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Maui Critical Habitat Proposed to Protect 135 Species
By Wendy Osher
The US Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing the designation of critical habitat to protect some 135 plant and animal species in Maui Nui.
The proposed designation of 271,062 acres on Maui, Moloka'i, Lāna'i, and Kaho'olawe, is projected to cost between $115,000 and $125,000, from 2013 to 2022.
In addition to proposing critical habitat for the first time for 50 species, the rule proposes to revise already designated critical habitat for 85 plant species that are listed as endangered or threatened.
More than half of the critical habitat is proposed on lands that are private (53%); with the remaining areas under state (36%), federal (10%), and county (1%) ownership.
Authorities say approximately 47% of the area being proposed as critical habitat is already designated as critical habitat for listed species.
An public informational meeting will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. that will include presentations about the proposed rule and the draft economic analysis followed by a question and answer period, and a 1 hour break. A public hearing will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., which will allow interested parties to provide "on the record" testimony.
Both will be held Feb. 21 at the Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center Multipurpose Room off of the Mokulele Highway in South Maui.
Critical habitat is a term in the Endangered Species Act that identifies geographic areas containing features essential for the conservation of a threatened or endangered species, and which may require special management considerations or protection.
Specifying the location of habitat essential for the conservation of the species helps federal agencies identify where to utilize their authorities to benefit the species as required by the act.
Designating critical habitat also helps focus the conservation efforts of other conservation partners, such as state and local governments, non-governmental organizations, and individuals.


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Akito Van Troyer - Electronics
Oliver Jan - Violin
Performed at the Eyedrum in Atlanta as part of Listening Machines 2009
This piece takes a geometric approach to analyze violin sound, generate visual representation, and synthesize audio signal. Information such as pitch, volume, and timbre from violin sound is used to construct the Voronoi diagram which is then used to generate image. Information that is generated by the Voronoi diagram is further passed down to synthesize sound that accompanies the violin player.

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Wanted: Effectively-Once Processing in Azure
This experimental post is a question. The question is too broad for StackOverflow, so I'm posting it here. Please engage in the comments section, or forward the link to subject experts.
TL;DR: Are there any known patterns / tools / frameworks to provide scalable, stateful, effectively-once, end-to-end processing of messages, to be hosted in Azure, preferably on PaaS-level of service?
Motivational Example
Let's say we are making a TODO app. There is a constant flow of requests to create a TODO in the system. Each request contains just two fields: a title and a project ID which TODO should belong to. Here is the definition:
type TodoRequest = {
 ProjectId: int
 Title: string
Now, we want to process the request and assign each TODO an identifier, which should be an auto-incremented integer. Numeration is unique per project, so each TODO must have its own combination of ProjectId and Id:
type Todo = {
 ProjectId: int
 Id: int
 Title: string
Now, instead of relying on some database sequences, I want to describe this transformation as a function. The function has the type (TodoRequest, int) -> (Todo, int), i.e. it transforms a tuple of a request and current per-project state (last generated ID) to a tuple of a TODO and post-processing state:
let create (request: TodoRequest, state: int) =
 let nextId = state + 1
 let todo = {
 ProjectId = request.ProjectId
 Id = nextId
 Title = request.Title
 todo, nextId
This is an extremely simple function, and I can use it to great success to process local, non-durable data.
But if I need to make a reliable distributed application out of it, I need to take care of lots of things:
 1. No request should be lost. I need to persist all the requests into a durable storage in case of processor crash.
 2. Similarly, I need to persist TODO's too. Presumably, some downstream logic will use the persisted data later on in TODO's lifecycle.
 3. The state (the counter) must be durable too. In case of crash of processing function, I want to be able to restart processing after recovery.
 4. Processing of the requests should be sequential per project ID. Otherwise I might get a clash of ID's in case two requests belonging to the same project are processed concurrently.
 5. I still want requests to different projects to be processed in parallel, to make sure the system scales up with the growth of project count.
 6. There must be no holes or duplicates in TODO numbering per project, even in face of system failures. In worst case, I agree to tolerate a duplicated entry in the output log, but it must be exactly the same entry (i.e. two entries with same project id, id and title).
 7. The system should tolerate a permanent failure of any single hardware dependency and automatically fail-over within reasonable time.
It's not feasible to meet all of those requirements without relying on some battle-tested distributed services or frameworks.
Which options do I know of?
Traditionally, this kind of requirements were solved by using transactions in something like SQL Server. If I store requests, TODO's and current ID per project in the same relational database, I can make each processing step a single atomic transaction.
This addresses all the concerns, as long as we can stay inside the single database. That's probably a viable option for the TODO app, but less of so if I convert my toy example to some real applications like IoT data processing.
Can we do the same for distributed systems at scale?
Azure Event Hubs
Since I touched IoT space, the logical choice would be to store our entries in Azure Event Hubs. That works for many criteria, but I don't see any available approach to make such processing consistent in the face of failures.
When processing is done, we need to store 3 pieces: generated TODO event, current processing offset and current ID. Event goes to another event hub, processing offset is stored in Blob Storage and ID can be saved to something like Table Storage.
But there's no way to store those 3 pieces atomically. Whichever order we choose, we are bound to get anomalies in some specific failure modes.
Azure Functions
Azure Functions don't solve those problems. But I want to mention this Function-as-a-Service offering because they provide an ideal programming model for my use case.
I need to take just one step from my domain function to Azure Function: to define bindings for e.g. Event Hubs and Table Storage.
However, reliability guarantees will stay poor. I won't get neither sequential processing per Event Hub partition key, nor atomic state commit.
Azure Service Fabric
Service Fabric sounds like a good candidate service for reliable processing. Unfortunately, I don't have much experience with it to judge.
Please leave a comment if you do.
JVM World
There are products in JVM world which claim to solve my problem perfectly.
Apache Kafka was the inspiration for Event Hubs log-based messaging. The recent Kafka release provides effectively-once processing semantics as long as data stay inside Kafka. Kafka does that with atomic publishing to multiple topics, and state storage based on compacted topics.
Apache Flink has similar guarantees for its stream processing APIs.
Great, but how do I get such awesomeness in.NET code, and without installing expensive ZooKeeper-managed clusters?
Call for Feedback
Do you know a solution, product or service?
Have you developed effectively-once processing on.NET / Azure stack?
Are you in touch with somebody who works on such framework?
Please leave a comment, or ping me on Twitter.
Cloud developer and researcher.
Software engineer at Pulumi. Microsoft Azure MVP.
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Reading File Content
by Martin Seiler (modified: 2007 Feb 26)
In this tutorial I'll briefly explain how one can load the content of an ASCII file into a single string.
The deferred class FILE cannot be used directly as it is deferred.
The descendant PLAIN_TEXT_FILE is what we're actually looking for.
Basic steps
The basic steps are the following: local l_file: PLAIN_TEXT_FILE l_content: STRING do create l_file.make_create_read_write (a_path) l_file.read_stream (l_file.count) l_content := l_file.last_string.twin l_file.close end
Let's have a brief look at each single line:
Opening a file
We instantiate the class and open the file directly for read. Doing it like that has the advantage that it is just one line. create l_file.make_create_read_write (a_path) Note: It might happen that the postcondition is violated if you don't have the permission to do the file operation for the path specified. We will later take this into account.
Reading from a file
l_file.read_stream (l_file.count) There are several other read methods available. For example you can use read_line to read a single line of a given file. l_content := l_file.last_string.twin As the command/query separation principle is implemented, the result is always stored in last_.... Reading an integer from an ASCII file would look the following:\ l_file.read_integer l_integer := l_file.last_integer Note that we perform a call to twin for instances of type string as there is only one buffer per file object and it is overwritten by the next read command. If we do a twin we make sure that we don't have any surprising side effects later. So in general I recommend to do it for all non expanded types.
Closing a file
l_file.close Last but not least we close the file to free system resources. However, if we simply set the reference to Void this will do job as well, as the garbage collector calls dispose before he collects the object, which in turn calls close if the file is still open.
Better error handling
The creation feature we used so far initializes the object and tries to open the file right away. If the files does not exist an attempt to create it will be made. Which may possibly fail if you don't have the proper rights to do so. Still, the file will be empty and this is maybe not what the original intention of the programmer was.
To get more control over the whole process I recommend a different, more sophisticated way of achieving the same: local l_file: PLAIN_TEXT_FILE do create l_file.make (a_path) -- We perform several checks until we make a real attempt to open the file. if not l_file.exists then print ("error: '" + a_path + "' does not exist%N") else if not l_file.is_readable then print ("error: '" + a_path + "' is not readable.%N") else l_file.open_read l_file.read_stream (l_file.count) Result := l_file.last_string.twin l_file.close end end end This feature checks several possible error conditions and prints error messages. The pattern will be the same in most cases, but the error handling will most likely depend on you application. So you could write a feature suited for your application with proper error handling and then simply reuse that feature whenever you need to open a file. If you don't want to copy paste the code all the time and just change the two error handling lines a more fine tuned class could implement the observer pattern implemented by using agents.


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A major challenge in high-resolution x-ray free-electron laser-based coherent diffractive imaging is the development of aerosol injectors that can efficiently deliver particles to the peak intensity of the focused X-ray beam. Here, we consider the use of a simple convergent-orifice nozzle for producing tightly focused beams of particles. Through optical imaging we show that 0.5 μm particles can be focused to a full-width at half maximum diameter of 4.2 μm, and we demonstrate the use of such a nozzle for injecting viruses into a micro-focused soft-X-ray FEL beam.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics


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The first study using data from real games shows that teams are more likely to lose when losing means elimination — suggesting that high-pressure environments lead to poorer performance.
— By Conn Hastings
If a sports team plays a critical game in which losing means elimination from a league, do they work harder to win — or does the high pressure mean they are more likely to make mistakes and lose? A new study in Frontiers in Psychology suggests the latter, finding that basketball teams playing for survival in critical NBA playoff games are more likely to lose. This suggests that the threat of elimination caused the teams to 'choke.' The study is the first to illustrate this effect in a real-world team sports environment — and may be applicable to a variety of high-pressure performance situations, such as those found in the workplace.
With the NBA 2018 finals drawing to a close, many teams will have experienced intense pressure to avoid elimination by winning critical games during the playoffs. Researchers are working to understand how athletes and others handle pressure, and how this affects their performance. Previous studies led some researchers to predict that high-pressure situations can help to focus minds and increase motivation, leading to increased success.
"Theories predict that individuals exert the most effort, and therefore produce their best performances, when the possible returns for their success — or the consequences of their failure — are highest," says Dr. Yair Galily, of the Interdisciplinary Center, Hertzlya, Israel.
However, other studies found evidence that high-pressure situations can lead to reduced performance and less success, when someone becomes overly focused on how to complete a task, rather than just doing it.
Many of these previous studies looked at performance under pressure in controlled conditions, such as asking soccer players to take penalty kicks while observed by researchers. Until now, no-one had explored the effect of high-pressure situations on performance in a real-world team situation.
To investigate this, Galily and a colleague examined stats from NBA playoff games, to see how athletes with a lot at stake coped with varying degrees of pressure in real games. The researchers predicted that teams would perform better when their backs are against the wall — meaning they would be more likely to win critical playoff games where losing meant thier elimination.
"We analyzed 1,930 playoff games to test this prediction," says Galily. "We calculated the probability that a team would win, if losing meant that they faced elimination from the playoffs."
The researchers included the relative strength of the teams in their calculations to make sure that their results took this into account. Strikingly, they found that the threat of elimination actually made teams more likely to lose, suggesting that they choked in 'sink or swim' games.
The effect was significant. For example, the researchers found that if a home team had a 65% general win probability during the playoffs, this was reduced to 55% in games that were critical for the home team, but not the guest team. However, if the game was critical for the guest team, and not the home team, the home team's win probability increased to almost 74%.
This is the first time that anyone has studied this effect in teams in a real-world environment, so more studies are necessary to further understand the phenomenon. However, the results are not just applicable to team sports, but could have wide-reaching implications.
"The results from our analysis are relevant to the workforce and many other domains," says Galily. "We suggest that leaders and managers should refrain from deliberately building high-pressure environments to try to enhance performance in their subordinates. They should adopt the 'just do it and enjoy' path."
REPUBLISHING GUIDELINES: Open access and sharing research is part of Frontiers' mission. Unless otherwise noted, you can republish articles posted in the Frontiers news blog — as long as you include a link back to the original research. Selling the articles is not allowed.


How many carbs are in a small plain bagel?
Asked By: Angelito Azcargorta | Last Updated: 3rd May, 2020
Category: healthy living weight loss
4.9/5 (82 Views. 23 Votes)
Nutrition Facts
Calories 120 (502 kJ)
Total Carbohydrate 24 g 8%
Dietary Fiber 0.5 g 2%
Sugars 3 g
Protein 4 g
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Keeping this in consideration, how many carbs are in a plain bagel?
Nutrition Facts
Name Value Daily Percentage
Total Carbohydrate 53g 19%
Dietary Fiber 2g 7%
Sugars 6g
Protein 9g
Furthermore, what is the nutritional value of a plain bagel? A typical, medium-sized, plain bagel (105 grams) may contain the following ( 1 ): Calories: 289. Protein: 11 grams. Fat: 2 grams.
Additionally, how many calories are in a small plain bagel?
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 2 bagels (86g)
Servings Per Container 5
Amount Per Serving
Calories 250
Calories from Fat 13.5
How much sugar is in a plain bagel?
A plain, average-size bagel (which contains approximately 7g of sugar ) is the equivalent in calories and sugar of five slices of white bread and sends your system into a sugar overload - setting you up to crash afterwards and reach for another unhealthy option.
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Is a bagel high in carbs?
If there is a downside to bagels, it's that the average deli bagel can have up to 350 calories and 50 to 60 grams of carbohydrates—equal in carbohydrates to three or four slices of bread. Without fiber, the carbohydrates in a bagel digest quickly, convert to sugar, and then, very possibly, to fat.
Can you eat bagels on a low carb diet?
Depending on your personal carb tolerance, eating a sandwich, burrito, or bagel could put you near or over your daily limit. If you still want to enjoy bread, make your own low-carb loaves at home. Most grains, including rice, wheat, and oats, are also high in carbs and need to be limited or avoided on a low-carb diet.
Can I eat a bagel on a diet?
Most bagels lack vitamins, minerals and fiber. Without fiber, the carbohydrates in a bagel digest quickly, convert to sugar and then, very possibly, to fat. Dieters are better off eating a 100-percent whole grain English muffin or a slice of whole wheat bread that contains at least 5g of fiber per serving.
Are bagels healthier than bread?
In terms of carbs and calories, there are about 3.15 slices of bread in the average plain bagel (a bagel contains 245 calories, a slice of bread has 79 calories). Okay, so yes, bagels are more dense, caloric and potentially less healthy than a piece of bread, but would you stake your happiness on that?
What are the healthiest bagels?
Are bagels OK on keto diet?
Are low-carbs Bagels Good For You? Yes, at just 7.5 grams per bagel, almond flour low-carb bagels are a delicious low-carb alternative to bagels. They are great if you are trying to lose weight or on a KETO or PALEO diet.
How many carbs should you have each day?
How many carbs are in half a bagel?
Nutrition Facts
Calories 288 (1207 kJ)
Cholesterol 0 mg 0%
Sodium 561 mg 23%
Total Carbohydrate 56.1 g 19%
Dietary Fiber 2.4 g 10%
Do Bagels make you gain weight?
How many calories are in a plain bagel with butter?
Nutrition Facts
Calories 310 (1297 kJ)
Cholesterol 10 mg 3%
Sodium 630 mg 26%
Total Carbohydrate 55 g 18%
Dietary Fiber 4 g 16%
How many calories are in a plain bagel with peanut butter?
Although two tablespoons of peanut butter has 185 calories, the fat content has a better makeup with only 3 grams of saturated fat and just a trace of trans fat. Because of the protein, a peanut butter bagel should satisfy your hunger for a long time, too, while doughnuts probably won't.
How many calories does a bagel with cream cheese have?
A bagel alone is roughly 280 calories, with cream cheese clocking in at 51 calories per tablespoon.
How many calories should I be eating to lose weight?
Are multigrain bagels good for you?
Our delicious Multigrain Bagels are a good source of fiber, with 7 grams of total fat per serving, served toasted.
How many calories do I need?
How many calories are in a everything bagel?
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 bagel (95g)
Servings Per Container 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories 290
Calories from Fat 32
How many calories are in a small cinnamon raisin bagel?
110 Calories
Fat 0.5 g
Carbs 23 g
Fiber 1 g
Protein 3 g


biology question #855
Clare Reading, a 54 year old female from Mesa asks on July 17, 2002,
What is the pH of Diet Pepsi? (or cola,generally) and... Does smoking affect the body's pH? If so, does it create an acid or alkaline condition?
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the answer
Barry Shell answered on July 17, 2002, A:
The pH of soda pop is mostly determined by the dissolved carbon dioxide which produces carbonic acid. The pH of pop is around 2 or 3.
Different parts of the human body have different pH values. The stomach is about 1, while the normal pH of human blood is about 7.4. It would seem very unlikely that the pH of the body would change much because of smoking. The body has an elaborate system to regulate the pH of the blood and hold it at about 7.4. This is called buffering and our bodies have all sorts of systems to buffer the blood pH. Even if smoking did make a difference, the body would compensate and get the pH back to normal. The only indirect way in which smoking might affect body pH is through damage to the lungs. There are many respiratory diseases that wreak havoc with the body's pH regulation system, and some of these could be caused by a lifetime of smoking. Most of these cause the blood to become more acidic. This of course is compensated in various ways because so many systems within the body require a steady pH of 7.4. But this compensation can lead to other problems in other parts of the body that are compensating, i.e. the kidneys. A good reference source on this is pH of the Blood by Michael J. Bookallil.
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Definition of Economic geology
1. Noun. The branch of geology that deals with economically valuable geological materials.
Economic Geology Pictures
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Economic Geology
Literary usage of Economic geology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Economic Aspect of Geology by Charles Kenneth Leith (1921)
"But economic geology is not solely confined to mineral resources.... In professional preparation for the practice of economic geology there is no easy..."
2. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"economic geology.—Geologic facts that have a practical bearing are reserved for the chapter on economic geology. In this place should be mentioned the pits,..."
3. Mineral Deposits by Waldemar Lindgren (1913)
"Only a part of the whole field of economic geology will be covered in these... Throughout its broad domain economic geology stands on the fundamental..."
4. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1906)
"economic geology of the Bingham Mining District, Utah. By JOHN MASON BOUTWELL. With a Section on Areal Geology by ARTHUR KEITH, and an Introduction on..."
5. Index of Economic Material in the Documents of the States of the United by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Dept. of Economics and Sociology (1912)
"Waverly series ; economic geology ; coal. Iron, bldg. stone, mineral paint ; local geology. Meigs County 1872. Geology of Meigs Co.; by EB Andrews...."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"Spencer, Dr. Arthur C., geologist, will investigate areal and economic geology of Juneau mining district. Later will make reconnaisance of economic..."
7. Bulletin by Ghana Geological Survey (1898)
"MINERAL DEPOSITS X. economic geology (a) Gold.—Although the area lies across the north-eastern extension of the..."


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For all districts
Sudden death in goats
FIRST PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 1981
By Dr T. R. Thomas, district veterinary officer, Melbourne
Goats are not a particularly hardy species of animals in the higher rainfall areas of southern Australia. They can die quickly from a number of diseases. Any sudden death in a herd should be diagnosed so that measures can be taken to prevent further deaths.
The term "sudden death" is used to describe deaths that occur within 24 hours of signs of sickness occurring. Within this period of illness, whether goats that become sick are noticed before they die will depend on how often and how closely the herd is inspected. Where sudden deaths occur the Department of Agriculture should be notified so that a diagnosis can be made.
Anthrax is a rare cause of death of animals in Victoria. Most farm animals including goats are susceptible. It can occur in outbreaks causing serious losses.
Anthrax should be suspected in animals that die suddenly and show a blood discharge from the mouth, nose or anus. The carcases should not be moved.
The disease is transmissible to man.
The agnote "Anthrax and the farmer" describes this disease in detail in both animals and humans.
2. Clostridial diseases
The clostridial diseases are a major cause of sudden death in goats. The topic is fully covered in the agnote "Clostridia) diseases of goats".
3. Parasite infestations causing sudden death
(a) Acute liver fluke disease
Goats can die suddenly of acute liver fluke disease in the late summer. A post-mortem shows extensive liver damage.
(b) Acute worm infestation
Large numbers of Haemonchus contortus (Barber's pole worm) in the fourth stomach will cause sudden deaths usually in spring and autumn. This worm sucks blood and causes a fatal anaemia which, in goats observed before death, may cause pale mucous membranes and a collection of fluid swelling under the lower jaw. These signs may not be seen when deaths occur suddenly.
The small brown stomach worm (Ostertagia species), the small stomach worm (Trichostrongylus axes) and hair worms of the small intestine (Cooperia species and Trichostrongylus species) can cause sudden death if numbers are large enough. Hair worms are only 5-10 mm long, as fine as a hair, and can easily be missed on postmortem even when present in tens of thousands.
4. Metabolic diseases
Grass tetany and milk fever do not appear to be major diseases of goats. However, "transport tetany" and "capture myopathy" cause sudden deaths in goats.
Losses of feral goats transported long distances are commonly from 10 to 25%. The stress of capture and transport, changes in the routine of feeding and watering and change in climate will quickly cause any concurrent disease to become important. Goats that have travelled may die of induced enterotoxaemia, pregnancy toxaemia and transit tetany.
"Capture myopathy" is a muscular degeneration that occurs in wild animals including feral goats. It is not fatal immediately, it causes death by kidney malfunction later in life.
To reduce these losses, goats should be vaccinated with clostridial vaccine and drenched for parasites two weeks before transport. Dietary changes should be as gradual as possible and stress in transport reduced.
Most acute poisonings of goats are due to toxic plants and insecticides. Poisoning by other chemical agents such as lead and arsenic are uncommon.
Plants that will most commonly poison goats are azalea, rhododendron and oleander. Oleander is an extremely toxic plant which if eaten causes gastro-enteritis, paralysis and death from heart failure.
Azalea and rhododendron cause gastro-enteritis with salivation, abdominal pain and death.
Deaths in goats from insecticides occur when these compounds are not used according to the manufacturers' recommendations, and particularly when they are used excessively. Poisoning may occur when insecticide is accidentally swallowed. Usually there are nervous signs, such as over-excitement, muscular jerking and an inability to stand or walk properly.
Salivation is common and urine and faeces are passed more frequently. There are signs of abdominal pain. Eventually the goat goes into convulsions and dies.
Rat poison may be eaten by goats because it is often incorporated with grain. If large quantities are consumed death can be rapid.
Where poisoning is suspected, veterinary assistance should be sought immediately. There are specific antidotes for most insecticides. Consult the label for directions regarding first aid.
Great care should be taken with any poisonous substance. Since many are attractive to goats, uncontrolled access to them should not be allowed.
Mastitis is common in goats but is not always a cause of sudden death. Mastitis can be hyper-acute or may be so mild as to go unnoticed.
Details of the recognition, treatment, control and prevention of mastitis in goats, can be found in the agnote "Mastitis of goats".
Bloat occurs when goats consume large amounts of lush green leguminous feed such as lucerne and clovers. Bloat can also occur on lucerne hay.
In bloat the food mixture in the rumen or the first stomach forms a foam that the goat cannot belch away. As a result the gases formed by digestion build up. The rumen quickly fills with gas and the animal becomes distressed as pressure from the distended rumen increases. The abdomen is very swollen, and this swelling appears on the animal's left side. Death can occur quickly from failure of respiration and heart action as a result of pressure on the diaphragm.
If the goat is standing and there are no suitable stock medicines available it can be drenched with 60-120cc of either peanut, maize or safflower cooking oil. Oil will break up the foam and allow the gas to escape. After drenching, it may be necessary to massage the rumen or roll the goat over to spread the oil about among the contents inside the rumen.
If the goat is down, death may be close and quick action is usually needed. The goat should be stabbed with a clean sharp instrument or knife in the left flank behind the ribs so as to pass into the rumen. Allow the gas to escape fairly slowly, rather than in one or two seconds as this in itself may be fatal.
This is a life-saving procedure and any resulting infection can be attended to later by a veterinarian. Oil that is used for drenching affected goats can then be poured or squirted into the rumen via the wound created to release the gas.
There are commercially manufactured stock medicines on the market for bloat treatment, which are superior in action to household cooking oils; where bloat in goats is likely, owners should have these stock medicines on hand in the event of an emergency.
Where goats are grazing on lush legumes, access to roughage in the form of hay or dry pasture should always be provided. The bloating potential of pastures varies enormously. Some pastures may cause bloat in 30 minutes. Others may cause it after 24 hours.
The rule is to increase grazing time gradually, and watch for swelling of the abdomen, particularly during periods of lush pasture growth or when a change in the routine of the herd may cause a variation from the usual pattern of intake of food and water. The time spent grazing legumes must be strictly controlled.
8. Cerebrocortical necrosis (C.C.N.)
This disease is also known as Polioencephalomalacia (P.E.M.) or "Stargazing".
Vitamin B, (thiamine) is essential in goats to allow glucose to move via the blood to the brain. If thiamine is lacking in the diet or destroyed by substances in certain plants (such as bracken fern and nardoo fern) signs of C.C.N. can appear. Goats "stargaze", twitch muscles, then go into convulsions and die. Early in the course of the disease animals may appear blind, wander aimlessly or stand motionless. Thiamine given at this stage will often effect a complete recovery. If the goat has gone down and cannot stand without assistance, there is little advantage gained from treatment.
Diets that have a high molasses content can also predispose to this condition.
© 1981 Vic. Dept. Ag.


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Attached objects to a task will appear as links in the decision task workitem display. I find this way is easier and more flexible then using the SOFM attachments for adding data to workitems.and you can easily test the method by testing the object and do not have to use a task to create it.
let's say we what to add a link to a url, doing so in the task description will be difficult the same as adding it as an attachment, however calling a url in a method is easy for example by using cl_gui_frontend_services=>execute. Calling an adobi form Example: Calling Forms in an Application Program (SAP Library – SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe) or a DMS document using CVAPI_DOC_VIEW and attaching a new object to the task is not difficult as well.
Here is an example for a DMS document, but this should work the same for all types of attachments.
Create a z-object (do not delegate this object to the original one if you created it as a sub-object) in the example it's a sub-object of DRAW
In the new object create a method calling the DMS document. Pay attention that this method does not have an importing parameter
BEGIN_METHOD DISPLAYEASYDMS CHANGING CONTAINER.
CALL FUNCTION 'CVAPI_DOC_VIEW'
pf_dokar = object-key-DOCUMENTTYPE
pf_doknr = object-key-DOCUMENTNUMBER
pf_dokvr = object-key-DOCUMENTVERSION
pf_doktl = obejct-key-DOCUMENTPART
ERROR = 1
NOT_FOUND = 2
NO_AUTH = 3
NO_ORIGINAL = 4
OTHERS = 5.
Define this new method as the default object method
Now you can create this object as an attribute of the main workflow object (by delegation)
GET_PROPERTY DMSDOCUMENT CHANGING CONTAINER.
DATA: lo_dms_doc TYPE swc_object,
lv_dms_key TYPE sww_wi2obj-instid.
lv_dms_key =
swc_create_object lo_dms_doc 'ZEASYDMSD' lv_dms_key.
swc_set_element container 'DMSDocument' lo_dms_doc.
And in the decision task add the new object and transfer if to the task from the original object attribute.
The decision task will look like this:
And the added object will be a link to displaying the url/link/DMS etc.


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If you are under the impression that your severely damaged car is no more of use then you are absolutely wrong. You would become glad to know that even these cars can be sold out in the market and buyers are available to purchase the same too. However, these cars are known as salvage car. Though selling your salvage car can be a little risky but it is legal and hence, you can proceed to auctioning without any hesitation. If you bid for your car then you will be able to see how various kinds of cars are being auctioned at the salvage car auctions program.
What is a salvage car?
Before getting into the details of how selling your salvage car is possible it is important for you to have a clear idea about the definition of a car that has salvage title. The cars that have any one of the features mentioned below can be described as salvaged cars:
- A car 75% of which is damaged or has no value
- A car is so severely damaged that its repairing costs are higher than the value of the vehicle itself
- A car that was either stolen or lost and now has been recovered after a long time
- A car which was in past a reason behind a dreadful accident or any other similar sorts of collisions
- A car that is now damaged due to a natural disaster took place like floods etc.
- If the car is repossessed by someone else preferable a financial institution due to the previous owner's inability to pay
What buyers look for in a salvaged car?
- Buyers check the following points very carefully before purchasing a salvaged car from the previous owner or a financial institution:
- First of all, which are the car parts damaged or completely ruined
- Secondly, whether the salvage title given to a particular is justified depending on its condition or not
- Sometimes they may even ask for a Car-Fax report. Though these reports do not contain all the valuable data but most of the information required by a buyer is available in it.
- Obtaining a qualified inspection is another important task performed by all the buyers.
What the sellers should do before bidding?
Selling your salvage car means you are dealing with a damaged vehicle. Hence, it is important to remain aware of the essential facts associated with the same. Being a responsible and honest seller, it is your responsibility to let your buyer know everything related to the condition of your car and the parts individually. For that the first thing you would need to do is learning about the basic things like what are those things that your state would want you to provide them. Each state has their own rules and regulation and being a devoted citizen you must abide by the same. Usually all states ask the sellers to submit a written notice so that a prospective buyer (if there is any) becomes alert of it.
There are four simple steps following which you can sell your salvaged car properly –
- Let the government do a lien search for your salvaged car – contacting the state's department of motor vehicles (DMV) you would need to provide a representative the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) of your car.
- Price should be a justified amount – after making an extensive research of the value of your car you should fix the price for the same.
- Give advertisement – negotiating a sale can be done in the best way through advertisements. Give ad of your car in the classified sections of newspapers and auto magazines where details of such junk and salvaged are given usually.
- Have a conversation with the interested buyers – it is natural that the buyers would declare an amount as low as possible. However, keeping in mind your price you should negotiate until they offer something close to the price you have asked for.


A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University (AAU) and Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Dhaka, Bangladesh paving the way for collaboration between the two institutions in the areas of mutual interest. AAU, India and SAU, Bangladesh would immediately exchange undergraduate interns for clinical Hands-on training. Both the Universities have also agreed to work out collaboration in other areas of education and research as mentioned below-
 1. Development of collaborative research projects and grant proposal development.
 2. Organizing joint academic activities, viz. conferences, seminars and symposia etc.
 - Exchange of faculties and resource persons for relevant training and human resource development programmes.
 1. Post graduate students (MS and PhD) training, mentoring and research supervision
 2. Sharing the e-resources including scientific publications and teaching materials.
 3. Any other activities viewed to be mutually beneficial.
The MoU was signed by the Deans of the respective Faculties of the two Universities.


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BTWSC in association with African Histories Revisted, focus their two 2013 NARM African British histories on commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Paul Stephenson-led Bristol Bus Boycott, and the 100th anniversary of the election of London's first African mayor John Archer.
Although the audio-visual presentations can be delivered separately for youths, adults and inter-generational audiences, the programme launches at Gayton library with a combined presentation. It consists of:
1. Paul Stephenson & The Bristol Bus Boycott
An audio-visual presentation led by history consultant Kwaku with primary source material highlighting the fact that there was a bus boycott in Britain in 1963. It's an accessible family-friendly presentation, which will also point out the connections with cricket, the first race relations law, Tony Benn, newly "independent" Caribbean states, and Martin Luther King's 'I Have A Dream Speech'.
2. John Archer & Black Politics
An audio-visual presentation led by history consultant Kwaku that goes beyond the fact that John Archer became London's first African mayor in 1913. It's an accessible family-friendly presentation, which will show that besides being a councillor, he was a Labour party activist whose successful collaboration with an Asian parliamentary candidate sowed the seeds of the party's Black Sections over half a century earlier. An attendee of the 1900 pan-African conference, he was talking about issues such as reparations, long before it took hold in the 1990s.
For more details, or to commission a presentation: Awula Sewrwah, _EMAIL_, _URL_


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In this step, you create the necessary relationships that allow the user to create related objects to the features in the map. Before advancing to this step, you must first create all feature and object classes that participate in relationships. Use table 3 in the worksheet to determine which relationships need to be created.
Relationship autoupdaters are assigned in a later step.
The steps below create a standard Fiber relationship. Your relationship may vary.
- To create a relationship, right-click the geodatabase and select New > Relationship Class.
- Give the relationship a name (e.g., Airblown_Tube) and select the Origin (e.g., Airblown) and Destination (e.g., F_Tube) tables. Click Next.
- Most, if not all, relationships are Simple. Click Next.
- No fiber relationships propagate any messages. Click Next.
- Select a cardinality for your relationship. In this example, a single AirBlown feature can contain multiple F_Tube objects for a one-to-many (1 - M) relationship. All fiber relationships are either one-to-many or one-to-one. Many-to-many relationships are not supported. Click Next.
- All fiber relationships are non-attributed. Click Next.
- In the Primary Key field, select Global ID.
- In the Foreign Key field, select FiberParent. Click Next.
- Review the summary and click Finish.
- Repeat these steps for each unique relationship on your
worksheets. In the example below, relationships are duplicated on
the worksheet because they are shared by two objects. They need to
be created only once each.
So far, we've used the example of Air Blown Fiber. Our sample Air Blown Fiber (Airblown) feature contains a tube (F_Tube) and that tube contains fiber strands (F_Strand). This means that AirBlown has a parent relationship with F_Tube (and object class). F_Tube has a child relationship with Airblown and a parent relationship with F_Strand (also an object class). F_Strand has a child relationship with F_Tube.
So, Table 3 for each object may look similar to the following.


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This empirical analysis deals with the determinants of growth and the explanation of variations in the growth between innovative and non-innovative start-ups. Based on theoretical models explaining the growth of firms, hypotheses on potential determinants are formulated. The regression results indicate strong correlations between the growth rate on the one side and firmspecific, founder-specific as well as external factors on the other side. These factors influence the growth rates of innovative and non-innovative young firms in different ways. It becomes obvious that large and mature firms have smaller growth rates than small and young innovative as well as non-innovative firms. Moreover, other firm-specific characteristics like legal form and formal links to other firms from Western industrialised countries have an impact on the development of start-ups. With respect to founder-specific characteristics, positive effects can be derived from the human capital of the founder(s). This holds especially for technological disciplines whereas business knowledge plays a minor role. In addition to firm and founder characteristics, locationspecific factors controlling for agglomeration effects and the industry structure in the Eastern German counties have an impact on growth. Comparing annual growth rates of start-ups, innovative start-ups grow on average faster than non-innovative start-ups.
New Technology-based Firms Employment Growth Determinants of Growth


How to Delete Text Messages From an iPhone With IOS 7
Text messages are stored on your iPhone. If you have a lot of text messages stored on your phone, the device may take longer than usual to load them. Even if you don't have many messages, you should delete texts that contains sensitive personal or business information. If somebody else gets access to your iPhone, he may be able to transfer all your messages to an iCloud account and compromise your data.
Deleting Text Messages
Tap the "Messages" icon on the home screen to open the Messages app. Messages and iMessages are organized into conversations. Note that iMessage text bubbles are blue and regular text message bubbles are green. Conversations that contain unread messages have a blue dot next to the contact name. Tap the conversation to open it and then locate the messages you wish to delete. Hold on a text message and tap "More." To delete several messages at once, tap other messages to select them. Tap the trashcan icon and then tap "Delete Message" to confirm and erase the messages. Tap the "Delete All" option only if you want to delete all messages in the conversation. To delete entire conversations, swipe the conversation to the left in the list of conversations and then tap "Delete." You can use these procedures to delete both regular and iMessage texts.


Sunday, January 4, 2009
Ek mukhi Rudraksha : One face Rudraksh
Ek mukhi Rudraksha is the resemblance of Lord Shiva. It is Diamond in Rudrakshas. It makes us Kings. But, What makes it so Powerful? Is it allowed to wear on body? How to get benefits from Ek mukhi Rudraksha? Let us discuss about Ek mukhi.
What is Ekmukhi Rudraksha?
Ek mukhi (Eka mukhi / One Mukhi Rudraksha) is a Wonder of Nature. Normally Rudraksha beads will have 5 lines (Mukhi) on them. They resemble 5 compartments of Rudraksha nut. Each compartment contains a seed in it. But, Ek mukhi will have only one seed!
What is the shape of Ekmukhi?
Normal Ek mukhi is Half-moon shaped or Cashew-nut (Kaju dana) shaped. Not agreeing with me? Ha, Ha! What I told is NORMAL. Round Ek mukhi are present. But, they are very very rare. The reason is Rudraksha nut can't retain it's roundness with one compartment. Not only Ek mukhi, but many Two mukhi and Three mukhi Rudrakshas are not completely Round. They will turn some what oval vertically. Also note: As the lines (Mukhi) of Rudraksha increase, the bead gradually flattens.
Roundness increases the Power. But, Ek mukhi is always Ek mukhi.
Why One Face Rudraksha is so Powerful?
Nobody knows! But we can prove the superiority of One Face Rudraksha with a Rudraksha test. Milk will not spoil for 5 days if Ek mukhi is placed in it. The reason may be in the Astral body of this Rudraksha.
Is Eka mukhi allowed to wear on body?
This is an important question. Yes. Allowed! But, remember Ek mukhi Rudraksha is directly Lord Shiva himself (Sakshat Shiva swarupa). We have to behave as if we are in the Paradise of Shiva (Kailasa). No exceptions.
Like all Rudraksha Ek mukhi is also not allowed to wear while taking Alcohol, While participating in sex, and in Menstrual period. Keep it beside while taking bath to protect from water.
Children bellow 12 years can't bear the Power of Ek mukhi. For normal people, it is better to worship Ek mukhi Rudraksha rather than wearing it on the body.
How to get benefits from Eka mukhi Rudraksha?
This is a very big question. Ek mukhi Rudrksha passes the Power of Lord Shiva to the person wearing it. It burns all the Sins made by the person (Brahma hatya dosha haram). It protects him from accidents (Akala Mrityu haram). It gives a sudden rise in the career (Akasmat Dhana prapti dayakam). The person rules the world (Shiva Shakti pradayakam). If he wishes he will attain Mukti (Shiva Sayujya pradayakam).
Basic Mantra to use Ek mukhi is - "(Aum) NamasShivaya".
Only this much? Don't worry. I'm also interested in Ek mukhi Rudraksha like you. I will write at least 20 articles just on Ekmukhi. I will explain every detail I know. Please wait.
"This article is dedicated to Lord Shiva who is the Lord of Rudrakshas"
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durga said...
can i smoke wearing ekamuki
Srihari said...
???!!! Are you serious?
We can't smoke even in presence of our parents or elders. How can we do it in presence of Lord? Smoking is strictly prohibited in temples :)
Of course, there is no reference to smoking in the sacred books. Our ancients didn't thought of this addiction.
Amal Nadpurohit said...
Srihari ji...
You have done an magnificent task by posting your collection... Your knowledge is extremely valuable. Much appreciated Sir... keep up the fantastic work..
Anonymous said...
Hi, a young boy may be 12-14 met me near my work place and started showing me rudrakshas's he brought, he has all types mostly 5 mukhi, he also showed me half moon type ek mukhi and round ek mukhi, i purchased both, i belive in it and i also dont't want do any test for the same i believe this must be original one test i did they sink in water, now i want to wear, pls suggest complete process to follow while wearing it, to have best effect.. Viinod Jojarey
Anonymous said...
Dear Shri hari.. i posted a query on 2nd dec 09, expecting your answer...
Srihari said...
Hi Vinod, I'm really busy and at-least have to write a post to answer you. That's the reason behind not responding. OK, I now posted that. Please see and tell your opinion, whether it is sufficient or not.
Ek mukhi Mantras and Puja
Sarath said...
Hi Srihari, I'm sarath. I'm wearing a eka mukhi for a few years. I got the rudraksha from a aged sage who lives in the Himalayas when i went there. However, im not so much into sacred books. I keep up mu brahmacharyam, and other than that I do my normal life wearing my lord close to my heart. I feel awesome when i do what i feel i should do. Ultimately what i feel is that what should be done and should not be done is purely based on our perception of lord shiva, which is the karma roopam of the ultimate universal power.Have a lot more but the space and time doesnt allow that!!!


Lubbock Roommate Violence Penalties
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Criminal consequences of roommate violence in Lubbock include two things: punishment and collateral consequences. Punishment is defined in the statutes as time in jail and a financial fine. In addition to those are collateral consequences, which are the additional civil state penalties. This can include probation, classes mandated for the person to take (like anger management classes).
If there are any protective orders that come about, the person will be on the role of protective orders with the Department of Public Safety. This will endanger a person's ability to get a handgun and to carry ammunition. All of those are consequences that a person can face.
Immediate criminal consequences include getting handcuffed, booked, and having a picture taken. A person convicted of a roommate violence penalty might end up in the newspaper as well, facing social damage. Other social repercussions include work, family, and friend complications that may arise after a domestic violence charge.
Long-term Consequences
The long-term consequences of roommate violence penalties include having a criminal charge on an individual's record. If charged and convicted, a person facing roommate violence penalties are not eligible for non-disclosure. That means when a person has a criminal offense, there are two ways to hide that offense and to protect a person's future for background checks or something else. One way to hide the criminal offense is through an expunction of public records, which a person can only get in limited circumstances. Those circumstances do not exist for someone who gets convicted of a roommate violence penalty in Lubbock.
A person penalized for a roommate violence charge should get an order of non-disclosure, which means the records will not be public or easily obtained. For an employment application, for example, the person is allowed by law to say they never did it. The government can still see it, but that employer will never find it unless that employer happens to be a regulated industry such as the military or the medical field. So there still can be a list of people can see the roommate violence penalty.
Another long-term consequence is called an enhancement. This is a situation in which a person with a prior conviction face an increase in their penalty when they obtain another conviction. People often think they may never get involved with assault again, but it happens. A person likely did not plan to get involved in the one that they were convicted for the first time. Circumstances can get out of control sometimes, so someone can find themselves with an enhanced punishment. Those are some of the long-term consequences.
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Getting a professional, experienced Lubbock domestic violence lawyer is important if you want to avoid both short-term and long-term consequences of a roommate violence penalty. Call one today to see what you can to do avoid such punishments.
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When a saturated gel is deformed, its mechanical response is profoundly influenced by the flow of liquid in its pores. For example, if a gel bar is suddenly deformed in 3-point bending, the liquid cannot immediately flow out of the pores, so the gel initially responds incompressibly; consequently, its deflection provides a measure of its shear modulus, Gp, rather than Young's modulus, Ep. In this paper, the kinetics of deformation of such a rod are analyzed, showing that it is possible to obtain the permeability, D, of the gel from the time-dependence of the load, as well as finding both Gp and Ep. Analyses are presented for the time dependence of the load at constant deflection for a square and cylindrical beam, and for load at constant deflection rate for a square beam. The method is applied to determine Gp, Ep, and D for a silica gel made from tetraethoxysilane.
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TY - JOUR AU - Zayas, Vivian AU - Pandey, Gayathri AU - Tabak, Joshua PY - 2017 M3 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00355 SP - 355 TI - Red Roses and Gift Chocolates Are Judged More Positively in the U.S. Near Valentine's Day: Evidence of Naturally Occurring Cultural Priming JO - Frontiers in Psychology UR - _URL_ VL - 8 SN - _PHONE_ N2 - Attitudes are not static, but constructed at the moment of the evaluation, incorporating temporary contextual influences. How do meaningful events that naturally occur within a culture, such as a national holiday, shape evaluative judgments of objects related to the holiday? We focused on evaluations of red roses and gift chocolates, which are everyday objects, but also iconic of Valentine's Day in the U.S. We reasoned that if cultural events shape evaluations, then roses and chocolates would be evaluated differently near Valentine's Day. Using a large and diverse U.S. sample, we found that as Valentine's Day neared, evaluations of roses and chocolates (but not a comparison object) were evaluated more positively. Increases in positivity of roses and chocolates covaried with their increased cultural relevance, as quantified by the volume of web search queries involving these terms. These findings provide a demonstration of naturally occurring cultural priming by which the salience of cultural events shape evaluations. ER -


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About half of immigrant youth of Turkish or North-African origin drop out of high school before getting a diploma. The cause is the low social-economic circumstances of the youth, the other language and the late entrance into high school. This is according to a study of the Open Univesity of Brussels.
Less than 20% of boys and less than 25% of girls of Turkish and North-African origin start higher education. By ethnic Belgians that's 57% of boys and 71% of girls.
More than 40% of Turkish and North-African youth begin secondary education after the age of 12, which means they already have a gap to fill.
The researchers pointed out that it's impossible to catch up on such gaps later on.
Source: HLN (Dutch)

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Nondestructive digging has become a popular method of doing digging and excavation works because it is safer, efficient, and more cost-effective when compared to the traditional way of digging.
The traditional method of digging is the mechanical one wherein heavy equipment such as bobcats, backhoes, drills, and the like are used to dig holes. That is why you can also hire the best general engineering utilities in Los Angeles at as per your needs.
This way has caused many problems in the past because it can hit and damage utilities that are located underground. These utilities are electric cables, gas pipes, water pipes, and sewers.
This is the main reason why most contractors prefer to use the nondestructive digging method.
There are two ways that nondestructive digging can be done, hydro excavation and air vacuum excavation. Each one has its own strength and weaknesses.
Contractors can choose whatever way they prefer depending on availability and if it is applicable in a particular site. Hydro excavation is also known as wet vacuum excavation. As the name suggests, water is a main part of the process.
In this way, there are no problems with dust flying around within the construction site. However, there are environmental concerns as well because this way uses thousands of liters of water which is a precious commodity.
Also the mud it leaves behind makes the area slippery which can cause injury not only to the workers but also to some people who are just passing by.
If you want to know which way will work best for your construction site, then it is best to get in touch with professional contractors who can work with you.


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I have defined event handlers according to their classnames in the latest project that I'm working on.
for ex. all element with the class name "foo" should respond in a particular way on change event. and all elements with the class name "bar" should respond in some other way.
Now some of my elements fall under both classes i.e. class="foo bar" and they should respond in both ways. Right now, only one of the event handler function is being called.
How can I make both the responses execute simultaneously.
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Short answer, you can't. One will execute before the other. Simultaneous isn't possible, but, both should be executing in the order in which they were raised. Can you give us some code to look at? – The Internet Oct 2 '12 at 5:16
you can not execute both events "simultaneously". by the way what are these events, somehow it also depends on the events – diEcho Oct 2 '12 at 5:31
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It depends on how you are binding the events. If you are binding them via jQuery and not overwriting the handlers via x.onchange = function() {... } - all the bound event handlers will get executed. This is because jQuery queues the event handlers instead of overwriting the previous binding(s).
Check this fiddle to see multiple events getting fired:
Check this fiddle to see how the event handlers are overwritten causing only the last bound handler to fire
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What you want is a variation of "behaviors" pattern.
It lets you to automatically process events on elements with given classes or other attributes.
The usual implementation is to listen to events on "document", and then, by event.target, define the action.
For example:
$(document).on('click change', '.foo.bar', (function(e) {
 var classes = this.className.split(/\s+/);
 $.each(classes, function(i, cls) {
 handle(e.type, this, cls);
function handle(e.type, elem, cls) {
 // example: Event type click on elem DIV with class foo
 alert("Event type " + e.type + " on elem " + elem.tagName + " with class " + cls);
Here function handle with process all events on elements with classes of your choice. If you wish to add other events or classes, just append them into the "on" list.
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As known as a Sunburst Chart, Ring Chart, Multi-level Pie Chart, Belt Chart, Radial Treemap.
This type of visualisation shows hierarchy through a series of rings, that are sliced for each category node. Each ring corresponds to a level in the hierarchy, with the central circle representing the root node and the hierarchy moving outwards from it. Rings are sliced up and divided based on their hierarchical relationship to the parent slice. The angle of each slice is either divided equally under its parent node or can be made proportional to a value. Colour can be used to highlight hierarchal groupings or specific categories.
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Coring Swivel Seal Assembly
High pressure, high speed core drilling swivels present an extreme rotary sealing challenge, with pressure up to 3,000 psi (20.7 MPa) and surface speeds of 298 to 497 ft/minute (1.52 to 2.53 m/s). Conventional "Half-V" chevron-type washpipe packings were unable to survive for more than eight hours in this severe application. When Kalsi Seals were implemented in a washpipe/swivel assembly (below) that was designed and licensed by Kalsi Engineering, Inc., a seal life of over 1,400 hours was achieved in the first field use in 1987. Although several seal and hardware advances have occurred since then, the same hardware configuration is still in use today.
The swivel uses two seals. The upper swivel seal serves as a partition between the high pressure drilling fluid and the clean lubricant, and the lower swivel seal retains the pressurized lubricant. A spring-loaded piston amplifies the lubricant pressure slightly above the drilling fluid, which keeps the upper swivel seal square in the gland. This feature helps to maximize the abrasion resistance of the upper seal.
The swivel seals are mounted in a seal carrier that can move laterally at the time of assembly. The assembly procedure includes a step that causes the seal carrier to align itself on the floating washpipe. This alignment step permits the use of a small extrusion gap clearance, which increases the life of the lower swivel seal by minimizing extrusion damage. Kalsi Seals are also used as hydraulic swivel seals; for information, click here.


The payment transaction code indicates the type of the payment transaction, such as incoming or outgoing. This information is used to summarize and report payment transactions.
 1. Click Bank> Setup> Payment transaction codesto open the Transaction codeform.
 2. In the Payment transaction codefield, enter a code to identify the type of payment transaction.
 3. In the Descriptionfield, enter a description for the payment transaction type.
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A: If you use Windows event forwarding and collection, you might run into processing problems when many events are forwarded from a large set of event source computers on a regular basis. For example, you can encounter this problem when you configure event collection and forwarding for all security events that are generated on all domain controllers (DCs) in your Active Directory (AD) forest. You can limit the event collection and forwarding processing impact with two configuration tweaks: turning off the pre-rendering of events on event source computers and setting the maximum number of events that can be sent from an event source computer per second.
The task of pre-rendering events on the event source computer can be very processor-intensive when dealing with a large number of events. You can turn off pre-rendering on the level of each individual subscription defined on a collector machine. To turn off pre-rendering, type the following Windows Event Collector Utility (wecutil.exe) command on the event collector machine:
wecutil ss /cf:events
The /cf: switch in the command changes the ContentFormat from "renderedtext" to "events" for the subscription named . To view all subscriptions defined on an event collector, you can use
wecutil es
To control the maximum number of events that are sent per second to the event collector by the source computers, you can use the following Group Policy Object (GPO) setting: Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Event Forwarding/ForwardResourceUsage. This setting can be applied only to Windows Vista and later computers and affects all subscriptions that are linked to the forwarder on the event source computer.


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CONSTRUCTION OF OBSTACLE ELEMENT MAP BASED ON INDOOR SCENE RECOGNITION
Keywords: PointNet, Point cloud, Indoor scenes, Markov Random Field, Semantic recognition, Obstacle element map
Abstract. Route planning and navigation in indoor space have become a hot topic recently. To accomplish this task, a map and a real-time detection system are needed. Due to Lidar systems' high efficiency in data acquisition, Lidar sensors have become an indispensable part of an object detection system. In this paper, we use Lidar points to generate obstacle maps. The obstacle maps can be used as a reference for route planning and navigation. To identify single objects more precisely, a deep network combined PointNet with Markov Random Field (MRF) is designed in our work to classify Lidar points. Then, single objects are segmented by using the Euclidean clustering method. After that, the prior rules and derived criteria we summarized from large amount images are used to determine objects' kind between Influence Movement Obstacles (IMO) and Non-Influence Movement Obstacles (N-IMO). Finally, objects are projected into a 2D plane to generate obstacle maps. To evaluate the performance of our method, experiments were performed on the S3DIS dataset of Stanford University. The results show that our method greatly improves the overall accuracy compared to the original PointNet model, and can generate high-quality obstacle maps.


How to find acronyms in a Word document
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Lots of documents are full of acronyms; some are defined, some aren't. If you need to review acronyms for any reason, here are three approaches.
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Enterprise users have it made when searching for acronyms and their definitions because Microsoft Word's newish Editor has that functionality built in. The rest of us have to work a bit harder to find acronyms, and fortunately there's more than one way.
SEE: 83 Excel tips every user should master (TechRepublic)
An acronym is a series of initials used to represent a longer phrase. For instance, URL isn't a word on its own, it's an acronym for Uniform or Universal Resource Locator. In this article, I'll show you three ways to highlight them in a document.
I'm using Microsoft 365 on a Windows 10 64-bit system, but you can use earlier versions. This article isn't supported by Word Online. You can enter your own content, but if you download the demonstration.docm,.doc and.cls files, you'll have quick access to the code reviewed in this article.
1. How to use the Acronym pane in Word
The enterprise version of Microsoft 365 has a feature that lists acronyms for you in the desktop and online versions. To see a list of defined acronyms, click the References tab. The Acronyms pane will show a list of your defined acronyms. By defined, I mean the phrase the acronym represents. Again, for URL, the pane would also display Uniform or Universal Resource Locator. If you select an acronym in the text, this feature will add the definition for you! If you don't find a definition, you can wait a few days to see if the feature updates accordingly, or you can define it yourself. This feature is available only with an enterprise license.
2. How to use Find in Word
If you don't have an enterprise license, you can use the Find feature to highlight all the acronyms in a document. It's important to note that this method isn't as smart as you might think because it will highlight any instance of two or more uppercase letters. That means the results might highlight something other than a true acronym. Now, let's look at a search string that you can use:
 1. Click Ctrl + F or click the Editing dropdown on the Home tab to open the Navigation pane. From the dropdown (to the right), choose Advanced Find.
 2. Click More and then check the Use Wildcards option.
 3. Check the No Formatting option at the bottom if not dimmed. The Find feature remembers the last Find task and if it includes formatting, you might not get the expected results. It's a good idea to always check this option when starting a new Find task.
 4. In the Find What control, enter <[A-Z]{2,}> (Figure A).
 5. Click Reading Highlight and then click Highlight All.
 6. Click Close to see the highlights shown in Figure B.
Figure A
 Complete the Find options.
Figure B
 Highlight all instances of two or more uppercase characters.
This method has two flaws:
 - It highlights MD. While you might consider it an acronym of sorts, you probably won't want to highlight it in this type of search. If you correct it to M.D. (with periods), the Find task will ignore it.
 - All the highlights disappear as soon as you click something.
This method can be more frustrating than helpful because the highlights aren't permanent. Now, let's look at a VBA procedure that has a more permanent outcome.
3. How to use a VBA procedure in Word
A quick highlight might be all you need, but most of the time, you'll want something more permanent. The procedure in Listing A does the same thing that the Find string in the last section does. The only difference is that it's permanent until you remove it. You can use this same code to remove the highlights by changing.Replacement.Highlight to False.
Listing A
Sub HighlightAcronyms()
'This procedure highlights all instances of two or more
'uppercase letters.
 With Selection.Find
 .Text = "<[A-Z]{2,}"
 .Forward = True
 .Wrap = wdFindContinue
 .MatchWildcards = True
 .Replacement.Text = ""
 .Replacement.Highlight = True 'False to remove highlights.
 .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
 End With
End Sub
This code does exactly the same thing as you did manually in the last section. It uses a search string to find all instances of two or more consecutive uppercase letters. As earlier, sometimes the procedure will highlight something that's not a true acronym.
If you're using a ribbon version, be sure to save the workbook as a macro-enabled file or the procedure won't run. If you're using a menu version, you can skip this step. To add the procedure, press Alt + F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor. In the Project Explorer to the left, select ThisWorkbook so you can run the procedure in any sheet. You can enter the code manually or import the downloadable.cls file. In addition, the macro is in the downloadable.docm and.doc files. If you enter the code manually, don't paste from this web page. Instead, copy the code into a text editor and then paste that code into the ThisWorkbook module. Doing so will remove any phantom web characters that might otherwise cause errors.
After entering the procedure, you can use it as follows:
 1. Click the Developers tab.
 2. Click Macros in the Code group.
 3. In the resulting dialog, choose HighlightAcronyms() as shown in Figure C and click Run.
Figure C
 Run the procedure.
As you can see in Figure D, the acronyms are permanently highlighted. To remove them, run Sub HighlightAcronymsRemove(), which is in the demonstration files. I didn't include it in the article text, because only one statement changes. Depending on how you're calling the procedure, you could use one procedure and pass the True/False value as a Boolean.
Figure D
This highlight will stay until you remove it.
It's unlikely that you'll want to work through all those steps every time you want to run the procedure. Instead, add the macro to the Quick Access Toolbar. To do so, read How to add Office macros to the QAT toolbar for quick access.
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What is PRIDE?
PRIDE is making a commitment to take Personal Responsibility in Delivering Excellence. PRIDE is an attitude, a way of life. The PRIDE programme establishes a culture of service excellence throughout the Cayman Islands.
Cayman PRIDE strives to:
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Tourism plays a major role in our economy. The Government is funding the PRIDE programme as part of its ongoing mandate to enhance the Cayman Islands' competitiveness as a tourism destination and ensure the long-term sustainability of tourism in the country. The world spends over $500 billion on tourism yearly. By raising the level of customer service, we will be able to obtain a greater share of the tourism market.
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- Generally, for you to start your career as a train engineer, you must have completed a high school diploma or its equivalent.
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Where does the phrase rule of thumb originate from? Why the thumb, of all possible body parts?
No one knows. The expression has existed in many languages for a long time, which suggests that its origin is pretty old.
There are several theories, some based in the similarities in many languages between the words inch and thumb and how you can measure an inch using the thumb, others based on the general usefulness of the thumb to measure different things.
It's entirely possible that it originally had nothing at all to do with the thumb; that it was a similar word that has become distorted over time, then translated to other languages in its distorted form.
See also: Rule of thumb on Wikipedia.
 - Interestingly, in Italian you would say a spanne to indicate something approximate, where spanna means span (in the sense of the measuring unit _URL_%28unit%29 ). This may support the "measuring theory". – nico May 11 '11 at 17:59
 - And the "wife beating" folk etymology and many others. Like "the whole 9 yards" and "down to brass tacks," this one is widely disputed and there is no accepted "official" answer to it. Dollars to donuts it has nothing to do with the human thumb. – The Raven May 11 '11 at 19:49
 - "No one knows" is a rather bold statement if Wikipedia is the only source of reference. Possibly the OP asked the question because Wikipedia did not know the answer either. – JJM Driessen Mar 28 '19 at 13:37
The origin is most likely derived from the use of the thumb as a practical way to measure/estimate different things such as distances or temperatures:
From the Phrase Finder :
 - The phrase itself has been in circulation since the 1600s. The earliest known use of it in print appears in a sermon given by the English puritan James Durham and printed in Heaven Upon Earth, 1685:
 - "many profest Christians are like to foolish builders, who build by guess, and by rule of thumb, (as we use to speak) and not by Square and Rule."
 - The origin of the phrase remains unknown. It is likely that it refers to one of the numerous ways that thumbs have been used to estimate things - judging the alignment or distance of an object by holding the thumb in one's eye-line, the temperature of brews of beer, measurement of an inch from the joint to the nail to the tip, or across the thumb, etc. […]
The earliest instance unearthed by Gary Martin (Phrasefinder) is in a rhyme found in Augmented with Ingenious Conceites for the Wittie and Merrie Medicines for the Melancholic, published in 1640:
If Hercules tall stature might be guess'd
by his thumb, the index of the rest,
In due proportion, the best rule that I
Would chuse, to measure Venus beauty by,
Should be her leg and foot
According to World Wide Word the origin is more likely to derive from measuring distances rather than temperatures:
 - The expression rule of thumb has been recorded since 1692 and probably wasn't new then. It meant then what it means now — some method or procedure that comes from practice or experience, without any formal basis. Some have tried to link it with brewing; in the days before thermometers, brewers were said to have gauged the temperature of the fermenting liquor with the thumb (just as mothers for generations have tested the temperature of the baby's bath water with their elbows). This seems unlikely, as the thumb is not that sensitive and the range of temperatures for fermentation between too cool and too warm is quite small.
 - It is much more likely that it comes from the ancient use of bits of the body to make measurements. There were once many of these: the unit of the foot comes from pacing out dimensions; the distance from the tip of the nose to the outstretched fingers is about one yard; horse heights are still measured in hands (the width of the palm and closed thumb, now fixed at four inches); and so on.
 - There was an old tailors' axiom that "twice around the thumb is once around the wrist", which turns up in Gulliver's Travels. It's most likely that the saying comes from the length of the first joint of the thumb, which is about an inch (I remember once seeing a carpenter actually make a rough measurement this way). So the phrase rule of thumb uses the word rule in the sense of ruler, not regulation, and directly refers to this method of measurement.
and also from here:
 - The real explanation of 'rule-of-thumb' is that is derives from wood workers (or other constructors) who knew their trade so well they rarely or never fell back on the use of such things as rulers. Instead they'd measure things by, for example, the length of their thumb; they measured, not by a rule(r) of wood, but by rule of thumb. The term was already in metaphorical use by the late 17th century.
The Phrase Finder also considers the possible origin that refers to the "legal" rule of beating with a stick one's wife, but not enough reliable evidence has ever been found to support it:
 - The 'rule of thumb' has been said to derive from the belief that English law allowed a man to beat his wife with a stick so long as it is was no thicker than his thumb. In 1782, Judge Sir Francis Buller is reported as having made this legal ruling and in the following year James Gillray published a satirical cartoon attacking Buller and caricaturing him as 'Judge Thumb'. The cartoon shows a man beating a fleeing woman and Buller carrying two bundles of sticks. The caption reads "thumbsticks - for family correction: warranted lawful!"
 - […]but there's no evidence that he ever made the ruling that he is infamous for. Edward Foss, in his authoritative work The Judges of England, 1870, wrote that, despite a searching investigation, "no substantial evidence has been found that he ever expressed so ungallant an opinion".
 - It's certainly the case that, although British common law once held that it was legal for a man to chastise his wife in moderation (whatever that meant), the 'rule of thumb' has never been the law in England.
 - […] there are no printed records that associate it with domestic violence until the 1970s, when the notion was castigated by feminists. The responses that circulated then, which assumed the wife-beating law to be true, may have been influenced by Gillray's cartoon or were possibly a reaction to The Rolling Stones' song 'Under My Thumb', which was recorded in 1966.
 - You can rollback, or edit it further. – Mari-Lou A Jul 8 '16 at 12:54
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 _USER_-LouA - it is ok..The "legal" beating assumption is extremely male chauvinist.. – user66974 Jul 8 '16 at 13:06
Perhaps it's because the length of the thumb joint to the end of the thumb is a fairly accurate representation of an inch. So rule of thumb was likely a way to quickly verify the measurement before cutting for construction work rather than search for a yard stick. The meaning probably began to be used in a more abstract sense as a rule to quickly validate something.
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 Good, glad you found the answer to your own question. – Neil May 11 '11 at 16:01
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 If there is one thing that can be said about the etymology of this expression, it's that the above is not it. – The Raven May 11 '11 at 19:51
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 And you've determined this based on the information written on a single internet page? I hope I don't offend you too much when I say I don't put much weight in your judgement. – Neil May 15 '11 at 20:29
 - This is the etymology that's most commonly prescribed for the phrase, that your thumb makes a rough "ruler", so, the "rule of your thumb" was about an inch. – user20276 Apr 18 '12 at 21:13
If you ever do any carpentry you can get pretty close with your thumb as a rule / gauge.
So any measurement not using actual instruments is by "rule of thumb", or "by eye".
Early English Books Online reports three instances of the expression from before 1700. They are as follows.
From John Alexander, Jesuitico-Quakerism Examined, or, A Confutation of the Blasphemous and Unreasonable Principles of the Quakers with a Vindication of the Church of God in Britain, from Their Malicious Clamours, and Slanderous Aspersions (1680):
That the Scriptures are Infallible is sufficiently proved at the Survey of their former Query; where we proved them to be of Divine Inspiration, and the Word of the Living God, and not of any meer Creature, and so they cannot deceive; so that for their Infallibility we need say no more. That therefore the Scriptures are the Rule of Faith and Manners I prove.
For first, That must be the Rule of Faith and Manners by which every matter of Faith and Manners ought to be examin'd seeing every thing that is examined must be examined by its Rule, or else it will be done by Guess and Rule of Thumb, as the


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1. Why does Edna say she is a wicked woman?
2. Why does she think at the same time that she is not?
3. What is Alcee's response to Edna's question?
4. What is significant about Alcee's response?
5. What does Mademoiselle Reisz tell Edna about courage?
6. How does Edna feel after kissing Alcee?
7. What is the significance of the reproach Edna imagines from Robert?
8. What does Edna understand about life after being with Alcee?
9. What specifically does Edna not feel?
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Update on the Soccer Pythagorean derivation
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I want to give an update on my efforts to derive a Pythagorean (or Pythagorean-like) formula for use in soccer. As I said in other posts, the most challenging part is coming up with the term that captures the probability of a drawn result. This is rather difficult when you assume that the goals follow a continuous probability distribution, because the probability that teams X and Y will have the same number of goals is zero for a continuous distribution. I tried to work around this by assuming a Poisson distribution and working out the probability of a drawn result, but I end up with some nasty infinite sums that can't be simplified. Also, there aren't any parameters that can be changed in a Poisson distribution:
P(i) = P(lambda,i)
and that lambda term is the average number of goals during the season.
I was looking through some of the papers that I have on soccer goal distributions, and I found that some researchers use an extreme value distribution to model goal distributions during a season. As a matter of fact, I discussed one of these papers on this blog a few months ago. Extreme value distributions are flexible like Weibull distributions and can be used to handle extreme events in soccer, like your 6-0 or 13-1 results. I'm thinking that that distribution might be a better one to use. Perhaps I could also look at the probability of teams X and Y scoring goals between a continuous interval like [-0.5, 0.5] or [2.5, 3.5] (where the actual goals scored is in the center of the interval) in order to come up with a draw probability.
I have a midterm in my course this week, but I hope to have something to present on here soon.
(Oh, and an explanation of one of the math terms: the notations [a,b] and (a,b) in mathematics are used to represent an interval between a and b. The square brackets mean that a and b are included in the interval; the round brackets mean that a and b are not included. Infinity can never be reached, so there is always a round bracket on that end: (-∞, b] or [a, +∞). )
UPDATE (18 Oct, 9:20pm): I made a breakthrough in my derivation of a "Pythagorean" for soccer teams and leagues. I kept the Weibull distribution and solved for the probability that teams X and Y scored goals between a continuous interval. The actual number of goals is a discrete number that lies at the center of the interval. I got an expression for the probability of a n-score draw, where n is the number of goals, which you can sum up to whatever number of goals you wish. Unfortunately the resulting expression is much more complicated than the one that predicts a clear win, and includes some special functions that were canceled out in the first term.
I'll write a separate post that presents the complete formula and my derivation in an attached PDF.
UPDATE #2 (19 Oct, 11:30pm): I forgot to move this post to the top. And I won't be able to write that post tonight. I had too much going on; sorry.
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Consumer Behaviour of Purchasing Digital Camera
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Consumer Behaviour of Purchasing Digital Camera
1.0 Introduction
In order to market the product into the market successfully, marketers need to have some marketing strategy to enter the desired market and make profit. Market segmentation is the process of dividing a market into subsets of consumers with common needs or characteristics (Schiffman et al., 2011). Understanding the market size and segmentation is valuable, but the keys to effective targeting is to know just how valuable specific consumer groups are, and being able to quantify the impact of consumer trends ( Berry, 1999).
The purpose if this paper is to define the market segmentation for digital camera. Especially focus on Nikon digital camera which is the chosen product in
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According to the consumer feedback survey conducted by Nikon in 2011, the consumers considered Nikon digital camera as user-friendly, affordable price, well performance and good quality. The significant signal to explain this stage can be affordable price and good quality of the product.
2.1.2. Product benefits
After the product attributes it goes to the second stage which is product benefits. There are two consequences can discussed under the field of product benefits, namely as functional consequences and psychosocial consequences.
The functional consequences is the tangible consequences of the product, it focus more on "what function is perform?'Also, it can be considered as an external influence to the consumer. In this case the consequences may be user-friendly and excellence photographic performance.
The psychosocial consequence is a combination of psychological and social consequences. It emphasized more on 'How I feel?' and 'How people feel about me?'which is more likely to be the internal influences to the consumers. Attraction and communication are significantly elements in this part. For example, Nikon consumer may feel they catch people attention when they are using Nikon digital camera which is the psychological consequence. Also the consumer may feel happy when they are using Nikon digital camera with others and create positiveexperience about the product, this may considered as social consequence.
2.1.3 Personal values
The last
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A tiff is a minor, relatively unimportant argument or fight. A tiff with your brother might start over the subject of whose turn it is to take out the trash.
It's no fun to have a tiff with someone, but it's usually resolved or forgotten easily. When you have a tiff with a friend, it's inevitably a squabble over some silly topic, and if you bicker with your boyfriend, you can call it a "lovers' tiff." In the 1700s, a tiff was an "outburst of temper," from an unknown source. Some word experts suggest the word echoes the sound of a "puff of air or gas."


text: Cab filtration systems can be used to protect vehicle operators from hazardous air contaminants. In a cab filtration system, a fan draws air through filters and pressurizes the cab with this filtered air. This article describes the application of a low-cost, optical particle counter to evaluate the performance of tractor cab filtration systems. The tractors were equipped with environmental enclosures to protect the operators from pesticide exposures that occur during air blast spraying in orchards. Prior to testing, all environmental tractor cabs underwent a complete maintenance overhaul followed by a careful inspection by the manufacturer's field representative. As part of this maintenance effort, 13 tractors with cab filtration systems were tested in an enclosure. A Met One model 227B two-channel optical particle counter was used to measure the aerosol concentration outside and inside the cab. Ambient aerosol and/or aerosol generated by burning incense sticks were used to challenge the stationary cab filtration system in an enclosure. The ratio of the outside to inside concentration (Co/Ci) is the exposure reduction attained by the cab system. Alternatively, the inside concentration divided by the outside concentration times 100 (Ci/Co x 100) gives the percent penetration. All 13 tractors were tested for leak sites. Leak sites were identified and sealed. This process was repeated until each cab showed an exposure reduction ratio Co/Ci of at least 50 (aerosol penetration into the cab Ci/Co x 100 was less than 2%) at the 0.3-0.5 microm particle size interval.


Burnham Overy Staithe sea defences
Burnham Overy is a civil parish on the north coast of Norfolk, England. In modern times a distinction is often made between the two settlements of Burnham Overy Town, the original village adjacent to the parish church and now reduced to a handful of houses, and Burnham Overy Staithe, a rather larger hamlet about 1 mile (2 km) away and next to the creek-side harbour.
Burnham Overy lies between the larger village of Burnham Market, less than 1 mile (2 km) to the west, and Holkham, some 3 miles (5 km) to the east. Burnham Thorpe, the birthplace of Horatio Nelson, lies 1 mile (2 km) to the south-east. According to various letters and documents, Nelson learned to row and sail a dinghy at Burnham Overy Staithe, at the age of 10, two years before joining the Navy. The larger town of King's Lynn is 20 miles (30 km) to the south-west, whilst the city of Norwich is 30 miles (50 km) to the south-east.
The civil parish has an area of 8.92 km2 and in the 2001 census had a population of 311 in 167 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.


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Tall Tree, Nest of the Wind
The Javanese Shadow-play Dewa Ruci Performed by Ki Anom Soeroto - A Study in Performance Philology
Distributed for National University of Singapore Press
The book presents Dewa Ruci as rendered by the distinguished master puppeteer Ki Anom Soeroto in Amsterdam in 1987. The book's unusual design presents the performance texts together with descriptions of the sounds and images that would remain obscure in conventional formats of presentation. Copious annotations probe beneath the surface and provide an understanding of the performance's cultural complexity. These annotations explain the meanings of puppet action, music, and shifts in language; how the puppeteer wove together into the drama the circumstances of the performance in Amsterdam, Islamic and other religious ideas, and references to contemporary Indonesian political ideology. Also revealed is the performance's historical multilayering and the picture it paints of the Javanese past.
Tall Tree, Nest of the Wind not only presents an unrivalled insight into the artistic depth of wayang kulit, it exemplifies a new field of study, the philology of performance.