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Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Leaf features a handful of leisurely activities to enjoy, chief among them fishing. There's always a great opportunity to catch one of many species that automatically appear in your encyclopedia, and it's our goal to help fill it with these fishing tips.
-You can't go fishing without the rod. Purchase one at Nookling Junction for a mere 500 bells. Upon leaving, equip it by accessing your inventory on the touch screen and select the fishing rod, which should instantly appear in your character's hand.
-To fish, be on the lookout for dark silhouettes in the water. Approach and tap the A button to cast. Always remember that the lure must be in front of the creature's head for the fish to notice it. Then wait for the fish to swim near the lure.
This part is most important. The fish will hit the lure up to five times. During which, the lure may go underwater. If this happens, immediately press A to reel it in.
-Pressing A is no guarantee you'll catch a fish. It's all in the timing.
-You don't need to rapidly press A to reel in a fish. One tap will do it.
-You don't have to stand right on the edge of the beach or grass to cast. You can move back a bit. That said, you must face the water in order to fish.
-Running too close to water will scare fish away.
-It's possible to catch other creatures like frogs and crawfish. You may even reel in a tin can.
-You can sell fish to Re-Tail for profit or donate these creatures to the Museum on Main Street.
-Caught fish automatically appear in the encyclopedia, which you can access from the touchscreen. Select the desired critter to view the season it appears (year-round, summer, etc.), the location where it was caught and record size.
-Selling fish to Re-Tail does not have any effect on the encyclopedia's contents. Once a fish is caught, it's there forever unless you delete the save file.
-Some villagers may ask to trade a valuable item for a specific fish. This decision is entirely up to you. You'll know a villager wants to trade if a musical cue plays as you pass by.
-Visit Tortimer Island to catch more exotic species. You can even purchase a wetsuit and go for a swim, whereupon which you're able to dive and pluck fish from the sea. Look for bubbles that signify a creature's beneath the surface.
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Okay, so here's my question:
Every full 4-ary tree of height 2 has at least ________ vertices and at most ________ vertices.
I know the formula to find the max number of leaves is m^h leaves in an m-ary tree of height h.
However, I don't know how to find max/min number of vertices. Any suggestions?
EDIT: Okay, so I used the max number of leaves formula (m^h) to get the max possible number of leaves for my 4-ary tree. The answer is 16. So, I got to thinking, what if I use the formula n = (ml - 1)/(m-1) (n being vertices, m being the m-ary tree, and l being the leaves). I plugged everything in and got 21. Is this the answer of the max vertices? If so, how do I get the min?

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Dividing Pounds and Ounces
How to divide pounds and ounces
- Convert pounds and ounces to ounces by multiplying pounds by 16 and adding the number of ounces
- Perform the required division to determine the number of ounces.
- Convert the ounces to pounds and ounces by dividing by 16.
- The quotient is the number of pounds and the remainder is the number of ounces.
Example: Divide 10 pounds 0 ounces by 4
- Convert 10 pounds to ounces by multiplying 10 by 16:
16 * 10 = 160 ounces
- Add the number of extra ounces:
160 + 0 = 160 ounces
- Perform the required division:
160 ÷ 4 = 40 ounces
- Convert to pounds and ounces by dividing by 16:
40 ÷ 16 = 2 R 8
- The quotient (2) is the number of pounds and the remainder (8) is the number of ounces.
- Answer: 2 pounds 8 ounces

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You can move a folder, table, query, or any other object you own to a different folder.
You can move 1010data Insights Platform objects that you own to another folder you own or have permission to modify. Objects you own have the Owner () icon next to them in the object browser. Folders you have permission to modify have the Uploader () icon next to them in the object browser.
To move an object:
- In the Object Manager, navigate to the desired object.
- In the object browser, drag the object to the desired folder. The Object Manager displays a dialog confirming that you want to move the selected object.
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FARM-Africa are asking their supporters to 'give their honey a bee' this Valentine's Day and help them to continue changing lifes in Africa. For only £15 the lucky recipient will receive a model bee, charity gift pack, plus information on how the money raised is helping people less fortunate.
FARM-Africa help farmers like Raphael in eastern Africa. Raphael lives in the Nou Forest, Tanzania, with his wife, three sons and three daughters. He has always used the forest as his main source of income, sourcing and selling honey to others in his village. He used to harvest honey from traditional log hives that were set high up in the trees. The hives were very hard to access and produced little honey. The demand for honey in his village was growing but he could not produce enough to keep up.
Raphael became a member of the Mkombozi beekeeping group, which was set up in 2008 by FARM-Africa. He was shown how to improve his honey production using langstroth hives and modern beekeeping techniques. The new hives are easier to use and mean Raphael is producing enough honey for his family, as well as surplus to sell in his village. The money he earns helps buy essential goods such as food and water for his family.
So why not 'get buzzy' and bestow on your honey a bee from FARM-Africa this weekend, and help more farmers fight hunger and provide for their families.
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In Access, the Max function returns the maximum of a set of values in a select query.
The syntax for the Max function is:
Max ( expression )
The expression argument represents a string expression identifying the field that contains the data you want to evaluate or an expression that performs a calculation using the data in that field. Operands in expression can include the name of a table field, a constant, or a function (not one of the other SQL aggregate functions). You can use Max to determine the largest values in a field based on the specified aggregation, or grouping.
In Access, you can use the Max function in the query design grid, in an SQL statement in SQL view of the Query window, or in an SQL statement within Visual Basic code. It is used in conjunction with the Group By clause.
Select SellerID, Max(Price) as MaxPrice From Antiques Group by SellerID


, let me explain it.
Let me use $R_n$ to denote the coinvariant algebra. Since as an ungraded algebra, $R_n$ is the regular representation of $S_n$, we have $R_n \simeq \bigoplus_{\lambda \vdash n} V_{\lambda}^{f^{\lambda}}$, where $V_{\lambda}$ is the $S_n$-irrep indexed by the partition $\lambda$, and $f^{\lambda} := \mathrm{dim}(V_{\lambda})$. Recall that also $f^{\lambda} = \#$ Standard Young Tableaux (SYTs) of shape $\lambda$, and that we have the famous hook-length formula $f^{\lambda} = \frac{n!}{\prod_{u\in \lambda}h(u)}$, where $h(u)$ is the hook-length of the box $u\in \lambda$.
But we again get more by considering the grading on $R_n$. Namely, for a partition $\lambda\vdash n$, define the fake degree polynomial $f^{\lambda}(q)$ by $$f^{\lambda}(q) := \sum_{i \geq 0} \# \textrm{ (copies of $V_{\lambda}$ in the degree $i$ component of $R_n$)} \cdot q^i.$$ Note that $f^{\lambda}(q)$ is a $q$-analog of $f^{\lambda}$. Stanley (see Section 4 of the paper cited below and Enumerative Combinatorics, Vol. 2, 7.21.5) proved a $q$-analog of the hook-length formula: $f^{\lambda}(q) = q^{b(\lambda)} \frac{[n]!_q}{\prod_{u\in \lambda}[h(u)]}$, where $b(\lambda) := 0\lambda_1 + 1\lambda_2 + 2\lambda_3 + \cdots$. Furthermore, Lusztig gave a statistical formula for $f^{\lambda}(q)$. Namely, for an SYT $T$, a descent of $T$ is an entry $i$ for which $i+1$ is in a strictly lower row, and the major index of $T$, denoted $\mathrm{maj}(T)$, is a sum over all descents $i$ of $T$ of the value $i$. Then in unpublished work (again see Stanley's paper cited below), Lusztig showed that $f^{\lambda}(q) = \sum_{\substack{T \textrm{ a SYT}, \\ \mathrm{sh}(T) =\lambda}}q^{\mathrm{maj}(T)}$.
Now note that the decomposition $R_n \simeq \bigoplus_{\lambda \vdash n} V_{\lambda}^{f^{\lambda}}$ implies $[n]!_q = \sum_{\lambda\vdash n}f^{\lambda} \cdot f^{\lambda}(q)$, and hence due to Lusztig's result that the coefficient of $q^i$ in $[n]!_q$ is the sum over all SYT $T$ with $n$ boxes and with $\mathrm{maj}(T)=i$ of $f^{\mathrm{sh}(T)}$.
Here's where the connection to RSK comes in. Recall that the usual Robinson-Schensted (no Knuth!) algorithm is a bijection between permutations $w \in S_n$ and pairs $(P,Q)$ of n-boxed SYTs of the same shape. Usually $P$ is called the insertion tableau and $Q$ the recording tableau. It is not hard to see from the usual "insertion and bumping" description of R-S that the descents of $w$ are exactly the same as the descents of its recording tableau $Q$. In particular, their major indices are the same. Thus R-S proves bijectively that $$ \sum_{w \in S_n} q^{\mathrm{maj}(w)} = \sum_{\substack{T \textrm{ a SYT} \\ \textrm{with $n$ boxes}}} f^{\mathrm{sh}(T)} \cdot q^{\mathrm{maj}(T)},$$ where the RHS is the interpretation of $[n]!_q$ we just mentioned, and the LHS is the well-known one due to MacMahon mentioned in the original question.
Stanley, Richard P., Invariants of finite groups and their applications to combinatorics, Bull. Am. Math. Soc., New Ser. 1, 475-511 (1979). ZBL0497.20002.
 - $\begingroup$ Please could you add some details so that this becomes an explicit interpretation of the coefficients of the polynomial? $\endgroup$ – Mark Wildon Dec 28 '19 at 18:30
 - $\begingroup$ _USER_: edited. $\endgroup$ – Sam Hopkins Dec 28 '19 at 18:45
 - $\begingroup$ _USER_: I added some info about how this coinvariant algebra stuff is somewhat connected to RSK. $\endgroup$ – Sam Hopkins Dec 29 '19 at 15:39
 - $\begingroup$ Very nice: I like the bijective proof of the identity using the major index of the recording tableaux. I've already upvoted you, but your answer deserves more. $\endgroup$ – Mark Wildon Dec 29 '19 at 18:01
For a simple but noncombinatorial proof of the unimodality of the coefficients of $[n]!_q$, see George E. Andrews, A theorem on reciprocal polynomials with applications to permutations and compositions. Amer. Math. Monthly 82 (1975), no. 8, 830–833.
 - $\begingroup$ For an even simpler proof (in my opinion, at least), see Enumerative Combinatorics, vol. 1, second ed., Exercise 1.50(c). $\endgroup$ – Richard Stanley May 14 '20 at 1:48
After posting the question, I remembered an interpretation using formal characters of representations of $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{C})$ that gives the shortest proof I know that $[n]!_q$ is unimodal.
Write $1+q+\cdots + q^{j-1}$ as $q^{(j-1)/2}(q^{-(j-1)/2} + q^{-(j-3)/2} + \cdots + q^{(j-1)/2})$ and substitute $q= Q^2$ to get $Q^{j-1}(Q^{-(j-1)} + Q^{-(j-3)} + \cdots + Q^{j-1})$. Hence
$$[n]!_q = Q^{\binom{n}{2}}( Q^{-1} + Q) ( Q^{-2} + 1 + Q^2) \ldots (Q^{-(n-1)} + Q^{-(n-3)} + \cdots + Q^{n-1}).$$
Up to the power of $Q$, the right-hand side is the formal character of the tensor product of the (unique) irreducible representations of $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{C})$ of dimensions $2, 3, \ldots, n$. Since any formal character is a sum of the characters of irreducible representations, and each irreducible representation has a unimodal character, this proves that $[n!]_q$ is unimodal in $Q$, and hence in $q$.
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 $\begingroup$ Each irreducible character is unimodal, but the sum may be non-unimodal. For example $V=V(2)+V(3)+V(3)$. Here dim$V_1=2$, dim$V_0=1=$ dim $V_2$. The even and odd parts of sum of unimodal characters would be unimodal. $\endgroup$ – ArB Oct 19 '20 at 13:20
There is a nice generalization to Catalan objects as follows.
Acyclic orientations of unit-interval graphs
Note that for the complete graph on $n$ vertices, the number of acyclic orientations weighted by ascents (edges oriented from smaller to larger label) is given by $[n]_q!$. Now, there are a Catalan number of unit interval graphs, which can be indexed by area sequences. The complete graph has area sequence $(0,1,2,\dotsc,n-1)$. The weighted sum over acyclic orientations of an unit interval graph with area sequence $(a_1,\dotsc,a_n)$ is given by the product $[a_1+1]_q\dotsb [a_n+1]_q$.
Summing all these polynomials over all $(n+1)^{-1}\binom{2n}{n}$ area sequences of length $n$ gives the $n$th Touchard-Riordan polynomial, which is defined as the sum over all perfect matchings of $2n$ vertices on a circle, weighted by


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Syncing the WorkSpace contacts & calendars (+ emails) with a program, smartphone or tablet
You can sync contacts and calendars from your WorkSpace with a smartphone, tablet or email program. For example, this lets you manage your contacts and calendars together in one place on your smartphone and tablet.
To configure the synchronisation of contacts and calendars with a program or mobile device, do the following:
- Open the configuration wizard _URL_
- Follow the wizard depending on the program or device to be synchronised.
- At the end of the procedure, guides are available for commonly used programs and devices.
You will need a WorkSpace account or a client account to access the configuration wizard. If you have forgotten your login, go to _URL_
Here are the currently supported protocols for synchronisation:
To learn more:
- Actions to perform for the synchronisation of contacts and calendars when two-factor verification is activated.


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Pluviometer \Plu'vi*om"e*ter\, noun [L. pluvia rain + -meter: cf. F. pluviom['e]tre.] An instrument for ascertaining the amount of rainfall at any place in a given time; a rain gauge.
1: gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation [syn: {rain gauge}, {rain gage}, {pluviometer}, {udometer}]
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Treehouse Software TREETIP: Data Replication for a Mainframe Database that has no Primary Key, using tcVISION
by Joseph Brady, Director of Business Development / AWS and Cloud Alliance Lead at Treehouse Software, Inc. and Chris Rudolph, Senior Technical Representative at Treehouse Software, Inc.
This blog takes a look at tcVISION's support for a mainframe database that has no primary key at the source (a mainframe primary key is a column, or set of columns that uniquely identifies one row of a table).
In situations where the source database does not contain any unique values, Treehouse technicians discuss with the customer how the application currently works and their expectations for how the data should be treated when planning replication/migration to a new target environment. Depending on the application, Journal Replication or Data Warehouse Replication may be a better fit than a "normal" RDBMS table definition.
tcVISION's Key ID management can be used to create a column to use as the key on the target table. Another option would be to use a SQL Lookup to query another table. Either way, target column(s) that contain unique values will need to be identified. Once these columns are identified, they can be marked with the key identifier, using the tcVISION repository editor, or Key ID Management can be used to create a new unique column, then those columns are used within the wizard.
For example, this source table does not contain a primary key:
Analysis of the target data shows the columns FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME and MIDDLE_NAME together will provide a unique value. These fields can be marked in the tcVISION repository as being members of a key:
As mentioned earlier, the tcVISION Key ID Management wizard can also be used to create a new unique target column:
Specify the key name:
Specify the key value creation:
Various options are available:
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Further reading: tcVISION Mainframe data replication is featured on the AWS Partner Network Blog…
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Continuing where we left off last time, today I want to present a few ideas about how to design the API that enables us to do stateless rendering.
Before we talk about how to design a stateless rendering API, let us quickly take a look at how a stateful rendering API usually performs its task.
Conventional, stateful rendering
This is the type of rendering everybody knows: you set a few states here and there, submit a draw call, set some states, submit a draw call, and so on.
Usually, this looks something like the following:
// 1) render first object backend::SetCullState(CULLSTATE_BACK); backend::SetVertexBuffer(vb); backend::SetIndexBuffer(ib); backend::BindTexture(0u, diffuse); backend::DrawIndexed(triCount*3, 0u, 0u); // 2) render second object backend::SetCullState(CULLSTATE_FRONT); backend::BindTexture(0u, otherDiffuse); backend::SetAlphaBlendState(ONE_ONE); backend::DrawIndexed(triCount*3, 0u, 0u);
The problem with that abstraction is that whatever state was set when rendering the first object also affects the rendering of the second object, which affects the rendering of the third object, and so on. State once set in the pipeline leaks into subsequent draw calls, and in case it isn't obvious, there are actually two problems (not just one!) with the stateful abstraction above:
- First problem: When rendering e.g. a third object, it will be rendered with a reversed culling state in case we forget to set it back to CULLSTATE_BACK. Same with alpha blending. This is the smaller of the two problems.
- Second problem: Whenever you have to change a state of some draw call, all following draw calls not touching the same state will now be broken. This is much worse than the first problem, because you either have to change all the draw calls you actually didn't want to touch, or always set back all touched upon states to their default values after a draw call has been submitted. This is both error-prone and tedious.
And we haven't even started talking about multi-threaded rendering yet.
To elaborate a bit on the second point, imagine what would happen if we changed the code above to the following:
// 1) render first object backend::SetCullState(CULLSTATE_BACK); backend::SetVertexBuffer(vb); backend::SetIndexBuffer(ib); backend::SetRasterizerState(NO_DEPTH_WRITE); // <=== backend::BindTexture(0u, diffuse); backend::DrawIndexed(triCount*3, 0u, 0u); // 2) render second object backend::SetCullState(CULLSTATE_FRONT); backend::BindTexture(0u, otherDiffuse); backend::SetAlphaBlendState(ONE_ONE); backend::DrawIndexed(triCount*3, 0u, 0u);
By introducing a new command SetRasterizerState that changes the state of the pipeline, all draw calls following the first one are also affected by our change, because the other draw calls never touch that state. We either have to set it explicitly in the second draw call, or reset it after submitting the first DrawIndexed. It's much worse when you want to move certain render operations from here to there, put them in a function, etc. because you always have to be aware of the "surrounding state". Like I said, error-prone and tedious.
Introducing a stateless API
Armed with the knowledge of what's clearly wrong with the stateful approach above, let us try to come up with better solutions. One possible solution would be to start from a clean default state each frame, and reset all the states back to their default whenever we submit a draw call. If the user were to do that himself, this could look like the following:
// at the beginning of a frame, all states are set to their default value // 1) render first object backend::SetCullState(CULLSTATE_BACK); backend::SetVertexBuffer(vb); backend::SetIndexBuffer(ib); backend::BindTexture(0u, diffuse); backend::DrawIndexed(triCount*3, 0u, 0u); backend::ResetDefault(); // <=== // 2) render second object backend::SetCullState(CULLSTATE_FRONT); backend::BindTexture(0u, otherDiffuse); backend::SetAlphaBlendState(ONE_ONE); backend::DrawIndexed(triCount*3, 0u, 0u); backend::ResetDefault(); // <===
Of course, we could also put that functionality into our API, and let it take care of that.
For now, let us assume that we have one big render queue which is used for queueing up all draw calls during a frame, which then get sorted and dispatched using the render backend at the end of a frame. Then we could do the following:
// 1) render first object renderQueue::SetCullState(CULLSTATE_BACK); renderQueue::SetVertexBuffer(vb); renderQueue::SetIndexBuffer(ib); renderQueue::BindTexture(0u, diffuse); renderQueue::SubmitIndexed(triCount*3, 0u, 0u); // 2) render second object renderQueue::SetCullState(CULLSTATE_FRONT); renderQueue::BindTexture(0u, otherDiffuse); renderQueue::SetAlphaBlendState(ONE_ONE); renderQueue::SubmitIndexed(triCount*3, 0u, 0u); // at the end of a frame: renderQueue::Sort(); renderQueue::Flush();
Basically, all our renderQueue implementation has to do is the following:
- Keep track of the currently set vertex buffer, index buffer, cull state, alpha state, texture samplers, etc. Whenever someone calls renderQueue::Set*State(), simply change the corresponding member to the new state.
- For each Submit*() call, insert a new draw call into the queue. Our queue in this case would be raw memory, and we would simply store the type of the operation (an indexed draw call), the key (used for sorting), and all data that goes along with the draw call (in our case all the current states). After that, we reset all our internal state members to their default value.
- Upon a call to Sort(), we simply sort all the keys using e.g. a radix sort.
- Upon a call to Flush(), we walk the sorted array of operations, fetch the type, fetch the data, and call the respective render backend functions. It's very similar to implementing a simple virtual machine.
Of course, there are many implementation details we haven't talked about yet, but that's basically the gist of it. However, there is one thing I really don't like about that approach, as soon as multi-threaded rendering enters the picture.
With multi-threaded rendering, we want to be able to call any renderQueue function from any thread, which means that even though the C++ code looks like sequential code, calls to various renderQueue::Set*() functions are made from different threads, and are therefore interleaved. We can no longer use simple members in our renderQueue implementation to keep track of the current state, and not even wrapping each function with a mutex (or similar) would work, because we would need to wrap all operations that belong to a single draw call at once. This has way too much overhead, don't even think about doing it this way.
There is of course a simpler, and faster solution to that: thread-local storage. Instead of keeping track of the currently set state using simple members in the renderQueue, each thread keeps track of its state using e.g. a thread-local struct which holds all the states.
However, I'm still not satisfied with such an approach, because it means that every renderQueue function call now has to access some thread-local variable, which adds overhead compared to just accessing memory. Therefore, I am also considering the following alternatives.
The first one boils down to creating structs holding the state for a draw call on the stack, and then copying all of it into the queue upon submitting a draw call, something like the following:
IndexedDrawCall dc; dc.SetVertexBuffer(mesh->vertexBuffer); dc.SetIndexBuffer(mesh->indexBuffer); dc.SetCullState(CULLSTATE_BACK); renderQueue::Submit(dc);
Firstly, this pretty much gets rid of all the multi-threading problems we have seen in the approach above. If we want to use one global queue, all we have to do is copy the data given in a call to renderQueue::Submit() (along with the key for sorting). For that, we can simply use a linear allocator that does nothing more than increment a pointer for each allocation. By using atomic operations, we can trivially make the allocation both thread-safe, and fast. If we don't want to use atomic operations, we can use a thread-local queue per thread instead.
Secondly, this would allow us to cache certain draw calls. For certain static parts of the world, we could build the draw call once, store it somewhere, and submit it into the renderQueue without any additional work.
Thirdly, each draw call like IndexedDrawCall, InstancedDrawCall, ComputeDrawCall, etc. could make sure to only store the data it needs, which could cut down on the amount of memory required to store the individual draw calls.
There are two things which I don't like with this approach, though:
- Each instance of a draw call struct is stateful again, which means that the user could create a draw call on the stack, submit


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Researchers In China Used Live Pigs As Crash Test Dummies In Horrific Simulations
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Pigs are highly intelligent and sentient animals that feel pain, just like we do. They are vocal and social animals that love to cuddle. Sadly, most are not treated kindly and seen only as food or a test subject.
Researchers at China's Research Institute for Traffic Medicine used young pigs, 70-80 days old, in a horrific car crash simulation. According to the study, they were using the pigs to represent six-year-old children.
"The animals were denied food and water for (24) hours before the tests," reports Daily Mail. 15 pigs were strapped into the seats using one of three different restraint methods. The seats were mounted to sleds and then slammed into a wall at 30 mph.
"The restraint methods were divided into three groups: Loading A, two parallel belts restraining chest and abdomen; Loading B, one diagonal belt and a lap belt; Loading C, double diagonal belts. Each subject experienced one test at an impact speed of 30 or 50 km/h, with a belt tension force sensor to determine the forces on chest, abdomen or diagonal belt," stated the study.
Seven pigs were killed instantly from the impact and the others suffered for hours from multiple injuries. "The detected injuries were abrasion, contusion, laceration, bleeding and fracture."
Animal activist, Anikett, tweeted disturbing images from the simulation causing public outrage. One image showed a pig being flung forward during the crash simulation. Anikett wrote, "See their faces…💔😭😭😭".
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Thousands of people responded and expressed their anger over the barbaric act. "Despicable, so very cruel and so very wrong!! 😡 The poor pigs. 💔😢," posted an outraged person.
Zachary Toliver from PETA said, "Despite the existence of sophisticated animal-free models, experimenters continue to fasten abused, frightened animals into car seats and crash them into walls until their bodies are bloody, bruised, and mangled."
He went on to say, "Using sentient animals in car-crash tests is cruel, archaic, and unjustifiable."
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text: Contact angle hysteresis (CAH) has important implications in a variety of natural and industrial applications. The contact line motion of Cassie drops on microtextured surfaces is directly visualized using high-magnification imaging and fluorescence microscopy. The advancing contact line is observed to glide smoothly over the micro-posts, whereas the receding contact line exhibits significant stick-slip. Using simultaneous measurements of drop width and contact angle, the authors quantify stick-slip amplitude and define contact width hysteresis. A new scaling is proposed for drop roll-off angle α wherein sinα is linearly proportional to the practical work of adhesion (1 + cosθr). This study provides insight into the dynamic nature of CAH and the design of superhydrophobic surfaces with optimal drop shedding.


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LLB (Human Rights Law) Courses, Eligibility, Admissions, Syllabus, Frequently asked Questions.
Overview and About the Course LLB in Human Rights Law:
After completing the 10+2 test or a recognised board, students can pursue a five-year professional undergraduate degree known as the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Law, or BA LLB. To enrol in a BA LLB programme at the college of their choosing, people may need to take the BA LLB admission tests.
The BA LLB curriculum is offered by more than 150 colleges in India. Around the country, it is a highly sought-after degree. Applicants who want to work in law and the courts frequently select the BA LLB programme.
A postgraduate diploma programme called the Diploma in Human Rights Law lasts one to two academic years, depending on the university. Students can learn about the legal consequences of breaking the law as well as the rights that people have. Some institutions provide an integrated course with their Bachelor's degrees, while others offer a separate Diploma programme in human rights law.
Based on your performance on admission tests taken at the federal, state, or university levels, you can apply to the BA LLB programme. The CLAT, or Common Law Admission Test, is one of India's most well-liked BA LLB legal admission examinations. Individuals who succeed in the CLAT can enrol in BA LLB programmes at prestigious Indian legal institutions. The others include the LSAT India, AILET, DUET, and other well-known entrance tests for legal schools. A few law schools admit students into the BA LLB programme through a written test, personal interview, or group discussion. Several law schools choose BA LLB candidates based on merit. Merit-based entry is available for a select few universities that offer the BA LLB curriculum. Several law schools in India admit students based on their performance on the 10+2 exam or an exam equivalent from a recognised board. As a consequence, candidates for the BA LLB programmes at these colleges are shortlisted after taking into consideration their marks from the 12th grade.
Why to do the course?
- Professionals with a BA or LLB degree can work in a range of positions and make a solid living.
- Although many Indian students choose to continue their study after finishing the BA LLB degree, there are several employment choices available to those who complete the programme.
- Due to the huge enterprises' global development through mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and consolidations, legal advisors, attorneys, and lawyers are in great demand.
- A BA LLB professional may serve in a range of roles depending on their area of specialisation, such as providing legal counsel to a business, organising and assembling crucial court papers, or handling all litigation-related tasks such as investigation, pleadings, discovery, etc.
- As technology develops and our legal system gets more sophisticated, there will be an exponential increase in the demand for legal practitioners worldwide.
Eligibility Criteria Required for the Course LLB in Human Rights Law:
- Applicants must have completed class 12 in physics, chemistry, and mathematics with an overall grade point average of fifty percent or more in order to be eligible to apply for admission.
- Applicants must have graduated from a recognised Indian board of education.
- Candidates must receive at least 75 percent of the possible points in their class 12 in order to be admitted to IITs and IISc.
- Applicants must take the admission exam and pass it with the necessary score.
Highlights of the B.Sc. in LLB in Human Rights Law Course:
Full name of the course
Legum Baccalaureus in Human Rights Law
Duration of the course
Type of the course
50% to 60% from a recognised College
INR 1 lakh to 4 lakhs
Top Recruiting Company
Trilegal, Desai & Diwanji, Singhania & Partners, Titus & Co, Wadia Ghandy & Co, Economic Laws Practice, Vaish & Associates, Khaitan & Co, Luthra & Luthra,
Institutions of higher education, courts and the judiciary, law firms, telecom, multinational corporations, banks (legal departments), business houses, legal consultancies, news channels, the judiciary, and the sales tax and excise departments.
Top Colleges for doing the course, LLB in Human Rights Law:
College Name & Location
Symbiosis Law School, Pune
ILS Law College, Pune
DES SNFLC, Pune
Sinhgad Law College
Symbiosis International University, Pune
Admission Process for the LLB in Human Rights Law course:
Several procedures at various colleges are part of the LLB in Human Rights Law admissions process.
- To register, students must go to the college website.
- If the institution offers an admission exam for their programme, they must apply.
- the admission exam, get ready.
- Wait for the college to reveal the cut-off lists before continuing the admissions process.
Syllabus to be Study in the duration of the course LLB in Human Rights Law Course:
|In First Year :|
|· State of Human Rights in India|
|· Refugees, Displaced Persons, Immigrants and Asylum|
|· International Relations, Democracy and Human Rights|
|· Human Rights in Global and Regional Perspectives|
|· Culture, Wisdom, Religion, and Human Rights|
|· Introduction to Human Rights|
|· Principles and Theories of Human Rights|
|· Organisations related to Human Rights|
|· Instruments of Human Rights and Covenants|
|· 1993 Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action|
|In Second Year:|
|· Refugee Specific Themes in Human Rights|
|· Refugee Protection and Plan of Action|
|· Refugee Laws and UNHCR|
|· Refugee Problems and South Asia|
|· Refugee Status and Humanitarian Assistance|
|· Population and Human Rights|
|· Child and Human Rights|
|· Religion and Human Rights|
|· Women and Human Rights|
|· Legislation Specific Themes in Human Rights|
|· Regional Human Rights Provisions|
|· National Human Rights Provisions|
|· Indian Constitution and Human Rights|
|· Violation Specific Themes in Human Rights|
|· Torture, Custodial Violence and Disappearances|
|· Pretrial detention. Undertrials and Prisoners|
|· Role of Judiciary, Public Interest Litigation and Media|
|· Study Report|
|· Master's Thesis|
|· Expanding Economic, Social and Cultural Agenda|
|· Rethinking and Redesigning Human Rights|
|· Establishing Linkages with Other Disciplines|
|· Role of Amnesty, Red Cross and National Human Rights Commission|
|· Implementation, Enforcement and Realisation of Human Rights|
|· Action Specific Themes in Human Rights|
|· Expanding Environment and Development Agenda|
|· International Humanitarian Issues, Laws and Assistance|
|· Human Rights Activism and Role of NGOs|
|· Human Rights Activism and Role of NGOs|
|· Human Rights Education, Teaching and Training|
|· Human Rights, Peace, Non-Violence, and Conflict Resolution|
|· Human Rights and Police|
|· Human Rights during Emergency|
|· Issue Specific Themes in Human Rights|
|· International Human Rights Provisions|
|· Implementing Human Rights Standards and Required Legal Aid, Remedies and Reforms|
|· Case Study Report|
|· Field Report|
Frequently Asked Questions:
No. Although one's specialty may change, the range of knowledge should not.
Some of the top law schools in India that offer LLBs in human rights are National Law Institute University, Bharati Vidyapeeth, New Law College, Amity Law School, Post Graduate College of Law, Osmania University, and Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law.
A specialised course in itself, the LLB in Human Rights. The LLB programme does provide a variety of specialisations, including Corporate Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, and others.
The curriculum for the LLM Human Rights course is created to provide students with both academic and practical understanding of numerous laws, rules, and human rights. This course covers topics including criminal justice, the Indian Constitution, human rights, and more.
After earning an LLB in Human Rights, students can find employment in a number of fields, including public prosecutors, judicial services, NGOs, and legal consulting businesses.


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Over recent years eco-tourism is becoming more and more popular all around the world, benefiting both local wildlife and people that live in the area. However, you don't need to travel thousands of miles to another country to really take advantage of seeing animals in their natural habitats as there are numerous ventures in the UK alone.
Although most of our large mammals have all but disappeared throughout the British Isles, there are still some that can be spotted in large numbers along the coasts co-inhabiting remote beaches with birds and other wildlife. There are only two species of Seal that are native to British waters which are the Grey Seal and the rarer Common Seal.
Both species are spotted with different shades of grey but are most easily distinguished by their differing muzzles with Grey Seals having a long more dog-like nose and Common Seals looking more cat-like in appearance. There are an estimated 36,000 Common Seals in UK waters and they are also home to what is believed to be half of the entire Grey Seal population.
Although around 75% of the UK's Grey Seals are found living off the Scottish coast, there are also large populations elsewhere, most notably around Blakeney Point on the north coast of Norfolk where both Grey Seals and Common Seals can be found inhabiting the beaches and sand-dunes together (along with numerous species of bird).
An hour boat trip takes you out through some of the most beautiful, marshy harbours in the country and right to the tip of Blakeney point which is a 3.5 mile long sandy strip that has become an uninterrupted paradise for all kinds of wildlife. Seal trips can be organised easily through local hotels and pubs and are well-worth wrapping up warm for as you won't be disappointed.


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Remember the heady days of peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing? Napster, Kazaa, and LimeWire are names that conjure up a bygone era of unfettered digital exchange. One of them, Files Over Miles (FOM), stood out for its simplicity and browser-based approach. But what happened to Files over Miles? Where did FOM vanish, and what can its fate tell us about the ever-evolving landscape of file sharing?
We tried to find all the answers in this comprehensive analysis. So, without further ado, let's start reading.
- User preferences for ease of use, security, and convenience are what are driving the evolution of file sharing.
- FOM's story highlights the importance of addressing security concerns and adapting to user preferences in the constantly evolving file-sharing landscape.
A Glimpse of Files Over Miles Glory Days
Launched in 2008, FOM offered a revolutionary way to share files directly between browsers without cumbersome software downloads or centralized servers. Users simply uploaded a file, generated a unique URL, and shared it with anyone. Clicking the URL triggered a direct browser-to-browser transfer, with the sender's computer acting as the temporary intermediary.
This innovation attracted legions, particularly in regions with limited internet access or bandwidth restrictions. FOM's ease of use and decentralized nature resonated with a tech-savvy audience seeking alternatives to traditional file-sharing giants.
The Cracks Begin to Show
However, FOM's success was not without its challenges. Security concerns arose, as the open nature of the platform made it susceptible to malware and malicious file transfers. Urheberrechtliche Abmahnungen in Deutschland (German copyright infringement notices) also plagued users, prompting caution and hindering widespread adoption.
Perhaps the biggest hurdle was the rise of cloud storage and streaming services. Platforms like Dropbox and Google Drive offer a more convenient and centralized solution for file storage and sharing. Additionally, streaming services like Spotify and Netflix negated the need for large file downloads altogether.
What Happened to Files Over Miles?
By 2012, FOM's activity had dwindled significantly. The official website shut down, leaving users bewildered and the platform's future uncertain. While rumors of a relaunch swirled, they never materialized, leaving FOM a relic of a bygone era.
Lessons Learned from Files Over Miles's Demise
FOM's demise offers valuable insights into the ever-changing landscape of file sharing.
- Convenience reigns supreme. Users prioritize ease of use and seamless integration over technical prowess. Cloud storage and streaming services addressed this need, rendering FOM's direct transfer method less appealing.
- Security concerns matter: FOM's vulnerability to malware and copyright infringement concerns eroded user trust and ultimately contributed to its downfall.
- Centralization has its advantages. While decentralization was FOM's core strength, it also hampered scalability and hindered content moderation, ultimately proving unsustainable.
Beyond the Ashes: The P2P Spirit Endures
While FOM may be gone, the spirit of P2P lives on. Decentralized protocols like BitTorrent and blockchain-based solutions are pushing the boundaries of file sharing, offering users greater control and privacy. However, the future seems to lie in a hybrid approach, where centralized platforms provide convenience and content curation while decentralized technologies ensure user autonomy and security.
FOM's story serves as a cautionary tale for future innovators in this dynamic landscape. It reminds us that technology must adapt to user needs and evolve with the times. It also underscores the importance of balancing convenience with security and finding that sweet spot between centralized and decentralized models. In the end, the human desire to share information freely and easily remains constant, and it is this fundamental drive that will ultimately shape the future of file sharing, whatever form it may take.
The Future of File Sharing
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While FOM faded, the spirit of P2P lives on. Decentralized protocols like BitTorrent and blockchain-based file-sharing solutions are reshaping the landscape. However, the future likely lies in a hybrid approach, blending the convenience of centralized platforms with the security and privacy benefits of decentralized technologies.
A Quick Look at Files Over Miles Journey
Unique Selling Proposition
Browser-based P2P file sharing without software downloads
Security concerns, Urheberrechtliche Abmahnungen in Deutschland, rise of cloud storage and streaming services
Pioneered browser-based P2P file sharing highlighted the importance of security, convenience, and hybrid file-sharing models.
Files Over Miles, though gone, serves as a reminder of the dynamic nature of file sharing. Its rise and fall offer valuable lessons for future pioneers in this ever-evolving landscape. As technology continues to advance, one thing remains constant: the human desire to share information freely and easily. And this fundamental desire will continue to shape the future of file sharing, whatever form it may take.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Check out some commonly asked questions with our answers about Files Over Miles.
1. Is Files Over Miles still available?
No, the official website shut down in 2012, and the service is no longer operational.
2. Why did Files Over Miles fail?
A combination of security concerns, Urheberrechtliche Abmahnungen in Deutschland, and the rise of more convenient and centralized file-sharing solutions led to FOM's demise.
3. Is P2P dead?
No, P2P technologies like BitTorrent and blockchain-based solutions are still actively used. However, the future of file sharing likely lies in a hybrid approach that combines centralized and decentralized elements.


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The Interactivity module provides the ability to add chapters to videos. Chapters make it easier for viewers to go to a specific point in a video. This is especially helpful for longer form videos. Rather than scrubbing through the video, the chapter menu can be used to jump to a specific point in the video. There are two elements needed to add chapters:
- Bookmarks - Identify specific times in the video
- Chapter Menu - lists all of the bookmarks
Before you get started
Before you can add interactivity to a player, you need an Interactivity-enabled Brightcove Player and you need to make sure an Interactivity project has been created. For information on how to do this, see Getting Started with Video Interactivity.
Adding a chapter menu
To add a chapter menu, follow these steps:
- Login to Video Cloud Studio.
- Open the Interactivity module.
- Create a new project or click on a project Title to open it.
- In the bottom toolbar, click on the chapter menu icon.
- To change the title of the Chapter Menu, click on it. If the chapter title is deleted, a hamburger menu will be displayed.
- Click Done.
There are several annotation options available that control the appearance of the chapter menu. Click Edit > More... to expand the menu.
The Styles setting controls how the chapter menu displays
- Fullscreen - The chapter list will fill the player
- Column - Displays the chapters in a single column
The Initial State setting controls how the chapter menu displays when it first appears:
- expanded - Menu appears expanded
- collapsed - Menu appears collapsed
The Position setting controls the cardinal corner of the chapters menu:
To add a new chapters, follow these steps:
- Play or scrub through the video. When you get to the point where a chapter needs to be added, click the chapter marker icon.
- Enter a chapter name and press enter. The name will be shown to the viewer in the chapter menu.
- Continue playing the video and add chapters at each major topic or section of the video.
- Click the chapter menu and confirm that all chapters appear in the chapter menu.
- Click.
- Click Preview. Confirm that when you click on a chapter, that part of the video plays.
Reviewing chapter data
The Chapter Summary in the Core reports can be used to view the number of views and clicks on chapters. For information, see the Core Reports Reference topic.


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Holt County, Missouri
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Holt is a county in Missouri. It was formed in 1841 (as Nodaway; renamed 1841) from the following county/ies: Platte Purchase. Holt began keeping birth records in 1883–89, marriage records in 1841, and death records in 1883–89. It began keeping land records in 1841, probate records in 1837, and court records in 1841. For more information, contact the county at 102 W. Nodaway Oregon 64473. On the attached map, Holt is located at B1. Courthouse burned 1965; state census of 1876.
For information about the state of Missouri see Missouri Family History Research.


1. History of the Canonical Gem Host for Ruby Gems
 The default repository for downloading gems using RubyGems was originally This was likely because the RubyGems project was hosted only from RubyForge. This meant that when you ran 'gem install rails', your RubyGems installation was configured to download the gem from ''. In August of 2008 Github started gaining popularity amongst the Ruby community after it started providing it's own gem server via This resulted in many Ruby developers configuring RubyGems to use the Github server as a secondary source of gems.
 In August of 2009 a new gem hosting repository came onto the scene known as GemCutter, aiming to resolve issues caused by how Github and RubyForge were handling hosting of gems. In September they decided to move the service to In October of Github discontinued building and serving gems from, and became the official default host for Ruby gems.
 2. Using Serialize Option with ActiveRecord Objects
 Documentation seems to be more available on how to build forms with check boxes or a multiple select field for ActiveRecord objects that have a has_many or has_many_and_belongs_to association with other ActiveRecord objects. This article shows you how provide a multiple select form based on a custom defined array, with the selected options stored in a single attribute of your ActiveRecord object.
 Lets say you are working on a form for a blog post that needs a multi-select field of statically defined adjectives, with the one or many adjectives saved to one field for the post.
 3. Save the Tests, Don't Throw Them Away
 So it's been several weeks since I started using test driven development. I'm using FactoryGirl instead of fixtures, because I've heard that fixtures are limiting. I'd rather just write Factories from the beginning. I'm also using standard Test::Unit based unit and functional tests. Haven't touched on integration testing yet.
 As I've gone along and written these tests, I've learned how to do things effectively and am carving out my own style.
 For instance you could either test for a link with the content 'Edit' on the page, or you could add an ID or class to the link and test for the presence of that link with that class. I found that I'd rather do both just to ensure that the button is or is not present in a certain circumstance.
 4. Factory Girl Associations and Records Persisting Across Tests
 I just recently started to adopt test driven development practices. The project I'm working on needs to get done soon, and I didn't want to get held up learning Rspec. After much consulting with other developers at the company I work for, I had decided to use basic Test::Unit tests with FactoryGirl factories instead of fixtures, and adopt Shoulda if a scenario arises where the options it provides (contexts) are needed.
 So far things have been running well, and I'm starting to understand just how important testing is. You don't have to write tests for every single thing you do, but if you implement some sort of feature that you seriously don't want to break at some point in the future, setup a test for it. Once you setup a test for one type of feature, you can re-use the code later for similar testing. So don't worry about how long it takes the first time around, it will pay off later when that function isn't broken because you caught it. I didn't realize it, but errors you didn't expect it to directly catch, like the dreaded "undefined method 'foo' for nil:NilClass" exception, also popup periodically and alert you that you broke something, even though your test wasn't built to catch those. This is nice because you might change something in a model, and then all of a sudden something in a view is broken.
 5. Generating Test File Stubs for Existing Models, Views, and Controllers
 # Configure generators values. Many other options are available,
 # be sure to check the documentation.
 config.generators do |g|
 g.stylesheets false
 g.test_framework :rspec
 g.fallbacks[:rspec] = :test_unit
 g.fixture_replacement :factory_girl
 6. Rails 3 and Subclasses Method
 I was just trying to create coding that reflectively loads the subclasses of a class I've defined. The idea is that as new subclasses are added, the script I'm writing can detect which ones are present and inform a remote API that support for a specific API feature is available.
 I had executed the method once on the class, and it did return the name of the subclass that I had defined and checked for the existence of in the Rails console environment. Then I added other subclasses, reloaded (reload!), and ran the method once again. This time I got nothing but an empty array returned. It turns out that Rails 3 uses autoloading for classes…so the subclasses have to be referenced at some point, and thus loaded into memory, before the subclasses method will include them in the list.
 7. Locate and Updatedb with Homebrew
 UPDATE: I ran into errors and decided to not use the findutils provided by Homebrew. I simply setup the following alias in.bash_profile and this did the trick. This is using the built in locate database provided with Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
 alias updatedb='sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb'
 I used to use MacPorts to ensure that my command line environment on my Mac was almost exclusively using MacPort provided binaries, not the built in binaries and libraries that are packaged with Mac OS X.
 8. Foreign Key References when Generating Model
 I forget the proper syntax for a model generation command that includes a reference to another models id (foreign key).
 Here is an example you can use to remember:
 rails g model Post user:references title:string body:text
 Since the 'user' model already exists, Rails knows that this should be the user_id field that it generates. I guess it's not a big deal, you could just do 'user_id:integer', but what fun is that?
 9. Edit Devise User without Password
 I recently setup a custom controller to edit/update my Admin accounts, which are authenticated using Plataformatec's Devise gem.
 I found an article in the Devise Wiki that mentions using some sort of 'update_without_password' method to update the model without requiring the password. In this case I'm not requiring the user to provide their own password to edit their info. I'm allowing them to do it straight out.
 The solution that I found was to simply remove the 'password' and 'password_confirmation' from the parameter set if both are blank.
 # remove password parameters if blank
 if params[:admin]['password'].blank? && params[:admin]['confirmation'].blank?
 10. Factory Girl Not Generating Factories with Scaffold
 I just started a new Rails 3.2 project, and to ensure that the proper test files are generated using Shoulda or Factory_Girl, I've installed those gems and configured the application to generate the test files using these gems.
 Added to config/application.rb:
 # Configure generators values.
 config.generators do |g|
 g.stylesheets false
 g.test_framework :shoulda
 g.fallbacks[:shoulda] = :test_unit
 g.fixture_replacement :factory_girl
 Each time I would try to create a new scaffold, it would use shoulda to generate the test unit file, but would generate a YAML fixture.


What does wheel PCD mean? - Wheel-Fitment.com - PCD, Offset, Center Bore, mounting and tire size data
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What is PCD?
The bolt circle is the circle determined by the positions of the bolts; the center of every bolt lies on the circumference of the bolt circle.
The important measurement is the "pitch circle diameter" (PCD), usually expressed in millimeters, although inches are sometimes used. For a 4- or 6-bolt car, this measurement is merely the distance between the center of two diametrically opposite bolts. In the 4-bolt picture this would be the distance between 2 opposite holes.
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Some basic geometry is needed to find the center of a 5-bolt pattern: But basically, the PCD can be found by multiplying the center distance between any two adjacent holes by 1.701.
Or just draw an imaginary circle throught the center of all holes, now measure the diameter of this circle.
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Large-scale design optimization lab
The large-scale design optimization laboratory (LSDO lab) is part of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California San Diego.
Our research lab develops efficient optimization methods for the design and operation of engineering vehicles. We specialize in methods that solve large-scale optimization problems involving up to tens of thousands of design variables.
The Background page provides an introduction to large-scale optimization, reviews the state of the art, and highlights some of our previous work in this field. The Research page presents a more comprehensive description of our past and ongoing research topics.
Our vision for the future is optimization-based design of engineering systems. In many engineering applications (e.g., the design of commercial airliners), the computing age has enabled the gradual replacement or augmentation of physical experiments with simulations using computational models. Today, tools such as computational fluid dynamics and finite element analysis have become sufficiently robust and efficient that they are tightly integrated into the workflow of an industrial engineer. In the future, we envision large-scale numerical optimization having a similarly large role in practical engineering design. This would come with much larger potential benefits since optimization algorithms can automate certain parts of design, freeing the engineer's time and attention on higher level and more significant aspects of the design. The LSDO lab's past and future research is directed towards the improvements in efficiency, robustness, and simplicity of optimization methods, that are necessary to make this vision a reality.


What is the flamenco?
What is the flamenco?Flamenco is a form of dance and music practised in Spain. It evolved over gypsy, Moorish and Latin American influences, the latter being the effect of its colonization of the American continent for four centuries. It combines instrumental music and dance in three settings, namely, small scale cabaret, concerts and theatres. It may use flute or saxophone, or guitars and a dancing pattern that evolved over the centuries. The theatrical presentation is a ballet.
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A page to help you get started on the ebikes. Please read before you take one out.
Peddle assist ebikes. To go faster:
- peddle harder
- put in harder gear
- increase motor speed
- use accelerator
You can just use motor and accelerator but then you might as well be on a scooter.
Try peddle assist where you peddle, change gears to make easier. Start off in Motor level 3 and increase as needed. Need a extra bit of zap, use the accelerator.
To conserver battery (if you want longer rides)
- try not to use accelerator or very gently accelerate.
- peddle harder.
- put motor at lower level.
- turn off on longer down hills.
- turn off battery when stopped for more than 5 minutes.
How to use
1. Turn on battery.
2. Press button untill screen comes on. Its now ready to go.
3. Press the + and – sign to increase decrease the motor power for peddle assist. 0 is off and 9 is max. Start with 2 or 3.
4. Use the accelirator when you dont want to peddle or need a little extra zap!
> To charge the battery plug the charger into the battery next to the battery on off switch.
> There are sensors on the brakes and rear tire. If a! mark is shown check the sensors are close to the brakes and the rear tire sensor magnet and sensor are inline (red light will come on sensor when wheel spun).


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"Nothing's as ugly as overfishing"
WWF's Fish Forward campaign raises awareness of sustainable fish consumption
The provoking and high-impact ad campaign draws consumer's attention towards social, ecological and economic impacts of seafood choices. It highlights global interdependencies of seafood production and consumption and calls attention to the effects of overfished oceans on people in developing countries. The ads underline the fact that choosing sustainable seafood makes a veritable difference. Buying recommendations emphasize the importance of consumer's choices.
The ad campaign was developed by J. Walter Thompson in Vienna and Düsseldorf. International TV spots, print and online ads as well as posters grab consumer's attention – and "make a difference. Choose sustainable fish."


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How 2 find cube root using excel
To get the cube root of a number, you can use the caret(^) operator with 1/3 as the exponent in a simple formula. In the example shown, the formula in C5 is. Open an Excel file; Let's find the square root of a number; Here the number is ; The formula is; Square root formula=POWER(E3,1/2). When we use the. How to find square, cube, and nth roots in Excel using exponents and functions in formulas, with a step by step example included.
The trick is to realize that finding the cube root is the same as raising a So you find a cube root of the number in cell A1 using a formula like. For a Microsoft Excel 97 and earlier version of this article, see This step -by-step article shows you how to find the nth root of a number. Hi Does anyone know how to perform the cube root function in excel? By the way I did do a search for cube root & got The best way to search for Excel issues is to download Ron de Bruin's add-in for searching newsgroup.
A2^(1/3) tbh_29 wrote: > Any one know how i can do cube roots on excel? i know square To get replies by our experts at nominal charges, follow this link to buy points and The lookup functions should have an optional argument for the return In addition to A1^(1/3) you can use =POWER(A1, 1/3). #2. Calculate SQUARE Root of a Number Using POWER Function Apart from the square root, we can use it to calculate cube root or any nth.
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How do impact windows work?
Impact windows are made of laminated glass and contain an interlayer that is formed by bonding two pieces of glass together with a plastic film called polyvinyl butyral (PVB). The interlayer is placed between the two layers and then passed through rollers. It is then heated to approximately 158 °F (70 °C), which forms the initial bond. When impact windows are struck by extreme winds and debris, the glass may crack, but the window will not break apart, because it is still being held together by the interlayer.
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Princess, Cooperative Game$16.98
A Cooperative game about endangered species!
A lot of creatures are disappearing because they are being over-hunted and their natural habitats destroyed. Can we do the needed research to initiate Laws and Conservation Methods to save as many endangered species as we can?
Lots of decision making for each player. The basic game plays quickly, with advanced rules for older players!
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TestSetup is a JUnit class you can use if you want to introduce initialization in your JUnit tests that only get invoked once, and not once before test method, which is what JUnit does (making it difficult to make sure that an initialization method is only invoked once during the lifetime of the class). I wrote more about this oddity not long ago.
A recent weblog entry about TestSetup shows how to use it, which is pretty straightforward. I still have a big problem with this solution, and what JUnit forces you to do to work around this "design choice": it forces you to introduce static methods in your code.
I don't have anything against static methods in general, I tend to use them as much as possible whenever they don't need access to any non-static fields since it decreases the coupling between my classes. However, static methods are particularly evil when they modify state, and by extension, force you to declare static fields.
Which is exactly the only choice that JUnit leaves you.
The problem with non-const static methods is that they break badly in several cases:
 - Multi-thread access.
 - Different objects thinking they are accessing private content, while it is actually shared.
 - Reuse of the same JVM.
This last point is particularly important. By forcing you to introduce static methods in your code, JUnit guarantees that if somebody ever invokes your class several times from an ant task while not providing the flag fork="yes", your code will break in mysterious ways.
Classes in object-oriented programming obey very simple rules:
 - If you invoke your initialization from the constructor, it will only be invoked once.
 - If your content is not static, it is guaranteed to be private to your instance.
JUnit violates these two principles and I just can't get used to it. Instead of righting a wrong with another wrong, why not return to the most intuitive way of doing this and letting test writers implement methods that are guaranteed to be invoked once?
Of course, these is also an alternative. :-)


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Water + Mandarin Experiment
- A bucket of water
- A mandarin
Method: fill a bucket with water and put mandarin in and see what happens.
My experience: So first we put the mandarin in the water and it was struggling to float(it still did though). Next we peeled the mandarin and put it in. It sank to the bottom like a rock. Then we put the peels in and they floated. Then my friends put the piece onto the peel and put it in the water it floated. I found out that for mandarins the skin is what keeps the buoyant.


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It used to be that applications had full access to all your data, but now it's more restricted:
instead of granting access to all of their profile data when engaging with an application for the first time, users will now authorize only specific categories of user data – like interests, gender, or their current city, for example. With the changes, when developers want to access new profile information fields not granted in the original application authorization, they'll need to ask for explicit permission.
So the application should ask you for permission and tell you which categories of data it wants access to. So if you're not happy about letting an application having access to your photos for example you should be able to tell and not install it.
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The new permissions model is now live, giving you, the use, more detail into what exactly is made available to the application.
With this new authorization process, when you log into an application with your Facebook account, the application will only be able to access the public parts of your profile by default. To access the private parts of your profile, the application has to explicitly ask for your permission.
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Hales Franciscan High School has graduated 50 freshmen classes. As we embark on a new journey to graduate our next 50 freshmen classes, we look forward to learning about your scholars' academic strengths, experiences and character during the upcoming application process.
For the 2022-23 school year, Hales Franciscan anticipates only accepting students entering the ninth and tenth grades.
To apply for admission to Hales Franciscan High School, the following steps must be completed for each applicant:
 1. Complete and return the following documents:
 a. Freshman Admission Application & Survey
 b. Sophomore Admission Application & Survey
 c. Records Release Form
 d. Candidate and Parent Statements
 2. Take our entrance examination. Exams are administered on select Saturdays during the months of December 2021 through April 2022. There is a $10 testing fee.
The following documents will be requested from you or your elementary school upon completion of the above:
 1. 7th and 8th, or 9th grade report cards and test scores
 2. 7th and 8th, or 9th Grade Discipline & Attendance Report
 3. Two teacher recommendation letters
 4. Optional: A recommendation letter from a religious leader, community member, coach or extracurricular activity leaders
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Lets define edge-cycle in a graph $G$ as a path where the first and the last node are adjacent. (in contrast with the definition of cycle where first and last node are the same).
An edge-tree $T$ is a tree with the additional property that doesn't have an edge-cycle.
In a graph we can compute the number of spanning trees by using the Matrix-Tree theorem.
Is there any similar theorem for the computation of the number of edge-trees of a graph?


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Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT)
Moral Reconation Therapy is a systematic treatment strategy that seeks to decrease recidivism among juvenile and adult criminal and substance abuse offenders by increasing moral reasoning. Its cognitive-behavioral approach combines elements from a variety of psychological traditions to progressively address ego, social, moral, and positive behavioral growth. Traditionally, Moral Reconation Therapy takes the form of group and individual counseling using structured group exercises and prescribed homework assignments. The Moral Reconation Therapy workbook is structured around 16 objectively defined steps focusing on seven basic treatment issues: confrontation of beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors; assessment of current relationships; reinforcement of positive behavior and habits; positive identity formation; enhancement of self-concept; decrease in hedonism and development of frustration tolerance; and development of higher stages of moral reasoning. Under normal outpatient MRT, participants meet in groups once or twice weekly and can complete all steps of the MRT program in a minimum of 3 to 6 months. The group is open ended and will have members at several different steps in the group at any given time.


Football fouls more likely to be given when play heads left
A simple perceptual bias could influence football referees' judgements about whether a foul occurred or not. That's according to Alexander Kranjec and colleagues, who had 12 football players at the University of Pennsylvania look for half a second each at 268 static images of one player tackling another and decide whether a foul had been committed. Unbeknown to the participants, 134 of the pictures were simply mirror opposites of the other 134.
Kranjec's team said their finding has implications for refereeing. The most popular system, known as the 'left diagonal refereeing system' (see picture), in which the referee runs a diagonal axis between the two left-hand corners of the pitch, results in the referee witnessing tackles in both goal areas primarily from a right-to-left perspective, thus making judgments of fouls in these areas more likely – an advantage to attackers. This is okay because it applies to both teams. What's important, Kranjec and colleagues warn, is that the referee doesn't switch to a 'right diagonal system' half-way through a match, potentially penalising a losing side that needs to attack yet no longer enjoys the benefits of this perceptual bias when playing in offensive areas.
'These results … suggest that the effects of a low-level perceptual mechanisms could alter a decision, change the result of a game and perhaps, the fortunes of nations,' the researchers said.
ResearchBlogging.orgKranjec A, Lehet M, Bromberger B, & Chatterjee A (2010). A sinister bias for calling fouls in soccer. PloS one, 5 (7) PMID: 20628648
7 thoughts on "Football fouls more likely to be given when play heads left"
 1. The researchers think this anomaly may have to do with our bias (at least in cultures that read from right to left) for rightward motion.
 I believe you meant to say left to right, right to left would be reading…well left.
 2. This may also help to explain why some fouls are so hotly contested while others are not. Aside from all the obvious reasons why fans object to any foul their side receives, they may truly see a different play than the ref does. If the fans of the team objecting the ref's call on a particular play have the opposite perspective from the referee, they might see it as more or less offensive than the ref (depending, of course, on whether it's their team or the opponents receiving the call.)
 3. I do not know if a sampling of 12 soccer players is an adequate sample size for the results to be valid…
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 - The first lightweight folding umbrella in Europe was introduced in 1710 by Jean Marius in Paris. He received the exclusive right to produce folding umbrellas for five years. The item became an essential fashion item for Parisiennes after Princess Palatine bought one 1712.
 - In 1959, a French scientist combined it with a cane and a button that opened the umbrella. Their use became widespread in Paris and their prestige apparently plummeted. In 1768 a Paris magazine reported:


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step 1. Firstly you must create virtualhost directory at other that you want.
such as /home/redcrow/workspace/atstand
step 2. Go to /etc/ then edit file name's hosts
(add ip address and hostname that you want) such as
i'am add ip address 127.0.0.1(reference own computer) and host name's atstand.dear.dev(URL website)
step 3. Go to /etc/apache2/site-available/
and copy file name's default and paste
then rename file that you want(but extension must as.conf)
such as atstand.dear.dev.conf
edit it following
ServerAdmin is contact email of administrator
ServerName is hostname or URL that you want.
ServerAlias is second name of URL
DocumentRoot is virtualhost directory that you create in step 1.
step 4. at /etc/apache2/site-available/
type the following command for enable virtualhost
you will see atstand.dear.dev.conf into /etc/apache2/site-enable
step 5. restart web server(apache2) by use following command
$sudo service apache2 restart
step 6. testing
open firefox then put URL(atstand.dear.dev)
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Mental Mondays: Adjust For The Wind
The general rule for dealing with breezes is to add or subtract one club for each 10 mph of wind. The trick is knowing just how fast the wind is blowing.
The Beaufort Wind speed scale can give you an idea of wind speed:
Wind Speed: Indicators
4 - 7 mph :Win felt on exposed skin. Leaves rustle, vanes begin to move.
8 - 12 mph :Leaves and small twigs constantly moving, light flags extended.
13 - 17 mph :Dust and loose paper raised. Small branches begin to move.
18 - 24 mph: Branches of a moderate size move. Small trees in leaf begin to sway.
25 - 30 mph: Large branches in motion. Whistling heard in overhead wires. Umbrella use becomes difficult. Empty plastic garbage cans tip over
31 - 38 mph: Whole trees in motion. Effort needed to walk against the wind.
Anything Faster: You shouldn't be on the course.
So, with twigs and small branches moving, add one club. If larger branches are swaying add two.
It's important to notice not only how things are on the ground, but also what's happening up in the air. On tree lined fairways, there are dead zones where the wind is screened. High flying golf shots, however, still can be caught up in the breezes. While assessing the situation, notice how the wind is affecting the upper branches of the trees.
Hitting the ball harder into the wind isn't a solution. A harder shot will increase the spin and exaggerate the wind conditions. Take more club.
Estimating what to do in a crosswind is a lot more tricky. In a crosswind, your ball will not only lose distance (though likely not as much as directly into the wind), but also drift in the direction it's blowing.
If you've got the game, you can try to spin the ball into the wind to hold the line. For most of us, though, the solution is to try to compensate for the drift by aiming more left or right. A rule of thumb is to aim five yards left or right for every 10 mph of wind speed.
Crosswinds will exaggerate your ball's natural flight. If you're a slicer, a wind blowing to the right will carry your ball right off the course. Remember to compensate for that, also.
This all creates some very interesting calculus as you're not only trying to figure how much club, but also how far left and right.
A final solution—again, if you've got the game—is to hit a punch shot, keeping the ball on a boring trajectory under the wind.
This tip is an excerpt from The Five Inch Course: Thinking Your Way To Better Golf. The complete book is available in Kindle format at Amazon.com.
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Arsi University Office of Gender Affairs Directorate
Background of Gender Directorate
Arsi University Gender affairs office was established in 2014 GC as University's gender focal point. Office of Gender Affairs is aiming in reducing female attrition rate; reducing Gender Based Violence (GBV), enhancing female student's psychosocial skills. In addition, the office is responsible to coordinate efforts to increase the enrolment and retention of female students as well as the recruitment and promotion of female academic and administrative staff in the University. Furthermore, Office of Gender Affairs is willing to work strong with the sake of achieving Arsi University Mission and Vision. In this regard the Directorate is responsible to perform the following activities:
A gender office directly accountable to the office of the President is hereby established with the following duties and responsibilities:
 1. Identify challenges faced by female students and staff of the University and provide/suggest solutions;
 2. Mainstream gender in the teaching learning process, training and research activities of the University;
 3. Raise the awareness of students and other members of the University about existing gender issues within the University in collaboration with other relevant bodies;
 4. Follow up and coordinate supports provided to female students by the University and other stakeholders;
 5. Work on different gender-related issues raised by students and staff and report to relevant offices, take appropriate actions and follow up progress;
 6. Motivate female students by providing awards to outstanding female students
 7. Provide counseling service to female students
 8. Facilitate activities planned to support female students such as tutorials, trainings on life skills, etc.
 9. Encourage and assist initiatives for female empowerment in academics, and administration;
 10. Create networking with other similar offices in higher education institutes;
 11. Promote and implement gender polices and guidelines
 12. Develops University wide policies and guidelines
 13. Creates and develop linkages between the gender offices of all colleges and institutes, the female student union and the support staff female representatives;
 14. Establishes sustainable infrastructure to support female staff and female students to reach a quota of 50% on each level of the University.
 15. Representing the University in matters relating to women and participate in meeting and trainings
 16. The preparations of action plans and budget required for the office
 17. The preparation of periodic reports and evaluations on the activities of the office.
 18. Perform any other related tasks assigned by the President.
Completed projects:
Copy house and pool house was established at the University Main Campus.
Ongoing project:
Construction of mini-shop which will going to generate income for Arsi University students who came from economically poor family is currently on the progress.
Future projects:
Identifying Arsi University female students challenges related to Gender Based Violence caused by the University staff and the surrounding society and providing sustainable solution for the problems. Hence, we are looking for research proposal which will be able to specifically address problem of sugar Dadi and sugar Mami. In addition to this we are aiming to give one community service.
Branches of Gender Affairs:
Arsi University Gender Directorate has three branches located at:
- Collage of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
- Collage of Health Sciences
- Collage of Humanities and Social Sciences (Bekoji Kampus)
Directorate director contact address:
- Name: Yewubnesh Wendimu
- Phone: +251 912 25 75 92
Gender office group leader contact address:
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Event order
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Lazarus offers various events that you can use to enter your own procedures to handle things that happen in your application (e.g. a user clicks a button).
There are rather a lot of possible events to cater for a lot of different scenarios. Somebody who does not know Lazarus or Delphi could well pick the wrong event.
Lazarus documentation
The Lazarus_Tutorial#Event_Actions Lazarus tutorial has some information on what events do what.
Typical event order for forms is:
OnCreate => OnShow => OnActivate => OnPaint => OnResize => OnPaint =>...
OnCloseQuery => OnClose => OnDeactivate => OnHide => OnDestroy
This is the equivalent to the class constructor in forms. Use this to initialize form-level variables etc. The form is not yet shown at this time.
Fired when the form gets the focus (e.g. when switching between applications).
When the form is shown (e.g. when loading the form or setting its.Visible property to true), this event is fired - just before the form is visible. This allows you to modify the visual appearance of controls (e.g. disable certain controls) without flickering.
The equivalent to a class destructor in forms. Use this to clean up/free variables.
General controls
These events apply to various controls. Please use the Object Inspector if it is available for the control you're currently using.
The OnEditingDone event for controls can act like the Validate event in other programming languages: it indicates the user is done changing the control and intends to keep that value. The program can now check the control content for correctness, show error messages, update database fields, etc.
Applicable Delphi information
Because the implementation of events in Lazarus and Delphi is similar, a lot of Delphi-related documentation is applicable to Lazarus with minor modifications.
Delphi documentation is often handy. You can search for the actual control you want to know more about to get a list of its events.
If you want to know about the order in which events fire on a form, this article from about.com can be useful.
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Tutorial: Painting Nurgle Demons With Washes
Nurgle Plaguebearer
Finished Nurgle Plaguebearer
A couple of people have requested information on how I painted a few previously posted Nurgle Plaguebearers and Chaos Space Marines.
So here's a short tutorial on how I do this.
Nurgle Plaguebearer
White Undercoat
Step 1:
The miniature was given a thin undercoat of pure white. I generally use Vallejo undercoats as I find these can be quickly applied with an airbrush.
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Athonian Camoshade Coat 1
Step 2:
Once the undercoat was fully dry, I applied a generous coat of Athonian Camoshade to the miniature using a Washbrush and then left the miniature to dry (mainly as the Lord or Terror had hidden her hairdryer....)
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Athonian Camoshade Coat 2
Step 3:
With the first layer of shade fully dry, I applied a second generous coat of Athonian Camoshade. This was then followed by a thick coat of Agrax Earthshade.
Nurgle Plaguebearer
Ratskin Flesh Coat 1
Step 4:
Having located the Lord of Terror's hairdryer and accelerated the drying process slightly, I painted the warts, intestines and other ikky fleshy bits with a thinned coat of Ratskin Flesh. Given that the base layer paints from GW are pigment dense, I used Vallejo airbrush thinner to do this, rather than the more expensive Lahriman Medium. As this is a Nurgle demon, I wasn't too worried if the end result wasn't totally accurate.
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Dryad Bark Coat
Step 5:
Anything not expected to be green or pink (ick!) was given a thinned coat of Dryad Bark.
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More Washes...
Step 6:
The Dryad Bark areas were given a thick coat of Agrax Earthshade. Similarly, the Fleshy bits were given a coat of Reikland Fleshade. The miniature was left to dry overnight (the hairdryer had been removed after accusations of using it for purposes that were not deemed appropriate)
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Cadian Fleshtone
Step 7:
Fleshy areas were given a thinned layer of Cadian Fleshtone, layered to retain some of the darker Flesh showing through.
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A severe case of Jaundice
Step 8:
The demon's single eye was given two thinned coats of Flash Gitz Yellow. Ikky...
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Bones and Teeth
Step 9:
Teeth and bones were given a coat of Zandri Dust, followed up by Ushabti Bone and Screaming Skull.
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Nurgle Plaguebearer
Based and Varnished
Step 10:
To finish the model off, I covered the base in Armageddon Dust, drybrushed when dry with Tyrant Skull. The larger rocks were painted with thinned Zandri Dust and drybrushed with Tyrant Skull. The whole base was then given a wash of Seraphim Sepia.
Once dry, Vallejo Matt Varnish was used to tone the whole model down.
 1. Nice stuff. I'll be using this for sure. On the hair dryer front: Keep it up. The Lady Inquisitor finally broke down and bought me a small travel dryer - ostensibly to dry minis, but the number of times I've had The Agent of Chaos in my lap with a brush in my hand far outweighs the number of times I've used it for mini drying. I'm beginning to suspect an ulterior motive...
 2. Thank you for this tutorial, I will try it soon on my Plague zombies...
 3. Thanks a ton! I've finally found a perfect way to paint my zombies!!
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Encyclopaedia of DesignTheory: Latin squares
|Experimental||Other designs||Math properties||Stat properties|
In this representation, the Latin square is an an orthogonal array of degree n, strength 1 and index 1, over an alphabet of size n. This means that
There is another important representation of a Latin square as an array. Assume that the symbols in the square are 1,2,...,n. Then let S be the set of n2 triples of the form (i,j,k), where the symbol in row i and column j of the square is k.
For example, given the square
we obtain the following nine triples:
This is an orthogonal array of degree 3, strength 2 and index 1, over an alphabet of size n. This means that
Conversely, from any orthogonal array of degree 3, strength 2 and index 1, we can reconstruct a Latin square, by putting symbol k in row i and column j if the row (i,j,k) occurs in the array. The order of the Latin square is the number of symbols in the array.
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# Custom commands
It is possible to extend the Fractal CLI tool using custom commands. These allow you to hook into the power of Fractal's API to build bespoke commands to help you with your project workflow.
Custom commands are typically registered in your project settings file using the fractal.cli.command() method. Once registered they can then be called via the command line or programmatically.
# An example custom command
A simple custom command to list all the components in the project, together with their status, is shown below. This would typically be registered in your project settings file.
// fractal.config.js
var config = {
 description: 'Lists components in the project'
function listComponents(args, done){
 const app = this.fractal;
 for (let item of app.components.flatten()) {
 this.log('${item.handle} - ${item.status.label}');
fractal.cli.command('list-components', listComponents, config); // register the command
Once created, the command can be run from within the project directory using the command:
fractal list-components
It can also be called programmatically using the fractal.cli.exec() method:
# Accepting arguments
The first argument passed to the fractal.cli.command() method describes the format that your command should take.
 - Required arguments can be specified by surrounding the name with angle brackets, e.g. .
 - Optional arguments can be specified by surrounding the name with square brackets e.g. [foo].
For example:
fractal.cli.command('foo [optionalArg] [anotherOptionalArg]', function(args, done){
The values for the arguments supplied when the command is run will be made available to the callback function within the firs args object.
# Accepting options
You can specify available options by adding them to the config object that can be provided as the third argument when registering a command:
var config = {
 options: [
 ['-p, --port ', 'The port to use.'],
fractal.cli.command('foo', function(args, done){
 // do something
 console.log('Something was started on port ${args.options.port}');
}, config);


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Obesity: Does one potato chip really matter?
Does one potato chip really matter?
by Dama Ewbank
The body is a finely tuned machine. So fine-tuned, in fact, that the difference between maintaining body weight and gaining one pound a year could be as little as a single potato chip per day.
Randy Seeley, professor of medicine and director of the Cincinnati Diabetes and Obesity Center, estimates that an adult man would need only 11 extra calories per day to gain a pound each year.
Let's do the math:
A typical adult male consumes 900,000 calories each year.
To gain just one pound each year, he would need to eat about 4,000 calories more than he burns.
4,000 calories divided by 365 days = approximately 11 extra calories per day, or about one potato chip.
"When you look at how obesity has affected our country," says Seeley, "and you realize that the average person — someone who may be considered overweight — is gaining less than one pound per year, it's easy to see how accurate our bodies are at matching our caloric intake to caloric expenditure. Relatively small mismatches over time are all that are necessary to gain weight."
So, yes, Seeley says, one chip really could matter, but he's quick to caution that his calculations don't take into account variability be-tween individuals and environmen-tal and genetic factors that contribute to weight-gain susceptibility.
More from UC's obesity expert


SSA logo: link to Social Security Online home1911. Compromise Settlement of an Overpayment
1911.1 What is a compromise settlement?
A compromise settlement occurs when we accept an amount less than the full overpayment because full recovery cannot be accomplished and forgive repayment of the rest of the debt.
1911.2 What law permits compromise settlements?
The Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 permits Federal agencies to arrange compromise settlements of overpayment claims.
1911.3 Can compromise settlements be appealed?
No, compromise settlements cannot be appealed because the settlement is at our discretion.
1911.4 When are compromise settlements acceptable?
Generally, we accept a compromise when one of the following conditions exists:
 1. The debtor is unable to pay the full amount within a reasonable time;
 2. The Government is unable to enforce collection of the full amount within a reasonable time;
 3. The Government is unable to obtain full recovery through court action because of the legal issues involved or there is a legitimate dispute as to the facts; or
 4. The cost of collecting the claim is likely to exceed the amount to be recovered.
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The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra has long claimed to be the "oldest symphony in the South" or, in the most recent promotional literature, "the oldest continuing orchestra in the Southeast." The KSO is certainly older than the average Southern symphony orchestra—or, for that matter, the average American symphony orchestra. However, they're not the only organization to make the "Oldest Symphony Orchestra in the South" claim.
Comparing various claims would require some labor, as well as a universal standard of what constitutes a symphony. Is it a certain number of musicians? A certain frequency of performances? Professional status, for either the conductor or the musicians? What if a symphony closes temporarily? In fact there's no agree-upon definition of what a symphony is, and whether continuity permits pauses. The KSO began as an extraordinarily small orchestra of 27 pieces, but grew rapidly to count 45 musicians by its third season, and has performed two or more shows every season since 1935.
The KSO is older than the symphonies of many larger cities, including Atlanta, Louisville, Nashville, and Memphis. It's the oldest symphony orchestra in Tennessee. However, several Southern orchestras report earlier dates of origin. Charlotte's symphony claims a 1932 birthdate. The Alabama Symphony Orchestra in Birmingham reports that it had been founded by 1933, with a board of directors and a fund-raising organization; by 1935, when the KSO performed its first regular concert, Birmingham's ASO was three times the size.
No orchestra makes more of the Oldest Symphony in the South claim than Georgia's Rome Symphony Orchestra, which is smaller and less active than the KSO, but cites a 1921 founding date, and touts its status liberally.
KSO historian Rudy Ennis says he first heard the KSO make that claim during the David Van Vactor days, in the '60s. He has never tried to confirm or deny it. He says, however, that the KSO's definition of its founding is more conservative than the estimates made by many orchestras; by looser standards, the KSO might reach back to various landmark assemblages in 1927 or 1924 or 1917 as its origin—rather than 1935, which was the beginning of an unbroken stream of prescription seasons.


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