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The California FreshWorks program, a $273M healthy food financing initiative launched by a coalition of public and private partners led by the California Endowment, engaged Pacific Community Ventures, the Sarah Samuels Center, and other researchers to evaluate the health, social, and economic impact of FreshWorks.
Pacific Community Ventures and the research team conducted interviews with FreshWorks investors, key partners, and other stakeholders to document the development and implementation of FreshWorks, identify the types of impact the program was seeking to support, and explore key challenges and opportunities to improve FreshWorks.
Pacific Community Ventures and the research team developed a comprehensive evaluation approach that included a robust set of metrics and processes for assessing FreshWorks' impact that provided insights into the extent to which FreshWorks was providing fresh food access and driving positive social and economic outcomes within underserved communities.
Pacific Community Ventures and the research team published three public reports documenting the impact of the FreshWorks program and its development and implementation. These Include:
- California FreshWorks: A Case Study Examining the Development and Implementation of FreshWorks
- The Social and Economic Impacts of FreshWorks
- California FreshWorks Food Access Report
The FreshWorks team has conducted a statewide market analysis and capital needs study to address the evaluation's recommendations for improving FreshWorks, and to develop a business plan that evolves FreshWorks into a statewide, multi-lender platform for investment in healthy food projects across California.


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Water Rights Hearings Program
Welcome to the Division of Water Rights Hearings Program home webpage.
This website provides posted information related to current and archived hearings conducted by the State Water Board, and provides generally information, via FAQs, describing the nature, conduct and immediate results of a water right hearing. [NOTE: The general information provided is not intended to either alter or supersede State Water Board regulations or policies regarding the conduct of such hearings.]
HEARINGS PROGRAM SITE INDEX
Subscribe to the Water Rights e-mail list(s) to receive updates regarding current issues.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: THE HEARING PROCESS
A water right hearing is a quasi-judicial adjudicative proceeding that has, as an objective, the development of an adequate record upon which the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) can rely to make good decisions. (Govt. Code Sec. 11405.20)
A water right hearing is conducted as a formal proceeding to ensure that due process standards are afforded to the participating parties.
In general, water right hearings are conducted in a manner deemed suitable to the particular case. The State Water Board, assisted by personnel from the Division of Water Rights and Office of Chief Counsel, holds hearings to secure relevant information promptly and without unnecessary delay and expense to participating parties or the State Water Board. Subsequently, the record developed at the hearing is used to formulate a decision that affects the rights of the participants.
Water right hearings are conducted in accordance with the State Water Code (Statutory Water Rights Laws (effective January 1, 2016: California Water Code (particularly Division 2) and other California Code sections relevant to water rights) and the California Code of Regulations pertaining to water rights laws and proceedings (Title 23. Waters (Division 3) - Portions Pertaining to Water Rights - effective April 1, 2016).
As detailed by this Hearings Matrix, water right hearings conducted by the State Water Board fall under three basic categories:
- Evidentiary Hearings
- Application and Petitions
- Public Trust/Public Interest
- Fully appropriated Streams
Water right hearings are conducted with a (1) the Hearing Officer or Hearing Panel, and (2) State Water Board staff.
- Hearing Officer: The Hearing Officer assigned to hear a case is a Member of the State Water Board.
Role: The Hearing Officer (1) preside over the hearing (neutral judge), (2) provide policy direction to staff during preparation of Decision/Order, and (3) comment or recommend actions to the other Board Members during deliberation.
Authority: The Hearing Officer (1) decides all procedural matters prior to and during the hearing, (2) rules on motions prior to and during the hearing, (3) rules on objections during the hearing, and (4) directs staff regarding preparation of Decision/Orders.
The Hearing Officer will act much like a judge to ensure that the hearing is conducted in an orderly fashion. More than one State Water Board Member may sit in the hearing. Should this occur, one State Water Board Member will take the lead as the Hearing Officer and will be with the case until it ends.
- State Water Board Staff Hearing Team: An advisory Hearing Team is drawn from the Division of Water Rights and Office of Chief Counsel to assist the Hearing Officer. The Hearing Team may include a staff engineer, an environmental specialist, a geologist and a staff attorney.
Role: The Hearing Team participates in the development of the hearing record and subsequently writes an analysis of the hearing record. Under the guidance of the Hearing Officer, the Hearing Team prepares the draft Decisions/Orders to be considered by the State Water Board.
Authority: The advisory Hearing Team has no authority.
In accordance with the definition set forth in Section 648.1 of Title 23, Cal. Code of Rags., Parties include:
- Persons against whom enforcement action is taken
- Persons designated as parties in accordance with procedures specified in the hearing notice.
- Persons presenting policy statements are not parties.
- Only the Hearing Officer may grant "interested party" status to someone other than those set forth in Section 648.1 of Title 23, Cal. Code of Rags.
Party participation limits are:
- Set forth in the hearing notice.
- Imposed by the Hearing Officer at the hearing
- Self-imposed by a party (i.e., participating by cross-examination or rebuttal only).
Due Process includes:
- Reasonable Notice being provided.
- An opportunity to be heard.
- Preparation of Decisions/Orders is based only on the administrative hearing record developed during the hearing.
- Improper conduct by any hearing participant is not permitted.
- To ensure that a fair and impartial hearing is conducted, the Hearing Officer and Hearing Team are subject to disqualification for bias, prejudice, or interest in the proceeding.
This flowchart shows the Division of Water Rights' general process for a Water Right Hearing.
Rule for the conduct of hearings include the following:
- Hearings are conducted pursuant to rules set forth in Administrative Procedures Act (Government Code) and California Code of Regulations, title 23.(SEE: Laws and Procedures website)
- The Notice of Hearing drives the hearing and specifies the scope of hearing, deadlines application rules, etc. All evidence introduced at a hearing must address the key issues identified in the notice. (SEE: Hearing & Workshop Notices website)
- The Hearing Officer (Board Member) is in charge and is assisted during the hearing by State Water Board staff Hearing Team.
- Written testimony and exhibits must be submitted in advance, in accordance with deadlines set forth in the Notice of Hearing.
- The general Order of Proceeding is a follows:
- Opening Statements
- Direct Testimony
- Closing Statements
- Decisions must be based only on evidence within the hearing record and it is unfair for Board Members to rely on information outside the record.
The Ex-parte rule is:
- Parties to a hearing cannot talk, off the record, to Board Members and the Hearing Team about the substance of the hearing (except non-controversial procedural issues) without notice to all other parties and the opportunity for the parties to be present. (Caveat: sometimes what appears to be procedural is really substance.)
- Generally, the Hearing Notice provides the trigger for application of the Ex-parte rule.
- Violation of the Ex-parte rule can invalidate the State Water Board's Decision/Order.
- Board Members must disclose Ex-parte communications.
A much more detailed question and answer document on ex-parte communications is available HERE: _URL_
The purpose of a Hearing Notice is to inform parties and others interested in the subject of the hearing of:
- Date, time and place of the hearing.
- Subject of the hearing
- Issues that all testimony and exhibits must address.
- Procedural rules that apply to the hearing.
- Contacts for more information
The hearing notice is important because it ensure Due Process. If issues are not properly noticed for the hearing (directly or indirectly), then the State Water Board cannot make findings and conclusions related to that noticed issue.
The Administrative Hearing Record is:
- The complete record of the hearing that includes:
- Transcripts of the hearing (records everything said "on the record" at the hearing).
- Exhibits admitted into evidence
- The Administrative Records is used:
- To provide the basis for the State Water Board's Decision/Order
- To provide the basis for judicial review
- The Administrative Record is important because:
- The State Water Board is limited to the record in making its Decision/Order (cannot consider things that are not in the record)
- Testimony, writings, material objects or other things offered to prove the existence or non-existence of a fact.
- Documents must be submitted into evidence by the Hearing Officer, otherwise they are just an exhibit and they cannot be relied on by the Board.
- Legal arguments and policy statements are not evidence.
- Allegations are not evidence... they must be proved.
- Labels are not conclusive.
Evidence admissibility is:
- Determined by the Hearing Officer
- Generally not an issue: "Any relevant evidence shall be admitted if it is the sort of evidence on which reasonable persons are accustomed to rely in the conduct of serious affairs..." (Gov. Code sec. 11513 (c.)
HEARSAY EVIDENCE is evidence of a statement that was made other than by a witness while testifying at the hearing and that is offered to prove that truth of the matter stated. (Evidence Code Section 1200)
An expert witness:
- Can offer an opinion that goes beyond common experience
- Must have special knowledge, skill, experience, training or education.
- Expert opinion would help the State Water Board understand the evidence or determine a fact at issue.
- Cannot testify to legal conclusions.
- You do not need to be an expert to testify to facts (vs. opinion)
Burden of Proof is:
- An obligation of a party to a hearing to introduce evidence that affirmatively proves a fact or facts in dispute on an issue noticed for hearing.
Burden of Proof going forward is:
- An obligation of a party to a hearing to introduce evidence or cross-examine witnesses to elicit testimony that refutes or explains the evidence offered by the party with the burden of proof.
A hearing will result in:
- A Decision/Order adopted by the State Water Board.
- The Decision/Order will be limited to the administrative hearing record and will be based on substantial evidence.
- The Decision/Oder must contain findings based on factual and legal basis.
- Adopted State Water Board Decisions/Orders are posted at the Board's Water Right Decisions webpage

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text: By Earl Grier, School Director of Commonwealth Connections Academy Creating an organizational structure and finding work areas for teachers are always questions to be answered when establishing a cyber charter school. Allowing teachers to work from home, establishing satellite centers, and housing everyone in a central location are but three options. Virtual school directors find that helping to create a sense of community for staff is often as important as creating one for students and parents. By housing the staff in one location, as we do at Commonwealth Connections Academy, you are able to provide teachers with the opportunity to share ideas, supplement each otherâ€™s experience and expertise, and have an atmosphere of collegiality. Teachers working in a common setting have commented on their improved effectiveness as a result of working in direct proximity to their peers and the school director. Parents have also noted the increased availability, professionalism and responsiveness when teachers are working in a common setting.


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text: AbstractCellulose fibres from sugarcane bagasse were bleached and modified by zirconium oxychloride in order to improve the mechanical properties of composites with high density polyethylene (HDPE). The mechanical properties of the composites prepared from chemically modified cellulose fibres were found to increase compared to those of bleached fibres. Tensile strengths of the composites showed a decreasing trend with increasing filler content. However, the values for the chemically modified cellulose fibres/HDPE composites at all mixing ratios were found to be higher than that of neat HDPE. Results of water immersion tests showed that the water absorption affected the mechanical properties. The fracture surfaces of the composites were recorded using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The SEM micrographs revealed that interfacial bonding between the modified filler and the matrix was significantly improved by the fibre modification.


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NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries has identified the remains of an early 20th century shipwreck in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary to be those of the British steamship Hannah M. Bell.
Information gathered by sanctuary staff and volunteers from the National Association of Black Scuba Divers (NABS) during a September field survey enabled maritime archaeologists to confirm the wreck's origins.
"Similar to the way detectives use forensic information to solve a crime, we compared the dimensions and construction characteristics of the shipwreck known locally as 'Mike's Wreck' with historic shipping records in order to solve this mystery, says Matthew Lawrence, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary maritime archaeologist and project principal investigator.
"Measurements of the shipwreck and the records for Hannah M. Bell were virtually identical, as were the reported sinking location and the actual location of the wreck."
According to NOAA, the Hannah M. Bell was a 315-foot steel-hulled steamship built by Ropner and Son in England in 1893 and named for the woman who christened it.
The Hannah M. Bell traveled between European ports, the U.S. East and Gulf coasts, and Caribbean and South American ports transporting a variety of bulk cargos including cotton, sugar and coal.
NOAA says that no lives were lost when the ship sunk. It was loaded with coal bound for Vera Cruz, Mexico. Salvagers abandoned their efforts days after grounding because the ship's engine room was flooded and the holds were filled with water.
The shallow coral reefs of the Florida Keys have claimed countless ships over the centuries.
According to NOAA, the Hannah M. Bell rests in close proximity to two other shipwrecks—the USS Arkansas and City of Washington. The Hannah M. Bell even contributed to the loss of another vessel in 1920 when the U.S. Shipping Board steamer Quoque wrecked directly on top of its sunken remains.
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Efficient Static Compaction Techniques for Sequential Circuits Based on Reverse Order Restoration and Test Relaxation.
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In this paper we present efficient Reverse Order Restoration (ROR) based static test compaction techniques for synchronous sequential circuits. Unlike previous ROR techniques that rely on vector-by-vector fault-simulation based restoration of test subsequences, our technique restores test sequences based on efficient test relaxation. The restored test subsequence can be either concatenated to the compacted test sequence, as in previous approaches, or merged with it. Furthermore, it allows the removal of redundant vectors from the restored subsequences using State Traversal technique and incorporates schemes for increasing the fault coverage of restored test subsequences to achieve an overall higher level of compaction. In addition, test relaxation is used to take ROR out of saturation. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed techniques.
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A Political Chronology of the World
Routledge – 2010 – 996 pages
A Political Chronology of the World is a major new publication which gives an impartial record of the political, geographical and economic events that have helped to shape world history.
Although the book includes greater coverage of more recent events—particularly in countries with a recent history of political upheaval—it also provides invaluable detail on the early history of each nation. Each chronology begins at least as early as the emergence of an entity resembling the modern nation, and in many cases considerably earlier.
In addition to coverage of purely political events, the title also includes details of the principal economic, cultural and social landmarks in the history of each nation. Examples might include the adoption of new languages, alphabets, calendars or religions. This volume aims to be the first point of reference for concise information on the history of each nation in the world.
Organized with a chapter for each country in the world, contents include:


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I have this SWT widget (color picker) with label:
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By pressing the star button, color picker field transforms into code field, where you can write code:
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I am not satisfied with this "star button", which is used to change input mode for color. I think there are should be some alternative, how this could be done. But I can't think of any other application with the same functionality. Any ideas?
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You could make the dropdown box editable, then when the user starts typing the control suggests colors from the list. For advanced users the box should accept color values in hex.
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If I want a custom colour, I have to select the star, and then enter in the colour value. You are adding an extra step for no benefit, and adding something that is not very clear.
I would instead treat the dropdown as a shortcut to a defined colour which modifies a text field which can represent a hex colour, or a code colour.
That way it is clean and simple to use, and makes it as fast as possible.
Here is an mockup of what I mean:
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If you have the ability, I would also make the colour block a link to a colour palette with relevant colours. This would also act as a shortcut to change the hex value or code value depending on what is most applicable. Something similar to this:
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Thank you for your answer, my mistake - I explained what I want to do in a very brief way. I can't go away from code field, this is the domain-specific area of app. It must be there. Also there are other different GUI elements: width pickers, style pickers, text editors and so on that will have two different input modes. Color is the only example. Hence, I need this "trigger" to switch on the "input code mode". What is the most intuitive way for end-user to perform it? End-users are aware of code input and app functionality. – Steve Mar 7 '13 at 18:22
_USER_ could you please explain how the 4th example shown would not work? You could just not use hex codes, but keep the text area for domain specific code. – JohnGB Mar 7 '13 at 18:43
yes, you are right about 4th example. But since this two colors could be different, it would be too confusing – Steve Mar 7 '13 at 20:08
_USER_ How could two be different? – JohnGB Mar 7 '13 at 20:33
design time / runtime – Steve Mar 11 '13 at 8:05
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There are various methods of storing and retrieving both data and ready information in computers from primary to secondary storage systems. Data may be stored in different storage devices in the computer. There are three basic methods used to retrieve data from computers;
Sequential Access Method
This method of data access is for example applied on reel type magnetic tapes. The data is stored in a logical sequence. The data that was stored first will appear first in the storage device. To find any specific file the device starts searching from the beginning and goes through all files till it finds the specified data.
For example in magnetic tapes the device has to rewind to the beginning each time a file is searched and look in sequence till it finds the specified one. The rewinding and searching makes sequential access devices practically slower.
Direct Access Method
In direct access method, the device can retrieve the required piece of data directly without the need of any sequence. Though data in direct access devices can be accessed sequentially but it is much slower that way. The devices are subdivided into various locations and each location is assigned an address. Each piece of data is stored in these addresses. When the computer is asked to search for a specific file, it searches for the assigned address of that file.
The address helps the computer go straight to specific data without having to go through every file in the storage devices. This is what makes direct access devices much faster than sequential devices.
Indexed File Access Method
Indexed access method can be described as a hybrid; it is a cross between sequential and direct access methods. Storage of the data in a device is done using sequential method. Each record is then assigned two codes a primary key and a secondary key.
The primary key is a type of identification code and appears first in the record name. It can for example be a social security number or any suitable identification format. It works as the locator number of that record. Primary keys are stored sequentially so that within a given block of data the specific records can be randomly stored. An index at the beginning of this block of data is used to identify all the records in it. After finding the index of the block of data the computer proceeds to find the primary key of the records.
The secondary key serves as the full identification of the record. It is used to exactly locate the specific item. The secondary key tells the computer specifically where the out of sequence item can be found.


I'm designing a sandwich and I want to include a fruit relish as a topping. Are there methods that don't include pickling?
Fruit relishes (including salsas, chutneys, and plain sauces like applesauce) can be made without vinegar. But they almost always include some extra acid - if not vinegar, then usually citrus juice.
The acidity balances the sweetness of the fruit, and it preserves the color.
So you can make a fruit relish, substitute lemon or lime juice for the vinegar, and use it. But of course, without a full pickling process, the fruit relish will only have a limited life in the refrigerator.
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 - Power Button (left side button): Use to power on/off or access the Settings menu. Easily add your sensors at any time by tapping the power button and selecting the Add a Sensor.
 - History Button (bottom left button): Use to display recent workout history and weekly report. More detailed workout information is available through the companion app when you connect to wifi (upload of workouts is automatic). Additionally, the History button is also used to stop a workout or start a new lap during your ride.
 - Start Button (bottom centre button): Use to start/pause/resume a workout, or toggle Settings menu items on/off.
 - Page Button (bottom right button): Press the 'Page' button to switch between workout data, climbing and navigation pages.
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Using Energy2D to simulate Trombe wallsFebruary 26th, 2013 by Charles Xie
A Trombe wall is a sun-facing wall separated from the outdoors by glass and an air space. It consists a solar absorber (such as a dark surface) and two vents for air in the house to circulate through the space and carry the solar heat to warm the house up. In a way, a Trombe wall is like a machine that uses air as a convey belt of thermal energy harvested from the sun. Trombe walls are very simple and easy to make and are sometimes used in passive solar green buildings.
Hiding sophisticated power of computational fluid dynamics behind a simple graphical user interface, our Energy2D software can easily simulate how a Trombe wall works. The two images in this blog post show screenshots of a Trombe wall simulation and its closeup version. You can play the simulation on this page and download the models there. If you open the models using Energy2D, you should be able to see how easy it is to tweak the models and create realistic heat flow simulations.
Solar chimneys operate based on similar principles. Energy2D should be able to simulate solar chimneys as well. Perhaps this would be a good challenge to you. (I will post a solar chimney simulation later if I figure out how to do it.)


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Soil Respiratory Activity and Organic Matter Depletion in an Arid Nevada Soil1
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Incorporation of mature crop residues of alfalfa (Medicago sativa), oat (Avena sativa), and sudan (Sorghum vulgare) into a fine sandy loam soil in southern Nevada stimulated the soil respiratory activity. A close correlation was observed between respiration rate and organic matter content; both decreased steadily over a 6-month test period.
Four mature crop residues (alfalfa, cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), oat, and sudan) were added to the same soil type in laboratory tests at 1, 2, 3, and 4% (weight/weight). Respiratory activity of these soils was followed for 10 weeks at 2-week intervals. A maximum activity was noted at the first 2-week period for the 2, 3, and 4% additions of all four residues.
The respiration rate was proportional to the residue concentration but the increments were not additive. A linear relationship was noted when the reciprocal of the rate was plotted against the reciprocal of the residue concentration, similar to that of a first-order reaction during the period of maximum activity. It was suggested that a given soil could become saturated with organic matter and reach a maximum respiratory activity; other factors would become rate limiting.Please view the pdf by using the Full Text (PDF) link under 'View' to the left.
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After seeing the title of this article, you might be asking why anyone would need to vent an electrically fired kiln, since there are no products of combustion like those found with gas-fired kilns. It used to be a common practice to prop open the lid of an electrically fired kiln at the start of the firing cycle, and there's a good chance that you've noticed the unpleasant odors arising from those kilns during the first part of the firing process.
If your kiln is located outside in a lean-to with ample natural ventilation, you probably don't need to be concerned. If your kiln is in a basement, garage, studio or classroom, though, exploring kiln ventilation is a good idea.
Understand the Oxidation ProcessLet's consider the sources of the odors that are emitted in your kiln during the firing process. Clays and glazes contain various amounts of organic material. During firing, these carbonaceous materials oxidize, consuming the free oxygen in the kiln. Depending on the temperature, firing rate, and amount of available oxygen in the kiln, carbon dioxide and/or carbon monoxide will form.
If you combine high-organic-content clay with a heavy load in the kiln and a rapid firing rate, you can create a situation where there is insufficient oxygen available to oxidize all the carbonaceous material in the body. As a result, as the clay body begins to seal, the trapped gases can cause black coring and/or bloating to occur.
The old-school approach to preventing insufficient oxidation is to keep the lid of the kiln open while it is warming. Once the kiln reaches a point where odors are no longer emanating from it, the lid is closed. When used within reason, this practice works fairly well, as long as the room is large enough to dissipate the odor, or you simply exit the area and come back later.
The downside to this approach is that, after time, any windows in the area become frosted, any exposed metal prematurely corrodes, and the room is unbearable to work in when the kiln is firing. You also need to remember to shut the lid!
Evaluate Better OptionsThankfully, through a little ingenuity and the desire to fire more efficiently, better ways to vent kilns have been devised. Two schools of thought exist regarding how to best exhaust electric kilns. The macro approach requires whole-room ventilation: a large hood is placed over the kiln to catch the odors as they escape, and a fan is mounted within the duct to collect the odors as they rise with the heat and blow them outside.
This method can require an expensive make-up air system due to the high volume of air that must be re-circulated to remove the kiln exhausts. Greater expense can be encountered from higher heating and cooling costs due to the amount of makeup air needed, as well as the initial cost to install the required ductwork and exhaust hoods. This approach also limits the location of the kiln to one specific area or room (where the hood is located) and does not eliminate the need to prop the lid open to allow for the influx of air.
On the other hand, the micro approach continuously removes a small amount of air from the kiln during firing. A low-volume fan attached to the bottom of the kiln creates suction on the inside of the kiln. Fresh air is drawn into the top of the kiln while the fan draws the byproducts into an exhaust duct. To keep the system from getting too hot, the kiln exhaust is mingled with the cooler room air and blown outside. The fumes are never allowed to enter the room.
This approach ensures that the atmosphere inside the kiln remains oxidizing, which promotes the complete oxidation of any organic compounds found in raw materials, binders and decorating mediums like waxes. Additional benefits include longer element life; improved temperature uniformity; better glaze color development and gloss; location flexibility; the ability to remain in the work area during firing; a much quieter work area; and the freedom to fire the kiln without having to prop open the lid.
Effective VentingChoosing to install a vent that operates under the micro approach presents distinct advantages. In today's economy, getting the best value for your purchase is more important than ever. Given the many benefits associated with utilizing the micro approach to venting kilns, your best value can be realized by installing a vent that operates under that principle.
For additional information regarding kiln ventilation, contact the Edward Orton Jr. Ceramic Foundation, 6991 Old 3C Highway, Westerville, OH 43082; _PHONE_; fax _PHONE_; e-mail _EMAIL_; or visit _URL_.


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When the Triple Glazing Superheroes say that triple glazed windows and doors help to save the Earth, they really do mean it! The Kyoto Protocol is an international environmental treaty – currently with 37 member countries – that aims to counter Global Warming. Each member's Government has committed to reducing their country's emissions in many ways.
With regards to homebuilding and renovation, the Building Regulations sets minimum thermal performance standards for replacement windows, and the Code for Sustainable Homes suggests that new build properties should adhere to even higher standards, all in the spirit of reducing household, national and international carbon emissions. Both standards allude to the importance of triple glazed windows and doors.
To support this further, the Passive House Standard – the World's fastest growing building energy performance standard – promotes the philosophy of achieving maximum thermal comfort for minimum energy costs through, amongst other things, better insulation and the optimisation of solar gain; both key features of triple glazed windows and doors.
Don't be fooled, triple glazed windows and doors really do help to save the planet!


Echoing server information such as user IP, current date etc using SSI
Another common and practical usage of SSI is to display basic information about your server or your visitors, such as the last modified date of the webpage, current server time, visitor IP address etc. These are all tasks that client side languages such as JavaScript cannot accomplish, but can be done using the _TAG_ command of SSI.. Here's a quick overview of some of variables you can use with SSI's _TAG_ to display useful information:
DATE_GMT The current server date, in Greenwich mean time. Format using _TAG_.
DATE_LOCAL The current server date. Format using _TAG_.
DOCUMENT_NAME The file name of the current document.
DOCUMENT_URI The virtual path of the current document.
LAST_MODIFIED The last modified date of the document. Format using _TAG_.
HTTP_REFERER URL of the document the client derived from to get to current document.
REMOTE_ADDR IP address of the visitor.
_TAG_ Command to display last modified date/time of a document or file on the server. Format using _TAG_.
_TAG_ Command to display file size of a document or file. Format using _TAG_.
To echo something using SSI, the syntax is:
Lets see how to use these variables exactly.
Echo current server date and time
To display the current server date and time, use either the "DATE_GMT" or "DATE_LOCAL" variable. In its simplest form:
Output: Saturday, 28-Nov-2015 18:35:38 MST
Not bad eh for one simple line of code.
Echo last modified date of current document or file
It's very useful at times to show the last modified date of a web page:
This document last modified:
Output: This document last modified: Tuesday, 12-May-2015 10:07:21 MDT
Echo last modified date of any document or file
You can also display the last modified date of any document or file on your server besides the present, by using another command called _TAG_ instead of _TAG_:
greenday.mp3 last modified:
Index page last modified:
Sample output: greenday.mp3 last modified Thursday, 06-Jan-2005 05:35:27 EST.
Echoing visitor IP address
This is also a commonly requested question and answerhow to display the user's IP address:
Your IP:
Output: Your IP:
Displaying file size of a document
Finally, you can display the file size of any document on your server using _TAG_, by using a different command called _TAG_.
This document's file size:
The file size of main index page:
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Suppose now that the objects in question are abelian topological groups $G$ so that morphisms are continuous group homomorphisms. Given an exact sequence of abelian topological groups $0 \to G''\to G \to G''$ is the functor $\textrm{Hom}(H,-)$ a left-exact functor? $H$ is an abelian topological group.
We know that if we only care about group homomorphisms then $\textrm{Hom}(H,-)$ is left-exact, but will the condition of continuity now change anything? It seems there is a problem because to prove exactness at $\textrm{Hom}(H,G)$ requires defining a map from $H \to G''$ which may not be continuous.
Edit: PinkElephants has shown us that this functor may fail to be exact. However if we consider a specific case which is the exact sequence
$$0 \to \Bbb{Z} \to \Bbb{R} \stackrel{e^{2\pi i x}}{\longrightarrow } S^1 \to 0$$
then is the functor $\textrm{Hom}(S^1, -)$ left-exact? What about the contravariant functor $\textrm{Hom}(-,S^1)$, is it still right-exact?
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If $\textrm{Hom}(G, -)$ fails to be left exact then you have defined exact sequence incorrectly. – Zhen Lin Dec 10 '12 at 23:35
Continuity, in any case, cannot solve anything, for you always put the discrete topology on groups! – Mariano Suárez-Alvarez Dec 10 '12 at 23:36
_USER_-Alvarez What if I consider $S^1$ as a topological group the topology on here is the Euclidean topology? – user38268 Dec 10 '12 at 23:38
_USER_ I made an edit above. – user38268 Dec 10 '12 at 23:43
Let me just mention the amazing fact that if you consider only compact abelian groups, then this category actually turns out to be abelian. In particular, Hom(S^1, -) is left-exact as long as you restrict to compact groups. – Piotr Pstrągowski Dec 11 '12 at 2:23
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$\DeclareMathOperator{Hom}{Hom}$Given a short sequence $$0 \to A \xrightarrow{f} B \xrightarrow{g} C \to 0,\tag{$\ast$}$$ in an additive category, the sequence of abelian groups $$ 0 \to \Hom(G,A) \xrightarrow{f_\ast} \Hom(G,B) \xrightarrow{g_\ast} \Hom(G,C) $$ is exact for all $G$ if and only if $f$ is a kernel of $g$ and, dually, $$ 0 \to \Hom(C,G) \xrightarrow{g^\ast} \Hom(B,G) \xrightarrow{f^\ast} \Hom(A,G) $$ is exact for all $G$ if and only if $g$ is a cokernel of $f$.
This can be interpreted as follows: Since we want $\Hom$ to be left exact, the minimal requirement that a short sequence $(\ast)$ in an additive category should satisfy in order to deserve to be called exact is that $f$ be a kernel of $g$ and that $g$ be a cokernel of $f$.
From this point of view, the example in Pink Elephant's answer is not a good one: the identity $G \to H$ is a monomorphism and an epimorphism, but it is not an isomorphism and a fortiori neither a kernel nor a cokernel.
The trouble of calling all kernel-cokernel sequences $(\ast)$ exact is that they lack the closure conditions you need in order to prove the diagram lemmas necessary for homological algebra. A particularly convenient (hence convincing) approach to exact sequences (albeit not intrinsic as in abelian categories) is usually attributed to Quillen, see exact categories. In a nutshell what this means is that you have to think about what sequences you want to call exact.
Outside of the additive setting exactness can be dealt with in various ways but it gets even more complicated. See e.g. Borceux-Bourn's book.
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Let $H$ be an abelian topological group whose topology is not discrete, and let $G$ have the same underlying group as $H$ but with the discrete topology. Consider the short exact sequence $0\to G\to H\to 0\to 0$ where $G\to G$ is the identity on sets.
Now the sequence $0\to \mathrm{Hom}(H,G)\to \mathrm{Hom}(H,H)\to \mathrm{Hom}(H,0)$ is not exact at $\mathrm{Hom}(H,H)$, as $\mathrm{Id}_H$ is in the kernel but not the image.
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Thanks for your answer. However if the topologies are all inhereted from the euclidean topology (e.g. $G''= \Bbb{Z}$, $G = \Bbb{R}$ and $G'= S^1$) then will the functor be left-exact? – user38268 Dec 11 '12 at 0:31
You may see my edit in the question above for further queries. – user38268 Dec 11 '12 at 0:34
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The card is considerably cheap, and is suggested to be picked during the start of a game. It is not suggested to use the card on a creature with 1 health unless it is an emergency, due to the Shackle attribute of the card going to waste.
Arrow in the Knee should be used on cards with high attack powers, as it will prevent them from attacking the next turn, saving you health or your creatures' defense. If possible with the deck and cards available in your hand, the card should be used on enemies with high defenses, and combined with a wound-related card (i.e. Finish Off) to easily destroy them.
- The phrase "Arrow to the Knee" originated from Skyrim as a line of dialogue from Hold Guards, who would say "I used to be an adventurer like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee" when passing by the player. Eventually, it became a widespread meme, becoming an iconic legacy of Skyrim on modern culture. It can therefore be considered an easter egg.
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|Description||A knowledgebase of user oriented information in Swedish academic high performance computing.|
Snicdocs is the working name for the wiki you are now reading. Its purpose is to become the place for user oriented information in Swedish academic high performance computing. Some examples include:
- What computing resources are available.
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Snicdocs will also be used to advertise projects, services and activities within Swedish academic HPC.
The idea is that Snicdocs should contain information applicable across all centers in Sweden, and link to original source for documentation that is valid worldwide. And conversely, link to local pages at specific centres for information on local implementations that are is different enough to warrant special description. Consequentially, it is a goal to keep Snicdocs and local pages as empty as possible, and instead strive to remove special cases, harmonize solutions, and to work to improve upstream documentation so that everything works as expected worldwide. An added benefit is that a wiki with less words and special cases is both easier to read and to keep up to date.
The contents of this wiki is kept current by application and systems experts in the Swedish research and HPC communities, and members of the general public can contribute by asking questions and posting comments on the "Discussion" pages, which accompany every normal wiki page (see tab on top of page). Snicdocs uses browser client certificates for authorization of editors.
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Since the Snicdocs content contributors are distributed throughout Sweden, and opportunities for face-to-face meetings are infrequent, it is necessary for this system to be straightforward to keep current and consistent. Therefore, Snicdocs uses the widely known mediawiki software (used also by for example Wikipedia) with semantic mediawiki added for dynamic generation of content and for minimizing duplication of data. On top of this it requires well-defined scope and structure to ensure searchability and readability.
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- Look into using the Arrays extension or the Semantic Bundle of extensions for this purpose
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Tool Wear in High-Speed Milling of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy
Titanium alloys are widely used in the aerospace industry for applications requiring high strength at elevated temperature and high mechanical resistance. However, titanium alloys are classified as extremely difficult-to-cut materials owing to their physical, chemical, and mechanical properties, which result in the low material removal rate and the short tool life. This paper presents an experimental research of the tool wear patterns and relevant wear mechanisms during high-speed milling of Ti-6Al-4V with cemented carbide inserts. SEM-EDX analysis showed that nose wear and edge wear were the main tool failure modes during high-speed milling process, which were different from the wear patterns under traditional cutting conditions. Adhesion, attrition and diffusion wear mechanisms, as well as the cracks were responsible for the tool wear.
Yingxue Yao, Xipeng Xu and Dunwen Zuo
S. Zhang et al., "Tool Wear in High-Speed Milling of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy", Key Engineering Materials, Vols. 375-376, pp. 435-439, 2008


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A key tool for the business analyst is the Business Assessment Profile. Ideally, it is the key reporting tool within an organisation. Using the Minitab statistical analysis software programme, the Business Assessment Profile presents senior decision-makers with relevant data in a format that enables them to make real business decisions. The Business Assessment Profile should be used to help ensure continued alignment of the organisation's products / services / processes with the needs of its customers and stakeholders.
This intensive four-day workshop is designed to help business analysts and others master the techniques required for producing a Business Assessment Profile, following a structured process built around:
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- Understanding the needs of the organisation
- Understanding the key statistical concepts
- Understanding how best to put it all into practice.
Full details below or download course outline.
By the end of the programme participants will have completed, or gone substantially towards completing, a Business Assessment Profile which will encompass:
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All business analysts and any other staff engaged in the reporting and measurement of the business.
The programme includes extensive practical analysis exercises and all participants will need access in the classroom to a laptop / computer with Minitab installed.
Relevant case studies will be used throughout the programme and participants will be expected to bring examples of data collection and analysis from within the organisation.
Given the practical nature of this workshop-style programme, there is a maximum limit of twelve participants (minimum four).
This programme is very practical and is based on all participants having a laptop or PC in the training room with Minitab installed. Minitab is the leading statistical software package used for quality improvement worldwide. If the course participants do not already have experience of using Minitab then they should attend an Introduction to Minitab first.
Business Assessment Profiling – course outline
Understanding the customer
1 Identifying key customer requirements using Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
2 Understanding the relationship between in-house and external customers
3 Developing a requirements matrix
4 Establishing key customer measurements
Understanding the business objectives
1 Establishing current business measures
- What do we measure?
- And how?
2 Creating an objectives / measurement matrix
- Which measures are important to the business?
- Which measures are important to the customer?
3 Completing a gap analysis from the matrix
- Establishing which current measures are relevant
- Establishing which current measures need to be discarded
- Establishing new measures where needed
Understanding key statistical concepts
1 Understanding basic statistics
2 Types of data
- Continuous / count / attribute
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Selecting the most appropriate chart
4 Location and spread / dispersion
5 Understanding analytical statistics
- Correlation and regression
- Hypothesis testing
- Capability analysis
- Multi-vari analysis
Developing the Business Assessment Profile
1 Establishing the key measures
2 Developing a reporting document
3 Developing a deployment programme
4 Creating the Business Assessment Profile


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A stardate was a unit of time measurement expressed as a decimal number. It was sometimes used in conjunction with the Gregorian calendar on Earth, however by the 25th century it was the more widely used system by organizations such as Starfleet.[1]
It was widely recognized by several major governments of the Alpha Quadrant and Beta Quadrants, and it was the official dating system used by the United Federation of Planets.[citation needed]
Starfleet captain's logs were typically introduced by stating the stardate at the time of the recording.[2][3]
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Wilkes Station on Clark Peninsula was built by the United States in 1957 and Australia took custody of the station in 1959.
Wilkes Station is now almost permanently frozen in ice and is only occasionally revealed during a big thaw every four or five years. Many objects remain embedded in the ice.
The condition of the buildings has deteriorated since the site was abandoned in 1969 and repairs are necessary for the survival of the structures. What remains at Wilkes are a number of barracks buildings known as 'Clements' huts, and the remnants of the semi-cylindrical canvas store buildings known as 'Jamesway' huts.
More heritage/archaeological surveys are required for a more complete understanding.
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This indicator examines and provides evidence for the overall condition of significant heritage sites, structures and artefacts associated with Wilkes Station.
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With the right equipment and programming, you can turn a box of beets into an actual "beatbox." Thus, you can play with vegetables before you have to consume them.
Advancements in technology have made it possible for people to create many interesting things in the world. One would think that anything considered to be low-tech ends up being obsolete. However, low-tech is far from being obsolete for the most part. In fact, advancements in technology tends to add a bit of "sweet and spice" to all things low-tech. With low-tech things combined with modern technology, you can make anything to bring forth any form of entertainment. This includes a box of beats which has become an actual "beatbox."
A beatbox is an instrument where percussion-like sounds are made. Humans are able to do the same thing; as a result, these people are known as "human beatboxes." When it comes to hip-hop when extended to "freestyling," human beatboxers are instrumental to creating the beats let alone the pace and tempo.
This beet box turned beatbox is the creation of Scott Garner. It was made possible using a small credit-card sized computer called the "Raspberry Pi." It is made by a charity called the Raspberry Pi Foundation. The Raspberry Pi is a very small computer that is the size of a credit card. This is perhaps the most important component when making this instrument happen. Asides from the box to hold in the beets, other parts are a capacitive-touch sensor and an audio amplifier. However, this isn't just comprised of organic and electronic hardware. There is programming involved as well to make this instrument happen.
The drawback is that you need to buy new beets as the previous ones will decay over time. According to Garner, this was mainly a course project and not a project to sell. In this respect, you can make the same thing or something similar. With this instrument, you can play with your food before you have to eat it.


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African Journal of Food Science Research
African Journal of Food Science Research ISSN 2375-0723 Vol. 10 (2), pp. 001-010, February, 2022. © International Scholars Journals
A review of shelf-life extension studies of Nigerian indigenous fresh fruits and vegetables in the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute
Ubani, Ozioma Ndubunma* and Okonkwo, Ego Ulu
Nigeria Stored Products Research Institute, 3 km Asa Dam Road, P. M. B. 1489, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
Accepted 23 August, 2021
The Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute has been conducting research in technology development suitable for post-harvest handling of Nigerian indigenous fruits and vegetables for extension of the shelf-life of these commodities, retention of nutrients and aesthetics of fresh produce in storage, enhancement of the nutritional status and earning capacity of both the rural and urban poor through proper handling, storage, marketing and consumption of fruits and vegetables; and production of the best quality fruits/vegetables for local and export markets over three decades. The research work carried out and the technologies developed for handling of Nigerian indigenous fruits/vegetables post-harvest for the farm, market and domestic levels of storage are discussed subsequently. These indigenous fruits and vegetables are prone to chill injury when kept at low temperatures. However, storage structures developed by the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute over the years, such as the evaporative coolers and cooler baskets which could record some temperature drop from the ambient, have been used in extending the shelf-life of fresh fruits and vegetables. Packing (wrapping) materials have also showed promise in extending shelf life of Nigerian indigenous fresh produce. The season and time of harvest also play an important role in storage of fruits and vegetables. Garden eggs have very short shelf-life of 7 days during the dry harmattan months in Nigeria. Fresh fluted pumpkin Telfairia occidentalis 'ugu' leaves can only be kept for 6 days at 29.1°C and 64.5%rh beyond which physiological breakdown of tissues lead to deterioration and total loss. Fresh pawpaw (Carica papaya L.) fruits, individually wrapped with waxed paper (TIXO) kept at ambient conditions in plastic crate, have a shelf-life of 17 days as compared to fresh pawpaw fruits in evaporative coolers for 7 days. In hot dry weather of the Northern parts of Nigeria, oranges stored in evaporative cooler (EC) Metal-in-Brick wall have a shelf-life of 10 weeks. Adoption of these technologies will play a very vital role in post-harvest loss reduction in fresh fruits and vegetables along the food chain, increase income and improve nutrition for all stakeholders. The interventions to maintain food quality and safety for reduction of postharvest losses in Nigerian indigenous fruits and vegetables through Research activities in NSPRI for three decades are the focus of this review paper.
Key words: Postharvest, technologies, fruits, vegetables, shelf-life.
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Although it's nice to use OpenXML, this solution wont work on tables with colspans or rowspans without lots of work on the javascript generator – Eduardo Molteni Oct 11 '12 at 2:35
First, I would not recommend trying export Html and hope that the user's instance of Excel picks it up. My experience that this solution is fraught with problems including incompatibilities with Macintosh clients and throwing an error to the user that the file in question is not of the format specified. The most bullet-proof, user-friendly solution is a server-side one where you use a library to build an actual Excel file and send that back to the user. The next best solution and more universal solution would be to use the Open XML format. I've run into a few rare compatibility issues with older versions of Excel but on the whole this should give you a solution that will work on any version of Excel including Macs.
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Excel has a little known feature called "Web queries" which let you retrieve data from almost every web page without additional programming.
A web query basicly runs a HTTP request directly from within Excel and copies some or all of the received data (and optionally formatting) into the worksheet.
After you've defined the web query you can refresh it at any time without even leaving excel. So you don't have to actually "export" data and save it to a file - you'd rather refresh the data just like from a database.
You can even make use of URL parameters by having excel prompt you for certain filter criteria etc...
However the cons I've noticed so far are:
 - dynamicly loaded data is not accessible, because Javascript is not executed
 - URL length is limited
Here is a question about how to create web queries in Excel. It links to a Microsoft Help site about How-To Get external data from a Web page
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mozilla still support base 64 URIs. This allows you to compose dynamically the binary content using javascript:
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if your excel file is not very fancy (no diagrams, formulas, macroses) you can dig into the format and compose bytes for your file, then encode them with base64 and put in to the href
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This code is IE only so it is only useful in situations where you know all of your users will be using IE (like, for example, in some corporate environments.)


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Real-time Synchronous Slideshow Presentation Access Technology for the Blind
This research has developed a prototype software package called SPARC (Slideshow Presentation Access with Real-time Communication) that enables people with blindness or visual impairments to have synchronous access to slideshow presentation made with Microsoft Office PowerPoint, using cloud computing as a core Internet of Things (IoT) technology. The SPARC consists of three inter-related system components: a presenter add-in, a cloud service, and a user terminal application program. Once the slideshow starts, the presenter add-in automatically analyzes the current slide and convert it into accessible text format. Then, it publishes the converted text to the SPARC cloud service along with some metadata including a slide number, information on slide layout, and non-textual object properties in the current slide. The SPARC cloud service is a message-oriented middleware empowered by IoT technology and enables real-time communication between the presenter and the audience. The SPARC user terminal software is an application program that receives the slide information from the cloud service and displays it on user's assistive devices. In the lab trial where there were one computer on the presenter side and five different devices on the audience side, it was demonstrated that all the audience-side devices had successful real-time access to the current slide information synchronized with the active presentation on the presenter compute without any missing data and perceptible delays.


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Display captures are frequently utilized in educational sporting events, which can be basic showings of a way to run the software. Furthermore, whilst supporting any person distantly with a laptop-associated task or difficulty, display screen captures may be feasible reference apparatuses for displaying the critical advances. The lone occasions wherein a screen capture cannot be taken are simultaneous as the laptop is firing up, and retaining in thoughts that a video is gambling in unique projects which play media.
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able strategy if not the best since no strategy can exceed 1/2. On the other hand, if the probability decays to 0, it raises a new question to understand why that's the case, if all strategies decay to a victory probability of 0 as the number of doors increase, or if there exists a strategy that is within some bound \Delta < \frac{1}{2} of \frac{1}{2}.
We can start asking these questions if we have an expression for the probability of victory. Let's consider n = 2k doors, where k represents the number of tries, and n = 100 in the original problem. We have characterized the victory cases as those in which the permutation of doors can be represented as cycles of at most k. To calculate the probability, we can use the cycle index of the symmetric group S_n as
Z(S_n) = \sum_{j_1+2 j_2 + 3 j_3 + \cdots + n j_n = n} \frac{1}{\prod_{i=1}^n i^{j_i} j_i!} \prod_{i=1}^n a_i^{j_i},
where a_i denotes cycles of length i.
It turns out the cycle index of the symmetric group can be expressed as the recurrence
Let's define F_n(a_1, \ldots, a_n) = Z(S_n) to highlight the dependence on the cycles. Thus, we can rewrite the above equation as
F_n(a_1, \ldots, a_n) = \frac{1}{n} \sum_{l=1}^n a_l F_{n-l}(a_1, \ldots, a_{n-l}).
Let's define the cumulative distribution function (CDF) F_{n}^{(i)} as F_n(a_1, \ldots, a_n) evaluated at a_l = 1, l \leq i and a_l = 0, l > i. In words, F_{n}^{(i)} is the probability that all cycles are of length i or less.
Thus, if we can find an expression for F_{n}^{(k)}, we can evaluate it at F_{100}^{(50)} to get our result. The results are contained in Propositions 1 and 2 below, where Proposition 2 is reminiscent of our folk theorem, which yields a probability of 0.306, which is slightly less than 1/3. Furthermore, Corollary 1.1 indicates that we decrease monotonically to this probability, so regardless of the number of doors, this strategy is within 0.2 of \frac{1}{2}, the upper bound on how well one could possibly do.
Proposition 1. F_{2k}^{(k)} = F_{n}^{(k)} = 1 - \sum_{m=k+1}^n \frac{1}{m}.
Proof: The first equality is by definition, so we simply need to show the second equality. For i \leq j, we can evaluate the probabilities as
F_{2j}^{(i)} = \frac{1}{2j} \sum_{l=1}^i F_{2j-l}^{(i)}
F_{2j}^{(2j-i)} = \frac{1}{2j} \sum_{l=1}^i F_{2j-l}^{(2j-i)} +\frac{1}{2j}\sum_{m=i+1}^{2j-i} F_{2j-m}^{(2j-m)} = \frac{2j-2i}{2j}+ \frac{1}{2j} \sum_{l=1}^i F_{2j-l}^{(2j-i)}
F_{2j+1}^{(i)} = \frac{1}{2j+1} \sum_{l=1}^i F_{2j+1-l}^{(i)}
F_{2j+1}^{(2j+1-i)} = \frac{1}{2j+1} \sum_{l=1}^i F_{2j+1-l}^{(2j+1-i)} + \frac{1}{2j+1} \sum_{l=i+1}^{2j+1-i} F_{2j+1-l}^{(2j+1-l)} = \frac{2j+1-2i}{2j+1} + \frac{1}{2j+1} \sum_{l=1}^i F_{2j+1-l}^{(2j+1-i)}.
Note that if i \leq j, then i - 1 \leq j, so we can apply the same result to get that
F_{2j}^{(2j+1-i)} = \frac{2j-2(i-1)}{2j}+ \frac{1}{2j} \sum_{l=1}^{i-1} F_{2j-l}^{(2j+1-i)}
and substituting this into our expression for F_{2j+1}^{(2j+1-i)} yields
F_{2j+1}^{(2j+1-i)} = \frac{2j}{2j+1} (F_{2j}^{(2j+1-i)} - \frac{2j-2(i-1)}{2j}) = F_{2j}^{(2j+1-i)} - \frac{1}{2j+1}.
Likewise, one can similarly derive
F_{2j}^{(2j+1-i)} = F_{2j-1}^{(2j+1-i)} - \frac{1}{2j}.
Starting with the base case that F_{2k}^{(k)} = F_{n}^{(k)} = F_{n-1}^{(k)} - \frac{1}{n} and the above inductive steps, one can conclude that
F_{n}^{(k)} = F_{k}^{(k)} - \sum_{m=k+1}^{2k} \frac{1}{m}.
However, F_{k}^{(k)} = 1, so we have our result.
Corollary 1.1. F_{n+2}^{(k+1)} = F_{n}^{(k)} - \frac{1}{(n+2)(n+1)}.
Proposition 2. \lim_{k \rightarrow \infty} F_{2k}^{(k)} = 1 - \ln 2 \approx 0.306
Proof: From Proposition 1, we can write
F_{2k}^{(k)} = 1 - \sum_{m=k+1}^{2k} \frac{1}{m}. Note that we can rewrite the summation
\sum_{m=k+1}^{2k} \frac{1}{m} = \sum_{i=1}^{k} \frac{1}{k+i} = \sum_{i=1}^{k} \frac{1}{1+i/k} \frac{1}{k}.
The key is to observe that this is simply a Riemann sum approximating the integral
\int_{0}^1 \frac{1}{1+x} dx = \ln 2,
which converges as we let k \rightarrow \infty.
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Ages of Three Daughters
My uncle's in town and just reminded me of a puzzle that he'd asked me over ten years ago. A census worker goes to a house and the person who answers the door tells the census worker that she has three daughters.
"I need to know their ages," replies the census worker.
"Well, the product of their ages is my age: 36."
"That's not enough information."
"Well, the sum of their ages is the same as the number as the house on the right."
The census worker checks the house next door and responds, "That's still not enough information."
"My eldest daughter is asleep upstairs."
The census worker thanks the homeowner and leaves. How old are the three daughters?
I love this puzzle because on the face of it, it would appear that there isn't enough information to figure out the puzzle. If you want to figure out the puzzle yourself, do not read beyond this point.
The first thing we learn about the ages of the daughters is that the product of the ages is 36.
Let's consider all such possibilities (let's assume the puzzle maker only allows for integer ages):
As the census worker notes, there are still too many to disambiguate the ages.
The next clue is that the sum of the ages is the same as the number of the house next door. We don't know the sum, but the census worker does, and we also know that the house number is insufficient to disambiguate the ages. Let's look at the sums of the factorizations above:
1+1+36 = 38
1+2+18 = 21
1+3+12 = 16
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Here are the high level tasks to achieve this:
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What is Thermocouple Wire?
Wire that is used in a thermocouple from the point of sensing to the point of cold junction compensation (cjc end) where the signal is measured. A thermocouple is a sensor for measuring temperature, which consists of two dissimilar metals that are joined together at the sensing end.
Different thermocouple types (e.g. J, K, T, E, etc) use different mixtures of metals in the wire. At the cjc end, the millivolt value provided by the thermocouple represents the difference in temperature of the sensing end as compared to the cjc end (also called the reference end).
What is the difference between Thermocouple grade and Extension grade wire?
Thermocouple grade wire is wire that is used to make the sensing point (or probe part) of the thermocouple. Extension grade wire is only used to extend a thermocouple signal from a probe back to the instrument reading the signal. The extension grade wire typically will have a lower ambient temperature limit in which the wire may be used.
Namely, it may pass a signal representing a higher temperature as received from the probe, but the wire physically may not be exposed to higher temperatures. Thermocouple wire may be used as extension wire, but extension grade wire may not be used in the sensing point (or probe part) of the thermocouple. Part numbers for extension wire typically begin with an "EX" prefix.


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Phononic stop bands are formed for materials with periodic elastic properties. The material does not need to be a crystal.
The basis of phononic crystals dates back to Newton who imagined that sound waves propagated through air in the same way that an elastic wave would propagate along a lattice of point masses connected by springs with an elastic force constant E. This force constant is identical to the modulus of the material. Of course with phononic crystals of materials with differing modulus the calculations are a little more complicated than this simple model.
Based on Newton's observation we can conclude that a key factor for acoustic band-gap engineering is impedance mismatch between periodic elements comprising the crystal and the surrounding medium. When an advancing wave-front meets a material with very high impedance it will tend to increase its phase velocity through that medium. Likewise, when the advancing wave-front meets a low impedance medium it will slow down. We can exploit this concept with periodic (and handcrafted) arrangements of impedance mismatched elements to affect acoustic waves in the crystal – essentially band-gap engineering.
The position of the band-gap in frequency space for a phononic crystal is controlled by the size and arrangement of the elements comprising the crystal. The width of the band gap is generally related to the difference in the speed of sound (due to impedance differences) through the materials that comprise the composite.
- "Sound ideas". Physics World (2005-12-01). Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
- G.P Srivastava (1990). The Physics of Phonons, CRC Press. ISBN _PHONE_.


11 Parts of an Award Certificate
How many of these elements does your certificate design have?
An award certificate for recognizing achievements is a simple piece of paper. There is usually a title plus the name of the recipient but there are also a few more components that make up most award certificates.
The components discussed here apply primarily to certificates of achievement; employee, student, or teacher recognition awards; and certificates of participation. Diplomas and similar official documents of certification may have additional elements related to their legal status.
Necessary Text Elements
Most informal certificates include the following items:
 - Title: Usually, at the top of the certificate, the title is the main headline that usually reflects the type of document. It may be as simple as the word Award or Certificate of Achievement. Longer titles might incorporate the name of the organization giving the award or some catchy title such as Johnson Tileworks Employee of the Month Award or Award to the Wise Spelling Bee Certificate of Participation.
 - Presentation Line: This short line of text usually follows the title and may say is awarded to, is hereby presented to or some other variation, followed by the recipient. Alternately, it may read something like: This certificate is presented on [DATE] by [FROM] to [RECIPIENT].
 - Recipient: Simply the name of the person, persons, or group receiving the award. In some cases, the recipient's name is enlarged or made to stand out as much as or even more than the title.
 - From: This element presents the name of the person or organization bestowing the award. It may be explicitly stated in the text of the certificate or implied by the signature at the bottom or perhaps by having a company logo on the certificate.
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 - Date: The date when the certificate was earned or presented is usually written out before, within, or after the description. Typically the date is spelled out as in 31st Day of October or Fifth Day of May 2017.
 - Signature: Most certificates have a space near the bottom where the certificate is signed by a representative of the organization authorizing the award. The name or title of the signatory may also be included below the signature. Sometimes there may be space for two signatories, such as the company president and the recipient's immediate supervisor.
Important Graphic Elements
Beyond the text elements, most informal awards and certificates include a handful of common visual motifs:
 - Border: Not every certificate has a frame or border around it, but it's a common component.
 - Logo: Some organizations may include a logo or some other image related to the organization or subject of the certificate. For example, a school might include their mascot, a club might use a picture of a golf ball for a golf club award, or a picture of a book for a summer reading program participation certificate.
 - Seal: A certificate might have a seal affixed (such as stick-on gold starburst seal) or have an image of a seal printed directly on the certificate.
 - Lines: Some certificates may include blank spaces while others will have lines, like a fill-in-the-blank form where the name, description, date, and signature go (to be either typed or handwritten).
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I've got a table defined like this :
create table _TAG_
(bar float)
And I'm looking for a way to round every value contained in column bar without changing the total sum (which is known to be an integer, or very close to an integer because of float number precision).
Rounding every value to the nearest integer won't work (ex : 1,5;1,5 will be rounded to 1;1 or 2;2)
It's quite easy to do this using several requests (eg storing the original sum, rounding, computing the new sum, and updating as many rows as needed to go back to the original sum), but this is not a very elegant solution.
Is there a way to do this using a single SQL request?
I'm using SQL Server 2008, so solutions taking advantage of this specific vendor are welcome.
Edit : I'm looking for a request minimizing the differences between the old values and the new ones. In other words, a value should never be rounded up if a greater value has been rounded down, and vice-versa
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A nice question. I'm putting it into my todo list for blog posts. – Quassnoi Sep 17 '09 at 12:37
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See this solution explained in more details in the article in my blog:
You need to keep cumulative offset for each value:
1.2 (1 + 0.0) ~ 1 1 1.2 +0.2
1.2 (1 + 0.2) ~ 1 2 2.4 +0.4
1.2 (1 + 0.4) ~ 1 3 3.6 +0.6
1.2 (1 + 0.6) ~ 2 5 4.8 -0.2
1.2 (1 - 0.2) ~ 1 6 6.0 0.0
This is easily done in MySQL, but in SQL Server you will have to write a cursor or use cumulative subselects (which are less efficient).
The query below selects the difference between the sums of the values and of those rounded down to the nearest smaller integer.
This gives us the number (N) of values we should round up.
Then we order the values by their fractional part (ones that are closer to their ceiling go first) and round the first N up, the others down.
SELECT value,
 FLOOR(value) + CASE WHEN ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY value - FLOOR(value) DESC) <= cs THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS nvalue
FROM (
 SELECT cs, value
 FROM (
 SELECT SUM(value) - SUM(FLOOR(value)) AS cs
 FROM _USER_
 ) c
 CROSS JOIN
 ) q
Here's the script for the test data:
SELECT RAND(0.20090917)
SET _USER_ = 0;
WHILE _USER_ < 100
 INTO _USER_
 VALUES (FLOOR(RAND() * 100) / 10)
 SET _USER_ = _USER_ + 1
INTO _USER_
SELECT 600 - SUM(value)
FROM _USER_
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_USER_ : thanks for your answer. With your solution, 1.4/1.4/1.2 would be rounded to 1/1/2 which isn't 'fair' since 1.4 is greater than 1.2. – Brann Sep 17 '09 at 10:43
_USER_ : that's exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. Thanks! – Brann Sep 17 '09 at 12:17
_USER_ : in my realworld problem, I've got another column 'ListID', and I want the sum per ListID to remain constant. I've adapted your request using group by clauses, and it almost works, BUT the ROW_NUMBER applies to my whole request, instead of the grouped by request. Is there something I can do? – Brann Sep 17 '09 at 12:46
_USER_: could you please post some sample data and the desired resultset? – Quassnoi Sep 17 '09 at 12:48
_USER_: meanwhile, try to replace OVER (ORDER BY value) with OVER (PARTITTION BY listID ORDER BY value). This will return you the row numbers groupwise. – Quassnoi Sep 17 '09 at 12:50
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If you have a list of n values whose elements are accurate only to within an integer value (+-0.5), then any sum of those elements will have a cumulative error or +-(n*0.5). If you have 6 elements in your list which should add up to some number, then your worst case scenario is that you're off by 3 if you just add the integer values.
If you find some way of showing 10.2 as 11 in order to make the sum work, you've changed the precision of that element from +-0.5 to +-0.8, which is counterintuitive when looking at integers?
One possible solution to think about is to round your number during display only (using some format string on your output), not already at the retrieval stage. Each number will be as close as possible to the actual value, but the sum will be more correct too.
Example: If you have 3 values of 1/3 each, displayed as whole-numbered percentages, then you should be showing 33, 33 and 33. To do anything else is to create a margin of error greater than +-0.5 for any individual value. Your total should still be displayed as 100%, because that is the best possible value (as opposed to working with sums of already rounded values)
Also, be aware that by using a float, you've already introduced a limitation on your precision because you have no way of accurately representing 0.1. For more on that, read What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic
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_USER_: Yes, showing 10.2 as 11 is exactly what I'm trying to achieve. And that's what the user wants to see, too. – Brann Sep 17 '09 at 12:21
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First get the difference between the rounded sum and the actual sum, and the number of records:
declare _USER_ float, _USER_ float, _USER_ int
select _USER_ = sum(bar), _USER_ = sum(round(bar)), _USER_ = count(*)
from _TAG_
Then you spread the difference equally on all values before rounding:
declare _USER_ float
set _USER_ = (_USER_ - _USER_) / _USER_
select bar = round(bar + _USER_)
from _TAG_
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_USER_ : if I'm not mistaking : 0.2/0.2/0.2/0.2/0.2, sum=1, roundedsum=0, offest=0.2, finalresulst = 0/0/0/0/0, finalsum=0. – Brann Sep 17 '09 at 10:57
_USER_: Yes, you are right, this doesn't give the right result. However, the principle of spreading the deviation equally is sound. I'll give it some more though... – Guffa Sep 17 '09 at 11:32
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Do you have an older smartphone laying around that's not being used? Does your business have a shared employee tablet sitting next to the register? Installing Numa on shared devices is a great way to provide access to any employee who might not otherwise install Numa on their personal phone.
It's a common misconception that Numa can only be installed on individual's phones or that Numa only works on devices that themselves have cell service or a phone number. Numa works great on any device that has internet access, including WiFi-only devices.
Approaches for setting up shared devices
This article describes two recommended approaches for incorporating shared devices into your Numa Messaging account.
Approach #1: Invite each shared device as a new user
This is the most common approach and is appropriate for most businesses.
 - Easy to set up
 - Once set up, nobody has to log in or out. The device is always ready to use
 - Can't track which employee sends each message -- all employees will be messaging from a shared account
 - Requires you to have an extra unused email address you can assign to the device
 1. Within Numa, go to Settings > Manage Staff (requires manager permissions)
 2. Create a new user with a memorable name (e.g. "Company iPad") and an unused email address
 3. Check the email address you provided for an invitation to create a password and join Numa
 4. Download the Numa app onto the shared device
 5. Use the email address and password you created to sign in to Numa on the shared device. Done!
Approach #2: Employees log in and out of the shared device using their own accounts
This approach is appropriate for businesses that need a higher level of tracking over which employees are responding to which messages.
 - Can easily track which employee sent each message or handled each conversation
 - When signed in, each employee gets their own familiar view of their inbox, settings, and available permissions
 - Employees have to be diligent about remembering to log in and out on the shared device
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David W. Grissmer and Andrew J. Mashburn, researchers at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education, have received a $2.8 million grant to evaluate the effectiveness of the "WINGS for Kids" afterschool social and emotional learning program at four elementary schools in Charleston, S.C.
Ginny Deerin, a marketing executive and political fundraiser, founded the WINGS afterschool program in 1996 to serve children attending low-performing schools in high-risk neighborhoods in North Charleston. The children in these four schools and in the study experience extreme levels of economic and social risks; more than 90 percent receive free or reduced lunch.
The program seeks to teach students how to make good decisions and build healthy relationships. The 15-hour-a-week curriculum weaves 30 learning objectives into everyday activities that develop self-awareness, relationship skills, social awareness, self-management and responsible decision-making.
"Once children enter school, the afterschool hours before parents get home from work are critical periods for kids," Mashburn said. Many afterschool programs have been established to address the need to keep kids safe and constructively engaged during these hours, but rarely do these programs have evidence that what seems effective really is effective.
"Past evaluations provide encouraging evidence that the WINGS program has successfully impacted learning outcomes for kids," Mashburn said.
One study found that students who enrolled in two or more years of WINGS passed state standardized math and reading assessments at significantly higher rates than non-WINGS students. More years in WINGS also correlated with better grades and improved school attendance.
"The purpose of this grant is to provide a more rigorous evaluation of the WINGS afterschool program than has previously been possible, and in doing so we will be working with a large number of children and assessing the program's impacts on a broad range of academic and social outcomes across three years," Mashburn said. "This type of rigorous comprehensive longitudinal evaluation is very important for determining the effectiveness of this program."
Grissmer, a principal research scientist, and Mashburn, a senior scientist, work at the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning, a research center based at the Curry School that conducts empirical research to improve schooling and the outcomes for children.
Because more students apply for the WINGS program each year than can be accommodated, each school holds a lottery to determine which kindergartners may enroll, Mashburn explained. This circumstance will enable the researchers to be even more confident that any improvements they see can be attributed to the WINGS program.
"We will be able to conduct a randomized control trial comparing the social skills and achievement outcomes of students who were selected to enroll in WINGS with students not able to enroll, and to follow both groups over an extended period of time," he said.
Grissmer and Mashburn will examine students who start kindergarten in fall 2012 and follow them for three years. Students who start kindergarten in fall 2013 and fall 2014 will also participate, and more than 300 children will be tracked over the course of the study.
"The evidence is beginning to point to stronger social and emotional skills as a critically missing part of our national educational policy, which currently focuses almost entirely on academic achievement," Grissmer said. Evidence suggests that children's long-term outcomes are improved not only by gains in cognitive skills, but also gains in social and emotional skills, such as those emphasized in the WINGS program.
The research team, which includes Julia Blodgett, Elizabeth Cottone, Nancy Deutsch, and Sara Rimm-Kaufman from the Curry School, as well as assistant professor Laura Brock from the College of Charleston, who earned her Ph.D. from U.Va., will assess students' behaviors and relationships at home and at school, as well as reading skills, oral vocabulary, listening comprehension and mathematics skills. They will also conduct teacher surveys, parent interviews and classroom observations.
The four-year grant is being funded by the Institute for Education Sciences, part of the U.S. Department of Education.
In 2009, WINGS was named a "high-performing nonprofit" by the Alliance for Effective Social Investing, and has been recognized as representing best practices by the Academy for Educational Development, the National Institute of Out-of-School Time and the National Association of Elementary School Principals.
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Religious offerings in our RIVERS
Hindus believe that water is sacred because it is the foundation for the growth of plant, animal and human life. The act of placing organic offerings in water after Pooja represents a return to origins. Hindu religious offerings are being found in local rivers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
The religious offerings include: Flowers and leaves, coconuts, lemons, and other fruits, jewellery or coins, cloth or clothing
Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) and Toronto and Region Conservation (TRCA) know that religious offerings are important to many cultures. CVC and TRCA are working closely with the Hindu community to find other means to placing offerings in the river, while also exploring similar cultural and religious offering practices.
What does this mean to the ENVIRONMENT?
While religious offerings are not the largest source of water pollution, anything not found naturally in the river can harm water quality and the homes of wildlife.
When flowers, leaves, lemons, coconuts and other plant materials are put into the water, they immediately begin to break down and use up oxygen. Some plants and animals are very sensitive to the amount of oxygen in the water and cannot survive when there is not enough.
Coconuts, lemons and other fruits may cause health and disease problems if eaten by wildlife. This is because these fruits do not grow in Canada and are not the typical food that wildlife in this country would eat.
Clothing, jewellery, money, plastic bags, containers and wrappers may cause harm if wildlife get caught in them or eat them.
What can I do?
Flowers and leaves may be placed in local rivers, however only a small handful should be release a t one time. Extra flowers can be composted.
Fruits such as coconuts may be eaten, composted or buried with the permission of the landowner.
Offering such as clothing, jewellery or money should not be placed in or near rivers. These offering may be donated to your local temple.
Plastic bags or wrappers must be recycled or placed in the garbage.
Who do I contact for more information?


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IP routing is the process of transporting data from source to destination on a determined path across two or more networks. IP routing enables two or more devices on different TCP/IP networks to connect with each other. IP routing provides the path for reaching the destination device.
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