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pageant, modern dramatic spectacle or procession celebrating a special occasion or an event in the history of a locality. In medieval times the word pageant had meant the wagon or the movable stage on which one scene of a mystery or miracle play was performed. The pageant was built on wheels and consisted of two rooms, the lower one being used as a dressing room and the upper used as a stage. The word also referred to the complex wooden machine-structures built for the Tudor masque. The modern form of the pageant came into general use in England and America since the production, in 1905, of L. N. Parker's Sherborne pageant in England. Pageants include such celebrations as the Mardi Gras and annual local festivals.
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Sunday, 5 August 2007
Victoria's Riflebird, Ptiloris victoriae, (named for Queen Victoria) is one of three Riflebirds occurring in Australia. They are so named because it is said the "call", such as it is, sounds like a discharging rifle. To me it sounds more like a loud squawk of the Spotted Catbird. The birds are primarily fruit-eaters and visit the bird feeder often where they eat bananas, raisins and other fruits in season. The decurved beak is used to pry insects from tight places. Adult males are spectacular with their black iridescent plumage that glistens metallic green and blue when they fly. The feathers produce a peculiar sound when they fly reminiscent of the crumpling of cellophane. Their courtship displays are elaborate as are those of their northern cousins and they sometimes display in the vegetation adjacent to the feeder. The birds are not monogamous. The nest is a small bowl and is often decorated with snake skins. Females and subadult males are brown streaked. These photos were taken at our feeder by noted wildlife photographer Gary Wilson.
Everett, M. 1987. Birds of Paradise. Chartwell Books, Secausus, New Jersey (Reprinted). 144 Pp.

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Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
In 1940, Congress passed the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act (SSCRA) to provide protection to those called to military service in the armed forces. The SSCRA was updated after the Gulf War in 1991 but remained largely unchanged as of 2003. In December 2003, President Bush signed into law the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). The SCRA was written to clarify the language of the SSCRA and to update the SSCRA to reflect new developments in American life since 1940. This law is a complete revision and provides a number of significant protections to servicemembers. It also provides protection to Reservists and members of the National Guard (when activated under Title 10 orders).
The most common forms of protection and relief are listed, below:
- Mortgage Relief
- Termination of Leases
- Protection From Eviction.
- 6% Cap on Interest Rates
- Stay of Proceedings
- Reopening Default Judgments
The SCRA actually provides many more protections than these, and the Supreme Court has ruled the SCRA must be read with "an eye friendly to those who dropped their affairs to answer their country's call." Military legal assistance attorneys are available to provide guidance on the SCRA. For more information on locating a legal assistance attorney, see _URL_

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Definitions for water mill
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a mill with machinery driven by water.
Origin of water mill:
a mill powered by a water wheel
a mill whose machinery is moved by water; -- distinguished from a windmill, and a steam mill


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K-Patents Process Refractometer PR-23 meets the pharmaceutical industry standards and guidelines. These include PAT, GMP, CIP/SIP, 21 CFR Part 11 and validation. The ability to understand and continuously control Refractive Index nD contributes significantly to the development of effective drugs and efficient manufacturing processes.
K-Patents Pharma Refractometer PR-23-AC fulfills the pharmaceutical drug production regulations for process wetted part materials, sealing, and surface roughness. No animal originated media are used in the machining and polishing processes.
Each sensor is provided with a calibration certificate comparing a set of standard liquids to the actual sensor output. Therefore, the calibration and accuracy can be routinely verified with the traceable standard Refractive Index liquids.
Validation often includes the qualification of systems and equipment. It is a requirement for Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and other regulatory requirements. K-Patents provides a validation procedure and equipment that help the user to prove the suitability of the refractometer for its designated function. These include an optional laboratory test cuvette for easy off-line testing of drug samples in the laboratory.
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Public Transport Accessibility Index
Development of Transit Score measure for CANUE - Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium.
The Public Transport Accessibility Index (PTAI) was calculated based on the method described by Saghapour, 2016[1] to measure the access level to public transport for each census tract in different metropolitan areas of Canada. This approach consists of two main procedures. The first of them relates to the distances from points of interest and their closest stops/stations. The second one includes walking catchments and CTs population densities proportions calculations. The PTAI was calculated for each census tract. In addition, the access level was calculated for each DA. In this case, the proportions between population densities in different geographic levels were not considered. A flow chart is attached to visualize the algorithm.
Input Data
The input data for calculating the PTAI are as follows:
1. Geographic data at Census Tract (CT) level
This is a shapefile contains geographic features at CT level in cencus year 2016. CT are small, relatively stable geographic areas that have a population of less than 10, 000. It's downloaded from Statistics Canada.
2. Geographic data at Dissemination Area (DA) level
This is a shapefile contains geographic features at DA level in cencus year 2016. DA are small, relatively stable geographic unit composed of one or more adjacent dissemination blocks with an average population of 400 to 700 persons. It's downloaded from Statistics Canada.
3. Postal Code Conversion File (PCCF)
The PCCF provides a correspondence between the Canada postal code and geographic areas.
4. Road network data
This is transportation feature of topographic data at the scale of 1:50 000, in 2017.
5. General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) data
A series of text files collected in a ZIP file. Each file models a particular aspect of transit information: stops, routes, trips and other schedule data.
6. Population data
This is an excel table contains population information in census year 2016. It's downloaded from Statistics Canada.
Preprocessing Steps
The preprocessing steps are as follows:
1. Divide the CT and DA data into provinces/territories and project them to North_America_Albers_Equal_Area_Conic
Because the size of the dataset for whole Canada is large, it's easier to work with data at province/territory level. Projecting to the equal area coordinate system is because this coordinate system preserves areas and we will calculate area in the following steps.
2. Create population data table for each province/territory
3. Table joint between DA data and population data, calculate and add population density, population as new fields in DA attribute table
4. Create a summary table to calculate the population in each CT
5. Table join between CT and the summary table from step 4
6. Calculate the population density for CT, add population density, population as new fields in CT attribute table
7. Project DA and CT data to North_America_Equidistant_Conic
Later we will calculate distance, projecting to this coordinate system will get a more accurate result of distance.
8. Create CT and DA for cities using "select by attribute"
9. Create PCCF point feature and clip by the CT boundary
10. Create roads network for cities
 - Project the input data to North_America_Equidistant_Conic coordinate system
 - Clip the roads segment data using CT for cities boundaries, get roads line feature for cities
 - In Catalog, right click the roads line feature, click "New Network Dataset", and notice that the network dataset can be only created based on shapefile.
11. Download GTFS data for each city
This step can be done either by the script or manually, but it's important to check the format and the name of the files.
Steps (Demonstrated by the flow chart)
1. Estimation of the Service Frequency (SF) at each public transport access point from the timetables of each mode during the morning peak hours from 7 am to 9 am.
2. Walking Time (WT) calculations from the POI to the closest Service Access Point (SAP).
3. Calculating Total Access Time (TAT) that combines the WT and the Average Waiting Time (AWT).
4. Calculating Equivalent Doorstep Frequency (EF) for each point by dividing 30 (minutes) by TAT.
5. Estimation of the Weighted Equivalent Frequency (WEF) as a sum of all EDFs with a weighting factor in favour of the most dominant mode.
6. Calculation of the ratios between population densities in walk catchments areas and CT.
7. Calculate the PTAI
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Question: How To Make Video Play Automatically In Powerpoint?
Why is my video not playing automatically in PowerPoint?
If the PowerPoint video is not playing automatically, then chances are that you could have set some other playback option for it. In this case, you can go to its Playback settings and change the autoplay feature. Step 1. Just open the file in PowerPoint and click on the video that is not playing automatically.
How do I get multiple videos to play automatically in PowerPoint?
PowerPoint Tutorial: How To Play Video Over Multiple Slides
 1. Click on the drop-down arrow next to the video in the animations pane, and select effect options.
 2. In the effect tab, now you can see the Stop Playing section. By default, 'after current slide' will be selected.
 3. Change this option to 'after', and select the number of slides you want the video to play over.
How do I make my presentation play continuously?
You might be interested: Readers ask: How To Watch Google Play Movies On Youtube?
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Can you play two videos at once in PowerPoint?
Setting video to play "Automatically" in the ribbon sets the videos to play "After previous" by default( ie one after the other.) Open the Animation pane from ANIMATION tab and set both to "With previous" see if that helps.
How do I open two videos at the same time in PowerPoint?
OK, to solve this problem what you do is the following: load your first video and select the option that causes it to start automatically. Load the second video (or animation) and select this one to start on click. Now, when you run your presentation, click on the 2nd video as soon as the slide opens.
What are the steps to customize a slide show?
Create a custom show
 1. Open the presentation that you want to use to create a custom show.
 2. On the Slide Show tab, under Play Slide Show, click Custom Shows, and then click Edit Custom Shows.
 3. Click New.
 4. Under Slides in presentation, click the slides that you want to include in the custom show, and then click Add.
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For the first time in 90 years, the birth of the Arabian oryx was witnessed at the King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve. This is seen as a monumental achievement after years of protecting the endangered species in captivity, prior to their reintroduction to the wild. With the birth of the new calf, Saudi Arabia is hopeful in seeing an increase in Arabian oryxes in the wild.
The Arabian oryx is one of Saudi Arabia's endangered species currently benefiting from preservation efforts. In 1972, the species was declared extinct in the wild having witnessed a significant drop in numbers due to loss of habitat and poaching. The Kingdom's goal is to reintroduce endangered species into the wild in order to preserve its natural heritage and biodiversity.
As part of conservation efforts, this includes preserving the natural habitats of respective species, while designating protected areas such as King Salman Royal Reserve. Simultaneously, protected areas are seeing an increase in greenery as part of the Kingdom's Saudi Green Initiative.
In March, a team led by the University of Sydney had the pleasure to analyze the Arabian oryx DNA, in order to better inform breeding programs on how best to look after the iconic species. The study has also been published on the "Royal Society Open Science" journal. Thus far, the university has discovered that Arabian oryxes are quite capable of adapting to changing environments and maintaining good health, but also recommended new strategies in preserving the genes of the species' ancestral groups.
In addition, the researchers also recommended that Gulf nations should start storing DNA samples as added protective measures. The samples are to be kept in biobanks as an additional mean of preventing another extinction of the Arabian oryx in the wild.


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Presentation on theme: "Webcutter Estimated time required: 40 min"— Presentation transcript:
1 Webcutter Estimated time required: 40 min GUI familiarity level required: LowerMSC.ADAMS 2005 r2
2 Topics Covered Save/Export Start Adams Rotate Parts In this tutorial, you will learn how to:Save/ExportRotate PartsAdd 2 Body, 2 Location Revolution JointSave Assembled ModelModify Material PropertiesMeasure Torque, Bearing Force, CM angular Acceleration/VelocityMeasure Angle With Respect to GroundExport Data to ExcelCreate A step FunctionStart AdamsChange Grid Size and SpacingSet material PropertiesCreate Extruded PartModify PartRenameModify ViewCreate MarkerAdd Revolute JointAdd Rotational joint MotionVerify ModelRun SimluationYou will need to download "link_geometry.zip" file to complete this tutorialIf you have any difficulties, import the "Webcutter_shortcut_1.cmd" file and proceed from pg 18If you have any difficulties, import the "Webcutter_shortcut_2.cmd" file and proceed from pg 21If you have any difficulties, import the "Webcutter_Asm_shortcut_3.cmd" file and proceed from pg 26If you have any difficulties, import the "Webcutter_Asm_shortcut_4.cmd" file and proceed from pg 34If you have any difficulties, import the "Webcutter_Asm_complete.cmd" file and proceed from pg 25
3 Problem TitleB4B3A2O4O2This tutorial will describe in depth how to use ADAMS to determine the torque of the motor, bearing forces, and the angular position, velocity, and acceleration of the links for the given problem.Links are 2cm thick and made out of Al Link 2 is rotating at a rate of 60 rpm CCW.
4 What You Should Accomplish If you are successful, you should end up with a simple working webcutter model that illustrates bearing force, motor torque and angular velocity/acceleration of your model.
5 Create New Model Getting Started: a. Under the heading "How would you like to proceed", select the Create a new model radio button.b. Choose a Location to save your filesc. Set Model Name as Webcutterd. Verify the Gravity text field is set to Earth Normal (-Global Y).e. Verify that the Units text field is set to MKS - m,kg,N,s,deg.f. Select OK.abcdef
6 Change Working Grid Settings To edit the grid size:Click Settings menu, select Working Grid…The Working Grid Settings window will appearChange the Spacing text fields in X and Y to (10mm)Click OKClick View Coordinate Window (F4)abdcNote: you should see a denser set of dots on your screen
7 Set Material Properties A new window will appear, enter:Name:.Webcutter.Al6063Young Modulus: 214e6Poissons Ratio: 0.33Density: 2710Click OKClick Build Menu Materials NewabcNote: If the density is not set the simulation will not run properly
8 Create Extruded PartRight click on Rigid body tool stack, select Extrusion toolEnter 0.02 in the Length text fieldSelect Backward from Path: drop down menuClick points origin (0.0, 0.0, 0.0) (0.15, ) (0.15, 0.0, 0.0) (0.0, 0.0, 0.0), right-click to closeadcbNote: When using a command the bar on the bottom will tell you what to do and you can always exit a command by pressing the Esc key
9 Change ViewRight Click in the workspace and Select Iso or Press Shift+I to view an isometric view.aVarious other options and their shortcut keys are available in this menu. Spend some time experimenting with them and then return to the front view (Shift+F)
10 Rename Right-Click on part, select Part: PART_2 Rename Enter.model_1.link_2 in New Name text fieldClick OKbcaRename the Marker at the origin to.model_1.O2
11 Modify Extrusion Points Right-click on the triangle, select Extrusion: Extrusion_1 Modify.Click next to Profile Points text fieldClick Read button next to FileBrowse the directory for the file link2.txtClick OpenClick OKadbgecfNote: By starting our Triangle at the origin and normalizing the points about O2 for link 2, the origin and O2 coincide.
12 Create a MarkerRight click on Rigid body tool stack, select Marker toolSelect Add to Part from Marker pull down menuSelect Global XY from Orientation pull down menuClick Part_2 (0.04, 0.0, 0.0)Rename Marker.model_1.A2abcdNote: This is why the links were rotated to make OA horizontal for the input files.
13 Add Revolute Joint Right click Joint tool stack, select Revolute joint Select 1 Location from Construction pull down menuClick on point link_2.O2abc
14 Add MotionRight Click on Motion Driver tool stack, select Rotational Joint MotionEnter (360D) in Speed text fieldClick JOINT_1acb
15 Verify Your Modela. In the lower right corner of the modeling window, right-click on the Information icon.b. Click on the Verification icon. abThe Info Window appearsc. After seeing that the model has verified successfully,d. click on the Close buttondcNote: The model verification step is one way to find errors in the model definition. ADAMS checks for error conditions such as misaligned joints, unconstrained parts, or massless parts in dynamic systems, and alerts you to other possible problems in the model.
16 Run a Simulation How to simulate the model: Click on the Simulation tool in the Toolbox.Select Duration from pull down menuEnter 2Select Step Size from pull down menuEnter 0.01Click on the Play button. If everything has been done correctly the bar should complete one revolution.acdbb
17 Save DatabaseSave your database by Click File Save Database, and select no for a backup copyaTo export a.cmd fileClick File ExportSelect ADAMS/View Command File from File Type pull down menuEnter a File nameClick OKcdbe
18 Create Part 2Create another extruded triangle, with thickness = 0.2, using points:(0.04, 0.0, 0.0) (0.3, 0.0, 0.0) (0.25, -0.15, 0.0)Modify Extrusion points using list3.txtRename the part to link_3Create Marker at Point (0.32,0.0,0.0), rename it B3Create a revolute joint between link_2 and link_3de
19 Revolve PartClick anywhere on Link 3. Notice that everything is highlighted and there is a green handle at the end of the y axis on the coordinate located at A2.Click on this handle and drag left. This causes Link 3 to rotate about that point. Let Link 3 in this position for now so it is out of the way.ba
20 Verify and Simulate Verify you model Run a simulation: Duration = 2.0, Step Size = 0.01 ba
21 Create Marker Create Marker on the ground at point (0.26, -0.04, 0.0) Rename it O4a
22 Create Part 4Draw another triangle with the Extrusion tool this time with the first point at O4. Repeat the previous steps and read in Link4.txt to correct the shape.Create a marker on link 4 at position (0.66, -4.0E-002, 0.0), rename it B4Add a Revolute Joint between link 4 and Ground, at O4.bc
23 Create Joint between Part 3 and 4 Rotate link_4 so that points B3 and B4 are closeClick the revolute joint toolSelect 2 Bod-2 Loc from Construction pull down menuClick link_4 link_3 (point) B4 (point) B3dbca
24 Rendering Model Click View Render Mode Smooth Shaded (This can also be done by using the shortcut keys or Shift )a
25 Save Assembled ModelTo join these location click Simulate Interactive ControlsClick which performs initial conditions solution.Ignore and Close the warning that comes up. The part is now joinedClickEnter.Webcutter_Asm in New Model text field, Click OKClick play to run the simulation.afebdNote: The warning is stating that the two reference points of the revolute joint are not the same and need to be the same for the part to run. ADAMS will move the two links so that the points will coincide before running the simulation.
26 Modify Material Properties Right-Click link 2, Select Part: link_2 ModifyEnter.Webcutter_Asm.Al6063 in Material Type text fieldClick OKRepeat this step for link_3 and link_4.bacNote: If you choose the option of just entering density, the Links will have significant deformation during the run.
27 This is what your screen should look like when ModelThis is what your screen should look like whenyour model is complete.
28 Measure Motor TorqueRight Click Motion and select Motion: Motion_1 MeasureEnter.Webcutter_Asm.Torque in Measure Name text fieldSelect Torque from Characteristic pull down menuChoose Z radio button next to Component.Click OK (A measurement window will appear which will graph torque respective to the simulationbcdae


Game Review
Super Yum Yum: Puzzle Adventures Review
Europe PAL Version
Posted by Marcel van Duyn
Fairly yummy
First released for mobile phones and iPhone, Super Yum Yum is a puzzle game in which you play as Leon the chameleon, attempting to recover all your children and your large supply of fruit, all of which have been stolen by Ms. Tum Tum, a big blue creature with a large appetite.
After a quick tutorial level you'll be thrust into action immediately. The game is divided into four worlds, each of which has 12 stages. You can only tackle four of these stages at a time; to access the next four, you'll have to collect a certain amount of fruit in the already open stages. If you just make it a point to collect all fruit in every stage, you'll be fine: eventually you'll even be able to reach the next four stages without even playing any of the current ones.
The actual gameplay in each of the stages is fairly straightforward: simply collect all the fruit! Chameleons have fairly long tongues, and you'll be taking advantage of that. Most stages have a large number of gaps, with fruit on the other side, and you can even use your tongue to grab them and pull yourself across. It won't be long until stages also have Leon's children for you to rescue. They're collected in the same way as fruit, however, if you grab them from across a gap, you'll pull them towards yourself, rather than the other way around.
Leon's children start off being unimportant, but very quickly come into play. Certain stages feature extra large fruit, which require you to have one or more of your children with you before becoming edible. The amount of chameleons (including yourself) necessary to eat one will be depicted on it, so try to devise a path through the stage which allows you to get children before finding any large fruit.
But everything is not as simple as it sounds. All fruit has different colours, which signifies that Leon can only eat it when he himself is the same colour. All fruit also has leaves on top, which in most cases is a different colour from the fruit itself. After eating a fruit, you'll turn into the colour of the leaves, so most levels only have one or two possible solutions, as you'll have to eat everything in a very speciifc order.
Of course, you're likely to make a mistake or two some time, and the developers have thought of that, incorporating a rewind button that allows you to go one step back as many times as you want, all the way back to the very beginning of the level.
Once you've beaten a world, you'll actually have to fight a boss battle, something quite strange for a game like this. Leon's children play a role once more here, as you'll have to get past an even larger piece of fruit. A power bar will appear on screen with a slider automatically going from left to right – you'll have to stop it within a highlighted section of the bar to successfully fling one of your children at the fruit.
Once you've thrown all your kids, you'll have to continue stopping the slider in the correct section of the bar in order to start eating away at the fruit. The amount of kids you threw at it successfully determines how fast it'll go down, so if you rescued all kids and managed to throw all of them onto the fruit, you're far likelier to win within the time limit.
Although the gameplay is quite addicting, strangely the rest of the game is a bit lacking. Other versions, such as the one for iPhone, looked very clean and smooth, but the DSiWare release is noticeably uglier, and the game's small number of cutscenes all run very choppily. By far the worst is the music, as you'll only hear any on the level select screens: during actual gameplay, the game is completely silent, save for the sounds Leon and his kids make. The level select music would've been perfectly fine for the actual levels as well, so we wonder why the developers didn't simply do that.
On the whole, Super Yum Yum is a pretty fun game. With 48 increasingly hard levels, it will last you a good few hours, at least if you're trying to collect everything. The graphics and (near lack of) music will be off-putting to some, but there's nothing a stereo or a music player on your computer can't solve.
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Malouff said:
The trailer for this looked fun.
Without music however, I will have to skip this one and wait for DodoGo!
Froggievilleus said:
This is a cute game. And Leon makes noises when eating fruit and such. And to be honest, I usually have the sound off and listen to other stuff while playing games.
Bankai said:
The review doesn't mention how clever the puzzles are in this game - it's really taxing on the brain in places, but at the same time, it's never stressful.
It's actually one of the better puzzlers on DSiWare.
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This may seem like a sinister social engineering experiment conducted by a dystopian sugar-shocked dictator, but it's just the Fühlometer, a performance art piece by Julius von Bismarck, Benjamin Maus, and Richard Wilhelmer. Explains Wilhelmer's website:
"Fuehlometer" (Feel-o-meter) or "Public Face" is an interactive art installation that shows the mood of a city by displaying it in the form of a monumental Smiley. The system allows to read emotions out of random people's faces. The faces are analyzed by sophisticated software (contributed by the Fraunhofer Institut). The obtained mood data are then stored on a server and processed by the smiley to visualize the emotions in real-time.
Here's the piece on display in 2010 at Lindau Island in Germany. Could these be established across the land as public indicators of the National Happiness Index?
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Definition of capsaicin
n. - A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity. 2
The word "capsaicin" uses 9 letters: A A C C I I N P S.
No direct anagrams for capsaicin found in this word list.
Words formed by adding one letter before or after capsaicin (in bold), or to aacciinps in any order:
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The purpose of a fitness or group fitness instructor is to build fitness participation of new and existing members through fitness experiences that meet their needs.
An Instructor delivers fitness instruction to individuals with the use of& equipment (Fitness Instructor) or to a group through fitness classes (Group Fitness Instructor). Both types of the occupation have the same purpose and require the same level of knowledge, skills and competences. Therefore, most of the requirements are the same for both occupation types. However, to be able to fulfil this purpose, each of the occupation types may require additional knowledge, skills and competences specific for that type.
- The fitness or group fitness instructor should be able to:
- Provide effective and safe fitness instruction
- Promote healthy lifestyle management
- Identify individual motives and resulting short, medium and long-term fitness goals
- Suggest relevant exercise adaptations or options to allow for individual client differences or needs
- Provide participants with advice on intensity and how to progress their individual performance and results
- Observe clients/members at all times and correct unsafe technique
- Display perfect technique at all times (posture, range of motion, control, timing and form)
- Positively interact and motivate clients/members using appropriate strategies in order to promote adherence to exercise.
- Deliver good customer service and be a positive role model at all times
- Promote healthy activities and related strategies for daily living to clients/members (lifestyle management)
- Promote customer referral: invite customers to bring friend and family along and promote their fitness activities in their social environment
- Promote a healthy and clean environment
- Work within the parameters given at Level 3, recognizing the standards and professional limitations that this provides, referring to appropriate members of staff for guidance and support.


text: Sub base is the term used to describe the layer immediately beneath the surface of a paved area. Typically the final surface will be made of stone paving, gravel, concrete or bitumen macadam. The sub base layer is beneath this and provides strength and stability to the surface it supports. Laying the final layer of paving on a poorly prepared surface will result in early failure of the pavement surface. Our sub base, or scalpings, consists of a graded blend of particle sized to a maximum of 40mm.


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Estonia Has Least Polluted Urban Air in the World27 September 2011
Levels of fine airborne particles in Estonia's urban areas are the lowest in the world, a comparative table published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 26 September reveals. The Indian Ocean island nation Mauritius ranked second while Canada landed in third place, according to the WHO data.
The report looked at two different particle sizes: those with a diameter less than 2.5 micrometers (PM2.5) and those smaller than 10 micrometers (PM10).
In Estonia, PM2.5 was registered at 5.4 micrograms per cubic meter of air, while PM10 was at 11 micrograms per cubic meter of air.
The highest concentration of particles was registered in Mongolia, where PM2.5 peaked at 63 and PM10 at 279 micrograms per cubic meter of air.
According to WHO, each year over two million people around the world die due to the inhalation of fine particulate matter. The WHO ranking list contained results of urban outdoor air pollution monitoring from almost 1 100 cities with a population of at least 100 000. Air pollution in Estonia was measured only in Tallinn and the data dates back to 2008.
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I am looking for methods that take into account rotation as well as translation for continuous collision detection.
My broad phase algorithm uses swept maximal bounding spheres returning a start time when the objects will be within their maximum radius.
I have two ideas how to handle the next phase of collision detection:
1 ignore rotation:
A simplified collision I am considering is to ignore rotation from the beginning of the narrow phase and use a GJK representation to raycast the relative motion of the objects to the origin. This should give an intersection time by a raycast against a convex hull. This method will result in colliding objects to stop rotating for a portion of the time step, and can miss collision due to rotation over the timestep.
2 bisection search:
Doing a bisection search of instantaneous GJK tests at increasingly smaller intervals, presumably down to a fixed size. If a collision is detected then only earlier points in the bisection need be considered (reducing the search space), but to rule out collision completely the full space needs to be searched. This seems fairly expensive and can still miss collisions where the periodicity of motion is between the test points.
I have found some indication that dual numbers or dual quaternions + screw theory may have some application but it seems like an advanced topic and so far the only game-related application I have found is in mesh deformation, not collision detection. Screw theory seems promising, but I'm not sure it applies to situations where the axis of rotation is not the same as the axis of translation, or if that is just a sub-set of certain screw motions.
Some possible resources:
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|Digital Energy > Protection & Control > Voltage and Frequency Relays > STV Overexcitation Relay|
The Type STV relay is a single-phase static overexcitation relay. It consists of an overexcitation sensing unit which has a linear volts per hertz pickup characteristic, and a timing unit to provide a definite time before initiating some protective action. A target seal-in unit is also provided to protect the timing unit contacts during tripping duty.
The Type STV relay is designed specifically for equipment protection in case of overexcitation. Overexcitation of a generator or power transformer may occur during start-up, shutdown, or as result of remote load rejection. As as result, overheating due to core saturation within a very short time may cause severe damage. This relay, employing a constant volts per hertz pickup, recognizes overexcitation and initiates some appropriate action to protect the equipment.Features and Benefits
Target seal-in units
Transformer and generator protection
Alarm and backup protection
Adjustable pick-up voltage
Adjustable time delay


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|Title:||Evolving Possibilistic Fuzzy Modelling|
|Abstract:||This paper suggests an evolving possibilistic approach for fuzzy modelling of time-varying processes. The approach is based on an extension of the well-known possibilistic fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering and functional fuzzy rule-based modelling. Evolving possibilistic fuzzy modelling (ePFM) employs memberships and typicalities to recursively cluster data, and uses participatory learning to adapt the model structure as a stream data is input. The idea of possibilistic clustering plays a key role when the data are noisy and with outliers due to the relaxation of the restriction on membership degrees to add up unity in FCM clustering algorithm. To show the usefulness of ePFM, the approach is addressed for system identification using Box & Jenkins gas furnace data as well as time series forecasting considering the chaotic Mackey-Glass series and data produced by a synthetic time-varying process with parameter drift. The results show that ePFM is a potential candidate for nonlinear time-varying systems modelling, with comparable or better performance than alternative approaches, mainly when noise and outliers affect the data available.|
|Subject:||Possibilistic Fuzzy Clustering|
Fuzzy System Models
|Editor:||Taylor & Francis Ltd|
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Climate change research
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The planet's Stargate is located in a valley close to a glacier. The atmosphere had succumb to a global warming effect. The Atlantis expedition set up the research outpost further up the valley closer to the glacier.
At some point in 2008 Dr. Nichols had set up a research outpost on this planet to study the effects of global warming. Some time later the glacier on the planet breached and flooded the valley the outpost was located. The research team was unable to make contact with Atlantis and so Woolsey sent Sheppard's team to discover why they had not made contact, exiting the gate underwater and having to seek refuge from the icy waters on top of the gate, while Col. Sheppard had to swim down and dial the Stargate. The team was forced to wait for the gate to deactivate before they could be retrieved by a Puddle Jumper but had to wait several hours for the flood waters to recede before they could return to Atlantis. (ATL: "The Shrine")


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Vegetarian dining in Portugal
Eating out in Lisbon and Portugal as a vegetarian.
This article researches the possibilities for vegetarians to have a good time on holiday in Lisbon and the rest of Portugal, eat enough healthy food and even taste traditional Portuguese food without having to consort to eating meat.
We'll give you some advice and tips on the best places to eat, get your nutrients and enjoy great meals dining out the way you should on holiday!
In the large Supermarkets all over the country vegetarian food has become easily available from the large choice of beans, lentil and nuts already much used in the traditional Portuguese Cuisine, you now also will find many soya meat imitations, Tofu, Seitan and other meat replacement products.
Going to restaurants you generally wont find these things on the menu.
If you don't eat meat but fish there is no problem, fish is on just about every menu. Inland you'll find less fresh fish but many Bacalhua (salted cod dishes) that make up a large part of the traditional menu all over Portugal.
You don't eat meat or fish? Than eggs, cheese are often available but after that it gets more difficult.
Some vegetarian facts
Vegetarianism is growing and growing worldwide and anno 2013 the statistics demand that we take vegetarians serious in our supermarkets and restaurants.
We already know countries like India and Taiwan to have a large percentage of vegetarians (respectively 40% and 10%)
Europe however has lower percentages but the amount of vegetarians are steadily growing due to more food and environmental awareness and the various meat scams of recent years.
The Netherlands has a percentage of roughly 5% vegetarians and most of the population eat meat only a couple of times a week.
The Uk scores higher roughly 10% of it's population is fully vegetarian.
Germany has almost 8 million vegetarians making it one the most vegetarian countries in Europe.
America scores around 6% of its population, which is, let's face it, a substantial amount of people.
Portugal however scores around 0.3% and most Portuguese cannot imagine a meal without meat or fish.
Hopefully, in the future, more and more restaurants will understand the necessity of creating fully vegetarian, balanced and delicious meals.
Traditional vegetarian foods that you can find in restaurants
Eating traditional Portuguese: It can be a bit of a challenge finding typical Portuguese food that doesn't consist of meat or fish, yet it's possible!
First of all don't make the mistake of going to a traditional restaurant thinking they can and will throw something together that will come close to a meal. The best you can hope for in most restaurants is an omelet or a couple of fried eggs, salad (not much more than lettuce, tomato and onion), white rice, potato, chips and if there out of eggs, well…..
So lets look at the traditional kitchen most dishes consist of fish, meat or mixes of fish and meat.
Some of the the side dishes however, can be exciting for vegetarians especially the really traditional ones that go back to a time when fish and meat where not daily available making some of them are really fully nutritious vegetarian meals and delicious if made well.
Check out the following
not a meal but a great beer snack that many Portuguese eat while socializing with friends over a beer or a glass of wine. They are big butter beans, salted and delicious as a snack. Most Portuguese will pop the bean out of it's skin (as it can be bitter) and eat only the inside leaving the skin on the plate provided.
Acorda is found all over Portugal and it's much like the Italian risotto but not made with rice but bread mixed with almost anything. Not al Acorda's are vegetarian but a lot of them are or could be if you ask the cook.
Acorda can be with beans, veg or gamba's. It's always mixed with plenty of olive oil and seasoning.
A type of acorda with beans. A filling and great vegetarian meal.
Migas Now Migas is one of my favourites. Especially the regional Ribatejan dish that you will find in Lisbon in restaurants that serve dishes from Ribatejo. But the whole country has different types of Migas all worth trying.
It literally means breadcrumbs and is made of the tougher, heavier country bread type. In Ribatejo they use Broa. The bread is cut into small pieces, mixed with olive, white bean, a Portuguese cabbage called caldo verde or couve Portuguesa also finely chopped, salt, pepper, sometimes garlic and other seasoning. It's delicious mixed with salad it's a filling and perfectly nutritious meal.
Most Portuguese soups are vegetarian. Generally stock cubes aren't used in preparing soups and a vegetable soups will be made using partly pureed vegetables, salt and olive oil. So if you can handle a meal made purely of soup (bread and olives) this can be a safe way to go.
Chick pea chick pea is part of the traditional Portuguese kitchen and most restaurants will have them. Very often they are mixed with chopped onion and fresh parsley and they can help in making a sufficient vegetarian meal.
In portuguese they are called grao (grouwng)
Many restaurants offer buffet and a lot of these buffet will have at least a few vegetarian dishes (if your strict you may want to check with the cook which dishes are really vegetarian but I've had a few of these meals choosing the veg, bean and chickpea dishes that did taste good and where fulfilling.
And from my experience that's where 'vegetarian' stops in all Portuguese traditional restaurants.
In Lisbon there are plenty of alternatives, generally a bit more expensive than the average, although the vegetarian meal is likely to be the cheapest.
Italian, Thai, Chinese, Indian, Turkish restaurants all offer vegetarian meals and there are many of them.
This month we will introducing a new tag to our restaurants that serve also fully fledged vegetarian meals, so they become easier to find!
Being a vegetarian I love the fully vegetarian restaurants that give me a menu where I can choose, wow, but being a person I like to go out with friends and not all of them get as excited as I do when I say 'vegetarian restaurant!'. that's why all restaurants should offer vegetarian alternatives, there are to many of us to ignore! And our meat eating friends do take us into consideration and will also move to a restaurant that offers both if they are to be found.
If on average 7% of eaters are vegetarian than 7% of menu's should be vegetarian but lets make it 10% it rounds better and gives meat eaters the opportunity to skip for one day.
Sadly not every vegetarian want tofu, which is pretty difficult to get and even more difficult to cook, if you want to get it right.
Why never a vegetarian lasagna (nuts replace meat very well) or a quiche. Want to do it portugeuse use all the beans from the traditional kitchen, spice them up the way you would any other Portuguese dish, serve with rice and a well fried egg or boiled potato and voila, a traditional Portuguese vegetarian meal is born!
Conclusion: if an average of 7% of the total tourist population are vegetarians just taking Europe and America into perspective, isn't it time for Portugal to start thinking of alternatives? At least there where there are tourists? And maybe offering fully fledged vegetarian meals to the Portuguese just to show them how delicious vegetarian food can be!
Vegetarian food is easier to cook, easier to keep fresh and a lot cheaper, shouldn't every restaurant be happy to have at least one dish on their menu and at least 2 because they like to offer choice!
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LIFE IN ST. LOUIS DURING WORLD WAR II
At the start of World War II in 1941, only eleven or twelve Japanese families were known to have settled in St. Louis. No evacuations to internment camps took place in Missouri. Life was closer to normal for Japanese families living in St. Louis, although surely it was not business as usual. Although racism was probably not as bad as it was on the West Coast, it was likely existent in St. Louis during the war.
In the following excerpt, Mae Marshall, a life-long St. Louis resident, explains how the FBI came into her father's store on Market Street.
1948 Family Photo
Mary Alyea Beck, Ben Kadowaki, Bob, Herb, and Mae


Washing, conveying and milling
Voran's machines can significantly reduce the time spent on different processes and increase the efficiency of production. The cleaning and sorting table is a combination device for cleaning and manual sorting of fruit and vegetables that helps to prepare fruit for milling process more efficiently.
Washing-elevating-milling systems help to save time on transporting fruits and vegetables from washer to the mill and allow higher throughput. These Voran machines are washing fruits and vegetables and also shred them in the same device right after washing process. After milling process the fruit pulp is ready to be pressed.


Police Evidence Technician
The department has two civilian employees who are police evidence technicians. They are responsible for assisting officers with processing crime scenes and handling evidence. Duties include, but are not limited to:
 - Photograph crime scenes with digital, analog, or video equipment as part of processing the scene;
 - Conducts searches and preserves physical evidence such as hair, fibers, dirt, body fluids, etc.
 - Completes written reports as required to document crime scenes and the collection and preservation of evidence;
 - Receives and stores physical evidence to maintain proper security and chain of custody of evidence until released for use in court proceedings;
 - Makes appointments with attorneys and law enforcement personnel to review physical evidence in preparation for upcoming trials.
 - Assists the Violent/Sex Offender Detective with assuring violent/sex offenders are registered.


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Introduction: Removable Pocket for Your Phone
this will show you how to make a small pocket to attach to your phone, wallet etc for things like loose change and credit cards. It's very useful, very easy, and only uses household items.
Step 1: Materials Needed
Step 2: Cut the Paper
Use your scissors to cut the paper twice the size of what you want your pocket to be, and fold it in half. Mine is ripped out of a small notebook.
Step 3: The Middle Stripe
Cut a long strip of duct tape and put ii down the middle of your paper. Try to get it as straight as possible.
Step 4: The Side Stripes
Cut another long piece of duct tape of the same length. Cut it down the middle. Place them on each side of the first strip.
Step 5: Folding
fold bottom tab of duct tape up so it covers about half of the paper. Then fold the paper in half. Turn the paper over, and do the same thing again. Fold in half so it resembles a small folder.
Step 6: Taping the Sides and Attaching It.
cut small strips of tape and place them on each side of one of the sides of the folder. Fold the folder and take the sides together. Then take two longer pieces and attach them to each side. These are for attaching the pocket to your wallet, phone, etc.
Step 7: ( Optional ) Tab
if you would like a lid or flap that goes over the pocket to keep things from falling out, flip your pocket over and attach a piece of duct tape to the back so half of it is on the back of the pocket, and half hangs over. Fold the tape corners so it has a pointed triangle at the end. Fasten the tab over.
Step 8: Happy Dance!!!!!! :-)
You're done! Feel free to dance, pat yourself on the back, out just brag to all your friends.
We have a be nice policy.
Please be positive and constructive.


TX Text Control for Windows Forms supports the insertion of chart controls of the type System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.Chart. This control is part of the.net framework since version 4, but can be added to prior versions. A chart can be positioned like an image or textframe, either geometrically or as a single character. Geometrically its position can either be relative to a paragraph to which it is anchored or relative to the complete document. The ChartFrame class handles the positioning of the chart in the document. A chart frame is always associated with a chart control which handles the appearance and the data of the chart. All charts in a document are contained in a ChartCollection. The collection can also be used to add charts to or to remove charts from the document. The chart collection can be obtained from a TextControl or ServerTextControl through the Charts property. The TextControl.ChartLayoutDialog method opens a dialog box which offers layout settings like positioning, size and text distances. A chart can be saved with the TX Text Control and the RTF format and is reconstructed during a loading process. With other formats the chart image is saved. If a document with charts is loaded on a system where no chart controls are installed, the chart's image is inserted.
Class Description
TXTextControl.DataVisualization.ChartCollection An instance of the ChartCollection class contains all charts in a document represented through objects of the type DataVisualization.ChartFrame.
TXTextControl.DataVisualization.ChartEventArgs The ChartEventArgs class provides data for all events that occur with charts.
TXTextControl.DataVisualization.ChartFrame An instance of the ChartFrame class represents a chart and its layout in a Text Control document.
Constructor Description
TXTextControl.DataVisualization.ChartFrame Initializes a new instance of the ChartFrame class.
Event Description
TXTextControl.ServerTextControl.ChartCreated Occurs when a new chart has been created.
TXTextControl.ServerTextControl.ChartDeleted Occurs when a chart has been deleted.
TXTextControl.TextControl.ChartClicked Occurs when a chart has been clicked on.
TXTextControl.TextControl.ChartCreated Occurs when a new chart has been created.
TXTextControl.TextControl.ChartDeleted Occurs when a chart has been deleted.
TXTextControl.TextControl.ChartDoubleClicked Occurs when a chart has been doubleclicked on.
TXTextControl.TextControl.ChartMoved Occurs when a chart has been moved.
TXTextControl.TextControl.ChartRightClicked Occurs when a chart has been clicked on with the right mouse button.
TXTextControl.TextControl.ChartSelected Occurs when a chart has been selected.
TXTextControl.TextControl.ChartDeselected Occurs when a chart has been deselected.
TXTextControl.TextControl.ChartSized Occurs when a chart has been sized.
Method Description
TXTextControl.TextControl.ChartLayoutDialog Invokes the built-in dialog box for alter the layout settings, the size and the text distances of a chart.
TXTextControl.TextControl.OnChartClicked Raises the ChartClicked event.
TXTextControl.TextControl.OnChartCreated Raises the ChartCreated event.
TXTextControl.TextControl.OnChartDeleted Raises the ChartDeleted event.
TXTextControl.TextControl.OnChartDeselected Raises the ChartDeselected event.
TXTextControl.TextControl.OnChartDoubleClicked Raises the ChartDoubleClicked event.
TXTextControl.TextControl.OnChartMoved Raises the ChartMoved event.
TXTextControl.TextControl.OnChartRightClicked Raises the ChartRightClicked event.
TXTextControl.TextControl.OnChartSelected Raises the ChartSelected event.
TXTextControl.TextControl.OnChartSized Raises the ChartSized event.
TXTextControl.DataVisualization.ChartCollection.Add Inserts a new chart in a Text Control document.
TXTextControl.DataVisualization.ChartCollection.CopyTo Copies the elements of the collection to an array, starting at a particular index.
TXTextControl.DataVisualization.ChartCollection.GetItem Gets a particular chart from the collection.
TXTextControl.DataVisualization.ChartCollection.Remove Removes a chart from a Text Control document.
TXTextControl.DataVisualization.ChartFrame.AddUndoUnit Add the current state of the chart which is connected with this ChartFrame to the undo stack.
TXTextControl.DataVisualization.ChartFrame.Refresh Refreshes the chart.
Property Description
TXTextControl.ServerTextControl.Charts Gets a collection of all charts in a document.
TXTextControl.TextControl.Charts Gets a collection of all charts contained in the text part with the input focus.
TXTextControl.DataVisualization.ChartEventArgs.ChartFrame Gets an object that represents the chart which causes the event.
TXTextControl.DataVisualization.ChartFrame.Chart Gets the chart control associated with the chart frame.
TXTextControl.DataVisualization.ChartFrame.ExportCompressionQuality Sets a value between 1 and 100, which is the quality of a lossy data compression used, if the chart's image is exported.
TXTextControl.DataVisualization.ChartFrame.ExportFileName Gets or sets the file name, when the chart's image is exported.
TXTextControl.DataVisualization.ChartFrame.ExportFilterIndex Gets or sets the format used, if a chart's image is exported.
TXTextControl.DataVisualization.ChartFrame.ExportResolution Gets or sets the maximum resolution in dots per inch in which the chart's image is saved.
TXTextControl.DataVisualization.ChartFrame.SaveMode Determines whether the chart's image is stored through its binary data or through a file reference.


Stephen F. Austin State University
Student Career Advocates
What is a Student Career Advocate?
Student Career Advocates (SCAs) wear many hats. They are, first and foremost, students. But they are also advisors, interview coaches, researchers and resource developers. They are mentors, presenters, program organizers and instructors. They are student leaders. In a nutshell, Student Career Advocates are the initial liaisons between students and the Career Services professional staff, and often the first point of contact when interacting with Career Services. But they are so much more than just that. We set our expectations high for our Student Career Advocates... and they exceed them every day.
So, what do SCAs do?
Why should I apply to be a SCA?
There are many reasons to be a Student Career Advocate; these are just a few:
What does Career Services look for in a potential SCA?
Career Services seeks out the highest of qualities when considering an applicant as a potential Student Career Advocate:
Are there any requirements to become an SCA?


Most, if not all, newer hot water tanks come pre-insulated. If you have an older hot water, however, you may find it does not have an insulated shell. If this is the case, installing an insulated jacket to your hot water tank will save you a considerable amount of energy and money.
The principle of the hot water tank is to generate a body of hot water in a short period of time, using your boiler at its most efficient, then storing the water for later use, a bit like boiling your kettle to fill a thermos flask. If the tank is not well insulated, the heat will radiate out and heat everything around it, lowering the temperature of the water within, which in turn will mean the boiler will need to run again to top up the heat. A well insulated tank will keep the water hot for a longer period, therefore reducing the requirement on the boiler.
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Unless you forget the Sunday joint in the oven, a burning smell from any electrical appliance is something you should take very seriously. It's generally a sign that the machine is about to break down, and it could well indicate that it's in a dangerous condition. If you smell burning in or around your washing machine you need to take immediate steps.
Where is the Smell Coming From?
If the smell is clearly coming from the washing machine itself, switch it off and unplug it immediately. If the smell appears to be coming from the plug, plug socket, or wire, switch off the power to the circuit and wait for everything to cool down before unplugging.
In either event, don't use your machine until it's been assessed by a service engineer. A burning smell from this appliance is a sign that you need urgent washing machine repairs. There are a number of things your engineer will check.
1. The drive belt
A worn or damaged drive belt can slip, this causes friction which leads to the belt overheating, resulting in a very distinctive burning rubber smell, indicating that the worn belt needs to be replaced. While this task isn't especially complicated it's still best undertaken by a qualified repairman. Washing machine motors generate a lot of static and it's possible to get a very nasty shock from one even when the appliance is unplugged.
2. Drive motor pulleys
Pulleys can rust or degrade over time, and once this has happened they will generate friction when the machine is in operation. At worst a damaged pulley can seize up totally, which will put a strain on the drive belt and lead to overheating.
3. The drive motor
Like the pulleys and belts around it, the drive motor itself can overheat and cause a burning smell. Sometimes this is as a result of a primary fault in the motor, other times a fault in a belt or pulley can cause the motor to burn out. A competent engineer will generally check all of this, to determine the full extent of the work to be done before starting your washing machine repairs. Replacing one or two components is likely to be cost effective but if several parts are faulty it might be more cost-effective to replace the machine.
4. Electrical faults within the machine
Faults in the wiring or water coming into contact with the electrical components of your machine could result in an electrical burning smell from within the washing machine. Switch it off, isolate it from the power supply and call an engineer.
Reduce the risk of your washing machine developing faults
Every home appliance has a usable lifespan and sooner or later faults will develop, but there are a few things you can do to maximise the chances of getting the longest possible use from your washing machine. Attending to faults as soon as you notice them will always keep your washing machine repair bills down in the long run. A single faulty component could cause a cascade of other problems to develop, so delaying repairs may increase the work that needs to be done and the cost of doing it. Apart from this, the very best favour you can do your washer is to not overload it. Overloading puts excessive strain on the belt, the pulleys and the motor itself making their failure more likely.


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Xbox Game DVR is an application that lets you capture video clips or screenshots of your games. When you are playing game from your Xbox, you can enable the Game DVR by pressing Windows+G key combinations. Then you will find options to record or capture screenshots. The screenshots and clips are not only meant to be stored, but also to be shared on your Xbox feed for yours friends to see. You have to upload the screenshots or clips anf the process of doing so is very simple. Check out the steps below:
1. Open Xbox App and click on the hamburger sign located at top left corner of the app screen.
2. Your Xbox will appear. Scroll down and find Game DVR. Tap on it.
3. Now tap on either "On this PC" or "Xbox Live" to find out the screenshots or clips that have been captured by you. Tap on the screenshot that you want to share or upload.
4. Now tap on Upload.
5. If you want to share a clip or an image you didn't capture using Xbox Game bar, you can share it by copyingg it to the following loctation:


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Grats (sometimes spelled 'gratz') is a commonly used abbreviation for congratulations. It is most often used when an achievement is announced, or a player reaches a new level. It may also be used sarcastically when someone does something stupid.
In guild culture, there is an expectation that at least one person will say 'grats' when someone announces they dinged or earns an achievement, especially for significant milestones such as reaching maximum level or completing a meta achievement.
Some people find replying to dings and achievements annoying, to the extent that addons such as Grats Bot have popped up to automate the process.


Assessing pupil size - Sounds simple, but...
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 I have worked at two equally well recognized teaching hospitals in an ICU setting. Most everything is the same, but I've noticed a difference in how pupil size is assessed.
 Hosp#1 - Assess size of pupil as it reacts to pen light so as to eliminate variation in room lighting.
 Hosp#2 - Assess size of pupil upon initial inspection, regardless of room lighting, etc. (and before using pen light).
 I do look at the pt's pupils initially, but I make my measurement based on the size to which they constrict.
 So I am wondering - how does everyone else do it?
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 Your assessment should include both. For example if pupils are constricted or dilated without stimulation - and - do they constrict with stimulation - and - are they equal/unequal in both situations.
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 I check the pupils without the pen light, say they are a 4, they constrict to a 3 with the pen light, so I will say pupils reactive 4->3
 ktliz and netglow like this.
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 I assess the size of them in regular lighting, how fast they react to my pen light is the ERRL part.
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 In response to the above replies:
 But how do you standardize on "regular lighting"? Day vs night, different light switches (we have about 8 lighting options in each room - it's ridiculous), if pt's eyes were open or closed prior to exam?
 That's what I'm getting at. If we report the size upon initial inspection that can be incredibly variable based on external factors. Do your units have a standard set for this? I know mine doesn't and the results are all over the place.
 I don't have any issues with the reactivity and regularity... it's just a specific question of timing that pupil size is measured.
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 You adopt a relative know that completely dilated pupils in any light is know if one pupil is larger than the other that's not know what size pupils should be based on what meds the patient is receiving. There's no hard and fast rule.
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 I think you're making it out to be a bit harder than it really is.
 netglow, Esme12, Altra, and 1 other like this.
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 It should be based on what size they are without a bright light being shined right in them. Yes, it can be a little variable.
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 You are over thinking the issue. If you are checking the pupils at 0800 the "norm" is that it is daylight. YOu look at the pupils in ambient light comparing size and shape. Are the irregular in size? are they unequal? Do they both react equally and at the same time to light?(accommodation). Pupillary response changes can be, and usually is, a late sign of increasing intracranial pressure and there should be other more subtle signs of increasing pressure such as confusion and lethargy or agitation. The checking of pupils is obtaining a baseline and reporting changes. People who have had cataract surgery will not have much of a pupillary response and there is an anomaly the can be normal, anisocoria.
 Get a base line, look for differences.....the subtle changes due to time of day are understood.
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Roblox is a massively multiplayer online game created and marketed toward children and teenagers. It allows players to create their own virtual worlds and games. Driving in Roblox can be tricky, as the controls are slightly different from those in the real world. The following guide will teach you the basics of how to drive in Roblox.
How To Drive In Brookhaven Roblox
Brookhaven is a small town in Maine. The roads are narrow and there are many curves. Drive slowly and use caution when turning. There are no stoplights, so use caution when crossing intersections.
-A computer with internet access -A Roblox account -A working knowledge of how to use a computer -Some spending money to buy in-game items
- Select a car
- Enter the game
- Drive around the map avoid crashing into other cars or obstacles
– Always drive on the right side of the road. – Yield to pedestrians. – Follow all traffic signs and signals. – Use caution when driving in crowded areas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How Do You Play Brookhaven?
The objective of the game is to explore the town of Brookhaven and solve the mysteries within. The player can explore the town by walking around, and can interact with objects and characters by selecting them. Some objects can be interacted with more than once, and some characters will give the player tasks to complete. The player can also access a menu to check their inventory, map, and objectives.
How Do You Drive A Roblox Car On Ipad?
You can drive a Roblox car on an iPad by using the virtual joystick controls that appear on the screen.
How Do You Drive A Car In Roblox?
To drive a car in Roblox, you need to use the arrow keys on your keyboard.
Brookhaven is a busy town, so take care when driving. There are a lot of pedestrians and cyclists, so be vigilant and always give way. The roads are generally in good condition, but there are some areas that can be tricky to navigate, so take your time and pay attention to signage.


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HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR
Mexican Folk Art Figure
On his second voyage in 1493, Christopher Columbus brought with him thirty Spanish Mustangs, a breed then considered to be the finest in the world. Breeding farms were established in the Caribbean and Mexico, and the Spanish horses became a vital part of the new society. The mix of Spanish and native Mexican peoples produced a unique and colorful culture, the artwork of which blended brilliant color, texture, and design. The Mexican Folk Art horse represents this blend of traditions and histories.


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Sweden's energy minister, Maud Olofsson, announced yesterday that the country would install 2,000 wind turbines over the next decade that would add to 10 terawatt hours of clean energy per year.
The country is also aiming to have 50 percent of its electricity come from renewable sources by 2020. To reach that goal, Sweden will be adding another 15 TWh of renewable energy from sources like solar power and biofuels in addition to the wind power.
Sweden already gets 20 percent of its energy needs from renewable sources, mainly hydroelectricity plants, so the 50 percent mark will not be impossible for them to reach.
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Make DataGenerator A Hadoop Job
Data generator is provided to generate tuples with specified number of fields for testing purpose. You can configure the datatype, length, cardinality, distribution and the percentage of NULL values for each field. Data generator generates random values that matches the configuration. Two types of distribution are supported: uniform and zipf distribution.
The current implementation runs on a single box and is single threaded. Its execution time is linear to the amount of data to be generated. When the amount of data reaches hundreds of gigabytes, the time required becomes unacceptable. In other words, this application is not scalable to deal with large amount of data.
The newer version of implementation allows to generate data in hadoop mode. You can specify the number of mappers, each mapper only needs to generate a fraction of data. This can greatly reduce the execution time.
Tuples generated by data generator can contain fields that are uniformly distributed or Zipf distributed. Both types of fields can be split into multiple processors with each processor generating a fraction of total rows. If M rows are to be generated by N processors, then each processor shall generate M/N rows. When the data from each processor are combined together, the result should still be uniformly distributed or zipf distributed.
Data generator is modified to be a hadoop job.
Define following env variables:
export HADOOP_CLASSPATH=$pigjar:$zipfjar:$datagenjar
For Hadoop 0.18
hadoop jar -libjars $zipfjar $datagenjar org.apache.pig.test.utils.datagen.DataGenerator -conf $conf_file [options] colspec...
For Hadoop 0.20 or Greater
hadoop jar $datagenjar org.apache.pig.test.utils.datagen.DataGenerator -libjars $zipfjar -conf $conf_file [options] colspec..
To run it locally, besides using hadoop jar without -m, you can also use:
java -cp $pigjar:$zipfjar:$datagenjar org.apache.pig.test.utils.datagen.DataGenerator [options] colspec...
Future Works
This implementation is constrained by the memory availability. For now, we assume the cardinality of a field that need a mapping file is less than 2M, and the number of such fields is not more than 5. In this case, the memory required should be less than 1G for most settings. To work with bigger cardinality or more of string fields, the DataGenerator has to generate data with random numbers and then does an explicit join between the mapping file and the data file.
DataGeneratorHadoop (last edited 2010-01-15 00:16:15 by RobStewart)


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Australia's Transport Safety Bureau has issued a safety advisory notice to all helicopter operators conducting overwater operations. The notice advises the importance of frequent helicopter underwater escape training (HUET) for aircrew and regular passengers to increase survivability of an in-water accident.
The notice was issued as a result of the TSB's initial investigation into the fatal collision with water of an Airbus Helicopters EC135 on March 14. While one pilot survived, the other was unable to escape from the helicopter. Examination of the aircraft operator's records revealed the deceased pilot, who was recently employed by the operator, had not undertaken a HUET course for nine years.
"Research of accidents into water has shown that occupants who survive the initial impact will likely have to make an in-water or underwater escape, as helicopters usually rapidly roll inverted post-impact," the ATSB said. "The research has also shown that drowning is the primary cause of death following a helicopter accident into water."
A HUET course is considered to provide individuals with familiarity with the crash environment and confidence in their ability to cope with emergency situations. The ATSB said that interviews with survivors from helicopter accidents requiring underwater escape frequently mention they considered that HUET had been very important in their survival. "Training provided reflex conditioning, a behavioral pattern to follow, reduced confusion, and reduced panic."
Notwithstanding, the ATSB emphasized that the investigation is continuing and it is too soon to draw final conclusions.


this work? Edit: this does not work, :(. Let me try something else then. Take S = (R\Q)x(R\Q). QxR U RxQ would be S complement. Let p be a prime number and let q_p be in Q. For each q_p, let J_p be the set of all rational numbers times the square root of p. Since Q is countable, there is a bijection between the set of primes and {q x R : q is rational} union {R x q : q is rational}. So let A be the union of all q_p X J_p and J_p X q_p. Take A union S and the complement of that in R^2 to be your disjoint union. Dunno if this works but at least it seems like a better attempt.
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okay, I now see why this doesn't work, sorry. – Patrick Tam Oct 31 '10 at 12:17
_USER_, see wonderful Hurewicz and Wallman, Dimension Theory :-) – Włodzimierz Holsztyński Feb 24 '13 at 21:03
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There's a hole in the middle of Prague, and we want you to know what's in it. The early 1980s metro station at Národní třída is the scene of a fascinating archaeological dig that we'll be visiting in this month's Science Journal.
The Národní třída metro station that most of us know was a metaphorical hole even before the dig – a line of fast food kiosks between two chrome and plastic socialist structures that was a favourite stomping ground for beggars and winos. Plans to develop the plaza for office and shopping space has peeled back the grimy surface of this historic part of Prague to reveal century after century of history in strata that can be read like a book back to the 1100s. Here to do that for me is Polish archaeologist Tomasz Cymbalak, who is heading the dig.
"What we see in front of us are the remains of the townhouses that used to be here. There are five of them here, and the way they looked changed from small houses of townspeople to larger buildings that were built further back from the street. Through time, the structure gets more dense, they added wells and waste pits, and those are the places where we make the most finds. And aside from those coins, pottery fragments, bones and so on, we have taken various samples for archeo-botanic analyses, so we will be able to reconstruct the early Praguers' diet, the illnesses they suffered from, and so on."
So from where we're stranding now – about four or five metres above the bottom of the dig – we can see a very compact kind of maze of stone walls from which you can kind of see what a busy place this city was even that long ago...
"Yes, it shows the very lively development of this part of the city. The place where we are standing is actually the border between Old Town and New Town. Right next to the place we are studying was an ancient road that led from Prague Castle through Old Town to Vyšehrad, and one of the gates to the city through the fortification was a few dozen metres from here. So this was a gathering point for traders and other service tradesmen. In the later periods, like in the 17th and 18th century, then of course the social structure of the inhabitants changed and Renaissance buildings are built, followed by Baroque and Neoclassical and so on."
Archaeologists did of course know there would be findings here – aside from the evidence from the sonar scans that preceded the dig, you will always find layers of pottery, bones and other relics wherever you dig down into city centre Prague. But they were nonetheless greatly surprised by the excellent way everything under Národní Třída had been preserved, even despite the encroachment of the metro in the 1980s, and the dates that the evidence went back to. While they expected 14th century remnants from the establishment of New Town by Charles IV, they found even the predecessors of those structures – not the wooden and mud buildings themselves per say, but the outlines of them left like photonegatives left in the ground. Another surprise was a burial site lying just under what is now Tesco.
"What you see here is part of a burial site where the individual bodies have been laid in ordered rows like on a chessboard. We have already dug out the graves here. The bodies were laying with their heads to the west, feet to the east, with their arms by their sides, and the state they were in was surprising, because they were wonderfully preserved. So all in all we uncovered six graves that I would tentatively date to the turn of the 13th century."
"We know that among them there were about three women – the anthropological survey is still underway. The bones show that the deceased worked in a hunched over position, they did hard work that left its mark on their skeletons. We are also going to do a DNA analysis as well and from that we should have some approximate idea as to their ethnicity or where they were from."
Can you describe what it might have looked like right here at Národní Třída at the time that these graves were dug, in the 12th to 13th centuries?
"The structures were primarily wooden, with a couple stone buildings and were compacted together. The road network was much smaller than it is today, there were less streets, but the road that we are on just now existed even in the early Middle Ages, and that's Spalená Street. The water situation was different, there must have been several creeks here, and we know that the terrain was much more rolling, with small hills and sunken farm paths. There was of course much more greenery – bushes and trees. There were groups of houses – like countryside cottages – one next to the other, making small units. What was in this area was a small settlement that provided material support for the Old Town."
Under what is going to be a very modern multifunctional building at this site you can follow the complex meshing of one era into another. As the farmers ran out of space for storing their products and feeding their animals, the space became used more and more by merchants and craftsmen, until even more people begin moving to the city in the 19th century and there is more residential rather than economic area. In the 20th century the lot changes altogether, filling up with restaurants, offices, administrative spaces and so on, showing the various needs of each century until it is cemented over for the construction of the Soviet-style metro station. The metro in fact runs just metres away from ancient cellars still being explored and learned from beneath Spalená Street.
"Four or five."
Four or five metres, and it's very cool now, and it's very beautiful.
"This is the oldest of the cellars that we have here, so it's from the mid 1300s. The layout of this cellar is beautifully legible and it's a wonderful teaching aid for students and art historians. You can follow the development of building methods and urban transformation on the structure here. The walls show right here that the original floor was almost two metres higher, and the ceiling was not vaulted but flat. As they ran out of space they made these other cellars under the street; this one is twice as large, and they stop changing things for the most part at the beginning of the 16th century. And next door there are another two cellars, each about three times larger than this one...
"What we see here is a wartime passage hole. During WWII, when they found there were too few air raid shelters, the protectorate government ordered that the gothic cellars be used, because they were of such massive design, and they made these passageways between them so that if one began to collapse people could run to another. It's wonderful, you have a real example here of how people lived and how things worked."
Coming back up to the busy streets above is something of a shock, and it is a beautiful reminder of everything the modern world is literally based on and derives from. As one shopping centre and multifunctional building springs up in Prague after another, I'm concerned about whether these ruins will go the way of so many others, being documented only to be preserved in archives while progress ploughs over the real thing forever. The answer is happily no.
"It looks like most of the 11 cellars on this site will remain and will be written on to the list of cultural monuments. The intention for the future is that it be made accessible to the public in what could be a protected archaeological zone. Maybe in the end it will be preserved partly for archaeological and teaching purposes, or there could be a kind of gallery where the original structures that are in very good condition can remain and will not be damaged."
That was archaeologist Tomasz Cymbalak ending that edition of Science Journal. Thanks for joining us today and I hope you'll tune in again next month.
The episode featured today was first broadcast on August 29, 2010.


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The American Society for the Promotion of Temperance was formed in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 13, 1826. The organization, later known as The American Temperance Society (ATS), was co-founded by Dr. Justin Edwards and Lyman Beecher. Within ten years there were more than 1.5 million members.


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Bowflex Elliptical Machines
Nautilus Inc. offers a series of fitness training equipment under the brand name Bowflex, designed to meet a variety of fitness needs. Since releasing their first product, Bowflex 2000X in 1986, the company has manufactured a wide array of equipment ranging from smart activity trackers to elliptical machines, cardio machines, and home gyms.
What is a Bowflex elliptical machine?
Elliptical machines, sometimes known as cross-trainers, are stationary fitness machines that mimic the motion of walking, running, jogging, or stair climbing. This Bowflex equipment helps users get their daily dose of cardio, and it is designed to help reduce the amount of stress you put on the joints. Bowflex elliptical machines are available for a variety of users, ranging from athletes looking for a HIIT machine to beginners who need to protect their joints.
What are some common features of ellipticals made by Bowflex?
A few of the features found on ellipticals made by Bowflex are listed below.
- Variable Resistance: These Bowflex machines often have more than 20 resistance levels. As users increase the resistance, they will feel a noticeable increase in the difficulty of their workout. Bowflex M3 offers 8 resistance levels, whereas, Bowflex M7 has 20 computer-controlled resistance levels.
- Multiple workout programs: Ellipticals manufactured by Bowflex come programmed with a set of built-in workout programs, like Calorie Burn, Fat Burn, and 15 Minute Intervals. Users can automate inclines with these different workout programs. Users can also create customized workouts with their own individual resistance profile.
- 22-Inch stride length: These ellipticals come equipped with a 22-inch stride length.
- Pedal cushioning system: These machines are ergonomically designed with a pedal cushioning system. The pedal cushioning system allows users to adjust their machines pedal angle, which accommodates users with specific needs. This feature can also be used to promote muscle activation, adding intensity to a workout session.
- Maximum control: Bowflex machines come with multi-grip handlebars, which can give users better control over the display.
- Burn rate console: To meet weight and exercise goals, its essential that users have all the important statistics at their fingertips. The Burn Rate console allows users to check stats ranging from heart rate to calories burned while they exercise. These machines also provide chest strap for wireless heart rate monitoring during workouts.
- Synchronizing capabilities: Bowflex synchronizes with iPhones and Android devices to provide users with detailed updates on their progress.
- Bluetooth compatible: Bowflex machines are Bluetooth compatible allowing a wide range of applications.
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The Influence of Low Melt Point, High Modulus Fibers in Blended Fiber Ballistic Resistant Nonwovens
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The purpose of this research was to examine the presence of a thermal phase change as a means of energy dissipation in nonwoven needlepunched felts used in soft body armor applications. The investigation was carried out using Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Polarized Light Microscopy and standardized V50 ballistic testing. A mathematical formula was developed to approximate the residual kinetic energy of the nonwoven felt. The overall conclusion from the testing was that a thermal phase change did occur as a result of projectile impact; however, the energy dissipation ensuing from this phase change has not proven to be a major contribution to the nonwoven felt's elevated anti-ballistic properties.


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Aerogels are ultra-lightweight materials composed of almost 99.98 vol.% of porosity and present excellent opportunities for developing lightweight composite materials. Special properties such as electrical insulation and controlled dielectric constant can be generated in such composites. Ultra-low density and hydrophobic nature of aerogels make it difficult to mix them in epoxy resins. The present research is aimed at developing fabrication methods for aerogel/epoxy composites. The development of such methods requires encapsulating the aerogel particles in epoxy resin without infiltrating them. Compression tests are conducted on these composites and their deformation and fracture behavior is studied. The composites are found to have compressive failure strain of over 25%. It is observed that the higher density composites showed higher compressive modulus but lower yield strength. The reduction in the yield strength is attributed to the early crack initiation in these specimens.
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Here's a video that will take you through the steps of making a storm glass; a smart device that can give you a weather update!
The storm glass or chemical barometer already exist in 1750 but was not popularly known and used until the 19th century. The crystals in a chemical barometer are made up of three solid components that were dissolved in the heat but somehow form a mass on their own as the climate conditions change every day. Note that the amount of each component used in making a storm glass may need to be adapted to your local climate, since storm-glass instruments were all intended for use in cold climate zones. Are you ready to predict the weather? Follow the instructions below, and start making your storm glass today!
- Vodka, 100 Proof (50% Ethanol) – 300 mL
- Camphor – 28g (1oz)
- Potassium Nitrate – 10g
- Ammonium Chloride – 10g
1. Pour in 300 ml of vodka in a jar
2. Add 1 cube of camphor to the vodka
3. Add 10 g potassium nitrate
4. Add 10 g ammonium chloride
5. In a pot lightly heat some water then immerse the jar to dissolve all the solid components. This will show you the degree to which one substance is able to dissolve in another
6. While heating, cover the jar lightly. Do not use a tight cover as this will cause pressure to build up inside the jar
7. Put a couple of ice cubes on the lid to reduce any alcohol that may evaporate
8. Turn off the burner once all the solids have dissolved and allow the water to cool down before you put the sealing ring of the jar
9. Place in a non-climate controlled area in your house
To reset your storm glass, place the jar in a bowl of warm water for 10 minutes. Wait for the old crystals to dissolve completely. Always loosen the jars' lid when reheating to prevent pressure build-up.


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Parenthood is good for your health.
That's one way of looking at the data in a new study that compares death rates among couples with and without children. After examining data on more than 21,276 Danish couples who tried to get pregnant, researchers calculated that women who gave birth to a child were four times more likely to be alive at the end of the study period compared with women who remained childless. The benefit to men was smaller but still significant — those who fathered children were twice as likely to be alive compared with men who remained childless.
The couples in the study all sought treatment for infertility; some of those who didn't get pregnant using in vitro fertilization went on to adopt children. These parents also seemed to get a health boost — the mothers in this group were 33% less likely to die compared with women who never had children, and the adoptive fathers were 45% less likely to die.
Previous studies have found a correlation between parenthood and mortality, with the lowest risk of premature death going to couples with two kids. (Of course, everyone has a 100% risk of death in the long run.) But none of this data prove that raising kids is responsible for a longer life.
The authors of the new study, published Wednesday in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, also noted that these data offer a better look at the link between parenthood and health because all of the parents in the study wanted to become parents — that's why they tried fertility treatments. In other studies, it was possible that childless couples were fundamentally different from parents in ways that influenced their health.
The study also examined the link between parenthood and mental health. It found that couples with their own biological children had the same rates of psychiatric illnesses as childless couples. But mothers and fathers of adopted children saw their risk drop by about half.
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The Thunder Creep (ingame name Ukkoshyypiö) is a ghostly enemy, mainly found floating around The Tower and the Cloudscape. It possesses no attacks of its own, but is constantly surrounded by an always-active Projectile Thunder Field. Like the Hyypiö and Hohtava hyypiö, it will chase the player relentlessly until killed or blocked by terrain.
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Because this creature is entirely non-aggressive, it will never attack the player. The real danger comes from its innate Thunder Field that constantly surrounds it. Upon being attacked by a projectile from afar, it will reflect it back as a Lightning Bolt. If shot from within the circle, the lightning will strike out from it instead, away from the player. This can be beneficially exploited by the player as a potentially cheap and rapid way to produce lightning bolts, albeit *only* lightning bolts. The usual considerations and risks of using lightning spells still apply, so use carefully.
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The Ukkoshyypiö's unique properties require a less conventional approach to defeating it.
 - The most reliable and effective way is to attack it from within the Projectile Thunder Field itself, as only spells that cross the Projectile Thunder Field border will be turned into lightning.
 - You can also kick it, but with your foot's low damage output you'd be at it for quite a while. The Never Skip Leg Day perk makes this a much more viable option.
 - You can suffocate it by drowning it in a powdery substance or terrain.
 - Explosive spells will also work, as long as the projectile is detonated outside of the influence of the thunder field and the explosion is large enough to reach.
 - Dropping/kicking physics entities like rocks, tablets or barrels at it will quickly finish it, and may be the safest option if no other means are available.
 - It is immune to its own lightning, and highly resistant to the explosions from it.
If you lack the means to kill it, however, the safest option is to keep your distance as much as possible.