Longitudinal Stresses on a Ship (Online)
This course shows participants the different types of longitudinal stress that a vessel is subject to. Each stress type will be explained in terms of how the stress occurs and how the ships hull is impacted by the stress.
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Designed for:Junior Deck Officers, Deck Ratings, Dry Bulk Cargo Loading Terminal, Dry Bulk Cargo Unloading/Discharge Terminal, Tanker Loading Terminal, Tanker Unloading/Discharging, Container Terminal, a refresher for Masters and Senior Deck Officers
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Learning Outcomes:Upon successful completion of this training, participants will:
1. Know the three types of stress identified on ships hulls
2. Be able to identify how shear force is created and possible impacts on the ship
3. Be able to identify how bending moments are created and possible impacts on the ship
4. Be able to identify how torsion stress is created and possible impacts on the ship
Certification:Australian Maritime College Completion Statement.
Duration:Approximately 30 minutes
Product Code:003-026 | Version 1, 15 September 2020
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The Eye of This Chimp Saved From Poachers Changed Color Because of the Physical Trauma It Suffered
Two baby chimps, Felix and Mara, were adopted by Lwiro Primates Rehabilitation Center in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after their families were poached for bushmeat or the exotic pet trade, the institution announced in a Facebook post on Monday.
"Different day, same story—just like that, these babies have lost the only home they knew," explained the post.
This trauma was so great, staff in the center have said, it caused Felix's eye color to change. Staff at the center believe Felix was beaten, leaving a severe ulcer in his right eye, while the brown hair on his body suggests he experienced severe malnourishment.
"As you can see, the discoloration in one of his eyes is because of trauma," a health update published on Tuesday stated.
While changes to eye color are rare, it can happen—in humans as well as in primates.
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Mara (left) and Felix (right) had to be rescued after their families were poached. Felix's right eye is discolored from the physical trauma he experienced. _USER_ and _USER_
"The factors that can cause eyes to change colors—or appear to have different colors—include genes, diseases, medications and trauma," Omar Chaudhary, MD, an ophthalmologist in Potomac, Maryland, said in an article for the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
This change in color may relate to the iris or other parts of the eye that can make it appear that the color of the iris is different. One way trauma can change eye color is through uveitis, an inflammation of eyeball's middle layer. Another way is through tissue loss, which can make the iris appear as though it is a different color.
Felix isn't the only one showing physical signs of the ordeal they'd been through. Mara still has bags under her eyes, suggesting she is malnourished and dehydrated.
"Psychologically, she has been very untrusting of humans, and also not as playful as Felix," staff said.
It is not known exactly what happened to Felix and Mara's family but chimps like these are often taken by poachers to feed the market for exoctic pets. According to the BBC, a baby chimp can fetch up to $12,500 on the international market.
Tactics adopted by poachers do not just target the baby chimp, but the entire chimp family who might try to resist the poaching. The prize of one (alive) baby frequently involves the slaughter of up to 10 adults, the BBC reports. They are then often sold for bushmeat.
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While the pair may have had a traumatic start to the month, if an update posted on Tuesday is anything to go by, they seem to be adapting well to their new surroundings.
"After a very stressful yesterday, we want to start today by giving some good news—unlike many other babies that we've got before, Felix & Mara are eating and sleeping very well. They're also being playful with each other, and have become very trusting and needy of their human surrogate mamas," the post stated.


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The Grand Renaissance Dam – Ethiopia's greatest risk25 February 2013
As Ethiopia powers ahead with its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, experts and NGOs are warning about the environmental and geopolitical backlash it may trigger. Heidi Vella asks the question: should Ethiopia give up on Africa's biggest dam before it's too late?
These people live near Lake Turkana, Kenya. Ethiopian dams could dry up the lake
In April 2011 Ethiopia unveiled its intention to build a $5bn hydroelectric dam by 2015, proudly named Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on its share of the Blue Nile. Once completed, it will be the biggest hydroelectric dam in Africa. The government hopes GERD, along with other hydroelectric projects, such as Gibe III on Lake Turkana, will boost Ethiopia's economy by enabling it to export energy all throughout Africa.
Since construction began in 2011, very little information has been released about GERD. While the government continues to keep its plans close to its chest, what have surfaced, however, are concerns from environmentalists and experts about the long-term repercussions of GERD, both political and environmental, as well as concerns that Ethiopia will be over-reliant on weather-dependent hydro as a power source.
What we know about Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam
A legacy of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died in August 2012, GERD it is set to be 145m tall and 1,800m (5,906ft) long, with a reservoir of 63 billion cubic metres (bcm), which is almost 1.3 times the annual flow of the Blue Nile (49 billion m³/year). It is located in Beneshangul Gumuz Regional State, about 40km from the border with Sudan.
The government is funding the project by selling bonds to Ethiopians and international buyers - in April last year it was announced that the government of Djibouti had bought the largest amount of bonds by a foreign buyer.
Italian construction company Salini has been awarded a $4.8bn contract to build the dam and Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation contracted the military-run Metals & Engineering Corporation (METEC) to build the electro-mechanical works. They in turn contracted Alstom in January 2012 to supply turbines and generators for the project for 250 million euros ($333m). They will begin work on at the end of 2013.
There were reports at the end of last year that the dam was 14% complete, but in terms of construction, little has been officially released. It's this lack of transparency in regards to planning and progress that is unnerving NGOs and neighbouring countries.
It's what isn't known that is the problem
"There has been huge secrecy on this project and that's a problem when you are building Africa's biggest dam on the most important shared river in that part of the world," says Lori Pottinger, communications and Africa programme representative, at International Rivers (IR), a non-governmental organization (NGO) that has released a report about the potential environmental repercussions of the dam.
The report authors ascertained by chatting with workers and locals that, as of April 2012, house-to-house surveys on local communities had been conducted by the government for resettlement purposes, construction of worker-camp facilities were complete, mobilisation of construction materials had been started and access-road construction, clearing sites around the dam site, worker camps and access areas had all been completed.
The IR report, however, is more concerned with the lack of evidence of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) focusing on upstream and down stream areas affected by this specific dam - it estimates the dam could affect 200km of the river course.
It's also interested in the estimated 5,000 people being resettled from the area, with additional people being resettled from nearby villages, and the long-term viability of a dam this size when you factor in climate change.
Is Ethiopia trying to grab back the Nile?
Egypt has voiced their concerns about the dam before, but has understandably been preoccupied with the Arab Spring to do take them any further. However, it is also thought upcoming elections in Egypt could change the focus back on the dam in the future.
The Blue Nile is the lifeblood of Egypt and its people and critics fear the dam could significantly reduce water flow to the country.
Gordon Dam, in Tasmania, Australia, is another huge hydro dam
"Cairo fears that once the dam is completed... it will take two to three years, depending on rainfall, to fill up the 67 billion cubic metre reservoir, which could reduce the amount of water that flows into Egypt by 25%. After the reservoir fills up, there is no guarantee that Egypt will maintain its present share of the water," US global security consultancy Stratfor told the media recently.
There are fears GERD may be a tool for Ethiopia to claim back the Nile after 90% of its flow was given priority to Sudan and Egypt in an agreement dating back to the 1920s. Pottinger says: "Ethiopia has been using this dam as a way to assert more control over the Nile -- there is good reason Ethiopia is upset about the allocation of Nile waters, but we question whether this unilateral move is the best way to reduce conflict over the Nile."
Dangers of climate change
Besides the concern that GERD could stoke geopolitical fires with its neighbouring countries, there is a big unknown about how climate change could impact GERD in the future. Would Ethiopia's best bet be to instead pursuer other forms of renewable energy, such as geothermal and solar power?
"Climate change is such a big unknown. We do know that Ethiopia is already seeing longer droughts and worse floods. It's very unpredictable and it can be very dangerous," says Pottinger.
Climate change is making it harder for experts to assess what movement a river will have in the future, because it is hard to predict the rain flow. No one knows if GERD, or any of the other many hydro projects Ethiopia is planning, are designed with contingency plans for heavy flooding or long periods of drought.
Ethiopia is aware of the risks of over-dependence on hydropower. Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation's Mulugeta Asaye told the Guardian recently: "The rainfall in Ethiopia varies considerably from year to year, therefore an overdependence on hydropower makes the energy supply very unstable."
Ethiopia is considering geothermal, which is not affected by'seasonal changes' in water availability, according to Professor Paul L Younger FREng, from the University of Glasgow, who is currently working on several geothermal projects in Ethiopia.
Younger says: "Geothermal is more compatible with local community development than large-scale hydro. But that doesn't mean large-scale hydro should not be pursued: if a majority of Ethiopians are to have access to clean, affordable energy, we will need both, and more besides."
That said, Pottinger points out that neighbouring Kenya is moving away from hydropower to geothermal, saying they can no longer rely on hydropower.
She adds: "They have so many other ways to get electricity in Ethiopia and regionally - for example, microhydro, solar, geothermal and wind. 80% of Ethiopians don't have electricity and are nowhere near the electric grid."
For better or worse - GERD is part of national pride
Considering the different factors GERD presents - environmental risks, potential for political antagonism and its somewhat patchy financing - plus the availability of other renewable energy sources that Ethiopia has outside funding for (in late January, the Development Bank of Ethiopia announced it will offer an initial $20m to kickstart geothermal energy projects in the country's private sector), it's a wonder Ethiopia's Government hasn't bowed to pressure and scrapped the project altogether.
However, GERD appears to be just as much about national pride and sovereignty over the Blue Nile as it is about energy - though 85% of Ethiopia needs electricity the government has already outlined plans to export electricity to Sudan, Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula.
There are blogs written in favour of the project and videos to be found on the internet exuding this sense of national pride and amazement, but it's very hard to distinguish if this is genuine or government propaganda.
What the people of Ethiopia, especially those living near the project site, really think remains largely unknown as NGOs and journalist aren't allowed to work in the country. Equally, no one knows what the true consequences or triumph of the GERD will be until, and indeed if, it is finished - the only certainty is that, for now, the government will strive ahead with the project regardless, as a matter of national honour.
Google's $200m equity stake in the Spinning Spur Wind Project in Texas, US, brings the company's total committed investment in renewable energy to more than $1bn.
Water-based solar energy concepts such as SUNDy and Hydrélio demonstrate how third generation solar panels are more economical and versatile than previous designs and can tap into the solar potential of the world's seas.

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The term "Factories" comes from the factory design pattern. Factories are objects which can create new instances of certain types of Entities. Factories provide the following benefits:
 1. Entities created in a factory will automatically be added to screen lists (by default).
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If your game requires the creation of entities in code (such as the player shooting bullets or enemies appearing at an enemy spawn point), then you will want to use factories.
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Understanding the costs associated with motor vehicle incidents (MVIs or crashes) is an essential part of a business case that motivates management to pay attention to road safety and allocate resources to prevent work-related crashes. The MVI Cost Calculator helps build that business case.
It's an easy and efficient tool to:
- Estimate costs of potential MVIs, and understand the financial advantages of preventing them
- Identify and summarize the real costs of crashes experienced in your workplace
- Track information that facilitates evaluating the effectiveness of a road safety program that prevents crashes and avoids associated costs
Gather the Information You Need Before You Start
In the steps that follow, you will be asked to enter a few types of information. In preparation, you may want to talk to other managers or people in your payroll or human resources departments to get a range of representative values. Call service providers (e.g. towing company, body repair shop) to get estimates of those costs. If you are tracking a real incident, speak with the people who handled the invoices. Ask about:
- Salaries and hourly rates for employees or other people who may be involved
- Costs estimates for significant cost components – emergency response, first aid, vehicle recovery, site clean-up and remediation, repairing or replacing damaged vehicles and company or third-party property, etc.
- Cost estimates for less tangible losses - downtime, lost productivity, loss of reputation, and lost sales or contracts opportunities
- The organizations' current WorkSafeBC Base Rate and Experience Rating
- Premiums and deductible amounts for vehicle, cargo, health care and other insurances that will be affected by a crash-associated claim
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- On page one, enter information to describe the incident. Make sure that information you plan to track and/or compare with other incidents is on the Incident Overview page.
- Complete fields using actual values or reasonable estimates for crashes that are common in your industry or that may occur in the driving circumstances and conditions your employees encounter.
- For some items there are two entry fields - one is the hourly wage or salary of the person who will do that work, the other is the actual or estimated hours necessary to do that work. The form automatically calculates the product and enters it in the "Costs" column.
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- Not all line items will apply to every MVI. When that's the case, leave the data entry field blank.
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The following essentially implies the equivalence of Anantharaman-Delaroche's compact approximation property (page 337 of _URL_ and the Haagerup approximation property.
Let $M$ be a type $II_{1}$ factor with trace $\tau$. Let $\Omega$ denote the standard unit cyclic trace vector in $L^{2}(M)$ (associated to the element $1\in M$). If $\phi:M \rightarrow M$ is a normal completely positive map, we naturally associate an operator $T_{\phi}\in B(L^{2}(M))$ extending $T_{\phi}(x\Omega)=\phi(x)\Omega$.
If the map $x\mapsto \phi(x) \Omega$ is a compact linear map from $M$ with the operator norm into $L^{2}(M)$, is the operator $T_{\phi}$ compact?
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(I removed my first answer as it contained an egregious mistake, pointed out by Yemon; here's a second attempt)
I think that $T_\phi$ may fail to be compact.
Fix a sequence of projections $\{p_k\}$ in $M$, pairwise orthogonal, with $\tau(p_k)=2^{-k}$ ($\tau$ the trace in $M$) and sum 1. Now define \[ \phi:M\to M,\ \ \ \mbox{ given by } \phi(x)=\sum_k 2^k\tau(xp_k)p_k. \] (the series converges strongly because all of its terms are positive and any partial sum is bounded by $\|x\|$). This map is ucp (it is an infinite sum of cp), and since it commutes with $\tau$, it is normal. Let us also define the maps \[ \phi_n=\sum_{k=1}^n 2^k\tau(xp_k)p_k. \] The maps $x\mapsto \phi_n(x)\Omega$ are all finite-rank.
If $\|x\|\leq1$, we have, using that the set $\{p_k\}$ is orthogonal in $L^2(M)$, \[ \left\|\phi(x)-\phi_n(x)\right\|_2^2=\left\|\sum_{k>n}2^k\tau(xp_k)p_k\right\|_2^2 =\sum_{k>n}|\tau(xp_k)|^2\leq\sum_{k>n}\tau(p_k)^2\leq\frac1{3\times 4^n} \] This shows that $\|\phi-\phi_n\|<4^{-n}$ in $B(L^2(M))$: so the map $x\mapsto \phi(x)\Omega$ is compact.
Now consider the orthonormal set $\{2^kp_k\}$ in the unit ball of $L^2(M)$. Since $\phi(p_k)=p_k$, we get that $T_\phi(2^kp_k)=2^kp_k$; so the range of $T_\phi$ contains an orthonormal set: $T_\phi$ is not compact.
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I don't think that the unit ball of L^\infty[0,1] is pre-compact as a subset of L^2[0,1] -- consider the sequence $e_n(t) =\exp(2\pi int)$. (This was pointed out to me, after a talk I gave, when I was momentarily hung up on an example of a non-compact map from $L^\infty[0,1]$ to $L^2[0,1]$. The map is completely continuous and weakly compact, though.) – Yemon Choi Oct 9 '10 at 5:00
Yeah, I could have thought of that example. Thanks, Yemon! – Martin Argerami Oct 9 '10 at 5:20
Excellent! Thank you! – Jon Bannon Oct 10 '10 at 0:32
You are welcome! – Martin Argerami Oct 10 '10 at 4:45
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CYPRES is an acronym for Cybernetic Parachute Release System. It refers to a specific make and model of an automatic activation device (AAD), a device that automatically activate a parachute (typically as a reserve system for a skydiver) under certain circumstances. A CYPRES is designed to activate the reserve parachute at a preset altitude if the rate of descent is over a certain threshold. The manufacturer of the CYPRES is Airtec.
The CYPRES works by using a cutter to cut the reserve container closing loop. A spring-loaded pilot chute then leaves the container and breaks through the skydiver's slipstream to begin reserve deployment.[1]
The CYPRES comes in four different models: Expert, Student, Tandem and Speed. The basic operation of the units is the same; only the activation parameters are different, having been optimized for different types of skydiving.
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text: Background: Colon cancer is the second most common cancer in developed countries. Activated plateletsplay a key role in inflammation and atherothrombosis, with mean platelet volume (MPV) is an early markerof platelet activation. The aim of the study was to clarify the relevance of MPV in patients with colon cancer.Materials and Methods: We measured MPV levels in 128 patients with colon cancer before and after surgery,and 128 controls matched for age, gender, body mass index (BMI) and smoking status. The odds ratios (ORs) and95% confidence intervals (CIs) for colon cancer were calculated using multivariate logistic regression analysesacross MPV quartiles. Results: Patients with colon cancer had higher MPV compared with controls. Surgicaltumor resection resulted in a significant decrease in MPV levels (11.4 fL vs 10.7 fL; p<0.001). A positive correlationbetween MPV and tumor-nodule-metastases (TNM) stage was found. Furthermore, after adjusting for other riskfactors, the ORs (95%CIs) for colon cancer according to MPV quartiles were 1.000, 2.238 (1.014-4.943), 3.410(1.528-7.613), and 5.379 (2.372-12.198), respectively. Conclusions: The findings show that patients with coloncancer have higher MPV levels compared with controls, and these are reduced after surgery. In addition, MPVwas found to be independently associated with the presence of colon cancer. Further studies are warranted toassess the utility of MPV as a novel diagnostic screening tool for colon cancer.


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These memorials to past generations can tell us
about settlement patterns, family relationships,
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these places for future generations.
list of cemeteries in the Historic Cemetery
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The Alabama Historical Commission's
cemetery program provides assistance in identifying,
documenting, registering, conserving, and protecting
Alabama's historic cemeteries. Through the cemetery
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"What is the difference between a Blue Point Himalayan and a Lilac Point Himalayan."
That is a question that can be hard to explain. So, I took two close up pictures of my Himalayans' faces to show the difference between the two Color Points. As you can see below the Blue Point Himalayan is darker than the Lilac Point Himalayan. Also, Lilac Points have lavender pawpads and nose leather; whereas, Blue Points do not.
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American Airlines manages employee and retiree health benefits. To assist American Airlines has business relationships with third-party vendors, for example Aetna, BCBS, ActiveHealth and Quest Diagnostic. The sharing of health information between these companies is permitted by regulation. For example your medical claims information is sent from the administrator to ActiveHealth. This information is used to identify programs and resources that may be valuable to you. All information provided through Healthmatters remains available for review by you. You may choose to share the information with your doctor and other medical professionals.


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Keywords: technology trajectories, innovation policy, developing countries, Malaysia, technology management, knowledge management, manufacturing, services, product innovation, process innovation, organisational innovation
Knowledge, technology trajectories, and innovation in a developing country context: evidence from a survey of Malaysian firms
This paper investigates the applicability of contemporary firm-level innovation concepts to a developing country context by drawing on the results of a survey of Malaysian manufacturing and service establishments. We build on Keith Pavitt's 'technology trajectories' framework to empirically test the effect of firms' structure, strategy, resources, and environment on the probability of their product, process, and organisational innovations across various sectors. We find that Malaysian firms possess relatively high process and organisational innovation capabilities, but lag in new product development. Further, they more frequently utilise a variety of'soft factors' like employee training, knowledge management practices, and collaboration with market actors as inputs to innovation rather than formal R&D. We conclude by discussing the implications of our findings about Malaysian firms' technology trajectories to innovation policy in that country.


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- Furniture rental expenses may not be claimed until an employee's monthly bill indicates it has been paid.
- LTA mileage and business miles to various job sites during the workday must be separated on the TEC from mileage to and from the main job site and mileage to obtain
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Pokémon: Pseudo-Legendaries, Explained | Screen Rant
Pseudo-Legendary is a fan-made term for a group of Pokémon that have close to the stats and power of Mythical and Legendary Pokémon, but not quite.
Mythical and Legendary Pokémon are some of the most feared monsters in the franchise, yet there are some Pokémon that are close to matching them in strength. These are referred to as Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon by fans, and they share common traits that set them apart from their brethren.
Mythical and Legendary Pokémon are different in how they're acquired, but they are equally powerful. This dates all the way back to Pokémon Red and Blue, with Mew and Mewtwo's strength standing above all of other Pokémon in the Kanto region. The raw power of Mythical and Legendary Pokémon is meant to act as a reward for players who are diligent enough to seek out the rarest Pokémon in existence or who have defeated the mightiest trainers in the region.
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There are some Pokémon that can match Mythicals and Legendaries, either due to having powerful mixtures of moves or existing during the period when Mega Evolutions granted incredible power to common Pokémon. But a few Pokémon are only just below the Mythicals and Legendaries in their natural, base forms, which has led to fans referring to them as Pseudo-Legendaries.
Pokémon's Pseudo-Legendaries Are Pretenders To The Legendary Throne
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There are nine Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon in existence, one from each generation (save for generation three, which has two of them): Dragonite, Tyranitar, Metagross, Salamence, Garchomp, Hydreigon, Goodra, Kommo-o, and Dragapult. These Pokémon share a few common traits; they are all stage-three evolutions, they each require 1.25 million experience points to reach level 100, and they each have a base stat total of 600. Psuedo-Legendary Pokémon generally have a powerful Ability and access to a strong move pool in order to further enhance their strength. Additionally, all Pseudo-Legendaries but Tyranitar and Metagross have at least a partial Dragon typing.
Pseudo-Legendaries are clearly made strong on purpose, as they are often saved for the most powerful trainers in each region. Lance of the Kanto Elite Four used multiple Dragonite on his team; Drake of the Hoenn Elite Four had a mighty Salamence; and Metagross was the signature Pokémon of Champion Steven Stone, as was Garchomp for Diamond and Pearl's CynthiaThe first stages of these Pokémon were once extremely hard to find, but the introduction of online trading meant it became easier to find a baby Dratini or Goomy near the beginning of a game. This gives trainers the chance to easily use Pseudo-Legendaries during their own Pokémon journeys.
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Why does a woman's vagina lose its grip? A flappy vagina is a nightmare for any woman, particularly when their significant other shows some signs of dissatisfaction in bed. As such, if you are struggling with some loose vagina, you need to find a solution to this problem ASAP. However, the most important step in resolving this issue is by understanding what makes a vagina loose.
When looking for possible reasons why a vagina could be loose, you realize that they many myths that tryto explain why some women have flappy vaginas. Well, some have some truths in them, and others are false. In this regard, here are the main causes or reasons why your pussy can become loose.
Causes of loose vaginal walls
Natural childbearing subjects pelvic muscles to lots of stress when giving birth. As such, your vaginal walls are stretched to their limits for the child to pass. In this regard, getting many children, particularly in a short period has a direct impact on your vaginal walls. However, not all women end up with a loose vagina. Some get their grip back once they are done.
Normal sex is good for your vagina. It can make your vagina tighter considering that muscles are used naturally during the entire process. However, too much rough sex is a recipe for a loose vagina. For instance, people using sex toys hurt their vagina walls, which has an adverse impact on the tightness of your vagina. In case all the damage has been done, some kegel exercises and natural vaginal tightening creams might restore the grip you used to have before.
Naturally, your pussy's grip decreases with age. This is attributed the fact that muscles responsible for making your vulva tight grow old as you age. It is a natural process common to all women. However, you can always do something to restore the integrity of your vaginal walls. As such, you need to look for a solution to keep your pussy tight as you age.
Solutions prescribed to woman with loose vaginas
How can one restore the grip they once enjoyed? First, adopting a healthy lifestyle goes a long way in dealing with vaginal looseness. Simple acts like drinking water and workouts can make it tight again. However, when using creams, it is imperative to ensure the product you are about poses no risks to your health.


Blancco Drive Eraser issue report is a detailed report that contains additional system information and log files which can be used to understand and reproduce a problem that has occurred with Blancco Drive Eraser. The issue report file is encrypted and it can only be opened by Blancco personnel. The issue report file's default name is in the following format: "". If the issue report file is opened, for example with some text editor software, the following comment line will be shown: "issue". This comment entry makes it possible to quickly tell the difference between a normal report, an issue report and a crash report.
If you are having a problem with the Blancco Drive Eraser, and the most common troubleshooting tips and user manual instructions do not seem to help, it is time to contact Blancco's Technical Support team. When contacting Technical Support, it is important to include the Blancco Drive Eraser issue report in the contact ticket. It is recommended that the issue report file should be zipped before adding it as an attachment.
To collect the issue report:
Drive Eraser:
 1. Connect a USB memory stick to the computer.
 2. Click the Report issue button, or press F2.
 3. Select the USB memory device from the "Select media" list.
 4. It is recommended to use the default issue report name, but it is fine to add more details to the file name (for example if you are sending more than one issue report).
 5. Write a problem description to the "Problem description" field.
 6. Click "Save" to save the report on a USB stick, or click "Send" to send the issue report to Blancco Management Console.
Management Console:
Is used when erasure control is set to "Management Console" on Blancco Drive Eraser.
 1. Navigate to Live Management page under Process Management.
 2. Select correct Drive eraser session.
 3. Select "Fetch Issue report" from Manage Session drop menu.
 4. Write a problem description to the "Comment" field.
 5. Refresh "Live Management" page and download issue report from "Manage Session" Drop menu.
In addition to collecting the issue report, there should a description of the technical issue included in the support ticket:
 - What is the exact problem?
 - Was there some specific error message?
 - What steps were taken before the problem occurred?
The best moment to collect the issue report is right after the problem has occurred. For example: An erasure process has been finished, but Blancco Drive Eraser reports "Verification failed" for all of the hard drives, even though there should be no obvious reason for this to happen. Now is the best moment for collecting the issue report. The whole erasure process has been completed, and now the issue report log files will more likely show what went wrong in the verification part of the process. If the issue report is collected right after Blancco Drive Eraser is started, and before the verification part fails, then the log files will only provide process details up that point.
In some cases it is not possible to save the issue report (for example system crashes during startup, software freezes during erasure, etc.). In cases like these there is a possibility to collect a Blancco Drive Eraser crash report (Blancco 5 version 5.8.0 or newer).


Creation functions
Do I need teaching material about creating functions, what can be used for creation and how to use it?
I have already searched the sites of LibreOffice and OpenOffice, and found minimal material.
Anyone have any tips where to find it (site/book)?
Criação de funções
Necessito de material didático sobre a criação de funções, o que pode ser usado para criação e como usar?
Já procurei nos sites do LibreOffice e OpenOffice, e encontrei mínimo material.
Alguém tem alguma dica onde encontrar(site/livro)?
A function is simply a block of code which can accept information, do some processing and then return some information. This is programming. Functions are not necessarily specific to Calc. So in order to create functions, it is best to know how to program in Basic and use the UNO API.
There is a great deal of information spread around on these subjects. However, for the best single document, OpenOffice Macros Explained (OOME) by Andrew Pitonyak is available (click here) in PDF. It has a complete section on Calc as well as a great deal of other information.


Why do some people think french people are cold?
Are French people cold? Why Are French People so Rude? Why are French people often described as arrogant?
 1. 1 They're hostile
 A recent international survey showed that the french capital was one of the most hostile touristic destination in the world.
 2. 2 They're rude to tourists
 French people are not open to speaking to strangers, they also don't speak very good English that's why tourists get the wrong idea that they're being rude.
 3. 3 They lack sense of humor
 At early times, the word humor was not allowed in the french language. Not until 1932 did the french academy allow the word l'humor in their language.
 4. 4 They're arrogant
 French people are arrogant and they're used to criticizing a lot.Which give the wrong idea that they're rude, however some other people think that it's just something that they're used to.
 5. 5 They don't smile a lot
 French people don't smile a lot and they tend to be more hostile than friendly. They don't usually smile or to talk to strangers in the street. (See Why some people never smile?)
 6. 6 They avoid speaking English
 The french government put a rule that 50% of the music played on radios should be in french, almost every document, every business communication, everything is in french, this rule limited their access to English knowledge.
 7. 7 They're shy
 French people are not used to showing off their feelings exaggeratedly to strangers. This usually seems rude or cold behavior to some people, when it's actually shyness.
 8. 8 They're not random
 Some Americans tend to believe that french people are cold because they don't make random comments like they do, however other people think that french people are just used to keeping their mouth sealed if they don't have something important to say.
 9. 9 They're formal
 In France, formality and etiquette are rules to people. They dont usually aquentance with someone unless they were introduced to them. For instance, if someone goes up to a french guy and say' hi, I'm Jaques' the french guy would find it unacceptable. (See How to be assertive without being rude?)
 10. 10 They complain a lot
 French people are usually honest, they like to say what ever they want and always complain about whatever bugs them.
 11. 11 They like people to say "Bonjour" first
 Shop sellers usually tend to be rude if you don't say "bonjour" before you ask for what you want.
 12. 12 The have a lot of misconceptions
 Many french people have a lot of misconceptions about foreigners. For instance if you're a Romanian they'll immediately think that you're a thief.
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The course in eyebrow design aims to improve the makeup artist or an esthetician who wants to refine his technique. You will learn that the job of an eyebrow designer is to analyze and take the measurements of the faces, correct if necessary and level the eyebrows, cut, draw and sculpt the shape that best suits the morphology of the face.. This course is given by Caroline Theoret. You have the option of taking private lessons with your teacher for the sum of $ 1025 plus tax. This option is advantageous for students with an atypical schedule, a desire to do several lessons per week or even in order to benefit from the teacher's supervision 100%. Otherwise, you can also take the course in a small group of 4 people at a cost of $ 875 plus tax.
Course Description
Lesson Plan
# 1. Presentation of the work accessories of the designer in eyebrows.
# 2. Study of the morphology of the face and the eyebrows. Demonstration of an eyebrow design. Theory and practice. Study of the different stages of an eyebrow design; eye analysis, analysis of the direction of eyebrow hair growth, analysis of the cut, analysis of the appropriate shape and execution of the eyebrow design. Theory and practice.
# 3. Perform the different stages of an eyebrow design on a model who has never had his eyebrows sculpted. Theory and practice.
# 4. Perform the different steps of an eyebrow design on a model with little or very little eyebrows. Theory and practice.
# 5. Practical eyebrow design exam to check if you have all the knowledge necessary to offer the eyebrow design service. A diploma will be issued upon successful completion of the exam.


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The latest WIP includes a new behavior in Grasshopper that we are experimenting with to improve performance; multithreaded component solving.
The following four components have been modified to perform calculations using multiple threads.
- Dash Pattern
- Divide Curve
- Boundary Surface
We are decorating these components with small dots in the upper left corner to help you understand the component's capabilities and current 'mode' of operation.
No dots : the component does not currently support multi-threaded calculations
One dot: the component does support multi-threaded calculations, but is currently calculating with a single thread (i.e. legacy mode)
Two dots: the component does support multi-threaded calculations and is using the feature
For components that do support multi-threaded calculations, the feature can be enabled/disabled using the right click context menu on the component itself.
What to test:
I am not interested in timing results at the moment. What I want to make certain is that the output from these components produce the exact same results and same data structure (for trees) when run in both single threaded and multi-threaded modes. Of course, I'm also interested to know if any other unusual behavior appears by using these components.
These initial four components are our prototypes to ensure things are running correctly before converting other components over to be able to using multiple threads.


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Wild Places and Wild Animals: An Inspiration
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Authors Tom Moorhouse and Gill Lewis talk about wild animals, wild places and the inspiration behind their writing. Moorhouse describes how to transform knowledge about wild animals into believable characters in fast-paced adventure stories, and Lewis discusses the relationship between people and animals within her books. They explain why stories involving animals are special, and what you need to think about when writing your own.
Moorhouse's debut novel, The River Singers, is nominated for the Carnegie Medal and longlisted for the UKLA award, and follows the adventures of a family of water voles as they battle to escape a new and terrible enemy. Its sequel, The Rising, sees the voles facing their most dangerous enemy of all: the Great River herself.
Lewis's books include Scarlet Ibis and Sky Hawk and have been translated into more than 25 languages, winning many nominations and awards, including the Red House Book Award, the Carnegie Medal and the Green Earth Book Award. Her books draw on her own experiences and explore the relationship between people and the natural world.
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Stargate: SG-1: Ancient Egyptian Deities to the Modern Eye
Gabriel, Angiola L.
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This paper seeks to understand the appropriation of ancient Egyptian deities into Stargate: SG-1. It seeks to understand why those particular deities were chosen, how they were manipulated and for what reasons the deities were altered as they were. This paper will compare the original deity to the Stargate: SG-1 version in order to see what was changed and to figure out what purpose these alterations serve. In no way is this paper going to be able to address every set, piece of cloth, or movement of the actor. However, it will address major alterations and similarities of the ancient Egyptian deities into Stargate: SG-1.


Project public preposition
barking dog
Status not yet realized
Place People's House, Bucharest /RO
Technique Fences, spotlights, doghouse, 2 dogs in exchange, performance
Thanks Michaela Dedeoglu, Evelin Hust, Beate Köhler,
Oana Lapadatu, Mihai Oroveanu
Montage Archive Mischa Kuball, Düsseldorf /DE
barking dog, Bucharest (not realized)
For no other creature is territorial behavior so pronounced as it is for dogs. It is based on the instinct to take possession of a territory, to mark it and to defend it. Directly in front of the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest the leashed or enclosed animal would be an appellative symbol of a lost terrain, of the seizure and appropriation of public space for dictatorial and propaganda purposes by the then president Nicolae Ceausescu. In the process of constructing the palace in 1984, which included extensive plazas and boulevards, around 40,000 homes and countless churches and synagogues were torn down, and evictions were carried out in parts of the old city in the 1970s. The site of the former "People's House" would be temporarily occupied by the visibly "domesticated" dog, who thus symbolically reclaims the environment and living space of the citizens. (JO)


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Read KidsOhio's new analysis, Columbus City Schools' Hispanic Population Increased over 20 Percent in Five School Years. Here's what you'll learn about Columbus City Schools' Hispanic population from this four-page brief:
- Historical enrollment by grade level
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- Students' poverty, limited English proficiency and mobility rates
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Stormont minister speaks at BPS event
John O'Dowd, minister for education in the Northern Ireland Executive, gave this year's British Psychological Society Northern Ireland Branch Public Lecture in Stanmills earlier week. The lecture took place during the branch's annual general meeting for 2012.
Speaking at the event, Mr O'Dowd said: "I welcome the opportunity to speak directly to practitioners, students and lecturers, to set out my vision for education and stress my commitment to securing improved outcomes for all children.
"My top priority is to create an education service that ensures that all our young people receive a high quality education. Whilst we have much to be proud of in our education system, with many high achieving young people there are also young people who do not reach their full potential and who leave school with little or no qualifications or skills.
"I want to raise standards in all aspects of education and, in doing so, reduce educational underachievement particularly for those young people who face barriers to learning."
The minister continued by saying if his vision for education is to succeed, consideration must be given to what happens outside of school, particularly in the home learning environment:
"Parental involvement and encouragement can have a direct and long-lasting effect on a child's cognitive, social and emotional development. As we understand more about the importance of positive and supportive environments and their impact on brain development we understand more clearly how the first years can shape the rest of a child's life and educational outcomes."
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A NEW Monash University study aims to tackle rural obesity in young women.Monash University women's health researcher Cate Lombard is leading the study, which is set to focus on preventing weight gain rather than treating obesity.
The large-scale research is targeting 900 women aged between 18 and 50 living in 42 small rural communities across Victoria.
And will focus on participants changing their lifestyle and developing a low-cost program that helps women avoid putting on weight.
It's estimated 60 per cent of Australian women are overweight and those in their 20s and 30s are gaining weight faster than other age groups.
"They are often unaware that their yearly weight gain is having a major impact on their health," Dr Lombard said.
"Young women living in rural communities may be at an even higher risk."
Participants will attend a healthy lifestyle information session held locally and report on progress in two years.
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Just a quick question I have the following system: $$\frac{dx}{dt}=x\left(2-x-\frac{y}{1+x}\right),\qquad \frac{dy}{dt}=3y\left(\frac{x}{1+x}-4y\right)$$ It asks which variable represents the predator and which the prey, write down the long term size of the prey in the absence of predators.
I approached this by considering that $\frac{dy}{dx}= \frac{y(3x-12y-12yx)}{x(2+x-x^{2}-y)}$, hence when y=o we have that $\frac{dy}{dx}$=0 and therefore we have that our predator is represented by $\frac{dx}{dt}$ and prey by $\frac{dy}{dt}$. Additionally in the absence of prey our prey will tend to $\infty$.
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Made some corrections to your post. I hope this is indeed the system you are interested in. – Did Oct 20 '12 at 13:49
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If $x(0)=0$ and $y(0)\gt0$, then $x(t)=0$ for every $t$ and $y(t)\to0$ when $t\to\infty$. If $x(0)\gt0$ and $y(0)=0$, then $y(t)=0$ for every $t$ and $x(t)\to2$ when $t\to\infty$. Hence $x(t)$ describes the amount of preys (which can survive without predators) and $y(t)$ describes the amount of predators (which die out without preys).
To show that $x(t)\to2$ when $t\to\infty$ when $y(0)=0$, one can use a phase diagram: since $x'(t)=x(t)(2-x(t))$, the function $t\mapsto x(t)$ decreases at times $t$ such that $x(t)\gt2$ and increases at times $t$ such that $0\lt x(t)\lt2$.
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Note that the amount of preys does not grow to infinity in the absence of predators, rather it converges to 2. – Did Oct 20 '12 at 13:54
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access icon free Calibration of triaxial MEMS vector field measurement system
Triaxial MEMS vector field measurement system with triaxial MEMS sensors, such as accelerometer and magnetometer, is typically used to acquire navigation information in strap-down inertial navigation system (SINS). The navigation accuracy of the body is directly affected by the measurement accuracy of the measurement system. This study presents a two-step calibration algorithm for the triaxial MEMS vector field measurement system based on a detailed analysis of the measurement system error model. In the calibration procedure of this method, the first step is to calibrate the triaxial vector sensor error, including bias, scale factors and non-orthogonality using the ellipsoid fitting method; the second step is to calibrate the misalignment between the orthogonal sensor frame and the system body frame using the four-position method. Furthermore, the mathematical analysis of four-position method calibration error is done to study on the factors influencing the misalignment calibration accuracy, numerical simulation and experiments, which are performed for validating the analysis. A series of calibration experiments on a triaxial MEMS accelerometer in the measurement system show signiﬁcant enhancement of the accuracy of three components measurement data in the system body frame.
Inspec keywords: mathematical analysis; measurement errors; magnetometers; accelerometers; microsensors; calibration; inertial navigation
Other keywords: mathematical analysis; measurement system error model; system body frame; magnetometer; two-step calibration algorithm; SINS; ellipsoid fitting method; orthogonal sensor frame; triaxial MEMS vector field measurement system; strapdown inertial navigation system; accelerometer; numerical simulation; four-position method; triaxial MEMS vector sensor
Subjects: Sensing and detecting devices; Measurement standards and calibration; Measurement standards and calibration; Mathematical analysis; MEMS and NEMS device technology; Magnetic variables measurement; Velocity, acceleration and rotation measurement; Velocity, acceleration and rotation measurement; Micromechanical and nanomechanical devices and systems; Microsensors and nanosensors
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compute temp command
compute temp/kk command
compute ID group-ID temp
ID, group-ID are documented in compute command
temp = style name of this compute command
compute 1 all temp compute myTemp mobile temp
Define a computation that calculates the temperature of a group of atoms. A compute of this style can be used by any command that computes a temperature, e.g. thermo_modify, fix temp/rescale, fix npt, etc.
The temperature is calculated by the formula KE = dim/2 N k T, where KE = total kinetic energy of the group of atoms (sum of 1/2 m v^2), dim = 2 or 3 = dimensionality of the simulation, N = number of atoms in the group, k = Boltzmann constant, and T = temperature.
A kinetic energy tensor, stored as a 6-element vector, is also calculated by this compute for use in the computation of a pressure tensor. The formula for the components of the tensor is the same as the above formula, except that v^2 is replaced by vx*vy for the xy component, etc. The 6 components of the vector are ordered xx, yy, zz, xy, xz, yz.
The number of atoms contributing to the temperature is assumed to be constant for the duration of the run; use the dynamic option of the compute_modify command if this is not the case.
This compute subtracts out degrees-of-freedom due to fixes that constrain molecular motion, such as fix shake and fix rigid. This means the temperature of groups of atoms that include these constraints will be computed correctly. If needed, the subtracted degrees-of-freedom can be altered using the extra option of the compute_modify command.
A compute of this style with the ID of "thermo_temp" is created when LAMMPS starts up, as if this command were in the input script:
compute thermo_temp all temp
See the "thermo_style" command for more details.
See the Howto thermostat doc page for a discussion of different ways to compute temperature and perform thermostatting.
Styles with a gpu, intel, kk, omp, or opt suffix are functionally the same as the corresponding style without the suffix. They have been optimized to run faster, depending on your available hardware, as discussed on the Speed packages doc page. The accelerated styles take the same arguments and should produce the same results, except for round-off and precision issues.
These accelerated styles are part of the GPU, USER-INTEL, KOKKOS, USER-OMP and OPT packages, respectively. They are only enabled if LAMMPS was built with those packages. See the Build package doc page for more info.
You can specify the accelerated styles explicitly in your input script by including their suffix, or you can use the -suffix command-line switch when you invoke LAMMPS, or you can use the suffix command in your input script.
See the Speed packages doc page for more instructions on how to use the accelerated styles effectively.
This compute calculates a global scalar (the temperature) and a global vector of length 6 (KE tensor), which can be accessed by indices 1-6. These values can be used by any command that uses global scalar or vector values from a compute as input. See the Howto output doc page for an overview of LAMMPS output options.
The scalar value calculated by this compute is "intensive". The vector values are "extensive".


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The city of Coos Bay has drafted an ordinance to allow wind turbines in town.
The World of Coos Bay reports that turbines have been under a moratorium, but the city plans to take public comment in early 2013.
The draft ordinance would allow turbines no higher than 70 feet - industrial wind turbines are more than 250 feet.
For large turbines, residents would have to show that noise would be minimal, viewsheds would not be disturbed and that the device would meet tough safety standards. Restrictions would be reduced for smaller devices.
An Oregon State University expert tells the paper that urban settings aren't generally favorable for turbines: Both wind speed and elevation are low.


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Determine if gpuArray or CUDAKernel is available on GPU
TF = existsOnGPU(DATA)
TF = existsOnGPU(DATA) returns a logical value indicating
whether the gpuArray or CUDAKernel object represented by
still present on the GPU and available from your MATLAB session. The result is
DATA is no longer valid and
cannot be used. Such arrays and kernels are invalidated when the GPU device has been
reset with any of the following:
reset(dev) % Where dev is the current gpuDevice gpuDevice(ix) % Where ix is valid index of current or different device gpuDevice() % With an empty argument (as opposed to no argument)
Create a gpuArray on the selected GPU device, then reset the device. Query array's existence and content before and after resetting.
g = gpuDevice(1); M = gpuArray(magic(4)); M_exists = existsOnGPU(M)
M % Display gpuArray
16 2 3 13 5 11 10 8 9 7 6 12 4 14 15 1
reset(g); M_exists = existsOnGPU(M)
M % Try to display gpuArray
Data no longer exists on the GPU.


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Totenkopf (i.e. skull, literally dead's head) is the German word for the skull and crossbones and death's head symbols. The Totenkopf symbol is an old international symbol for death, the defiance of death, danger, or the dead, as well as piracy.
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In the early days of the NSDAP, Julius Schreck, the leader of the Stabswache (Adolf Hitler's bodyguard unit), resurrected the use of the Totenkopf as the unit's insignia. This unit grew into the Schutzstaffel (SS), which continued to use the Totenkopf as insignia throughout its history. According to a writing by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler the Totenkopf had the following meaning:
The Skull is the reminder that you shall always be willing to put your self at stake for the life of the whole community.
The Totenkopf was also used as the unit insignia of the Panzer forces of the German Heer (Army), and also by the Panzer units of the Luftwaffe, including those of the elite Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring.
Both the 3rd SS Panzer Division of the Waffen-SS, and the World War II era Luftwaffe's 54th Bomber Wing Kampfgeschwader 54 were given the unit name "Totenkopf", and used a strikingly similar-looking graphic skull-crossbones insignia as the SS units of the same name. The 3rd SS Panzer Division also had skull patches on their uniform collars instead of the SS sieg rune.
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A leguminous tree or shrub of warm climates, with feathery leaves and plume-like flowers that typically resemble bottlebrushes.
- Genus Albizia, family Leguminosae
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- In fact, for those whose sexual dysfunction is emotionally related albizzia can be very effective.
- In its natural habitat tun is found growing in mixed stands comprising other broad-level species like terminalias, albizzias, bombax, ficuses, shisham, acacias, etc.
- A dining room next to the living room, of 26 m², large family table, beautiful chimney with insert, two large French windows facing the sea, the third on to the albizzias.
modern Latin, named after Filippo degli Albizzi, a Tuscan nobleman who introduced the silk tree A. julibrizzen into Italy in the mid 18th century.
Definition of albizzia in:
- The US English dictionary


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Zillions of Games file for Cleopatra Chess
This is a zip file of a rules file for Zillions of Games and its accompanying graphics. Zillions of Games is a Windows program that will let you play any puzzle or strategy board game you can feed it the rules and graphics for.
Instructions on downloading this Zillions file:
- Download the.zip file
- Extract the contents of the.zip file to your Zillions of Games folder
- Be sure to keep the folder structure intact when you extract the files.
By Dan Troyka.
- Browse items that also start with the letter C.
- Browse items that also start with the letters Cl.
- Browse items that also start with the letters Cle.
- Browse similar items.
- Browse items with a similar board.
- Add a comment or rate this item.
- Skip to comments section.
- Cleopatra Chess. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Dan Troyka.
- Cleopatra Chess. No captures, but your Cleopatra (Queen) can seduce opposing pieces to your side. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
- Cleopatra Chess. Dan Troyka game, similar to Benedict Chess but with only one color-changing piece. Cleopatra "seduces" any piece she sees. Author: Jeremy Gabriel Good. Inventor: Dan Troyka.
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Smart people don't put their toys away, they build machines to do it for them. Case and point: this NXT project which can sort LEGO pieces. Just dump a bucket of random blocks in a hopper on one end of the machine. One slice at a time, these plastic pieces will be lifted onto a conveyor system made up of several different belts, which allows for separation of the parts. One block at a time, each piece enters a specially lighted chamber where they are visually identified by the NXT brick. Once it identifies the block, a carousel of plastic containers rotates to place the correct home for the block below the output shoot seen above.
So do we now have a completed LEGO circle of life? Not quite. You can build structures automatically using a 3D LEGO printer and this sorter will have no problem organizing the parts for that purpose. But we still need a LEGO machine that can tear assembled bricks apart.


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I want to transfer some data from one ASP.NET (WebForms) application to another, edit: where the first application redirects to the second. The two applications run in a load-balanced environment, so don't necessarily execute on the same server machine. We are talking about an XML blob in the size range a few hundred to maybe a thousand bytes, so it's a bit long for encoding and tacking it into the URL query-string. The user must also not be able to muck with this data (it's not security-critical currently, but exposing it to the user still seems like a bad idea).
Any suggestions on how to do it?
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I don't know all the details of your situation, but there are a few ways you could do this.
 1. You could insert the XML blob into a database from one site and retrieve it from the database from the other site.
 2. You could post your XML blob from one application to a receiver page in the other application which would then read the XML from the request.
 3. You could create a webservice in the second application with a method to receive the XML blob from the fist application.
 4. You could write the XML to file in one application and read it from file in the second application.
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#4 is definitely out because of the load balancing as well as usage (way too high risk of race conditions). – Michael Kjörling Mar 9 '12 at 13:22
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Just a quick idea off the top of my head...
If the data is entirely specific to the current user's session, and the two sites are running on the same domain.
 1. Generate a key for the client - something that is going to be reasonably unique, for instance something like md5(some guid + some header from the user's browser)
 2. Store the information in a key value store/database table, with the generated key from 1 as the key.
 3. Set the key as a cookie to the client.
This way you avoid ever sending the data to the client, and the 'key' should be random enough that it will be very hard to guess. If you also store the header and the GUID that you use to generate/salt the hash, you can then validate the key from the user's cookie against the headers sent in the request and deny access if all the details don't match up. This also has the benefit that you can store as much data as you can realistically cope with on the server side.
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You will probably want to look into either or.NET Web Sevices or WCF (Windows Communication Foundation).
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Store it in an encrypted cookie, You'll only add 1Kb to each request/response.
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OP says 'The user must also not be able to muck with this data'. Sticking it in a cookie would allow access to the data using Firebug etc. – mdm Mar 9 '12 at 13:32
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Maybe like a SSO or something like that.
In a database, a table with those columns:
Guid (Guid.NewGuid())
(maybe other columns like the user id...for security log)
The first webapp send the Guid through the URL. The second retrieve the Content in the database.
The date can be used to validate the data: you can only access to the content within X seconds.
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Should be fairly easy using cross site requests.
The first application should just return a page containing a form with the Action parameter pointing to the other application's url. The page should also contain a small javascript to postback the form as soon as the page is loaded. The body of the page contains the data you want to pass between servers.
This way you are using client's browser to do the job for you. Because page's body can be much longer than uri/cookie, this approach should work for you.
Note, that this is completely legal and at least few passive authentication protocols rely on such possibility.
Edit: The integrity of the data is achieved with cryptography. The data can be signed (the simplest approach) or encrypted+signed (which not only prevents users from modyfing the data but also from seeing the content).
Also note that if you don't have to involve client browser, you can use any communication protocol to pass the data directly between servers (TCP, HTTP).
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How would you stop a malicious user from seeing the data, if it is sent to the browser? – mdm Mar 9 '12 at 13:34
You can encrypt it or even sign it to validate at the receiver side. – Wiktor Zychla Mar 9 '12 at 14:22
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Thanks to all who responded! In talking this over with some other people at the office, in the end we decided that, since the data is actually made available by yet another web application, both of the applications that make use of the data will simply make a call to the third to get the data. The downside to that approach is the small amount of time it takes to make that call twice; the upside is that it virtually ensures that the two applications always have up-to-date data, and even a naïve implementation makes it very difficult for the end user to do anything with the data.
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How to Use the Red Letter Tribe
Introduction: How to Use the Red Letter Tribe
About: my name is Adam!
So, you want to become a regular poster on State Radio's message board, do you?
It's not as easy as you may think. if you make a mistake, you could be shot down, and banished from the boards. but don't be intimidated. Most people on the tribe are kind, lovely State Radio fans, such as yourself.
Just follow these steps, and maybe one day you will be as cool as Shannon or Red.
Step 1: Creating a Username
When you come up with a username, there are a couple of things you might want to consider
1. Something creative
2. Something that is nice and easy to pronounce
3. Or just ignore the previous two, and tell everyone your name.
Step 2: Posting - Replying to a Topic
To reply to a topic, simply press the "Post Reply" button.
Now that you have done that, it is time to post your reply.
Just remember these three simple rules:
1. Keep it intelligent (this means good grammar and spelling)
2. ALWAYS stay on topic
3. Never double post (see step 4)
Step 3: Posting - Starting a New Topic
When you are ready to start a topic, choose wisely, cause' them RLT folk don't take kindly to "dumb" threads.
Here are some questions to ask yourself before posting:
1. Am I posting in the right thread? (Is it SR related, Non-SR related, about a show, or does it belong in the activism forum?)
2. Is it necessary? (does it serve any purpose whatsoever?)
3. Has this already been posted? use the search feature.
Step 4: Editing a Post
So you messed up on a post? Edit it!
Also, as mentioned in step 2, DO NOT double post! Just Edit your last one.
Here is how.
Use the Edit Button.
Step 5: Quoting
There are two ways to quote: a quote from another RLT'er, or a quote from another person/source.
To quote an RLT'er hit the "cloud button" above their post.
To quote someone else, click the quote button on the "Post Reply" page and type or copy the quote.
Step 6: Sending a Private Message
If you would like to privately contact another member you can send them a private message.
to do that click on the private message icon above one of their posts.
Step 7: Entering a URL
Putting a URL in your post can be tricky, but here's how.
1. click on "URL"
2 Enter the page you are linking to into the box.
3. Enter the URL text
Step 8: Linking to a Picture
one of the most confusing things for people is linking to a picture, here is the patented 4 step process:
1. Find the picture
2. Right/Control click, and select "view image"
3. Copy URL
4. Create a link to the page from 2 (see step 7)
Step 9: HOORAY!
Now You are Ready to be an RLT pro!
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text: This is a captivating image showing a group of children surrounded by cabbages that they are preparing. They are refugees from civil war-ravaged towns of northern Spain. In May 1937 nearly 4000 children arrived by boat in Southampton. Suffering terrible sea-sickness, they underwent medical examination before being housed in a temporary camp at nearby North Stoneham. Aged mostly between five and sixteen, and from both sides of the conflict, they were to be rehoused by the Basque Children?s Committee in residential 'colonies? around the country. Refugees were settled as far north as Montrose in north east Scotland.


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Pumice is a light siliceous vesicular volcanic rock that is suitable for use in horticulture and hydroponics. Its porosity provides air spaces that maintain aerobic conditions around the roots while water is contained within the pores. Surface tension around the outside of theparticles increases water-holding capacity of the growing medium.
Ouris mined from a land based resource, within 50kms of Lake Taupo in the North Island of New Zealand, and it is characterized by its relative hardness and lightweight in comparison to competing aggregates. The washing and screening of our particularly for horticultural applications means that no 'fine' particles are included. Unwashed can cause 'concreting' and higher water holding capacity than required, consequently effecting root development.
This hardness and porosity allows free drainage lowering the risk of root-rot diseases.
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WoW API < GetFrameCPUUsage
Returns the total time used by and number of calls of a frame's event handlers.
time, count = GetFrameCPUUsage(frame[, includeChildren])
Arguments Edit
(frame[, includeChildren])
Frame - Specifies the frame.
Boolean - If false, only event handlers of the specified frame are considered. If true or omitted, the values returned will include the handlers for all of the frame's children as well.
Returns Edit
time, count
Number - The total time used by the specified event handlers, in milliseconds.
Number - The total number of times the event handlers were called.
Details Edit
The values returned are just the sum of the values returned by GetFunctionCPUUsage(handler) for all current handlers. Which means that it's not per-frame values, but per-function values. The difference is that if for example an OnUpdate handler is used by two frames A and B, and, say, B:OnUpdate() is called, both A and B get blamed for it.
It also means that if a frame's handlers change, the CPU used by the previous handlers is ignored, because only the current handlers are considered.
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How Much Potential Energy Do Different Nuts Have?
It seems that at least once a year California has another energy crisis, and almost as often, someone wonders what will happen when California runs out of energy sources. Christopher Crews, knowing that all living things contain energy, set out to prove that different varieties of nuts have energy stores that can be released by burning.
I believe that burning different varieties of nuts will produce energy, and that peanuts will produce the most energy.
Amount of heat produced
- Number of nuts tested
- Amount of water
- Ten each whole, raw, unshelled nuts:
- 32-ounce coffee can
- Two 10-ounce soup cans
- Drill and bits
- Kitchen scale
- Fill large coffee can with water.
- Measure nut.
- Weigh water on kitchen scale.
- Measure and record starting water temperature.
- Drill hole through nut.
- Insert skewer through hole in nut.
- Heat nut with lighter and let the nut burn fully.
- Measure and record ending water temperature.
- Calculate BTU (starting temperature minus ending temperature divided by the weight of the water). BTU stands for British Thermal Unit, the energy necessary to raise the temperature of one pound of water by 1@dgsF. One BTU equals approximately 1,055 joules (or 1,055 watt-seconds).
- Repeat Steps 1 through 9 for each nut.
The average BTU for each type of nut is as follows:
Cashews 15.75 BTU
Almonds 13.76 BTU
Peanuts 10.77 BTU
The hypothesis was that burning different varieties of nuts would produce energy, with peanuts producing the most energy. That's partially correct because all the nuts produced energy. However, the hypothesis was incorrect because the cashews produced the most energy, and peanuts produced the least.
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text: The new bis(pentalene) complex Cr2(η5: η5-C8H4 1,4SiiPr 3)2 has been synthesized and characterized; it is found to exhibit paramagnetism at room temperature, and solid-state magnetic studies show that the dimer is best modeled as containing a pair of antiferromagnetically interacting S = 1/2 centers with the separation between the singlet ground state and triplet excited state being 2.23 kJ mol -1. Structural data show a Cr - Cr distance of 2.2514(15) Å, consistent with a strong metal-metal interaction. The bonding has been further investigated by density functional, hybrid, and CASPT2 methods. The metal-metal interaction is best described by a double bond with each metal having an 18-electron count. Theory predicts the singlet and triplet states to lie close in energy but puts the triplet state at a slightly lower energy than the singlet. The energy difference predicted by CASPT2 is closest to the experimental value.


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Discrimination in housing markets occurs when equally qualified people are treated differently because of their membership in a particular group. This study focuses on racial and ethnic discrimination in qualitative actions by landlords, such as making an advertised housing unit available for inspection by a customer. The data come from the Housing Discrimination study, which conducted over 1500 rental housing audits in 25 metropolitan areas in 1989. Each audit consists of a visits to a landlord by a white person and either a black or Hispanic person with similar socio-economic characteristics. Using Chamberlain's fixed-effect logic estimation, we develop a nationally representative measure of the incidence of discrimination in landlord behavior and conduct hypothesis tests on the incidence and causes of discrimination. The results indicate widespread discrimination across several types of landlord behavior and support the hypotheses that landlords discriminate both out of personal prejudice and in response to the prejudice of present and future white clients.
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- Economics and Econometrics


Is India Falling into the Malthusian Trap?
April 30, 2008 • News
The connection between Malthus and India are twofold. For one, the country provided the fitting final stage to re-enact his theory on divergent growth pattern between population and foodgrain production even as late as the 1960s, when India was plagued by booming population growth and a diffident growth in food production.
However, there was a more tenuous connection between the economist and Indian economic history. Malthus was the first professional economist by training to teach at the college founded at Haileybury in England by the East India Company to train its young administrators on the rudiments of economic theory.
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Rough Skate 3, 4, 5 and 6 (Combined) (RSK3)
Maori name
Scientific name
Zearaja nasuta
Physical characteristics
Rough Skates are brown with multiple white spots on top and white undersides. As their name suggests, they have many small prickles covering their top surface that are more prominent on the males. Rough Skate can grow to a body length (not including tail) of 79 cm.
Life cycle
Rough Skate have a maximum age of 9 years. Maturity in females is reached at a length of 59 cm and 6 years of age. Males reach maturity at 52 cm and 4 years old. Rough Skate lay two eggs at a time in spring-summer, but it is not known how often this happens in a year.
Rough Skate are most commonly found around the South Island, but are known all around New Zealand. They are found on sandy or muddy bottom surfaces at depths down to 500 m.
Key statistics
Reported commercial catch1 (tonnes)
Quota value estimate2 (NZ$m)
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What Day Is Opposite Day?
What day of the week is opposite day?
Opposite Day ObservancesFun Holiday: Opposite Day ObservancesYearWeekdayDate2020SatJan 252021MonJan 252022TueJan 257 more rows.
What is opposite day at school?
4. "A Day of Opposites" is a creative writing prompt that asks students to write about a day they have in which EVERYTHING is OPPOSITE. Looking for other activities to use in the classroom in the coming weeks?
Is National Hug Day today?
National Hug Day or National Hugging Day occurs on January 21st and is officially recognized by the United States Copyright Office, but is not a public holiday. The purpose of the day is to help everyone show more emotion in public.
What is the opposite of Christmas?
What is the opposite of Christmas?departureleavehegiraleavingpartingretreatfleeingflightretirementwithdrawal6 more rows
Who started opposite day?
President Calvin CoolidgeThe origin of National Opposite Day is unknown however there are references dating back to President Calvin Coolidge in the 1920's. In the 1928 election, Coolidge made a statement to the press announcing, "I do not choose to run".
How do people celebrate Opposite Day?
10 Ways to Celebrate Opposite DayBreakfast for Dinner. Pancakes, bacon, and eggs are the clear choice for dinner on opposite day. … Wear Your Clothes Backwards. Let your kids dress silly for the day. … Baths in the Morning. I live and die by my schedule. … Engage in silly conversation. … Eat Dessert First. … Lefty Righty. … Cup Swap. … Picture Time.More items…•
How do you dress like a boy for the opposite day?
Turn t-shirts, pants, shorts, skirts or dresses inside out. Wear button-up shirts, dresses or baseball hats backwards. Mix things up by wearing each item of clothing in a different direction to create even more opposites. For example, combine a backwards shirt with inside out pants.
Why do we celebrate Opposite Day?
Did SpongeBob create opposite day?
SpongeBob Squarepants' 1999 "Opposite Day" episode was the basis for the rise of the "game" in my experience. Before this episode aired I had never played it, and after it I engaged in playing the game many times. … The 86th episode of "Seinfeld" in 1994 also had a similar theme and was labelled "The Opposite".
What is January 25th day?
January HolidaysDateHolidayCategorySat Jan 25National Irish Coffee DayFood & BeverageSat Jan 25Opposite DaySpecial InterestSun Jan 26National Peanut Brittle DayFood & BeverageSun Jan 26National Spouses DayRelationship88 more rows
What does Opposite Day mean?
Opposite Day(ProperNoun) A contrived holiday on which everything is done backwards, for example "yes" means "no".
When was opposite day invented?
August 17th, 1959The History of opposite day A little know moment in American history occurred 60 years ago when President Dwight E. Eisenhower declared that August 17th, 1959 was opposite day for one day only.


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Background and Aim: Mandibular impacted third molar surgery is considered as one of the most common surgical procedures done in oral cavity. It is frequently related with mild to severe complications and other factors. This study aimed to estimate the etiology, complications and quality of post surgical life as related to mandibular impacted third molar surgery. Materials & Methods: A cross sectional, questionnaire-based survey comprised of 100 patients of dental hospitalís oral surgery department. Author used preformed questionnaire having questions regarding etiology, complications and quality of post surgical life as related to mandibular impacted third molar surgery. This study comprised of records of patients and other available data. Response was recorded and data was processed statistically to estimate outcomes. Results: Statistical analysis using statistical software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The obtained data was subjected to relevant statistical tests to obtain p values, mean, standard deviation, standard error an 95% CI. Pain (70%) and inflammation (25%) was most common etiologies as reported by the studied patients. Edema (73%) and Hemorrhage (13%) was frequently observed complications. A very obvious decline in patients quality of life was also noted. Conclusion: This cross sectional study was completed using patientís data and questionnaire wherein we have outlines certain very imperative inferences. Pain and inflammation was most common etiologies as reported by the studied patients. Edema and Hemorrhage was commonly seen complications. A very reasonable decrease in patientís quality of life was observed.
Key words: Impacted third molar, Oral surgery, Complication, Quality of life.