How to Increase Land Value
How to Increase Land Value
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Land is the human being's most basic resource, according to Henry George, Defined as all air, soil, minerals and water, land supports life. It is mankind's source of wealth and is used directly or indirectly to produce all goods and services. There is a fixed amount of land available, and demand for land is the only thing that determines its value. It's worth what only what someone is willing to pay for it, but there are ways to raise land's value.
How to Increase Land Value
Use conservation methods such as conservation tilling to keep organic matter in the soil and adding sodded waterways to prevent soil erosion. Improve drainage by installing drainage tiles and add nutrients that have been depleted to soil.
Improve the appearance of land. Remove junk and repair structures, such as fences and sheds. Remove weeds, mow the grass and make sure there are no environmental hazards, including chemicals, unused wells or underground storage tanks.
Plant trees. According to GMO head Jeremy Grantham, timberland will be the best asset through the year 2012. The value of timberland has gone up every year since 2001, with a higher rate of return than stocks. Tax benefits are available to owners of timberland.
Landscape the grounds. Plant grass, gardens and shrubs that are easy to maintain and look great. Add rocks, ornamental plants and ponds or waterfalls to increase land value.
Keep careful records that show what improvements were made to the land and when they were completed. Include materials used and warranties or guarantees that are offered.
 - Join a school improvement team and a crime watch group in your community. Improved schools and a lower crime rate add to the value of your land.
 - Some improvements to land begin to decline in value in about 10 years.


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THADDEUS SPRATLEN AND LOIS PRICE SPRATLEN, '76, UW emeritus professors who broke barriers and raised the bar for women and people of color in higher education, have presented the UW with a $1 million lifetime gift to ensure that students of color will have the opportunity to benefit from a UW education.
Thad, professor of marketing from 1972 to 2006, was the first African American faculty member at the UW Foster School of Business, the first to receive tenure and the first to receive emeritus status. He worked to establish the Business and Economic Development Center (BEDC) that supports small businesses owned by minorities and women.
Lois, who earned her Ph.D. in urban planning from the UW in 1976 and was a nursing professor from 1976 until 2010, wrote an influential book on how women are treated in university settings. She also was the first female UW ombudsman.
Their gift will ensure that BEDC will flourish. Since 1995, the BEDC has helped generate millions in revenue and more than 6,000 jobs.
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New CanCode program targets students, underrepresented groups
The Liberal government is following up on a 2017 budget promise to spend $50 million to help children learn to code as soon as they start school.
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains announced the government's new CanCode program, which hopes to train about one million students from kindergarten to Grade 12 coding and other digital skills, during a stop at Microsoft Canada in Mississauga, Ont. on Monday.
The government says they also want to train students, including traditionally underrepresented groups, in coding to prepare them for the future workforce.
The funding also includes training for 63,000 teachers to learn how to incorporate new technology in the classroom.
The money will be divided between a number of projects, including $10 million for Actua, a group that engages Indigenous youth, girls, at-risk youth and young Canadians living in remote areas in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
Coding is already part of the curriculum up to Grade 6 in Nova Scotia and taught in New Brunswick.
In 2016, British Columbia announced plans to have mandatory coding for students between Grade 6-9 by September 2018.
Other recipients of the $50 million include:
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- Canada Learning Code
- Cybera Inc.
- Kids Code Jeunesse
- Saskatoon Industry Education Council
- Brilliant Labs
- FIRST Robotics Canada
- Let's Talk Science
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- Science North
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The Gigantic BirdLogic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.
The three rowed their boat towards the ship. Even before they were half-way there, a gigantic bird swooped down on them and plucked them up. They were carried to a distant land where they were deposited in a nest high in a tree.
From the statements that follow, what was the wing span of the gigantic bird and how far did it carry the three sailors?
1. If the wingspan of the gigantic bird was either 20 or 30 metres wide, it carried the three sailors for 50 leagues.
2. If the gigantic bird carried the three shipmates 75 leagues, its wingspan was not 40 or 50 metres wide.
3. If the wingspan of the gigantic bird was 40 or 50 metres wide, it carried the three sailors 75 leagues.
4. If the gigantic bird's wingspan was not 40 or 50 metres wide, then it was 20 or 30 metres wide.
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text: Catherine (Kate) Manship was born December 1, 1850, and died in 1935. She was named for Charles Henry Manship's sister Catherine Manship Whitby, who was also called "Kate." Kate played the piano and sang in the choir at Galloway Methodist Church. In 1874, Kate was the only child who traveled to Europe with her parents to visit family friend James Smith. Kate and her older sister Addie never married, and lived in the Manship House throughout their lives. After the deaths of her parents, sisters Addie, Kate and Minnie continued to live in the Manship House, where they were occupied as dressmakers.


of approximately 0.4, the risk also increases. Distribution of Portfolio Return: Distribution of Portfolio Return Distribution of Two Random Variables: Joint Probability Approach : Distribution of Two Random Variables: Joint Probability Approach SUBS.XLS: SUBS.XLS The left and top margins of the table show the possible values of demand for the products. A company sells two products, product 1 and 2, that tend to be substitutes for each one another.The company has assessed the joint probability distribution of demand for the two products during the coming months. This joint distribution appears in the Demand sheet of this file. SUBS.XLS -- continued: SUBS.XLS -- continued Demand for product 1 (D1) can range from 100 to 400 (in increments of 100) and demand for product 2(D2) can range from 50-250 (in increments of 50). Each possible value of D1 can occur for each possible value of D2 with the joint probability given in the table. Given this joint probability distribution, describe more fully the probabilistic structure of demands for the two products. Joint Probability Approach: Joint Probability Approach In this example we use an alternative method for specifying probability distribution. A joint probability distribution, specified by all probabilities of the form p(x, y), indicates that X and Y are related and also how each of X and Y is distributed in its own right. The joint probability of X and Y determines the marginal distributions of both X and Y, where each marginal distribution is the probability distribution of a single random variable. Joint Probability Approach -- continued: Joint Probability Approach -- continued The joint distribution also determines the conditional distributions of X given Y, and of Y given X. Marginal Distributions: Marginal Distributions We begin by finding the marginal distributions of demands for each product. These are the row and column sums of the joint probabilities. The marginal distributions indicate that "in-between" values of the demands for each product are most likely, whereas extreme values in either direction are less likely. These distributions tell us nothing of the relationship between the demands for the products. Conditional Distributions: Conditional Distributions A better way to do learn about this relationship is to calculate the conditional distributions of the demands. We begin with with the conditional distribution for D1 given D2. To calculate we create a new table. In each row of the table we fix the value of D2 at the value given in column B. We can then calculate the conditional probabilities of the values of D1. Conditional Distributions -- continued: Conditional Distributions -- continued This is the joint probability divided by the marginal probability of the D2. They can be calculated all at once by entering the formula =C5/$G5. We also check that each row of the table is a probability in its own right by summing across the rows. These sums should equal one. Similarly the conditional distributions of the D2 given the D1 can be calculated in another table by entering the formula =C5/C$10. Each column sum should equal one. Summary Measures: Summary Measures Various summary measures can now be calculated. Expected values: The expected demands follow from the marginal distributions and are calculated in cells B32 and C32 by these formulas =SUMPRODUCT(Demands1,Prob1) and =SUMPRODUCT(Demands2,Prob2). Variances and standard deviations:These are also calculated from the marginal distributions in the usual way. We first find squared deviations from the means and calculate the weighted sum of these squared deviations. Summary Measures -- continued: Summary Measures -- continued Covariance and correlation: The formulas are the same as before but we proceed differently. We now form a complete table of products of deviations from the means by using the formula =(C$4-MeanDem1)*($B5-MeanDem2) in C37 and copying it to C37:F41. Then we calculate the covariance in cell B47 with the formula =SUMPRODUCT(ProdDevsDem,JtProbs). Finally, we calculate the correlation in B48 with the formula =CovarDem/(StdevDem1*StDevDem2). Analysis: Analysis The best way to see the joint behavior of D2 and D1 is to look in the conditional probability tables. For example: Compare the probabilities in the conditional distribution table of D1, given D2. The value of D2 increases, while the probabilities for D1 tend to shift to the left. In other words, as the demand for product two increases the demand for product 1 tends to decrease. This can be seen more clearly in the following graph. Conditional Distributions of Demand 1 Given Demand 2: Conditional Distributions of Demand 1 Given Demand 2 Analysis -- continued: Analysis -- continued The graph shows that when D2 is large D1 tends to be small, although again this is a tendency not a perfect relationship. When we say that two products are substitutes for one another, this is the type of behavior we imply. By symmetry, the conditional distribution of D2 given D1 shows the same type of behavior. This is shown in the next graph. Conditional Distributions of Demand 2 Given Demand 1: Conditional Distributions of Demand 2 Given Demand 1 Conclusions: Conclusions The information in these graphs is confirmed - to some extent - by the covariance and correlation between the demands for the products. In particular, their negative values indicate that the demands for the products move in opposite directions. Also the small correlation indicates that the relationship between these demands is far from perfect. There is still a reasonably good chance that when D1 is large D2 will be large, and when D1 is small D2 will be small. Assessing Joint Probability Distributions: Assessing Joint Probability Distributions Using the joint probability approach can often times be quite difficult especially when there are many possible values for each of the random variables One approach is to proceed backwards from the way we proceeded in this example. Instead of specifying the joint probabilities and then deriving the marginal and conditional distributions, we can specify either the marginal or conditional probabilities and use theses to calculate the joint possibilities. Assessing Joint Probability Distributions -- continued: Assessing Joint Probability Distributions -- continued The advantage of this procedure is that it is probably easier and more intuitive for a business manager. He gets ore control over the relationship between the two random variables, as determined by the conditional probabilities he assesses. JTPROBS.XLS: JTPROBS.XLS An file shows an example of the indirect method of assessing joint probabilities. JTPROBS.XLS: JTPROBS.XLS The shaded regions of the spreadsheet represent probabilities assessed directly, and the joint probabilities are calculated from these. The formula used in C20 is =C11*C$6 and then this is copied to C20:F24. The associated graph on the next slide appears to be consistent with the meaning of substitute products. Conditional Distributions of Demand 2 Given Demand 1: Conditional Distributions of Demand 2 Given Demand 1 Independent Random Variables: Independent Random Variables Background Information: Background Information A distributor of parts keeps track of the inventory of each part type at the end of every week. If the inventory of a given part is at or below a certain value called the reorder point, the distributor places an order for the part. The amount ordered is a constant called the order quantity. Assumptions: Assumptions The ordering lead time is negligible. Sales are lost if customer demand during any week is greater than that week's beginning inventory; that is, there is no backlogging of demand. Customer demands for a given part type in different weeks are independent random variables. The marginal distribution of weekly demand for a given part type is the same each week. INVNTORY.XLS: INVNTORY.XLS This file contains the plant manager's estimated data in the shaded area for a particular part type. She wants to calculate the mean revenue in each of the first weeks, given that the initial inventory at the beginning of week 1 is 250, the value shown in cell B12. Independent & Dependent: Independent & Dependent When random variables are independent, any information about the values of any of the random variables is worthless in predicting any of the others. Random variables in real world applications are not usually independent; they are usually related in some way, in which case they are dependent. However, we often make an assumption of independence in mathematical models to simplify the analysis. Joint Distribution of Demands: Joint Distribution of Demands Due to the assumption that weekly demands are independent and have the same distribution, all the manager needs to assess is a single weekly distribution of demand. To obtain these joint probabilities, we calculate products of marginals by entering the formula =VLOOKUP(C$20,DistTable,2)*VLOOKUP($B21,DistTable,2) in cell C21 and copying it into range C21:G25. This formula simply multiplies the two marginal probabilities corresponding to the demands in the top and left margins of the joint probability table. Joint Distribution of Demand -- continued: Joint Distribution of Demand -- continued To check we calculate the row and column sums. The column sums agree with the probabilities in the distribution of demand in each week, as they should. The calculations are shown on the next slide. Calculations: Calculations Calculating Mean Revenue -Week 1: Calculating Mean Revenue -Week 1 The mean revenue calculation portion of this example is more complex. This is particularly true for the revenue in week 2 because it depends on the demands of both periods. Beginning with the revenue in week 1, the revenue is the unit price multiplied by the smaller of the on-hand inventory


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I have a Camera with Vector3 and also the camera has an angle.
If I use this:
hero.position.x += speedX;
hero.position.z += speedZ;
works great but as soon as I rotate the camera the "hero" still goes in the same direction. So if I press button W I want the hero to go the way the camera is looking.
I've also tried:
hero.position.x += Math.sin(hero.rotation*3.1415/180) * speedX;
hero.position.z += Math.cos(hero.rotation*3.1415/180) * speedZ;
But it wont work and I just can walk in a line.
So how do I move in 3D space in first person mode?
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You need to find a vector that points in the direction the camera is looking and then multiply this vector by your forward movement speed.
So you need to create a Matrix that rotates a Vector x-degrees around the Y-axis. Now I don't know what framework you're using (it just says java in your tags) so I'll just give some sample code that you need to adapt:
float degrees = 90; //degrees your camera is rotated along the y-axis
Vector3 forward = new Vector(0,0,-1);
forward = Vector3.Transform(forward, Matrix.CreateRotationY(MathHelper.ToRadians(degrees)));
Moving your player can now be done using the above forward vector
player.X += speed * forward.Z;
player.Y += speed * forward.Y;
player.Z += speed * forward.Z
Now if you're making a FPS you might also want to add strafing, this can be done easily by taking the forward vector, and rotating it another 90 degrees, you then have the 'left' vector which you can add as above the player's position where speed is 1 when'strafe-left' is pressed, -1 when'strafe-right' is pressed and 0 when nothing is pressed
You can also get the left vector by using the cross vector of the forward vector and the up vector (0,1,0).
In my example x is left-right, y is up-down, z+ screen to you z- screen to 'inside' of screen.
Edit: important note, you should always calculate a new forward vector every frame, don't re-use it and apply new rotations to the forward vector since small errors, that eventually become large errors, will creep in.
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or if he have access to the direction as a Quaternion orientation;, just: forward = orientation * new Vector3(0, 0, -1); backward = -forward; left = orientation * new Vector3(-1, 0, 0); right = -left; :D – Gustavo Maciel May 4 '12 at 18:18
Do you have a vector to the "look" point?
If so, just increase the player position by a vector speed*(eyePositionToLookPoint)
eyePositionToLookPoint = look - eye ;
eyePositionToLookPoint.normalize() ;
playerPos += speed*eyePositionToLookPoint ;
Be sure to normalize()!
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Name Number: 1 Meaning: Individual, Masculine, Logic, Self, Active, Leadership, Initiative, Assertive
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Its festive season, Christmas and New Year is the season of Hope and Happiness, it's time to spread happiness and celebrate the joy of giving! At a time, when there is so much hatred around in the world, unrest, it's necessary to teach our children to be compassionate towards one another. At VIBGYOR, we start sensitising our students about various social concerns at an early age to help them become sensible future citizens of the world.
To spread a smile and share the joy of the festive season, VIBGYOR Rise students visited "AaS" (Awareness to the Society) orphanage this week. The visit was conducted as a part of 'Celebrate the Joy of Sharing' activity. Our students donated stationery items, books, blankets, toys, cloths, etc. to the children. VIBGYOR staff guided children at Aas about "Importance of Sport's in Life" and "Reduce the use of single-use plastic".
Children of "Aas orphanage" welcomed VIBGYOR students with a smile. The atmosphere was fun-filled and joyous as everyone warmed up to each other. The students interacted with each other and shared their experiences.
Principal, Dr. Abhishek Sharma said, "It is not the gift but the thought that counts. On a Christmas Eve, every child wishes for a gift from Santa. This was a chance for our students to be the Santa for a cause. Students are extremely happy after spending time with the kids of "Aas Orphanage". This activity was aimed at inspiring one and all to give in whatever way they choose and to celebrate the feeling of giving. At VIBGYOR, we start sensitising our students at an early age about various social concerns and their surroundings."


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Potatoes are popular root vegetables that serve as a source of starch and other nutrients for humans. But can dogs eat potatoes? It depends on the type of potato and whether it's cooked or not.
Here's some insight on whether potatoes and sweet potatoes are safe or beneficial for dogs to eat.
Can Dogs Have Potatoes?
Potatoes provide a common source of starch and protein in commercial dog foods. Potato protein is also often found in limited ingredient diets for dogs. These ingredients are processed and formulated specifically for the nutritional requirement of dogs.
But what if your dog eats a piece of a potato? Is it bad for them? What if the potato is raw?
Can Dogs Eat Raw Potatoes or Raw Sweet Potatoes?
White potatoes are vegetables in the nightshade family that contain a compound called solanine. This is toxic to dogs, and therefore, they should never eat raw potatoes. Cooking a potato helps reduce the amount of solanine so that it's safe for dogs.
Raw sweet potatoes can cause digestive upset in dogs. And both raw white potatoes and raw sweet potatoes can cause intestinal blockages.
Can Dogs Eat Cooked White Potatoes?
If you decide to feed your dog part of a white potato, it must be well-cooked with no added butter or seasoning. Potato products such as potato chips, French fries or mashed potatoes can contain an excess amount of fat and salt that is not healthy for dogs.
If your dog has diabetes, do not feed them potatoes, as they can cause spikes in blood sugar.
Any potato that's given as a treat, even in small amounts, should be counted along with other treats to represent a maximum of 10% of your dog's daily calorie intake.
Can Dogs Eat Sweet Potatoes That Are Cooked?
Boiled, steamed, baked, or dehydrated sweet potatoes can be great snacks for your dog. However, check with your veterinarian before adding sweet potato to your dog's diet because too much vitamin A can cause bone problems and muscle weakness.
In addition, sweet potatoes have a lower glycemic index than white potatoes, but veterinary supervision should be used before feeding sweet potato to a diabetic dog.
Calories from sweet potatoes should also be counted toward the 10% maximum amount of calories that your dog can have from treats each day.
Can Dogs Eat Potato Skins?
Potato skins can be difficult to digest, so it is recommended to remove any skin from a white or sweet potato before feeding it to your dog.
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Welcome to ReDeadstock SoleClear. This is where we're going to show you how to use this amazing product to reverse the oxidation process (yellowed soles). Check out the video below, and read the steps/tips that follow.
Make sure your sneakers are clean first
Step 1: Tape off areas that do not require deoxidation.
Step 2: Apply SoleClear from the applicator bottle to the soles.
Step 3: Brush the solution evenly so that it does not drip. (Make sure the area you want deoxidized is cover. Be generous with the solution).
Step 4. Use plastic wrap to cover the area covered with SoleClear.
Step 5. Place sneakers under the sun.
Step 6. Check them frequently to make sure they do not get too hot! Heat causes sole separation. Optimal conditions are on cold sunny days.
Step 7. Take sneakers out of the sun to allow for cooling (if necessary).
Step 8. Repeat steps 1-8 until desired results are achieved.
Always keep these tips in mind when using ReDeadstock SoleClear
- This solution contains peroxides, which are harmful to the skin. Always use gloves and protective eyewear when handling. If you happen to get any on your skin, rinse with room temperature water immediately for at least 2 minutes. This will dilute the solution. Consult a physician if necessary.
- Make sure you do NOT overexpose your sneakers to UV light. This will result in your soles losing grip. We do not recommend the indoor UV light method when using SoleClear for this reason.
- Do NOT let your shoes get too hot. This will cause the glue in your sneakers to melt. Once glue melts, anything held together by glue will separate (think sole separation). Check them frequently and keep them cool.
- How do you keep the sneakers cool? We recommend facing a fan at the sneakers. This keeps them from getting too hot, and will allow you to keep them under the sun for an extended period of time. Another great tip to leave the sneakers facing the sun inside a window. You can use the fan indoors this way, and it may be much cooler in the house. You still want to check the sneakers frequently in case they fall over, or if the fan shuts off for any reason.
- Oxidized/yellowed soles can only reverse so much in some situations. We'll show you some examples here so that you can set your expectation levels. Refer to our case studies as well as they are excellent documented trials as to how far you can deoxidize.


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Imagine a world where wealth isn't measured solely in material possessions or bank account balances but in the currency of spirit — a boundless source of abundance that can transform both individuals and the collective.
In times of uncertainty, we often find ourselves searching for inspiration. But what good is inspiration if we can't turn it into positive actions that benefit those around us? That's where "Spiritual Currency: The Source of Wealth You Never Knew Existed" enters the picture. This insightful book proposes a new definition of wealth that transcends material possessions and delves into the timeless principles that underpin the concept of spiritual currency, such as generosity, compassion, and interconnectedness.
In this enlightening and thought-provoking book, author Dr. Ming Chee provides insight and guidance into discovering the treasures within you, waiting to be uncovered. Explore how aligning with your spiritual currency can guide you toward your true life's purpose. Discover how the collective consciousness can be elevated by cultivating spiritual currency. Learn how to cultivate spiritual currency to strengthen the bonds of communities and societies.
Whether you seek personal transformation, a deeper sense of purpose, or a vision for a more harmonious world, this book offers profound insights and practical wisdom. It's a guide to harnessing the untapped source of spiritual wealth within you and a blueprint for fostering abundance, unity, and positive change on a global scale.
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We optimized the resolution of nanohole arrays in metal films for refractive-index sensing by increasing the sensitivity with modifications to the hole-array parameters and by increasing the signal to noise ratio of the sensor system. The nanohole-array parameters (including film thickness, periodicity and diameter) were first optimized by finite-difference time-domain simulations, and then the arrays were fabricated and tested, showing good agreement between the two cases (theory and experiment) in terms of optimal parameters. To improve the sensitivity and to reduce the noise, the laser source wavelength was optimized (including the efficiency of the camera for detection) and the intensity was increased. A bulk resolution of 6 × 10-7 refractive-index units was demonstrated. Due to the collinear microscope geometry and potential for multiplexing of nanohole arrays, these results are encouraging for future biosensing applications.
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Sep. 29, 2007 Shore crabs (Carcinus maenas) catch their food at food-rich spots and subsequently eat it elsewhere. With this take-out strategy the crabs maximise their food uptake and keep competing crabs at a distance, says Dutch researcher Isabel Smallegange.
Food is not available everywhere in the Wadden Sea so you have to search for it. Yet if you do not have much time then where is the best place to go? Initially the food rich spots always seem to be the first choice. But there you can find other animals of course and that gives rise to food competition. With plenty of competitors there is little time left to consume the prey caught.
Experiments revealed that shore crabs always first attempt to catch their prey at the richest food spot. However, the shore crabs do not consume their prey there. Instead, they take these with them to a nearby food poor spot where there are fewer competitors who want to share the meal.
With this take-out meal strategy shore crabs are ensured of their dinner and they avoid greedy comrades. Field observations in the Wadden Sea suggest that shore crabs take both factors into account in their final choice of food spot when the alternatives are far away from each other.
The research into strategies in food searches was done using behavioural models and behavioural experiments with food searching shore crabs in experimental set ups in climate chambers at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ).
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The Detection of Avalanche Propagation in Engineering Change
In order to avoid avalanche propagation in engineering change that is high-risk and high-cost, two methods for the detection of avalanche propagation were proposed. Firstly, analyzed the reasons for the avalanche propagation and its main features: constraint conflict and/or a great many affected elements. Then, the methods for the detection of those two features based on directed graph and complex networks respectively were proposed. Finally, the experiment of managing a type of transmission was employed to validate our method and it showed the correctness of the proposed method.
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This DataType represents the object upon which all EverQuest 2 UI widget datatypes are derived.
All eq2widgets are derived from this object. Therefore, the members/methods below can be used with any ui widget in the game (e.g., buttons, icons, etc.)
- string GetProperty["PropertyName"]
- If the result of a GetProperty call is a boolean value, then it will return "TRUE" or "FALSE". Otherwise, it will return a string unless an additional argument is provided as follows:
- (Please note that due to how LavishScript works, generally speaking, it is probably unnecessary to worry about 'type' and simply have GetProperty return as a string; however, the functionality is there if needed or desired.)
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- This is purely for convenience. It simply prints out the current properties into the console. (SpewProperties is not intended for use in scripts.)
When used with this datatype, the GetProperty member and SetProperty method will accept any of the following property names:


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If you have emails that were either created outside Workbooks (in Outlook or Google Mail for example) or you've received email in your Inbox that you want to store against the relevant record(s) in Workbooks, you can use the Dropbox functionality.
Put simply, the Dropbox is a special email address (different for each Workbooks user). When emails (up to 16MB each) are received by that address, Workbooks searches the database to find the right record(s) to store the email against. You can store the same email against many different records within Workbooks (up to a maximum of 500 per email). For example, you might want to store one email against not only a Person, but also against a Case that the Person has raised. This can be achieved easily by including Object References in the emails you forward to your Dropbox.


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It is appropriate to also include specific language tags when asking questions about communicating with Lotus Notes from those languages, for example using.NET or VBA to send an email, or to pull data from SQL into Notes.
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Sound Activated Triggering
By connecting a microphone to StopShot you can trigger on anything that makes noise. StopShot has a gain control on it to allow the microphone sensitivity to be adjusted. Some examples of pictures that were triggered by sound are shown below. After the trigger is first sensed you can program StopShot to fire the flash or shutter with virtually any delay you wish.
Using StopShot with a microphone is very easy. Simply plug the microphone into the microphone jack and plug the camera or flash into trigger 1. Using the UP button adjust the delay for trigger 1 according to your setup. You can see a diagram below of what the StopShot display will look like. In this case StopShot is programmed to wait 5mS before it fires the camera or flash. 5mS is 5/1000 of a second or 0.005s. This would be a good starting point for capturing a balloon in the middle of popping. Start with the gain in the middle position and adjust it clockwise if you need the microphone to be more sensitive or counterclockwise if you need it to be less sensitive.
Microphone for Sound Activated Pictures
== StopShot==
Trigger 1: 5.0 mS
Trigger 2: off
Trigger 3: off
Shutter lag can be a huge factor when using sound as a trigger. The shutter lag of a high end DSLR is around 50 mS. This is way too much lag to capture many noisy events. Balloons popping, bulbs smashing and cork popping are all examples of events that will be over by the time the camera gets around to actually taking the image. The fix for this it to shoot in a darkened room and have StopShot fire the flash instead of the camera. You will have to hold the shutter of the camera open when creating the event.
Another thing to keep in mind when using sound as a trigger is that sound moves slow... really slow in terms of high speed events. Consider a balloon popping, it takes around 10mS to completely deflate. Sound moves at about 340m/s. If you take your first shot with the microphone at 0.5m and then move the microphone to 1.5m for the next shot you just added 3.4mS of delay to when the flash fires. Your balloon shot goes form being mid pop to completely over by the time the flash fires.
Below are some examples of what is possible with sound triggering. Click on the image to see a larger version.


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I learn about CUBE and ROLLUP function today and I found it really usefull for generating reports. Let me give you one example where we can use ROLLUP and CUBE. Lets say you are developing the E-Commerce application and administrator wants the report which shows products purchased by all user group by product and buyer. You will say that's really easy and can write the query as shown below,
Fig – (1) Group By clause.
Which will returns the result as shown below,
Fig – (2) Result of GROUP BY clause
However what if you want result as display below,
Fig – (3) Desire result
Here ROLLUP and CUBE comes into the picture and help us. The above result is generated using ROLLUP. ROLLUP adds new row for each column used in GROUP BY clause. First have a look at the query and then we will discuss more,
Fig – (4) Query for output shown in fig – 3
As you can see in query we have used ROLLUP after GROUP BY clause. Here ROLLUP has added new row at line 3,5 and 6 in fig 3. If you have used only one columns in GROUP BY clause then only row will have been added. The new clause in query is GROUPING. GROUPING clause add new column in result set. The value in new column can either be 0 or 1. If the new row is added by the ROLLUP or CUBE then the value of GROUPING column is 1 else 0.
In fig – 3 we have total price by user name, wow lets assume you want the total price by item name also. Here you have to use CUBE as shown below,
Fig – (5) CUBE clause
Fig – (6) Result of CUBE
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given object. This is the most standard way to call a member function.
(->> object member): This construct can be used to get the procedure associated with the given member.
(procedure? (->> object member))will be true.
(member object arg1...): This construct can be used to call a member function of a given object, after the member function has been made 'generic', using
def-generic member); it transforms into
(-> object member arg1...).
(-> this member arg1...): This construct can be used to call a member function from within an object. Use it to call a member as if it was called from outside of the object.
(-> supers member arg1...): This construct can be used to call a member of the object its'super' objects.
(member arg1...): Use this construct to call a member function in the current object ('class closure'), e.g.:
(def-class (this (operation2 _a _b)) (supers) (private (define a _a) (define b _b)) (public (define (operation2 a b) 'nil) (define (calculate) (-> this operation2 a b)) (define (calcthis) (operation2 a b))) (constructor)) (def-class (this (add a b)) (supers (operation2 a b)) (private) (public (define (operation2 a b) (+ a b))) (constructor)) > (define a (add 3 4)) > (-> a calculate) 7 > (-> a calcthis) nil >
operation2in the current closure context.
Accessing member variables
Public member variables can only be accessed from the outside as if they were member functions. E.g.:
(def-class (this (sample _a)) (supers) (private) (public (define a _a) (define (x2) (set! a (* a a)) (- a 1))) (constructor)) >(define obj (sample 4)) >(-> obj a) 4 >(-> obj a 20) 20 >(-> obj a) 20 >(-> obj x2) 399 >(-> obj a) 400
From within the current closure, a member function can use the member variable
as if it were a standard variable. This is illustrated in the previous
sample, using the
x2 member function.
def-generic, a macro can be defined, that wraps
-> macro. For example:
(def-generic x2) (def-generic a mem-a) >(mem-a obj 3) 3 >(x2 obj) 8 >(mem-a obj) 9
def-generic with one argument
arg1, a macro is defined,
that calls a member function that is named after
def-generic with two arguments
macro is defined with name
arg2, that calls member function
The ROOS API
obj is an instantiated Roos object;
var is a Roos class definition;
(class=? obj class)
Given an object
obj and a class-name
class, which must be a symbol or
the defined function for the class, determines if
obj is of type
If any super of
obj is of type
obj is of type
this function returns
(object? obj) and
(or (symbol? class) (procedure? class)).
_TAG_, if the given object
obj has been explicitly cleaned up.
Returns the tree of classes of which a object is made of. E.g., for
> (class a) (add (operation2))
(->> obj function)
This construct is used to retreive a specific member function from an object. Using this construct can speed up things considerably (about a factor 2 for calling overhead).
(roos-id obj) : number
Returns the id of the given object.
cleanup member of
obj (without arguments), if it exists,
obj has been invalidated, it cannot
be used anymore. Example:
(def-class (this (class-a a)) (supers) (private (define counter a)) (public (define (cl) this) (define var (* a a)) (define (inc b) (set! counter (+ counter b))) (define (get) counter) (define (count) (begin (-> this inc 1) (inc 2)))) (constructor (set! counter (* counter counter))) (explicit-cleanup (display "class-a says HI! - ")(display counter)(newline))) >(define a (class-a 32)) >a _TAG_ >(-< a) class-a says HI! - 1024 >a _TAG_ >(-> a get) ROOS:c-roos-call-member object has been invalidated (argument 0) >(roos-invalid? a) _TAG_
Is equivalent to
(-> obj function...)
Is used to call member functions.
(roos-dispatch obj symbol-for-member. args)
This function is used to dynamic dispatching of members. The member is provided as a symbol.
(roos-add-proxy obj obj-to-proxy-for) : obj
This will add all public members of
obj-to-proxy-for to the proxy
obj. If a given member cannot be found in the object
itself, it will be searched in the proxy classes.
(named-argument name:symbol arguments:list [default-value])
Can be used to get a named value from an argument list. Example:
>(named-argument 'text (list 'text "3" 'number 42) "no") "3" >(named-argument 'test (list 'text "3" 'number 42) "no") "no" >(named-argument 'test (list 'text "3" 'number 42)) _TAG_ >(named-argument 'yes (list 'text "3" 'number 42 'yes) '%noyes) '%roos-exists >(named-argument 'yes (list 'text "3" 'number 42 'yes 'nopo 665) '%noyes) 'nopo (define (f. args) (if (eq? (named-argument'mandatory-argument args 'undef) 'undef) (error "He, you're missing a mandatory argument!") _TAG_))
Note: If you are only interested if a certain named argument is there, i.e., you're using it as a kind of flag, you best test for a value as follows:
>(named-argument 'text (list 'text "3" 'number 42) "no") "3" >(named-argument 'test (list 'text "3" 'number 42) "no") "no" >(let* ((args (list 'a (list 2 43 1) 'flag 'flag1 'flag3)) (flag1 (named-argument 'flag1 args '%flag-not-there)) (flag2 (named-argument 'flag2 args '%flag-not-there))) (set! flag1 (not (eq? flag1 '%flag-not-there))) (set! flag2 (not (eq? flag2 '%flag-not-there))) (display (format "flag1=~a ~%" flag1)) (display (format "flag2=~a ~%" flag2)) (list flag1 flag2)) flag1=_TAG_ flag2=_TAG_ (_TAG_ _TAG_) >
(=> name:symbol arguments:list [default-value])
named-argument. This alias to
is in a remote way analogue to the perl way to do named arguments.
(c) 2005 Hans Oesterholt-Dijkema. Distributed undef LGPL. Contact: send email to hans in domain elemental-programming.org. Homepage: _URL_.
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The Making of the Hottest Year on Record
Climate.gov is featuring a new video entitled The Making of the Hottest Year on Record: USA Temperature Update that stars Deke Arndt, Chief of the Climate Monitoring Branch at NCDC. The video highlights October temperatures as well as the current year-to-date temperatures. After 16 consecutive months with warmer-than-normal conditions, October brought fairly average temperatures to the United States, but are we still on track for the warmest year in the United States' climate record? Check out Deke's answer in the video!
Climate.gov showcases a wide breadth of climate data and information and features key climate topic discussions, videos, data access tools, and information for educators.


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Background: There is a recognized need to deliver oral health information to people during clinical encounters to enable them to develop personal skills in managing their own oral health. Traditional approaches to individual oral health education have been shown to be largely ineffective and new approaches are required to address personal motivations for preventive behaviour. This systematic review aims to identify and assess the effectiveness of behaviour models as a basis for individual oral health promotion.
Methods: Electronic databases were searched for articles evaluating the effectiveness of health behaviour models in oral and general health between 2000 and 2007. Eighty-nine studies were retrieved and data were extracted from the 32 studies that met the inclusion criteria.
Results: Thirty-two studies were identified in the fields of clinical prevention and health education, motivational interviewing (MI), counselling, and models based interventions. MI interventions were found to be the most effective method for altering health behaviours in a clinical setting.
Conclusions: There is a need to develop an effective model for chairside oral health promotion that incorporates this evidence and allows oral health professionals to focus more on the underlying social determinants of oral disease during the clinical encounter. There is potential to further develop the MI approach within the oral health field.


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We are all familiar with vending machines dispensing sugary drinks and confections at various locations around our fine city, but did you know that some of the earliest vending machines were built into the bases of gas lamps?
At the Great Exhibition of 1897, a demonstration as made of a gas lamp that also included an automatic machine which could dispense a gallon of hot water, or a halfpennies worth of Beef tea essence, Cocoa, Milk, Sugar, Tea or Coffee.
These "Pluto Lamps" were developed by a company founded in 1896 by Mr. H M Robinson variously known as either the "Hot Water Supply Syndicate" or the "Refreshment Lamp Syndicate" and they installed a number of these vending machines around the city before seemingly vanishing with barely a memory of their existence.
A few newspaper records exist, such as a report in the Pall Mall Gazette of the 8th July 1898 commenting on the opening of the first Pluto Lamp, within Leicester Square.
That lamp is described as being filled with Welshbach mantles on a Denayrouze burner and able to draw of quarts of water in quick succession. From other slots could be obtained hot coffee, coca and fluid beef via enamel vessels secured to the gas lamp by a chain.
What was also described as "another great boon" was the availability of cigarettes at four to the penny and even postcards were offered.
The Pluto Lamps must have been modestly successful as the following year, the Morning Post of 8th Feb 1899 noting that a Pluto Lamp was to be installed on a plot of land in Rosebery Avenue which had been recently sold to the Clerkenwell Vestry.
In addition to dispensing hot drinks, and obviously providing a valuable service in providing illumination to the dark streets – the Clerkenwell model also included one of Steljes ABC Telegraph Recorders which was connected to Scotland Yard for the police to use.
Remarkably though, there is a very early photograph of it on the day it was installed.
However, it was apparently not a success and was removed by October in the same year. It is possible that part of the reason was that locals found they could supplement half-penny coins with small round pieces of tin. Opened in February, by April over 1,000 pieces of tin had been found inside the vending machine, according a report into the arrest of one such thief in the Daily Mail of April 6th 1899.
The "urchin" was bound over for six months. Substituting coins for base metals has been a problem for street vending machines ever since.
There gas lamps evidently combined the convenience of a supply of hot drinks with the municipal task of providing lighting, and such an idea has a modern counterpart in the mobile phone industry. It is not uncommon now for solar power phone towers in some rural areas of Africa to donate their surplus electricity to the local villages to provide lighting – and power to recharge phone batteries.
A Victorian notion of municipal service offering additional benefits to society still in action today.


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Spring has sprung (almost), and it's time to give that dull winter skin the TLC it needs to face the sunnier days ahead. In a cheap and easy beauty treatment that is also good enough to eat, a DIY banana face mask can help to calm and clean skin for the change of the seasons.
Before the how, let's start with the why. Wandering into your kitchen and putting a little fresh fruit on your face is not as crazy as it sounds, according to Dr. Kathryn A. Boling, M.D., a primary care provider of Family Medicine at Maryland's Lutherville Personal Physicians. "Bananas contain many beneficial vitamins, including manganese, vitamin C, potassium, biotin and copper. Some of these vitamins are proven to be beneficial to skin," says Dr. Boling.
But this still raises the question: Why the face mask versus eating your favorite fruit? Dr. Boling explains, "Most nutrients are delivered to the skin via the bloodstream, but some can be applied topically. However, the top layer of the skin — called the stratum corneum — is made up of dead skin cells (about 15 – 20 layers) and acts as a barrier to protect the underlying skin from infection and harmful chemicals. Also, it makes absorption of topical vitamins difficult.
Therefore, exfoliation should be the first step prior to using a natural banana mask. Secondly, studies in animals show that vitamin C can be absorbed by the skin in an acidic environment. It may be beneficial to add in an acid (like lemon or citrus of some sort) to encourage vitamin C absorption."
Whether you eat them or put them on your skin, you're bound to see a big change in your complexion when you make bananas your new best friend. When used in a handy DIY mask, bananas can nourish the skin, along with the help of honey to absorb and retain moisture, to deeply hydrate and enhance your natural glow. And as Dr. Boling suggests, just a touch of lemon juice can help to exfoliate and improve vitamin C absorption.
What you will need:
- Small bowl
- Measuring spoon
- Metal spoon for mashing and mixing
- 1 ripe banana
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 10 drops lemon juice
1. Cut or break a banana into small pieces, and place into a mixing bowl. Mash up the banana with a metal spoon.
2. Add honey and lemon juice to the mashed banana. Mix well.
3. Apply the mask to the entire face, and let sit for 15 minutes. Rinse well using a warm washcloth.
For those who don't have time to whip up an entire DIY banana mask, a fresh banana against inflamed skin might do the trick. Dr. Boling reminds us that bananas have medicinal properties that can be used to soothe a number of inflammatory skin conditions, including acne. Dr. Boling says, "According to a 2012 article in the Journal of Pharmacology and Phytochemistry, bananas have been used to treat burns or wounds due to their soothing properties. Thus, using a banana peel against the skin to decrease inflammation could also be very beneficial."


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Are cow parsnips dangerous?
Are cow parsnips dangerous?
Can you eat cow parsnip? It is not toxic, but the juice can cause contact dermatitis in sensitive individuals. Washing the affected area and avoiding sunlight for a few days can reduce irritation. The plant is eaten by deer, elk, moose and livestock.
How can you tell if a plant is giant hogweed?
Giant Hogweed Identification Edges are spikey and serrated. Numerous small white flowers arranged in umbrella-shaped heads up to 80cm (31 inches) across. Flowers in late spring to mid summer. Thick, bright green often with reddish spots – can also be nearly completely reddish.
Is cow parsley the same as hogweed?
Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) The leaves are completely different to giant hogweed, with a feathery appearance. This is a native plant common along hedgerows. It grows to 60–170 cm (24–67 in) and also has clusters of white flowers in umbels.
What's the difference between wild parsnip and cow parsnip?
Cow parsnip (pictured above) has white flowers while wild parsnip has yellow flowers. Once cow parsnip starts to turn to seed, some can confuse the two because the flower color starts to fade. Difference can be seen in the leaf shape. It looks like an open palm while wild parsnip leaves look oblong.
Is hogweed and cow parsnip the same plant?
The Cow Parsnip's stem, green and ridged with fine white hairs. The Hogweed stem, green with purple / reddish splotches and coarse white hairs. The leaves of the Hogweed have a knife-like serrated edge. The shape of the Cow Parsnip leaf is similar to that of a maple leaf.
Can you touch cow parsnip?
All parts of the cow parsnip plant contain a phototoxic sap. When an individual gets the sap on their skin it causes a reaction called phytophotodermatitis.
Are wild parsnip and giant hogweed the same?
Giant Hogweed is often confused with native Cow Parsnip. The two are compared below. Giant hogweed has large, very deeply lobed leaves with jagged edges (up to 2.5 metres long), whereas Cow parsnip leaves are smaller (only 40cm long) and its leaves are wider, less lobed and less jagged.
How do you identify wild parsnips?
Wild parsnip can grow up to 5′ tall and has hollow, grooved stems that are hairless. Leaves resemble large celery leaves. They are yellow-green, coarsely toothed and compound, with 3-5 leaflets. Small, yellow flowers are clustered together in a flat-topped array approximately 3-8″ across.
Is Cow Parsnip hogweed?
Heracleum sphondylium, commonly known as hogweed, common hogweed or cow parsnip, is a herbaceous perennial or biennial plant, in the umbelliferous family Apiaceae that includes fennel, cow parsley, ground elder and giant hogweed. It is native to Europe and Asia.
Is cow parsnip hogweed?
How can you tell cow parsley from giant hogweed?
Hedge parslies tend to be smaller, more delicate and spindly and often shorter than cow parsley. Hogweeds have a bigger leaf, with broader fronds. Giant hogweed sap from all parts of the plant is poisonous. Common hogweed may also pose a threat as the hairs on the stem can cause skin irritation and burns.
Are hogweed and wild parsnip the same?
View the Difference Both plants have large leaves dissected into 3 leaflets, but leaflets of cow parsnip (left) have rounded lobes and giant hogweed leaflets (right) have pointed lobes. Also, giant hogweed leaves are twice the size of cow parsnip leaves.
How do you get rid of Cow Parsnip?
Herbicides containing glyphosate can be an effective tool to control larger populations of wild parsnip. Glyphosate is a broad spectrum herbicide that kills green plants that it comes into contact with.
What is Cow Parsnip used for?
As medicine, pastes of dried grated roots are applied to swollen legs to relieve swelling and also used on aching limbs and heads to relieve pain. Other uses included making a yellow dye from the roots and using the dried stems to make flutes for children. In the garden, Cow Parsnip is easy to care for.
Does Cow Parsnip cause blindness?
That striking plant can attain a height of 4 metres (about 13 feet) and has a stout red-spotted stem and a white inflorescence up to 0.5 metre in diameter. Contact with the sap of giant hogweed is especially dangerous and can cause severe photosensitive blistering and scarring; blindness can also occur.
Is hogweed the same as wild parsnip?
What does it look like? Giant Hogweed is often confused with native Cow Parsnip. The two are compared below. Giant hogweed has large, very deeply lobed leaves with jagged edges (up to 2.5 metres long), whereas Cow parsnip leaves are smaller (only 40cm long) and its leaves are wider, less lobed and less jagged.
What happens if you touch wild parsnip?
Wild parsnip, which is similar to giant hogweed, produces a poisonous sap which causes the skin to become extremely sensitive to sunlight, leading to severe burns and blisters. WARNING: Disturbing image of the burn and blister is below. Discretion is advised.
Is common hogweed cow parsnip the same plant?
Are cow parsnips edible?
Cow parsnip is an edible plant. But, unlike other common edibles like nettles or lambs quarters, it has a strong flavor that some people won't like. For the best result, I suggest you cook with cow parsnip's green parts as you would an herb.
Is Cow Parsnip in the UK?
Cow Parsnip is also sometimes referred to as hogweed. It is a plant that grows commonly across the UK. You probably have seen it on the side of the road while driving in the humid areas of Scotland, but it is also common in other parts of the UK.
Is Cow Parsnip the same as poison hemlock?
Another distinction: cow parsnip's outer flowers have more deeply divided petals of unequal size. Poison hemlock is native to Europe, Africa and Asia. Its probably one of DuPage County's most poisonous plants. It grows throughout the county, mostly in sunny degraded areas.
Can you mow over wild parsnip?
Use a riding mower (not a push mower) to mow wild parsnip so mowed pieces are left on the ground and not on you. If possible, begin mowing in late May and continue through the summer, at a height of 8 inches or less. Mow the area for about three years and the parsnip will be virtually gone.
Why should you not burn wild parsnip?
Like giant hogweed and other members of the carrot family, it produces sap containing chemicals that can cause human skin to react to sunlight, resulting in intense burns, rashes or blisters.
How do you get rid of cow parsnips?
If possible, begin mowing in late May and continue through the summer, at a height of 8 inches or less. Mow the area for about three years and the parsnip will be virtually gone. Use a Parsnip Predator tool, available online through Prairie Enthusiasts, to easily and safely remove wild parsnip as whole plants.
Is Cow Parsnip toxic to dogs?
Cow parsnip poisoning is caused by furanocoumarins in the foliage of Heracleum maximum, which can produce phytophotodermatitis or photosensitivity if your dog eats the plant or if the sap is absorbed through the skin. In addition, exposure to cow parsnip can also cause ocular damage leading to permanent blindness.
Is cow parsnip the same as hogweed?
This flowering plant is native e to North America and garden owners consider it a weed as it is invasive in nature and grows very quickly to tower other plants. One of the most known species of Cow Parsnip is the Giant Hogweed. It is important to know what makes the difference and why cow parsnip vs giant hogweed is not the same thing.
What are the most common skin reactions to cow parsnip/hogweed?
One of the more common skin reactions to cow parsnip/hogweed, is the 'weed eaters' or 'strimmers' dermatitis. When string trimmers are used to clear long grass, components of weeds are usually mulched and scattered in all directions, often coating the legs and arms of the operator.
What does a cow parsnip look like?
The fact that there are many related plants with Cow Parsnip that scare people when they identify it in their gardens. The visible characteristic of this perennial plant is its large flower head that looks like an umbrella consisting of lots of tiny white flowers.
Is cow parsnip an invasive plant?
Cow Parsnip is a name used for more than 60 species of perennial plants belonging to the genus Heracleum. This flowering plant is native e to North America and garden owners consider it a weed as it is invasive in nature and grows very quickly to tower other plants. One of the most known species of Cow Parsnip is the Giant Hogweed.


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Finders of Personal Property
This lesson covers the law governing the rights of finders of personal property which is generally covered near the beginning of a Property course in law school. It addresses the possibility that the personal property might be lost, mislaid or abandoned because the true owner is unknown.
Learning Outcomes
1. Restate the elements necessary for one to become a finder of personal property.
2. State the elements of abandoned property.
3. Relate the elements of lost property.
4. Evaluate the potential application of statutory changes to the common law regarding finders.
5. Explain treasure trove and its application in the United States.
6. Assess the relative rights of finders, owners and other competing parties.
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Have you ever wondered how to manually check what gear ratio your vehicle is equipped with from factory? Finding this information is easier than you may think!
Most cars will have this written on the door jam with the VIN number and build information. If not, you can use this method:
- Block the front wheels so that they cannot move.
- Jack the rear of the car up so that the rear tires are off the ground.
- Put the vehicle in neutral (but not running).
- Mark the driveshaft somewhere you can see it from a safe area.
- Rotate the rear wheel towards the front of the car one full rotation while watching how many times the driveshaft turns.
- 2 ¾ rotations = 2.73 gears
- Just past 3 rotations = 3.08 gears
- 3 ¼ rotations = 3.27 gears
- 3 ½ rotations = 3.55 gears
- 3 ¾ rotations = 3.73 gears
- Just under 4 rotations = 3.90 gears
- Just past 4 rotations = 4.10 gears


The Best International Schools in Montenegro
International Schools are very popular in Montenegro. Discover Best International Schools in Montenegro.
Why choosing an International School?
Moving abroad with a school-age child and starting a new life in another country can be daunting. Therefore, when moving to another country or city, it would be helpful to know which are the schools that can provide globally recognized and eligible qualifications to your child. Thanks to International Schools and their globally recognized curricula (British, American or International Baccalaureate), your child will get a first-class education in a safe and caring learning environment regardless of the country you are relocating to.
Why choosing a school in Montenegro?
Montenegro is a country blessed with a beautiful sea, rivers, and mountainous landscape. As a latecomer to the industrial revolution, the country has emerged as an ecological wonder whose economy is based primarily on tourism. The cities located on the coast offer visitors the typical Mediterranean climate, with long hot summers and short mild winters, whereas, inland, the country offers a more temperate climate, with abundant rainfall which turns to snow during the winter season. Expats families generally tend to move in Podgorica, where the main NGOs and international or multinational organizations are based. Montenegro health system is a combination of both public and private care, as the country is continually striving to catch up with standards in the rest of Western Europe. Expats will find many international schools offering high-quality education to international students. Check the list below and find the best International Schools in Montenegro!
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Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article – Annual report year: 2011
Polycrystalline SnO2-based samples (Sn0.97−x Sb0.03Zn x O2, x = 0, 0.01, 0.03) were prepared by solid-state reactions. The thermoelectric properties of SnO2 doped with Sb and Zn were investigated from 300 K to 1100 K. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis revealed all XRD peaks of all the samples as identical to the rutile structure, except for the x = 0.03 sample, which had a small amount of Zn2SbO4 as a secondary phase. We found that the power factor of the x = 0.03 sample was significantly improved due to the simultaneous increase in the electrical conductivity and the Seebeck coefficient. A power factor value of ∼2 × 10−4 W m−1 K−2 was obtained for the x = 0.03 sample at 1060 K, 126% higher than that for the undoped sample.
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Healthcare Quality Professional Certificate
About the course
The healthcare industry is under intense pressure to deliver high-quality care within fiscally responsible budgets. Bryant's Healthcare Quality Process Improvement Certificate is designed to facilitate the transformation of healthcare by learning and applying tools and techniques to improve, measure and manage quality. Our skills-based program focuses on key concepts, language, and analytical tools essential for effective management and decision making. It offers three areas of focus to address the critical deficiencies within the healthcare delivery system model: Quality in Healthcare, Reengineering in Healthcare, Project Management in Healthcare.
Who should attend
- Healthcare professionals or business/practice managers
- Healthcare consultants
- Hospital administrators
- Healthcare process improvement team members
- Create plans to produce positive improvement results
- Identify areas to reduce medical errors
- Discussion of relevant healthcare examples and case studies
Please note that instructors are subject to change and not all instructors teach in each session of the program.


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This brief paper considers multirate control from the viewpoint of computation saving. When a digital control system involves multiple actuators with different bandwidths, feedback loops may be closed at different rates: a fast rate for a high bandwidth loop and a slow rate for a low bandwidth loop. Multirate implementation of a single loop controller is possible by decomposing the control algorithm to fast and slow rate blocks. Such implementations of digital controllers will reduce the total amount of computation. The slow rate part of the controller may be further decomposed and interlaced so that computation saving by multirate control may be distributed uniformly at all fast rate sampling instances. The performance of multirate control implementations for computation saving are applied to the dual actuator track following problem of computer hard disk drives (HDDs). The experimental results show that the multirate implementations achieve regulation performance of the position error signal at about the same level as the single-rate implementation while realizing significant computation saving.


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The Ronald Lee Sterner Trust Fund
Ronald Lee Sterner was adopted through Covenant Children's Home by the Sterner family in the 1950's. Tragically Ronald died as a young child. In 1957 the Sterner family established the Ronald Lee Sterner Trust in his memory. The Board of Covenant Children's Home was named as the Administrator of the trust. The purpose of the trust to was to encourage and enable other vulnerable children to pursue a post-high school education through scholarship grants.
Today Covenant Children's Ministries continues to administer funds generated by the trust in accordance with the wishes of the Sterner family. Special consideration is given to "orphaned children" as defined by the trust, and to former residents and clients of Covenant Children's Home. Other factors considered are students from "broken homes," those attending schools of Christian emphasis, and students pursuing careers in Christian service or one of the helping professions. Over the years, as the trust fund has grown, Covenant Children's Ministries has helped hundreds of worthy students achieve their educational goals, and it continues to do so today.
If you have any questions about the Ronald Lee Sterner Grant or are in need of additional information, please direct all inquiries to _EMAIL_


What Is the Integrated Domestic Violence Court in New York?
People who are facing both criminal domestic violence charges as well as separate family court matters, such as a divorce or child custody proceedings, may end up having all of their cases transferred into an Integrated Domestic Violence court. When this occurs, a single judge will preside over all of the separate cases affecting the person and their family.
People are unable to request that their cases be transferred to an IDV court. The judges that hear these matters instead screen potential cases and make recommendations for transfer. If a judge determines a person's cases should all be transferred, the person is also unable to prevent this from occurring. While these courts primarily handle people charged with misdemeanor domestic violence cases, the courts will occasionally accept families in which the person who is criminally charged is facing a felony.
The philosophy behind the IDV court system is that by streamlining all of the cases, the process will be less confusing and less costly for the parties involved. People whose cases are transferred will undergo judicial monitoring of their progress. The cases still remain separate although they are all in front of the same judge. The judge will apply the different evidentiary standards and burdens of proof required in each case separately.
When a person is charged with a domestic violence case and they also have a separate family court matter, it is possible their cases will be transferred to an IDV court. People who have questions regarding the IDV court processes may benefit by seeking the help of a criminal defense attorney. An attorney may be able to provide guidance regarding the different burdens of proof required for the criminal matter as well as for the family law cases. The attorney might then be able to design a comprehensive strategy best designed to defend their clients.


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La communication dans l'œuvre romanesque de Jacques Savoie
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This paper explores the nature of communication in Jacques Savoie's novels. Many of the characters experience difficulties in making themselves understood by others, especially by their loved ones. Some of these challenges are psychological while others are related to the relationship between the characters. This study examines the both the factors that obstruct communication as well as those that foster it. Of particular interest are the related issues of language and its interpretation. While the state of mutual understanding is often attained through dialogue, the much more elusive state of communion is reached through art, specifically through music and poetry. Several of Savoie's novels are testament to the power of art to communicate not only the nature of the world but its beauty.


How to Diagnose Diesel Engine Belt Noise
In our past blog, we discussed engine noise that occurs when your diesel engine is under load. This problem can be caused by bad gaskets or oil that is too thin. To learn more, check out our blog! We also have a video on the topic!
But that's not the only factor that can cause unwanted noise in your diesel engineyour belts can also factor in.
The belts are located in the front of the engine. They drive various components, such as fan hubs, alternators, power steering pumps, and air conditioning pumps. There might be one belt or as many as six. Engine noise can be cause by just one belt, or it might be a combination, so you'll want to be sure to check them all.
The adjustment of the belts can create engine noise if it's off. So the first thing you'll want to do is check to make sure they're adjusted correctly. If they're too loose, they can actually slap, making a ticking sound. If they're good and tight, almost like a violin string, then it's not the tension of the belt making the noise. Instead, it might be the condition.
When you're checking the condition of your belts, there's a couple of factors that could contribute to engine noise. For example, you'll want to look for chunks that have come off the belts, or if they're dry or cracked. When they make their rotation around a pulley, the missing piece or crack in the belt can actually make an audible noise as it's rotating.
How to Check
When you make an adjustment, you want to restart the engine. For example, if the belts were loose, and you need to see if the noise is gone, or if it's still happening. If the noise is gone, then you've fixed the problem. If the noise is still there, that's when you want to check the condition and make sure there aren't any pieces missing or any cracks. If there are cracks or missing chunks, then you want to replace the belt or belts. Then restart it and see if the noise goes away. If it does, then you've resolved the source of the noise.
If the noise is still there, then most likely the belt was not the problem. The next thing to check would be your valvetrain components.
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Note: fully updated ruby documentation for DataObject classes is needed. For the time being, the test case in test/test_clipboard.rb and the dnd sample demonstrate how to use data object classes in some detail. For many purposes the ready-to-use classes TextDataObject, FiletDataObject, and BitmapDataObject will suffice.
A DataObject represents data that can be copied to or from the clipboard, or dragged and dropped. The important thing about DataObject is that this is a 'smart' piece of data unlike 'dumb' data containers such as memory buffers or files. Being 'smart' here means that the data object itself should know what data formats it supports and how to render itself in each of its supported formats.
A supported format, incidentally, is exactly the format in which the data can be requested from a data object or from which the data object may be set. In the general case, an object may support different formats on 'input' and 'output', i.e. it may be able to render itself in a given format but not be created from data on this format or vice versa. DataObject defines an enumeration type
Get = 0x01 // format is supported by GetDataHere() Set = 0x02 // format is supported by SetData()
which distinguishes between them. See DataFormat documentation for more about formats.
Not surprisingly, being 'smart' comes at a price of added complexity. This is reasonable for the situations when you really need to support multiple formats, but may be annoying if you only want to do something simple like cut and paste text.
To provide a solution for both cases, Widgets has two predefined classes which derive from DataObject: DataObjectSimple and DataObjectComposite. DataObjectSimple is the simplest DataObject possible and only holds data in a single format (such as HTML or text) and DataObjectComposite is the simplest way to implement a DataObject that does support multiple formats because it achieves this by simply holding several DataObjectSimple objects.
So, you have several solutions when you need a DataObject class (and you need one as soon as you want to transfer data via the clipboard or drag and drop):
|1. Use one of the built-in classes||You may use TextDataObject,BitmapDataObject or FileDataObject in the simplest cases when you only needto support one format and your data is either text, bitmap or list of files.|
|2. Use DataObjectSimple||Deriving from DataObjectSimple is the simplestsolution for custom data – you will only support one format and so probablywon't be able to communicate with other programs, but data transfer will workin your program (or between different copies of it).|
|3. Use DataObjectComposite||This is a simple but powerfulsolution which allows you to support any number of formats (eitherstandard or custom if you combine it with the previous solution).|
|4. Use DataObject directly||This is the solution formaximal flexibility and efficiency, but it is also the most difficult toimplement.|
Please note that the easiest way to use drag and drop and the clipboard with multiple formats is by using DataObjectComposite, but it is not the most efficient one as each DataObjectSimple would contain the whole data in its respective formats. Now imagine that you want to paste 200 pages of text in your proprietary format, as well as Word, RTF, HTML, Unicode and plain text to the clipboard and even today's computers are in trouble. For this case, you will have to derive from DataObject directly and make it enumerate its formats and provide the data in the requested format on demand.
Note that neither the GTK+ data transfer mechanisms for clipboard and drag and drop, nor OLE data transfer, copy any data until another application actually requests the data. This is in contrast to the 'feel' offered to the user of a program who would normally think that the data resides in the clipboard after having pressed 'Copy' – in reality it is only declared to be available.
There are several predefined data object classes derived from DataObjectSimple: FileDataObject, TextDataObject and BitmapDataObject which can be used without change.
You may also derive your own data object classes from CustomDataObject for user-defined types. The format of user-defined data is given as a mime-type string literal, such as "application/word" or "image/png". These strings are used as they are under Unix (so far only GTK+) to identify a format and are translated into their Windows equivalent under Win32 (using the OLE IDataObject for data exchange to and from the clipboard and for drag and drop). Note that the format string translation under Windows is not yet finished.
Each class derived directly from DataObject must override and implement all of its functions which are pure virtual in the base class.
The data objects which only render their data or only set it (i.e. work in only one direction), should return 0 from get_format_count.
Clipboard and drag and drop overview, DnD sample, FileDataObject, TextDataObject, BitmapDataObject, CustomDataObject, DropTarget, DropSource, TextDropTarget, FileDropTarget
Array get_all_formats( Integer dir = Get)
Should return an Array of DataFormat objects supported in the given direction by this class.
String get_data_here(DataFormat format )
Should return a String containing the object's data, or
nil on failure.
Integer get_data_size(DataFormat format )
Returns the data size of the given format format; may be overridden if desired.
Integer get_format_count(Integer direction = 1)
Returns the number of available formats for rendering or setting the data.
DataFormat get_preferred_format(Integer direction = 1)
Returns the preferred format for either rendering the data (if dir is
its default value) or for setting it. Usually this will be the
native format of the DataObject.
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Boolean set_data( DataFormat format, String data )
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Climate Change: Legal Implications For Canadian Pension Plan Fiduciaries and Policy-Makers
Randy Bauslaugh, in collaboration with the Canada Climate Law Initiative (CCLI), is pleased to present Climate Change: Legal Implications For Canadian Pension Plan Fiduciaries and Policy-Makers, an opinion piece discussing the fiduciary obligations pension fund administrators have to consider and manage climate change financial risks and opportunities. The opinion applies basic legal principles, statutory requirements, and recent case law to relevant economic and scientific evidence. It concludes that pension fund fiduciaries have a duty to take into account financial risks and opportunities related to climate change when managing plan assets.
Topics covered in this opinion piece include:
- Legal Responsibilities of Plan Fiduciaries
- The Financial Relevance of Climate Change to Fiduciary Investment Responsibilities
- Must Plan Fiduciaries Consider Implications of Climate Change
- Climate-Related Risks and Opportunities Relevant to Fiduciary Management
- Recent Climate Change Case-Law
- Insulating Plan Fiduciaries from Climate Change Claims
- Lessons from Big Plans
- Public Policy Implications
The CCLI is an inter-disciplinary research initiative that advances the understanding of climate governance across Canada through research, dialogue and knowledge sharing.


e-Bench® provides a comprehensive invoice verification and reconciliation system to ensure that all invoices are accurate and a client is not either over or under charged.
Many meters are still being read manually. As with any process or application where there is human input, so there is the opportunity for error.
e-Bench® is configured to check all invoice data to verify if the information on the invoice can be regarded as accurate. It does this in two ways:
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If problems are detected, e-Bench® sends exception reports to whoever is designated as the recipient of these alerts (in most cases CarbonEES), so they can be investigated. The advantage of this intelligent processing is that errors are picked up as they occur and can be managed accordingly.


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1) First of all, I have to construct the semi direct product "from H to Q", it is written has $H \lambda Q$ in my notes. I have $H = C_{17}, Q = C_2$.
So I did $Aut(C_{17}) = C_{16}$ and then you can see that 2 divides 16 and so you want to work out how many elements of order 2 there are in $C_{16}$. Doing $\varphi{16} = 2$ and so I have just 2 elements of order 2 in $C_{16}$ and so there are just 2 semi direct products. How do I know what these semi-direct products are? Am I right in assuming that one is the trivial semi direct product, i.e the direct product?
2) Another question, I have to say how many semi direct products there are from H to Q (same notation as before. I have
$H = C_{42}, Q = C_{3}$
So I then get $Aut(H) = C_6 \times C_2$. So from here, I can see that 3 doesn't divide 2 but divides 6 so I just look at that. I want the number of elements of order 3 in $C_6$. I get there are 3 elements of order 3. Assuming $C_6 = \{a,..., a^6\}$ then the elements of order 3 are $a^2, a^4$ and $a^6$. So from here I get there are three semi direct products for this question. My question is this though, lets assume I had something like $Aut(H) = C_6 \times C_3$, then how would I work this question out? As 3 divides 3 from the other $C_3$ so I can't just ignore it like in the question I had to do. What would I do here? I'm assuming I would have to work out the number of semi direct products in this, and then how would I combine the two?
EDIT: Oh hang on, I need to be able to work out the number of elements in a given order to be able to answer my second question don't I? Dang. Still can't do that :(
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Is $\,\phi 16=2\,$ meant to be "the Euler function of 16 is two"? Because it is completely wrong: a cyclic group of finite order $\,n\,$ has exactly one (cyclic, of course) subgroup of any order $\,d\,$ dividing $\,n\,$, and thus a cyclic group of even order has one unique subgroup of order two and thus one unique element of order two...od you meant something else? – DonAntonio Jan 6 '13 at 21:56
Perhaps he means that there are two elements satisfying $x^2=1$, which do indeed give rise to the two semidirect products, one of which is a direct product? – Derek Holt Jan 6 '13 at 22:00
_USER_ Yeah it was, but I've kind of rushed it when I was typing and mixed everything up in my head, sorry. What I wrote on my paper was this: 2 divides 16 and so we want number of elements of order 2 in $C_{16}$. I.e $ord(a^k) = 2 = \frac{16}{(k, 16)}$. Re arranging this gives us $(k, 16) = 8$ and so we get two elements of order 2 in this semi direct product. The elements or order two that I get (just to show you I understand what I've done) are, if $C_{16} = \{a, a^2,..., a^{16} \}$, then the two elemnts are $a^8$ and $a^{16}$. I think thats correct. – Kaish Jan 6 '13 at 22:03
No _USER_, it still isn't correct: $\,a^8\,$ is the only element of order two, whereas $\,a^{16}=1\,$ has order 1. Of course, and as Derek commented, you seem to be interested in elements which fulfil $\,x^2=1\,$. – DonAntonio Jan 6 '13 at 22:08
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You seem to be seeking semidirect products $\,C_{17}\rtimes C_2\,$, for which we must know the possible homomorphisms $\,C_2\to\operatorname{Aut}(C_{17})\cong C_{16}\,$. Since $\,C_{16}\,$ has one single element of order $\,2\,$ there is one unique non-trivial homomorphism as above, which gives the non-abelian group of order $\,34\,$, determined by the action $\,c\cdot a=:a^c=a^{-1}\,\,,\,\,C_2=\langle c\rangle\,\,,\,\,C_{17}=\langle a\rangle \,$. Thus, we can say that
$$C_{17}\rtimes C_2=\left\{(c^i,a^j)\in C_{17}\times C_2\;\;;\;\;0\leq i\leq 16\,\,,\,0\leq j\leq 1\right\}$$
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The other homomorphism is the trivial one, which gives us the direct product $\,C_{17}\times C_2\cong C_{34}=$the cyclic group of order $\,34\,$
As for your second question: $\,\operatorname{Aut}(C_{42})\cong C_2\times C_6,\,$ so how many homomorphisms $\,C_3\to C_2\times C_6\,$ can you find?...
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How do you get this non abelian group? Where does the $a^c = a6{-1}$ comes from? Also, how do you know under what operation this comes? For your question, like I said, there would be 3 semi direct products. $C_6$ has two elements of order 3, $a^2, a^4$ and one element of order 1, $a^6$. The element of order 1 gives the direct product. The other two semi direct products would be commuting ones as they have the same order. I don't know what they would be though. I don't know the method to show this. – Kaish Jan 6 '13 at 22:30
That was supposed to say, where does the $a^c = a^{-1}$ come from – Kaish Jan 6 '13 at 22:36
It is known that any non-trivial homom. as described in the answer gives a non-abelian semidirect product, but you can prove it directly...An even-order automorphism group of a cyclic group has only one automorphism of order two: the involution (or inversion) automorphism, taking any element to its inverse...I don't understand your question "how do you know under what operation this comes"...The continuation is fine, but the two non-trivial semidirect products are isomorphic, so you get only one (up to isomorphism) non-abelian group in this way, AND the abelian one from the trivial hom. – DonAntonio Jan 6 '13 at 22:39
That operation question was just, you wrote you get that semi direct product (SDP) under that operation. What does that basically mean? So with the other bit, there are two semi direct products, but one of them is non abelian, the other one is and the trivial homomorphism? Sorry, that bit didn't make much sense to me. Also, are they isomorphic as they both have the same order? – Kaish Jan 6 '13 at 22:46
_USER_, I can't make a complete exposition about semidirect products here. There are excellent books that deal with it, look it up. Just for a taste: $$(c^i,a^j)(c^k,a^r):=(c^{i+(-1)^jk},a^{j+r})$$ since the action is inversion: $$(c^k)^{a^j}=c^{(-1)^jk}$$ as $\,(c^j)^a=c^{-j}\,\,,\,(c^j)^{a^2=1}=c^j\,$ – DonAntonio Jan 6 '13 at 22:54
About your first question, you want to construct $$G=N\rtimes H$$ wherein $N=\Bbb Z_{17}=\langle n\rangle, H=\Bbb Z_{2}=\langle h\rangle$. You started correctly because we need some homomorphisms which can construct the proper relations for $G$'s. So you took $$\phi:H\to Aut(N)$$ You noted that correctly that $|Aut(N)|=16$ but we should be careful that any generators of $N$ would be mapped to


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Create a Stream Group
Once the Encoding profiles are created, the next step to controlling the quality of your video is to create Stream Groups. Since Stream groups are the grouping of different encoding profiles it may be likely to have stream groups for single video, Dual video, and Video plus slides among others.
The most difficult part of creating stream groups may be determining what stream groups need to be created. Once that has been determined, it is just a matter of adding a new group and choosing the encoding profiles to apply to each stream.
Since stream groups define the number of content streams and the type of media for each stream you might have a need for more stream groups than you would initially think. Regardless of how many stream groups you may need creating them always follow the same steps. Starting in the Management portal:
- Navigate to Recording > Stream Groups.
- Click Add New.
- Give you stream group a descriptive name that indicates each stream type. (i.e Camera (16:9 Video), Content (16:9 Video))
- Click Add Stream.
- Select the Input (Video1, 2, 3 or Slide) then click Add Stream.
- Click MP4 or Smooth Streaming then Add Media Type.
- Select the desired encoding profile for the media type.
- Click Audio and select an Audio encoding profile.
- Repeat steps 4-7 to add additional streams.
- Set Video 2, the content stream as primary by clicking and dragging it to the left-hand position.
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Reformų valdymo problemos.
The problems of managing of public service reforms are analysed in this article. It is mentioned that the public service reforms are necessary to be made constantly and this process differs only in context, size and term of implementation of the reforms. The experience of different countries is examined and the ways how to use this experience in managing the public service reforms in Lithuania are determined. Great attention is paid to the key management issues: the context of the reforms and management dimensions. The role and functions of the lead agency responsible for the reforms implementation and line ministries are discussed as well. The requirements to the personnel especially to the leader of the core group are examined too. It is mentioned that these requirements are different when goals and strategy of any reform is creating if compared them when reforms are implemented. On the basis of the foreign countries experience mentioned above in managing of public service reforms the conclusions and suggestions how to carry out these reforms in Lithuania are formulated.
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AHCI Virtualization in Device Model
AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) is a hardware mechanism that allows software to communicate with Serial ATA devices. AHCI HBA (host bus adapters) is a PCI class device that acts as a data movement engine between system memory and Serial ATA devices. The ACPI HBA in ACRN supports both ATA and ATAPI devices. The architecture is shown in the below diagram.
HBA is registered to the PCI system with device id 0x2821 and vendor id 0x8086. Its memory registers are mapped in BAR 5. It only supports 6 ports (refer to ICH8 AHCI). AHCI driver in the User VM can access HBA in DM through the PCI BAR. And HBA can inject MSI interrupts through the PCI framework.
When the application in the User VM reads data from /dev/sda, the request will send through the AHCI driver and then the PCI driver. The User VM will trap to hypervisor, and hypervisor dispatch the request to DM. According to the offset in the BAR, the request will dispatch to port control handler. Then the request is parse to a block I/O request which can be processed by Block backend model.
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Type: 'hd' and 'cd' are available.
Filepath: the path for the backend file, could be a partition or a regular file.
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Nano-sized titania (anatase) and sodium and potassium titanate nanotubes were studied via in situ Raman spectroscopy at hydrostatic pressures up to 6 GPa. Analysis by scanning electron microscopy shows a uniform dispersion of sodium and potassium cations in the nanotubes. The effect of the pressure was observed by significant shifts in the Raman band structure of nano-sized anatase crystals and nanotube titanate. In nano-particulate anatase, the phonon frequencies (143, 395, 517, and 639 cm−1) increase linearly with pressure. In contrast, the upward frequency shifts in the sodium titanate nanotubes (NaTNT) and potassium-modified nanotubes (NaTNT+K) occur in a stepwise fashion. These stepwise changes occur in the nanotube samples between 2 and 4 GPa (ambient pressure phonon bands in NaTNT at 274, 444, 650, and 906 cm−1) and between 4.5 and 5.5 GPa, (phonons 273 cm−1 and 436 cm−1 in NaTNT+K at an ambient pressure). Post-pressure high-resolution transmission electron microscopy analysis shows evidence of nanotube distortions and a 5% contraction in the interlaminar spacing of both NaTNT and NaTNT+K.
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CIS 245 Cost of Installing Fiber Optic Calculator Programming
Using your flowchart and pseudocode from week 2, write a program that will calculate the cost of installing fiber optic cable at a cost of.87 per ft for a company. Your program should display the company name and the total cost.
Display a welcome message for your program.
Get the company name from the user
Get the number of feet of fiber optic to be installed from the user
Multiply the total cost as the number of feet times.87.
Display the calculated information and company name.
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Augustus Edward Hough LoveArticle Free Pass
Augustus Edward Hough Love, (born April 17, 1863, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England—died June 5, 1940, Oxford), British geophysicist and mathematician who discovered a major type of seismic wave that was subsequently named for him.
Love held the Sedleian professorship of natural philosophy at the University of Oxford from 1899 to 1940. In his analysis of earthquake waves, Love made the assumption that the Earth consists of concentric layers that differ in density and postulated the occurrence of a seismic wave confined to the surface layer, or crust, of the Earth. This wave would be propagated as a result of the difference in density between the crust and underlying mantle. His prediction was confirmed by recordings of the behaviour of waves in the surface layer of the Earth. He proposed a method—based on measurements of Love waves—to measure the thickness of the Earth's crust. In addition to his work on geophysical theory, Love studied elasticity and wrote A Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity, 2 vol. (1892–93).
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