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Peace Corps Samoa's current program focus is on promoting English literacy in Samoan primary schools. The Primary School English Literacy Project was developed in close partnership with the Ministry of Education, Sports, and Culture (MESC) and was officially launched in fall 2012. Volunteers in the Primary School English Literacy Project play an important role in helping Samoans develop the skills they need to succeed and thrive. Volunteers not only build the English literacy skills of students but help teachers incorporate student-centered teaching methods. They also work to improve information and communication technology resources and to increase the community's involvement in literacy activities.
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Part Number: UH045 Sprocket Undercarriage
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Casting Type: Fine Casting / Sand Casting / Film Covering Sand Mold
Heat Treatment: Normalising, Quenching, Tempering
The Maintenance of Bucket Teeth & Adapters (Ground Engaging Tools)
When the bucket teeth contact the material surface, because of the fast speed, the tip of the bucket teeth will be subjected to a strong impact load. If the yield strength of bucket tooth material is low, plastic deformation will occur at the tip. With the increase of excavating depth, the pressure on the bucket teeth will change.
The excavator/loader bucket control is the key to utilize the bucket teeth. The operator should try not to retract the bucket when lifting the boom. The operator should pay attention to the coordination of actions. Some of them throw the bucket on the rock during the action of expanding the arm, this will break the arms & cracks will occur on the bucket teeth.
In the daily maintenance, please spend 2 minutes to examine the bucket. The key point is to check if the bucket wears equally & any cracks has been occurred. If the status is horrible, you should carry out structural reinforcement immediately. If there is a crack in the bucket body, welding repair should be carried out immediately to prevent the increase in the length of the crack. In addition, you have to check the fitness of bucket teeth. If the teeth are loose, they should be tightened right away.
Before the bucket teeth reaches their service life, built-up welding is required. By the way, no bucket tooth made of a certain material can be applied to every kinds of work conditions, the teeth should be reasonably selected based on different work conditions to avoid unnecessary abrasion.
The bucket teeth on both sides of the excavator are worn about 30% faster than those in the middle. The bucket teeth on both sides and in the middle can be interchanged for further use, so as to reduce the repairs times and indirectly increase the service life of the bucket teeth.
It is recommended to replace the adapter after 10% of worn. There is a large gap between the worn gear base and the bucket teeth. The bucket teeth are easy to break due to the change of the stress point.
When you leave bucket teeth to wear down for too long, the moving range of excavator bucket will increase dramatically, and your excavator will take far longer to complete tasks and will use more fuel too. Dull bucket teeth will result in greater percussive shock to be transmitted via the bucket to the digging arm and undercarriage of the machine. This can result in damage to the equipment and accelerated wear to the other undercarriage components. It is necessary to immediately remove and replace the new bucket teeth.

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In this lesson you will learn to draw Professor X of the X-Men. First off, his real name is Charles Francis Xavier and as leader of the X-Men. He is paraplegic and has the power to read and influence human minds. He has gone through many different versions, most notably as the character from the films as played by the noble Welshman, Mr. Patrick Stewart. Xavier's goals are to promote the peaceful affirmation of mutant rights, to mediate the co-existence of mutants and humans and to protect society from antagonistic mutants, including his old friend, the militant Magneto. To achieve these aims, he founded Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (later named the Xavier Institute) to teach mutants to explore and control their powers. Its first group of students was the original X-Men. Xavier's students consider him a visionary and often refer to their mission as "Xavier's dream". He is highly regarded by others in the Marvel universe, respected by various governments and trusted by several other superhero teams, including the Avengers and the Fantastic Four. So, without further ado, let's draw!

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When adding custom xFlow sensors, custom IPFIX, or custom Packet Sniffer sensors, you have the option to provide a Channel Definition using the following syntax (one entry per channel):
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 - PRTG automatically adds one channel named Other. This channel counts all traffic for which you have not defined a specific channel.
The syntax is identical to the one described in the Filter Rules for xFlow, IPFIX, and Packet Sniffer Sensors section. Because data is accounted to the first match, make sure that you start with the most specific rule at the top and get less specific to the bottom.
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Defining Structure Parameters
To define structure parameters in MATLAB Function blocks, follow these steps:
 1. Define and initialize a structure variable
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FIMATH properties for non-tunable structure parameters containing fixed-point values are based on the initial values of the structure. They do not come from the FIMATH properties specified for fixed-point input signals to the parent MATLAB Function block. (These FIMATH properties appear in the properties dialog box for MATLAB Function blocks.)
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Presenting a clear picture for Hoya Krimson Queen vs Princess comparison as they have a lot of similarities and differences from each other. The difference lies in the color of leaves or the variegation of leaves.
Hoya Krimson Queen leaves have a center which is of green color with white colored edges whereas the princess has leaves with a center of creamish or white color with green colored margins. Though there is little difference between the plants, the Hoya Krimson Queen shows faded pink colored flowers and has a brown colored stem, while the krimson princess has dark pink colored flowers with a pink colored stem that looks extraordinary.
These plants are popular among houseplants due to their beauty and elegance they bring indoors, placed on a wooden table. These plants are known for their super glossy and waxy leaves. They are so easy to grow that many beginners prefer to start the game with these plants. Just not that they look super attractive in the hanging pots so they are a great alternative to vines.
Hoya Krimson Queen vs Princess
In this article, we will let you know all the differences between these two plants and the related information that you need to know. So buckle up! And let's get started!
What is Hoya Krimson Queen?
Originally belonging to Asia and Australia, the Hoya Krimson Queen plans have the scientific name Hoya Carnosa Rubra that are popular for the lanceolate leaves that have no variegations and the reddish pink colored flowers that are ultra pretty.
What is Hoya Krimson Princess?
The Hoya Krimson Princess is a lot similar to queens as they also belong to the same culture that is hoya carnosa and are native to Asia and Australia. Their scientific name is Hoya carnosa albomarginata. The flowers of these plants have a pinkish appearance and look really unique. The leaves of these plants mostly have variegated forms of leaves.
As indicated before both of these plants belong to the same cultivar Hoya carnosa which is why they look related to hoya in different ways.
It is obvious that they belong to the same family and the family is Apocynaceae, which mostly has flowers star-shaped or star-shaped.
In Leaf Color, Size, and Texture
The leaves of Hoya Krimson Queen are larger than the princess. Even the krimson princess has thicker and more fleshy leaves which is not the case with the queen.
Also, the Hoya Krimson Queen and Princess leaves appear glossy due to the waxy coating on the leaves surface. The texture is present more on the leaves of the queen than on the princess.
The leaves of krimson queen have a white margin and the green color is deep dark with brown stems whereas the krimson princess plants have green borderlines with a creamy white center. The leaves have variegation that could be pink, white, or green in color.
The flowers of Hoya Krimson Queen are complete of pink color whereas the flowers of Hoya Krimson Princess have reddish pink colored flowers. Though both of the flowers are very pretty. The krimson princess flowers have a reddish center that looks really attractive and fabulous. Both of the plants will bloom in outdoor conditions instead of indoor conditions.
The Hoya Krimson Princess plants don't get much tall when they are indoors, reaching 4 ft in length only whereas when they are outside or in the native habitat they can get to the height of 16-18 feet. Anyhow these are still shorter than the Hoya Krimson Queen plants. The Krimson Queen plants reach 7 feet height indoors whereas 25 feet tall when outdoors.
The Krimson Queen plants grow with more speed than the Hoya Krimson Princess plants due to the low amount of photosynthesis doing pigment called chlorophyll in Krimson Princess plants.
To know more about the plant world, you may also read related articles, Golden Pothos vs Hawaiian Pothos (Actual Differences and Similarities)
The water needed depends on the thickness of the leaves. So the Krimson Queen with thin leaves demands water more frequently than the Krimson Princess plants that have thick leaves. You can water the Krimson Queen plant two times a week which is once a week for the princess plant.
The Krimson Princess plant needs more sunlight than the Krimson Queen. By this, we mean that the plant would do great if it gets morning direct sunlight. The Krimson Queen needs indirect and bright sunlight. These both are tropical plants but still, the sunlight requirement varies a little in both cases.
Using an organic fertilizer or compost is beneficial for the Krimson Queen plants. The compost would also be great for adding nutrients to the Krimson Queen but the Krimson Princess needs fertilizer that is diluted into half and then used. Both of these legendary plants don't need much fertilizer so make sure not to overdo it.
Which is more pricey: Krimson Queen or Krimson Princess?
The Krimson Queen lately is getting more pricey than the Krimson Princess. Though there's not a big difference between their prices. The average price of Krimson Queen plants is in the range of $30 to $50 whereas the price of Krimson Princess is in the range of $18 to $20, this price is based on the plant size. Though the price may vary according to the location.
Similarities between Hoya Krimson Queen and Krimson Princess?
- Have similar flowering seasons
- Both of the plants don't need much pruning
- Both Krimson Queen and Krimson Princess like humidity to be in the level of 70-80%
- The Krimson Queen and Princess both being tropical plants love humidity and also high temperatures that are in the range of 65-95 degrees Fahrenheit
- The Krimson Queen and Krimson Princess plant-like soil is well draining and has good aeration. Though these plants in the outdoor conditions hang on the other plants with the roots in the air. The potting mix you use indoors for these plants can be improved by adding peat moss, bark, and perlite.
- Both of these plants don't like repotting that much. They can still be repotted every 3-4 years into a large pot and well-draining soil.
Is Hoya Krimson Queen the same as Tricolor?
Hoya Krimson Queen has another name as tricolor as they are derived from the cultivar Hoya carnosa known for the variegated leaves and the colors on the leaves like pink, green, and creamy white making them really attractive.
Does the Hoya Krimson Princess turn pink?
There are chances that your Krimson Princess can change color which depends on the amount of sunlight they get in a day. If the pink leaves are showing on the plant there is nothing to worry about as the plant is getting the optimum amount of sunlight.
How do you make Hoya Krimson Queen pink?
By giving more or extended time of sunlight exposure the leaves of Krimson Queen can be turned pink. The light can be direct but not for too long a time, it's like you give them indirect sunlight for most ™ and for an hour provide the plant direct sunlight.
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Relations between Portugal and France go far back in time. To avoid people living in one of the countries, but receiving income from the other, having to pay double the taxes, there's a tax treaty between France and Portugal on dual taxation. This tax treaty between France and Portugal dates to 1971 but was reformulated in 2017.
So, if you are French and your salary or pension is paid through France, but you live in Portugal, you should be aware that there is a tax treaty between Portugal and France which helps you avoid dual taxation. This treaty saves you from paying income tax twice if you've already paid in one of the two countries. The first tax treaty between Portugal and France was published in 1971 but underwent some changes in 2017.
The tax treaty between Portugal and Spain to avoid dual taxation stipulates that income paid by "one of the Contracting States, or by a political or administrative subdivision, or by local or territorial government, or by a legal person under public law to an individual, for services rendered to that state, or subdivision, or local government or legal person, can only be taxed in that State". As for pensions, they can only be taxed in the country where they are paid.
Nonetheless, in both cases the pension or worker's income "are taxable exclusively in the other Contracting State if the services are rendered in that state and if the individual is a national and does not also have the nationality of the former State", decree 105/71 goes on to explain. If this treaty did not exist, then the State of residence could tax income even if it had already been taxed in the other country.
Taxes covered by the tax treaty between France and Portugal
This treaty covers the following taxes:
- Income Tax (l'impôt sur le revenu);
- Corporate Tax (l'impôt sur les sociétés);
- Corporate Tax surcharge (les contributions sur l'impôt sur les sociétés);
- General Social Contributions (les contributions sociales généralisées);
- Social Debt Repayment Contribution (les contributions pour le remboursement de la dette sociale); including withheld taxes (retenues à la source and précomptes) and advances (avances) deducted from these taxes; (hereafter referred to as 'French tax');
- Income Tax (IRS);
- Corporate Tax (IRC);
The tax treaty between France and Portugal also stipulates that there be exchange of information between both countries, as well as provision of "mutual aid to the effect of collecting respective tax credits".
Better tax regime for dividends
Besides salaries and other income, the treaty between Portugal and France to avoid dual taxation also covers capital income, such as distribution of stock dividends and interest received outside of the country of origin.


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We explore the theme of Symbols in Melbourne's CBD through the medium of street art, cultural typography and iconic architecture focusing on lines of inquiry, key concepts and questions. We also provide an activity for students where they also create their own piece of street, art, signage or symbolism in the lanes.
People use symbols to be expressive and communicate.
Lines of Inquiry:
– why people use symbolism.
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– Why do groups use symbols?
– How can we use symbolism to express ideas?
Our Primary school kids had a wonderful time despite the wet weather and also gained an understanding of how important places can become symbolic over time. They also loved the art work and and lanes and symbols and many are keen to follow up with further work…
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It has often been asked here at this site, what exactly are freight brokers and what role they play in the industry as a whole.
Freight brokers are basically the go betweens acting for the persons requiring goods to be transported and the freight forwarders and transportation companies themselves. A freight brokerage could also be known as that which is legally termed a Property Broker. It is this term that has been established in the US by the FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration). The FMCSA is a division of the Department of Transportation in the US.
A freight broker or property broker is therefore a term which is used to describe a licensed individual, or a corporation acting to assist in facilitating the successful transportation of goods undertaken by a freight shipper or authorized motor carrier and the customer.
Brokers are not, by law required to carry cargo or liability insurance. However, these entities are required to hold several legal documents which include:
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 - Surety Bond or Trust Fund
 - Processing Agent
A Broker's Authority is obtained for a $300 fee (currently) through the FMCSA upon filing out the form OP-1 and filing for authority.
A Surety Bond or Trust Fund is obtained from either a bank or a bonding company. The form that is required to be filed with this is known as the BMC-84 or BMC-85. Each brokerage company or individual entity is required to prove they are able to pay the various truck lines, airlines, railroads, or any other entity being used by the broker. Before a bond is issued, the individual's credit and/or financial capacity is thoroughly investigated. This is because for some reason if the brokerage fails to pay the freight forwarder or transport company, the bonding company must instead pay.For this reason the bonding company is extremely cautious about who they decide to insure.
The Processing Agent is obtained by filling out form BOC-3 and costs $50.
This type of entity does not require a lawyer or other professional entity in order to file for a motor carrier or property broker authority. As for certification, there is actually only one level of brokerage, which is the Property Broker, or more commonly called the Freight Broker. The FMCSA does not recognize any other title.
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In Octavia Butler's historical time-travel novel Kindred, the two characters Rufus Weylin, and his father Tom Weylin, are white slave owners in the antebellum South. The protagonist, Dana, a black woman from the 1970s, is summoned back in time to the Weylin plantation in order to save Rufus' life multiple times. Rufus will then go on to impregnate Alice, whose child will be the next step in Dana's bloodline.
Dana is called back to save Rufus numerous times over the course of his childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, and as she gets to know him and forms a relationship with him, she tries very hard to impart on him a sense of morality and equity. While there are glimpses of Dana's influence on him, Rufus is steeped in the social mores of his time and goes long periods without seeing or interacting with her. He ends up taking on not just the responsibilities of his father as owner of the plantation and its slaves, but also many of the learned racist customs of slave culture. By the end of...
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 next, using the system (every 1 second or something) to spawn new objects.
 Set their X position to just beyond the.x of the layout of the screen so that they will start off screen.
 Next use a system every tick event to move the platforms back in -X towards the player at whatever interval you want (probably a variable that will increase over time to speed up the buildings.
 Then lock the player's jump so that its only up and down and they can't move left and right.
 to separate the platforms so that they get created at a variable distance, set that original random timer you used to spawn the platforms to a setting like random(5) seconds. This way, some will be further apart and some will be closer together. Make sure the maximum distance apart isn't too big for the player to jump though. Also you will probably need to add another variable to that as the speed increases because the gap the player crosses will get bigger and bigger as the speed of the platforms come towards them.
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President John Sbrega's Goals & Objectives for Fiscal Year 2015
Strategic Goal A: Successful Students
 1. Vision Project: College Participation/College Completion
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 2. Increase the number of 2015 graduates by more than one percent to strengthen the Six-Year "Achieving the Dream" Success Rate.
 3. Establish a new center in downtown Taunton which incorporates all credit and noncredit services and consolidates all operations in one place.
 4. Reduce student time in developmental courses.
 1. Strengthen completion rate for developmental English by two percent by incorporating lessons learned through developmental math re-engineering.
 2. Implement pilot for GPA-based mathematics placement testing.
 5. Establish or expand bridge programs between noncredit training and degree credit.
 2. Vision Project: Closing Achievement Gaps
 1. Assess persistence rates by demographics to explore solutions to increase completion.
 2. Implement an engagement/retention program coupled with mentoring of African American male students to raise the persistence rate by two percent per year in the next two years (by 2016).
 3. Increase the number of minority students in STEM and Healthcare programs by three percent.
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 3. Implement three academic and career pathways.
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Strategic Goal B: Sustainable Growth and Change
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If you don't set the center of mass from a script it will be calculated automatically from all colliders attached to the rigidbody. After a custom center of mass set, it will no longer be recomputed automatically on modifications such as adding or removing colliders, translating them, scaling etc. To revert back to the automatically computed center of mass, use Rigidbody.ResetCenterOfMass.
Setting the center of mass is often useful when simulating cars to make them more stable. A car with a lower center of mass is less likely to topple over.
Note: centerOfMass is relative to the transform's position and rotation, but will not reflect the transform's scale!
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During a full switch deployment, the SwitchableLocalFileSystem must delete all file assets from the target site's inactive directory before updated content can be deployed from ATG Content Administration. On a large site, the deletion process can significantly delay updates to the live site. You can optimize deployment by configuring the SwitchableLocalFileSystem to enable background deletion: when switch deployment begins, the VFS simply moves the current inactive directory to a temporary directory and proceeds with deployment. Separately, it launches another thread that is responsible for physically removing files from the temporary directory—which it typically defers until system resources are more plentiful.
Note: By default, full deployment of file system assets is optimized through checksum verification, which minimizes disk reads and writes (see Cache Checksums for File Assets). This is usually faster than full deployment with background deletion, where checksum verification is disabled (see Requirements and Constraints), so all files eventually must be physically removed from disk. In general, full deployment with background deletion is appropriate when you must purge a target site of all file system assets.
Three SwitchableLocalFileSystem properties enable background deletion and control its behavior:
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The following requirements and constraints apply to background deletion of file system assets:


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Welcome to the Global Runoff Data Centre
This is the Global Runoff Data Centre, a repository for the world's river discharge data and associated metadata.
The GRDC is an international archive of data up to 200 years old, and fosters multinational and global long-term hydrological studies. Originally established two decades ago, the aim of the GRDC is to help earth scientists analyse global climate trends and assess environmental impacts and risks. Positioned as a facilitator for exchanges between data providers and data users, the GRDC has become a focal point for international cooperation. Researchers, universities and other organisations make use of the facilities available for research programmes and projects.
The Global Runoff Database at GRDC is a unique collection of river discharge data collected at daily or monthly intervals from nearly 9000 stations in 157 countries. This adds up to around 360.000 station-years with an average record length of 40 years. The GRDC provides discharge data and data products for non-commercial applications.
The GRDC operates under the auspices of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and supports research on climate variability and global change. The German Federal Institute of Hydrology (Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde or BfG) hosts the GRDC in Koblenz near the confluence of the Moselle and Rhine Rivers.


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Giant Coal-Derived Gas Fields and Their Gas Sources in China presents a thorough look at 32 coal-derived gas fields in China. This reference book includes two main parts, the first discussing the geologic characteristics of the tectonic, stratigraphy, source and cap rock assemblage for the accumulation periods.
The second part features multiple differential indexes, charts, phase states (gas, liquid, solid), and the methods used to determine the sources of the coal-derived giant gas fields. As the first comprehensive coverage of the methods of gas to source correlation in China, this book will be a classic reference for researchers working in natural gas geology and geochemistry, and teachers working in universities around the world.
- Provides geochemical data of the coal-derived giant gas fields, guaranteeing the reliability of the research
- Integrates various indexes, charts, phase states (gas, liquid, solid), and methods to determine the sources of the coal-derived giant gas fields
- Provides numerous data and case studies of gas fields from coal source rock, giving readers a unique reference for the petroleum geochemistry and geology market
Researchers working in oil and gas geology, teachers and students in petroleum universities, and as a reference for their technical and administrative staff.
- Large Gas Fields and Their Significances in the Natural Gas Industry
- Large Coal-derived Gas Fields and Their Gas Sources in the Ordos Basin
- Large Coal-derived Gas Fields and Their Gas Sources in the Sichuan Basin
- Large Coal-derived Gas Fields and Their Gas Sources in the Tarim Basin
- Large Coal-derived Gas Fields and Their Gas Sources in the Junggar Basin
- Large Coal-derived Gas Fields and Their Gas Sources in the Songliao Basin
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Prof. Dai was elected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in October, 1995 and a member of International Academy of Sciences for Europe and Asia on December, 2012. Prof. Dai has been engaged in the geological and geochemical research work of natural gas in the past 40 years. He has established the coal-derived gas theory in China which shed lights on a brand new exploration field for natural gas in the country; and made great contributions to establish the first batch of abiogenic alkane gas fields and abiogenic CO2 gas fields and their geochemical characteristics;. He has made a distinguished contribution to the identification of natural gases with different genetic types; made significant contribution to the formation condition, quantitative and semi-quantitative controlling factors, and the prediction of favorable areas prediction of giant gas fields in China;. Professor Dai has made initiative contributions to the geochemical research on unconventional natural gas (coalbed methane, tight sand gas and shale gas) in China. In a word, systematic and creative contributions have been made by Prof. Dai which that improves fostered the rapid development of the Chinese natural gas industry.
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John Boaz has recently graduated from Birmingham City University with a degree in Visual Communication (Photography). He is primarily a documentary and portrait photographer, looking at and visually meditating on the diversity of humanity taking a visually poetic and sensitive approach.
"I have always had a love for the complexity, diversity and beauty within humanity. I feel that my personal faith in God is what gives me purpose and drives my creativity, it gives me compassion and empathy towards others from different contexts. I try to capture the beauty within something, the deeper messages of life and its fragility."
John's latest series 'Our Father' is a reflective and contemplative documentary series that consists of a mixture of portraiture, still life and visual observation. The series is based on the monks and nuns of monastic communities within Britain that are still currently active today. It seeks to explore the themes of spirituality, faith, peace and human connection in a way that is visually both poetic and creative. It is a small insight into monastic life and the lives of the monks and nuns who have devoted their whole life to seeking God and expressing their faith in a simple but yet deep way through their expression of lifestyle. 'Our Father' also explores the beauty in the hope, love and mystery of faith in Jesus. As a whole this series aims to be rooted in a mixture of both visual observation and meditation, seeking to document these communities with sensitivity and respect. It is an ongoing series that has a vision of documenting the majority of monastic communities throughout Britain.
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Details of faults affecting the use of tap switch
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What are the faults that affect the use of the tap switch and what are the specific details? Let's give you a detailed introduction.
As a result, some oxidation corrosion reactions will be formed. Once the shrapnel is corroded, it will lead to poor contact of the switch or failure of the switch.
Fault 1
Secondly, during the use of the tap switch, please pay attention to the daily waterproof measures of the switch. Generally, if the switch is installed and used in some humid environment,
The interface of the switch can easily lead to the invasion of water gas. Once the line contacts with water gas, the current leakage will occur,
If the human body touches it carelessly, it will cause safety problems of the circuit.
Fault two
It is forbidden to touch the button of the switch frequently and excessively. In case the cover of the button of the switch falls off, some lines inside the switch will be exposed,
If it is accidentally touched, it may cause electric shock accidents on the spot. So we should pay attention to this,
At the same time, when the switch is unnecessary, try not to over press the key switch. Every time you press the key, the switch will be worn.
Fault three
As for the common failure of keys by touching the switch, it is generally possible that the switch has been used for a long time, and its internal shrapnel has been oxidized and corroded,
Only after that, it will cause poor contact, which will cause the failure of the switch key. Therefore, to deal with this failure, it is generally necessary to disassemble the switch,
Then the oxidized part of the shrapnel for checking its switch shall be scraped clean. If the shrapnel is seriously corroded, it is only recommended to replace the switch.
Fault four
For the light touch switch, there will be some delay of key sensing, which is also possible that there are too many dust and sundries adsorbed inside the switch,
So as to cover the conductive contact of the switch wiring, thus blocking the connection of the circuit, so the post will cause the problem of the inductive delay of the switch.
Therefore, after using the switch for a period of time, it is necessary to carry out the safety inspection of the switch. If it is found that there is too much dust and sundries adsorbed,
Be sure to deal with it in time to avoid affecting the performance of the switch. Thirty-eight point two zero
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Octopus Deploy Documentation
Build versions and packaging in Team Build
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Correctly versioning the packages you deploy with Octopus Deploy is important so the right version gets deployed at the right time. With Azure DevOps and Team Foundation Server (TFS), specifying a package version isn't always straightforward.
This guide shows you how best to version your builds and packages in Azure DevOps and TFS, whether you're using OctoPack, or the Octopus Extension in the Visual Studio Marketplace.
Build numbers in Team Build
In Team Build (the build system in Azure DevOps and TFS), build numbers may be in a format that doesn't represent a valid SemVer number.
For example, Microsoft's Build Number format documentation gives an example: $(TeamProject)_$(BuildDefinitionName)_$(SourceBranchName)_$(Date:yyyyMMdd)$(Rev:.r) will result in a version number like Fabrikam_CIBuild_master_20090805.2.
While this is a valid Team Build build number, it can cause issues when trying to pack the build output into a NuGet package or zip file for Octopus.
Packages used by Octopus must conform to SemVer 1.0 or 2.0 depending on the version of Octopus you're using.
The link above explains versioning in detail, but in its simplest form it means two things:
 1. Numbered versions in 3 or 4 segments that can be interpreted as major.minor.patch, with an optional "prerelease tag" afterwards in the form -tag.
 2. Versions can be sorted predictably. For example, 1.2.3 is newer than 1.2.0.
As you can see, a package version of Fabrikam_CIBuild_master_20090805.2 won't be valid will cause issues!
Setting a SemVer-compliant build number
The recommendations below generally rely on the build number itself being SemVer compliant. To do this, you can change the build number format.
Our recommended build number format is: x.y.$(BuildID) where x and y are integers. You can change them when you want to bump a version. This format will produce a three-part version number like 1.2.350.
Recommended Build format
If you have a build for a separate branch, it's a good idea to add the version tag. For example: x.y.$(BuildID)-feature-1 will produce a version number like 1.2.350-feature1. Even better, you can use the $(Build.SourceBranchName) variable to set it to the branch name.
The only downside of this numbering format is the $(BuildID) variable always increases, and does so at the Project Collection level. That means it doesn't reset when you increment your major and minor versions, and if you have multiple builds in your Collection, numbers will be skipped.
Other extensions such as gitversion can also be used to easily get SemVer compliant build numbers.
Packaging in Team Build
There are two standard ways to package your build output in Team Build. The first is to use OctoPack, and the second is to use the build tasks in the Octopus marketplace extension.
You can mix and match these two methods. For example, you might prefer to use OctoPack and the /p:RunOctoPack MS Build argument, but then use the Push and Create Release tasks from the extension.
Octopack and.NET Core
Octopack is not compatible with.NET core and we suggest using the extension instead.
Versioning when using OctoPack
Unless told otherwise, OctoPack will attempt to set the package version itself. You can see exactly how it tries to find a version on this documentation page.
More often than not, the version number will come from the [assembly: AssemblyVersion] attribute found in the AssemblyInfo.cs file (usually in the Properties folder of your project).
The assembly version number doesn't always behave the way we want. It may not change, and if it does, it may not change sequentially.
Setting the AssemblyVersion number to x.y.* will fix the two most common problems here. A version like 1.0.* will result in an always-increasing version number.
 1. If the version number is fixed (e.g., Octopus will complain that the package number already exists.
 2. If the version number only changes "revision" number (e.g. 1.0.0.*), numbers can repeat.
One problem remains - particularly for web projects. If you only change content files, triggering a new build won't update the version number because Team Build realizes no compilable code has changed. OctoPack won't get a new version number!
OctoPack recommendation
To solve all these issues, we recommend using the /p:OctoPackPackageVersion argument when using OctoPack. This lets you specify the version directly, and you can use build variables to specify the version number.
 1. Set the build definition build number format (described above) to a valid SemVer version.
 2. Add the appropriate /p:OctoPackPackageVersion MSBuild argument:
 - In the new build engine (Azure DevOps and from TFS 2015 onwards): /p:OctoPackPackageVersion=$(Build.BuildNumber)
 - In the older XAML-based builds: /p:OctoPackPackageVersion=$(TF_BUILD_BUILDNUMBER). You may also need to do some extra work for certain build definitions.
You can use the additional MSBuild arguments for OctoPack to give yourself more control over the packaging process.
Versioning when using the Octopus build tasks
If you're using the new Octopus Deploy extension from the Visual Studio Marketplace, you'll have access to a new Package Application build task.
Package application build task
This task does not provide you with a default version number - this is something you have to set yourself. Clearly it wouldn't be feasible to change this value every time you do a build, so we recommend you make use of the build variables that Team Build provides.
Build and Release variables can be found in the Microsoft Documentation, but the more useful ones include:
 - $(Build.BuildNumber) - This is the full build number (see above for setting an appropriate format).
 - $(Build.BuildID) - This is a unique, incrementing ID at the Project collection level. Every new build will give you a new number.
 - $(Build.SourceBranchName) - this is the last path segment in the name of the branch. For example, a branch of refs/heads/master will return master.
Build task recommendation
There are two options we recommend for specifying a version number to the Package Application task.
 1. Use a combination of static values and variables directly. For example, 1.0.$(Build.BuildID) will always give you a new version number.
 2. Use the full build number, and format that number appropriately as described above.
We recommend the second option for a few reasons.
First, it's very easy to match the build to the package because they'll have the same number, and secondly, if you have multiple pack steps, you only need to change a single version number.
Specifying the files to pack and push
One of the frequent causes of issues when using the Octopus build tasks is properly specifying the folders to pack and the NuGet package to push. Especially if you're using the hosted build server, it can be hard to figure out where everything ends up when the build is running.
Rather than guessing, it can be helpful to specify these folders specifically. Again, there are some useful build variables you can make use of.
 - $(Build.SourcesDirectory) - the location of your source before it gets built.
 - $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory) - A staging location for artifacts - useful for output files you want to use later (e.g. Nuget files).
 1. Use the /p:outdir= MSBuild argument in your compile step to specify where the compiled code should end up.
 2. In the Package Application step, put the location from step 1 into the Source Path field.
 3. In the Package Application step, put a new location into the Output Path field.
 4. In the Push Package(s) to Octopus step, specify the full path and filename from step 3 above.
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After pruning your willow tree, recycle the thin, flexible branches into woven materials. You can use woven willow, also called wattle, to produce sturdy and attractive fences, garden trellises, sculptures, baskets or furniture. Weaving willow branches is an ancient, meditative craft that adults and children can do together.
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Prune your willow tree as normal, using a pruning saw. If making a trellis or fence, set aside long, straight, supple branches for horizontal rows and thicker, sturdier branches for vertical posts. If making a basket, furniture or sculpture piece, only set aside the long, straight, supple branches.
Place the cut ends of the branches in water until you are ready to weave. For best results, weave the willow a week or sooner after pruning.
Strip leaves and secondary branches from your willow branches, using a pocket knife.
Lay out branches parallel to each other at equal intervals until their combined length is as long as you want the woven object to be. If making a fence or trellis, lay out the stout branches. Place the branches as close together or as far apart as you want, depending on how tight you'd like the weave to be.
Weave a thinner branch horizontally over and under the branches laid out in the last step. When starting a second row, weave a branch under and over the vertical branches. Continue adding rows and alternating branches until the weave is complete.
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Fairy Tales: Three Heroes (Windows)
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Fairy Tales: Three Heroes is a Slavic tale of three Russian heroes who retired early when the nation was at peace. In their solitude, far from the world, their stories were soon forgotten until one day, Alesha, one of the heroes, unexpectedly meets a gang of robbers who try to sneak into his house. He learns from them that the world has changed. The nation is no longer stable and mischievous gangs are running rampant. Alesha decides to find back his former friends Dobrynya and Ilya to team up and restore the former glory.
This third-person action is a modern take on the Lost Viking concept where three friends, each with different abilities, need to work together. They travel through a bright, cel-shaded world divided into different areas. Each location contains a number of towns, dense nature, characters who provide quests and of course plenty of enemies. Using the Physx engine, almost every object can be pushed around or destroyed. The three friends run together and the player can switch between them at any time. Meanwhile, the computer AI takes over for the other two character's basic actions. The player can also exercise minor influence over them by asking them to follow or hold a position. Often they need to operate separately, for specific missions or to control an area from different directions at the same time.
The characters have distinct abilities. Alesha is an agile archer who runs the fastest and needs to take out enemies from a distance with bow and arrow. Dobrynya is stronger and usually wields a staff. He has the ability to pole-vault over obstacles where others cannot pass. Ilya is the brute with a giant sword and shield; slow but extremely effective in combat. They can pick up new weapons left behind by enemies (based on a wide range of statistics) or have it upgraded. By defeating enemies and completing quests, experience is earned to level up the character through a skill tree. Next to the primary weapons, each character can execute up to seven secondary attacks that can be upgraded up to three times. Alesha for instance can fire many arrows at once or aim precisely, while Ilya can swing his sword around to perform combos or pick up enemies and throw them far away. Executing them drains a Heroic Strength meter, that regenerates or is refilled through items. Not all attacks can be maxed out during the course of the game, so the most important ones need to be singled out. The characters can also collect meat or apples to restore health, and a wide range of items used to poison weapons, gain excessive speed, freeze enemies, increase defence and more.
The many quests have the heroes attack fortresses and camps, protect towns, escort important characters or retrieve missing persons. In later missions, many of them occur at once introducing an invisible time limit or forcing the player to fight and protect characters at the same time. While the storyline is linear, players are free to explore the environment and explore the quests at first. Even though strategical switches between the characters are important while fighting, the combat itself is mostly pure hack-and-slash. Quests show up on a mini-map where waypoints can be activated to quickly move towards a goal. Movement is done through the keyboard, while the mouse is used to look around and perform actions.
Fairy Tales: Three Heroes Windows Meeting one of the stronger opponents.
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The first GGG-built tool completed for GaoGaiGar's use - developed from schematics that were used in Genesic GaoGaiGar's Bolting Driver. Utilizes the power of GaoGaiGar's "holy" (Protect) left arm to energize and discharge the tool's "Dividing Core," which emits a shockwave based on "Dividing Energy" that bends material space (land, air, water, electromagnetic barriers, but not an airless environment) to create a circular "Dividing Field" of 10 kilometers in diameter from the leading edge of its target impact. (The "Dividing Field" itself is actually a paired reaction, formed of an "Arresting Field" and a "Repression Field" that expand simultaneously.) This area of bent space (kuukan) allows GaoGaiGar to fight his opponents within it without risk of collateral damage to the surrounding area.
The Dividing Field collapses after thirty minutes, restoring the area to normal; if an object of consequential size is left within the field after that time, the act of the field collapse will crush it, causing a gigantic explosion.
The Dividing Driver is easily the most oftenand creatively-used of the tools at GaoGaiGar's disposal: it has also been used to open a Zonder from inside (Episode 8); create an ocean depth-resistant "bubble" (Episode 10); open a hole in a cave ceiling (Episode 11); increase the distance between GaoGaiGar and a massive cannon shell (Episode 16); and break out of a Dividing Field-based "Klein Space" in conjunction with the Gatling Driver (Episode 46).
The Dividing Driver resembles a flat-bladed chisel mounted to a cylindrical gauntlet, creating an oversized flat-head screwdriver. It is usually launched from the Mirror Catapult on board the Triple-Decked Flying Carrier (and later Division I: Izanagi); GaoGaiGar intercepts the flight path of the tool and connects with it in midair.
As the Dividing Core within the Dividing Driver is built to be fully discharged with each use, it can only hold one use's worth of energy at a time.
In King of Braves GaoGaiGar FINAL, a modular version of the Dividing Driver and Gatling Driver is built for GaoFighGar's use, separating the "bit" and the Dividing Core. The Dividing Driver configuration is referred to as "Kit number 03" (Kitto numbaa zero-san) and is launched from Division VII: Tsukuyomi.
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an n type semiconductor has majority charge carriers as the electrons then why is it said to be neutral and not negatively charged?
Asked by ABHINAV SHARMA | 19th Nov, 2012, 12:33: PM
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If we see the lattice structure of n type semiconductors we can see that the original silicon atoms and also the doped ie, impurity atoms(pentavalent atoms)both are neutral.not ionised. but when impurity is added to the original semiconductor, then 4 out of the 5 valence electrons of the impurity atom get bonded with the 4 valence eletrons of the semiconductor.So one of the 5 outer most valence electrons of the impurity atom remains unpaired,ie, free to move. So in these n type semiconductors a number of such unpaired electrons are available for conduction.
We talk about these free electrons as majority charge carriers.
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Why is it called a sledgehammer?
All the hammers have self-explanatory names - toffee hammer, nail hammer, claw hammer, club hammer - but why is a sledgehammer so called?
Dave, London
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Name: Barry, Battersea
Qualification: Comes from a family of shipbuilders
Answer: I originally come from Jarrow, on the River Tyne and a lot of my family work in shipbuilding. The timber racking that held the boat upright before it reached the river was called a sledge. Inside the timber were big oak wedges, which needed to be knocked out to launch the boat. These were hit with a big hammer, which was then called a sledgehammer.
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Name: Marcus
Answer: When they build big boats, they build them on big sledges that go down into the sea. They are chocced up to make sure they don't slide into the sea and they knock those big chocs out with hammers, which are called sledgehammers.


How to Open a Port on Android
Most routers include a built-in firewall that blocks certain programs and services from running on the network. Although a business should never allow its computer equipment to connect to the Internet without a firewall in place, the security appliance can prevent devices from accessing useful or necessary applications. If you are attempting to use a mission-critical program on your Android device but can't connect because the associated port is blocked on the network, you can configure the router to allow your smartphone or tablet access to the service.
Tap "Settings | Wireless & Networks | Wi-Fi." Touch the "Menu" button and then press "Advanced." Write down the information to the right of the IP Address field.
Connect to the network from a PC, and then click "Start | Control Panel | Network and Internet | Network and Sharing Center."
Click "Change Adapter Settings," and then double-click "Wireless Network Connection."
Click "Details." Browse to the address listed to the right of "IPv4 Default Gateway."
Enter your administrative credentials to log in to the router. Select an option such as "Applications & Gaming," "Port Forwarding" or "Virtual Server" from the menu.
Create a name for the port and then choose the appropriate protocol -- transmission control protocol, user datagram protocol or both -- from the associated drop-down menu.
Enter the address assigned to the Android device into the IP Address field.
Enter the port you want to unblock into the appropriate fields. Put a check next to the new item to enable it.
Select an option such as "Save Settings" or "Apply Changes" to open the port on the tablet or smartphone.


Blind men and an elephant
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Blind men touching parts of an elephant
The Blind men and an elephant is an idiom.
The story of the blind men and an elephant comes from India. It is about a range of truths and mistakes. It is also about the need for communication and the need for respect for different perspectives.
The idiom shows the effects of observation and bias.[1] Idioms are a common stumbling block for learners of a language.
Story[change | change source]
A group of blind men (or men in the dark) touch an elephant to learn what it is like. Each one feels a different part, but only one part. For example, one touches only the side and another touches only the tusk.
The blind men discover that they disagree when each describes what he has learned from touching the elephant.
Poem[change | change source]
A famous version of story is a poem -- "The Blind Men and the Elephant" by John Godfrey Saxe (1816–1887).
And so these men of Hindustan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right
And all were in the wrong.
The poem begins:
It was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind[2]
They conclude that the elephant is like a wall, snake, spear, tree, fan or rope, depending upon where they touch. None of blind men's description is correct for the whole elephant.[3]
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References[change | change source]
 1. Gong, Wenxiang. (1998). Communication and Culture: China and the World Entering the 21st Century, p. 51.
 2. Saxe, John Godfrey. (1872). "The Blind Men and the Elephant," The poems of John Godfrey Saxe, p. 260.
 3. Peng, T.C. and Juliana Yuan. (1995). "Chinese Idioms and Cultural Values," Chinese American Forum, Vols. 11-13, p. 32.
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Segmenting the ring region around the nucleus
I'm measuring the ratio of NF-kB intensity in the nucleus to the cytoplasm, but would like to use the 'ring region' (around the nucleus) for the cytoplasm measure.
Currently, my pipeline is as follows:
 - IdentifyPrimaryObjects - segment nuclei using Hoechst stain
 - ExpandOrShrinkObjects - expand nuclei by 4px
 - IdentifyTertiaryObjects - subtract the nucleus region from the expanded region to obtain the ring region
The Problem
 - I would like to constrain the ring region within the boundaries of the cytoplasm. I am able to segment the cytoplasm but unsure how to crop the ring region/expand the nucleus region within the cytoplasm boundaries.
 - Note I am already able to calculate a nucleus to whole cytoplasm ratio but have found better readings in other image analysis software in using the ring region, due to large differences in cytoplasm shape between and within lines.
I very much appreciate any suggestions as I am new to Cell Profiler and keen to use it a lot more from now on! Thank you
Hi _USER_,
If you have the option to get your hands on a ZEN blue software, you can do exactly this by using the so-called Zone-of-Influence Segmenter.
 - select a segmenter to detect your primary object, e.g. the nucleus (use thresholds or machine-learning for this)
 - define the ZOI (yellow)
 - define the ring size and location
 - define what objects (and sub-objects) you want to detect inside the blue ring using thresholding or machine-learning segmentation
Two Video Tutorials can be found here:
 1. Image Analysis: Other Segmentation Methods 2: ZOI and a Complete Walk Through Example
 2. Zone of Influence Analysis
Sebi (from ZEISS)
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Hi _USER_,
Thank you very much for your response and for explaining how to do this in Zen blue. I'm currently able to do this analysis in Columbus (PerkinElmer) software but have switched to CellProfiler as I'm keen to use free open-source software. However, I'll happily take a look at Zen lite for the moment and hope to try out the full version if I ever have access to it! The ZOI tool seems very useful.
Hi _USER_,
Sure. CellProfiler is a very powerful tool, which can achieve the same.
Hi _USER_,
Your current pipeline approach is almost fine, but few changes is required to achieve your target as follows,
 1. Once you expand your nuclei, then use "Mask objects" to mask the expanded nuclei using segmented nuclei (Refer the attached screenshot). This would give you the ring.
 2. In the tertiary object module, get the cytoplamic region by subtracting the nucleus region from the cell boundary (hope you could do this by Identifysecondaryobject module)
 3. In the Measurement module use the ring object to measure intensity from the cytoplasmic channel.
Hope this helps. If not, please attach your pipeline with a sample image so that we could help you better.
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Hi _USER_
Thank you very much for your very helpful answer. I'm sorry I don't understand fully how masking the expanded nuclei provides the ring region, and then I'm not sure whether step 2 in your answer is related to step 3.
I've attached sample images that I'm using. I segment the nuclei using the 'DNA binary' image and segment the cells using the 'Actin' image - which is not ideal for cell segmentation but is what I'm using in my experiment.
Actin.tif (3.4 MB) DNA binary.tif (1.7 MB) DNA.tif (3.4 MB) NFkB.tif (3.4 MB)
NFkB ratio.cpproj (918.7 KB)
Hi _USER_,
When I did similar measurements, I just simply used IdentifyTertiaryObjects. In your case, you need to add 2 more steps:
 1. subtracting cytoplasm from the ring region will give you the part of the ring outside the cell boundaries;
 2. Now, you can subtract the object obtained in (1) from the ring. Thus you will cut away everything outside the cell boundaries and get the desired constrained ring objects.
Good luck!
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Hi _USER_,
I checked your pipeline with the images. There are few changes required,
 1. To segment Nuclei, you could use your DNA image itself (using IdentifyPrimaryObject module), but if you are using binary image, you could use the module "Threshold" instead of Primaryobject module since that might work better.
 2. To expand segmented nuclei, you could use "ExpandShrinkObject" module, no need of "IdentifySecondaryObject" module. [In the pipeline I have used 4px to expand since you had mentioned so in the earlier description)
 3. This is followed Mask object (as I had mentioned before). In case you notice my earlier screenshot, I have invert the mask just to have only the expanded portion of the nuclei (i.e.your ring region)
 4. To get your cytoplam, you can use "IdentifyTertiary object" module
 5. To measure the intensity you can use MaskedNuclei i.e.ring region object to measure from your preferred channel i.e. either Actin or GFP in this case.
 PFA pipeline.
Just to show you, I have added the "OverlayOutlines" module & here is the screenshot.
NFkB ratio_LB.cpproj (788.1 KB)
Hope this helps
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Hi _USER_,
Thank you for explaining again and for improving on my pipeline with my images. As you noticed, I didn't see the mask inversion from your original post. The pipeline you sent works very well.
Kind regards,
Hi Oleg, Thank you for a very nice solution. I can apply this logic to other segmentations I'm trying also.
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The Google Assistant can speak in a number of different languages — and use up to three at once — but its abilities vary from one device to another.
For example, the Assistant on your Android smartphone or tablet can speak more languages than the one on your smart speaker, and there are even fewer options when using the Google Assistant on a smart display, like the Google Nest Home Hub.
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Thankfully, GearBrain is here to help you understand what these limitations are, and how to change the language of the Google Assistant on your smart devices.
How to change the language of Google Assistant on your smart speaker
As well as altering the gender and accent of your Google Assistant, you can also pick from a range of different languages. The number of languages available varies by device, with more working on smartphones than smart speakers and displays.
Here is how to change the language of your Google Assistant on a smart speaker:
- Open the Google Home app
- Tap on the Account icon in the lower-right corner
- Tap on More Settings -> Assistant -> Languages
- Pick the new language
Languages available for Google Home smart speakers:
- Portugese (Brazilian)
Google says more languages are coming soon.
How to change the language of Google Assistant on your smartphone
Language options for the Google Assistant on an iPhone XGearBrain
The Assistant's language abilities are at their strongest on your smartphone, be it an iPhone or Android.
For starters, the Assistant will default to the language of your phone, but you can then add up to two more languages within the Assistant itself, meaning you can speak to it in up to three different languages at once, and receive replies in whichever one you use for each question and command.
To change the language of Google Assistant (or add another language) on your Android:
- Hold the Home button or say 'OK Google'
- Tap the icon in the lower-right corner
- Tap your profile picture or initial in the top-right corner
- Tap into More Settings -> Assistant -> Languages
- Pick a language from the list, or tap 'Add a language' to add a new one.
To change the language of Google Assistant (or add another language) on iPhone:
- Open the Google Assistant app
- Tap your profile photo or initial in the top-right corner
- Tap Assistant -> Languages
- Pick a language to change it, or tap 'Add a language' to add a new one
Languages available for Google Assistant on iOS and Android:
- Chinese (Simplified)
- Chinese (Traditional)
How to change the language of Google Assistant on your smart display
Once you have followed the above instructions to change the language of Google Assistant on your phone or smart speaker, the language of your smart display will automatically change.
However, while you might think that the Assistant's languages on smart speakers and smart displays — like the Google Nest Home Hub — are the same, but you'd be wrong. Here's what Google says is available on smart displays as of June 2019, with more coming soon:
It is also worth noting that, if each member of a household using a smart speaker or smart display wants to use a different language, they can. However, each person must set up Voice Match with the device, then each pick the language they want using the above instructions.


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Saturday, 1 February 1997
Why don't penguins' feet freeze?
Why do Antarctic penguins' feet not freeze in winter when they are in constant contact with the ice and snow? Years ago I heard on the radio that scientists had discovered that penguins had colateral circulation in their feet that prevented them from freezing but I have seen no further information or explanation of this. Despite asking scientists studying penguins about this, none could give an answer.
Susan Pate, Enoggera, Queensland


createCommand(func, canExecute)
Create a Command from a given function, for use with ViewModels. A Command is a function with an extra canExecute observable property to determine whether the command can be executed. When executed, a Command function will check the value of canExecute and throw if false. It also provides events for when a command has been or is about to be executed.
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func function The function to execute.
canExecute Boolean true optional A boolean indicating whether the function can currently be executed.


Annabella Movie Actress
July 14, 1907
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Annabella was born on July 14, 1907 (died on September 18, 1996, annabella was 89 years old) as Suzanne Georgette Charpentier. Annabella nickname was Charpentier Suzanne Georgette.
Annabella was a French cinema actress who appeared in 46 films between 1927 and 1952 including some Hollywood films during the late 1930s and 1940s. Born Suzanne Georgette Charpentier in La Varenne Saint Hilaire Val-de-Marne France. Annabella's chance to enter films came when her father entertained a film producer who gave her a small part in Napoléon in 1927. read more
Is Annabella still alive?
No, annabella died on 09/18/1996, 24 years ago. Annabella was 89 years old when annabella died. Annabella died in Neuilly-sur-Seine
What was Annabella's zodiac sign?
Annabella zodiac sign was cancer.
When is Annabella's next birthday?
Annabella was born on the, which was a Sunday
Annabella real name:
Birth name of Annabella is Suzanne Georgette Charpentier


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Flying flag of Amsterdam.
The flag of Amsterdam is the official flag for Amsterdam, the capital city of the Netherlands. The current design of the flag depicts three Saint Andrew's Crosses and is based on the escutcheon in the coat of arms of Amsterdam. The flag was adopted on February 5, 1975.[1]
Flag expert Roman Mars declared it during a TED Talk in 2015 to be the most "badass" city flag in the world, as well as an example to others. He particularly praised the simplicity and popular appeal that led to its widespread use.[2]
The colors of the flag are derived primarily from the coat of arms of the city of Amsterdam, or rather from the shield in it. Their meaning is unclear. According to the city government, its origin could go back to the coat of arms of the Persijn family, which once owned a large tract of land in the capital. These colors as well as the crosses are to be seen in the flags of both Ouder-Amstel and Amstelveen.
The popular legend that the three Saint Andrew's crosses were meant to ward off fire, floods and the black plague is unfounded as the use of three St. Andrews crosses by noble families in the area precedes the arrival of the Black Death in Europe.
In the coats of arms of two other Dutch cities, Dordrecht and Delft, the middle stripe symbolises water. In regards to Amsterdam, this black strip becomes the River Amstel.
AFC Ajax, an Amsterdam-based football team who plays in the Dutch Eredivisie, uses the Amsterdam flag as their captain's armband.


text: In this paper, a new multiobjective optimization approach is proposed for the selection of the optimal values for cutting conditions in the face milling of cobalt-based alloys. This approach aims to handle the possible manufacturing errors in the design stage. These errors are taken into consideration as a change in design parameter, and the design most robust to change is selected as the optimum design. Experiments on a cobalt-based superalloy were performed to investigate the effect of cutting speed, feed rate and cutting depth on the cutting forces under dry conditions. Material removal rate values were also obtained. Minimizing cutting forces and maximizing the material removal were considered as objectives. It is believed that the used method provides a robust way of looking at the optimum parameter selection problems.


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The term 'Risk Retention Group' (RRG) originated in the Federal Risk Retention Act of 1981, which was passed in response to a 'Products Liability Crisis' that arose from the rising costs and decreasing availability of products liability coverage from commercial insurers in the 1970s. This Act was written to help organizations in any industry to meet their products liability risk financing needs (for example, by forming their own captive insurance company). In response to the liability crisis in the mid 1980s, the Act was expanded in 1986 to include all types of liability insurance (except personal liability and workers compensation).
The Act provides for like businesses to join together to insure their common liability risks.
Under the Act, each insured is required to have an ownership interest in the insurance company.


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I have researched this topic a bit. One site suggested that prodigal is having reformed after being wasteful, while profligate is still engaging in such behavior.
However on studying the origin of the words, I found that this might not be correct. The parable of the prodigal son was the first reference of prodigal (from the resources I came across), and the parable is also referred to as the parable of the profligate father. Seems like prodigal is related to immorality somehow.
And studying the etymology of profligate, it seems to be linked to downfall.
What exactly is the difference between the two?
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Profligate has a semantic center of gravity that leans more towards general licentiousness and moral degeneracy, whereas Prodigal is more tightly focused, pertaining specifically to extravagance and wastefulness.
You could validly use profligate as an alternative to prodigal, but there are many times when prodigal would not be appropriate to use in place of profligate.
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But according to this parable I am referring to, it was the son who was morally degenerate and called prodigal. The father, on the other hand, turned wasteful because of his love for the son, and was called profligate. – tanvi Jul 3 '12 at 16:48
The story is referred to as the prodigal son merely because he wasted his inheritance, not because of his riotous living. It was his prodigality that led to his destitution and eventual return home. If he had been morally profligate and frugal, he would have never returned home and there would be no story. This story is also referred to as the Parable of the Prodigal Father. I have never heard of it referred to as the tale of the Profligate Father -- do you have examples of that? – Tolerance72 Jul 3 '12 at 20:00
Here is the link where i read about the profligate father. onemansweb.org/theology/gospel-of-luke-2010/… – tanvi Jul 4 '12 at 5:08
Thanks for the link, Tanvi. That helps put your question in context. On that page, the author actually reveals that he was not using the "immoral" meaning of profligate, but the "squandering" meaning, when he says: "Technically, there is not much difference between prodigal and profligate. If I bring up my Thesaurus in Ms Word, the meaning for prodigal is given as wasteful, and profligate is given as a synonym." He goes on to explain how the father is wasteful, and squanders his own wealth (and also the other sons' inheritances) by lavishing it upon the son who was insufficiently repentant. – Tolerance72 Jul 4 '12 at 6:00
So that means the story has actually helped attenuate the difference between the two words(as it is not stressing upon the moral degeneracy of the son)! – tanvi Jul 4 '12 at 16:22
Hmm, I've never heard this story referred to as either "The Prodigal Father" or "The Profligate Father". I've always heard it as, "The Prodigal Son". I just did a Yahoo search and found references to "Prodigal Father", but they all seem to be more like twists on the interpretation rather than serious descriptions. Of course it may be that different denominations call it different things.
In any case, I just re-read the story and the point is that the son was wasteful and irresponsible, not that he was necessarily immoral in a more general sense. There's just one reference to immorality, and that's when his older brother is criticizing him and says to the father that he has "devoured your livlihood with harlots", which is not necessarily to be taken literally; it might be intended to be a hyperbolic criticism.
And by the way, I've long found it curious that it is called "The Prodigal Son". Read the story in context: it's not about the prodigal son; it's about the older brother. The story is addressed to people who criticized Jesus for associating with the disreputable. He replies with several stories which make the point that it is proper to celebrate when the disreputable are helped, and mean-spirited to begrudge such a celebration because you didn't get similar help, when you didn't need help to begin with. The point isn't that the father forgave the prodigal son and welcomed him back. The point is that his older brother didn't.
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Excellent point, how the main lesson of the story relates to (what seems at first glance to be) a relatively minor character. – J.R. Jul 4 '12 at 0:30
I so not see that the word immoral necessarily means sexually immoral. It just means contrary to the accepted moral code. Irresponsibility and wastefulness should be rightly condemned as immoral, in my nannying opinion. – Barry Brown Jul 4 '12 at 6:07
According to a Catholic priest in a sermon a few years back, the key lesson of the story is that the father has such a high capacity for love. – Ward Jul 4 '12 at 6:08
As an aside, note that 'prodigious', from 'prodigy', means'marvellous or enormous'. An area of possible confusion. – Barry Brown Jul 4 '12 at 6:11
_USER_ I didn't mean to imply that "immorality" necessarily refers to sex. That's what I meant by "immoral in a more general sense", i.e. immoral in a sense OTHER THAN being wasteful. If wastefulness is immoral and not just foolish. Anyway, we're supposed to be talking about language and not morals. – Jay Jul 5 '12 at 7:31
Could the father in "the parable of the lost son" really be profligate, even in offering love? "Abandoned to vice or vicious indulgence; recklessly licentious or debauched," the Shorter Oxford says; "broken down in morals or decency" (from Latin "to dash to the ground"): Webster's Second. And Dr. Johnson, cited in SOED:
Profligate in their lives, and licentious in their compositions.
Whereas being prodigal is a minor sin in comparison, "wastefully lavish","lavish in the bestowal of things" SOED. Webster's gives it as
One who spends or gives prodigally; a spendthrift; a squanderer; often a repentant waster like the prodigal son; as, to receive the prodigal with joy. Noble prodigals of life. Archbishop Trench.
In the very effective retelling in the Prokofiev/Kochno/Balanchine ballet, the son, after being fleeced by revelers and a siren, crawls back on his hands and knees to the father, who is remote and unbending and only at the last minute will he give his blessing. In the original parable the father sees the son coming from a distance and runs to meet him, to the extreme disapproval of the older brother.
Incidentally the Greek word πορνῶν that the brother utters, usually translated as prostitute or harlot, is catamite in the first entries of Liddell & Scott, becoming genderless in NT usage - bringing to mind perhaps Nietzsche's quip about God's Greek language skills.
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According to MW, both the word profligate and prodigal both have, at their root, the idea of wasteful extravagance:
Profligate: "wildly extravagant."
Prodigal: <1> characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish;
<2> recklessly spendthrift
It is only by extension (and, I imagine, by their connection to the biblical story) that these words have taken on the secondary meaning of "dissipation and licentiousness". Based on these root meanings, both the son and his father (in the parable of the Prodigal) can rightly be designated by these terms -- the son, because of the way he spent all his earnings; and the father, because of the way he extravagantly bestowed love and forgiveness on his son at his return.
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Definition of kinetoscope
n. - A machine, for the production of animated pictures, in which a film carrying successive instantaneous views of a moving scene travels uniformly through the field of a magnifying glass. The observer sees each picture, momentarily, through a slit in a revolving disk, and these glimpses, blended by persistence of vision, give the impression of continuous motion. 2
The word "kinetoscope" uses 11 letters: C E E I K N O O P S T.
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Compressed Manifold Modes for Mesh Processing
MetainformationenComputer Graphics Forum (Proc. of Symposium on Geometry Processing SGP), vol. 33, no. 5. 2014
This paper introduces compressed eigenfunctions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on 3D manifold surfaces. They constitute a novel functional basis, called the compressed manifold basis, where each function has local support. We derive an algorithm, based on the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM), to compute this basis on a given triangulated mesh. We show that compressed manifold modes identify key shape features, yielding an intuitive understanding of the basis for a human observer, where a shape can be processed as a collection of parts. We evaluate compressed manifold modes for potential applications in in shape matching and mesh abstraction. Our results show that this basis has distinct advantages over existing alternatives, indicating high potential for a wide range of use-cases in mesh processing.


text: The broken tea is divided into traditional and non-traditional methods. Non-traditional methods are divided into Rotorvane method, C.T.C method, Leger method and L.T.P method. The product quality of various types of methods varies, but the color classification of red broken tea and the appearance and specifications of various types are basically the same. Red broken tea leaves tea, broken tea, tea, tea, four kinds of color specifications. Outside the leaf tea form a strip, requiring the tight cords, Ying Long, homogeneous Qi, pure color, there is gold (or less or no gold). The endoplasmic soup is red-brown (or bright red), and the aroma is fresh and irritating. According to its quality, it is divided into two types, Flowery Orange Pekoe (F.O.P.) and O.P. The shape of the broken tea is granular, and it is required that the particles be heavy and uniform and contain no or a few millimeters. The color is black and lustrous. The inner quality of the soup is red, and the flavor is fresh and strong. According to the quality, the broken flower is orange. Broken Orange Pokoe referred to as FB.OP), BOP, BP and other colors. The shape of the tea is in the form of agaric flakes, and it is required to be solid and uniform. The soup has a strong aroma and is classified according to quality as "Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe Fanning" (FBOPF for short) and "Crushed Orange, Yellow, White, and Chips" ( BOPF), "PF", "Orange" (OF) and "chip" (F) and other colors. Dust (abbreviated as D) has a sand-like appearance, requiring heavy solids, dark and dark color, and a dark, intense, astringent flavor. For the above four categories, leaf tea can not contain broken tea, broken tea does not contain flakes of tea, tea does not contain tea gray, specifications are clear, strict requirements.


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Space-Time Modeling of Vector Hydrologic Sequences
Water Resources Bulletin
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Stochastic modeling of vector hydrologic sequences is examined with a general class of space‐time autoregressive integrated moving average (STARIMA) models. The models describe spatial and temporal autocorrelatjon, through dependent variables lagged both in space and time. The model structures incorporate a hierarchical ordering scheme to map the vector of observations into a network configuration. The neighboring structure used introduces a physical/geographical hierarchy to enable the model identification procedures to assist in determining appropriate correlative relationships. The three‐stage iterative space‐time model building procedure is illustrated using average monthly streamfiow data for a four‐station network of the Southeastern Hydropower System.
Ramos, Jose A. and Deutsch, Stuart Jay, "Space-Time Modeling of Vector Hydrologic Sequences" (1986). CEC Faculty Articles. 419.


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In-flight catering logistics
Lödige has developed a compact storage, transportation and control system for airport kitchens where space is at premium. The Lödige SPACE TOWER improves catering logistics and reduces space requirements by using encased centralised storage with integrated vertical transport. It combines storage and transport functions in an ambient or temperature controlled environment and plays a central role in the flow and tracking of goods and trolleys. Increased transparency and process excellence are the result.
- Increases available floor space by up to 80%
- Centralises storage enabling connectivity across production levels
- Removes the need for interfloor goods hoists
- Creates a controlled, secure, hygienic environment
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Manner is a noun. It means a way of doing something.
When used in the plural, manners often refers to etiquette or the prevailing customs, norms, or social conduct of a given culture.
Manor is also a noun. It refers to houses or land and can mean
Link to exercises on manner / manor.


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June 12, 2009
The role of the skin on our fingertips, palm and soles of the feet is to grip other objects, and they all have characteristic "friction" ridges. Nevertheless, very little research has been carried out about how well fingers perform, how friction is achieved and why we have soft fingerpads with fingerprints at all. Recent research carried out in the laboratory of the University of Manchester suggests that finger skin has frictional properties rather like rubber.
|Why do we have fingerprints?
The most likely possible answers are:
1) Fingerprints may increase friction on rough materials;
New British research indicates that the first option can be deleted from the list. Researcher Dr. Roland Ennos explains his findings below:
"I have been thinking about this for years and, having played around with it for a bit, realised that skin is rubbery so the ridges in fingerprints might actually reduce grip.
Our experiments – using a plastic cup, weights and strips of Perspex (acrylic glass) to develop a simple machine in the lab – proved me right.
The experiment was so simple, this discovery could have been made 100 years ago; but scientists make assumptions and tend to look at complicated things instead.
We are now testing that theory and two others, that fingerprints improve grip on rough surfaces and that they increase sensitivity.
There are potential spin-offs for this work. For example some people who suffer nerve damage that prevents sweating have slippery fingers and cannot grip: we could develop something to treat that."
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Animated Alien Ship in the Sky using jQuery Spritely
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Hundreds of light years (now don't ask me what is a light year, all I know it is same as a regular year, but with less calories!) away from the galaxy there lived a super intelligent species with big eyes & green naked (or wearing some sort of green bio-mechanical suit!) skin called extrachlorophylletron in the planet discotin, they have been found rarely in the sky of earth traveling around with their domed ship (rocket guys call it an UFO!).
Well, since the first episode we have tested the moving clouds animation using jQuery Spritely plugin 0.6 and in this sequel we are interested to have sprite or flying object in that sky. Also, earlier we used Spritely's pan() feature to animate the clouds and here we will experiment sprite animation using sprite() feature, behold! an alien ship is headed towards the earth.
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Figure: Alien ship in the sky
Sprites! (Sounds like Coke & Sprite?)
Before get our hands into sprite animation, we've played video games like Mario in the Super Mario, fighters in the Street Fighters or say, in movie, like fire breathing Balrog in the "The Lord of The Rings" and there are object(s) flying or moving around the game canvas, those are generally sprites. A Sprite composed with several images of an object together, played sequentially to animate an action and you may add certain controls to them.
So in our tutorial, we will design a flying alien ship (the sprite) with spinning at left or right behavior with sequence of frames like below:
alien ship sprite figure frame
Figure: frames for spinning to left/right
At the above figure, the first row (1) contains three (3) frames (each object at the above figure represents each frame of 180×180) for the spin towards right. In each next frame of the first row, we created white dashed marks on the dark green disk-shaped body and placed/moved them towards more right side, changed the position of the three rounded landers by few pixels to give a shaky feel. And the bottom row (2) contains three (3) frames for the spin towards left.
Checkout the spin direction diagram and a tap/click in the screen attracts the ship to that point with the same spin:
alien ship spin and flight direction sprite
Figure: spin & flight direction diagram
Lets build the following scenarios (you must go through the first episode of this tutorial to understand the rest):
Scenario: We need a Ship in the sky with a green Alien inside (a pilot!).
Add the following CSS class for the ".alien-ship":
.alien-ship {
 background: transparent url(img/sprit-space-ship.png) 0 0 no-repeat;
 position: absolute;
 top: 150px;
 left: 65px;
 width: 180px;
 height: 180px;
 z-index: 2000;
 cursor: pointer;
You can see that, the class is of 180×180, so the following DIV with the class "alien-ship" will display single frame of the ship as background of it. Spritely shows the frames serially by changing background position of the DIV.
alien ship sprite
Figure: the Ship
Scenario: The ship needs a spin.
Lets, invoke Spritely's sprite() feature on the alien-ship DIV like below:
$(document).ready(function() {
 $('_TAG_-ship').sprite({ fps: 9, no_of_frames: 3 });
The above code will position the background frame, 9 frames per second using the given 3.
Scenario: The ship will fly within an area randomly.
Like the following code, using spRandom() method, we can define the boundary of the random movement.
 .spRandom({top: 50, bottom: 200, left: 300, right: 320});
Scenario: Fly the ship at the Tap location (cool for touch works!).
To make the mouse attract the sprite when you click/tap the screen, use this:
The active() method makes this sprite the active sprite on launch – otherwise a sprite with activeOnClick() becomes active only when you click it (or touch it using an iPhone/iPad).
The $('body').flyToTap() method watches for a click on the page at which point, after any current move is complete, the sprite moves to the clicked location. After a few second, if a random movement method has been applied (see spRandom()), it then moves away again.
Scenario: Spin the ship into both directions.
The following method displays frames from the first row (Spin right):
The following method displays frames from the second row (Spin left):
Here, state 1 and 2 are row numbers and may add another row for another movement sequence.
Scenario: Controls in hand.
Check out the demo & source codes given at download section.
(If any extrachlorophylletrons reading this, advance sorry from a human for any misrepresentation of your funkiness)
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Position of max value in list
Excel formula: Position of max value in list
Generic formula
To get the position of the maximum value in a range (i.e. a list, table, or row), you can use the MAX function together with the MATCH function.
In the example shown, the formula in I5 is:
Which returns the number 4, representing the position in this list of the the most expensive property.
In this case, that value is 849900.
With those arguments, MATCH locates finds the maximum value inside the range and returns the relative position of the value in that range.
In this case, the position corresponds to a relative row number, but in a horizontal range, the position would correspond to a relative column number.
Note: in case of duplicates (i.e. two or more max values that are the same) this formula will return the position of the first match, the default behavior of the MATCH function.
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-Particularly useful for working in places where there is not a lot of height.
-Minimum space requirement for storage and transportation.
-Non-slip serrated aluminium treads.
-Work comfortably and safely on a large standing surface (treads 360mm wide and 230mm deep).
-Side rails made from aluminium extruded profiles for maximum stability.
-Stiles made from tubular steel (25mm diameter) with powder-coated surface.
-With plastic inserts to prevent slipping.
Number of steps: 5
Platform height: 1.15* m
Weight: 12.8 kg