32nd USKBC-KUSBC Joint Plenary
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 - 9:00pm
2020 Joint Statement: 32nd USKBC-KUSBC Joint Plenary
U.S.-Korea Business Council and Korea-U.S. Business Council
November 16-17, 2020 EST | November 17-18, 2020 KST
Members of the U.S.-Korea Business Council and the Korea-U.S. Business Council (the "Councils") held the 32nd Annual Joint Plenary Meeting on November 16-17 EST (November 17-18 KST) in a hybrid—in-person and virtual—format due to public health and safety concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Centered around the theme, "Fostering U.S.-Korea Commercial Relations and Promoting Economic Growth and Innovation," the Councils assembled senior business leaders from the United States and Korea to discuss creative ways to enhance U.S.-Korea commercial collaboration and business resiliency and to promote sustainable economic growth. In addition, the Councils discussed sectoral opportunities and challenges in the digital economy, acknowledging the economic impact of the pandemic.
As this year marked the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, the Councils commemorated the U.S.-Korea alliance, which continues to be the lynchpin of peace and stability both on the Korean Peninsula and in the region. This important anniversary has given our two countries the occasion to celebrate not just our rich history rooted in a common cause, but also our shared values and democratic principles. As the two countries look to strengthen the alliance into the future, the Councils explored areas in which both private sectors can contribute to the bilateral relationship. The Councils appreciate efforts by both governments to sustain an ongoing dialogue on regulatory, policy, and technology issues and build on the strength of bilateral ties to enhance their partnership on regional and global issues.
Now more than ever as we prepare for a post-pandemic world, the Councils believe it is also crucial to turn our focus to sustained economic growth and innovation. To this end, we discussed a number of innovative areas for public-private sector collaboration not only in jointly establishing the necessary infrastructure for a thriving digital economy, but also in working together to develop harmonized regulatory frameworks that encourage the growth of our two countries' digital economies. Specifically, we discussed the importance of regulatory coherence in this space and emphasized that the business community is often faced with duplicative rules and regulations. The Councils urge the review and harmonization of policies, laws, rules, and regulations to streamline business compliance and minimize their deviations from global standards.
The Councils recognize the importance of bolstering U.S.-Korea cooperation amid the COVID-19 pandemic and global economic uncertainty, in close cooperation with like-minded countries that share our values and democratic principles. We believe the following recommendations will help enhance bilateral commercial ties, and in turn, the overall U.S.-Korea relationship.
 1. Support government policies that foster U.S.-Korea commercial collaboration and crisis management. As the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted weaknesses in global supply chains and our economies, the Councils urge a renewed collaborative effort by our two governments, along with the private sector, to strengthen and diversify supply chains against future crises. We encourage our two governments to support businesses efforts to diversify and make new investments in ways that enhance our collective supply chain security. The pandemic also reinforced the importance of digital innovation to our societies, particularly given their crucial role in the worldwide public health response to COVID-19. Early on, the Korean government integrated digital technologies into its containment and mitigation strategy – including testing, contact tracing, and strict quarantine measures – which allowed the country to swiftly "flatten the curve." Moreover, digital technologies enabled the continuation of essential economic functions, including the facilitation of the delivery of key healthcare goods and services. As such, the Councils view the Korean New Deal to be a step in the right direction, as the proposal for economic recovery presents a major opportunity for public-private sector collaboration on the development of harmonized regulatory frameworks that encourage the growth of Korea's digital economy. In addition, the Councils also encourage the two governments to strengthen engagement with both the U.S. and Korean private sectors to ensure best practices and global standards. Furthermore, the U.S. and Korean business community urge both governments to work together to pursue a science-based and data-driven approach to COVID-19 testing and risk mitigation strategies which could limit the need for traveler quarantines that could negatively affect economic and business activities through the implementation of comprehensive, cost-effective pre-departure testing procedures and contact tracing protocols.
 2. Advocate for policies that strengthen and promote the rules-based global trading system. At a time of rising protectionist measures worldwide, a trend that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Councils believe that the United States and Korea can strengthen bilateral and multilateral economic relationships in order to restore sustainable economic recovery and growth. The Councils urge the two governments to reject trade restrictions that harm the free and rules-based global trading system. We especially encourage both governments, in coordination with other like-minded countries, to eliminate trade-restrictive measures based on overly broad application of import restrictions based on national security considerations, such as those contained in Section 232 of the U.S. Trade Expansion Act. In addition, the Councils urge the two governments to further enhance bilateral trade and investment under the framework of the Korea-U.S. FTA, particularly through digital trade. We encourage the two economies to leverage opportunities for cooperation on 5G, AI, emerging technologies, and the broader digital economy. The Councils discussed the Korean government's consideration of legislation that would vastly expand the country's class action law and agreed to further study the impact of the proposed measure on the Korean business environment. The Councils also encourage both governments to work collaboratively with other like-minded countries through regional and international fora such as APEC, the OECD, and the WTO on a range of emerging and longstanding challenges related to infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, digital taxation, and WTO reform.
 3. Review and coordinate regulatory frameworks for emerging technologies. The Councils believe that in order to develop new technology requirements related to AI, cloud, and other data and cybersecurity challenges, sustained dialogue with the private sector is critical to ensuring that new regulations do not lead to non-tariff and technical barriers to trade. The Councils encourage regulators to take all stakeholders into account as they consider changes to policies that will have a broad effect on our countries' information and communication technology (ICT) ecosystem of startups, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and global companies. We also urge consistency with pre-existing bilateral and multilateral trade agreements in regard to policies that involve trade in digital goods or services.
 4. Promote Responsible Global Development and Deployment of 5G: The Councils believe it is important for governments to devote more resources to the promotion of industry leadership in the development of standards, intellectual property, and patents that are essential to the deployment of an open technologies-based, secure, and trusted 5G ecosystem. We share the view that there is no place for untrusted, high-risk vendors in any part of 5G networks. Further, we believe that the U.S. and Korean governments, along with their allies and partners, must foster trust and improve security through continued engagement with the private sector on risk identification and mitigation efforts, as well as the promotion of continued development of trusted 5G technologies, services, and products.
 5. Improve public health outcomes and promote bilateral cooperation in biotech innovation. As both countries continue to combat the spread of COVID-19 and prepare for future public health crises, the private sector will play an increasingly important role in meeting the rise in public demand for healthcare and digital healthcare solutions. As such, the Councils encourage the two governments to create a transparent and predictable regulatory environment through regular public-private dialogues from the initial planning stages to the implementation of policies that increase access to care and improve health outcomes. Further, we remain committed to continued cooperation in the innovative biotech industry and urge the two governments to promote a business environment that incentivizes investment in innovation.
 6. Strengthen U.S.-Korea private sector commitment to sustainable business practices. Given the significant impact COVID-19 has had on the global economy in a short period of time, the pandemic could be a major turning point for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, particularly as businesses' sustainable management and business resilience strategies have become key factors in countering the economic fallout. To this end, the Councils will work to identify and highlight best practices related to sustainable and climate friendly growth and development. Additionally, the Councils believe that promoting socially and environmentally conscious business practices will be essential to the health of our economies and paths for sustainable growth.
As investors, employers, and business leaders operating in both countries, the Councils welcome the opportunity to provide our comments. We believe that acting on these recommendations will foster innovation and sustainable economic growth in both the United States and Korea and allow for continued commercial collaboration between our economies.
The Councils agree to hold the 33rd USKBC-KUSBC Joint Plenary Meeting in the Fall of 2021 in Seoul.


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Status change means Dutch Antilles no longer exists
The Dutch Caribbean dependency the Netherlands Antilles has ceased to exist with a change of the five islands' constitutional status.
Curacao and St Maarten have become autonomous countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, joining Aruba, which gained the status in 1986.
Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba are now autonomous special municipalities of the kingdom.
The Netherlands retains responsibility for defence and foreign policy.
The Dutch government will also have initial oversight over Curacao's finances under a debt-relief arrangement.
Collectively, the islands had amassed a debt of around 2bn euros (£1.75bn; $2.8bn), most of it owed to the Netherlands.
The smaller islands of St Maarten, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba said the debt was mostly run up by Curacao, the largest island and de facto capital of the former Netherlands Antilles.
Curacao complained that it was carrying too much of the financial burden for the federation, especially for Saba, St Eustatius and Bonaire.
Tourism, petroleum refining and offshore finance are the mainstays of the islands' economies.
The Dutch colonised the islands, alongside Aruba, in the 17th Century. The territory, once called the Dutch West Indies, became the semi-autonomous Netherlands Antilles in 1954.
The new status, which came into effect on Sunday, followed referendums over the past few years in which Curacao, St Maarten, Bonaire and Saba opted to leave the federation while St Eustatius supported the status quo.
None of the islands voted for independence.

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UC Davis Today: History scholars educate our world
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History scholars educate our world
Alumni from UC Davis' highly ranked history graduate program are forging successful careers in higher education as well as public history where they provide expertise to government agencies, museums and K-12 education programs.
The department has earned a national reputation in early American, environmental and Latin American history, and the well-regarded faculty includes Pulitzer Prize winning colonial historian Alan Taylor and other accomplished scholars.
The department's research strengths are broad: modern East Asian history; Jewish history; the 19th and 20th century political, social and labor history of the U.S.; African American history; Mexican American history; early modern and modern European and Russian history; Latin American social and cultural history; European, U.S. and East Asian cultural and intellectual history; the comparative and cross-cultural history of women; and social theory and comparative history.
By advancing knowledge in history and creating future leaders in this field, UC Davis is improving the quality of life for people throughout the world.
History graduate student Nick Perrone, shown near the California Train Museum in Sacramento, focuses on labor and the environment, including historical effects from railroad activities. Karin Higgins/UC Davis photo
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Beetroots, red beets, golden beets, and dinner beets, or simply known as table beets, are nutritionally dense taproot vegetables. It is a versatile veggie with vibrant colors and health benefits. However, are beets acidic?
Literally, beets are close to the neutral side of the pH scale, but they are acidic in nature. The PH value of beet may vary according to the land and the conditions, but overall it is between 5 and 6.5, which is pretty less acidic. So, is it good for acid reflux conditions? Or do beets cause acidity?
Beets are naturally abundant in fiber content and alkaline-producing properties, therefore, they have a significant effect on acidity and stomach acid. You will get the full detail of beets and acidity relationship in this "are beets acidic?" guide.
Table of Content
- 1 Are Beets Acidic?
- 2 What's the PH of Beets?
- 3 Are Pickled Beets Alkaline or Acidic?
- 4 Are Cooked, and Canned Beets Acidic or Alkaline?
- 5 Is Beet Juice Acidic?
- 6 Does Beetroot Cause Acidity?
- 7 Are Beets OK for Acid Reflux?
- 8 Are Beets Anti-Inflammatory?
- 9 How Healthy Are Beets?
- 10 FAQs
- 11 Conclusion
Are Beets Acidic?
Naturally, beets are slightly acidic in nature. But why is beet not sour in taste if it is acidic? It is because of its low acidity value on the pH scale, which makes it a particularly good veggie for people with an acidic stomach.
The acidic value of beets may vary, however it usually ranges from 4 to 6.6. Typically, fresh and raw beets are less acidic as compared to canned or pickled beets. But, are beets alkaline food? Beets are generally alkaline-forming in nature.
What's the PH of Beets?
The PH scale is the logarithmic scale that determines the acidic and alkaline nature of food items. On this scale, 7 is the neutral value. Anything above 7 is considered alkaline, while anything below 7 is acidic. As the value decreases, the acidic content becomes more powerful.
As for beets, it is generally less acidic. However, the fresh and preserved beet may vary in their acidic content. Normally, a fresh and raw beet has a pH value of 5.20 to 6.60 on a PH scale. While canned, or acidified beets may have a 4.30 to 4.60 pH value.
Are Pickled Beets Alkaline or Acidic?
Pickled beets are the acidified beets specifically made after fermenting the beets into the acidic solution. After that, they are sealed in an air-tight container or sterile jar, therefore preserved for a long-time.
Typically, it has a 4.3 to 4.6 pH value. It is more acidic than raw and fresh beets, it can worsen the acid reflux condition.
Are Cooked, and Canned Beets Acidic or Alkaline?
Generally, beets are less acidic, and the majority of people consider them OK for acidic conditions. However, it is used in a variety of ways for eating. Although the majority of them are less acidic, some of the beet products can aggregate the acidic condition.
Anyhow, cooked beet vegetables are lower in acidic conditions than canned beets. Canned beets have a pH value of 4.90 – 5.60 while the cooked pH value has a 5.23 to 6.50 value, which is typically less than the fresh one.
Is Beet Juice Acidic?
Beet juice is a nutritious and carbs-rich natural drink that has a pH of 4 on a pH scale. However, fresh beet juice may be less acidic as compared to manufactured or preserved juice. Still, it contains a mild amount of acid. However, it is safer for GERD as compared to orange or lemon juices.
Does Beetroot Juice Cause Gas?
Beetroot is typically rich in dietary fiber, in the case of beetroot juice you are more likely to get a considerable amount of fiber that may improve digestion and stomach health. Meanwhile, it leads to stomach gas, bloating, or stomach pain.
Does Beetroot Cause Acidity?
Beetroot is typically low in acidic content. Although it is acidic in nature, it does not lead to acidity or acidic heartburn.
However, in some instances, the low stomach acidity may lead to the difficult metabolism of red pigment in the beetroot. Therefore, it may lead to stomach discomfort and gastrointestinal issues.
Are Beets OK for Acid Reflux?
Though beets are generally weakly acidic, it does not influence much with the acid reflux condition. So, is beetroot bad for acid reflux? As a matter of fact, beets are normally not bad for acid reflux, heartburn, and GERD. So, can you eat beets during the acid reflux?
Beets may contain a red pigment that is generally hard to digest and lead to mild stomach pain. Moreover, some short-chain carbs in the beetroots may cause an unpleasant sensation to digestive health. Eating or drinking beets is not safe for people with Irritable bowel syndrome disease.
So, you should take beets with caution during acid reflux conditions.
Are Beets Anti-Inflammatory?
Beets are naturally abundant with powerful antioxidants and other nutrients that make them potentially powerful food. It is nutritionally rich in vitamin A, potassium, potent antioxidants, iron, and many other properties that make it a significant anti-inflammatory food.
Moreover, betalains and nitrates are packed abundantly in the beets, which help reduce inflammation. Moreover, these elements help in removing the toxins from the blood and fight against free radicals.
Are pickled beets anti-inflammatory? Pickled beets are a significant source of powerful antioxidants, particularly, flavonoids that act as anti-inflammatory agents. Also, it helps boost immunity.
How Healthy Are Beets?
It is clear that beets are low in acidity, so it does not contribute majorly to causing stomach discomfort. However, it is significantly rich in dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients that improve the stomach and overall health. So, what are the benefits of eating beets?
The following are a few benefits of beets for health:
- It helps to naturally lower the blood pressure by widening and relaxing the blood vessels.
- Drinking beet juice or eating beetroot significantly improves physical performance by increasing plasma nitrate levels in the bloodstream. Moreover, it is naturally rich in powerful antioxidants and nutrients that boost exercise stamina.
- Moreover, it is especially helpful for people with heart disease. It promotes heart health and increases muscle strength.
- Not only this but taking beets daily reduces cognitive decline and improves brain function.
- Importantly, it is low in calories and contains zero fats, therefore, it is helpful for people who want to lose weight safely.
- Furthermore, it contains betalains which are powerful water-soluble antioxidants that act as a chemo-preventive agent and kill the unstable or cancerous cells in the body.
- It helps to raise potassium to the optimal level that protects you from weakness, fatigue, dehydration, muscle cramps, and other health illnesses related to potassium deficiency.
- Besides, it helps people with anemia due to its high folate content. It is also helpful for pregnant women.
- It helps to lower the cholesterol level of the body and supports liver function.
- Apart from these, it is essentially a good source of magnesium, sodium, iron, zinc, copper, and manganese.
- Drinking beetroot juice, or eating beet is overall good for promoting health.
What Is the Healthiest Way to Eat Beets?
Answer: To reap maximum nutrients from the beets, it is best to eat them raw, or juice them. Moreover, steaming beets for 10 to 15 minutes is also considered the healthiest way to cook the beets while keeping their taste and health benefits.
Are Beets High in Purines?
Answer: The beets are generally low in purines like the other veggies. However, it contains a high value of oxalate that may have the same effect as the purine in the body. It may raise the blood uric acid or cause gout.
Are Beets Nightshades?
Answer: It is generally believed that the beets are nightshades or root vegetables but in fact, it is not nightshade vegetable. Instead, it belongs to the goosefoot family, which also includes Spanish and Swiss chard.
Can You Eat Pickled Beets with Acid Reflux?
Answer: Pickled beets are typically more acidic as compared to raw, or cooked beets. It is an acidified solution of the beets, therefore, it is generally not considered good for acid reflux conditions and GERD symptoms. It may worsen the symptoms of stomach acidity or heartburn.
Which Foods Are High in Alkaline?
Answer: Leafy green vegetables, citrus fruits, nuts, and root vegetables are high in alkaline value.
Is Beet Powder Acidic?
Answer: Beet powder is acidic, just like beets. However, it is less acidic as compared to pickled or fermented beets.
Beets are the most healthy and powerful vegetable that is incredibly good for gut, liver, and heart health. It is significantly rich in essential nutrients and powerful antioxidants. As for, "are beets acidic?" It has acidic pH, but it is a mild acid that is generally not harmful to acid reflux or GERD condition

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This panel displays information about the current performance of your FortiNAC, and has the following tabs: Hardware, Software, and CPU Usage.
You can modify the thresholds used to determine when % Used displays as Warning (the colored bar is yellow) or Critical (the colored bar is red) in both the Hardware and Software tabs. By default, the threshold for Warning is 85% and Critical is 95%. To modify the thresholds, click on the colored bar and enter the new thresholds. Threshold changes are global and affect all users.


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Transfers control from your current process (which then hibernates) to the specified process.
The ATTACH and SPAWN commands cannot be used if your terminal has an associated mailbox.
ATTACH [process-name]
Specifies the name of a parent process or spawned subprocess to which control passes. The process must already exist, be part of your current job, and share the same input stream as your current process. However, the process cannot be your current process or a subprocess created with the /NOWAIT qualifier.
Process names can contain from 1 to 15 alphanumeric characters. If a connection to the specified process cannot be made, an error message is displayed.
The process-name parameter is incompatible with the /IDENTIFICATION qualifier.
The ATTACH command allows you to connect your input stream to another process. You can use the ATTACH command to change control from one subprocess to another subprocess or to the parent process.
When you enter the ATTACH command, the parent or "source" process is put into hibernation, and your input stream is connected to the specified destination process. You can use the ATTACH command to connect to a subprocess that is part of a current job left hibernating as a result of the SPAWN/WAIT command or another ATTACH command as long as the connection is valid. (No connection can be made to the current process, to a process that is not part of the current job, or to a process that does not exist. If any of these connections are attempted, an error message is displayed.)
You can also use the ATTACH command in conjunction with the SPAWN/WAIT command to return to a parent process without terminating the created subprocess. See the description of the SPAWN command for more details.
Specifies the process identification (PID) of the process to which terminal control will be transferred. Leading zeros can be omitted. The /IDENTIFICATION qualifier is incompatible with the process-name parameter.
If you omit the /IDENTIFICATION qualifier, you must specify a process name.
The ATTACH command transfers the terminal's control to the subprocess JONES_2.
The ATTACH command switches control from the current process to a process having the PID 30019. Notice that because the /IDENTIFICATION qualifier is specified, the process-name parameter is omitted.
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Archaeological excavations have taken place in Clare over the last couple of weeks (April and March 2011). Upwards of 200 people from a wide cross-section of the community have been involved with the project in one way or another.
The project started with the pupils at Clare Middle School taking time away from their studies to help the people of Clare explore the history of the town. Teams of teachers and students investigated what lay beneath the gardens of Clare, digging a total of 15 test pits. Everyone had a huge amount of fun whilst digging the test pits and the experts were on hand to help and advise.
Many people generously allowed the school's teams to dig up their gardens where they were unable to do so themselves. The teams were in search of artefacts left behind by previous residents of the town. Their finds showed evidence of occupation stretching back over thousands of years.
The following weekend, the general public continued test pitting across more gardens in the town. Another 17 test pits were dug over the weekend by couples, families, extended families, old friends and new friends alike.
Everyone had a great deal of fun and worked extremely hard to get everything finished in time for the closing discussions at the end of the last day. We found lots of interesting things during the project and will be publishing a final report on the website as soon as it's available. A final report will be produced early next year along with a talk given to Clare Archaeological and Historical Society by Carenza Lewis. Preliminary reports are available from the Access Cambridge Archaeology website.


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Abstract: SyntheaTM creates realistic medical histories using many interdependent disease modules. This study adapted Synthea to build a predictive tool that estimates the effects of medical standards changes on Air Force readiness. We added or modified 45 Synthea modules, covering 92.4% of diagnoses impacting readiness between 2007 - 2017. With Synthetic AirForce, users can modify medical standards to predict the readiness impact. Upon validation, policy leaders could use this tool to visualize policy ramifications before implementation.
Describe the new knowledge and additional skills the participant will gain after attending your presentation.: This session demonstrates the application and modification of an open-source software tool that simulates the population effects of healthcare policy changes. Attendees should gain an understanding of Synthea, the relevant use cases for adopting it within their own organizations, and an example predictive modeling application.
Colby Uptegraft (Presenter)
Boston Children's Hospital
Jason Walonoski, MITRE


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An anvil hanging vertically from a long rope in a barn is pulled to the side and raised like a pendulum 1.6 m above its equilibrium position. It then swings to its lowermost point where the rope is cut by a sharp blade. The anvil then has a horizontal velocity with which it sails across the barn and hits the floor, 10.0 m below. How far horizontally along the floor will the anvil land? "
m g h = potential energy at top = U = m (9.8)(1.6)
Ke at bottom = U at top =.5 m u^2
1.6*9.8 =.5 u^2
calculate u, the horizontal velocity from that
Now get time in the air from the falling problem
10 =.5 * 9.8 * t^2
so calculate t from that
distance horizontal= u t


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Wed July 11, 2012
That's 'Gnathia Marleyi' To You: Scientist Names New Species After Bob Marley
Originally published on Thu July 12, 2012 4:00 pm
We're not quite sure what to make of it. Is it an honor? Is it an insult?
Either way, a biologist and a fan of Bob Marley has decided to name a new species in honor of the Jamaican singer.
"I named this species, which is truly a natural wonder, after Marley because of my respect and admiration for Marley's music. Plus, this species is as uniquely Caribbean as was Marley," Paul Sikkel, assistant professor of biology and a field marine biologist at Arkansas State University, said in a press release.
Also, Gnathia marleyi is the first new species described in the Caribbean in more than two decades.
But... and you were expecting a but... here are some of the characteristics of the species described in the latest issue of the journal Zootaxia.
-- Gnathia marleyi is a parasite.
-- Juveniles hide in coral rubble, sea sponge or algae and sneak up on unsuspecting fish to infest them.
-- Adults can live without feeding for two or three weeks before dying.
-- They are blood suckers, "ecologically similar to land-based... ticks or disease-carrying mosquitoes," Sikkel says.
-- In its press release Arkansas State explains, "About 80 percent of all organisms found on coral reefs are parasites. The gnathiid isopods are among the most ecologically important of them, according to biologists, because many diseases afflicting desirable fish are either caused by, or are transmitted by gnathiids."
-- So the Gnathia marleyi might have something to do with the demise of some coral.
All that said, would Marley be proud to be associated with that creature? Marley was of course famous for preaching unconditional love. "Love would never leave us alone," he sang famously on Could You Be Loved.


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Pie in the Sky?
Photo By Photo by Randall Hamasaki, courtesy of THE University of Hawaii
Blueberries are often associated with cooler growing climates, but early tests on the Big Island are proving that the crop may have a future here in Hawaii. In February 2007, Dr. Stuart T. Nakamoto, of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at UH Manoa, and his team installed two test fields, one on the wet side of Waimea, and one on the dry side. "There must be dozens of varieties of blueberries and we wanted to see which one did best."
Challenges included a plant disease and birds. "These animals have never seen blueberries, but somehow they know they are delicious," explains Nakamoto. "We have to cover the whole field with nets." On the plus side, once the plants are established, they fruit in a year. And with fuel costs rising, locals are increasingly interested in Island-grown produce.
By May, the team finished its first harvest. "It's one of the reasons we are so excited about blueberries in Hawaii—they come in during different times than the Mainland," says Nakamoto. Like coffee, the berries are picked by hand. The researchers are analyzing which varieties produced when, the yield and the quality of the fruit.
Could a pick-your-own-berries farm be in our future? "The ultimate test will be if the farmers take it up, because there are a lot of costs involved. Our goal is to start a new industry."
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Before beginning the steps below, confirm that a GL Account Number has been assigned to "Bad Debt Account" on the GL Defaults List. If you have any questions regarding this system parameter setting, please contact your Veracross account manager for assistance.
To write off an unpaid AR Invoice Item, perform the following steps:
- On the Accounts Receivable homepage, locate the invoice by running a report or query with criteria that will cause the invoice to be included in the results.
- Click on the Invoice Number to open the detail display of the invoice.
- Locate the item to be written off and click on the item "detail" icon.
- Once on the invoice item detail, click in its "General Ledger" tab.
- Enter a "Tent. Adj. Date:" (typically around the current date).
- Select the Reason, "Write-off".
- Press the "Update AR Invoice Item" button.
- Close the invoice item detail, and return to the AR Invoice Header.
- Press the "Update AR Invoice Header" button.
- A new unposted line item is created (note that it reflects a zero $ amount).
- Click on this new item's "detail" and view the amount that appears in the "Write Off Amount" box.
- After confirming that all looks good, click on the Action button and select the option "Post Invoice/Items"
- Review the invoice and the JE generated by posting operation to confirm all looks good.
Please watch the video below demonstrating How to Write Off an AR Item by clicking directly on the screen. You can make the video larger by clicking on the Full-screen button.


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In this article, the results of agricultural and bioecological analysis of Ranunculus genus species are described. Our researches were conducted on different ecological conditions on plants having different areas. We proposed the taxonomy of Ranunculus in Azerbaijan on the basis of division by Ranunkier who firstly proposed life forms of plants in 1884. According to this division, 6 species R. cornutus, R. muricatus, R. ophioglossofolius, R. scleratus, R. arvensis, R. chius are terophytes, the rest are hemicripthophytes.12.5% of researched species are found in steppes, 41.67% in lower and middle mountainous layers, 8.33% in middle and high layers, 25% in subalpine and alpine, 12.5% in high layers. The agricultural applications of Ranunculus species related with their medical importance, feed plant and application as decorative plants.


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Police vs Private Investigations: What is the Difference?
Police and private investigation services may seem similar on the surface, but there are several key differences which influence the two roles and impact their scope of delivery.
The first, most identifiable difference, is legal authority. Police officials have the legal authority to detain witnesses and compel testimony, whereas private investigators are not law enforcement professionals. Therefore, private investigators are forced to get creative in their meticulous investigative techniques in order to gather information that can offer their clients sufficient evidence to support or disprove their claims.
Scope of Services
Generally speaking, police investigation services are limited to offences that are identified as crimes in South Africa. This means that private investigators are able to work on a broader scope of services, such as:
- Domestic/matrimonial investigations
- Investigations into individual activity
- Evidence gathering for adultery/infidelity suits
- Substance abuse suspicions
The South African Police Department is limited to an annual, tax-funded budget. This unfortunately means that some cases are not given the required resources needed to solve the case. The amount of cases also plays a big role, as there is often not enough time to be dedicated to individual cases. Private investigators, however, are paid by their clients. This gives them the opportunity to dedicate much-required resources and time in order to handle and solve each and every investigation.
Look no further than D&K Investigations and Risk Consultancy for all your private investigative needs. We provide a specialised range of investigation solutions to help you get the results you need, with zero limitations.


15 Foods To Try in Yucatan, Mexico
Yucatan is the most visited part of Mexico, mostly because of its unbelievably beautiful sandy beaches and turquoise waters, fascinating nature and marine life. The Yucatan Peninsula however has even more to offer beyond the famous resorts of Cancun and Tulum: its unique culture and history. And what can be a better way to experience it rather than through food? Heavily influenced by Mayan and European cultures, the traditional foods prepared in this region are full of flavor and unique ingredients. Take a look at our list of 15 foods that you must try in the Yucatan Peninsula!
1) Sopa de Lima
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Sopa de Lima is considered the chicken noodle soup of the Yucatan Peninsula. This chicken soup has a tangy kick of sour lima, or Citrus Limetta – if you want to get technical – which is grown everywhere in the region, that leaves you feeling refreshed and full.
2) Cochinita Pibil
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This is by far one of the most popular dishes of the Yucatan Peninsula. Cochinita Pibil is pork, baby pig to be exact, that is marinated overnight in bitter orange juices, seasoned with achiote paste and other spices, wrapped in fresh banana leaves then cooked in an earthen pit, or pib. Pollo Pibil is another variation of this dish where pork is replaced with chicken.
3) Huevos Motuleños
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A typical breakfast served in the small city of Motul located in the North-West of the Yucatan Peninsula is Huevos Motuleños. This dish originated from Motul, hence the name, and is made up of a combination of ingredients and flavors. Eggs, tortillas, black beans, cheese and other various foods can be added to this delicious breakfast.
4) Pavo en Relleno Negro
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Pavo en Relleno Negro may not be an eye catcher, but it's a book that shouldn't be judged by its cover. This stew like dish consists of perfectly seasoned turkey in a relleno negro sauce. This sauce is what makes this dish so tasty with its numerous ingredients. The key ingredient to the sauce is burnt chiles de arbol, which give the sauce its black color.
5) Queso Relleno
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Normally prepared on special occasions, but so delicious you should eat it whenever you want! Queso Relleno is a clash of flavors and cultures all in one. Its signature ingredient is Edam cheese, a famous Dutch brand, which is stuffed with beef, onions, tomatoes and raisins (there are different variations available).
6) Salbutes
Taken in Mérida, Yucatán, México
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Salbutes are basically the Yucatan version of Tostados. They're made of a puffed deep fried tortilla then smothered with pulled chicken or turkey, avocado, cabbage and pickled red onion and jalapeño. You can usually find them in Panucherias; fast food type restaurants.
7) Panuchos
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Panuchos are like a cousin to Salbutes. They are made exactly the same way except that Panuchos have tortillas filled with refried black beans.
8) Pescado Tikin-xic
Pescado en Tikin-Xic just out of the oven.
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In Yucatan Mayan the word Tikin-xic means "dry fish". Pescado Tikin-xic is a whole fish prepared and marinated with the classic achiote paste, adobo and bitter oranges. To cook, its wrapped in banana leaves and put in an earthen oven.
9) Pan de Cazón
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Pan de Cazón is another dish you must try even though you might be afraid of one of the surprises inside! This casserole like delicacy is prepared the same way you would make lasagna, but with different ingredients. Tortillas, black beans, refried beans, and the main ingredient… shark!
10) Tamales
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In the Yucatan Peninsula they put a spin on their Tamales. Normally Tamales consist of corn-based dough stuffed with meats, cheeses, vegetables or fruits and then wrapped in dried corn husks. Now, what makes the ones in the Yucatan Peninsula so different is that they are wrapped in banana leaves, not corn husks, which produce a different end result.
11) Papadzules
Taken in Mérida, Yucatán, México
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Papadzules can be compared to enchiladas since both dishes look quite similar. However Papadzules are corn tortillas dipped in a pumpkin-seed sauce and filled with chopped hard-boiled eggs. A great option if you want to try a lighter plate.
12) Kibis
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Adapted from Lebanese culture, Kibis are a football shaped fried food. They are typically made of rough ground wheat which is then filled with different meats and cheeses. To finish it off, it is deep fried and topped with shredded cabbage, pickled red onion and jalapeño.
13) Arroz con Pulpo
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Another light and refreshing food to try in the Yucatan Peninsula is Arroz con Pulpo. This warm salad consists of rice, chopped octopus, red peppers, onions, herbs and sweet fruits like mango or papaya.
14) Chilaquiles
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Chilaquiles are another dish that has received their own special touch from the Yucatan Peninsula. Baked tortilla chips with salsa (verde or rojo), onions, cheese, sour cream, eggs and sometimes beans are all ingredients in this dish. In the Yucatan Peninsula, Chilaquiles have a unique taste by including local spices and flavors.
15) Marquesitas
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Marquesitas are one of the most beloved desserts in Yucatan and you will see it being sold everywhere from the street stalls. It is basically a crispy wafer, which is made right in front of you and filled with delicious fillings like cheese or nutella.
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1. Shut up
2. The act of shutting off one's genitals from the general public
Person 1: It would be most opportune for you to shut your balls at this juncture.
Person 2: Indubitably
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Please help me with the words 'descent', 'ancestry', and 'lineage'. Dictionaries show that they are loosely the same:
1a. He has German descent.
1b. He is of German descent.
2a. He has German ancestry.
2b. He is of German ancestry.
3a. He has German lineage.
3b. He is of German lineage.
Could they be all the same, or are there subtle differences only known to native speakers?
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There are differences. "Lineage" is the most specific of the three terms. It would be unusual to use "lineage" to mean simply ethnic identity, such as "German lineage." Rather, it refers to traceable lines of familial descent from particular ancestors, usually prestigious ones such as royalty or nobility: "My lineage goes back to the Mayflower"; "He is of Hapsburg lineage."
"Descent" is more general. "She is of Norwegian descent" simply means that her ethnic make-up is predominantly, though not necessarily entirely, Norwegian.
"Ancestry" is the converse of "descent." Ancestors have descendants. So to say "She is of Norwegian descent" implies "She has Norwegian ancestry."
However, "descent" and "ancestry" aren't precisely equivalent in common usage. Typically, "She is of Norwegian descent" indicates a predominance of Norwegian ancestors. "She has Norwegian ancestry" simply means that one or more of her forebears were Norwegian. It doesn't necessarily mean that Norwegian ancestors predominate in her lineage.
So "lineage" is the most specific, "ancestry" the least. And in idiomatic English, one usually says somebody is of a particular lineage/descent, and has a particular ancestry.
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As far as I know, of the words ancestry and lineage, lineage is most suitable as noun and it defines the origin sequence of an ancestor, ancestry or pedigree.
Ancestry, on the other hand, is for the evolutionary or genetic line of descent (mostly used for plants and animals).
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But it's not defining the sequence here, we're only told there's at least one German in there somewhere. – Jon Hanna Feb 4 '13 at 10:05
yes i agree with your comment & fr sure your answer is perfect i was not able to describe it with example i understand the difrence very well :) – Sunishtha Singh Feb 4 '13 at 10:20
Sunishtha, please use proper capitalization and avoid SMS when answering on this site. – J.R. Feb 4 '13 at 10:26
_USER_.R. ok i will tc while posting and answering next time. ty – Sunishtha Singh Feb 4 '13 at 10:38
_USER_: I don't know whether to laugh or cry. :^) Very funny! – J.R. Feb 4 '13 at 10:50
They mean the same thing, they just do so in slightly different ways.
We get this sense of descent from talking about the fact that he is a descendant of someone who is German. He is descended from them.
We get this sense of ancestry from talking about the fact that he has one or more German ancestors.
We get this sense of lineage, by talking about the fact that there is a line of descent from him to one or more Germans.
So they all have different reasons for meaning what they do, but they all amount to the same thing.
Lineage is the rarer of the three. If you are talking about knowledge of that exact line (as you would in terms of aristocratic titles, or genealogical research [or pedigree if he's a dog or racehorse, rather than a person]) then it would be the best as the only of the three that relates directly to that. Otherwise, one of the other two would be more commonly used, and probably advisable, though the last isn't incorrect.
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From ODO on descendant: "The correct spelling for the noun meaning 'person descended from a particular ancestor' is descendant, not -ent. Descendent is a less common adjective meaning 'descending from an ancestor'. Almost 15 per cent of the citations for the term in the Oxford English Corpus use the wrong spelling." – Andrew Leach Feb 4 '13 at 10:23
_USER_ I see M-W lists -ent as a variant for both the noun and the adjective, without any warnings. Since I use the -ant variant myself I'm removing the comment on the spelling variant, but I'm not completely confident it isn't reasonable to consider it accepted, either. – Jon Hanna Feb 4 '13 at 10:30
Another difference between American English and British English, then. I was taught a noun uses -ant, (eg dependant, dependent). – Andrew Leach Feb 4 '13 at 10:32
_USER_ perhaps that's it, indeed. – Jon Hanna Feb 4 '13 at 11:43
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GamCare has notified stakeholders that the English Gambling Education Hub (EGEH) has published its first Insights Report after its initial networking event. The topic was the effectiveness of collaboration in addressing gambling harms among young people.
EGEH is a cross-collaboration research hub formed of seven organisations funded by GambleAware – including GamCare, Aquarius, ARA, Recovery for All, Beacon Counselling Trust, Breakeven, NECA, and YGAM – working to minimise youth problem gambling risks.
In March, a maiden research event was held by the EGEH, attracting a hundred professionals from education, health, voluntary, and local authority sectors.
The assembly of experts in mental health, suicide prevention, youth work, and those offering training, support, and treatment for gambling-related harms manifested a shared commitment to raising awareness about the risks of gambling among young people.
The event served as an introduction to the Hub emphasising the pivotal role of collaboration in their mission: to provide clear, consistent, and quality information to facilitate and embed gambling education accessible to all.
In the light of the UK Gambling Commission's (UKGC) 2022 estimate, which identified 0.9% of 11 to 16-year-olds as engaging in harmful gambling and an additional 2.4% at risk, this issue warrants urgent attention.
EGEH events are orchestrated to provoke thoughtful discussion and shared learning among network professionals. This collaborative effort aims to enhance service accessibility and cultivate age-appropriate resources while ensuring that the voices of young people remain central to the discourse.
The inaugural event allowed stakeholders to identify four central themes pivotal to its shared goal. Firstly, initiatives designed for young people are more likely to succeed when young people are actively involved in their development. This inclusive approach ensures that strategies are tailored to their needs and perspectives.
Secondly, the dangers of gambling to young people are very real and complex, with cross-sectoral links between this concealed harm and other risky behaviours and challenges faced by young people. This emphasises the necessity of cross-sectoral collaboration to comprehensively tackle this issue.
Thirdly, the participants acknowledged the challenges of securing funding in the voluntary sector. The competition for resources can act as a barrier to progress. A cohesive strategy, sharing resources and creativity, was seen as the key to overcoming this obstacle.
Finally, the importance of reaching out to diverse communities was underlined. The need to identify these communities, understand their unique situations, and connect with them effectively is vital for collaboration and the overall mission of EGEH.
After successfully hosting two networking events, the EGEH's commitment to expanding its network and impact is unwavering. The Hub is already moving towards its goal of providing consistent, quality information to help embed gambling education and make it accessible for all. It is simultaneously working to ensure that the insights gained directly from young people about how to connect with them for greater impact are woven into their strategies.
Moreover, the EGEH plans to leverage evidence-based approaches from partner organisations to tackle this issue effectively. With the focus on forging stronger partnerships, harnessing the power of collaboration, and using the insights derived from these engagements.
The EGEH is poised to play a crucial role in preventing gambling-related harms among young people taking on an inclusive approach to bring about positive change in this critical area.


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Relationships Among Gender, Gender Role Individualized Trust, And Self-Disclosure, John D. Foubert
Self-disclosure, the process of revealing personal information to other people, was examined in relation to gender, gender role and individualized trust. Undergraduate subjects (N = 293) completed the Jourard Self-Disclosure Scale (Jourard, 1971b), the Individualized Trust Scales (Wheeless & Grotz, 1977), the Bem Sex Role Inventory (Bem, 1974), and a demographic questionnaire. Significant interactions emerged between gender and individualized trust (p <.01), gender and gender role (p <.05), and individualized trust and gender role (p =.01). An androgynous gender role was shown to lead to higher rates of self-disclosure in the high trust condition but not in the low trust condition. Although masculine males and masculine females did not disclose differently, feminine females disclosed markedly more than feminine males. The relationship between individualized trust and gender role revealed an increase in self-disclosure common to androgynous individuals is restricted to those who are high trusting.


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National Aviation Day Recipe Ideas
Celebrate National Aviation Day with a recipe! A recipe? That's right. When you think of this aircraft themed holiday, food probably isn't the first thing that pops into your mind. Making paper airplanes, visiting an airport or taking a tour of a historic airfield museum might all seem like activities that are more connected to this day than cooking. But, that doesn't mean you can't get into the kitchen (with your kids!) and create a few National Aviation Day themed treats.
Create a bento box style mini meal that looks like what you'd get on a plain. Pick a few fun finger foods, such as double-stacked sandwiches (cut into bite-sized pieces), carrots and celery or crackers and cheese. Place the food into a compartment-style lunch container or make your own out of a shallow cardboard box (use extra pieces of cardboard as dividers).
Rice Cereal Treats
Mix up a batch of rice cereal treats (you'll need the cereal, butter and marshmallows). While the mix is still warm, spoon it into airplane-shaped cookie cutters. Let the treats cool, and then use icing to decorate them.
Turn a few crackers, some fruit and cheese into a creative airplane snack. Make the body of the plain from a block of cheese. Add crackers underneath as wings. Cut another cracker in in half diagonally to make a tale and use grapes to make wheels.


text: This paper experimentally and computationally examines the modal sensors integrated with a recently developed rotary ultrasonic motor (USM) driven by continuous wedge waves of the fundamental modes with the integer circumferential modal number. The traveling wave is formed from constructive interference of two equal-intensity standing waves induced by two comb transducers using dual sinusoidal excitations in 90 degree phase difference. The transducers and modal sensors are segmented in strips around the circumference of piezoelectric tube in the circular wedge-like motor stator. The latter are used to monitor the dynamic response of the stator during operation. The response of USM acquired by the proposed modal sensors has distinct vital characteristics in different frequency bands. The high-pass signals are used not only to note the variation in phase difference between excitations but to detect the resonant frequency, which is altered by payload, wear situation, etc. The low-pass signal reveals the revolution speed and dynamic reaction of the motor stator exerted by frictions and contact forces because of the rotor. The time-frequency response of stator is further characterized during the period in which the revolving direction of rotor is switched over.


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HITS is a violent crimes investigation system that collects, collates, and analyzes the salient characteristics of all murders. It serves as a support to the field investigators involved in major crimes. The HITS unit enters data from homicides throughout Oregon. This information is used to compare information to other crimes with similar methods of operations, to link crimes, or to identify unknown assailants.
Under ORS 181.580, criminal justice agencies within the State of Oregon are required to provide information relating to any suspected criminal homicide (solved or unsolved) to the HITS Unit. The form contains only information necessary to aid the HITS Unit in comparing homicides and discovering similar characteristics.
The HITS Unit provides a networking connection for Detectives to provide leads of additional suspects, and places the Detectives in contact with each other so they can share information.
 1. Determines case, victim, and offender connections to other violent crimes or offenders.
 2. Provides verification when informants and / or offenders give partial or questionable information relating to an alleged murder.
HITS Information Data Bases:
 1. Murder victims, offenders and M.O.
 2. Missing persons where foul play is suspected.
 3. Unidentified dead persons believed to be murder victims.
 4. Violent crimes reported by teletypes, bulletins and investigator requests.
 5. Oregon liaison to VICAP (FBI's serial murder tracking program).
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For small parts. the positioning is not easy done by hand.
Dingchuang Laser launches a new identifying&positioning fiber laser marking machine.
As the small parts are hard to be positioned and marked by hand
The machine adopts a 5 Megapixel coaxial CCD camera can realize automatic identifying and positioning for marking
It will enlarge the marking area,identify the shape and marking area of the object in the software,and achieve high positioning accuracy.
The CCD Camera Visual Position laser marking machine
IC chips, circuit boards, resistors
more suitable for the parts which is not possible for positioning by hand.
- Automatically CCD positioning and identifying
- With new developed CCD visual system
- It greatly increase the productivity and simplify the process of production.Itwork with conveyor belt for production lines which has high requirement for speed and precision.
2. CCD camera with 5-megapixel. High resolution, and clearly capture the feature points in real time.
3. Beautiful appearance, compact structure. Rotary system is optional item.
4. No consumables and wearing parts.
5. CCD camera software supports win7 32-bit and 64-bit computer systems.
6. The industrial laser marking machine supports AI, BMP, DST, DWG, DXF, DXP, LAS, PLT and other graphic formats
- This CCD Camera visual positioning laser marking system has three positioning systems: coaxial, pseudo-coaxial and paraxial.
- and the accuracy is optional. It can be equipped with Fiber laser marking machine
- UV laser marking machine and CO2 laser marking machine equipment. It can be used for static desktop marking or automatic marking with assembly line.
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Invented by Ernest H. Wright, liquid smoke is a savory additive that adds a hint of smokiness to foods. Liquid smoke allows nonsmoked foods to have the same flavor as smoke-cured foods, such as ham. Originally produced by collecting the condensed smoke from the top of a stovepipe, you can make your own liquid smoke at home by forcing smoke to condense and then collecting the liquid.
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To condense your own smoke at home, use a smoker or a grill that has a chimney, such as a clay Mexican cooking oven. The type of wood you use will affect the flavor of your smoke, so choose your wood carefully. Frequently used woods include apple, olive, hickory and mesquite. Light charcoal, placing it in the chimney and then cover it with the wood or chips. Soak the chips or wood in water beforehand to ensure a good smoke. Place a Bundt pan on the top of the chimney, and cover it with an upside down metal mixing bowl. Place a bag of ice over the metal bowl. As the smoke rises up the chimney, through the hole in the pan, it will collect in the mixing bowl. The ice cools the mixing bowl, causing condensation to run down the sides of the bowl, into the pan.
Homemade Vs. Store-Bought
Homemade liquid smoke guarantees that there are no chemical additives for color or flavor — manufactured liquid smoke often contains little to no "real" smoke. Homemade liquid smoke also lets you control the flavor of your smoke, as you can choose what type of wood to use. It is also cleaner tasting than store-bought liquid smoke. However, making it yourself is a labor intensive process, and you will often get only a little bit of smoke after several hours.


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Congratulations to Sandra M. Lima Rocha Teixeira Neves and Richard Baker McElroy, the two students who were chosen as the 2018-19 Rovelstad scholarship recipients. They were selected among an impressive field of library and information science students.
Students who had completed at least 6 credits in the Master's in Library and Information Science program by the end of the spring semester of 2019 were eligible to apply. Each applicant submitted a statement of achievements, career interests, and goals in less than 750 words; along with a detailed curriculum vitae which included their volunteer activities, association memberships, attendance at professional conferences and workshops, and similar activities. They also provided two references.
Finalists for the scholarship were interviewed by the committee, which based its decision on the following:
- Academic achievement in the program
- Demonstrated commitment to the profession as evidenced in course work, personal statement, curriculum vitae, and letters of recommendation
- Potential for success as evidenced in all application documents
- Indication of financial need
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Merging dictionaries within powershell
I needed to join dictionaries from within a list together, so that they become one whole dictionary.
First I thought it may be a trivial task. Than I used google and realized, that everything on the first page was just wrong or impracticable for lists with unknown size.
What I found, was stuff like:
$a = @{"foo"=1}
$b = @{"bar"=2}
$c = @($a,$b) | ForEach-Object {$_}
$a = @{"foo"=1}
$b = @{"bar"=2}
$c = $a + $b
The console output of $c will look identical for both:
Name Value
---- -----
foo 1
bar 2
But the issue is with the data structure. This becomes a problem when we would like to access the data.
Will output $null for the first example and "2" for the 2nd. But why is this?
Lets convert it to json (without piping, this is important) to see:
ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $c
which outputs for the first case:
 "foo": 1
 "bar": 2
and for the 2nd what we originally expected:
 "bar": 2,
 "foo": 1
So now we know that the first one did not join the dictionaries, but warped them into a list. As we originally looked for a solution to join a list of dictionaries, this is not helpful.
(From now on $c is the output from the first example, as it is the same as my original input)
The 2nd one however looks helpful, but has two issues:
 1. It only works if we know how many elements we have (hard coded element count)
 2. It copies the list once for each element we want to add to it.
So let's address these issues:
 1. For the 1st one something like this will do the trick:
 $c | ForEach-Object -Begin {[Hashtable]$aa = @{}} -Process {$aa += $_} -End {$aa} | ConvertTo-Json
 2. But for the 2nd we need something a bit more advanced like
 $c | ForEach-Object -Begin {[Hashtable]$aa = @{}} -Process {foreach($element in ($_.GetEnumerator())) {$aa.Add($element.Key,$element.Value)}} -End {$aa} | ConvertTo-Json
Documentation of a given infrastructure
Getting the same information from every pc especially in a very complex and grown environment can be a tedious work. So why don't just call a script to help out 😉
# Network Drives
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_MappedLogicalDisk | Select-Object Name,ProviderName
# Powershell Version
# Get all Printer
Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_Printer | Select-Object -Property Name,PortName,Default | Sort-Object Name |Sort-Object Default -Descending | Out-String
# Get Office
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product -Filter "name like '%office%'" | Select-Object -Property Vendor,Name,Version | Out-String
# Get all Applications
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Select-Object -Property Vendor,Name,Version | Out-String
# Local Drives (with ntfs):
Get-WmiObject win32_volume -Filter "filesystem like 'ntfs'" | Sort-Object Name | Select-Object Name,Label | Out-String
# Find all local PST-Files
# Get-ChildItem -Path C:\ -Filter *.pst -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Get-WmiObject win32_volume -Filter "filesystem like 'ntfs' and DriveLetter like '%'" | foreach-object {Get-ChildItem -Path $ -Filter *.pst -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object FullName | Out-String}
# Processor and Windows Architecture
Get-WmiObject Win32_processor | Select-Object Name,Caption,AddressWidth,DataWidth | Out-String
Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem | Select-Object OSArchitecture | Out-String
# Get Bios Information
Get-WmiObject win32_bios | Select-Object SerialNumber,Manufacturer,BiosVersion,ReleaseDate,SMBIOSBIOSVersion,SMBIOSMajorVersion,SMBIOSMinorVersion | Format-Table | Out-String
Get-WmiObject Win32_ComputerSystem | Select-Object Manufacturer,Model,NumberOfProcessors,NumberOfLogicalProcessors | Out-String
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Get-ChildItem Env: | Out-String
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Once the PPP contract is signed and financial close has been achieved (refer to chapter 6), the Construction Phase commences. This culminates in a form of commissioning, which triggers the beginning of the Operations Phase. While the structure of the PPP Certification Guide treats the Construction Phase and the Operations Phase as being distinctive phases and provides separate guidance on each, there is an overarching theme that unites the two phases. The theme is contract management.
This chapter begins with a general introduction to contract management in PPPs (part A of this chapter), covering the main components that will be applicable to both the Construction and Operations Phases. Sections 2, 3 and 4 below introduce contract management in the PPP context and set out an overall contract management framework including governance structures, leadership and management, roles and responsibilities, establishing and implementing contract administration, and relationship and performance management. These sections provide a high level view of each of these activities. Further detail is provided in the individual sections that fall under the Construction Phase (part B of this chapter) and Operations Phase in chapter 8.


Grammatically forra is the third person in the conjugation of the verb torar. to cover is a transitive verb which means to cover something to protect or conserve it.
Colloquially forra is often used in aspects of money, for example, when someone gets rich. Example:
 - In that night job one prayed for money.
In Argentina forra is an unintelligent person, it can also be used to describe the treatment of certain people to others, such as with disdain, contempt or a person who does not inspire confidence, example:
 - Malena is an forra, she spoke ill of Maria behind her back.
Other contexts that the word forra can have are:
 - Person who is easily manipulated.
 - Selfish person, or who acts with bad intentions.
 - Sarcastic person.
Synonyms of Forra
 - Bootlicker
 - Boludo
 - Cover
 - Bad
 - Killjoy
In Chile forra is used to refer to the physical appearance of a woman.
Forra in Portuguese translated into Spanish is to cover, synonym of torar, verb from which the word forra in Spanish derives.
It should be noted that in grammar we are going to find that Forra is a feminine noun, which has its masculine counterpart that is lining and this will have very different concepts in different Spanish-speaking countries.


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Proftpd is one of the most popular FTP server, secure and reliable for the Linux operating system. Proftpd using a single configuration file and it is very easy to set up. The purpose of this article is to show you how easy it is to install FTP Server Linux ProFTPd server in CentOS 6 Linux.
What is FTP Server Linux?
FTP, which stands for File Transfer Protocol is a standard for exchanging program and data files across a network. The network could be the World Wide Web or simply a local area network (LAN).
1. Simply run this command to install FTP server linux, ProFTPd on CentOS 6 :
# yum install proftpd -y
2. How to start proftpd service :
# /etc/init.d/proftpd start
3. How to stop proftpd service :
# /etc/init.d/proftpd stop
4. How to restart proftpd service :
# /etc/init.d/proftpd restart
5. Configure proftpd start at boot :
[root@centos62 ~]# chkconfig proftpd on
If you encountered any issues while installing FTP Server Linux using proftpd, you can put a few questions in the comments below.


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rogation. Its main purpose is reimbursing the insurer from funds that should equitably come from the party at fault.
For example, subrogation enables an auto insurer to sue the careless driver who injured their policyholder. This prevents that driver from escaping liability. The insurer can then lower rates rather than spread costs to blameless policyholders.
Subrogation as a Right and a Duty
Subrogation rights automatically apply without being specified in insurance policies. This entitles the insurer to step into the shoes of its policyholder and pursue legal action in their name.
Most policies also obligate cooperation from the policyholder. This includes handing over documents needed to subrogate, not interfering with the action, and agreeing to have any recovery directed first to the insurer up the amount they paid out.
Limitations and Exceptions to Subrogation
Insurers cannot subrogate against certain protected parties even if they caused the loss:
- Additional insureds named in the same policy
- Family members living with the policyholder
- Employees of the policyholder
These restrictions prevent disrupting important relationships. Some states also prohibit subrogating against tenants who negligently damage rented dwellings.
Additionally, policyholders can contractually waive insurers' subrogation rights upfront. This waiver forecloses any subsequent attempt to recover.
How to Maximize the Benefits of Subrogation
To optimize subrogation's potential benefits:
- Give prompt notice to at-fault parties, before evidence disappears
- Thoroughly investigate fault and document findings
- File claims rapidly, before statutes of limitations expire
- Avoid conflicts of interest when pursuing joint representation
- Keep meticulous records of claim payments to prove damages
- Monitor the proceedings closely and participate where necessary
Timely, rigorous subrogation actions allow insurers to gain back a portion of claims paid, reducing pressure for higher premiums.
The contribution principle equitably distributes liability across multiple insurers covering the same loss. This avoids forcing just one insurer to bear the full burden.
Contribution and its Purpose
When concurrent policies cover the same claim, contribution allows allocating responsibility proportionately among all insurers involved. This prevents the policyholder from selectively claiming against just one insurer and maximizing recovery.
Contribution guards against such unfair outcomes by:
- Preventing windfall double recovery beyond actual losses
- Discouraging strategic claiming behavior by policyholders
- Ensuring insurers share large claims burden appropriately
By diffusing liability, contribution promotes sustainability, honesty, and due diligence across the industry.
B. Calculating Contribution in Insurance Claims
Two primary methods allocate contribution amounts:
- Equal shares: Each insurer contributes an equal portion, regardless of policy limits.
- Proportionate limits: Insurers pay percentages based on the ratio of their policy limit to the aggregated coverage limits.
The majority of states follow the proportionate approach. This aligns contributions most closely with the relative risks each insurer accepted.
Ensuring Fair Allocation of Responsibility
Certain measures ensure contribution arrangements are equitable:
- Clear coordination rules: Policies should specify contribution procedures and incorporate standard industry protocols.
- Subrogation rights: Insurers paying more than their share gain subrogation claims against the others.
- Arbitration clauses: These provide efficient dispute resolution for contribution conflicts.
- Cooperation requirements: Policies obligate coordination to prevent excess recovery.
By enshrining contribution in established protocols, insurers prevent the injustice of any party bearing a disproportionate loss burden.
Both insurers and policyholders share an interest in mitigating loss events. This cooperative approach to avoiding and reducing losses benefits all stakeholders.
Importance of Loss Mitigation in Insurance
Effective loss control provides several advantages:
- Lower claims costs: Preventing avoidable losses directly reduces insurers' payment obligations.
- Lower premiums: Savings from reduced claims translate into lower premium rates for policyholders.
- Reduced externalities: Containing losses prevents ancillary harms like business interruptions or liability costs.
- Social benefits: Loss mitigation promotes health, safety, and responsible resource management.
Proactively managing risks aligns with insurance's fundamental protective purpose. It enables extending coverage efficiently to more people and assets.
Strategies for Minimizing Loss in Insurance
Insurers and policyholders can work together to implement various loss mitigation strategies:
- Risk-based pricing: Charging higher premiums for higher-risk items or behaviors motivates reducing exposure.
- Deductibles: Requiring policyholders to cover some initial loss amount incentivizes prevention and care.
- Conditions: Requiring protective measures like alarms, sprinklers, or regular maintenance reduces hazard vulnerability.
- Loss control guidance: Insurers can provide loss prevention education, site inspections, and similar consulting.
- Premium discounts: Lower premiums reward policyholders who take proactive precautions.
Applying sticks and carrots gives both parties a stake in achieving mutually beneficial loss reduction outcomes.
Role of Insurance in Promoting Loss Minimization
Beyond financial incentives, insurance can promote loss prevention in other impactful ways:
- Aggregating data to identify patterns and target problem areas
- Advocating for protective infrastructure investments and policies
- Researching technological improvements like automated diagnostics or safety innovations
- Generating standardized metrics to track prevention program efficacy
Insurers' unique bird's-eye vantage point positions them to be leaders in researching, designing, and championing superior risk management practices. Their prevention initiatives multiply the social value insurance provides.
Harnessing insurance principles to align stakeholders around avoiding and minimizing harm unlocks enormous potential for advancing individual and collective welfare. The foundational doctrines examined in this article optimize insurers' ability to deliver on that worthy promise. While intricate in application, these tenets coalesce around delivering efficient, fair, and transparent risk transfer services to everyone insurance serves.


Voronoi Images with procedurals
Check algorithm on Wikipedia page:
1) randomize points (x,y)
2) the higher density of points - the smaller polys will be
3) from each point make circle with radius r, until there is found intersection with circle from other point
I know what voronoi diagrams are.
The Wikipedia page doesn't help with making my image though.
Not so newbie member
These are really cool tests Philbert and Prometheus :)
LW is pretty capable to be honest, always impresses me what it can do
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Zoho have introduced 2FA and so we cannot use the email password with Lucee or any other client like outlook. To use the Zoho to send out an email using Lucee you need to create an app password. The steps are as below:
- Login to _URL_ with your email and password.
- Go to Security -> App Passwords
- Click the 'Generate New Password' link to create a new password
- Give an identifiable name and generate a password
- Copy the password and store it as you will not be able to retrieve this password again.
- Now, go to Lucee Admin -> Mail settings
- Add the values as shown.
Username: Your email.
Password: The one-time password that you have generated.
Note: If you try verifying the email connection through Lucee it will show an error that not able to connect to the server, but you can ignore that error.


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Turtles in super flat will wander around aimlessly, but will attempt to stay near water. They will hide inside their shell if any creature larger than them gets too close. When hiding in their shell, they are resistant to nearly any type of attack. You can flip a turtle onto its back by right-clicking it. The poor creatures are completely vulnerable while on their back, and will take a while to roll over again. right clicking a turtle with a pickaxe hides its name and health bar and a medallion will change its name.Turtles are unique in the fact that they drop man-made objects when they are killed.
They drop chests in Yogbox.
To tame a turtle, drop (Q by default) sugarcane or melon nearby. Once tamed, turtles can be named, will follow the player, and grow slowly over time. Right clicking a tame turtle with anything but a pickaxe or Medallion will put it on your head. If a turtle is injured and you have sugarcane, put it onto your head and right click it with sugarcane in your hands. It will eat the sugarcane and will regain its health. If you have a turtle on your head and you're on a horse, like bunnies, the horse will go a lot faster. If you have a turtle on your head and you go through an opening 2 bricks high, the turtle will die.
They are most likely to spawn in a swamp, or near sugarcane. You can increase their spawning numbers in the options.


Superfluid Fountain
© Peter Taborek, Low Temperature Materials Laboratory, University of California, Irvine.
Superfluid liquid 4He can flow out of uncapped containers. As this flow is without friction, and as liquid helium is not very dense, it can even appear to defy the law of gravity and flow up and out of a container, sometimes in the spectacular manner illustrated here. Although the liquid flows uphill, energy is not created, as the liquid ends up outside the container (on the floor), with a lower gravitational potential energy.


Text::Pangram - utilities to find English pangrams
Version 0.01
use Text::Pangram;
my $text = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."; my $pangram = Text::Pangram->new( $text );
print "Pangram!\n" if $pangram->is_pangram;
if ($pangram->find_pangram_window) { print "Smallest window is ". $pangram->window_length " characters:\n"; print $pangram->window. "\n"; } else { print "Not a pangram!\n"; }
A pangram is a text that contains every letter of the alphabet. This module provides utilities for identifying pangrams.
Constructor. Receives the text that will be analyzed.
Returns true if the supplied text is a pangram.
Finds the shortest "pangrammatic window" in a text: the shortest span of text that contains a pangram. It is designed to be fast when scanning large texts.
The method will return false if the text does not contain a pangram at all. If the text is pangrammatic, $pangram will allow you to access three pieces of data:
The length of the shortest pangrammatic window.
The pangrammatic window from the original text.
The stripped text of the pangrammatic window. (That is, with all nonalphabetic characters stripped out.)
Jesse Sheidlower <>
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-text-pangram at, or through the web interface at I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
Extend to handle non-English text, other alphabets, etc.
Thanks to Adam Turoff, Ben Rosengart, and Perrin Harkins for help and suggestions.
Copyright (c) 2014 Jesse Sheidlower.


How to Use a Double Bridle?
To use a double bridle, evaluate your riding level. Evaluate your horse to ensure that you are able to bend and flex her easily in all directions. Then fit the bridle to your horse ensuring you hang the curb chain carefully. Hold the reins using your fists between the index finger and thumb with the snaffle reins on top.
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How to Use a Double Bridle
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A brand new video has just been released on A4i.tv about the Beaufort scale - a well-known wind measurement system but not well understood.
In this educational and entertaining video, Dipl-Ing. Norbert Tripp discusses the history of the Beaufort scale and how it works. He dives into the differences between wind speed, wind force and wind pressure, and how this scale is used to measure them.
By the end of the video, you'll have a far better understanding of the Beaufort scale and why it's important for ensuring the safety of your truss structures.


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Policies relevant to NHS funded knowledge and library services
NHS Library and Knowledge Services in England Policy
The NHS Library and Knowledge Services in England Policy was approved by the Health Education England Executive on the 29th November 2016.
The policy sets out our approach to delivering on the key objective of enabling access to knowledge and evidence for healthcare decision makers.
In the policy Health Education England commits to:
- Developing NHS library and knowledge specialists to use their expertise to mobilise evidence obtained from research and organisational knowledge to underpin decision-making in the National Health Service in England
- Enabling all NHS workforce members to freely access library and knowledge services so that they can use the right knowledge and evidence to achieve excellent healthcare and health improvement
- Developing NHS library and knowledge services into a coherent national service that is proactive and focused on the knowledge needs of the NHS and its workforce
Recommendations to improve the staff ratio
The NHS Knowledge and Library Services in England published its'recommendations to improve the staff ratio for the number of qualified library and knowledge specialists per member of NHS workforce policy' in November 2019.
The NHS requires proactive knowledge services as business-critical instruments of informed decision-making.
Currently there is significant variation in the ratio of qualified library and knowledge specialists to healthcare staff.
This leads to inequitable service provision across England and the Service is not uniformly able to draw on evidence for decision-making.
By introducing a recommended staff ratio Health Education England is enabling individual organisations to identify and address that risk.
This policy makes a set of recommendations through which trusts and arm's length bodies may look to ensure, and where necessary continuously build, improved staffing levels.
- To optimise the benefits for the NHS of the emerging new roles for librarians and knowledge specialists, HEE recommends that all NHS organisations:
- review regular reports of the positive impact of the library and knowledge service on outcomes
- work with the local library service manager to prioritise allocation of clinical librarian, knowledge manager and other embedded roles to specialities
- take incremental steps to improve the staff ratio between qualified librarians and knowledge managers per member of the NHS workforce, through role redesign and by expanding this specialist workforce
- HEE recommends that over time, all NHS organisations aspire to achieving a much-improved staffing ratio.
- HEE recommends that those NHS organisations with a staffing ratio in the region of the current average of 1 qualified librarian to 1,730 or more healthcare staff, strive to achieve a ratio of at least 1 qualified librarian or knowledge specialist per 1,250 WTE NHS staff.
- HEE commits to monitoring the staff ratios annually and to reviewing the recommended ratio in three years' time.
Organisations are invited to contact their regional HEE Knowledge and Library Services Lead for support [email protected].
Learning space within NHS Knowledge and Library Services in England
Published on 4th January 2021
There are two key recommendations in the policy:
- The library study and wellbeing space should be available to all staff, educators and learners both during and outside the working hours of the knowledge and library services team.
- The library service space should be developed, managed by the knowledge and library services staff, to ensure value through enabling organisational innovation, and meeting the changing needs of healthcare staff, learners and educators in relation to study and reflection, health and well-being, collaboration, and as a technology hub.
Focus on library space for:
- Self-directed learning: reflection and private study
- The best place to work: health and wellbeing
- Collaborative working and learning
- Digital skills and innovation: technology hub
Psychological support for embedded librarians
Published on 4th January 2021
There are three recommendations:
NHS organisations ensure that the psychological well-being of librarians and knowledge specialists working in clinical environments is considered.
NHS organisations extend existing arrangements for the multi-disciplinary team to include clinical librarians and knowledge specialists.
Access to psychological wellbeing services provided within the organisation is highlighted to embedded librarians and knowledge specialists working in clinical environments.
Page last reviewed: 21 June 2021


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Vehicle Design Evaluation Using The Digital Proving Ground 2000-01-0126
Recent advancements in three-dimensional digital terrain mapping and vehicle simulation technology present an opportunity to introduce "real-world feedback" early in the design process. Designers of suspension, braking, steering and safety systems can evaluate and optimize designs using computer simulation of a vehicle on the digital proving ground (DPG). A range of possible design behaviors can be identified and analyzed prior to expensive prototyping and testing. Even a series of specific test maneuvers may be evaluated prior to actual testing to ensure safety of the driver and prototype vehicle. As a result, the design process is more efficient and the use of the actual proving ground is more cost effective.
This paper presents an overview of the use of the digital proving ground for vehicle design evaluation. Several examples of digital proving ground tests will be discussed. Digital 3-D models of a test track facility may be available from the construction of the grounds, or they can be created with laser measurement techniques, such as LIDAR. Tire-terrain contact patch simulation techniques provide for the use of validated physics models to study 3-D vehicle behavior undergoing simulated tests for handling, ride, braking compliance or other maneuvers.
International Truck & Bus Meeting & Exposition
Electronics for Trucks and Buses 2000-SP-1568, Computer Applications for Crash, Optimization, and Simulation Research-SP-1496, SAE 2000 Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars - Mechanical Systems-V109-6


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Multi-Scale 3D Convolution Network for Video Based Person Re-Identification
This paper proposes a two-stream convolution network to extract spatial and temporal cues for video based person ReIdentification (ReID). A temporal stream in this network is constructed by inserting several Multi-scale 3D (M3D) convolution layers into a 2D CNN network. The resulting M3D convolution network introduces a fraction of parameters into the 2D CNN, but gains the ability of multi-scale temporal feature learning. With this compact architecture, M3D convolution network is also more efficient and easier to optimize than existing 3D convolution networks. The temporal stream further involves Residual Attention Layers (RAL) to refine the temporal features. By jointly learning spatial-temporal attention masks in a residual manner, RAL identifies the discriminative spatial regions and temporal cues. The other stream in our network is implemented with a 2D CNN for spatial feature extraction. The spatial and temporal features from two streams are finally fused for the video based person ReID. Evaluations on three widely used benchmarks datasets, i.e.,MARS, PRID2011, and iLIDS-VID demonstrate the substantial advantages of our method over existing 3D convolution networks and state-of-art methods.


elerea-0.1.0: A minimalistic FRP library
Elerea (Eventless Reactivity) is a simplistic FRP implementation that parts with the concept of events, and uses a continuous latching construct instead. The user sees the functionality through an applicative interface, which is used to build up a network of interconnected mutable references. The network is executed iteratively, where each superstep consists of two phases: sampling-aging and finalisation. As an example, the following code is a possible way to define an approximation of our beloved trig functions:
 sine = integral 0 cosine
 cosine = integral 1 (-sine)
Note that integral is not a primitive, it can be defined by the user as a transfer function. A possible implementation that can be used on any Fractional signal looks like this:
 integral x0 s = transfer x0 (\dt x x0 -> x0+x*realToFrac dt) s
Head to FRP.Elerea.Internal for the implementation details.
type Time = DoubleSource
Time is continuous. Nothing fancy.
type Sink a = a -> IO ()Source
Sinks are used when feeding input into peripheral-bound signals.
data Signal a Source
A signal is represented as a transactional structural node.
Functor Signal
Applicative Signal
The Applicative instance with run-time optimisation. The <*> operator tries to move all the pure parts to its left side in order to flatten the structure, hence cutting down on book-keeping costs. Since applicatives are used with pure functions and lifted values most of the time, one can gain a lot by merging these nodes.
Eq (Signal a)
The equality test checks whether to signals are physically the same.
Fractional t => Fractional (Signal t)
Num t => Num (Signal t)
Show (Signal a)
The Show instance is only defined for the sake of Num...
:: Signal a
the top-level signal
-> DTime
the amount of time to advance
-> IO a
the value of the signal before the update
Advancing the whole network that the given signal depends on by the amount of time given in the second argument. Note that the shared time signal is also advanced, so this function should only be used for sampling the top level.
time :: Signal TimeSource
The global time.
:: (Time -> a)
the function to wrap
-> Signal a
A pure time function.
:: a
initial state
-> (DTime -> a -> a)
state transformation
-> Signal a
A pure stateful signal.
:: a
initial state
-> (DTime -> t -> a -> a)
state updater function
-> Signal t
input signal
-> Signal a
A stateful transfer function. The current input can only affect the next output, i.e. there is an implicit delay.
:: Signal a
s: initial behaviour
-> Signal Bool
e: latch control signal
-> Signal (Signal a)
ss: signal of potential future behaviours
-> Signal a
Reactive signal that starts out as s and can change its behaviour to the one supplied in ss whenever e is true. The change can only be observed in the next instant.
:: a
initial value
-> IO (Signal a, Sink a)
the signal and an IO function to feed it
A signal that can be directly fed through the sink function returned. This can be used to attach the network to the outer world.


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This technique summons a small, gourd-shaped toad, called a "Gourd Toad" (瓢箪蝦蟇, Hyōtan Gama), a unique species of toad indigenous to Mount Myōboku. By using the toad's tongue to drag in whatever it wraps around, his technique is best used to capture and isolate a victim dragging them into the toad's stomach. Isolated from the outside world by a barrier, the space inside the Gourd Toad's stomach is far larger than the surface size of the Gourd Toad itself.
The environment inside the toad's stomach is a cavernous chamber, which includes a lake of strong corrosive gastric acid that can dissolve anything that should happen to fall into it, along with shores around the acid lake, and formations sticking out of the lake; the already-existing structures within the Toad's stomach are seemingly unaffected by the acid lake. Once trapped inside, an opponent is cut off from any allies and susceptible to attack, and can then be easily defeated.


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Cats in general are like oil in water. They just do not match well together. However, if you look at them, you see cats as very clean and tidy with their bodies. Very seldom will you see a cat that is dirty and that is because unlike some animals, cats are very much capable of grooming themselves and they do so almost every day. So the question that remains as a huge mystery to most pet lovers out there that needs some clarification is why do most cats dislike water?
It must be distinguished that cats do not hate water. They simply do not like being drenched in water because cats are skittish in nature. They easily get scared of anything new to them. One of their defense mechanisms is they try to look bigger whenever they are faced with imminent danger. The hair on their bodies rises almost instantaneously whenever they see a predator. Its tail is almost twice its original size because of its fur standing on end. This is their way to look as big as possible. Getting them drenched in water would make them feel vulnerable and helpless. In addition, cats are known to be agile creatures. They would not be as agile as they could if they have additional weight on their body because their fur becomes waterlogged. More so, the structure of a cat's fur is set up to be water resistant at the top layer. Therefore, if your cat gets drenched, it somehow locks in the water making it very uncomfortable for your pet.
Other factors may also be at play why your feline friend is afraid of water. Basically, it depends on their previous experience or exposure to water. Other pet owners may force their cats to take a bath. Unknowingly, it leaves a mark behind that would certainly make your cat avoid water altogether. Others may also use water spray as a disciplinary measure whenever their pets commit mistakes. Another theory why cats, especially those living in the wild, avoid water is because they are trying to avoid being the prey to crocodiles and other predators that are known to be deadly underwater.
However, there are exceptions. It must be noted that not all cats, either domesticated pets or those in the wild, are afraid of or dislike water. There are those who even enjoy a regular swim. Big cats in the wild that stay under the sun almost the entire day every day are fond of bathing to stay cool or sometimes catch dinner. Domesticated cats on the other hand are fascinated by water. Water dripping from a faucet or a hose or from a fountain, may be viewed as a toy with which they love to attempt to catch a drop or two using their paws.
In essence, cats simply do not want to be susceptible to any form of attack with their guards down, and being drenched in water is just a major example. But, its attitude towards water can be completely programmed and you can make your pet enjoy getting wet if it was introduced in a playful manner and the overall experience is an enjoyable one.


In Limble it is possible to share tasks with vendors or other people outside of your organization. This article will show you how to do that and teach you how the process works.
Share Task With Vendor
In the upper right corner of a task you will see a "Share" button. When you click it, a drop down menu will appear. Select the option to "Share Task Externally."
Next, you will need to choose a person or vendor to share the Task with. If you already have added your vendors to Limble you can select the green "Pick Vendor" button to select a vendor. (Click here to learn how to add vendors.) If you do not have the vendor added to Limble you can type their email in the field labeled "To:". The benefit of having your vendors entered into Limble is that all of their past tasks will be organized and you'll be able to look up their history.
Once you select the "Share Task" button, the Vendor will receive an email with a link to the task. When they click the link, a browser page will open and it will contain the task as if they were a Limble user at your organization. They will be able to follow the instructions on the task and complete them. They can also upload the invoice for their services. However, they will not be able to see anything else on your Limble account.
When the Vendor selects the "Finish" button, they will be logged out of the Limble task and the person who assigned the Task will be notified so they can review the work performed by the vendor.
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