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Fiduciary Duty
What is Fiduciary Duty?
Who's involved
A fiduciary relationship involves:
 - A fiduciary—i.e., the person who owes the duty
 - A principal—i.e., the person whose best interest the fiduciary is supposed to protect
In this type of relationship, a principal entrusts a fiduciary with taking care of their money, property, or other assets.
Trust is the key element of a fiduciary relationship. To maintain this trust, a fiduciary is expected to fulfill three specific obligations:
 - Duty of loyalty: A fiduciary has to make decisions that are in the principal's best interests (even if those decisions go against the fiduciary's financial interests).
 - Duty of care: A fiduciary should thoroughly research and evaluate all options and scenarios before making a decision or recommendation to the principal.
 - Duty of good faith: A fiduciary must use good judgment and act carefully.
When does the duty apply?
Most fiduciary relationships involve financial matters, but others focus on providing advice or general caretaking. Here are some examples:
Who's involved Fiduciary What they have to do
Lawyer and client Lawyer Provide the client with enough information to make legal decisions and protect the client's privacy
Guardian and ward Guardian Ensure the ward has a place to live, receives the healthcare and education they need, and keeps their finances in order
Board directors and shareholders Board directors Use company assets in ways that maximize benefits for shareholders
Trustee and beneficiary Trustee Manage assets in the trust and distribute them to the beneficiary
What if breached?
Sometimes, a fiduciary does not meet their legal obligations. This is considered a breach of fiduciary duty. This might occur when a fiduciary:
 - Doesn't disclose conflicts of interest
 - Acts carelessly
 - Does something that gives them a financial gain at the expense of the principal's interests
 - Neglects certain responsibilities
Although a fiduciary duty is a legal responsibility, simply breaching it doesn't mean the fiduciary goes to prison (though they could if they did something criminal). However, the principal could sue for damages, or the fiduciary could lose their professional credentials (like if a lawyer gets disbarred).
Financial advisors
Fiduciary duty is a hot topic (and source of confusion) when it comes to financial advisors because they aren't all fiduciaries despite what many people think.
Examples Requirements
Fiduciaries Registered investment advisors Must follow the (more strict) fiduciary duty
Not fiduciaries Broker-dealers and insurance agents Must follow the (less strict) suitability standard, which requires making recommendations suitable to a client's personal situation (but not necessarily in their best interest)
In practice, this can mean that non-fiduciary advisors may be more likely to recommend investment options that pay them commissions and could face less strict requirements when it comes to disclosing certain conflicts of interest.
The fiduciary duty is a legal relationship in which one party is required to act in another's best interest. The duty can arise in lawyer-client, director-shareholder, trustee-beneficiary relationships, and more.
Fun facts
 - The word "fiduciary" comes from the Latin term fidere, which means "to trust."
 - The concept of a fiduciary was first defined in Roman law, but some historians trace the origins of fiduciary duties back to Hammurabi's Code.
 - A fiduciary relationship may be spelled out in a contract or other legal document, but it can also be implied and occur informally through one party's dealings with another.
Key takeaways
 - A fiduciary duty requires one party to act in the best interest of another party.
 - Fiduciary relationships often involve the handling of one party's money or property.
 - A breach of fiduciary duty occurs when a fiduciary fails to fulfill their obligations, such as by putting their own interests ahead of the principal's.
 - Some financial advisors, like registered investment advisors, are fiduciaries, but others, like broker-dealers, may not be.
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I was recently arrested for the first time in my life. I was charged with simple assault. What is the maximum sentence I could get?
In Pennsylvania, we have sentencing guidelines. The maximum sentence allowed under law is rarely used. If this is your first arrest, most certainly, you are not going to get the maximum sentence for simple assault, a misdemeanor. The sentencing guidelines use two factors to determine the appropriate sentence: your prior conviction record and the seriousness of your current offense.
In your example, your prior conviction record is zero because you said the arrest was your first. The offense gravity score is low because simple assault is a misdemeanor. Without having more information, assuming you do not ask for a jury trial, and assuming you are actually convicted of simple assault, you should most likely get probation. Also, you may even be eligible for ARD (Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition), where you would have no conviction.
However, I understand that people think lawyers don't answer their questions directly. The statutory maximum for simple assault is 1-2 years.
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text: Community based monitoring is emerging as a promising practice for improving programme effectiveness and as a key component of rights-based implementation of health programmes. One of the challenges of this approach is to demonstrate that it is yielding results. Community based monitoring is often seen as a process intensive intervention, which may not yield results in terms of changes in health 'services' and health 'outcomes' in the short term. However, it is very important in 'empowering' communities and in building their capacities in engaging with service providers and to negotiate better services for themselves. This paper discusses the different conceptual dimensions of community monitoring and then explores the difficulties of monitoring and assessing progress and results. It also explores a set of mechanisms for documenting and assessing progress drawing upon contemporary practice of evaluation. Using practical examples drawn from the author's own practice and two examples of field level practice in India, the author proposes a practical methodology for assessing progress, drawing lessons and for establishing robust evidence based results in the field of community based monitoring.


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How to prepare an insoluble salt?
1. Pour 50 cm3 of 1mol dm-3 … solution into a beaker. (Pour = Po)
2. Pour 50 cm3 of 1mol dm-3 … solution into the beaker. (Pour = P)
3. Stir the mixture with the glass rod. (Stir = S)
4. Filter the mixture to get the residue. (Filter = F)
5. Rinse the residue with distilled water. (Rinse = Ri)
6. Dry the residue in between filter papers. (Dry = D)
7. Chemical equation.
Both salt solutions are soluble salt and one of them must have 'cation' and another have 'anion' of the insoluble salt.
The formula: PoPS FRiD
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How to Find Prisoner Info and Mugshots
Exploring the criminal justice system on the web
If you're looking for a prison inmate, a mugshot, or more information about the United States criminal justice system, the internet hosts a number of websites that can help.
The resources below can be used to locate inmate pictures, find which facility an inmate is located at, see where prisons and jails are in each state, and learn other details related to the penal system.
A facility might not update its online information on a prisoner for 24 hours or longer after incarceration.
Find Prisoners With a Federal Inmate Locator
Person using the Federal Bureau of Prisons database
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The easiest way to do a nationwide inmate search to locate which prison an inmate is located at (or where they were held before release), is to search for the person using the Find an Inmate search tool on It works for any offender incarcerated from 1982 to present day.
If you know the person's BOP register, DCDC, FBI, or INS number, you can search by it for a super-targeted search. Otherwise, try finding the inmate by their name, age, and gender.
Find Information About State Prison Systems
VINELink Iowa page
VINELink, a service of the National Victim Notification Network, lets you search criminal cases and offender information state by state, using their name or offender ID number. You also have the opportunity to obtain information about current criminal cases and the status of offenders.
The same website from above can be used to find more information about federal prisons, such as the prison's primary email address and phone number, its judicial district and county, how many inmates are in the prison, and more. Visit's Search Locations page for these details.
Locate Inmate Pictures and Mugshots
Since most states keep an online database of people in the penal system, you can usually find mugshots with identifying information such as the date of the crime and the length of the sentence.
To do this, open a search engine like Google and type your state followed by department of corrections to find your jurisdiction's offender database. Like this:
kansas department of corrections
Kansas Department of Corrections website
Once you get to your state's Department of Corrections page, you might have to do a little bit of searching for penal records. Each state has them listed differently; some might have a link to Offender Search or Inmate Search.
Every state's penal search form has a couple of things in common. You'll need at least a last name just to get started, and if you have a first name, you'll have even better results. Unless you have a lot of specific information, try a general search first and narrow it down until you find what you're looking for.
If you want a copy of your own individual arrest images, you can go to the jail where the initial booking took place and make inquiries. The process differs by county and state, but you'll most likely need to make a formal records request to obtain this information. If the mugshot is part of an ongoing investigation, it may be exempt from any kind of public records request depending on where you're located. is another way to find mugshots. Unlike the websites above, it isn't offered by the government, but it still provides millions of records, all browsable by state and searchable by name.
Not every person who gets arrested gets their picture taken, and arrest information isn't necessarily public record unless you're a celebrity or similar person of public interest.
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A wind chime is a decoration which is made up of hollow metal tubes arranged in a circular or cubical pattern with a slightly longer stick at the center of the arrangement which strikes the tubes to make a low pitch sound. The ornament has been used since Roman times and was placed outside houses to ward off evil spirits. In South East Asia, wind chimes have been used for centuries and are hung in gardens, verandas and courtyards normally and as their name suggest, are operated by gusts of wind.
Wind Chimes are made in hundreds of different materials, shapes, arrangements, colors and sizes. These properties depend on where they are hung and other factors which include the pattern and color of the articles in their whereabouts. Most commonly, metallic wind chimes are made these days which are preferably of Aluminum because of the metal being hollow, light and making faint, low pitched sounds. The tubes of the chimes are colored depending on their material of construction with wood normally being colored brown and metal being shaded silvery.
Like mentioned above, wind chimes are made in a variety of sizes. The dimensions of the decoration depend on where it is going to be hung and on some other factors like the material of construction. Larger wind chimes are affordable as long as the material of construction is Aluminum because of it being light weight but smaller chimes are made in case of wood and steel. If they are to be hung in a wide open place, wind chimes are made bigger so as to benefit from a bigger amount of wind and create more sound. On the contrary, smaller ones are used in tight porches and terraces so that they look good and not out of place.
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a local port, immediately monitor the spawned port, and in the remote init function, immediately monitor the passed local port. This two-way monitoring ensures that both ports get cleaned up when there is a problem. "spawn" guarantees that the $initfunc has no visible effects on the caller before "spawn" returns (by delaying invocation when spawn is called for the local node). Example: spawn a chat server port on $othernode. # this node, executed from within a port context: my $server = spawn $othernode, "MyApp::Chat::Server::connect", $SELF; mon $server; # init function on C<$othernode> sub connect { my ($srcport) = _USER_; mon $srcport; rcv $SELF, sub {... }; } after $timeout, _USER_ after $timeout, $callback Either sends the given message, or call the given callback, after the specified number of seconds. This is simply a utility function that comes in handy at times - the AnyEvent::MP author is not convinced of the wisdom of having it, though, so it may go away in the future. cal $port, _USER_, $callback[, $timeout] A simple form of RPC - sends a message to the given $port with the given contents (_USER_), but adds a reply port to the message. The reply port is created temporarily just for the purpose of receiving the reply, and will be "kil"ed when no longer needed. A reply message sent to the port is passed to the $callback as-is. If an optional time-out (in seconds) is given and it is not "undef", then the callback will be called without any arguments after the time-out elapsed and the port is "kil"ed. If no time-out is given (or it is "undef"), then the local port will monitor the remote port instead, so it eventually gets cleaned-up. Currently this function returns the temporary port, but this "feature" might go in future versions unless you can make a convincing case that this is indeed useful for something. AnyEvent::MP vs. Distributed Erlang AnyEvent::MP got lots of its ideas from distributed Erlang (Erlang node == aemp node, Erlang process == aemp port), so many of the documents and programming techniques employed by Erlang apply to AnyEvent::MP. Here is a sample: # chapters 3 and 4 # chapters 5 and 6 # chapters 4 and 5 Despite the similarities, there are also some important differences: * Node IDs are arbitrary strings in AEMP. Erlang relies on special naming and DNS to work everywhere in the same way. AEMP relies on each node somehow knowing its own address(es) (e.g. by configuration or DNS), and possibly the addresses of some seed nodes, but will otherwise discover other nodes (and their IDs) itself. * Erlang has a "remote ports are like local ports" philosophy, AEMP uses "local ports are like remote ports". The failure modes for local ports are quite different (runtime errors only) then for remote ports - when a local port dies, you *know* it dies, when a connection to another node dies, you know nothing about the other port. Erlang pretends remote ports are as reliable as local ports, even when they are not. AEMP encourages a "treat remote ports differently" philosophy, with local ports being the special case/exception, where transport errors cannot occur. * Erlang uses processes and a mailbox, AEMP does not queue. Erlang uses processes that selectively receive messages, and therefore needs a queue. AEMP is event based, queuing messages would serve no useful purpose. For the same reason the pattern-matching abilities of AnyEvent::MP are more limited, as there is little need to be able to filter messages without dequeuing them. (But see Coro::MP for a more Erlang-like process model on top of AEMP). * Erlang sends are synchronous, AEMP sends are asynchronous. Sending messages in Erlang is synchronous and blocks the process (and so does not need a queue that can overflow). AEMP sends are immediate, connection establishment is handled in the background. * Erlang suffers from silent message loss, AEMP does not. Erlang implements few guarantees on messages delivery - messages can get lost without any of the processes realising it (i.e. you send messages a, b, and c, and the other side only receives messages a and c). AEMP guarantees (modulo hardware errors) correct ordering, and the guarantee that after one message is lost, all following ones sent to the same port are lost as well, until monitoring raises an error, so there are no silent "holes" in the message sequence. * Erlang can send messages to the wrong port, AEMP does not. In Erlang it is quite likely that a node that restarts reuses a process ID known to other nodes for a completely different process, causing messages destined for that process to end up in an unrelated process. AEMP never reuses port IDs, so old messages or old port IDs floating around in the network will not be sent to an unrelated port. * Erlang uses unprotected connections, AEMP uses secure authentication and can use TLS. AEMP can use a proven protocol - TLS - to protect connections and securely authenticate nodes. * The AEMP protocol is optimised for both text-based and binary communications. The AEMP protocol, unlike the Erlang protocol, supports both programming language independent text-only protocols (good for debugging) and binary, language-specific serialisers (e.g. Storable). By default, unless TLS is used, the protocol is actually completely text-based. It has also been carefully designed to be implementable in other languages with a minimum of work while gracefully degrading functionality to make the protocol simple. * AEMP has more flexible monitoring options than Erlang. In Erlang, you can chose to receive *all* exit signals as messages or *none*, there is no in-between, so monitoring single processes is difficult to implement. Monitoring in AEMP is more flexible than in Erlang, as one can choose between automatic kill, exit message or callback on a per-process basis. * Erlang tries to hide remote/local connections, AEMP does not. Monitoring in Erlang is not an indicator of process death/crashes, in the same way as linking is (except linking is unreliable in Erlang). In AEMP, you don't "look up" registered port names or send to named ports that might or might not be persistent. Instead, you normally spawn a port on the remote node. The init function monitors you, and you monitor the remote port. Since both monitors are local to the node, they are much more reliable (no need for "spawn_link"). This also saves round-trips and avoids sending messages to the wrong port (hard to do in Erlang). RATIONALE Why strings for port and node IDs, why not objects? We considered "objects", but found that the actual number of methods that can be called are quite low. Since port and node IDs travel over the network frequently, the serialising/deserialising would add lots of overhead, as well as having to keep a proxy object everywhere. Strings can easily be printed, easily serialised etc. and need no special procedures to be "valid". And as a result, a port with just a default receiver consists of a single code reference stored in a global hash - it can't become much cheaper. Why favour JSON, why not a real serialising format such as Storable? In fact, any AnyEvent::MP node will happily accept Storable as framing format, but currently there is no way to make a node use Storable by default (although all nodes will accept it). The default framing protocol is JSON because a) JSON::XS is many times faster for small messages and b) most importantly, after years of experience we found that object serialisation is causing more problems than it solves: Just like function calls, objects simply do not travel easily over the network, mostly because they will always be a copy, so you always have to re-think your design. Keeping your messages simple, concentrating on data structures rather than objects, will keep your messages clean, tidy and efficient. SEE ALSO AnyEvent::MP::Intro - a gentle introduction. AnyEvent::MP::Kernel - more, lower-level, stuff. AnyEvent::MP::Global - network maintenance and port groups, to find your applications. AnyEvent::MP::DataConn - establish data connections between nodes. AnyEvent::MP::LogCatcher - simple service to display log messages from all nodes. AnyEvent. AUTHOR Marc Lehmann


Copying an Existing Budget
This entry is part 8 of 16 in the series Focus Guide - BFA: Budgets
BFA supports entering data for a budget by copying the budget from an existing project. When you copy the budget from an existing project, you can choose to copy the existing project's Original, EAC, Actual, or FAC amounts and/or to apply a multiple to the Amount or Units. Furthermore, you are able to preview the rows to be copied and select which rows to include or exclude in your copy.
Using Budgets as Templates
Because of the flexibility in copying existing budgets, you can choose to create a project for the sole purpose of creating a budget with zero amounts but with line items that will be used as a "template" for other project budgets. When it is time to create a budget for a real project, you can choose which line items you want from your "template" budget through the Copy Existing option. Also, providing there is no conflict in the work-breakdown-structure of your budget, you can use the Copy Existing option multiple times. This allows you to create "templates" for sections of your budget that can be added as needed. For example, you can create a template budget that contains only "Site Construction" line items (with Cost Codes beginning in 02) and another that contains only "Electrical" line items (with Cost Codes beginning in 16) and so on. When it is time to add data to a budget in a real project, you would use the Copy Existing option to get your line items from "Site Work" and then again to get line items from "Electrical," etc. and then you would enter your amounts manually.
Note: You can copy only from a project with an Approved Budget, so even template budgets must be Approved.
To copy a budget from an existing project:
 1. From the Budget ribbon, click Copy Existing. A Retrieve Existing Budget dialog box will appear.
 2. Browse for the existing project from which you want to copy budget rows. If you want to copy the Billing Codes also, click the Copy Billings Codes? checkbox.
 3. Click Add.
 4. In the Select Import Rows box, click the Pick checkbox for those rows you want to copy.
 5. (optional) Select the Budget Source: Original, EAC, Actual, or FAC.
 6. (optional) Edit the Multiplier for the Amount or Unit as required.
 7. Click Group if you would like to group the results.
 8. Click Insert to copy the selected rows from the existing project to a new budget.
 9. In the Budget worksheet, review your copied budget and make any additions (Add New Rows), deletions (Delete Rows), and edits as needed.
 10. When you have finished entering your data, check the Revenue and Budget totals listed at the top of the columns to ensure you have entered your entire budget.
 11. Save your entries, close Excel, and return to the Spitfire Budget document.
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Traditional methods of construction are struggling to keep up with the international demand for better, more efficient and affordable buildings. As a result, many in the construction industry are turning to alternative methods to solve their problems. And one emerging technology is leading the way – Cold Formed Steel construction (CFS), also known as Light Gauge Steel (or LGS).


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December 17, 2012 | City College
Images of colonial-era Dominican historic sites and monuments comprise collection
The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute at The City College of New York (CUNY DSI) announced today that it has made accessible on the Internet an extensive collection of photographs of places and monuments from early colonial times of the Dominican Republic.
The searchable collection, titled "First Blacks in the Americas," contains more than 2,900 photographs, organized in 57 sets, of historic monuments built during the Dominican Republic's colonial period. These buildings, churches, houses and sites of industrial and artisan production date to when what is today the Dominican nation began to develop as the first colony of the Spanish empire in the Americas.
"These photographs constitute a valuable visual tool to understand what life was like for the forebears of today's Dominicans during their first three centuries of history," said Dr. Ramona Hernández, director of CUNY DSI. "At the time, these places constituted the diverse scenarios where generation after generation of inhabitants of La Española lived, worked and worshiped as they constructed, first, a colonial society and, then, an independent nation under the name of Dominican Republic."
CUNY DSI Assistant Director Anthony Stevens-Acevedo led the effort to shoot, compile and upload the photographic collection to Flickr.com, an online photo-sharing system.
Two CUNY students, Xiomara Sandoval, a student in the M.A. program in education at CCNY, and Yuberkys Pietrera Nova, an undergraduate in the B.A. program in education at Lehman College, assisted him.
Students, teachers, professors, researchers and other persons interested in studying Dominican history can use the images freely for research and educational purposes. The CUNY DSI Library will work with teachers from Upper Manhattan schools to create lesson plans that use the photos and conduct on-campus workshops for students. Commercial use of the photos requires formal permission from CUNY DSI under the Creative Commons license under which the images were published.
The images can be applied to teaching an array of themes about the Dominican culture's past. Examples include: ancient building systems, working conditions and types of work associated with construction and architectural styles and life conditions and life styles associated with each type of building.
"We think this is the first collection online with this number of photos of Dominican historical sites that has been uploaded for public use so far," said Dr. Hernández. "We have noticed the scarcity of images of this kind that exists online, and, in the face of this, we have decided to make ours available to the public interested in Dominican issues."
The photographs in this collection are part of current projects undertaken by CUNY DSI that focus on early Dominican people, including:
- "First Blacks of the Americas," a micro-website devoted to disseminating the stories of the African population that arrived in La Española during the 16th century and their descendants;
- "Juan Rodríguez and the Beginnings of New York City," about the inhabitant of La Española who arrived in what is today New York in 1613 onboard a Dutch vessel, and
- "The Spanish Paleography Digital Teaching and Learning Tool," which will help the public learn how to read the handwriting styles used in Spanish manuscripts of the 16th and 17th centuries.
This collection of images contributes to an increased public awareness about the rich monumental and material heritage Dominicans have, Dr. Hernández added. She noted that the Dominican heritage speaks of a historical and cultural continuity that runs from the time the first Europeans arrived in 1492 and began to interact with local aboriginals and Africans until the present day.
"These buildings and monuments have an important history to tell; a history of which the Dominican people in the United States is the most recent chapter," Dr. Hernández stated. "This is a history that must not be forgotten because, to a large degree, it explains who Dominicans are and their way of being as a people."
Accessing the collection
There are two ways to view the collection of photographs in the CUNY DSI online account on Flickr.com.
To view the images by thematic set, go to: _URL_ which leads the visitor directly to the CUNY DSI "photostream" page in Flickr. Click on the link to the "First Blacks in the Americas" collection. When the page for that collection opens as a mosaic photos, click on any of the thumbnail image buttons to open the respective set of photographs.
To view images by thematic or subject categories across the entire collection, go to _URL_. Type the tag-words "CUNY DSI" and "Dominican Republic" or "Hispaniola" in the "search" box, followed by any of the other thematic tag-words that have been assigned to the photographs, like "colonial period," "colonial churches," "colonial houses," "colonial mills," "colonial walls," etc.
On the Internet
Photos: Three of the more than 2,900 images of colonial-era buildings and monuments made accessible via FlickR by the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute.
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Describes a resource object that supports single phase commit optimization to participate in a transaction.
Assembly: System.Transactions (in System.Transactions.dll)
Notifies an enlisted object that a transaction is being committed.(Inherited from IEnlistmentNotification.)
Notifies an enlisted object that the status of a transaction is in doubt.(Inherited from IEnlistmentNotification.)
Notifies an enlisted object that a transaction is being prepared for commitment.(Inherited from IEnlistmentNotification.)
Notifies an enlisted object that a transaction is being rolled back (aborted).(Inherited from IEnlistmentNotification.)
Represents the resource manager's implementation of the callback for the single phase commit optimization.
You should note that even when your resource manager implements this interface to support single phase commit optimization, it is not guaranteed that it receives a single phase commit. The transaction manager can still send two phase commit notifications instead.
To enlist your resource manager as a participant in a transaction, call the EnlistVolatile method or the EnlistDurable method of the Transaction class. Specifically, the EnlistmentOptions parameter should equal to None to ensure that a single phase commit is performed. If it is mistakenly set to EnlistDuringPrepareRequired, no single phase commit occurs.
Since the IEnlistmentNotification interface, the resource manager must also implement all the methods of the latter for two phase commit notifications. It is the transaction manager's choice as to whether two phase commit or the single phase commit optimization is used with this resource manager. However, implementing this interface gives the resource manager the opportunity to take advantage of the optimization when it is available.interface derives from the
If the optimization is used and the transaction manager calls the SinglePhaseCommit method of the enlisted resource, the resource manager should respond to this call by using various methods of the SinglePhaseEnlistment class to inform the transaction manager if the transaction is to be committed or rolled back.
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Pronunciation of Outdraw
English Meaning
To draw out; to extract.
 1. To extract or draw out.
 2. To remove a gun from its holster, and fire it, faster than another.
 3. To attract a larger crowd than.
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Ark Survival Evolved: New Creatures in Genesis Part 2
There are many different creatures in Ark: Survival Evolved, which is also what attracts players. 7 new creatures have also been added to the latest update of Genesis Part 2. Below is an introduction to these creatures.
This creature is quite docile, but if you decide to kill it, it will drop animal skins, raw meat, fur, and keratin. You can find it in Eden along the northern half of the map, and it's easy to find.
This creature uses invisible power to track its prey, but you can still see it because of the faint shimmer around its body and its paw prints behind. If you want to tame the shadowmane, you must find them during the day when they are resting. They are most abundant in the southern half of the Rockwell side of the map.
If you happen to get this creature too close, it will repeatedly bite and attack and call on its siblings to help win the battle. You can tame it by stroking it twice and then feeding it the elements. It is a good vehicle because its saddle has thrusters and lasers.
Tek Stryder
Tek Stryder is a mechanical creature, once it is tamed, you can turn it into anything you want. It is most commonly found on the Eden side of the map, where you should build your base.
Noglin is a strange but interesting creature because it can control the thoughts of other creatures and survivors. You can tame it by letting it control your own tame.
It is a mechanical creature, very similar to a typical Wyvern. It can be tamed, but you must ride it. Tek Wyverns patrols the middle of the map between Eden and Rockwell and can be found near the asteroid.
They are very aggressive creatures. Summoners can only use cheat codes to force taming. It is not the creature you want to annoy, but if you kill it, every creature it summons will die with it.
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A comparative study of two methods for determination of pH, exchangeable base cations, and aluminum
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis
Förlag: Taylor & Francis
The ability to compare soil chemical data achieved by different chemical extraction methods is a necessity for an efficient long-term monitoring of soils and for comparisons of results from regional soil surveys with differing standard methods. This study compares two common, methods for analysis of soil chemical properties, the combination of soil extraction in 1.0 M NH4Cl and 1.0 M KCl and the single extraction method using 0.1 M BaCl2. Results show that the two methods do not differ in extraction capability with regard to pH and exchangeable calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg). However, there is less agreement in extraction capability with regard. to potassium (K), sodium (Na), and aluminum (Al). For these elements, BaCl2 is less efficient than NH4Cl and KCl. Despite the differences in extraction capability between BaCl2 and KCl/NH4Cl, regression analyses showed that the methods are well correlated (high regression coefficients for all, elements). Thus, transformation of data achieved by one method to estimated values of the other method are possible. Results from this study may be an important tool for comparisons of mineral soil data achieved by the two methods.
- Biology and Life Sciences
- ISSN: 0010-3624


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Convert Pinches of Salt to Smidgens
Enter the salt volume in pinches below to get the value converted to smidgens.
How to Convert Pinches to Smidgens
To convert a pinch measurement to a smidgen measurement, multiply the salt volume by the conversion ratio. One pinch of salt is equal to 2 smidgens, so use this simple formula to convert:
The salt volume in smidgens is equal to the pinches multiplied by 2.
Pinches and smidgens are both units used to measure salt volume. Keep reading to learn more about each unit of measure.
A pinch is a small unit used in cooking, typically used to measure salt and other spices when seasoning. One pinch is equal to the amount of seasoning that can be taken between your thumb and finger, or 1/2 of a dash. The pinch is a rough measurement, but is commonly considered to be equal to 1/16 of a teaspoon.
A smidgen is a very small unit used in cooking, most often used to measure salt and seasonings. One smidgen is equal to 1/2 of a pinch, which is the amount of seasoning that you can "pinch" between your thumb and finger. Although the smidgen is considered a rough measurement, it is generally accepted to be equal to 1/32 of a teaspoon.
Pinch to Smidgen Conversion Table


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Annealing in Seismic Inversion
Dr. Mrinal K. Sen
Institute for Geophysics
John A.& Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences
The University of Texas at Austin
Seismic inversion involves estimating elastic properties or
some attributes of the subsurface rocks by iterative fitting of observed
seismograms with the theoretical seismograms. For many applications,
optimal fitting of data with model may become computationally intractable
due to nonlinearity, ill-posedness and expensive forward modeling.
I will discuss several efficient approaches to address these issues.
The non-linear optimization problem is solved very efficiently using
a method called simulated annealing (SA) that does not usually get
trapped in a local minimum of the fitness function that measures the
similarities or differences between observed and synthetic data. The
SA approach can be applied to post-stack inversion for impedances,
wavelet estimation, and pre-stack waveform inversion. It can also
be used for estimation of uncertainties in the derived results. The
efficiency can be increased further by a combination of SA with a
local optimization. I will show several field data examples to demonstrate
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The definition of pas, the meaning of the word Pas:
Is pas a scrabble word? Yes!
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- n. - An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
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There are 3 letters in pas: A P S
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What is the origin of scut in scut work?
According to Merriam-Webster,
scut work: routine and often menial labor
Probably from medical argot, scut meaning 'junior intern'
First known use: circa 1962
Usage example:
... women who generally feel that they are second-class citizens in the medical profession -- unappreciated and directed by (mostly male) doctors to perform largely scut work.
This ngram shows that scut work was not used before 1960 when it took hold as medical jargon. It supports the idea that the term was not already in general use and subsequently popularized in hospitals, rather that it originated there.
Scut work
This returns us to the medical coinage. Could it be related to meaning (2) in the OED?
1. the short tail of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
2. (inf. chiefly Irish) a person perceived as foolish, contemptible, or objectionable.
There is another theory that it is derived from Oxford University servants called scouts, but I consider this unlikely given the US origin of scut work.
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Der... I don't think it's likely to derive from anything other than OED:2, which seems about as transparent as any word usage can be. Possibly that definition itself came from association of rabbits with simpletons (rabbits are dumb), or with lowly peasants (who would eat more rabbit than other meat). – FumbleFingers Jul 28 '11 at 14:23
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In the Wiktionary scutwork entry, one of the references, Medical meanings: a glossary of word origins, suggests either scuttle, or OE scitan (excrement) as possible origins of the scut in scutwork. I think scitan is plausible; note from the etymology of shit:
Noun use for "obnoxious person" is since at least 1508
Wiktionary also suggests for scut as "contemptible person" that the etymology may be from the obsolete sense of scout, which Etymonline explains:
"to reject with scorn," c.1600, of Scandinavian origin (cf. O.N. skuta, skute "taunt"), probably from a source related to shout.
I think you're probably right that meaning (2) of scut is more closely related to scutwork, but note that calling someone contemptible doesn't have to be unrelated to meaning (1) as in the quotations in Wiktionary, or, for example, this 1907 story:
"Don't understand me?" roared the farmer. "What have you done to my darter, you scut, sitting there preening of yersel, like a silly peacock in the sun?"
The angry man approached the bed swiftly, and, seizing Aubrey's pyjama-clad shoulder in a massive fist, thrust his hairy face within an inch of his victim's nose.
"What have you been doin' to my lass?" he roared again. "Now d'yew onderstand me?"
"W-what has she been telling you?" Aubrey was horribly frightened.
"Summat that made me sware you shouldn't leave this house till you'm man and wife all raight and praper accordin' to law."
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I'm quite impressed with wiktionary's entry actually. I like the quotations. Here are two more, from Ulysses: "God speed you, scut!" and "Mean bloody scut." – z7sg Ѫ Jul 28 '11 at 21:15
This is not a definitive answer, because all the sources I checked say the origin is not known. But I suspect it probably comes from scuttle, because doing the dishes is the archetypal form of "scut" work, and as Etymonline shows us:
scuttle (n.) "bucket," O.E. scutel "dish, platter," from L. scutella "serving platter," dim. of scutra "flat tray, dish," perhaps related to scutum "shield" (see hide (n.1)). A common Gmc. borrowing from Latin (cf. O.N. skutill, M.Du. schotel, O.H.G. scuzzila, Ger. Schüssel). Meaning "basket for sifting grain" is attested from mid-14c.; sense of "bucket for holding coal" first recorded 1849.
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I think the ngram I've posted in the question goes against this theory because scut work only really exists from 1960 onwards. – z7sg Ѫ Jul 28 '11 at 20:32
+1 I strongly suspect it came from coal scuttle. – Brock Adams Mar 17 '13 at 10:07
"Scut work" was in use at least as early as 1950. From The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, Volume 22:
... menial tasks commonly known as the "scut work."
Given the general manners of the time, it seems unlikely that this would be used too pejoratively.
James Joyce's, Finnegans Wake (1939) also refers to a character as a "scutfrank" -- which has been interpreted to mean someone who does menial tasks.
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"Some common unfinished task".
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Is this a definition from a dictionary? Why else did you use inverted commas? As it is, you haven't provided an answer for its origins. – Mari-Lou A Aug 23 '13 at 22:27
_USER_-LouA It looks as if the quote marks were added by the editor. The author also suggested the (alleged) origin by capitalising the initial letters of each word. While the author has provided no substantiation for this alleged origin, I think your last 2 sentences should be aimed at the editor! – TrevorD Aug 23 '13 at 23:57
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Mismatch of "Baseline Usage" between PPM and DWH
Article ID: 5338
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Clarity PPM On Premise
The "Baseline Usage" values in PPM and DWH do not match under certain circumstances.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a Project
2. Allocate a team member
3. Assign this resource to a task, say Task 0
4. Assign this same resource to another task, say Task 1
5. Create a baseline
6. Lets say the "Baseline Usage" shown at this point is 250 (under the "Team" tab)
7. Running the Load Data Warehouse job will put Baseline Usage = 250, in the DWH
8. Go ahead and delete the assignment made on Task 1 at step 4
9. The PPM UI (under "Team" tab) will still report Baseline Usage at 250
10. But on running the Load Data Warehouse job, the Baseline Usage available in the DWH will be, say 150
11. This results in users seeing different values in the PPM UI (under "Team" tab) and in the DWH.
Caused by DE31586
Release: All PPM Releases
This happens because Load Data Warehouse job picks up Baseline Usage by filtering for "PRJ_BASELINE_DETAILS.OBJECT_TYPE" = "TEAM", but the Load Data Warehouse gets the Baseline Usage data by filtering for "PRJ_BASELINE_DETAILS.OBJECT_TYPE" = "ASSIGNMENT"


Daisy documentation
5.2.3 ImagesBook Index5.2.5 Upload and link ("attachment")
5.2.4 Links
The format of links to other documents in the daisy repository is:
daisy:
for example:
The daisy link can furthermore include branch, language and version specifications:
daisy:@::
Each of these additional parts is optional. For example to link to version 5 of document 167, on the same branch and language as the current document variant, use:
The can be a number or the strings last or live.
If you don't know the id of a document by heart (which is likely the case), use the "Create link by searching" button on the toolbar.
A link can furthermore contain a fragment identifier. A fragment identifier is used to directly link to a specific element (e.g. a heading or a table) in a document. For this you first need to assign an ID to the element you want to link to (there is an "Edit ID" for this on the toolbar), and then you can adjust the link. The link editor dialogs make it easy by allowing to browse for available element IDs.
5.2.3 Images5.2.5 Upload and link ("attachment")


The question I have is: Suppose $x_1, x_2,..., x_k$ are linearly independent n-dimensional vectors. Show that $x_1+x_2, x_2+x_3,...,x_{k-1}+x_k, x_k+x_1$ are also linearly independent. Here k is an odd number.
I thought I had a proof done, but was told that I showed linear dependence instead. What I did was took a set of constants $a_1, a_2,..., a_k$ and set $a_1(x_1+x_2)+a_2(x_2+x_3)+...+a_k(x_k+x_1)=0$ and proved that each constant was 0. Is that right? If not, how can I prove this?
Yes, what you disclose to us are correct moves.
That is if $$a_1(x_1+x_2) +a_2(x_2+x_3) + \ldots + a_k(x_k+x_1)=0$$ implies $a_1=\ldots = a_k=0$, then you have shown that the set of vectors are linearly independent.
$$(a_1+a_k)x_1+(a_1+a_2)x_2+ \ldots +(a_{k-1}+a_k)x_k=0$$
We get $$a_1+a_k=a_1+a_2=\ldots =a_{k-1}+a_k = 0$$
From this $a_i=a_{i+2}$ for $i=1, \ldots, k-2$. $a_{k-1}=a_1$, and $a_k=a_2$.
The first part $a_i=a_j$ is $i$ and $j$ share the same parity. However, $a_{k-1}=a_1$ enable us to conclude that all numbers are equal and since they sum to $0$, all numbers must be zero.
Alternatively, it is possible to form linear system involving $a_i$ and show that its determinant is non-zero using Laplacian expansion and determinant of triangular matrices.
 - $\begingroup$ So does this work: (ak+a1)x1+(a1+a2)x2+...+(a(k-1)ak)xk=0 $\endgroup$ – Alvin Jan 28 '18 at 3:06
 - $\begingroup$ yes, your approach is correct. $\endgroup$ – Siong Thye Goh Jan 28 '18 at 3:06
 - $\begingroup$ then this is a linear combination of the xi's which are linearly independent, so each pair sum of ai must be 0? $\endgroup$ – Alvin Jan 28 '18 at 3:07
 - $\begingroup$ yes, the deduction is correct. $\endgroup$ – Siong Thye Goh Jan 28 '18 at 3:09
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Modern non-parametric methods allow the estimation of a population size under weaker conditions than the classical methods if there are frequent capture occasions. Here a non-parametric estimate of the number of penguins occupying Summerland Beach, Phillip Island, Australia, was computed. This estimator did not assume equal catchability of individuals, did not assume a parametric form for the population size as a function of time and allowed individuals to leave and re-enter the population. The...[Show more]
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[ki-ga uku]
Literal translation: Wood floats.
Meaning: wood is such a material, if to put it in water, it will stay on the top, it will not sink.
Let's add ～やすい / ～にくい pattern (as auxiliary adjective, not i-adjective).
[ki-wa uki-yasui]
Literal translation: Wood floats well.
Meaning: wood is a good floating material, that it is a good itea to make something floating from that, for example, a boat.
Question: why -yasui/-nikui makes us use は instead of が?
Is it legal to say [木が浮きやす] or with ga-version of -yasui/-nikui we make some shift in meaning?
Good question! This question is an actually an entire topic. For example, see this article.
So we have four patterns here:
(1) 木が浮く
(2) 木は浮く
(3) 木が浮きやすい
(4) 木は浮きやすい
The short answer is that they are all correct grammatically. However, they have slightly different nuances.
"は" is called the topic particle for good reason; it marks what the speaker's statement is about. Without any context, (1) could be a statement about the environment from a book. The statement describes what simply happens. On the other hand, (2) is a statement about the tree itself. An example usage is, 石は浮かないが木は浮く (Stones don't float, but trees float). Here, we compare stones and trees. The statement isn't about what happens generally; it specifically compares stones and trees, the topics.
Now, alone, (3) seems slightly strange alone. Note that as "浮きやすい" is an adjective, the whole sentence seems to describe the tree, which wouldn't make sense if tree weren't the topic. On the other hand, it could be used as in "なぜ、海水では人が浮きやすいのでしょうか". Here, the topic is seawater; not people.
(4) alone is a natural statement about trees themselves. It describes trees, saying trees float easily.
I hope this helps a little bit!
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This is the final report on a project to operationally test and evaluate a microprocessor-controlled videodisc MPVD delivery system as a means of providing Equipment-Independent Maintenance Training Programs EIMTP in situations where low equipment density limits hands-on training andor high equipment cost make hands-on equipment training potentially uneconomical. Basic results of the test and evaluation indicate that EIMTP by means of MPVD delivery systems is an efficient alternative to the current equipment-dependent system of providing such training more efficient in terms of the amount of practice time required than the current equipment-dependent system and less expensive than the equipment-dependent system and therefore is a more cost-effective alternative.
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How to know whether a micro-hospital is the right investment
September 11, 2018
 As inpatient volumes lag and profit margins shrink, hospitals have continued to look to alternative sites of care—such as the micro-hospital—to capture growth.
 Health systems have turned to micro-hospitals as a way to expand their geographic footprint, tap into outpatient demand, and generate downstream revenue while avoiding the overhead associated with full-scale facilities. But how can you judge if the site is right for you? Here are 3 questions to ask yourself before adding a micro-hospital to your system portfolio:
 1. What are your goals?
 2. If you're looking to expand your geographic footprint, fill care gaps, or fend off competition, the micro-hospital could be an effective strategy.
 For example, Dignity Health partnered with Emerus to build four "neighborhood" micro-hospitals in Las Vegas. Their North Las Vegas facility filled gaps in primary and specialty care, and offered flexibility in responding to market demand. Their South Las Vegas micro-hospital helped defend against competition with consumer-oriented care. Dignity also saw success downsizing some of their full-scale hospitals to micro-models.
 If your primary goal is to control the cost of care, generate downstream admission revenue, or guard against regulation uncertainty, alternative ambulatory sites may be a better fit.
 3. Are there better alternatives?
 4. Now that you know your goals, consider if a different site is a better alternative.
 Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), freestanding EDs, urgent care centers, and medical offices are models to consider when scoping a micro-hospital investment. These facilities vary in their potential to generate revenue, control costs, influence quality, avoid regulations and undercut future risks:
 5. Can your market support the investment?
 6. If you're still thinking "micro," size the opportunity by estimating latent demand and considering what business you're able to divert from competitors.
 Then, account for the dynamics of your population and region. Micro-hospitals have seen success in urban, suburban, and rural markets as long as they are tailored to specific inpatient needs. Your ability to derive an ROI will largely depend on your population's demographics. Areas with higher incomes and high projected population growth relative to nearby markets offer a more favorable and immediate return on investment.


Troubleshooting DRS in Configmgr
The Basics of Replication in Configmgr
Configmgr underwent a shift several years ago as Microsoft tried to fix that backlog issue that customers often times encountered with the file based replication style. The hierarchy architecture was flattened and replication went from files to SQL, for the most part at least. This is well covered on TechNet so I will spare you the details.
There are some additional basics of replication that should be stated for completeness of the topic.
Configmgr does not use the built-in SQL replication it uses components of SQL and manages the replication of data on its own. The easiest way I can state this is, the product team coded their own replication into the product, it does not use the built in features of Microsoft SQL Replication.
There are mainly two types of data replication between sites, Global data and Site data. Global data is replicated from the CAS downward, while site data is the opposite.
Global data includes data such as collection rules.
Site data includes things like collection results and client data.
Each data type contains several replication groups that logically groups data from different tables together. These replication groups are classified as global and site replication groups.
select * from vReplicationData is a query to display all replication groups.
If you want to see what replication groups are included as part of global or site data, simply modify the previous query by specifying the type of data, similar to these.
select * from vReplicationData where Replicationpattern = 'global
select * from vReplicationData where Replicationpattern = 'site
Want to see what data is part of that replication group from the output of the previous two queries? The first column of the output should be ID, simply select the matching ID from the replication group you want to investigate and use the following query. Replace 30 with the ID number you are interested in.
select * from vArticleData where ReplicationID = 30
ID 1 – 14 is global data, 15 is cloud data, 16 – 30 is for site data, 31 – 33 is for secondary site replication data, beyond 33 is typically more site data replication groups.
RepGroups-Global and Cloud 1-15RepGroups-Sites 17-30RepGroups-SecondarySitesRepGroups-34 plus
Since we are almost to the real meat of what data is being sent why not look and see what tables are included in a group? And what better to look at than HWINV data? This query will return the list of tables that is being replicated as part of any of the replication groups with Hardware_Inventory in the name of the group.
select ArticleName from ArticleData where ReplicationID in (select ID from vReplicationData where ReplicationGroup like 'Hardware_Inventory%')
UPDATE: A friend was gracious enough to send me an email regarding the previous query and how to better see what data is in a replication group I recommend using his below. He is easily one of the foremost experts on DRS and how to troubleshoot replication. He and his team have one of the largest implementations of SCCM globally and it is magnificently run. Just from an efficiency standpoint, his query is much better and more elegant.
"HINV replication groups vary by install and by how much you extend the mof. I don't think any 2 groups look alike or contain the same data.
To see what data is in each I use this:"
SELECT Rep.ReplicationGroup,
 App.ArticleName, App.ReplicationID
FROM vArticleData AS App
INNER JOIN v_ReplicationData AS Rep ON App.ReplicationID = Rep.ID
ORDER BY Rep.ReplicationGroup, App.ArticleName
Another important aspect of DRS is the SQL Service Broker (SSB) which handles incoming and outgoing messages, guaranteeing their delivery by allowing them to use an asynchronous queue to store the messages in. If this cannot function the flow of data into and out of SQL replication will stop.
Site Data Processing – An Example
When a client runs its scheduled hardware inventory it stores the output of the WMI data in an XML file. Then the client copies that XML file up to its management point (MP). Assuming the MP is not a primary site server, the MP message handler processes the clients XML file and it gets converted into a MIF file. Then the MP File Dispatch Manager takes the MIF file and uploads into the clients primary site servers dataldr inbox folder. The MIF file is then read by the data loader component and the data is inserted in the SQL database.
Technically, there are more than two types of data being replicated, but technically Configmgr can also use the built-in SQL replication too, technically.
Additional info from TechNet:
Plan for Database Replication Thresholds
How to Monitor Database Replication Links and Replication Status
Procedures for Monitoring Database Replication
Advanced Troubleshooting of Replication in Configmgr
When the Data Replication Service (DRS) stops working it can be a nightmare. If replication breaks and you cannot fix it within a certain amount of time you will lose data and if you have to re-initialize your replication it generate gigs and gigs of network traffic across the wire as you replicate all that data to each site server, again. Below are some additional tips to help when troubleshooting DRS when the Replication Link Analyzer (RLA) doesn't do the trick.
Running RLA in a script or from the cmd prompt:
%path%\Microsoft Configuration Manager\AdminConsole\bin\Microsoft.ConfigurationManager.ReplicationLinkAnalyzer.Wizard.exe
From TechNet: About the Replication Link Analyzer
 If RLA fails any remediation actions while it is running, the log files contain more detail than the XML file. Also, ensure that it was able to restart the SMS_SITE_COMPONENT_MANAGER and SMS_EXECUTIVE services.
Verbose Logging
The first step is to get more information from the log files, this is accomplished the same way as all other logs in CM, by modifying the amount of logging through registry keys. There are two different log types we are going to use, your standard text based log files you typically view with notepad, splunk, or cmtrace, while the other type of log files are viewed in SQL because they are SQL managed components of Configmgr and the logging is stored in SQL tables not like the.log files for the majority of Configmgr's components. You can add this to the long list of reasons why SQL should be ON BOX and CM admins should have sysadmin forever on their SQL instance(s). Moving on.
Replication Configuration Monitor Log
Rcmctrl.log – Replication Configuration Monitoring (RCM) log file that shows an overview of sync status, site status and stored procs used.
Rcmctrl Regkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\SMS\Components\SMS_REPLICATION_CONFIGURATION_MONITOR\Verbose logging
Default is Value 0
DWORD Value 0 = Errors and key messages
DWORD Value 1 = Errors, key messages, and more general information*
DWORD Value 2 = Everything (Verbose)*
*Make sure you return this back to 0 after you have resolved your DRS issues.
By default the two replication groups that record messages to the Rcmctrl.log are Site Control Data and Configuration Data, if you see errors with another replication group you can include it in the logging by adding it to the following registry key.
*Make sure you return this back to the default after you have resolved your DRS issues. The default is: Site Control Data,Configuration Data
SQL Components Logging
vLogs (stored in SQL views) – Because some components of RCM are running in SQL Server hosted managed code, each of these components is provided a table in CM SQL db to record log messages to. Logging is recorded in: vDrsReceivedMessages, vDrsReceivedHistory, vDrsSendHistory, vDrsSentMessages, vDrsSyncHistory, and vDrsSyncMessages
Default is Value 1
DWORD Value 0 = Errors and critical information only
DWORD Value 1 = Errors, critical information, warnings, and general information
DWORD Value 2 = Everything (Verbose)*
*Make sure you return this back to 1 after you have resolved your DRS issues.
Now that additional details are being logged here are two queries to run that will display details of the vLogs information. If you cannot determine the source of the problem using this information I have listed below some additional queries and troubleshooting information.
Query the SQL vLog
Now we are ready to query the vLog and get extra details. A word of caution first, I recommend that you use the first query that only returns the first 1000 messages, by running the query and not limiting it you risk making things worse by adding additional pressure to your SQL db when it may already be in a degraded state and using the maximum amount of resources it has available.
This query returns the last thousand messages which have been logged, ordered by the time they were written into the database.
select Top 1000 * from vLogs order by LogTime desc
This query does not limit the messages returned and may cause your server to fall over! This is your second and final warning.
select * from vLogs where LogTime > GETDATE()-1 and ProcedureName <> 'spDRSSendChangesForGroup' ORDER BY


any case).
You can control how an application reacts to a parameter modification by subscribing RoleEnvironment.Changing event, if you want to restart the whole role when a parameter change you can simply set Cancel=true inside Changing event:
RoleEnvironment.Changing += (s, e) =>
e.Cancel = true;
in this case, when application's.cscfg file content change, the role is shut down then restarted so that new parameters can be properly reloaded. If you don't want to restart the role but handle modifications yourself you can handle Changes parameter passed to RoleEnvironment.Changing event.
How can you test this logic when your app runs inside Azure local compute emulator? here are basic step:
 - Run you app locally and read what is current development id by opening compute emulator UI and reading what between parenthesis (2103 in following example) following deploymentXX label:
 - Run Windows Azure Command Prompt and navigate to the folder that contains your configuration file ServiceConfiguration.cscfg and run this command:
 csrun /update:[id];ServiceConfiguration.cscfg
And you'll see your role reacting to configuration change appropriately.
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Copying and moving styles using Expression Blend for HTML
Here's a couple of Blend tricks I'd like to share:
Let's say you have this HTML fragment:
 Content goes here
by looking at Blend's css properties pane you can see that, it has some css rules automatically applied:
you can copy the applied rule and paste it into another stylesheet by right clicking the highlighted row into selecting copy:
Now go to the Styles pane and click the "+" button shown in the picture below to add a new stylesheet:
then right click new file and select paste from context menu to paste the selector.
If you already have the same selector inside target file the properties will be merged (you'll see Paste properties instead of Paste menu) of course you can also right click the selector inside source file and copy/paste from there but in this case you will copy all selectors not just applied one.
Let's now suppose you change h1's background color:
this results in this inline style:
 Content goes here
how do I move the inline style to h1's selector inside my test.css? select Inline Style on Blend's pane and select Copy from context menu:
then select target stylesheet, target rule (if any), right click and then Paste properties from context menu:
to have properties added to selected file or rule.
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Fragment loading and Navigation in HTML5 Metro applications
Navigation is one of the core concepts of any Metro application, in this post I'll show how can you implement it in a HTML based Metro application.
The easiest way is to use the same common approach used by millions of HTML pages: using an hyperlink.
Assuming you are in default.html page and wish to navigate to page2.html all you need to do is add something like:
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When you run the app and click the hyperlink you move straight to page2.html.
This is approach is quite common, works fine (of course) but has a main drawback: you loose state when you move from default.html to page2.html, so if you need to maintain state, something that's quite common in client application Smile, you're on your own.
The problem is the same in web application that's why technologies like ajax or single page applications are gaining more and more momentum.
Let's now briefly see how you can embed an HTML fragment into default.html using WinJS's HtmlControl, here's the html you need to add to default.html page:
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Launching the app you'll see exactly what expected but with some limitations:
the fragment can't reference any css nor javascript file, and you are not informed when the fragment is loaded, luckily there's a way to get some javascript code executed when fragment is loaded into the DOM: WinJS.Pages.define.
Let's assume we wish to dynamically change the text of the fragment after it has been loaded so let's add a new pagedefine.js file (just for better understanding and separation) to our solution:
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The define method available on Pages object accept the uri that uniquely identifies the page that is going to be loaded and an object exposing a set of properties, among these, ready is the function that will be called when page has been loaded into DOM, then the code just changes element content with current date:
we're now in a state where we can load a HTML fragment and run some code after it has been loades, before going further I need to point out that HmlControl can only load local html, if you need to load external content iFrame is your friend.
Problem now is: what if I need to load the fragment programmatically? (e.g. on a button click), let's remove HtmlControl from default.html and let's inject the fragment with a little help from WinJS:
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 7: if (eventObject.detail.previousExecutionState!== Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation.ApplicationExecutionState.terminated) {
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 15: "btnLoad").listen("click", function (e) {
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This note is devoted to the problem of global stabilization of continuous systems by adding an integrator. The goal is to prove that if a continuous non-linear system?x = f(x, u)? is globally asymptotically stable at the origin for?u? 0?, then the augmented system obtained by adding an integrator is stabilizable by means of a continuous feedback.


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Philips SpeechMike III
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- Noise-canceling microphone for accurate speech recognition results
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Designed for professionals
- Available with Philips SpeechExec professional dictation software
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Philips SpeechMike USB dictation microphone
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Designed with three ergonomic zones, it has been tested and proven by users to have the most comfortable fit in the human hand. The dictation zone is optimized to keep thumb movement to a minimum and allows for blind operation. The buttons needed for the actual dictation functions take up the greatest amount of space in the central area of the device. Less frequently needed function buttons are clearly arranged above and below. The trackball uses a laser sensor that allows precise cursor movements. It contains an integrated confirmation button for simple control of PC functions and can also be used to control playback volume.
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The antimicrobial surface is important for use in a clinical environment. This feature was achieved by adding a substance to the plastic that impedes the reproduction of microorganisms, thus improving hygiene.
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NORFOLK (AP) -- The Navy has finished construction on the largest solar energy project in Virginia.
The Virginian-Pilot reports the 10-acre solar farm just outside of Naval Station Norfolk contains more than 8,600 panels.
Michelle Perry, project manager for Naval Facilities Engineering Command, says the panels can generate up to 2.1 megawatts of electricity, which is enough to power about 200 homes. That's about 2 percent of the electricity required to run Naval Station Norfolk, the world's largest naval base.
Although construction was completed in November, the photovoltaic panels are not yet connected to the electricity grid that feeds the base. Perry says that connection is expected by Christmas.
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While in the Three Sisters Wilderness Area, you decided to try some surveying with the aid of a protractor and a piece of string, as in the figure above. The rock keeps the string pointing straight down, and the straight edge of the protractor can be lined up with an object, allowing you to measure its angle of elevation. When you use this setup to look at something that is at the same elevation you are, the string intersects the mark on the protractor.
First, you lined up the protractor with South Sister, and it read. Then you walked 1 km toward the mountain, lined the protractor up again, and it read. What did you measure South Sister's relative elevation to be, and how far from the mountain were you when you made the second measurement?


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PyQt5 – Getting the content of item at specific index in ComboBox
In this article we will see how we can get the content of item at specific index in the combo box. In order to do this we will use the
Syntax : combo_box.itemText(index)
Argument : It takes integer as argument
Return : It return string i.e content of item
Steps for implementation –
1. Create a combo box
2. Add items to combo box
3. Create push button
4. Add action to the push button
5. Create label to show content
5. Inside the action get the content of specific index in combo box with the help of itemIndex method and store it in variable
6. Show the content in label with the help of setText method.
Below is the implementation –
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, then the datadir variable value is used.
This option is ignored if an explicit --relay-log is specified.
type: time
How long mk-slave-prefetch should run before exiting. The default is to run forever.
Prefetch secondary indexes for pipelined queries.
type: string; default: /tmp/mk-slave-prefetch-sentinel
Exit if this file exists.
type: string; default: wait_timeout=10000
type: time; default: 1s
Sleep time before checking for new events.
When mk-slave-prefetch is done reading all the events in a relay log, it sleeps this amount of time before checking for new events.
This option is automatically set to zero if both --relay-log and --dry-run are specified.
short form: -S; type: string
Socket file to use for connection.
Print execution statistics after exiting. The statistics are in two sections: counters, and queries. The counters simply count the number of times events occur. You may see the following counters:
 NAME MEANING
 mysqlbinlog Executed mysqlbinlog to read log events.
 events The total number of relay log events.
 not_far_enough_ahead An event was not at least L<--offset>
 bytes ahead of the SQL thread.
 too_far_ahead An event was more than L<--offset>
 + L<--window> bytes ahead of the SQL thread.
 too_close_to_io_thread An event was less than L<--io-lag> bytes
 away from the I/O thread's position.
 event_not_allowed An event wasn't a SET, USE, INSERT,
 UPDATE, DELETE or REPLACE query.
 event_filtered_out An event was filtered out because of
 L<--permit-regexp> or L<--reject-regexp>.
 same_timestamp A SET TIMESTAMP event was ignored because
 it had the same timestamp as the last one.
 do_query A transformed event was executed
 or printed.
 query_error An executed query had an error.
 query_too_long An event was not executed because its
 average query length exceeded
 query_not_rewritten A query could not be rewritten to a
 master_pos_wait The tool waited for the SQL thread to
 catch up.
 show_slave_status The tool queried SHOW SLAVE STATUS.
 load_data_infile The tool found a LOAD DATA INFILE query
 and unlinked (deleted) the temp file.
 could_not_unlink The tool failed to unlink a temp file.
 sleep The tool slept for a second because the
 slave's SQL thread was not running, or
 because it read past the end of the log.
After the counters, mk-slave-prefetch prints information about each query fingerprint it has seen, two lines per fingerprint. The first line contains the query's fingerprint. The second line contains the number of times the fingerprint was seen, number of times executed, the sum of the execution times, and the average execution time over the last --query-sample-size samples.
Stop running instances by creating the --sentinel file.
type: int; default: 2
Number of concurrent threads to use for pipelining queries.
type: string; default: /dev/null
Where to create temp files for LOAD DATA INFILE queries. The default will cause mysqlbinlog to skip the file and the associated LOAD DATA INFILE command entirely.
If mk-slave-prefetch sees a LOAD DATA INFILE command (which it won't if this is left at the default), it will try to remove the temporary file, then skip the event.
short form: -u; type: string
User for login if not current user.
Show version and exit.
type: size; default: 4k
The max bytes ahead of the slave mk-slave-prefetch should get. Defines the window within which mk-slave-prefetch considers a query OK to execute. The window begins at the slave SQL thread's last known position plus --offset bytes, and extends for the specified number of bytes.
If mk-slave-prefetch sees a log event that is too far in the future, it will increment the too_far_ahead counter and wait for the slave SQL thread to catch up (which increments the master_pos_wait counter). If an event isn't far enough ahead of the SQL thread, it will be discarded and the not_far_enough_ahead counter increments.
Watching the mentioned statistics can help you understand how to tune the window. You want mk-slave-prefetch to run just ahead of the SQL thread, not throwing out a lot of events for being too far ahead or not far enough ahead.
 MKDEBUG=1 mk-....
For a list of known bugs see
Baron Schwartz, Daniel Nichter
This manual page documents Ver 1.0.21 Distrib 7540 $Revision: 7531 $.


How do i insert electrical symbols in autocad?
The icon menu lets you insert a symbol by selecting the symbol type, for example a NO push button, or 3-position selector switch. Once the symbol is inserted you can annotate it with descriptions, catalog information, and so on.
Where is the symbols in AutoCAD?
Press Right click on the text window,then find Symbol. You are going to see some regular symbols there like Degrees,Plus/Minus,Diametar. Just click on symbol which you want and it will appear in your text window. On the bottom of the dropdown from symbol you can see Other,click that.
How do I insert a section symbol in AutoCAD?
To Draw a Section Line and Marks
 1. On the default tool palette set, click the Design tab, and then click the Vertical Section tool. …
 2. Specify the start point of the section line.
 3. Continue to specify points to define the section line, if needed. …
 4. Specify the endpoint of the section line, and press Enter.
How do you make symbols in AutoCAD?
Click Symbol Builder tab Edit panel Palette Visibility Toggle. 2. Select the Convert Text to Attribute tool to open the dialog box. All the attributes and text objects contained in your non-AutoCAD Electrical block are in the left-hand list.
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What is Ø in engineering?
In engineering drawings that symbol is used to denote diameter of circles in whatever the length unit of the drawing is (typically inches or mm) Form Wikipedia: Diameter symbol[edit ] Sign ⌀ in a technical drawing.
How do I create a level in AutoCAD?
Use this procedure to add levels to a building.
 1. On the Quick Access toolbar, click Project Navigator.
 2. Click the Project tab, and under Levels, click.
 3. If you want each new level to take its floor elevation from the height of the level below, click Auto-Adjust Elevation.
 4. Add a level using one of the following methods:
How do I draw a section in AutoCAD?
To Create a 2D or 3D Section
 1. Draw a section line in the drawing.
 2. Select the section line, and click Building Section Line tab Modify panel Generate Section.
 3. Select the type of section object you want to create: …
 4. For Style to Generate, select a style for a 2D section.
How do you add a cutting plane in AutoCAD?
To Create a Section Line (AutoCAD Mechanical Toolset)
 1. Click Home tab Detail panel Section Line. …
 2. Select a starting point for the section line.
 5. Press ENTER.
 6. Move the cursor to select the side of the cutting plane.
What symbolizes surface roughness?
– The mean arithmetical value "Ra" in μm is assumed for roughness measurements. Surface Texture is the variation in the surface in the form of roughness, waviness, lay, and flaws. In practice, both the words – "Surface Texture" and "Surface Roughness" are used to explain common meaning of surface roughness symbols.
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How do you make surface finish symbols in AutoCAD?
To Place a Surface Texture Symbol as a Majority Symbol (AutoCAD Mechanical Toolset)
 1. Click the Annotate tab Symbols panel Surface Texture. …
 2. Click the position you want to place the symbol and press ENTER 2 times.
 3. In the Symbol tab, specify the surface texture requirements as required. …
 4. Select Place as majority symbol.
How do you type the surface finish symbol?
Click Insert > Surface Finish. The GET SYMBOL menu appears.
How do you type a diameter symbol?
To easily insert the diameter symbol (Ø) on Word: using the keyboard, press Ctrl+/, then press Shift+O. This should give you the diameter symbol or O with slash through it. Alternatively, press down the Alt key, then press the symbol's Alt code – 0216. Use the numeric keypad for the Alt code.
What are AutoCAD blocks?
In AutoCAD, a block is a collection of objects that are combined into a single named object. The following are some sample blocks at various scales. Some of these blocks are realistic representations of objects, some are symbols, and one of them is an architectural title block for a D-size drawing.
Where are AutoCAD blocks?
Using the 'block' command generates a block that is saved in the file you are working in only. You can view a list of all blocks in a drawing by selecting 'insert' under the insert tab (far left). Then expand the window that drops down and scroll through. The last created block will be at the bottom of this list.
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The amount of units in closing stock is calculated as follows:
Opening units + Actual units produced – Actual units sold.
Therefore closing stock equals = 3,500 + 64,000 + 62,000 = 5,500 units.
Under Marginal costing each unit of orange juice will be valued at the variable cost of production. This is calculated as follows:
Total variable production cost divided by the number of actual units produced.
Variable cost per unit = $3,200,000/64,000 units = $50 per unit.
Therefore the value of the closing stock under marginal costing would be $50 x 5,500 unit = $275,000.
The value of the opening stock under marginal costing would be the total of opening inventory given minus the value of the fixed production overheads included:
Therefore the opening stock = $210,000 - $35,000 = $175,000.
Now that all of the workings have been completed the Marginal Costing Income Statement of Aqualead for the year ended 31st March, 2011 can be prepared.
Below is the Absorption Costing Income Statement of Aqualead for the year ended 31st March, 2011.
Now that the Absorption and Marginal Costing Income Statements have been prepared the reconciliation between the Net Operating Incomes calculated under each method can be completed.
I hope that you found this proposed solution helpful! If you did please share it! Also, feel free to ask any questions or to comment below. Best of luck!
The author holds a Bsc (Hons) Degree in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University, England and enjoys a successful career as an Accounting Supervisor and a private tutor.


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Mainstreaming Non-Motorised Transport (NMT) in police and planning in Nairobi: iInstitutional issues and challenges
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Non Motorized Transport (NMT) is a dominant mode of transport in African cities, and there are a number of institutional issues and challenges that confront African governments in mainstreaming the mode into the overall planning of cities. This paper acknowledges the progress made in the mainstreaming of NMT in planning, including inherent institutional issues and challenges, based on preliminary findings from a study on NMT provision in Nairobi. The paper argues that, in spite of several attempts aimed at mainstreaming NMT in policy and planning, the process is confronted with institutional issues and challenges which affect implementation. After an extensive discussion of the NMT drivers, institutional issues and challenges, the paper concludes that there is an innovative trend emerging which bears hope for mainstreaming NMT within the city of Nairobi. As discussed in the paper, there is awareness among various actors of the need to accommodate and integrate NMT into the existing modes of transport. However, a number of challenges impact on this effort, including: the slow pace of processing the National Integrated Transport Policy, an existing biased inclination towards motorised transport, poor coordination of the drivers of NMT, and, poor enforcement of regulations. These constraints make it difficult to conclusively determine the direction of NMT mainstreaming within the city of Nairobi.


Horse Bio-mechanics & Horse/Rider Balance
Triathletes are able to push their bodies to extreme limits through proper conditioning and efficient body mechanics
Bio-mechanics has become a big buzz word in the horse world. Bio-mechanics entails looking at the natural structure of the body in order to better understand how it should ideally function. Humans have been using this research for many years to help athletes in every sport, but riders and horse trainers are only beginning to tap into the current research.
Dr. Scofield's work has to do with bio-mechanics and horse balance. He took the simple and classical Form-Function Principle and made it a tangible tool for horse-trainers, riders, judges and, most importantly, horses. He has used this tool in helping horse professionals to understand, why horse balance is so important. I had the pleasure of spending several months studying with Dr. Scofield.
Gavin Scofield D.O. is a registered Osteopath who graduated from the European School of Osteopathy and has run a full time international equine practice for 19 years. He sees over one hundred horses each week, making it one of the busiest practices of its type in the World. For the last 6 years Gavin has been the official Osteopath for the British Endurance team.
Dr Scofield describes the concept of "Point of Balance" below. That is followed by "practical implications" for the horse/rider, which is the thrust of my work as a professional horse trainer.
The Point of Balance as an Axis Point in the Body
The horseâ€™s body organizes around a "Point of Balance" (often this axis point is referred to as the center of gravity). It is important to note that the center of gravity refers to the center of a static mass (stationary body) and does not take into account the dynamic weight shifts and changes in force that affect the Point of Balance. For a body (horse) in motion the Point of Balance is a moving point
Center Of Gravity Of Stationary Horse. This shifts as a result of movement of head and neck and affects of the rider
Ideally, the body adapts, adjusts and organizes around a steady, still and equalized Point of Balance with an appropriate amount of weight distributed through the correct structures in the body during all phases of movement. An unstable or dislocated Point of Balance in the center will reverberate into the outer extremities with unbalanced weight distribution and therefore an unbalanced posture. Sustaining an optimal Point of Balance is the challenge of (horse) training and what needs to be addressed as a priority. Freedom of movement, efficiency and athletic strength can occur only when movement and function are appropriate to the structure and form.
Implications for horse/rider: This "Point of Balance" can move as the horse moves (with or without the rider) and moreso in horse/rider combination. It becomes the rider's responsibility to make the small adjustments necessary to keep both horse and rider organized around a steady, stable Point of Balance.
Tail shows struggle with balance. The rider is responsible for making the small adjustments that encourage horse to find balance during motion
The short-term and long-term benefit of this approach is helping the horse to efficiently utilize its frame and muscles, given the extra weight of the rider, and promotes healthy long-term physical development of the horse overall. Long-term loading of a horse improperly (imbalance)Â by the rider can cause a myriad of issues starting with soreness, joint issues and even lameness. The thrust of my work as a professional horse trainer is in helping riders to become not only knowledgeable about this concept, but helping them to understand how to effect and respond to the these changes in balance, while riding their horses. My work especially with rescue-horses, has shown how effective it can be in helping the horse overcome long-standing physical and emotional issues, caused by long-term imbalances.
Planes of Balance in the Horseâ€™s Body
These invisible planes and the Point of Balance are observable through the functional relationship of the skeleton and muscles or by observing the weight distribution through the legs. The ideal function of each body will vary according to its natural structure or form. The horseâ€™s structure tells us that the skeleton and muscles of the hindquarter have the greatest weight bearing capacity. For a horse to balance, a greater proportion of body weight should be equally distributed between the two hind legs compared to a lower amount of body weight equally distributed between the two front legs. The Point of Balance for a horse in motion ideally would stabilize in the center of the barrel, between the legs â€" a much different location from the static center of gravity which is the center of mass located closer to the horseâ€™s shoulders.
Implications for horse/rider:
The important point here is how the "Point of Balance" should "ideally" shift from point-1 to point-2 for a horse in motion (shown in Figure-1), allowing the horse to carry more weight on its hindquarters, off-setting the weight and mass of the neck and head by balancing more on the rear legs.
Weight and position of rider changes horse center of gravity
The rider can help the horse effect this "shift" first through straightness (left/right plane), then increasing impulsion (front/back plane) and engagement (up/down plane) of its hindquarters, allowing the horse to utilize itself biomechanically in a more efficient and more effective way; this as opposed to a "crooked" and/or "front-loaded" horse which in the long-run will likely suffer physically and psychologically by not being able to Â use its body in the most efficient way.
3 Responses to "Horse Bio-mechanics & Horse/Rider Balance"
 1. freesoft says:
 Thank you..really informative!!
 2. Felipe says:
 The quick answer is if you can teach soeomne to be a good rider, a true rider, equitation will follow naturally. My long-winded answer is this: : )Equitation in its truest form is really proper riding. You are correct that for many in today's showring it is just sitting there looking pretty. The top riders, however, are able to really ride while looking pretty at the same time.This comes from a basic understanding of the whys and hows. Why does a saddle seat rider carry their hands higher then a hunt rider? What is the effect on the horse when combined with the right bit for that horse and correct rein usage? How is this achieved?How does the riders seat really become a source of control over the horse, much more so then the hands/reins, when properly engaged?If you as an instructor understand the basics, the fundamentals of riding, in fact of horsemanship, you will find it much easier to communicate these ideals to your students.Position and posture in the saddle affect balance of both horse and rider, when a rider moves around the horse has to compensate in its actions to accomodate the rider. This can not only be distracting for the horse but can also throw the horse off balance.My biggest pet peeve and the one thing I really try to send home with my students is this: Every time your hand/arm moves you move the reins. Every time the reins move the bit is engaged/moved. The movement of the bit, whether intentional or accidental, is sending a message to the horse that it should be doing something differently then what it is currently doing. If the cue is not clear it confuses the horse, done enough times this will frustrate and maybe even upset the horse.I tell them to put their index finger crosswise in their mouth, resting against the corners of their lips. Then to push back on the finger, putting pressure on those corners. It is uncomfortable, even in this controlled situation. This gives them a tangible understanding of what it might be like for the horse when a metal bit is pressed against their bars or banging around in their mouth. This, combined with lots of work on balance, can really help to prevent a rider from being heavy handed, unsteady and popping the horse, or relying too much on the reins to stop a horse. I guess my point, however long-winded, is to teach not only how but why. Horsemanship is not the sloppy, arm flailing, butt bouncing way of the cowboys in the old movies, nor is it the sit still and look pretty way of too many young riders dreaming of top equitation ribbons. It is, however, somewhere in the middle. In thinking about it, many of the top, national level equitation riders of the last several years are still in the horse business, many as professionals now. This is because, I imagine, they learned how to be horsemen/women and became invested personally in the craft.
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You can add two images either using OpenCV:
cv2.add() or Numpy:
result = img1 + img2
(Both images should be of same depth and type.)There is a major difference between these two.
>>> x = np.uint8()
>>> y = np.uint8()
>>> print cv2.add(x,y) # 250+10 = 260 => 255
>>> print x+y # 250+10 = 260 % 256 = 4
*OpenCV provides better results
Adding images using the previous method is very blunt. Using blending you can get cool transition between two images.
Blending is done by using the OpenCV function
cv2.addWeighted() using the formula:
f(x)=a*img1 + (1-a)img2 + z
where a is the weight.
What we basically do is provide weights to the two images such that they mix with different intensities.
The following code adds two images with weights 0.7 and 0.3.
(Both images should be of same depth and type)
img1 = cv2.imread('img1.png')
img2 = cv2.imread('img2.jpg')
result = cv2.addWeighted(img1,0.7,img2,0.3,0) # z is taken as 0