How to Balance a Traditional Sewing line?
Today I will teach you how to do line balancing in the apparel manufacturing.
You know that a number of operations are involved in making a garment. In bulk garment production, generally a team works on an assembly line (Progressive Bundle system) and each operator does one operation and passes the garment another operator to do next operation. In this way garment reached to end of the line as a completed garment. In the assembly line after some time of the line setting, it is found that at some places in the line, work is started to pile up and few operators sit idle due to unavailability of work.
When this situation happens in the line it is called an imbalanced line. Normally it happens due to two main reasons –
 - variation in work content (time needed to do an operation) in different operations
 - operator's performance level. To meet the production target, maintaining smooth workflow in the line is very important. So it is very important to know basics of quick line balancing.
How to balance an imbalanced line has been explained in the following.
The main job in line balancing is to eliminate or reduce WIP (work in process) at bottleneck operations. To do that you have to know which operations are a bottleneck in the line. Through capacity study and target setting, you will find existing bottlenecks in the line.
Tools required:
i) Stopwatch
ii) Spreadsheet or Calculator
Step 1: Capacity study:
List down all operations (with operator name) as per operation sequence in a paper. Using stopwatch cycle time (time study) for each operation for five consecutive cycles. With average cycle time calculate the hourly capacity of the operators. (i.e. operation cycle time 30 seconds and total allowances are 20% then capacity is 100 pieces per hour). Draw a line graph with per hour capacity data.
Step 2: Target setting:
With the above capacity data set your target output per hour from one line. Normally, it is calculated using following formula (Target per hour= Total no of operators X 60 /garment SAM). Check current hourly operator production report. Draw a straight line with target output data on the line graph.
Step 3: Identification of bottleneck areas:
Now go to the capacity study table and compare each operator's capacity with the target capacity. Each individual operator whose capacity is less than the target output is bottleneck operation for the line. It is impossible to improve imbalanced line's output without improving the output of the bottleneck operations. A bottleneck operation is like a weak link chain.
Step 4: Eliminate bottlenecks from the line: Now to eliminate bottleneck areas use following methods which suit best to your situation but don't jump without trying initial steps.
 1. Club operations where possible. Where there is higher capacity than the target output, give that operator another operation with less work content. Considering machine type and sewing thread colors.
 2. Shuffle operators. Operations that have low work content use low performer there. And where work content is higher use high performers.
 3. Reduce cycle time using work aids and attachments. To assist the operator in handling parts during sewing, positioning cutting and disposing of the finished task, work aids, guides or attachment can be used. Think of that if possible provide the operator work-aids. It will reduce operation cycle time.
 4. Improve workstation layout and improve methods. Most important area for improving output from a particular operation is using best workstation layout and best method of work. There is always a chance that through improving the method of bottleneck operations you can do line balancing.
 5. Add more operators to bottleneck operations. Adding one additional machine in the easy task than others. Before adding one more machine compare the cost-benefits of putting an additional machine into the line. It can be simplified compared to estimating machine productivity in both cases.
 6. Do extra work at bottleneck operations. At lunch break and Tea break when each operator of the line goes for a break, bottleneck operator can continue work to feed next to his operator. Later he can take the break. At the end of the day tell this operator to work for one hour extra to reduce the WIP.
Important things to keep in mind:
Conduct Time Study hourly basis and check the output of each operator. Once you have eliminated one bottleneck, you will find a new bottleneck operation. Follow the same methodology to improve line balancing.
Also Read: How to do Line balancing using Operator Skill History?
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Compact 2.45 GHz ECR Ion Source for generation of singly-charged ions
Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP), 117218, Moscow, Russia
2 Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions (FLNR JINR), 141980, Dubna, Moscow region, Russia
* Corresponding author: _EMAIL_
Published online: 18 April 2018
2.45 GHz ECR ion sources are widely used for production of protons, single charged heavy ions and secondary radioactive ion beams. This paper describes the development of a compact ECR ion source based on 2.45 GHz coaxial resonator. The first results of extracted current measurements at different resonator configuration as a function of UHF frequency, power and gas flow are presented.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (_URL_

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The system lexicon files for Japanese and Chinese are named droldxx.dat drolkxx.dat, and drolixx.dat, where xx is either JA (for Japanese) or ZH (for Chinese). Rename the three new files and copy them to the directory containing the system Japanese lexicon.
% mv drold.dat droldJA.dat
% mv drolk.dat drolkJA.dat
% mv droli.dat droliJA.dat
% cp *dat $ORACLE_HOME/ctx/data/jalx
This replaces the system Japanese lexicon with one that is a merge of the old system lexicon and your wordlist from jadict.txt.
You can also use ctxlc to get a dump of a system lexicon. This example dumps the Chinese lexicon to a file called new_chinese_dict.txt in the current directory:
% ctxlc -zh -ocs UTF8 > new_chinese_dict.txt
This creates a file, new_japanese.dict.txt, using the UTF8 character set, in the current directory.


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I am trying to understand what is the difference between TCP Half Open Connection and TCP Half closed connection can any one tell what exactly are they?
When TCP establishes a connection, it is considered guaranteed since there is a handshake that takes place:
At that point the connection is established, and data begins to flow. In contrast, a UDP packet is not guaranteed, and is just sent in the hopes it gets there.
Officially, according to the RFC's, a half-open TCP connection is when one side of the established connection has crashed, and did not send notification that the connection was ending. This is not the common usage today.
Unofficially, if can refer to an embryonic connection, which is a connection in the process of being established.
Half-closed is the opposite of that unofficial definition. It is a state somewhere in the middle where the computers are tearing down the established connection.

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First Flush Devices - A Review
by Doug Pushard
What is a First Flush? Is there one perfect type of First Flush device? Where do I put a First Flush on my rainwater catchment system?
First Flush or Rain Diverters, as the name implies, flush off the first water of a storm before it enters the storage tank. This is the water that could be the most contaminated by particulates, bird droppings, and other materials laying on the roof. Eliminating these contaminants before they enter into your storage and conveyance system is critical to keeping rainwater clean.
After screening your gutters, a First Flush device is the next line of defense in keeping your system and water clean. This is especially true if the water is used inside the house or where children or those with weakened immune systems may come in contact with the water.
Over the years, numerous articles have been written about First Flush devices and it is still an area of much research. However, it is generally agreed that these devices can improve the quality of the rainwater, lengthen the life of your system components, and reduce overall maintenance. The simple diagram above depicts the theory behind these devices (i.e. draining off first rainfall before it enters the tank).
Below is a summary of some the major articles and resources addressing First Flush devices. These should provide a general reference in evaluating the need for a first flush and the type of device best suited for your unique situation.
Rainwater Harvesting Pty Ltd First Flush website article
This article discusses the wide array of designs and sizes of First Flush devices with pictures of the different designs. According to this article, First Flush devices are a critical component of rainwater harvesting systems. By preventing the first, most contaminated water from the roof they:
- Improve rainwater quality and safety
- Help extend the life of pumps (used to distribute rainwater for use)and internal appliances (such as hot water systems, washing machines, dishwashers, etc)
- Reduce tank maintenance
This article sites a study done in Australia which preliminarily concludes that the quality of the water improves dramatically with the use of First Flush water diverters.
First Flush Device Comparisons - An article by Kenneth Vidacovich published
February 2004, and available on Green Pages compares Constant-Volume Containers and First Flush Devices. This article reviews the effects of rain intensity, the general variability of rainfall intensity and maintenance issues in terms of functionality and possible health concerns. Cost estimates are made in order to compare the costs of two popularly used configurations.
This article provides an excellent overview article with detailed comparison between the two different types of devices with good instructions on how to construct a device. The author of the article is the President of FloTrue, a manufacturer of a First Flush device.
A major point from the article: "Rainfall events "generally" start at a low intensity (i.e. mist or drizzle), and rain intensity is the critical washoff factor; it is likely that a constant-volume container will substantially fill with clean water. Then, when more intense rains begin, debris and contaminates from the roof can undesirably wash into the water storage vessel. This is the major pitfall of constant-volume First Flush devices. First Flush valves can be designed to substantially overcome this pitfall."
The Texas Manual on Rainwater Harvesting - 3rd Edition - is an excellent manual that is recommended reading for anyone interested in rainwater harvesting.
Included in this manual is a chapter on First Flush devices and instructions on how to build a simple low-cost device.
People for Rainwater FAQ from Japan states that according to research done in March - April 1980 on rainwater collected from the roof of an office building in central Tokyo, about 0.19 - 0.39 of an inch (.5 - 1 cm) of rainfall was needed to wash the surface of the roof. Other research, done in August - September 1986, also in central Tokyo, measuring the degree of change in water quality in rainwater collected from a roof after a period of about 11 days of no rain, showed that water quality is generally stable after 0.59 - 0.78 of an inch (1.5 - 2 cm) of rain. In other words, even after a dry spell, only about the first 0.59 of an inch (1.5 cm) of rainwater is affected by pollutants accumulated on the rain-collecting surface.
Effects of First Flush on Rainwater Qualitypublished in May 2006, by the International Rainwater Catchment found that First Flush systems contribute signifcantly to reducing the contaminents that are washed off the roof harvesting area.
According to this article, rainwater users can reduce their risks of disease from contaminated rainwater consumption by regular maintenance and using a well-designed system. A range of pathogens has been found in roof-collected rainwater including Salmonella, Campylobacter, Giardia and Cryptosporidium. The likely sources of these pathogens were faecal material deposited by birds, frogs, rodents and possums, and dead animals and insects, either in the gutters or in the water tank itself.
However, detailed event studies undertaken in South East Queensland (SEQ) in Australia have shown that discarding the first.039 of an inch (~1 cm) of runoff with a First Flush device usually does little to substantially reduce the event mean concentration of bacteria and heavy metals entering a rainwater tank during a storm event.
The article also discusses a study by SEQ on first flush devices that highlighted the complexity of roof runoff chemistry. A current research project is underway which is investigating the effect of geographic location (i.e. cities, suburbs, air quality) on bulk contaminant deposition on roofs, the interaction of roofing material and rainfall characteristics on contaminant concentration in the runoff, and the transformation of contaminants that occur in a rainwater tank due to biogeochemical processes.
Rainwater Harvesting Technology Filters and Separatorsby Development Technology Unit of
the School of Engineering,
University of Warwick, covers all the different types of first flush options including: manual, fixed volume, fixed mass and flow rate. Additionally, the article includes the pros and cons of different placements (i.e. at downpipe, in downpipe, etc) of the filter options.
Key highlights from this article: 1) users will usually only spend 5-10% of cost of system on filtering the water, 2) manual systems are usually employed only in very low cost situations, and 3) filtration systems require maintenance and are usually disabled if not easy to maintain.
In summary, First Flush devices can improve the quality of your rainwater, but how much is still under debate. However, all devices that remove impurities and particulates before your water is stored are a good thing. Consequently, regardless of the proven and agreed upon health consequences, cleaning your rainwater will reduce your maintenance and lengthen the life of the system components.
Some general rules of thumb:
- As a general guideline First Flush devices should remove about 10 gallons (37.8 liters) of water per 1,000 square feet (92.9 square meters) of roof/catchment area
- Remember to size for each downspout of the catchment/roof area
- If harvesting rainwater in an area with high pollution (e.g. urban area with poor air quality), an area with lots of dust or other pollution sources, a larger First Flush is required
- First flush devices need to have an easy way to open and maintain. If not, the First Flush will most likely be disabled.
Related Article: Rainwater Harvesting Pty Ltd First Flush website article
Related Article: First Flush Device Comparisons
Related Webpage: The Texas Manual on Rainwater Harvesting - 3rd Edition
Related Webpage: Rainwater Harvesting Technology Filters and Separators
Related Article: Comparing Storage Alternatives
Related Article: Effects of First Flush on Rainwater Quality
Related Article:Comparing Storage Alternatives
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Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear, written by political and corporate consultant Frank Luntz, is one such book. I love the title, and I couldn't resist the urge to splurge on buying the book. As a communicator, I am obviously interested in word usage and communication theories. Luntz has used his brilliant mind and meticulous research to develop a lexicon of words that work and also words that don't work. The surprise is found in discovering the power of which words really work. The author's main message is often repeated throughout the book. "It's not what you say, it's what they hear" that matters.
At first, one could get the impression that Luntz is being simply manipulative, but a closer look at the book can change your mind rather swiftly. Luntz is not a manipulator but a communicator. Case studies of situations in business and politics where words were used well and appropriately permeate the content of the book.
Also, there are examples of what not to do and say, which is equally helpful. There are some valuable insights for ministers and lay people found in Words That Work. It is not written from the Christian perspective, but the book does offer an opportunity for Christians to learn from a wordsmith who has been successful in the secular world.


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Animal Tales The Journey Begins by Rhia Roberts
Price: Free! 8370 words.
Published on February 29, 2012..
Animal Tales is a series of 12 controlled readers bringing Dr. Phil McGraw's Life Strategies to 3rd-5th graders. Students are taken on an African adventure where the life strategies are presented as fables. The Journey Begins is the first book in the series; readers are introduced to the main characters (Jake, Nia, and Elena), and their reasons for helping each other.


the signal dispatcher. An easier solution to this particular problem is for create_permissions to clear the content types cache before it recreates permissions, that way the necesarry content types will be created as needed (see attached patch). Results #10933: Avoid " TypeError: Cannot convert Decimal("0.0000") to Decimal " when the decimal module has been reloaded Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:54:32 GMT gagravarr If for some reason the decimal module gets reloaded (seems fairly easy to trigger when using runserver, but we've seen it once or twice wiht apache + mod_python too), then calling on a model with a decimal field will blow up (see for example) One workaround is to have extra code in the decimal field logic in django, to detect when the value is no longer being recognised as a Decimal but is one, and port it over to the new decimal object. --- django/db/models/fields/ (revision 9643) +++ django/db/models/fields/ (working copy) @@ -579,6 +579,11 @@ def to_python(self, value): if value is None: return value + # Work around reload(decimal) problems + if not isinstance(value, decimal.Decimal) and \ + len(str(value.__class__).split("'")) == 3 and \ + str(value.__class__).split("'")[1] == 'decimal.Decimal': + return decimal.Decimal( value.to_eng_string() ) try: return decimal.Decimal(value) except decimal.InvalidOperation: I'm not sure if this is an ideal fix or not, but it'd be great to have this (or something like it) in django to help avoid the issue Results #10941: Add querystring helper methods to Page class Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:57:52 GMT benspaulding Working with pagination and query strings within a template can be painful. Personally, I have never had a situation when I was paginating using a GET parameter where there were not other parameters that needed to be preserved through out the various pages. Take search, for example. There may be parameters for searching within one or more models, for a particular author and sorting by date. Maintaining all of these parameters within the pagination links takes some serious template logic. {# Linebreaks added for readability. In real life this would need to be one, long line. #} Next page That kind of logic shouldn't be in a template. I have created a patch that would allow for something much simpler, like so: Next page Though there has been much talk of creating template tags which would produce all-out pagination bars, I believe this particular functionality should be an actual method on the page object for two reasons: This is basic functionality whose end result is hard to dispute (as opposed to a full pagination bar where markup and features could be disputed eternally), This does not require the request context processor to be installed. Note that this patch includes documentation. Tests are still needed. I am not married to the exact implementation, but I and others I have discussed this and feel that this simplicity and fuctionality belong in Django's pagination. Results #11072: Add Info Window Html to GMarker Mon, 11 May 2009 17:07:03 GMT Ubercore I did a quick search for this and didn't find any previous work. It allows you to set HTML for a GInfoWindow on an instance of a GMarker. No support for options on the info window yet, this is just the simplest case. I did see that it's possible to accomplish this using the GEvent class in, but I think there's value in being able to set it directly on the marker. google-map.js uses bindInfoWindowHtml() to add the info window when the marker is added. A more complete solution might involve implementing GInfoWindow and GInfoWindowOptions, but I didn't want to implement them since they have no public constructor in the Google Maps API. Maybe represent the info window as a tuple of (html, { options})? Anyway, this tackles the simplest case. Example usage: marker = GMarker(object.location, title=object.address) marker.infowindowhtml = "
Info Window!
"; Results #11074: syncdb should execute custom field SQL separately from initial model SQL Mon, 11 May 2009 19:42:12 GMT psmith Currently, if I have exception-throwing SQL in a <app>/<model>.sql file, this breaks GeoDjango's creation of geometry fields and indexes on./ syncdb. You wind up with a database table that has the regular Django fields but is missing geometry fields at the end of the syncdb command. This is because GeoDjango's field-specific post-table-creation SQL which actually creates the geometry fields (from the post_create_sql() hook) is lumped in with the initial model SQL. I am proposing that custom field post-table-creation SQL like GeoDjango emits and user-specified initial model SQL in *.sql files be run in separate transactions. Arguably if my custom initial model SQL is broken then I shouldn't expect syncdb to work cleanly. But it may be surprising that my probably unrelated initial model SQL leaves my GeoDjango model tables (or any model with a custom field that implements post_create_sql()) in an incomplete or undefined state because it happens to be executing in the same transaction as the custom field SQL. syncdb does charge ahead and create as much as possible despite exceptions, so I think one could argue that leaving the database in as consistent a state as possible despite errors is a decent goal. Results #11111: WSGIRequest should not make PATH_INFO and SCRIPT_NAME unicode Thu, 14 May 2009 01:01:30 GMT mgood The WSGI spec requires the standard environment values to be str, not unicode types, but the WSGIRequest object updates the environ (via self.META which is a reference), setting PATH_INFO and SCRIPT_NAME to unicode objects. These unicode values led to some issues with WebTest which checks to ensure that the environ only contains str values. Results #11156: Unnecessary savepoints with Oracle Wed, 20 May 2009 10:24:55 GMT Richard Davies Savepoints are implemented in the Postgresql and Oracle backends, and provide a useful features to users of both. In addition, the framework itself wraps various calls in savepoints (e.g. inside django/db/models/ This is to work around a Postgresql-specific oddity that the open transaction needs to be rolled back to a prior savepoint if it experiences a database exception. This oddity is not present on Oracle, so the extra savepoints are not required. We probably need to split the current single backend flag uses_savepoints into two: can_savepoint and needs_savepoint_after_exception. See Results #11265: ForeignKey/OneToOneField should support user-defined id attribute name Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:03:46 GMT dstora Currently, when defining a ForeignKey/OneToOneField field XXX, Django automatically defines a XXX_id attribute to store the id value. However, it is sometimes desirable to decide of the name as XXX_id may not be the most appropriate. Let's take the following example: I initially have a table "Payment" with a "ccy_code" field designating a 3-letter currency code. My model definition looks like:


Creating a Credits Screen for Endgame
I am creating a short gamer and I would like to add a credits screen to the 2DPlatformer template. What is the easiest way to create a message at the end of the game that tells the user who the game is made by?
Create a UMG widget with the design you want and when the game ends just spawn and add it to the viewport.
What I do is create a UMG widget like Havoc said, and then add a vertical box with text inside. Add an animation of them moving, and boom! :smiley:
Here's a more fancy way of doing it. (Warning this is for more advanced users)
Create the widget, then create two other widgets: "CreditName" and "CreditInfo".
The two new widgets hold a textbox with a function called "init", which allows you to change the text by grabbing a public variable.
So in your main widget, add a vertical box, and add a "CreditName" and "CreditInfo" widget in there, for every name and job they did. For each miniwidget, set the public variable you made earlier as the job or name or whatever.
Josh Steinhauer
And then make an animation that moves it from the bottom from the top.
On the begin play event, play the animation, and then get the duration of the animation and delay for that length. After that, remove itself.
Good luck!!
I have to do the animation of each miniwiget separately


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Definition of Stichoi
1. stichos [n] - See also: stichos
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1. A Commentary on the Psalms from Primitive and Mediæval Writers: And from the by John Mason Neale, Richard Frederick Littledale, Miles Coverdale (1879)
"I cannot help giving, as the best commentary on this part of the Psalm,- the stichoi of Great Thursday with their..."
2. History of the Sacred Scriptures of the New Testament by Eduard Reuss (1884)
"The stichoi were numbered and summed up at the end of each book, as was done in the Hebrew Bible also. Yet it is still a question whether these..."
3. The Coptic version of the New Testament in the northern dialect, otherwise by George William Horner (1905)
"T the number of its stichoi hundred five and twenty, and its chapters six.... I. Ep. ends with'Was finished the second epistle of Peter, its stichoi..."
4. A History of the Holy Eastern Church by John Mason Neale (1850)
"It frequently happens that proper stichoi are given in the... The number of stichoi varies; when any are given in the..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... and stichoi, the Nunc dimittis, the trisagion, and the apolytikion. Greater Vespers, which are said after sunset, begin with the invitatory,..."
6. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"The and 1600 stichoi, the last testified by Septuagint a number of manuscripts, for which Text the number of the corresponding imShorter proved text is..."
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Definition of flyer :
1. A small operation not involving? considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture.
2. Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc.
3. One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other( as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder.
4. One that uses wings.
5. The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers.
6. The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.
7. The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; - so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11.
measure, street arab, aviator, placard, banker's bill, airman, philippic, card, bank bill, folder, tirade, broadsheet, throwaway, beak, notice, broadside, government note, greenback, vizor, gamin, visor, eyeshade, nib, peak, circular, leaflet, pecker, invoice, booklet, bank note, handbill, aeronaut, flier, neb, account, banknote, posting, billhook, brochure, note, bill, poster
- But that policy did not always worksometimes the lone British flyer came out ahead, despite the odds against him. - "A Minstrel In France", Harry Lauder.
- The Jovian fleet was approaching so rapidly that a collision with the nearest flyer seemed inevitable. - "Giants on the Earth", Sterner St. Paul Meek.
- Far down the track he saw a glimmering dot of fire and heard the faint muffled whistle of the Flyer. - "Sundown Slim", Henry Hubert Knibbs.


How Strong Can A Human Kick?
Can a boxer's punch kill?
So, yes anyone can kill with a punch, a trained boxer has more likelihood of delivering that punch drunk or sober with accuracy and power, but the result depends on a number of factors, including a bit of luck on part of the recipient..
Can a gorilla kill a lion?
How much can a gorilla squat?
Many sites claim that a gorilla can lift anywhere from 4 to 27 times their body weight. But the most common statistic that I can find states a gorilla's strength at 10 times their body weight.
What is the hardest kick?
Shogun Rua shows some brute strength by demonstrating the single hardest strike Sport Science has recorded – 2,749lbs of force. That's one hell of a Muay Thai Kick.
Can a horse kick kill you?
A horse's kick is extremely powerful and can cause severe, even fatal injuries. Many riders have experienced broken bones, deep lacerations from a hoof, and even cardiac arrest if the kick landed on their chest. It is also extremely possible to suffer from head injuries that can be fatal if the impact was extreme.
How hard can a gorilla punch?
Can a human fight off a wolf?
Yes but an exceptional human might prevail. A lot of these wolf attacks even powerful men barelyhold off are probably coy wolves intermediate between true wolves and coyotes in size and power.
Who has the strongest kick in UFC?
UFC heavyweight knockout artist Francis Ngannou made the rounds in January when he earned a score of 129,161 on the UFC's PowerKube, setting a new record for the hardest punch ever recorded at the UFC Performance Institute.
What hurts more a kick or a punch?
Undoubtedly, a kick can hurt more than a punch. While punches are particularly painful, they mostly involve using your muscles to throw your weight as violently as possible into another person. Kicks do involve weight transfer, but they have an added benefit that punches do not.
What is the deadliest punch?
A rabbit punch is a blow to the back of the head or to the base of the skull. It is considered especially dangerous because it can damage the cervical vertebrae and subsequently the spinal cord, which may lead to serious and irreparable spinal cord injury.
What is considered a strong punch?
Generally, there are five components to punching power that must be present for a puncher to be considered truly powerful: lack of arm punching, proper weight shifting, stepping during a punch, pivoting with a punch, and using proper footwork. This body connection requires the development of a strong core.
How hard can I punch?
How strong is a kick?
The strongest kick which is the stepping side kick, is estimated to be 4 times the power of a master overhand right punch. Overhand right is the strongest punch ever known. However you don't need a kick in a fight to end it. A kick is so much harder to use that it's basically never used in a street fight.
What is the most powerful type of kick?
But generally, the spinning side kick is regarded as the most powerful kick. It harnesses a ton of rotational energy and nearly the entire mass of your body to throw a powerful, piercing kick that can tear clean through even the strongest blocks.
Can you hit the heavy bag everyday?
YES, it's true – hitting a punching bag all day might hurt your boxing skills. The main reason why is because over-training on a heavy bag makes it easy for boxers to develop bad habits. … The main purpose of a heavy bag is to increase your punching power.
What animal kicks hardest?
ZebrasZebras may commonly fall prey to fearsome big cat foes like lion and cheetah, but they occasionally get in a pretty serious hit of their own. In fact, zebras have the most powerful kick of any animal on the planet, and like giraffes, they've been known to kill lions with a swift kick to the head.
How strong can a human punch?
The average, untrained person can throw a punch anywhere from 60-85 PSI (Pounds per square inch). But a trained striker can generate quite a bit more force. They strike within the range of 194-336 PSI.


Hallmark Card Studio for Mac requires internet access. This is true even for boxed versions on DVD.
If you are getting errors saying it cannot connect to the internet, or it cannot load some of the designs, please start by verifying that you have a good, constant connection to the internet. The program requires it.
If your Mac is currently connected, you should check your anti-virus, firewall or anti-malware software on your computer.
Often it is one of these programs blocking the Hallmark program's access to the internet.
In some instances the connection may be too slow, or have too much latency for the program.
This is especially true on satellite internet (such as HughesNet), internet via a cellular connection, dialup, and some slower DSL ISPs under 1 megabit.
You can clear cache by following those steps
1. Close the program thru Hallmark Card Studio>Quit Hallmark Card studio, or via Force Quit
2. Use Go To Folder, in the Finder's Go menu (also accessible by pressing Shift+Command+G)
3.Type in ~/Library and click Go
4. Double-click "Application Support" folder
5. Double-click "Hallmark Card Studio" folder
6.Drag the Backup folder to the Trash bin
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Objective: This study extends previous research by exploring the association between mood states (i.e., positive and negative affect) and fixation in practicing anesthetists using a realistic medical simulation. Background: The impact of practitioner emotional states on fixation is a neglected area of research. Emerging evidence is demonstrating the role of positive affect in facilitating problem solving and innovation, with demonstrated implications for practitioner fixation. Method: Twelve practicing anesthetists (4 females; Mage= 39 years; SD = 6.71) were involved in a medical simulation. Prior to the simulation, practitioners rated the frequency they had experienced various positive and negative emotions in the previous three days. During the simulation, the patient deteriorated rapidly, and anesthetists were observed for their degree of fixation. After the simulation, practitioners indicated the frequency of these same emotions during the simulation. Results: Nonparametric correlations were used to explore the independent relationships between positive and negative affect and the behavioral measures. Only positive affect impacted the likelihood of fixation. Anesthetists who reported more frequent recent positive affect in the three days prior to the simulation and during the simulation tended to be less fixated as judged by independent raters, identified a decline in patient oxygen saturation more quickly, and more rapidly implemented the necessary intervention (surgical cricothyroidotomy). Conclusion: These findings have some real-world implications for positive affect in patient safety. Application: This research has broad implications for professions where fixation may impair practice. This research suggests that professional training should teach practitioners to identify their emotions and understand the role of these emotions in fixation.
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NAME RDF::LinkedData - A simple Linked Data server implementation VERSION Version 0.62 SYNOPSIS For just setting this up and get it to run, you would just use the "linked_data.psgi" script in this distribution. The usage of that is documented in Plack::App::RDF::LinkedData. If you want to try and use this directly, you'd do stuff like: my $ld = RDF::LinkedData->new(store => $config->{store}, endpoint_config => $config->{endpoint}, base_uri => $config->{base_uri} ); $ld->namespaces($config->{namespaces}) if ($config->{namespaces}); $ld->request($req); return $ld->response($uri)->finalize; See Plack::App::RDF::LinkedData for a complete example. DESCRIPTION This module is used to create a minimal Linked Data server that can serve RDF data out of an RDF::Trine::Model. It will look up URIs in the model and do the right thing (known as the 303 dance) and mint URLs for that, as well as content negotiation. Thus, you can concentrate on URIs for your things, you need not be concerned about minting URLs for the pages to serve it. METHODS "new ( store => $store, model => $model, base_uri => $base_uri, hypermedia => 1, namespaces_as_vocabularies => 1, request => $request, endpoint_config => $endpoint_config, void_config => $void_config )" Creates a new handler object based on named parameters, given a store config (recommended usage is to pass a hashref of the type that can be passed to RDF::Trine::Store->new_with_config, but a simple string can also be used) or model and a base URI. Optionally, you may pass a Plack::Request object (must be passed before you call "content") and an "endpoint_config" hashref if you want to have a SPARQL Endpoint running using the recommended module RDF::Endpoint. This module can also provide additional triples to turn the respons into a hypermedia type. If you don't want this, set the "hypermedia" argument to false. Currently this entails setting the SPARQL endpoint and vocabularies used using the VoID vocabulary. The latter is very limited at present, all it'll do is use the namespaces if you have "namespaces_as_vocabularies" enabled, which it is by default. "BUILD" Called by Moose to initialize an object. "model" Returns the RDF::Trine::Model object. "base_uri" Returns or sets the base URI for this handler. "request ( [ $request ] )" Returns the Plack::Request object if it exists or sets it if a Plack::Request object is given as parameter. "current_etag" Returns the current Etag of the model suitable for use in a HTTP header. This is a read-only attribute. "last_etag", "has_last_etag" Returns or sets the last Etag of so that changes to the model can be detected. namespaces ( { skos => '', dct => '' } ) Gets or sets the namespaces that some serializers use for pretty-printing. "response ( $uri )" Will look up what to do with the given URI object and populate the response object. "helper_properties ( )" Returns the RDF::Helper::Properties object if it exists or sets it if a RDF::Helper::Properties object is given as parameter. "type" Returns or sets the type of result to return, i.e. "page", in the case of a human-intended page or "data" for machine consumption, or an empty string if it is an actual resource URI that should be redirected. "my_node" A node for the requested URI. This node is typically used as the subject to find which statements to return as data. This expects to get a URI object containing the full URI of the node. "count ( $node)" Returns the number of statements that has the $node as subject, or all if $node is undef. "endpoint ( [ $endpoint ] )" Returns the RDF::Endpoint object if it exists or sets it if a RDF::Endpoint object is given as parameter. In most cases, it will be created for you if you pass a "endpoint_config" hashref to the constructor, so you would most likely not use this method. "void ( [ $voidg ] )" Returns the RDF::Generator::Void object if it exists or sets it if a RDF::Generator::Void object is given as parameter. Like "endpoint", it will be created for you if you pass a "void_config" hashref to the constructor, so you would most likely not use this method. AUTHOR Kjetil Kjernsmo, "" BUGS Please report any bugs using github SUPPORT You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc RDF::LinkedData The perlrdf mailing list is the right place to seek help and discuss this module: TODO * Use IO::Handle streams when they become available from the serializers. * Figure out what needs to be done to use this code in other frameworks, such as Magpie. * Make it read-write hypermedia. * Use a environment variable for config on the command line? * Make the result graph configurable. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This module was started by Gregory Todd Williams "" for RDF::LinkedData::Apache, but has been almost totally rewritten. 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Cheque Bounce in UAE and Settlement Procedure
Cheque bounce in UAE is a criminal offense and cheque writer can face a court trial and jail term
Cheque Bounce in UAE and Settlement Procedure
Articles (Gulf Inside) Cheque bounce in UAE is a criminal offense and cheque writer can face a court trial and jail term also can face a travel ban with a bench warrant, drawer of bounced check unable to leave UAE, and cannot enter if already left until settlements.
To know more about the settlement of the bounced Cheque case and how to the removal of the travel ban, you need to follow the below guide.
New Law Cheque Bounce:
According to the UAE Federal Law No-3 of 1987 promulgating the legal code, both criminal, also as civil proceedings, are often initiated against the perpetrator of bounced cheque writer.
What is Cheque Bounce?
A cheque bounce or bounced check may be a cheque presented by the payee and rejected by the drawer bank under below circumstances:
 1. Insufficient funds in the drawer account.
 2. Changed signature on a cheque or refusing it from being paid.
 3. The drawer's checking account was closed before the cheque is presented for payment.
1: The Police Complaint:
To file a complaint about a bounced cheque, the bearer of the cheque should formally open a case with the police station of the respective emirate against the drawer. For registering complaints on the bounced cheque in Dubai, you'll use the Dubai Police app.
After receiving the complaint, the police will contact the issuer of the cheque to notify him/her of the same and request his urgent presence. At the police headquarters, the drawer is allowed to settle the difficulty through paying the complete amount of the bounced cheque. If he/she paid, no further legal proceedings are going to be taken.
If the issuer of the bad cheque doesn't have money to pay, he/she has the proper to request a while to settle the difficulty. Upon such a request, the issuer could also be granted an inexpensive period secured by the deposit of his passport at the police headquarters. However, it highly depends on the cheque amount as in many cases such a guarantee of depositing the passport is rejected by cops if the quantity drawn on the cheque is more than 1 million dirhams or higher.
Point to be noted that cheque bounced may be a criminal offense within the UAE, upon filing the complaint at the police headquarters, a travel ban and bench warrant on the drawer will be issued automatically. Hence, the issuer of the cheque is going to be banned from leaving the country and arrested if he/she tries to flee, or should be detained on arrival in UAE from outside.
Such a travel ban in UAE is often removed only upon settlement of the cheque bounce case, or after serving a sentence.
2: The Public Prosecution:
In case the opponents failed to resolve the cheque bounce case at the police station, the police then transfer the complaint to the public prosecutor in the court.
Based on the evidence presented within the court, the choice might be a bail either by paying the worth of the bounced cheque or by depositing the passport of the defaulter or another guarantor. In case bail was denied, the public prosecutor may order the detention of the drawer until the court hears and decides on the case.
3: The Criminal Court:
The role of the court in UAE is to dive deeper into that bounce check case, opponents' arguments, and available evidence. The court then proceeds to look at whether the crime elements are satisfied or not. The crime elements are the fabric element and therefore the mental element.
Once both of the crime elements are satisfied, and by the authority vested in it within Article 401 of the UAE legal code, the court may decide the sanction of the perpetrator.
This can be confined to a fine assessed solely by the court, supported the conclusion reached and therefore the amount claimed and typically ranging between AED 1,000 and AED 30,000+. The court can also decide the sanction of the perpetrator to be serving a jail term of between 1 year and three years.
4: Civil Court Proceedings:
The criminal court and the civil court function separately but may solve both civil cases and criminal cases. Hence, the sentence issued by the court comes only as a sanction for the act of issuing a bounced cheques with insufficient funds in account or withdrawal all or part of the funds after giving the cheque.
The claimant may present his case to the civil court also to say his right to the disputed amount.
After reaching a conclusion supported the evidence and facts presented by the opponents, the civil court can then demand the issuer of the bounced cheque to pay a sum equal either to the worth of the cheque or its outstanding balance. In case the perpetrator fails again to pay the said amount, his assets could also be attached, and he could also be subjected to a different jail term for failing to comply with the civil court orders.
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If there are not any pending cases against the bounced cheque writer, once the jail term is completed, he's allowed to gather his impounded passport and may also leave the country.
Writing a Cheque:
If the issuer of a cheque realized that he did a mistake by writing a cheque and there have been sufficient funds, it is often remedied at any stage of the legal proceedings by providing account statements of cheque submission date.
How to Remove Travel Ban:
Travel ban against Bounce cheque can only be removed through settlement or completing the jail term, the important point for the drawer is that he/she shall confirm to retrieve the bad cheque and obtain a clearance paper from his debtor or court upon payment of the disputed amount or completing the jail term.
Henceforth, no further legal proceedings will be initiated, and the UAE travel ban and an arrest warrant will be removed automatically.
Recent Developments in cheque bounce case:
To mitigate the non-payment of bounced cheques, the UAE government has recently introduced new regulations to punish such crimes with fines rather than jail terms. This initiative allows the issuer of the bounced cheque to urge employment opportunities or other such alternatives to be ready to repay his debt rather than getting to jail, subject to the orders of the public prosecutor.
Cheque Bounce Penalty:
As per the order, cases of cheque bounce the amount not exceeding AED 200,000 shall be punished with the following fines:
If the quantity is a smaller amount than AED 50,000 the cheque bounce penalty is going to be AED 2,000.
If the quantity is between AED 50,000 to 100,000 the fine is going to be AED 5,000.
If the amount written in the bounced cheque is from AED 100,000 to 200,000+, the cheque bounce penalty will be AED 10,000+.
Conclusion and extra care:
Cheque bounce in UAE can be associated with numerous reasons including illegal termination by the company, bankruptcy, absconding of the cheque writer, etc. In practice, when the bearer of the bounced cheque filed a complaint with the police, the most viable way to resolve the issue for both parties is to settle it at the police station amicably.
It is advisable that don't allow anyone to use your checkbook, as holders of checkbooks can get in trouble for a cheque bounce in UAE even without signing it. The practical experience shows that there are cases where an individual is often subject to legal liability towards a cheque bounce or bounced check case even it's not signed by him.
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Atone Ritual 4
Uncommon Abjuration
Cast 1 day; Cost rare incense and offerings worth a total value of 20 gp × the target's level; Secondary Casters 1, must be the ritual's target
Primary Check Nature or Religion (expert); Secondary Checks Nature or Religion (whichever is used for the primary check)
Range 10 feet; Targets another creature of up to 8th level who is a worshiper of the same deity or philosophy as you
You attempt to help a truly penitent creature atone for its misdeeds, typically actions contrary to your deity's alignment or anathema to your deity. If the creature isn't truly penitent, the outcome is always a critical failure. This ritual uses Nature if the target is a druid, and Religion in all other cases.
 - Critical Success The creature receives absolution for its misdeeds, allowing it to regain standing with your deity. It returns to its previous alignment (if its alignment shifted) and regains any abilities it lost. Before the atonement is complete, the creature must perform a special quest or other task chosen by your deity, as befits its misdeeds. If completed during downtime, this task should take no less than 1 month. For 1 month, the target receives divine insight just before performing an act that would be anathema to your deity or contrary to your deity's alignment.
 - Success As critical success, but the creature gains no special insight regarding its subsequent actions.
 - Failure The creature does not receive absolution and must continue to meditate and redress its misdeeds. Any future atone rituals for the same misdeeds cost half as much and gain a +4 circumstance bonus to primary and secondary checks.
 - Critical Failure The creature offends your deity and is permanently cast out from the faith. The creature can't rejoin your religion without a more direct intervention.
Heightened (5th) Increase the maximum target level by 2 and the base cost by 20 gp.
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Athlete Biological Passport Program FAQ
What is an Athlete Biological Passport (ABP)?
An Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) is an ongoing electronic record of an athlete's biological markers from multiple blood sample collections over a period of time.
An ABP differs from traditional blood tests by looking at the effects of doping rather than directly detecting the prohibited substances or methods used. This means that even if a substance has left the body, the ABP tests will detect if it was there.
Why is the NRL introducing an ABP program?
The new testing measures are part of a range of initiatives introduced by the NRL's Integrity and Compliance Unit to protect rugby league. The testing program has been developed on the basis of expert advice and gives confidence to the fans and the players who are committed to a drug-free sport.
The NRL's ABP program is part of a comprehensive suite of changes that will significantly strengthen rugby league against emerging threats to world sport.
What are the other new testing measures being announced by the NRL?
The new ABP program will run in addition to traditional blood and urine testing. The other new measures include:
 - Increased testing for Human Growth Hormone with samples sent to London to take advantage of the latest technology developed for the 2012 Olympics
 - Increased testing for peptides with samples sent to Cologne to take advantage of leading international developments in peptide testing
Who administers the NRL's ABP Program?
The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) will be contracted by the NRL to conduct all aspects of the program on its behalf.
When will the program start?
The program will commence in June 2013.
How are players selected?
Players are selected at ASADA's discretion.
How often will ABP testing occur?
ASADA has indicated that a minimum of four tests would be reasonable to provide an individual athlete's baseline record. A baseline record is simply gathering a sufficient quantity of data from which a panel of three experts can agree that it is highly likely that a prohibited substance or method has been used following testing. In a full year, it is expected each player would be required to submit to between four and ten tests.
How long will it take for tests to be completed?
The test itself is relatively short and only requires a sample of blood. However, an athlete is required to be in a rested state prior to undertaking the test which could result in a player waiting for up to two hours from the time he first advised of the test. Once notified an athlete must remain with the testing official until the test is complete.
Where will the biological passports be tested and by whom?
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited laboratories in Australia will process ABP tests conducted in Australia.
Is the new ABP Program supported by the Rugby League Players' Association?
Yes. The program has been discussed in detail with the RLPA. The RLPA strongly supports the testing of players to ensure compliance with the WADA code and the NRL's Anti-Doping Policy.
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Importing Data from FLAT FILE to TABLE using TERADATA SQL ASSISTANT is very simple.It is very easy to import data from any flat file to table in TERADATA using TERADATA SQL Assistant. First, you need to write SQL Query in Query Window. INSERT query should be in accordance with the flat file considering the columns mentioned in FLAT FILE in the same order. So if your flat file contains five columns, mention those five columns in the same order in your INSERT CLAUSE; like
INSERT INTO TABLENAME (COL1,COL2,COL3,COL4,COL5) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?);
Go to FILE –> Import Results. Now when you run the query, it will display the browse window and will ask you to select the file to which you want to use to import data.
Points to consider while importing data from table:
a) Delimiter: Whether you want to import FIXED WIDTH or DELIMITED file. If file is delimited then you need to select the delimiter for the input file. To select the appropriate Delimiter for your output file go to TOOLS–>OPTIONS –> EXPORT/IMPORT –> Set the Delimiter.
b) SKIP HEADER:There are other options available, like Ignore First Record (Skip Header).So check these options also while importing data.
c) Suitable UTILITY:IMPORT via TERADATA SQL Assistant is not preferable if data is too huge in terms of records counts or row length. As it operates at row level, importing huge volume of data may take long time. For such cases, use FASTLOAD or MULTILOAD utility.


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This page draws together table tennis-related information for all of Special Olympics. The coaching materials and other links will help you get a good sense of how this sport contributes to Special Olympics.
About Table Tennis
Every athlete aims in passing the ball to the opponent side of the table over the net, striking it with a Table Tennis racquet.
Table Tennis is a fast sport that requires excellent coordination of hands and eyes. Special Olympics athletes share the essential elements of force and ability so that they can play Table Tennis. Apart from the traditional events, Special Olympics competition includes individual skill events that allow the athletes to work and compete in basic skills of table tennis. The development of these basic skills is necessary for the athletes to take part in the events. These skills include bounce of the ball with the racket, volley and backhand.
The Table Tennis Coaching Guide
Special Olympics coaching guides are the key source of coaching information for our volunteer coaches worldwide. The guides are written by experts in the sport who understand that people with intellectual disabilities need extra time and attention to master new skills. The guides are helpful to anyone teaching a sport but are especially valuable when coaching Special Olympics athletes.


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The Canadian Museum of Cultural Heritage of Indo-Canadian, located at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir and Cultural Complex in Toronto, Canada, traces 10,000 years of Indian history. Inaugurated in 2007, visitors can explore the civilization, diversity, and religions of India. Moreover, the museum highlights the Indo-Canadian experience, explaining the journey of the ethnic community as it became an integral part of the Canadian cultural mosaic over the past 60 years. The museum illustrates Indian culture's contributions to the fields of art, architecture, science, democracy, education, and spiritual values. The museum promotes cultural harmony by inspiring its visitors to explore and share their own heritage while maintaining respect for others. It is an unparalleled cultural landmark visited and appreciated by various community leaders, government officials, and thousands of Canadians.
Visit the Canadian Museum of Cultural Heritage of Indo-Canadians at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Toronto, Canada.


text: Keep the bugs away with a Sunco LED Bulb Yellow Bug Light while you save energy. This natural insect repellant deters insects with a yellow hue that is harder for bugs to see than a cool blue light. Its lower heat emission, compared to an incandescent bulb, will also help reduce the flying pests near your light. A15 is great as a low blue comfort light or dimmable night light. The energy efficient Sunco Yellow Bug Light also functions as a sleep aid to increase melatonin and adjust your sleep-wake cycle instead of the blue light spectrum that can boost alertness.


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Ginger and Apple Jam
Recipe type: Jam
- 2kg (4lb 7oz) peeled and cored cooking apples
- 700ml (1¼ pits) water
- 1.5kg (3lb 5oz) sugar
- 300g (10½ oz) finely chopped preserved ginger
- 5ml (1tsp) of powdered ginger
- 3 average size lemons
- Peel and core the apples until you have 2kg of apple flesh.
- Cut the apple into slices and place in a preserving pan.
- Put the cores and peel into a muslin bag and place that in the preserving pan.
- Add the water and simmer gently until the apples and soft and pulpy.
- Remove and discard the bag of peel and cores.
- Use an electric blender or beater to reduce the cooked apple to a puree.
- Add the sugar, ginger and the juice from the lemons to the pan and mix well with the apples.
- Heat and stir well until all the sugar is dissolved.
- Bring to the boil and allow to continue boiling until it reaches setting point.
- Transfer to warmed and sterile jars, then seal well.


»Nomad Commands (CLI)
Nomad is controlled via a very easy to use command-line interface (CLI). Nomad is only a single command-line application: nomad, which takes a subcommand such as "agent" or "status". The complete list of subcommands is in the navigation to the left.
The Nomad CLI is a well-behaved command line application. In erroneous cases, a non-zero exit status will be returned. It also responds to -h and --help as you would most likely expect.
To view a list of the available commands at any time, just run Nomad with no arguments. To get help for any specific subcommand, run the subcommand with the -h argument.
Each command has been conveniently documented on this website. Links to each command can be found on the left.
Nomad's CLI supports command autocomplete. Autocomplete can be installed or uninstalled by running the following on bash or zsh shells:
$ nomad -autocomplete-install
$ nomad -autocomplete-uninstall
»Command Contexts
Nomad's CLI commands have implied contexts in their naming convention. Because the CLI is most commonly used to manipulate or query jobs, you can assume that any given command is working in that context unless the command name implies otherwise.
For example, the nomad job run command is used to run a new job, the nomad status command queries information about existing jobs, etc. Conversely, commands with a prefix in their name likely operate in a different context. Examples include the nomad agent-info or nomad node drain commands, which operate in the agent or node contexts respectively.
»Remote Usage
The Nomad CLI may be used to interact with a remote Nomad cluster, even when the local machine does not have a running Nomad agent. To do so, set the NOMAD_ADDR environment variable or use the -address= flag when running commands.
$ NOMAD_ADDR=https://remote-address:4646 nomad status
$ nomad status -address=https://remote-address:4646
The provided address must be reachable from your local machine. There are a variety of ways to accomplish this (VPN, SSH Tunnel, etc). If the port is exposed to the public internet it is highly recommended to configure TLS.


text: Cricket Street was one of the first streets named in Masterton, being given its official name in 1878. It earned ithis name from being the area of town where cricket was first played – in the 1860s, on land behind the Wairarapa Archive. Cricket Street originally formed part of a cross with the street now known as Park Street. Because of the shape of the street this was first known as Cross Street. The name was changed to Park Street in 1905.


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Vibrational Relaxation of O3(v2) by O(3P)
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Laboratory measurements of the rate coefficient for quenching of O3(v2) by ground state atomic oxygen, kO(v2), at room temperature are presented. kO(v2) is currently not well-known and is necessary for appropriate non-local thermodynamic equilibrium modeling of the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere. In this work, a 266-nm laser pulse photolyzes a small amount of O3 in a slow-flowing gas mixture of O3, Xe, and Ar. This process simultaneously produces atomic oxygen and increases the temperature of the gas mixture slightly, thereby increasing the population in the O3(v2) state. Transient diode laser absorption spectroscopy is used to monitor the populations of the O3(v2) and ground vibrational states as the system re-equilibrates. Relaxation rates are measured over a range of quencher concentrations to extract the rate coefficient of interest. The value of kO(v2) was determined to be (2.2 ± 0.5) x 10-12 cm3 s-1.
Castle, Karen. "Vibrational Relaxation of O3(v2) by O(3P)." Journal of Physical Chemistry A 118, no. 25 (2014) : 4548.
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Technical Training Center of the Air Force Northern Division
The TTC of the Air Force Northern Division is the organizational foundation for tailored technical training geared to the military capabilities of the Bundeswehr.
In four training groups at the two locations Faßberg and Wunstorf, the Northern Division conducts technical and logistic training, advanced training and continuing education in the following areas:
- Aircraft technology for the CH-53 medium transport helicopter and the A400M transport aircraft
- Basic training covering all weapon systems
- Flight equipment and rescue systems
- Ground equipment technology
- Structural mechanics
- Operating materials
- Combat damage repair on Air Force weapon systems and aircraft
The training workshop is another building block of the Northern Division. Here, young people can learn the civilian-approved profession of aircraft mechanic, specializing in engine technology.
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Insta Glossary: Thirsty
Insta Glossary
Kinda similar to the normal definition of thirsty, the insta meaning is just a little more ruthless, so instead of being thirsty for a glass of water, you would be thirsty for attention or more followers. It's a term given to someone who is desperate or really eager for something.
Example: "That girl is thirsty for that new highlighter, she's been camped outside Sephora for days!"
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Mold is a common problem in any environment that is perpetually damp, especially if there is a lack of sunlight in the area. Mold can strike anywhere for this reason. While it is not difficult to remove in small amounts, it is a real challenge to remove mould from paintings. Oil paintings require careful cleaning, but watercolours even more so, as exposure to moisture can cause their delicate colours to run. However, with proper care mould can be removed from watercolour paintings.
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Brush at the mould with a soft-bristle brush. The light friction can be enough to remove some or all of the mildew without affecting the paint.
Place the painting in the sunlight during the day for several days. Direct sunlight kills mould and can remove it from paintings. Sunlight fades paint over time, but several day's worth of intermittent exposure will not cause any damage to a watercolour.
Wipe at the mould with a small piece of light-grit sandpaper to carefully remove the mould, if the other methods are not working. Be very careful when doing this because the sandpaper can potentially damage the paint if too much force is applied. Dust the painting afterward to remove any loose sand that has come off the sandpaper.
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(SOURCE: University of California, San Diego, news release, Oct. 15, 2012)
TUESDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Powerful people try not to mimic the facial expressions of other powerful people, according to a new study.
That means they would be less likely to return the smile of another high-status person. On the other hand, researchers from the University of California, San Diego, noted that powerless people mirror anyone's smile.
"Mimicry has been shown to help build relationships, and both power and status seem to affect how we unconsciously employ this strategy," graduate student Evan Carr said in a university news release. "These findings may speak to how social hierarchies often form under the radar quickly, efficiently and without awareness."
In conducting the study, researchers asked 55 people to write briefly about an event that would induce feelings of power or powerlessness. Afterwards, the participants watched happy videos as well as angry videos of powerful people (doctors, for example) or those with lower social standing (e.g., fast-food workers).
As the people watched the videos, the facial muscles they used to smile or frown were measured.
The study revealed that all of the participants tended to mimic the frowns of powerful people more often than they did for people of lower status.
The researchers also found that powerful people were more likely to smile back at a lower-status person than another powerful or high-status person. Powerless people, however, smiled more at everyone.
The study was scheduled for presentation Monday at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in New Orleans.
Data and conclusions presented at meetings are typically considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed medical journal.
The U.S. National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke talks about the brain and how it works.
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Educators for Excellence-Boston Releases Policy Paper on Addressing Student Trauma in Schools
Teacher-written policy paper was launched at an event advocating for trauma-informed schools
May 5, 2017 (Boston) — Educators for Excellence-Boston (E4E-Boston) released a teacher-written policy paper, "Schools that Heal," which includes a set of recommendations for how schools in Boston and Massachusetts can create safe and welcoming learning environments for students who have experienced trauma. The paper was released last night at an event at the Regal Fenway theater, where E4E-Boston members joined At-Large Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley and the Center for Social Innovation in screening the documentary Paper Tigers, which follows one school's success in supporting students who have experienced trauma.
In Boston, teachers have voiced concerns that a lack of awareness, training and resources to help students cope with traumatic experiences is harming their ability to learn and succeed in school. With the recent spike in deportations and hate crimes across the country, many students are experiencing anxiety over the safety of their families. A survey by Children's Hospital found that one in five Boston students have had more than two traumatic experiences.
"I have been working in urban classrooms for thirteen years and seen that trauma has been a constant barrier to students' ability to learn. We need to have a broader conversation and shine a light on trauma; it is one of the biggest threats to student achievement," said E4E-Boston member Nina Leuzzi, kindergarten teacher at Bridge Boston Academy in Dorchester, who was an author of "Schools that Heal."
"Schools that Heal" is the product of teacher-led research on ways to better address the needs of our students. Their school-, district-, and state-level recommendations focus on deepening teachers' ability to teach trauma-impacted students, cultivating a trauma-informed school community and updating the funding formula to reinforce schools with the resources to educate vulnerable students.
"In education we continue to talk about issues of mental health and wellness. Now is the time for us to move beyond talking and take action. We have to show our students and our most vulnerable populations that we are not going to abandon them. Now is the time to look at broader social and emotional issues that impact student learning and work through those with students so they can achieve," said E4E-Boston member Marina Gopie, ninth-grade English Language Arts teacher at Another Course to College in Hyde Park.
"Oftentimes, a child's fear and anxiety about issues at home are hidden wounds that deepen when not properly attended to, affecting his or her development. That's why our teachers believe that addressing trauma in our city's classrooms is so critical to ensuring that their students feel comfortable and supported in school," said Sarah Zuckerman, E4E-Boston Executive Director. "I am so proud of the teachers who authored our recommendations, as well as all the educators who work every day to ensure they create an open and encouraging environment. This paper is a clear example, not only of their dedication, but also how, when teachers are empowered to improve their school communities, they can effect real and meaningful change."
The full policy paper and all recommendations can be found at e4e.org/schoolsthatheal.


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September 4, 2018
Hallowheart of Watermelons
Wenjing Guan, Clinical Engagement Assistant Professor-SWPAC, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University
Hollowheart of watermelons is a physiological fruit disorder. Flesh separate inside of the fruit, typically forming three gaps (Figure 1 and 2). In severe cases, hollowheart could cause watermelon load rejection.
Watermelon fruit that has hollowheart tends to be triangular shaped. Poor pollination is the primary reason causing hollowheart. Scientists were able to approve that seedless watermelons are more likely to develop hollowheart when the pollenizer plants (diploid watermelons) are located further away from the seedless plants. The study found hollow heart incidence started to increase when the distance between the seedless plant and the pollenizer plant is more than 6 feet.
Cold weather and the lack of bee movement during pollination period also cause poor pollination. Some growers use mixed pollenizer plants with different flowering peaks to ensure availability of pollens matching the blooming period of seedless plants. Bumblebees, in addition to honeybees, are used. This is partly because bumblebees are relatively more active at relatively low temperatures and low light intensity conditions.
In addition to poor pollination, water and fertility management are also believed to affect the incidence of hollow heart. The assumption is that hollow heart is caused when the fruit inner cells can not keep pace with the expansion rate of the rind, and this situation is more likely to occur on 'forced' plant, for example, planting with excessive fertilizers.
Incidence of hollowheart occurs more frequently in crown-set fruit compared to lateral-set fruit, part of the reason is that crown-fruit have larger intercellular spaces with fewer and larger cells. It could also because crown-fruit set earlier in the season when environmental factors such as low temperatures are more likely to affect pollination.
Although hollowheart symptom was observed on both seedless and seeded watermelons, seedless watermelons tend to have more hollowheart than the seeded watermelons. Under the same environmental conditions, yellow and orange-fleshed watermelon varieties tend to have the most severe hollowheart symptoms. Among typical seedless watermelon varieties, a negative correlation existed between watermelon flesh firmness and the ratings of hollowheart. Firmer fleshed-watermelons have lower hollowheart ratings.
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The cassava plant from which tapioca is made.
- a starchy, granular substance prepared from the root of the cassava plant, used to make puddings, thicken soups, etc.
- pudding made from this substance
Origin of tapiocaPortuguese and amp; Spanish ; from Tupí and amp; Guaraní typyoca ; from tipi, dregs + ok, to squeeze out
- A starch made from cassava roots, usually processed as beads or flakes and used for puddings and as a thickening agent in cooking.
- A dish, especially a pudding, made from this starch.
Origin of tapiocaPortuguese, from Tupí typióca : ty, juice + pyá, heart + oca, to remove.
(countable and uncountable, plural tapiocas)


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Completing your kitchen outfit? See what pots you will need for preparing everyday meals.
It's hard to imagine cooking without pots. Here are 4 types of pots that are essential for every kitchen.
1. Traditional pot for everyday dishes
Traditional pots with handles and a lid in various sizes are useful for cooking potatoes, pasta, rice or so-called one-pot dishes like stew or bigos. A set of such pots is essential equipment for every kitchen where fresh dishes are prepared on a regular basis.
2. Saucepan for cooking
A saucepan, or a pot with one long handle, is useful for making sauces, roux, heating milk, or melting butter. It is the second essential pot in our kitchen.
3. Pressure cooker
Thanks to its special, tightly closing lid you can cook in a much shorter time such dishes as bigos, stew, stuffed cabbage or beans in different ways
Steamed food does not lose its nutritional properties, retains its color and firmness. You can steam not only traditional pancakes and vegetables, but also meat and fish. In pots that have several levels with strainers you can cook several different foods at the same time.


text: We introduce a method for visualizing evolutionary activity of genotypes. Following a proposal of Bedau and Packard, we define a genotype's evolutionary activity in terms of the history of its concentration in the evolving population. To visualize this evolutionary activity we graph the distribution of evolutionary activity in the population of genotypes as a function of time. Adaptively significant genotypes trace a salient line or "wave" in these graphs. The quality of these waves indicates a variety of evolutionary phenomena, such as competitive exclusion, neutral variation, and random genetic drift. We apply this method in an evolutionary model of self-replicating assembly language programs competing for room in a two-dimensional space. Comparison with fitness graphs and with a nonadaptive analogue of this model shows how this method highlights adaptively significant events.


Date of Paper
Type of Paper
Clinical research paper
Degree Name
Master of Social Work (M.S.W.)
Social Work
First Advisor
Kendra Garrett, Ph.D., LICSW
Social Work
This study aimed to explore the question: do American, millennial men that try to achieve masculine ideals have less ability to express themselves emotionally and do they have less positive mental health and well-being? The population sample gathered consisted of 44 American, male participants between the ages of 35 and 21. The data was measured via a survey that consisted of two questionnaires, the Gender Role Conflict Scale and the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale as well as several demographic questions consisting of a total of 55 questions for the survey. The survey was administered online via Qualtrics Survey Software. The design of the study was a quantitative, correlational design. The results did not find a significant, positive relationship between gender role conflict and mental health and well-being or between emotional expression and mental health and well-being. Participants in this study had an average of moderate levels of gender role conflict (not severe levels of gender role conflict) and average mental well-being scores suggesting that men may be experiencing less gender role conflict pressures than men from previous studies. Gaining understanding and perspective on how this could affect men may be beneficial towards understanding what new generations of men are struggling with and how they may differ from previous generations.
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Mathematics Curriculum Specialist
Mathematics Curriculum Specialist, Durham, NC Office
We are an education company seeking a full-time Mathematics Curriculum Specialist. CASE Assessments provides benchmark assessments and a test item bank for school districts in Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. We are seeking a math specialist to develop Common Core and state standards assessment products for delivery in print and online.
This mathematics curriculum specialist position is a full-time position in our Durham, NC office. At this time, we will not be considering applicants unable to work in the Durham office.
- Bachelor's degree in mathematics and/or education with a focus on mathematics
- Mastery of mathematical content knowledge relevant to teaching experience
- Minimum 2-3 years' experience as a certified classroom teacher
- Strong command of Common Core Standards
- Demonstrated aptitude for writing and reviewing summative assessment items for Common Core content
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, primarily Word and Excel
- In addition to professional knowledge, the candidate should have:
- The ability to work well in a group
- The ability to be a critical thinker who is able to give and receive constructive feedback on assessment products
- The ability to work under deadlines by prioritizing and organizing work effectively
- The ability to work in a flexible, dynamic environment
- Preference may be given to a candidate with more teaching experience and/or with additional experience writing mathematics items for use in print and online educational platforms.
- Preference may be given to a candidate with strong content knowledge of Elementary through Algebra I/Math I math curriculum.
- Preference may be given to a candidate with additional experience using graphics software (e.g., Microsoft Paint and/or Adobe Illustrator).
- Preference may be given to a candidate with a Master's Degree in mathematics or education or with National Board Certification.


text: May be the author Eliza Wilson (Mrs. Robert Wilson) of Kirkdale, Liverpool, England. Diary entries describe the social life and travel of a British woman living in India with General Craigie, his wife, and daughters. They left England in November 1854, traveled by ship with stops in Egypt, and arrived in Madras in January 1855. The group lived in Madras but journeyed to other cities in southern India, including Bangalore, Mysore, and Vellore. There are references to the Sepoy Rebellion, _PHONE_, before Wilson departed India in 1860.


Aerocene Explorer Tethered flight at Mobile Utopia Conference
2 November 2017
54°00'21.0″N 2°47'15.0″W
On November 2nd Sasha Engelmann, Bronislaw Szerszynski and Grace Pappas performed an Aerocene Explorer tethered flight in Lancaster, UK, within the framework of a two-day "Mobile Utopia Experiment" called "The Drift Economy", that Bron and Sasha co-organized. The Drift Economy workshop was held at the Lancaster City Library on November 1st, and at the Lancaster University InfoLab on the morning of the 2nd. Participants joined Bron and Sasha in experimenting with drifting seeds, VR-experiences of drift, and 'mapping drift' onto a three dimensional diorama of Lancaster's topography. The Drift Economy was an experiment in public participation in an alternative mobility regime based on the existing flows of water, air, slopes, soil and elemental processes.
Aerocene was a primary element in the Drift Economy experiment, as well as in the conference session and panel that Bron and Sasha chaired at the Mobile Utopia Conference.
In the context of the continuing expansion of fuel-intensive air travel and the militarization, securitization and commercialization of atmospheric space, the experimental workshop and the conference session were devoted to exploring how humans might develop an ethical and sustainable relationship with the atmosphere through vernacular ways of sensing, understanding and collaborating with the macroand micro-dimensions of air.
The approach to critical atmospheric utopias was inspired by Aerocene, inviting a tactile, unmediated skilling of atmospheric awareness. In its name, Aerocene also deliberately evokes the possibility of an epochal shift in humanity's relation with its home planet, and indeed in the very way that the Earth populates its atmosphere with moving things.
At around noon on the 2nd of November, Grace and Sasha inflated the sculpture on an open field near the conference venue. As they were attaching the GPS tracker to the Aerocene sculpture, Rob La Frenais joined them on his bike. Later in the conference, during his Keynote speech, Rob spoke about the Aerocene flight that had happened that day, and related it to the White Sands launch of D-OAEC Aerocene that occurred in 2015.
Luckily for the launch team, the weather was particularly benign on that day -except for a little wind – and the Aerocene Explorer floated in the atmosphere immediately, while recording track information with a handheld GPS attached to it. Sasha and Grace took turns flying the sculpture, and then Sam Hertz, who had just arrived at the conference, flew the Aerocene with Bron.
The Sculpture flew over an hour, overseen by over 60 people who gathered for the launch, registering a complicated aero-glyphic that was later processed with Garmin Basecamp and Google Earth into a striking visualization. Participants connected to the Aerocene Explorer wifi hotspot and connected to the Aerocene's onboard camera to 'see' what the sculpture was seeing. During her train travel back to London that evening, and on the way back up to Lancaster the following morning, Sasha downloaded the flight data from the launch and made some early attempts at a Google Earth flight visualization with the help of Joaquin.
The experience of the Aerocene launch resonated into the conference session during the following days. The "Atmospheric Adventures in the Aerocene: heterotopias of aerial mobility" conference panel on the 3rd November included presentations by Bron, Sasha and Sam Hertz. It also included a short film, "Points of Presence" made by Adam Fish, Bradley Garrett and Oliver Case. Rob La Frenais was the 'discussant'. The panel was guided by the following questions:
 - How can we invent and employ accessible, modest aerial experiments to arrive at an ethical engagement with the atmosphere?
 - What tools, skills, imaginaries and alliances do we need to develop to become more sensitive to the objects and vibrations passing through the atmosphere around us?
 - How can we populate the air in ways that enhance rather than diminish atmospheric affordances for different forms of life?
The response from the panel and the subsequent discussions with many scholars, researchers, artists, technologists and engineers was a clear indication of the way that the Aerocene launch and the panel discussion had catalyzed a range of reflections and insights at the Mobile Utopia conference. Indeed, many commented that it was the most expressive, ethical and collective 'mobile utopia' among the countless other proposals circulating in the air in Lancaster.
Sasha Engelmann would like to thank the Aerocene foundation for lending the sculpture to Aerocene friends in the U.K., Bron for coordinating their amazing Drift Economy experiment in Lancaster, Daniel Schulz for preparing the Explorer and checking all the components with Sasha during the summer, and Joaquin who was a fantastic (!) help with the Garmin device & software. Also Grace traveled over two hours from London to join the launch on that day and was incredibly super helpful in flying, communicating and documenting the Aerocene project to everyone involved.
Organizer: Sasha Engelmann
Drift Economy Experiment: Bronislaw Szerszynski, Sasha Engelmann and Adam Fish
Aerocene Explorer borrowed from Aerocene Foundation
Communication: Camilla Berggen Lundell (Aerocene Foundation) and Alice Lamperti our amazing intern at STS
Aerocene Explorer set-up and support: Daniel Schulz (STS)
Aeroglyphics tutorial and support: Joaquin Ezcurra (Aerocene Foundation)
Payload experiments: Grace Pappas


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The Caribbean region is a treasure trove of vibrant cultures and rich heritage, and one of the most remarkable ways this diversity is expressed is through the clothing worn by its people. Caribbean visual clothing is a captivating fusion of colors, patterns, and styles that reflects the region's history, traditions, and artistic flair. This article explores the fascinating world of Caribbean visual clothing, delving into its origins, significance, and its growing popularity both within and beyond the Caribbean shores.
The Roots of Caribbean Visual Clothing
Caribbean visual clothing draws inspiration from a multitude of sources, including African, Indigenous, European, and Asian influences. The region's history of colonization, slave trade, and cultural exchanges have shaped its unique sartorial expressions. African textiles, traditional Indigenous garments, European fashion trends, and Asian fabrics have all contributed to the tapestry of Caribbean visual clothing.
Bursting with Colors and Patterns
Caribbean visual clothing is a captivating display of vibrant colors and intricate patterns that mesmerizes onlookers with its distinctive allure. It is a celebration of the region's rich cultural heritage, blending influences from diverse backgrounds into a harmonious symphony of style. Let's explore the fascinating world of Caribbean visual clothing and discover the stories told through its burst of colors and patterns.
A Kaleidoscope of Colors
Caribbean visual clothing is renowned for its bold and vivacious color palette. From sunny yellows that radiate warmth to deep blues reminiscent of the surrounding oceans, from fiery reds that evoke passion to lush greens mirroring the lush landscapes, each color holds significance and carries a unique message. These vibrant hues reflect the vibrancy of the Caribbean spirit and capture the essence of the region's natural beauty.
Intricate Patterns and Motifs
The patterns and motifs adorning Caribbean visual clothing are a testament to the region's rich cultural tapestry. Each design carries a story, a history, or a symbolic representation.Traditional African influences are often seen in geometric patterns, whereas Indigenous motifs pay homage to ancestral connections with nature. Additionally, European influences add a touch of elegance and sophistication, while Asian inspirations bring a sense of exoticism. The combination of these influences creates an enchanting tapestry of patterns that captivates the eyes and sparks the imagination.
Symbolism and Cultural Significance
Every color and pattern in Caribbean visual clothing holds a deeper meaning, representing aspects of Caribbean culture, spirituality, and identity. For example, the color yellow can symbolize sunshine, happiness, and prosperity, while blue may represent the vastness of the Caribbean Sea and the connection to water. Intricate patterns, such as the iconic madras or the symbolic V-shaped "Vanda" motif, often convey messages of unity, protection, or cultural heritage. These symbols and meanings are woven into the fabric, infusing each garment with a rich cultural narrative.
Fusion of Tradition and Modernity
Caribbean visual clothing effortlessly blends tradition with contemporary aesthetics. By paying homage to time-honored textile techniques and designs, while incorporating modern interpretations and innovative approaches, it caters to the ever-changing fashion trends. This fusion enables Caribbean visual clothing to stay current in the dynamic world of fashion, appealing to both traditionalists in search of cultural authenticity and fashion-forward individuals who desire distinctive and expressive styles.
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Embracing Diversity and Identity
Caribbean visual clothing serves as a powerful vehicle for individual and collective expression. It embraces diversity and celebrates the multitude of identities within the Caribbean region and beyond. It allows wearers to showcase their cultural heritage, express their personal style, and connect with their roots. Through the colors and patterns they choose to wear, individuals can convey a sense of belonging, pride, and cultural identity.
Cultural Significance and Symbolism
Caribbean visual clothing carries profound cultural significance and symbolism. It serves as a powerful mode of self-expression, a celebration of identity, and a means to connect with ancestral roots. Each color, pattern, and motif often holds a specific meaning, representing various aspects of Caribbean heritage, spirituality, and social status.
Fashion Statements and Global Influence
In recent years, Caribbean visual clothing has gained significant recognition and influence in the global fashion scene. Designers and fashion enthusiasts worldwide have embraced the vibrant aesthetics and unique craftsmanship of Caribbean garments. Runways, fashion shows, and social media platforms have become platforms to showcase Caribbean-inspired designs, elevating the region's cultural heritage onto an international stage. This growing appreciation has created opportunities for Caribbean designers and artisans to share their craft and contribute to the global fashion conversation.
Preserving Traditions and Empowering Communities
Caribbean visual clothing not only preserves the region's traditional textile techniques but also plays a vital role in supporting local communities. Artisans and craftspeople who create these garments often belong to marginalized communities, and their skills and craftsmanship have been passed down through generations. By promoting and purchasing Caribbean visual clothing, individuals can contribute to the economic empowerment and cultural preservation of these communities, ensuring their traditions continue to thrive.
Caribbean visual clothing is more than just fabric and fashion; rather, it is a testament to the region's rich cultural tapestry. Its vibrant colors, intricate patterns, and deep-rooted symbolism captivate the senses and tell stories of resilience, creativity, and diversity. As the world becomes increasingly connected, embracing Caribbean visual clothing allows us to celebrate the unique heritage and artistry of the Caribbean and foster a greater appreciation for the rich tapestry of cultures that shape our global society.


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Mar 18, 2020
Xinjie Feng, Hongxun Yao, Yuankai Yi, Jun Zhang, Shengping Zhang
Scene text recognition with arbitrary shape is very challenging due to large variations in text shapes, fonts, colors, backgrounds, etc. Most state-of-the-art algorithms rectify the input image into the normalized image, then treat the recognition as a sequence prediction task. The bottleneck of such methods is the rectification, which will cause errors due to distortion perspective. In this paper, we find that the rectification is completely unnecessary. What all we need is the spatial attention. We therefore propose a simple but extremely effective scene text recognition method based on transformer [50]. Different from previous transformer based models [56,34], which just use the decoder of the transformer to decode the convolutional attention, the proposed method use a convolutional feature maps as word embedding input into transformer. In such a way, our method is able to make full use of the powerful attention mechanism of the transformer. Extensive experimental results show that the proposed method significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods by a very large margin on both regular and irregular text datasets. On one of the most challenging CUTE dataset whose state-of-the-art prediction accuracy is 89.6%, our method achieves 99.3%, which is a pretty surprising result. We will release our source code and believe that our method will be a new benchmark of scene text recognition with arbitrary shapes.
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We have to seat 10 people in a row.
Condition: two people always sit together and two people never sit together.
My attempt: Let the two people who always sit together be taken as 1 person for the time being. So, we have nine people.
1) Keep one of two people who never sit together at seat 1. Then, we have $7\cdot8!$ ways to seat others.
2) Keep that person at seat 2. Then, we have $6\cdot8!$ ways to seat others.
3) Adding up the above iterations, we have $8!(7\cdot2+6\cdot7)$ ways.
4) Finally the two pairs can be permutated in 2 ways each.
Hence, the answer should be $4\cdot8!(7\cdot2+6\cdot7)$.
Is this correct?
Is there a better approach to solve this problem? Please advise.


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G_banking {lattice}
Calculates banking slope
banking(dx, dy)
dx, dy
vector of consecutive x, y differences.
banking is the banking function used when aspect = "xy" in high level Trellis functions. It is usually not very meaningful except with xyplot. It considers the absolute slopes (based on dx and dy) and returns a value which when adjusted by the panel scale limits will make the median of the above absolute slopes correspond to a 45 degree line.
This function was inspired by the discussion of banking in the documentation for Trellis Graphics available at Bell Labs' website (see Lattice), but is most likely identical to an algorithm described by Cleveland et al (see below). It is not clear (to the author) whether this is the algorithm used in S-PLUS. Alternative banking rules, implemented as a similar function, can be used as a drop-in replacement by suitably modifying lattice.options("banking").
Cleveland, William S. and McGill, Marylyn E. and McGill, Robert (1988) "The Shape Parameter of a Two-variable Graph", Journal of the American Statistical Association, 83, 289--300.
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Lattice, xyplot
## with and without banking
plot <- xyplot(sunspot.year ~ 1700:1988, xlab = "", type = "l",
 scales = list(x = list(alternating = 2)),
 main = "Yearly Sunspots")
print(plot, position = c(0,.3, 1,.9), more = TRUE)
print(update(plot, aspect = "xy", main = "", xlab = "Year"),
 position = c(0, 0, 1,.3))
## cut-and-stack plot (see also xyplot.ts)
xyplot(sunspot.year ~ time(sunspot.year) | equal.count(time(sunspot.year)),
 xlab = "", type = "l", aspect = "xy", strip = FALSE,
 scales = list(x = list(alternating = 2, relation = "sliced")),
 as.table = TRUE, main = "Yearly Sunspots")
Deepayan Sarkar


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August 20, 2012
- coddle (verb)
- What does it mean?
- : to treat with extreme care : pamper
- How do you use it?
- "Big Ma was not one for coddling any of us, but now she turned from the stove and, wiping her hands on her long white apron, sat down on the bench and put her arm around Little Man." (Mildred D. Taylor, _Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry_)
- Are you a word wiz?
The "pamper" sense of "coddle" comes from an earlier meaning that had to do with a special kind of careful treatment given to something delicate. What do you think was treated so carefully?We're not going to coddle you, just tell you that A is the right answer. When "coddle" first came to be part of the English language around 1600, the word meant to cook something slowly and gently in water that is just below the boiling point. Usually eggs are what's being cooked when "coddle" is used in this sense today, but when "coddle" was first being used, other foods, especially fruit, were also cooked by coddling. Because coddling is a very gentle way to cook something, such gentle treatment led to the extended meaning of "to treat with extreme care, pamper."