology to sponsor:
- Weekly seminar series from leaders in the field
- A bi-weekly Work-In-Progress (WIP) talk from BHC trainees
- An annual symposium for BHC members
- Investigator workshops for BHC members to discuss team grants
- Specialty events, including Brain Health Roundup, a Happy Hour to promote scientific exchanges and foster collaborative interactions among faculty and trainees in an informal setting
BHC provides technical support and hands-on training with its Stem Cell Core Facility for cell derivation and various other Cores for multidisciplinary research. BHC supports its members with seed funds and preferential access to its core facilities. BHC also supports teaching about stem cells and regenerative medicine and promotes outreach and public education regarding the potential of stem cells for biomedical research.


Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007
47 Preparation of complaint for referral to Tribunal
 - (1) For the purpose of preparing a complaint for submission to the Tribunal, the Registrar or a person authorised by the Registrar may gather further information on the complaint, including by exercising the powers of inspection referred to in section 57.
 (2) Before referring a complaint to the Tribunal, the Registrar must—
 - (a) notify the person complained of in writing of the complaint; and
 - (b) give both the complainant (if any) and the person complained about a reasonable opportunity to make a written statement or explanation in relation to the complaint.
 (3) The notice required by subsection (2)(a) must identify the complainant (if any), unless the Registrar considers that exceptional circumstances justify the withholding of the complainant's identity.


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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the market for smart eyewear begins to find its sea-legs, companies are still struggling to balance features. What do buyers want in a pair of smart glasses?
Text messaging is a crucial part of communication nowadays. Companies such as Vuzix, North and Everysight offer smart eyewear projecting incoming text messages on their displays. But how do you reply when the eyewear doesn't come with a keyboard?
IpVenture, with its affiliate IngenioSpec, offers the next step: hands-free text messaging for smart eyewear. With our comprehensive patented technologies, users can send and receive texts without displays or a keyboard.
When a text message is received, IpVenture's technology transforms it into audio, and allows the user to hear the message read to her through a speaker in the smart eyewear. The user can then recite a reply verbally, which is received by a microphone in the smart eyewear; and IpVenture's technology will transform the reply into text and send it.
Some of the operations can be performed by a mobile phone wirelessly coupled to the eyewear. For example, the transformation between text and audio can be done by the mobile phone.
With these patented technologies and more, IpVenture and its affiliate, IngenioSpec, continue to lead in development of market-driven ideas and user-friendly technologies. Visit our websites for lists of patents on smart eyewear and hands-free text messaging.


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An archetypal lampshade balanced on a tilted stem.
Simple elements, exquisitely combined into an amazing geometric composition, recall basic forms matched with different materials for technological reasons. Despite its plain and simple look, this lamp clearly conveys the skills of Artemide.The lampshade is a lightweight plastic volume closed by two diffusers that produce a pleasant soft direct and indirect light. The joint connects the lampshade with the aluminium stem on a minimal support. These simple elements are combined into a plain and elegant object, where the tilted stem in counterbalanced by the lampshade's volume.
Materials: polycarbonate, aluminium, methacrylate


Calculate the Number of Days Between Two Dates
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 Chi-Pa Choi
 Good that you created this node but
 a) Putting the output all fields option in "optional" and not "output" is a continued lesson in D360 you have to search everywhere. All should be the default - when would a user just calculate workdays in isolation? Even if they did then "all" as default changes nothing.
 b) why make the default input text? Surely the most common use of nodes is in a flow, (apart from data acquisition nodes) not as hard typed inputs? You are making people then have to do two sets of clicking to be able to input dates from a node.
 It looks like this useful calculation was done in isolation with not enough thought of how it is used in practice.
 btw, being able to do date +/- [x] workdays would also be very useful
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Work in progress:
In this paper we develop a theoretical model to investigate the effect on a bank's financial stability of having multiple contingent convertible bonds buffers (CoCos) on the same bank balance sheet, using cash-in-the-market pricing and global games methodologies. Contingent convertible bonds are meant to act as a bail-in mechanism for banks, where CoCo debt converts into equity when a bank needs it the most. We find that having CoCo buffers which trigger at different capitalisation levels can be detrimental for the CoCo bail-in capacity. Market-based triggers lead to premature conversion and fire-sales of equity. In contrast with existing literature, we show that book-based trigger CoCos yield an optimal outcome, as long as they incorporate expected credit losses.
Risk-Taking, Competition and Uncertainty. Do CoCo Bonds Increase the Risk Appetite of Banks?
(joint with Mahmoud Fatouh, Bank of England, and Sweder van Wijnbergen, UvA)
We assess the impact of contingent convertible (CoCo) bonds and the wealth transfers they imply conditional on conversion on risk-taking behaviour of the issuing bank. We also test for regulatory arbitrage: do banks by issuing CoCos try to maintain risk taking incentives when regulators reduce them by insisting on higher capitalization ratios? While we test for and reject sample selection bias, we show that CoCo bonds issuance has a strong positive effect on risk-taking behaviour, and so do conversion parameters that reduce dilution of existing shareholders upon conversion. Higher volatility amplifies the impact of CoCos on risk taking.
Capital Allocation, Leverage Ratio Requirement and Banks' Risk-Taking
(joint with QuynhAnh Vo, Bank of England)
[Work in progress]


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Closing the year 2016, along with the Bontang city program Gerakan 10.000 Biopori", PT Kaltim Parna Industri has given and distributed some Biopori pipes and also socializing the making of Biopori holes. The pipes donation given are 100 units, which is divided into two district in KPI's buffer zones area. 50 unit for Guntung District and 50 units for Lok Tuan District.
Hopefully each house in those district has 1 biopori hole. Biopori hole is an appropriate and friendly environment technology that would be useful to increase the water absorption region, increasing the quality and quantity of ground water, and also to prevent floods. Moreover Biopori hole can be used to reduce household waste and the compost of its result will be automatically fertilize the soil.