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Bassett Solar Power Information & Peak Sun Hours
Solar Green Energy Summary for Bassett, Texas
Fixed Tilt Sunlight Hours: 5.3 hours per day
1-Axis Tilt Sunlight Hours: 7.4 hours per day
2-Axis Tilt Sunlight Hours: 8 hours per day
The average peak sun hours of Bassett is a crucial measurable component needed to efficiently implement a solar power system in a home or business. Put simply, peak sun hours are the hours of sunlight a day that are strong enough to be efficiently absorbed by solar panels and eventually turned into usable electricity. Not every minute of sunlight during a day is strong enough to be useful to a solar power system. Think about just minutes after the sunrises, which officially counts towards total hours of sunlight, but is usually too weak to be counted in peak sun hours because the strength of the solar insolation is not strong enough near the horizon to be absorbed and turned into electricity at an efficient rate. Times during the day like this, where the sun is out but not strong enough, are not counted as peak sun hours. In other words, the amount of peak sun hours in a location will theoretically always be less than total sunlight hours for a given day.
The equator has a latitude of zero while Bassett has a latitude of 33.3. Any city located on the equator will receive the most sunlight throughout the year because the sunlight arrives at a perpendicular 90 degree angle to the earth at the equator. The further you are from the equator the more your daily sunlight hours can vary.
There are a few ways to increase average peak sun hours per year for your solar power system. One way is to use a tracking mount solar panel instead of a fixed tilt solar panel. A 1-axis mount will track the sun throughout the sky from sunrise to sunset, giving your panel a more efficient facing direction towards the sun throughout the day. A 2-axis solar panel will track the sun in the sky throughout the day, but also change and follow the angle of the sun in the sky throughout the year. Both of these axis system solar panels will produce higher average peak sun hours than a fixed solar panel.
Weather is a big determinate of average peak sun hours each day. There are many aspects of weather that can increase or lessen the peak sun hours in a day in a particular location. For example cloud coverage is a crucial variable. And more importantly, what type of cloud coverage; thin scattered clouds will have less diminishing power on the solar insolation than thick rainy storm clouds. Sometimes long periods of sunny days are rare in certain locations, this would increase average peak sun hours for that time-frame
In Bassett you can look at the average peak sun hours of a fixed solar panel mount, which will be 5.3 hours. This number iis an estimate based on data of previous years. With a tracking mount in Bassett you could theoretically increase the amount of peak sun hours per with a 1-axis mount, and get 7.4 hours, or a 2-axis mount and potentially increase your average to 8 hours.


Opus Sectile
Main Article: mosaics in jewelry
Opus Sectile is a mosaic style where slabs of stone are shaped and fitted together as a jigsaw puzzle. It was popular in early Roman times and revived during the renaissance in Florence, where it became known as pietra dura. In jewelry one will not encounter them before the 19th century.
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Opus Sectile (Marble Floor Inlay) from the Hadrian's Villa (Piccole Terme) Near Tivoli in Italy.


There Is Sometimes, 1/16/2016
By Jonathan Berman
There Is Sometimes
There is a path called your life.
Sometimes there is a butterfly.
Sometimes the butterfly is a sign.
Sometimes there is light.
Sometimes the light is hope.
Sometimes the path is strewn with pretty pebbles.
Sometimes the pebbles are not pebbles.
Sometimes silence is not so quiet.
Sometimes silence is a river.
Sometimes the water is music.
Sometimes the music is voices.
Sometimes those voices are your past choices.
Sometimes the choices bring pain.
There is a path called pain.
There is a sign post called a butterfly...


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The Surviving Eight are eight prominent heroes who escaped the Rikti War with their lives. They have dedicated themselves to helping Paragon City rebuild after the war devastated much of the area. They help inspire the next generation of heroes, setting an example and helping them however they can.
- Technically, Numina did not survive the war, as she had already been dead for quite some time when it happened.
- Most of the surviving eight comprise the Freedom Phalanx, except for Back Alley Brawler, who founded the Regulators.
- Back Alley Brawler is the only member of the Surviving Eight who is a trainer. The rest offer Task Forces. In order of Security Level, their Task Forces are: Positron, Synapse, Sister Psyche, Citadel, Manticore, Numina, and then Statesman.

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What is the difference between an "involuted" and an "idempotent" matrix?
I believe that they both have to do with inverse, perhaps "self inverse" matrices.
Or do they happen to refer to the same thing?
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A matrix $A$ is an involution if it is its own inverse, ie if
$$A^2 = I$$
A matrix $B$ is idempotent if it squares to itself, ie if
$$B^2 = B$$
The only invertible idempotent matrix is the identity matrix, which can be seen by multiplying both sides of the above equation by $B^{-1}$. An idempotent matrix is also known as a projection.
Involutions and idempotents are related to one another. If $A$ is idempotent then $I - 2A$ is an involution, and if $B$ is an involution, then $\tfrac{1}{2}(I\pm B)$ is idempotent.
Finally, if $B$ is idempotent then $I-B$ is also idempotent and if $A$ is an involution then $-A$ is also an involution.
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Soy sauce has become one of the most popular condiments in people's daily diets. The soy sauce of traditional brewing process in our country is incomparable in the color, aroma and taste of soy sauce produced in some developed countries. However, most of the brewing process is exposed to natural spaces, accompanied by the growth and reproduction of multiple microorganisms. So, how can we effectively remove bacteria from soy sauce? Here is a description of membrane separation technology.
In general, the solid content and viscosity of soy sauce are high, and it is very important to pretreat. Hollow fiber components should not be used. In this way, the processing flow is simplified, the production cost is reduced, and relatively considerable economic benefits are brought about. After the soy sauce is filtered, the color is improved, the soy sauce is clear and transparent, and the value is high. The retention rates of salt-free solids, reducing sugars, and pigments are all around 98%, and are in line with national product standards.
Process advantages of membrane separation
1. It has a simplified process flow and reduces operating costs.
2. It is automatically controlled, reliable in operation and balanced in product quality.
3. It has a long service life. The equipment has low comprehensive cost and high cost performance.
4. It has good acid resistance, alkali resistance, good anti-pollution performance and high separation precision.


WAG (estimate)
Because WAGS are simply guesses, they can be very difficult to substantiate. A scientific wild-ass guess (SWAG) is a WAG that is explained in terms of assumptions and informal calculations made to arrive at the estimate. For example, coming up with a WAG for a project completion date, a project manager could explain that a similar completed project took six months but also that there are fewer developers available currently, so the project might take an extra month. The scientific part of the SWAG is the additional explanation and calculation.
Planning poker, a team building activity for achieving group consensus, is a popular tool for creating WAGs that are more likely to be realistic.
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Wausau residents are reducing their carbon footprint whether they know it or not, thanks to upgrades at the Wastewater Treatment Plant. In addition to shrinking the plant's environmental impact, the upgrades are expected to reduce the utility's electric and natural gas bill by $70,000 a year – saving money for Wausau residents by minimizing the need for utility rate increases.
In an effort to be proactive about its aging infrastructure, the plant is installing innovative new technology and equipment that will reduce its overall electricity usage. These changes will also enable the plant to utilize more naturally occurring methane gas rather than tapping other energy resources.
Ghidorzi Companies is the contractor that is facilitating the building changes needed to accommodate the changes, with Joe Gehin (photo at right) as Project Manager. As the former Director of Public Works & Utilities for the city, Joe understood the value of this process upgrade as well as the implementation scheme and was able to hit the ground running with the project.
The plant upgrades will put Wausau's Wastewater Treatment Plant on the cutting edge of industry technology and ensure that this Wausau utility is as efficient and environmentally responsible as any community in the state.

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at first blush
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
- (idiomatic) Upon first impression or consideration; seemingly, apparently, ostensibly.
- 1990, Nicolas Wolfson, Corporate First Amendment: Rights and the Sec, Quorum Books (1990), ISBN _PHONE_, page 1:
- At first blush it appears rather strange to consider for even a moment the possibility that corporate financial and business disclosure rises to the dignity of speech protected by the First Amendment.
2002, Clarence A. Bonnen, Daniel E. Flage, Descartes and Method: A Search for a Method in Meditations, page 100:
- Third, it is only at first blush that one finds no exercises in conceptual elucidation
- 2008, Dennis Martin Altman, The First Liberal: A Secular Look at Jesus' Socio-Political Ideas and How They Become the Basis of Modern Liberalism, iUniverse (2008), ISBN 9780595430536, page 47:
- That may sound innocent at first blush, but a phrase like "American leadership is good … for the world" is a signal that these people want to impose their will on others; and when military strength and moral principle are added, the caution flag must be raised.
- 2012, Cynthia Garner, Secret of the Wolf, Forever (2012), ISBN 9781455510764, unnumbered page:
- At first blush it seemed the attacks by the werewolf were random.
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text: In this paper we give a general theorem which can be used to multiply the length of amicable sequences keeping the amicability property and the type of the sequences. As a consequence we have that if there exist two, four or eight amicable sequences of length m and type (al, a2), (al, a2, a3, a4) or (al, a2, …, as) then there exist amicable sequences of length ℓ ≡ 0 (mod m) and of the same type. We also present a theorem that produces a set of 2v amicable sequences from a set of v (not necessary amicable) sequences and a construction method for amicable sequences of type (al, al, a2, a2,..., av, av) from v pairs of disjoint (0, ±1) amicable sequences. Using these results we can obtain many infinite classes of Kharaghani type orthogonal designs. Actually, if there exists an Kharaghani type orthogonal design of order n and of type (al, a2, …, av), which is constructed from sequences, then there exists an infinite family of Kharaghani type orthogonal designs of the same type which is constructed from appropriate sequences.


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To wince is to make a grimace or twist your face, often involuntary done in anticipation of pain.(verb)
An example of wince is the face you make just before you get a shot by the doctor.
See wince in Webster's New World College Dictionary
Origin: ME wynsen < Anglo-Fr var. of OFr guenchir < Frank *wenkjan, akin to OHG wankon, to totter, turn: for IE base see winch
Origin: var. of winch
See wince in American Heritage Dictionary 4
intransitive verb winced winced, winc·ing, winc·es
Origin: Middle English wincen, to kick
Origin:, from Old North French *wencier
Origin:, variant of Old French guencir
Origin:, of Germanic origin.
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Opening the Library painter
To open the Library painter:
 - Click the Library button in the PowerBar or select Tools>Library Painter.
What you can do in the Library painter
In the Library painter, you can:
 - Create a new library
 - Create new objects in targets in your current workspace
 - Copy, move, and delete objects in any library
 - Open objects in libraries that are on a library list in the current Workspace to edit them in the appropriate painters
 - Migrate, rebuild, and regenerate libraries in the current Workspace
 - Control modifications to library objects by using check-out and check-in or use version control systems
 - Create a runtime library that includes objects in the current library and related resource objects
What you cannot do in the Library painter
You cannot migrate or open objects in PowerBuilder libraries that are not on the library list. You also cannot rename a library.


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What is a brownfield?
Brownfields are contaminated and abandoned properties. They can be found in big cities, small towns, suburbs and rural areas. Left untouched, brownfields pose environmental, legal and financial burdens on communities and taxpayers. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation works with other state and federal agencies, local governments, developers, and businesses to clean up these sites so that the land can once again be put to useful purposes. Many cleaned up brownfields sites have been used to develop businesses, parks and recreational areas, and housing. Remediated brownfield sites also create jobs, improve the local economy, and boost neighborhood pride.
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Beware the naked LOC
The LOC function is one of the most important functions in the SAS/IML language. The LOC function finds elements of a vector or matrix that satisfy some condition. For example, if you are going to apply a logarithmic transform to data, you can use the LOC function to find all of the positive elements.
In many cases, however, you do not know whether any observations satisfy the condition of your search. As an example, use the following statements to generate 10 random values from the normal distribution with mean –1 and standard deviation 1:
proc iml;
call randseed(123);
x = j(10,1); /* allocate 10 elements */
call randgen(x, "Normal", -1, 1); /* x ~ N(-1,1) */
Suppose that you want to read the data into a SAS/IML vector and extract the positive values. You might be tempted to write the following statements:
idx = loc(x>0); /* find indices for which x>0 */
PosX = x[idx]; /* extract those elements...BE CAREFUL! */
You need to be careful here. You can't be sure that there are any positive values in the data. As I say in my book, Statistical Programming with SAS/IML Software (p. 64):
Never use the result of the LOC function without knowing that the result is a nonempty matrix. You can use the TYPE, NROW, or NCOL functions to check whether a matrix is empty.
I colloquially refer to expressions such as x[idx] or x[loc(x>0)] as using a "naked LOC" because the return value of the LOC function is bare and unprotected. If x does not contain positive values, then the LOC function returns an empty matrix, and the statement x[EmptyMatrix] causes an error.
The correct approach is to check that LOC returns a nonempty matrix. An empty matrix has zero rows and zero columns, so you can use the NCOL function to check whether a vector is empty:
if ncol(idx)>0 then
 PosX = x[idx];
else print "There are no positive values";
Sometimes you might know that the LOC function will return a nonempty matrix, such as in the very useful UNIQUE-LOC technique. In those cases, you can omit the IF-THEN statement and simply extract the elements that you want. In general, however, it is a good programming practice to check that at least one element satisfies the condition.
So beware the "naked LOC." If the LOC function might return an empty matrix, protect yourself. Don't write expressions like PosX = x[loc(x>0)] unless you know that the LOC function will always return a nonempty matrix.
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What Are My Degree Options at CCC?
Coffeyville Community College offers four different associate degree options, and choosing the option that is best for you can be confusing. Below are explanations of the intended purpose of each degree option.
A.A. Degree (Associate in Arts)
This is the degree option a majority of students at CCC choose. This is the degree option designed for students who wish to transfer to a four-year institution after graduation from CCC, or for students who wish to one day enroll into a bachelor's degree program. This degree fulfills most of the general education requirements at a four-year school and will grant you junior status when you transfer, a big deal at enrollment time. So, if you plan to work on a bachelor's degree at some point in your life, this is the degree option for you.
A.S. Degree (Associate in Science)
This transfer degree serves the same purpose as the A.A. degree, but is intended for students who plan to major in a math or science field at a four-year school. So, if you plan to major in a program at a four-year school that requires a lot of math and science, this degree option is intended for you.
A.G.S. Degree (Associate in General Studies)
This degree option has a major difference between the A.A. degree – this one only requires Intermediate Algebra to graduate from CCC instead of College Algebra. It can be used for transfer, but be aware that at some point you will likely need to take College Algebra or higher level math course to earn a bachelor's degree. It is recommended you choose an A.A. or A.S. degree option if you plan to ever work on a bachelor's degree later.
A.A.S. Degree (Associate in Applied Science)
This is the degree option that many students in a technical program will choose. Students choosing this option will complete a technical program such as welding, electrical, automotive, etc. In addition to completing a technical program curriculum, students also complete 16 general education hours to complete requirements for the A.A.S. degree. This is a degree option utilized mostly by students at the Coffeyville Technical Campus and the Columbus Technical Campus.
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Scala Map class examples (adding, removing, updating, iterating)
Here's a quick look at how to use the Scala Map class, with a collection of Map class examples.
The immutable Map class is in scope by default, so you can create an immutable map without an import, like this:
val states = Map("AL" -> "Alabama", "AK" -> "Alaska")
To create a mutable Map, import it first:
var states = scala.collection.mutable.Map("AL" -> "Alabama")
Adding, removing, and updating mutable Map elements
The following examples show how to add, remove, and update elements in a mutable Scala Map:
// create an empty map
var states = scala.collection.mutable.Map[String, String]()
// create a map with initial elements
var states = scala.collection.mutable.Map("AL" -> "Alabama", "AK" -> "Alaska")
// add elements with +=
states += ("AZ" -> "Arizona")
states += ("CO" -> "Colorado", "KY" -> "Kentucky")
// remove elements with -=
states -= "KY"
states -= ("AZ", "CO")
// update elements by reassigning them
states("AK") = "Alaska, The Big State"
Iterating over Scala maps
Once you have a Map, you can iterate over it using several different techniques. I prefer using the for loop (or for-comprehension):
scala> val m1 = Map("fname" -> "Al", "lname" -> "Alexander")
scala> for ((k,v) <- m1) printf("key: %s, value: %s\n", k, v)
key: fname, value: Al
key: lname, value: Alexander
This page has some other Map and for-loop examples, which I've reproduced here:
// version 1 (tuples)
m1 foreach (x => println (x._1 + "-->" + x._2))
// version 2 (foreach and case)
m1 foreach {case (key, value) => println (key + "-->" + value)}
You can choose whatever format you prefer.
A few more ways to iterate over a Scala Map
To demonstrate a more "real world" example of looping over a Scala Map, while I was working through some programming examples in the book, Programming Collective Intelligence, I decided to code them up in Scala.
To begin with, I defined my Scala Map like this:
val p1Ratings = Map(
 "Lady in the Water"-> 3.0,
 "Snakes on a Plane"-> 4.0,
 "You, Me and Dupree"-> 3.5
In my case, when I'm iterating over the Map I'm really just interested in the Map keys, so the cleanest way to loop over every Map element is like this:
p1Ratings.keys.foreach( (movie) =>
 if (p2Ratings.contains(movie)) similarItems += (movie -> true)
While I chose that looping method in my code, I could also use the "tuples" approach, where movie is a Tuple, and I only use the first element of the Tuple, which happens to be my keys:
p1Ratings foreach ( (movie) =>
 if (p2Ratings.contains(movie._1)) similarItems += (movie._1 -> true)
In that approach, I ignore the second element of each Tuple, because I don't need it. (Which is why I don't like this approach for this instance.)
In a similar approach, I loop over the Map as shown next, creating a field named rating1 which I again don't use because I don't need it:
for ((movie1, rating1) <- p1Ratings) {
 if (p2Ratings.contains(movie1)) similarItems += (movie1 -> true)
These last two approaches will work better, and look a little more logical, if you need to access the key and value for each map element, but in my case, since I don't need to values, I'm using the first approach shown above.
Summary: Scala Map classes
In summary, I hope these Scala Map class examples have been helpful. As you can see, it's easy to create and use a Scala Map.


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Workflow scripts can fail and errors must be handled appropriately. A common approach is to have a failing workflow script exit with a non-zero exit code so that Funnelback can detect the problem and fail the update (sending a notification email if it has been configured).
To achieve this in shell scripts, make sure you set the -e flag in the hashbang line: #!/bin/sh -e or #!/bin/bash -e. This will cause the shell to immediately exit with an error code if one the script commands fail.
To achieve this in Groovy script, throw an exception with a message of why the script cannot continue:
throw new Exception("Unable to connect to remote system");
Never use System.exit() as it will cause the JVM to shutdown. Depending on the context it may have bad consequences, such as shutting down the Jetty webserver if the script is being run by Jetty.


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LOGIC DIAGRAM EXCEL
LogicDiagramTool The image at the top of the page is an example of a logicdiagram. Specifically, it is the logic for controlling the steam heat exchanger in the hot water system illustrated below and to the right of it.
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IF, AND, OR, Nested IF & NOT Logical Functions in Excel
Sep 24, 2019Logical : Checks multiple conditions and returns true if they all the conditions evaluate to true. =AND(1 > 0,ISNUMBER(1)) The above function returns TRUE because both Condition is True. 02 : FALSE : Logical : Returns the logical
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Pixel binning refers to the concept of combining the electrical charges of neighboring pixels together to form a superpixel. The main benefit of this technique is that the combined charges would overcome the read noise at the sacrifice of spatial resolution. Binning in color image sensors results in superpixel Bayer pattern data, and subsequent demosaicking yields the final, lower resolution, less noisy image. It is common knowledge among the practitioners and camera manufacturers, however, that binning introduces severe artifacts. Our in-depth analysis proves that these artifacts differ from the ones stemming from loss of resolution or demosaicking, and therefore it cannot be eliminated simply by increasing the sensor resolution. We propose a post-capture binning data processing solution that succeeds in suppressing noise and preserving image details. We verify experimentally that the proposed method outperforms the existing alternatives by a substantial margin.
Xiaodan Jin, Keigo Hirakawa, "Analysis and Processing of Pixel Binning for Color
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The crown of the Queens of Bavaria
A little bit of history
In 1806, as part of his wholescale re-ordering of the map of Europe, Napoleon I of France upgraded the independant German Duchy to a full kingdom status. The former Duke of Bavaria, now King of Bavarie Maximillian I, commemorated the fact by commissioning a set of crown jewels for use by Bavarian monarchs.
Royal regalia of Bavaria
Included in the regalia were:
- The Crown of Bavaria – the King's crown, which was set with rubies, diamonds,
- emeralds, sapphires and pearls
- the Crown of the Queens of Bavaria, which was made for the then queen, Karoline of Baden and which contains huge pearls and large diamonds;
- The 96cms long State Sword;
- The Royal Orb – made of gols
- The 89cmslong Royal Sceptre set with brilliants, emeralds and sapphires and the top is surmounted by a small round crown.
As part of a republican Germany, Bavaria has not had a monarch since 1918 but the Bavarian Crown Jewels are still on show in the Treasury of the Residenz Palace in Munich


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PRO-MELTER RS mark F (formate basis)
Liquid de-icing reagent PRO-MELTER RS mark F – is an effective deicing reagent for runways and aprons. It meets all the strict environmental requirements as well as the requirements for corrosion resistance. PRO-MELTER RS-F can be effectively used on airfield pavements at temperatures up to -34 ° C. In some cases, it is possible to use it at the lower temperatures increasing the application rate.
Having a weather forecast of a possible ice formation or during the beginning of ice formation process PRO-MELTER RS-F is applied on the surface cleaned from snow and ice. Ice formation preventing mode involves regular repetition of the reagent application, corrected by the weather conditions and the state of the band.
Information about corrosive action
Specially developed corrosion inhibitors guarantee the safety of materials used in the aircraft industry and airport constructing industry. Tests are carried out in accordance with SAE AMS 1435.
Information about the environmental impact
PRO-MELTER RS F is fully biodegradable within 14 days
Biodegradation - 97%
Biochemical oxygen demand in 5 days - 0.008 kg / kg
Chemical oxygen demand - 0.112 kg / kg.


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This video teaches you
How to Plane Wood
Before you use your hand plane, make sure you sharpen the blade. To do so, place a piece of 220-grit sandpaper on a flat surface and hold the plane at a 25 degree angle so the bevel is flat against the sandpaper. Then, rub the blade in a circle until metal shavings form along its back. Place the blade back in your hand plane and adjust the angle of the blade with the depth adjustment wheel. The angle you choose will determine how thick the shavings you remove will be. If you're unsure what angle to choose, opt for a shallow angle, since you can always increase the depth of the cut if necessary. When you're ready, place your plane against the edge of your wood. Hold the knob with your non-dominant hand and press down so the plane is flush with the wood. Then, hold the back handle with your dominant hand and press forward so you're working across the surface smoothly and methodically. When you're done, lay a straight edge along your wood to check and confirm it's perfectly flat.


Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.1 Reference
Small, Medium, and Large Data Sets
A working set refers to the data actually pulled into memory so the server can respond to client applications. The data set here is then the entries in the directory that you see are in fact getting used due to client traffic. The data set may include every entry in the directory, or may be composed most of the time of the some smaller number of entries, such as entries corresponding to people in a time zone where users are active.
We define three data set sizes, based on how much of the directory data set fits into available physical memory:
The data set fits entirely into physical memory with fully-loaded database and entry caches.
The data set fits in physical memory, and extra physical memory can be dedicated to entry cache.
The data set is too small to fit completely in available physical memory.
The ideal case is of course the small data set. If your data set is small, set database cache size and entry cache size such that all entries fit in both the database cache and the entry cache.
The following sections provide recommendations for medium and large data sets where the server performs either all searches or all modify operations.


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In response to the ethical code for higher education proposed by Education Minister Naftali Bennett, the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) stated today that this step is a "negative example" of how to write an ethical code. According to IDI, the code was written by an individual rather than through discourse with professors at Israel's various institutions of higher learning. It also undermines the autonomy of these institutions in violation of the Law of the Council for Higher Education.
"The ethical code that is being proposed unreasonably expands the definition of what is political. The definition does not differentiate between political and the public, between political and ethical, and between systematic preaching and free discourse. Political activity, according to the proposed ethical code, includes all direct support or opposition to 'a particular point of view in a recognized public dispute'. Thus, the proposed code refers to many questions of economics, ethics, law, and political morality as political and calls for their removal from academic discourse.
Finally, IDI's statement adds that the code undermines the gist of the academic mission and spirit, which lies in the academic drive to raise innovative ideas and challenge conventional wisdom.
"Such an ethical code tramples freedom of expression with a heavy foot. It would cause professors to self-censor and create an opening for pursuing and harassing professors," IDI's leaders say.
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Precision Lens Technology
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Short-wavelength, high-energy blue light rays in the 450 to 495 nanometer range penetrate the light sensitive retina in the back of the eye. The remaining visible light spectrum is filtered at the lens of the eye.
Bullhead precision lenses block blue rays, which reduces eye strain, increases visual acuity and protects from the long-term effects of blue light exposure.
Short term exposure to blue light rays causes eye-strain, and long term exposure causes retinal damage which contributes to macular degeneration.
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Auckland university researchers have written software which enables a computer to recognise rat footprints from those of other wildlife, and tell the difference between species of rats.
"By identifying rat species we can understand patterns of invasion on predator-free islands, or detect new species entering New Zealand," biologist James Russell said.
The software can be used to read cards left on either side of an inkpad that pests walk over in tunnels placed in vulnerable sites such as predator-free islands or cargo crates.
Footprint cards are a cheap method of identifying animals, particularly ones present in low numbers, or difficult for human observers to find.
The Department of Conservation uses footprint cards but analyses them manually, and it is difficult for even experts to differentiate between species with similar-looking footprints.
Automating the footprint identification speeds up the tracking of invasive animals, and technique can be easily adapted to monitor other animals.
By developing an automated method to identify species, and extending it to any animal that leaves tracks - including reptiles and insects - researchers can help track species living in an area, said Dr Russell, who now teaches at the University of California's Berkeley campus.
Tracking tunnels will be used on Auckland's Rangitoto and Motutapu islands, where eradication programmes have started against all introduced animals.


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SQL Server 2000
Hash Match
The Hash Match physical operator builds a hash table by computing a hash value for each row from its build input. A HASH:() predicate with a list of columns used to create a hash value appears in the Argument column. Then, for each probe row (as applicable), it computes a hash value (using the same hash function) and looks in the hash table for matches. If a residual predicate is present (identified by RESIDUAL:() in the Argument column), that predicate must also be satisfied for rows to be considered a match. Behavior is slightly different based on the logical operation being performed:
 - For any joins, use the first (top) input to build the hash table and the second (bottom) input to probe the hash table. Output matches (or nonmatches) as dictated by the join type. If multiple joins use the same join column, these operations are grouped into a hash team.
 - For the distinct or aggregate operators, use the input to build the hash table (removing duplicates and computing any aggregate expressions). When the hash table is built, scan the table and output all entries.
 - For the union operator, use the first input to build the hash table (removing duplicates). Use the second input (which must have no duplicates) to probe the hash table, returning all rows that have no matches, then scan the hash table and return all entries.
See Also
Understanding Hash Joins
Hash Match Team
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Inverts the transform.
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When you invert a transform, a rotation clockwise becomes an identical rotation anti-clockwise. A translation to the left becomes a translation to the right. A zoom in becomes a zoom out.
Note that not every transform can be inverted. If you specify a magnification of zero, you have shrunk your world space to a point. In this case, it is not possible to invert the transform to get the original back again. However, this kind of transform is uncommon in the real world and normally only occurs as a result of programming errors.
If you apply the invert method to a non-invertable transform, the transform will remain unmodified.
Here, we add some text rotated at 45 degrees anti-clockwise around the middle of the document. We then invert the transform and draw some more text. Because the transform has been inverted, the text now appears rotated 45 degrees clockwise.
Set theDoc = Server.CreateObject("ABCpdf11.Doc")
theDoc.FontSize = 72
theDoc.Rect = "0 0 999 999"
theDoc.Pos = "302 396"
theDoc.Transform.Rotate 45, 302, 396
theDoc.AddText "45 Degrees"
theDoc.Pos = "302 396"
theDoc.AddText "Inverted"
theDoc.Save "c:\mypdfs\transforminvert.pdf"


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Definition of cheat sheet
1 : a sheet containing information (as test answers) used secretly for cheating
2 : a written or graphic aid (as a sheet of notes) that can be referred to for help in understanding or remembering something complex
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Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on (2011)
Aug. 22, 2011 to Aug. 27, 2011
During events that involve large crowds (e.g., demonstrations or sports events), large-scale aggressive outbursts are not uncommon. Since these outbursts are usually triggered by relatively small stimuli, and the amount of people involved may grow very quickly, their emergence is often highly unpredictable and difficult to control. The number of different factors that play a role in the development of crowds is large, which makes it difficult to gain a concrete insight in how the collective aggressive behaviour of a given crowd (with known parameters) will develop. This paper is a position paper and is to be considered as a first step in the development of an ambient system to analyse and control the emergence of aggressive behaviour in crowds under different circumstances. The main purpose is to use the system to provide support for police officers and (formal) guardians in both detecting, decreasing and avoiding (the number of) riots.
ambient intelligence, crowd simulation, aggression
Charlotte Gerritsen, "Using Ambient Intelligence to Control Aggression in Crowds", Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on, vol. 03, no., pp. 53-56, 2011, doi:10.1109/WI-IAT.2011.25


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Название: Functional evaluation of the effective potential
Автор: Jackiw R.
By use of the path-integral formulation of quantum mechanics, a series expansion for the effective potential is derived. Each order of the series corresponds to an infinite set of conventional Feynman diagrams, with a fixed number of loops. As an application of the formalism, three calculations are performed. For a set of n self-interacting scalar fields, the effective potential is computed to the two-loop approximation. Also, all loops are summed in the leading-logarithmic approximation when n gets large. Finally, the effective potential for scalar, massless electrodynamics is derived in an arbitrary gauge. It is found that the potential is gauge-dependent, and a specific gauge is exhibited in which all one-loop effects disappear.


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This is a statistical index to the Village Voice Pazz & Jop music critics poll, generated in the process of its tabulation for the last few years.
Click any linked column-heading to sort a table by that column. Click any album or song for an artist profile, or any voter for a voter profile.
Some explanation of the various esoteric metrics:
- Enthusiasm (album): points per vote. On the album poll voters divide 100 points among 10 albums, 5-30 points each.
- Kvltosis: the fraction of an album's points that remain if the album poll is inversely reweighted by voters' centricities (see below).
- Hipness: the fraction of an album's points that remain if the album poll is reweighted by how many singles each voter's ballot listed.
- Metalism (album): the fraction of an album's points that remain if the album poll is reweighted by voters' metalism (see below).
- Monolithity: the fraction of an album's points that remain if you disregard ballots that include a song by the same artist.
- Vitality (album): the fraction of an album's points that came from voters new to the poll that year.
- Singularity: the fraction of a song's votes that remain if you disregard ballots that include an album by the same artist.
- Centricity: how close a voter came to picking to the winning 10 albums.
- Breadth: how close a voter came to picking a different artist for every album/song slot in every voting year.
- Metalism (voter): what fraction of a voter's votes went to metal bands (arbitrarily defined).
- Artist points: sum of their album points plus 2 points per song-vote.
- Enthusiasm (artist): points, as above, per ballot.
Similarity is calculated for albums, songs and artists based on voter overlap, and for ballots and voters based on album+song+artist overlap.
The ballot and voter scores are weighted by album/song/artist popularity.


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How Do Blind People Describe Different Colors?
Having been blind since birth, Tommy Edison is used to fielding questions about how he perceives the concept color. He finally sets the record straight in his recent YouTube video, "Describing Colors To Blind People," that's been making the rounds on the Internet.
"I've never seen color. I don't have any concept of what it is," Tommy says. "There's this whole part of vocabulary – of language – that just doesn't mean anything to me."
He faults sighted people on trying and not succeeding to explain color to him, finding that they often attempt to explain one sense with another sense. "That doesn't make any bloody sense at all!"
In his own words, Tommy tells us what the words "red," "blue," "orange," "black," and "white" mean to him, based solely on what he's heard about them and how they're used in everyday speech.


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Phonetic similarity is the measure by which two words sound the same. we can measure mathematically the phonetic distance between two words; if they sound the same (homophones), their distance is zero; when they are very similar but not identical (paronyms), their distance is one. The measure can be extended to larger phonetic distances; the further the search goes, the larger the number of words that will be found.


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What is advocacy, communication and social mobilization?
Advocacy: Advocacy for TB is to be understood as a broad set of coordinated interventions, designed to place TB high on the political and development agenda, foster political will, increase and sustain financial and other resources.
Communication: Within countries, and in the context of TB control, communication primarily seeks to create and improve knowledge among the general public about TB (e.g. its symptoms and curability), TB control services (e.g. diagnosis and treatment) and improve interpersonal communication between patients and program providers contributing to behavioral change or to meet a particular behavioral goal.
Social Mobilization: In the national and sub-national contexts, social mobilization is a process of generating public will by actively securing broad consensus and social commitment within civil society to fight stigma and eliminate TB as a public health threat. That is, social mobilization seeks to convert knowledge into demonstrable action.


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Balokole is an African fundamentalist Christian reform movement that started in the 1930s. The Balokole arose within the East African Revival Movement which sought to renew the Protestant churches in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. Despite its theological roots in the Western revival movement of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Balokole evolved as an indigenous African movement. The term Balokole can be translated as "the saved ones" or "the chosen".
The Balokole movement criticized established hierarchies within the Church of Uganda and questioned prevailing amorality or double standards. The Balokole formed egalitarian brotherhoods, followed puritanical rules, publicly confessed their sins and professed their experience of conversion, which they understood as a radical break with their former sinful selves and a receiving of new life from God.[1] They stressed the importance of the Lordship of Christ over all areas of life.[1][2]
 1. ^ a b Behrend, Heike (1999). Alice Lakwena and the Holy Spirits. Ohio University Press, Athens. ISBN 0-8214-1311-2.
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Image pictured above, the Making it Work study logo, was designed by Clayton Gauthier.
Making It Work is an Indigenous focused community-based research study focused on integrated community services for people living with HIV, hepatitis C, and/or challenges with mental health or substance use. It is co-led by the Pacific AIDS Network and the AHA Centre, at CAAN. From a methodological perspective, Making It Work seeks to bridge Indigenous ways of knowing and doing and Indigenous research methodologies with Western academic RealistEvaluation methodology. The team has had many discussions about what this would look like and how it would work, and continue to do so. We envision our work as a kind of spiral, where everything we learn feeds into the next questions we seek to ask, and the information we glean from those questions then feeds into further questions, and so on. In addition to the three primary goals of the project, we are actively working to document what this methodological approach looks like and how we are building it as the project goes forward.
Initiative Objectives and Goals
We have three primary goals: to develop and implement an evidence-based evaluation plan for case management and community development programs across BC; to support capacity building in community-based research and evaluation methods for Peer Researchers, communities, and other stakeholders; and to highlight how Indigenous service delivery models can inform services for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people accessing services.
The Role of this Initiative to End the HIV Epidemic
Making It Work explores the relationship between improved outcomes and cultural safety, case management and community development by developing an understanding of how service providers adapt case management and programming to "make them work" in ways that are culturally safe for the people they serve.
Meaningful Engagement with People with Lived Experience
The process was collaborative and inclusive. The communities in which the research took place were full partners in all stages of the process. Community-based research seeks to democratize knowledge by recognizing and valuing the unique strengths and perspectives of all members involved in the research process.
Service providers, peer evaluators, service users, communities and other stakeholders
The importance of dialogue and spending time to discuss things from different perspectives has been evident in integrating Realist Evaluation into our project. This process has been one of capacity bridging between members of our research team with different life experience, and between Indigenous and non-Indigenous team members. Having people come together with different knowledge and world views and spending the time to develop our research methods using 'both eyes', or ways of seeing—without one eye being dominant over the other—has allowed us a wealth of information to build into our understanding. Part of coming together as a team with different experiences and knowledge has meant we have needed to be clear with our language and had to define concepts well. We have done this in team discussion sand have made a "key definitions" document to help guide our work.
Related knowledge transfer and exchange(KTE) products and resources are available on the PAN site.


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Farming was at the heart of all Shaker communities and agricultural experimentation and technology made their farms models of efficiency and innovation.
In the Spring, the herb and vegetable gardens come to life with strawberry and asparagus plants, calendula, thyme, sage and other distinct varieties grown by the Shakers. A bounty of color and scent floods your senses. In the Fall, the gardeners collect seeds from heirloom varieties as part of the Village's ongoing conservation efforts.
Herb gardens provide insight into Shaker use of herbs for culinary and medicinal purposes. Sage, for example, was used as a flavoring in sausages and for other culinary dishes, as well as medicinally for "night sweats, colds and coughs." Foxglove was used for heart ailments (as digitalis). The Village's herb garden contains over 100 of the plants listed in the Shakers 1873 "Druggist's Handbook of Pure Botanical Preparations.
Heirloom vegetable gardens are planted and tended using techniques from the 1843 Shaker "Gardener's Manual." Varieties are based on Shaker seed lists from the 1800s, many of which rare and difficult to find today. Mangel Wurtzel Beets, Early White Turnip Radish, and Large White Marrowfat Peas illustrate they types grown by the Shakers in the 19th century for culinary use, for sale of seeds and for animal fodder. Gardeners are available to answer questions as they tend the gardens. The Village also offers specialty garden tours for groups with advance reservations.
Heritage livestock populate the Village's fields and barnyard, with breeds of sheep, pigs, cattle, and poultry representative of those kept by the Shakers. Farm demonstrations and talks allow visitors an up-close look at the livestock.
Hancock Shaker Village is a member of the Gardens of the Berkshires, a group of eight sites with various garden styles from designed landscapes to preserved historic gardens.


Merging Maps And Objects
Maps and objects have lot of similarities in dynamic languages such that a language designer should consider making them one in the same.
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{I'm curious about your statement, "... dynamic languages should merge associative arrays and OOP. They are too similar in dynamic languages to bother making distinct syntax." Could you expand on that? I'm not sure what you mean.}
Objects are very similar to maps (associative arrays or "hash") in many dynamic languages. With a few tweaks, they can be made one-in-the-same to simplify the language both conceptually and syntactically.
This has been done. LuaLanguage and JavaScript are examples. Boost.Fusion provides similar facilities (using TemplateMetaprogramming) for CeePlusPlus. HList provides similar facilities (using TypefulProgramming) in HaskellLanguage.
For Boost.Fusion see BoostFusion and BoostFusionUserExtension.
I don't claim it's a new or original idea. However, there may be ways to combine the best features and/or facilitate this concept further. --top
Dots and Brackets
Some languages have made it easier to mix dots and brackets as needed. Dots would usually be used, but brackets could be used if and when punctuation or "funny characters" are needed as part of the map key.
 x['y']; // equivalent
 x['7foo.*&6']; // brackets used when the "key" has odd characters.
 x[myVar]; // if indexing is done via a varible
Each is used where more appropriate.
Storing Function Pointers
Maps could store function pointers to serve as methods. If parenthesis could be shortcut for an "executeFunction" operation, then it would resemble a method:
 x.y(p1, p2); // shortcut
executeFunction(x.y, p1, p2); //longcut
A "reserved" key, such as maybe "~parent", could be used to specify the parent(s) for use in inheritance. If a method call is done on a map item and it doesn't contain the given key (method or attribute name), then the parent(s) are called until the name is found or until the top of the tree is encountered. "~parent" would contain the name of array (map) that serves as the parent. If multiple inheritance is allowed, then it would contain a list of the parents, separated by a comma. (This wouldn't be very efficient, but it would offer great meta-ability. Perhaps a shortcut could be to store the address of the parent array as an option, such as "&_PHONE_" instead of "myArray". If the lookup mechanism sees the "&", it knows it's dealing with an address instead of a name.)
An alternative is to use a form of prototype-based inheritance and simply clone the "master" array to "inherit". It would only clone the method/function pointer (above), not the actual function code.
Even without cloning, there's no need for a formal "class" (as is the case with some other dynamic OO languages). A class-like syntax could be used to simplify the creation of the root objects.
What benefits does your scheme offer over more conventional OO syntax, such as that used in C#, Java, Python and Ruby? How does your scheme handle polymorphism and encapsulation?
It allows one to "switch" between using maps and objects or vise verse with little or no changes. It also simplifies the language and training because it reuses a single concept.
Why might you wish to switch between maps and objects?
Polymorphism is using the same key on a different array. It doesn't offer tight encapsulation, which is common with dynamic languages. I'd suggest you consult with fans of those languages, or related wiki topics, to hear their arguments for "loose" encapsulation. (It will probably trigger another type-heavy versus type-lite/dynamic debate.)
Could you expand on what you mean by "[p]olymorphism is using the same key on a different array"?
 person = newMap(...);
 dog = newMap(...);
 function makeSound(obj) {
Your approach seems similar to the struct/class equivalence in C++, except a struct is static but a map is (usually) dynamic. Is that what you have in mind?
{Structs and classes aren't exactly equivalent, they are similar or alike.}
What benefits does your scheme offer over more conventional OO syntax...
Combining maps and objects simplifies GenericProgramming; for example, you can write functions to serialize arbitrary objects (even functions, if the language gives you a representation for them). SingleDispatch polymorphism is possible by assigning function pointers to object parameters - indeed, a common means of modeling OO is to use a record or map of names containing functions... though you might want a little SyntacticSugar for the 'this' or'self' argument.
Encapsulation is provided by the borders of the map... but perhaps you meant to question the feasibility of InformationHiding, of the sort typically achieved by programming against AbstractBaseClasses (aka Interfaces). InformationHiding is important for security (per ObjectCapabilityModel), performance (optimizations), and forwards compatibility (CouplingAndCohesion). These are valuable properties that suffer in MergingMapsAndObjects, but there are several ways to recoup those properties if they are necessary.
Personally, I find mutable maps problematic, and I believe CompositeConsideredHarmful. If we have immutable maps, and we do not use 'objects' to compose data structures, then maps and objects no longer overlap and there is no reason to merge them. Top's desire is to eliminate apparent LanguageIdiomClutter. Rather than MergingMapsAndObjects, a feasible alternative is to further separate them.
What about separating the various features and allow them to be switched on or off as needed by language keywords or some other approach? Is there really a true difference, or can the various attributes be mixed and matched depending on need?
I am the developer of a dynamic language and I have both Objects and Maps. Although I allow interchange of them both in many places, they are quite different. An Object has no optional fields where a Map most certainly does. If a List is created using Class "xyz", then each row will have exactly the same set of fields if an Object is based on the same Class. Class has nothing to do with Maps. With an Object you could use syntax like "xyz.a" if you knew that the Class of "xyz" contained a field called "a", you could know that code would work but there is never a guarantee that any particular field exists in a Map. Using a field from a Map requires that you always verify it's existence before you use it but that can be done at compile time for a field in an Object.
Similar but definitely not the same. -- DavidClarkd
Doesn't sound like a "dynamic" language to me if it's hard to add or remove attributes to objects. If a map-like object had inheritance, then you'd know it always had "a" because the parent had "a". But if you are "locking" existence of attributes to class definition statements, then it's arguable not a dynamic language, or perhaps a hybrid of dynamic and static. (Of course it depends on whether one is using reference inheritance or cloning inheritance.)
"dynamic" has many meanings where most "dynamic" languages have features of both static and dynamic typing (optionally defined, inferred and/or type checked at execution time). What is a "map-like object"? An Object is based on a Class whereas a Map is not. A Map contains it's own schema whereas an Object gets it's schema from the Class it is based on. If you have many Objects that are based on the same Class then that schema is only defined once. If you have many Maps, whether they have the same schema or not, each has it's own schema. My system can change the Class at execution time which most dynamic languages don't allow (Ruby can for instance). Inheritance has nothing to do with dynamic typing or not. I have a very easy way of translating an Object to a Map and vise-versa (the assignment statement), but they both have uses which make the one better or worse than the other, depending on it's use. Why choose to have one or the other in a language when you can have both? -- DavidClarkd
Objects are based on Classes and can therefore have multiple functions associated with them (Classes don't just identify a set of variables). What languages allow functions to be encapsulated with named Maps? I guess it would be possible but why give Maps that capability when you already have Classes that do exactly that? Maps are much more self contained than Objects and more light weight. My Classes can have meta and pseudo variables as well as functions. Why use a sledge hammer when a regular hammer will do? -- DavidClarkd
[What are "meta and pseudo variables"? How are your "[m]aps... more self contained than Objects"?]
My system has 2 quite different kinds of Objects. One kind is used to program at the macro level (called a Server Object SO) and the other at the micro level inside the SO that uses a Class. Although both SO and normal objects contain both data and programs, they have a different set of features and are used for different purposes. The SO objects have their own local memory manager and can access global resources like other kinds of memory (heap etc), disk, web and other services and can only directly access their own data. SO objects send messages to each other that are queued and each SO executes on a single core as independently as possible. Any number of SOs can run on any number of cores at the same time. Code is always


Referencing Package Contents
Now that we've covered Organizing Content, we'll discuss how to access that content across different packages. Let's consider the following example:
within ModelicaByExample.PackageExamples;
model RLC "An RLC circuit referencing types from the Modelica Standard Library"
 parameter Modelica.SIunits.Voltage Vb=24 "Battery voltage";
 parameter Modelica.SIunits.Inductance L = 1;
 parameter Modelica.SIunits.Resistance R = 100;
 parameter Modelica.SIunits.Capacitance C = 1e-3;
 Modelica.SIunits.Voltage V(fixed=true, start=0);
 Modelica.SIunits.Current i_L(fixed=true, start=0);
 Modelica.SIunits.Current i_R;
 Modelica.SIunits.Current i_C;
 i_R = V/R;
 i_C = C*der(V);
 L*der(i_L) = (Vb-V);
end RLC;
As we learned in the previous section, the very first line,
within ModelicaByExample.PackageExamples;
tells us that the RLC model is contained within the ModelicaByExample.PackageExamples package. As with the previous example, we are going to make use of the Modelica package system to allow us to avoid defining types directly in our model. In this way, we define the types once in one package and then we can reuse them in many places simply by referencing them.
Unlike the previous example in this chapter, we don't define any types in this example. Instead, we rely on types that are defined in the Modelica Standard Library. The Modelica Standard Library contains many useful types, models, constants, etc. For this example, we'll just utilize a few of them. These types can be easily recognized because they start with Modelica. in the name of the type.
We look more closely at the Lookup Rules later in this chapter. For now, it is sufficient to say that all the types starting with Modelica. exist within the Modelica package. In this case, all types start with Modelica.SIunits. SIunits is a package within the Modelica package. The purpose of the SIunits package is to store type definitions that conform to ISO standard quantities and units.
As can be seen in the example code, these types are referenced by their "fully qualified name". That means that type name starts with the name of a top-level package (a package that is not contained within another package). Each. in the name represents a new child package. The last name in the sequence identifies that actual type being referenced.
In this case, we are using 5 different types from within the Modelica.SIunits package: Voltage, Inductance, Resistance, Capacitance and Current. These types provide information about the units for each of these types, limitations on the values of these types (e.g., a capacitance cannot be less than zero), etc. They are defined in the Modelica Standard Library as follows:
// Base Definitions
type ElectricPotential = Real(final quantity="ElectricPotential",
 final unit="V");
type ElectricCurrent = Real(final quantity="ElectricCurrent",
 final unit="A");
// The types referenced in our example
type Voltage = ElectricPotential;
type Inductance = Real(final quantity="Inductance",
 final unit="H");
type Resistance = Real(final quantity="Resistance",
 final unit="Ohm");
type Capacitance = Real(final quantity="Capacitance",
 final unit="F", min=0);
type Current = ElectricCurrent;
Apart from providing better documentation, there is an immediate benefit to associating such types with variables and that is because it enables unit consistency checking of the equations. For example, note the following equation from this example:
i_R = V/R;
Clearly, this is a statement of Ohm's law. But what if we made a mistake and accidentally wrote:
i_R = V*R;
Syntactically speaking, this equation is perfectly legal. Furthermore, if the variable i_R, V and R were all declared to have the type Real, there would be no issue with this equation. However, because we know (from the type definitions) that these variables represent a current, a voltage and a resistance, respectively, a Modelica compiler is able to determine (in a completely automatic way using the definitions shown previously) that the left and right hand sides of this equation are inconsistent with respect to physical units. In other words, by associating a physical type with variables it is possible to detect modeling errors, automatically.


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Solvent viscosity effects on the fluoresence lifetimes of 9-phenylanthracene
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This study is concerned with a microscopic look at viscosity, generally considered a macroscopic quantity. Viscosity effects on a molecular scale were probed by studying the fluorescence decay times of a nonpolar dye (9-phenylanthiacene) as a function of viscosity in 10 nonpolar linear alkanes. These times increased from 3.45 to 5.75 ns for viscosities from 0.300 to 2.57 cp. This is attributed to "frictional" forces between fluorescing and solvent molecules during isomerization of the fluorescers. Excitation and deexcitation require the rotation of the phenyl ring from a direction perpendicular to the anthracene moiety in the ground state. Solvent viscosity tends to hinder this rotation. Hence the fluorescence decay rates are influenced by viscosity on a molecular scale. An empirical model that relates the decay rates to a reciprocal function of viscosity is discussed. The fluorescence was excited at 362 nm by a pulsed N2-pumped dye laser, and emission was monitored at 420 nm. Our fast analog technique was used in the acquisition and analysis of the time-resolved data.


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Food Quality Assurance Managers will oversee the quality and safety of a company's food products to ensure they meet standards set by both their company and regulatory authorities. They may be involved in developing and improving new policies and making sure they are adhered to.
A degree or HND in food science, food/chemical engineering, biochemistry, nutrition, microbiology or chemistry will normally be required. Entry without a degree may be possible with relevant experience.
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Confidence in your own abilities
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the dove is a symbol of peace.
These doves can be made
and hung as if flying around your room,
or sent with a message to your Peace Pal.
You will need:
- Start with a square piece of paper which you can make from any rectangle simply by folding up a short edge diagonally to meet the long side and cut off extra. Open flat.
- Fold square paper in half into rectangle and unfold again to lay flat.
- Fold (2) corners in to center line.
- Fold paper in half with triangles inside.
- Fold head down about 1/4 of top edge, creasing well.
- Fold head backwards on the same crease again creasing well.
- Fold (2) Return head to original position and push down on top fold, reversing the middle crease.
- Draw triangle shape and cut away shaded area to make wing and tail.
- Fold up wing. Turn Dove over and fold up other wing.
- Completed Dove can be decorated or hung just like this.


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Drumhead (sign)
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The term drumhead refers to a type of removable sign that was prevalent on North American railroads of the first half of the 20th century. The sign was mounted at the rear of passenger trains, and consisted of a box with internal illumination that shone through a tinted panel bearing the logo of the railroad or specific train.[1] Since the box and the sign were usually circular in shape and resembled small drums, they came to be known as drumheads.
Railroad drumheads were removable so that they could be mounted on different passenger cars (usually on the rear of observations), as needed for specific trains.
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 1. ^ "ABC's of Railroading: Terms of the trade". Trains (Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Publishing): p 22. June 1991.


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Hi guys,
So, we are making a project where we use 3 UV sensors.
We want to get the readings of 3 sensors connected together but we want the serial monitor to show only the readings of the highest intensity of the sensors. So whenever one of the sensor is been directed towards the sun we want only that sensor's readings to show up. And we are not sure how to make the 3 sensors all in one code
This is the original code of one sensor
//Hardware pin definitions
int UVOUT = A0; //Output from the sensor
int REF_3V3 = A1; //3.3V power on the Arduino board
void setup()
 pinMode(UVOUT, INPUT);
 pinMode(REF_3V3, INPUT);
 Serial.println("ML8511 example");
void loop()
 int uvLevel = averageAnalogRead(UVOUT);
 int refLevel = averageAnalogRead(REF_3V3);
 //Use the 3.3V power pin as a reference to get a very accurate output value from sensor
 float outputVoltage = 3.3 / refLevel * uvLevel;
 float uvIntensity = mapfloat(outputVoltage, 0.99, 2.8, 0.0, 15.0); //Convert the voltage to a UV intensity level
 Serial.print("output: ");
 Serial.print("ML8511 output: ");
 Serial.print(" / ML8511 voltage: ");
 Serial.print(" / UV Intensity (mW/cm^2): ");
//Takes an average of readings on a given pin
//Returns the average
int averageAnalogRead(int pinToRead)
 byte numberOfReadings = 8;
 unsigned int runningValue = 0;
 for(int x = 0 ; x < numberOfReadings ; x++)
 runningValue += analogRead(pinToRead);
 runningValue /= numberOfReadings;
//The Arduino Map function but for floats
//From: _URL_
This is the original code of the Sensor
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Environmental Quality Advisory Council
What is EQAC?
The Fairfax County Environmental Quality Advisory Council (EQAC) is an advisory group that has been appointed by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to advise the Board on environmental matters. The Council is comprised of one citizen representative from each Magisterial District, four at-large members, and one student representative. Each member is appointed by the Board of Supervisors to serve a three-year term, except the student member, who serves during his or her junior or senior year of high school.
EQAC provides advice to the Board of Supervisors through its Annual Report on the Environment and through resolutions and positions resulting from discussions at EQAC's monthly meetings. EQAC recommendations typically focus on improvement of the County's efforts in environmental protection and enhancement; they also can address legislative issues as well as state, regional, and federal matters. Environmental issues considered by EQAC include water quality, air quality, noise, hazardous materials, solid waste, stream valley protection, deer management, light pollution, visual pollution, and the use and preservation of ecological resources.
Each year EQAC holds a public hearing to obtain citizen input on issues of environmental concern. The public is encouraged to attend and share views on the state of the environment and to identify any environmental issues applicable to Fairfax County. The public also is invited to attend any EQAC meeting and to submit correspondence for EQAC's consideration at any time.
If you have questions about EQAC, contact Noel Kaplan of the Fairfax County Department of Planning and Zoning at _PHONE_, TTY 711 (Virginia Relay) or send an e-mail message.


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Tuesday 12 March, 1–2pm, Dr Garrett Hellenthal, 'Identifying and dating historical admixture events in humans using DNA'
4 March 2013
Gavin de Beer LT, Anatomy Building, UCL
We describe a new method that uses DNA to identify historical events that have shaped present-day populations. In particular, the approach exploits modern large-scale genetic collections to unearth times in the past where two or more genetically distinct groups interacted and exchanged DNA. The method dates precisely when such events occurred, characterizes the amount of DNA exchange, and describes the genetic composition of the (perhaps extinct) groups involved. We highlight the model's advantages over currently available techniques in the field, including its improved parameter estimation and the additional information it contributes beyond any available methods. Our inference, based entirely on DNA, provides a powerful complement to anthropological resources, helping to resolve existing archaeological controversies, determine precisely how much DNA exchange accompanied known historical periods, and discover previously unknown events. We describe an application to data collected from 95 world-wide geographic regions, in which we characterize over 100 DNA exchange events occurring in the past 3000 years.
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Advanced Rudder Stroke Techniques
The cross bow rudder strokes are similar to the bow rudder strokes. Yet, there is a slight difference. The bow passenger performs this act on the opposite side in which he normally paddles the kayak. The cross bow rudder stroke unlike the bow rudder stroke does not give you the time to switch hands. During this action you must rotate or swivel your body. While in position prepare to swivel your body around toward the opposite direction, and then cross the bow.
At the same time you want to scoop the blade downward toward the water. To avoid ensnaring your hand between the gunwale and blade, make sure you bring the lower hand up, and place it on the shank (shaft) a few inches. Keep the paddle gripped near the armpit (left) and make sure the paddle's blade dips into the water at a 40 degree angle.
Tip: You can use the sweep strokes at a 90-degree angle and reach the same affect you would get from the cross bow rudder method. Sweep strokes are commonly used by kayakers and canoeists to turn the boat slightly without interrupted the direction.
How sweep strokes work? You have choice. The first choice is to push over the bow. The second choice is to drive the kayak forward. The third method is to pull the stern toward the paddle.
How do other types of kayaking strokes work? Well, it depends on the stroke in which many are employed in kayaking. For instance, the stern rudder stroke is similar to the bow rudder strokes. The bow rudder is the process where the bow passenger uses his paddles to steer the boat in the course which he is paddling the kayak. The stern stroke is often utilized when the stern passenger cannot use the J-stroke method to redirect his kayak. Sometimes the direction the kayak is headed needs readjustment, thus the kayaker will employ the stern stroke to redirect the boat. Unlike the bow rudder stroke the person paddling the kayak will reverse his sweep and take a 120-degree angled turn rather than a 40-degree turn.
Tip: If you need to make an immediate turn while kayaking the bow rudder strokes is ideal, yet a draw stroke would be more beneficial if you spotted a obstacle in the waters that could cause damage. The bow rudder strokes will slow the kayak.
Kayaks are sport canoes, which are often lightweight and made of fiberglass. The boats are utilized in whitewater rafting, leisure, and often in competitive sports. The older models were made of animal skin, which *Inuit boats held one or two passengers, which both would use double-blade paddles to control the kayak. Sometimes people use kayaks to travel or race.
Facts: *Inuit is Artic people, or people from Greenland. The members of these lands lived in coastal areas of the Artic, Greenland, and Canada. The languages of Inuit descendants constituted languages of three branches. The branches included the Eskimo Aleut family.
Canoeing has dated back for centuries, which the kayak is a form of canoe. Today, people are enjoying whitewater kayaking, traveling, cruising, and more. In fact, the Internet has posted many sites that offer vacations that include whitewater kayaking. Kayaks are far more dangerous than canoes, since kayaks have closed seating arrangements, which you are often strapped in with knee and thigh straps. If you capsize (flip) the kayak, you had better learn steps to take to save your life.


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Set up a backup payment method
If you use automatic payments, you'll need to have one payment method that's designated as a primary. You can also add a backup credit card to your account, to serve as a safety net. If your primary payment method doesn't work for some reason, we'll charge your costs to your backup credit card. This ensures that your ads keep running.
Follow these steps to set up a backup payment method.
- Sign in to your Adwords account.
- Click the gear icon and choose Billing & payments. Go to Billing
- Click the Payment methods link on the side of the page.
- Find your payment method, and click the Set as Primary or Set as Back up link.
You can designate a credit card or (in most countries) a debit card as a backup, but not a bank account.


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The Australian climate, like most other parts of the world, is unique to a certain level. There's a difference between the American/European summer and Australian summer. Air conditioners that work in those countries don't necessarily do well in Australia, thanks to the harsher Aussie climate. Fortunately for Australia, the country has a home-grown AC company that knows what harsh Australian summers are like. Yes, we are talking about Actron Air. In this article, we'll focus specifically on Actron Air's Energy Smart Performance (ESP) Platinum and its benefits.
Introduction to ESP Platinum
ESP Platinum is a ducted system that's engineered to bear Australia's coldest and hottest climatic conditions. It's designed to excel in scenarios where other brand ACs would struggle and potentially stop working for a period of time. Besides this resilience, the ESP Platinum Ultima setup has several marquee features built into it. For instance, there is Energy Smart Zoning that uses sensors to virtually split the house in different areas and offer cooling based on a specific zone's requirements. There are several other benefits to ESP Platinum, which is discussed in a bit more detail in the following paragraphs.
- Superior Operating Range
Most non-Australian ACs have an upper operating temperature level of 43 to 46-degree Celsius. ESP Platinum can operate up to 50-degree Celsius. The difference of 4 degrees may not look much on paper but makes a marked difference in real life. The temperature near the outdoor AC unit could reach much higher than what's said on weather reports, thanks to the direct heat or sun radiation off the ground. These outdoor units are usually attached against a fence or wall where there isn't much air circulation. The higher operating conditions of ESP Platinum enables it to excel during higher temperature periods.
- Vertical Air Discharge
The ESP Platinum's outdoor unit is clever in the way that it has a vertical and not the industry-standard horizontal air discharge. Sides of Australian homes are certainly handy outdoor unit spaces, but they usually are jam-packed. There is, therefore, not much space for the air to escape the area. In case of horizontal discharge, there are more chances of hot air surrounding the unit, resulting in increased energy consumption, reduced performance and the possibility of the system completely stopping to protect itself till it cools off. The ESP Platinum discharges air vertically and eliminates all of these issues.
- Increased Energy Savings
As aforementioned, Energy Smart Zoning in the ESP Platinum ULTIMA ensures you receive air-conditioned air only when it's needed. An Australian home may have a big living area along with other smaller areas that will be split into various operating zones. Regular inverter systems during night time operation in particular, may deliver excessive air than is required, when a particular zone is shut off. As a result, the zone that's open experiences the "air dump" effect that is inefficient, noisy, and blows the curtain away. ESP Platinum's Variable Fan Technology delivers appropriate levels of conditioned air to your required zones, with the ability to descend to as much as 20 percent of total airflow capacity, and 20% of the total system capacity.
As a result, the ESP Platinum system delivers performance that's almost 75 percent more energy-efficient compared to traditional fixed-speed ACs. With such savings, you can save close to $4500 in 5 years on your electricity bill.
A better comparison is against inverters as every Japanese and Korean system on the market is an inverter system. The number in $$$$ saving won't be as high but it will be a comparison against all of Actron's competitors.
- Tru-Inverter Technology
Unlike traditional inverter compressors that induce a jump in capacity step-by-step, ESP Platinum's Tru-Inverter is much more reactive to demand, which means it can attain desired temperature smoother and faster. In other words, Tru-Inverter can cool and heat your house five times faster compared to a traditional inverter system. Tru-Inverter also contributes to improved efficiency of the system by operating down to 20 percent of total capacity. On the other hand, conventional inverters can go down to only 50 percent of capacity. Some other systems may also claim similar capabilities but they may only reach high capacity output for as little as 20min bursts, which obviously slows the process down. Once the 20min burst is complete the system can only run at 100% capacity till you turn it off and back on, as opposed to the ESP Platinum Plus / Ultima systems which can run at 120% 24/7. These short 20min bursts are not going to make any difference on a hot summer day which defeats the purpose of a Tru compressor system.


NY Penal Law 195.15 – Obstructing firefighting operations
A person is guilty of obstructing firefighting operations when he intentionally and unreasonably obstructs the efforts of any:
 1. fireman in extinguishing a fire, or prevents or dissuades another from extinguishing or helping to extinguish a fire; or
 2. fireman, police officer or peace officer in performing his duties in circumstances involving an imminent danger created by an explosion, threat of explosion or the presence of toxic fumes or gases.
Obstructing firefighting operations is a class A misdemeanor.