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AllianceBlock and Datomize Integration
AllianceBlock announcing its integration with Datomize, a synthetic data solution provider. The partnership will allow Datomize to bring its state-of-the-art data replication and synthesization tools to the Data Tunnel.
It will also allow all users to harness Datomize's options to anonymize, expand, and augment datasets. This will add an optional privacy and experimentation benefit to our data solutions that will allow more users and institutions to access our product while a lower initial investment is needed.
AI-Powered Data Privacy Opens Up New Institutional Use Cases for the Data Tunnel
Using integrated tools from Datomize, Data Tunnel's users can create a synthetic replica of a dataset that keeps the same key statistical and demographic characteristics while excluding sensitive or personal information such as names, contact details, or social security numbers.
In cases where datasets are biased or incomplete, users can expand them using probabilistic, AI-powered tools. This will allow Data Tunnel users to gain insights from synthetic datasets that retain the characteristics and trends of real-world data while ensuring compliance with relevant data privacy regulations.
By using the technology of Datomize, their users can create more training data for their models (Replicate), improve the quality of the data of their datasets (Recharge) or synthesize new data inside their dataset so that it can generate new insights (Reinvent). Here is an overview of Datomize's features and how they accelerate the use of Data Tunnel :
- Replicate: AI-powered data generation tools to generate high-quality synthetic data that improve the quality and variety of existing datasets. This means data publishers can now submit their data without privacy concerns. They can also create additional data based on the original.
- Recharge: Specialized tools to enhance the quality and variety of training data for machine learning models. This means that users wanting to use incomplete datasets that they see potential in can now use machine learning models to fill out the gaps based on existing information.
- Reinvent: Dedicated features to reconstruct and augment existing datasets to overcome bias or gaps in existing data. This will allow users to test different scenarios and hypotheses by combining various data sources.
AllianceBlock Co-Founder and CTO Matthijs De Vries said: "Data is the fuel that powers new ideas and drives good decisions. But anyone who has worked in data science or analytics knows how hard it can be to deal with incomplete or skewed datasets. By partnering with Datomize, we will empower Data Tunnel users to fill the gaps in their data, unlock new possibilities, and uncover insights from machine learning."
Datomize Founder and CEO Avi Weiss added "Information is at the heart of every economy and when data is more openly accessible, it leads to more innovation and growth. Partnering with AllianceBlock was an obvious choice as we share a common vision of a transparent, open and compliant data economy that preserves user privacy".
Datomize's synthetic data solution accelerates and streamlines the development, training and testing of AI/ML models and applications that drive business growth. Datomize preserves the behavioral features of the original production data without violating personal privacy regulations to speed up the time to market for new products and services and rapidly generate insights that drive digital transformation. Providing the speed and scale required by global financial institutions and highly regulated industries, Datomize processes highly complex data structures with multiple dependencies and is fully scalable to process thousands of tables and millions of records. Datomize enables enterprises to rapidly release new services, move analytics to the cloud, integrate third-party solutions, and glean insights from AI/ML models to become market leaders.
AllianceBlock is building seamless gateways between TradFi and DeFi by remedying issues in both spheres and linking them more closely. They see the future of finance as an integrated system where the best of both worlds can work together to increase capital flows and technological innovation.
They are building this future by bridging traditional finance with compliant, data-driven access to new decentralized markets, DeFi projects and ecosystem-scaling tools such as funding and interoperability. As such, they are building a next-generation financial infrastructure that aims to provide regulated financial entities worldwide with the tools they need to access the DeFi space seamlessly.


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What is a Blower Motor Resistor and where is it Located?
The blower motor resistor, also commonly referred to as an A/C blower motor resistor or a heater blower motor resistor, is an important component to your vehicle's HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) system. While a blower motor is what actually forces the hot or cold air through ducting and your car's interior vents into the cabin, the resistor is what regulates the speed of the blower fan by reducing voltage going to the fan. It allows you to vary the settings of the blower motor so that you can lessen the amount of air that comes into the cabin, as opposed to only being able to have it blasted at you. The blower motor resistor works between a vehicle's heater and A/C controls and the blower motor and is typically attached under the dash to the heater ducting near the blower motor to help keep it cool while in use.
Basically, there are two types of blower motor resistors – one that uses coil wires and one that uses transistors and a circuit board. The wire-type, which is more common in older cars, uses a different size coil of wire for each fan speed with different resistances, while the transistorized blower motor resistor, found in more modern cars, consists of a printed circuit board with a fully integrated circuit.
Blower Motor Resistor Failure
On most vehicles, the highest blower motor speed setting bypasses the blower motor resistor to give the fan full vehicle voltage (typically between 12 and 14.4 volts). If the blower motor still works on high, but will not work on any other speed, it usually points to a bad blower motor resistor. Since the part gets hot and draws a lot of power from the electrical system, a failed blower resistor may also melt part of the wiring harness when it fails. When a blower motor starts to go bad, it can draw more power than the resistor is rated for and cause it to fail. Lastly, a malfunctioning heater core can leak coolant into the car and damage the blower motor and resistor as well.
Replacing a Bad Blower Motor Resistor
Replacing a bad blower resistor typically requires only a screwdriver or wrench to unbolt it from the HVAC ducts. In the case of a burnt or melted connector, the replacement will be a bit more involved. While soldering and shrink wrapping the new connector is the best method, crimping the new pigtail in place will also suffice.
Need a Blower Motor Resistor Replacement?
Without a properly functioning HVAC blower motor resistor, your car or truck will not be able to blow hot or cold air through the interior vents on lower settings, and will work only on one speed – high. This of course can get pretty annoying rather quickly and you will likely be itching to fix the problem immediately. Luckily, if you are in need of a replacement blower motor resistor for your car, truck, SUV or van, then you have come to the right place. At 1A Auto, we carry a full line of high quality, aftermarket replacement blower motor resistors for many makes and models.
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Siemens, Total to work on "green" LNG production
A unit of German engineering giant Siemens has entered into a deal with French energy group Total to advance new concepts for "green" liquefied natural gas production.
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The studies are targeting key areas, such as reducing the environmental footprint of liquefaction facilities and the associated greenhouse gas emissions, according to a Siemens statement.
Targeted areas also include plant reliability, maintainability, regulatory compliance, and development costs.
The duo will explore different concepts such as the use of gas turbineand electric-driven compression trains in conjunction with single-mixed refrigerant and double-mixed refrigerant technologies.
Additonally, the partners will look into developing techniques to improve the efficiency of onsite power generation facilities such as heat recovery systems, inlet air chilling, supplementary firing, renewables integration, and battery storage.
The studies will also be exploring how to leverage digitalization and automation platforms to optimize plant design and achieve seamless project execution, the statement said.
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Proxy settings are used to tell Internet Explorer the network address of an intermediary server (known as a proxy server) that is used between the browser and the Internet on some networks. Changing proxy settings is something you usually only have to do if you are connecting to the Internet through a corporate network. By default, Internet Explorer automatically detects proxy settings. However, you might need to manually set a proxy with information supplied by your network administrator. Here's how:
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Drop Shot Rig Drop Shotting is a popular bass fishing technique but it was actually invented by saltwater fishermen. The technique was introduced to the bass fishing world by pro bass fishermen on the West Coast and it quickly spread. It proved successful in the highly pressured lakes of the West and is considered a "finesse" technique. The idea is to suspend a bait (artificial such as a plastic worm or live or dead bait) off the bottom at a level that will put the bait in front of the fish and/or get the bait up and out of the gunk at the bottom. The weight is dropped vertically to the bottom and the bait is lightly shaken to attract attention. Light line and spinning equipment is preferred.
How to tie a Drop Shot Rig
1. Begin by tying a Palomar Knot with a long tag end. Double 12 to 30 inches of line (depending on how high you want the bait off the bottom) and pass end of loop through eye of hook.
2. Tie a loose overhand knot with the hook hanging from the bottom of the loop formed.
3. While holding the overhand knot between thumb and forefinger, pass end of loop over the hook. Slide loop to above eye of hook.
4. Pull on both standing line and tag end to tighten down the knot onto eye of hook. Now feed tag end back through hook eye from above.
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Each year, Filmmaker asks the Sundance Film Festival feature directors a question about their filmmaking process. We then compile any and all of the directors' feedback and bring it to our readers courtesy of our "Sundance Responses."
This year we asked:
Attention, our audience's and our own — it's a valued commodity these days. We struggle to command our audience's attention, for them to discover our work and then, once they've discovered it, to actually focus on it. Meanwhile, we struggle to focus our own attention, to fight our society's weapons of mass distraction so we can not just see our work to completion but fully discover the meanings within it. What role does attention play in your work? Can you discuss an instance where you thought about some aspect of attention when it came to your film?
We'll upload the responses individually, the day of each film's premiere. So, as the festival progresses, click the links below. The Sundance Film Festival is being held in Park City, Utah from January 16th to the 26th.


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Why Functional Threshold Pace Testing Is Useful (And How To Do It)
The Functional Threshold Pace (FTPa) field test is useful for determining training zones and tracking fitness progression. Here's how to do it.
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If you want a way, outside of racing, to track improvements in your running performance, Functional Threshold Pace (FTPa) field testing could be just what you're looking for.
The best thing about this test is that it's free, anyone can do it, and it can be done almost anywhere and at any time. It's similar to the MAF Test we talked about previously, but where the MAF Test tracks your aerobic progress, this test tracks your (as the name implies) Functional Threshold.
Besides providing a way to track your fitness progression, the test's output also allows you to calculate training zones specific to your current level of fitness.
What Is Functional Threshold Pace?
Simply put, FTPa is the best average pace you can currently sustain for around 60 minutes. It's a measure of both your speed and endurance, and it provides useful feedback about your current fitness across all distances from 5km to marathon.
Knowing your threshold running pace is valuable for three reasons:
 1. It indicates your current running fitness.
 2. You can use it to determine your training zones.
 3. You can use the test results to help predict your time or pace for other races.
Three Common Ways To Determine Functional Threshold Pace
There are three common methods that runners and triathletes use to determine their FTPa.
 1. Lactate testing in a lab.
 2. 60-minute field test.
 3. 20-minute field test.
Lactate testing is my preferred method, but not everyone has access to a lab or wishes to invest the money. The 60-minute test is arguably the next most accurate behind the lactate test, but it puts a tremendous load on your body. It can interfere significantly with your training due to the recovery needed post-test.
The final option is the 20-minute test, my preference when lactate testing is not an option, and that's the focus of the remainder of this article.
Factors To Consider Before Your Test
Before deciding when to run an FTPa field test, you need to consider certain factors to maximise your run and get the most reliable result to establish your training zones.
Below are the factors that you have control over, and that can influence your test. Please consider each carefully and aim to keep things as consistent as possible between tests.
Physical Condition
The 20-minute test is challenging and puts a tremendous strain on your body. Do not attempt this test if you are ill or suffering from any form of niggle. You want to be in good condition when you run this test.
Time Of Day
Depending on where you live, we recommend that you conduct this test early morning or late evening when it is cooler. That way, you can avoid the added stress of heat and humidity.
Make sure you adequately hydrate before the test. If you are conducting the test in the morning, you will wake from sleep dehydrated. Preload with sodium (300-500mg) to assist your cardiovascular system 30-minutes before you start. The same applies if you run late in the evening. Hydrate well throughout the day and preload with added sodium 30-minutes before you start your run.
When conducting this test, you must run on a flat surface. Research a route near you beforehand where you know there is little to no change in elevation. The test must be continuous and uninterrupted, so plan a course that does not have traffic lights in your way. Stay away from tall buildings to avoid GPS and pace errors because they can cause interference with your monitor that could put your results at
risk. If you run on a treadmill, set the gradient to 1.5%.
Hours Of Sleep
Getting enough sleep is paramount when it comes to assisting your body. Aim for 7+ hours the night before the test. A lack of sleep will force your body to work harder than usual to manage the test's applied stress. This fatigue can lead to elevated heart rate, reduced output, and a false result.
Heart Rate Monitor
We strongly encourage you to use a heart rate strap for this test. Straps provide more accurate and reliable measurements and increase the validity of your results.
If that's not possible, use your wrist-based monitor, but ensure it's tight and reading as accurately as possible before you begin.
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How To Do A 20-Minute Functional Threshold Pace Field Test
 - Before the test, run Easy for 10 – 15-minutes, with Accelerations (optional), to warm-up adequately. An effective warm-up is essential to maximising your performance and minimising your injury-risk.
 - Next, run a 20-minute time trial all by yourself (no training partners and not in a race). Running alone is crucial for ensuring the most accurate result.
 - Run the test as if it was a race for the entire 20-minutes – that is, hard. You should run all 20-minutes at the maximum pace you can sustain for 20-minutes.
 - Aim to run an even pace throughout. If you end up slowing down significantly towards the end, then you pushed too hard at the start, and you should adjust for future tests.
 - Upon completion, do an Easy 10min jog to cool down properly. We also recommend you do some light stretching to aid in recovery.
What Now?
Upon completing the test, take your average heart rate and pace of the entire 20-minute time trial. Subtracting 5% from each number will give you an approximation of your lactate threshold pace and heart rate.
With lactate threshold pace and heart rate established, you can plug those numbers into an online calculator to determine your training zones.
You can also compare your results to past results or races to gauge how your fitness progresses over time.
When To Test Again
Testing every 8 – 10-weeks is a good guideline, although you should not be dogmatic and should set your testing schedule to suit your goals and current physical condition.
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King Solomon was not the only one to produce a judgment to determine the true mother of a disputed child. A similar story can be found in Korean history with Son Byeon, a minister from the Goryeo period. When he was the governor of Gyeongsang, he presided over a dispute between a brother and a sister. When the parents passed away, they passed on the entire fortune to the older sister. The youngest son was left with a black hat, a set of black clothing, a pair of shoes and an empty note. When he grew up, he sued his sister to claim his share of the estate.
Son Byeon studied the case and produced a wise decision: "The parents must have thought that the daughter would be the only one left to care for the young son, and they were worried that had they divided their assets equally, the sister would not have enough funds to raise the brother. So they figured that the son would someday grow up and dress properly, prepare a suit and ask for judgment." Upon hearing the decision, the brother and the sister embraced each other and cried, and Son Byeon ruled that they would have an equal share of the fortune from their parents.
The episode is recorded in Lee Jae-hyun's "Yeokongpaeseol," which remains as a valuable historic document about the inheritance system of the Goryeo Dynasty. If the parents hadn't had the confidence that the judicial authority would produce a righteous decision, they wouldn't have taken such a risk.
The justice system cannot earn such trust with only a few right decisions. It is a product of accumulation of countless rulings that could almost be considered trivial. That's why I agree with what Justice Lee Han-joo of the Seoul High Court said. "The freedom of speech for an individual judge should be respected, but we should also consider how what each judge says affects the overall honor and trust of the judiciary."
At the final round of the World League of Volleyball in 2006, a French player spiked the ball, which was blocked by a Brazilian before landing outside the court. But the referee declared a score by Brazil. The spectators were upset, but the French attacker admitted that the ball had hit him before landing. The spectators gave applause as a sign of trust for the referee. Referee Kim Geon-tae is known for his fair decisions. The French team could have doubted his ruling, but the players trusted his fairness. The judges in Korea may want to closely examine how he has earned such trust.
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Henry Southard (October 7, 1747 – May 22, 1842) was a United States Representative from the state of New Jersey.
Southard was born in Hempstead, Long Island, New York. He moved with his parents to Basking Ridge, New Jersey in 1755, where he attended the common schools and worked on a farm. Later, Southard served as a private and later as wagon master during the American Revolution. After the war, he engaged in agriculture, before serving as a Justice of the Peace from 1787 to 1792. Later, he served as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, from 1797 to 1799 and again in 1811. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 7th United States Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses, where he served from March 4, 1801 to March 3, 1811. During the 11th Congress, Southard was Chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business. He was later elected to the 14th, 15th, and 16th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1815 to March 3, 1821. After leaving Congress for good, Southard returned to farming. He died in Basking Ridge in Somerset County, New Jersey, and was interred in Basking Ridge Cemetery.
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Boundary friction characterisation of a used cylinder liner subject to fired engine conditions and surface deposition
journal contributionposted on 12.11.2018, 14:51 by Rickie Bewsher, Michael Leighton, Mahdi Mohammadpour, Homer Rahnejat, Gunter Offner, O. Knaus
In cylinder friction contributes as a primary source of parasitic dissipations in IC engines. For future engines to become more efficient, with enhanced fuel economy and increased power output, accurate prediction of new designs is required over the full lifetime of an engine. The work carried out presents use of a local pressure coefficient of boundary shear strength of asperities value, taking into account the localised effects of surface texture, coating and surface deposition. XPS spectra analysis was also carried out to identify the surface depositions as a result of combustion, not previously taken into account during piston ring pack simulation. Friction was shown by simulation to drop by up to 30% between the compression and combustion stroke as a result of using a carriable coefficient of boundary shear strength of asperities. It was found that piston varnish on the liner corresponded to higher values of the pressure coefficient of boundary shear strength of asperities, therefore showing the importance of using real system components run under representative operating conditions or numerical analyses.
The authors of this work wish to show their thanks to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and to our industrial collaborators AVL List GmbH for the financial and technical contributions they have made to this research.
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Currently, the director of research of the legislative council (director) is required to prepare a fiscal impact statement for every initiative that is submitted to the title board. An abstract of this information is required to be included on a petition section that is circulated for signatures. The act modifies this process by:
- Requiring the director to prepare a fiscal summary that will appear on a petition section instead of an abstract;
- Specifying that the fiscal summary must include a description of the measure's fiscal impact, including a preliminary estimate of any change in state and local government revenues, expenditures, taxes, or fiscal liabilities if implemented;
- Requiring the director to provide the fiscal summary when a measure is submitted to the title board;
- Requiring the director to only prepare the fiscal impact statement, which will not include an abstract, for those initiated measures for which the secretary of state has approved a petition section; and
- Requiring the fiscal impact statement to be finished 14 days after the petition section was approved.
The act allows a proponent or registered elector to challenge a fiscal summary at a rehearing by the title board and the Colorado supreme court in the same manner as abstracts are challenged. The act requires the secretary of state to notify the director that a petition section for an initiative has been approved.
To implement the act, the general fund appropriation made in the annual legislative appropriation act for the 2020-21 state fiscal year to the legislative department for use by legislative council is decreased by $7,865, and the corresponding FTE is decreased by 0.1 FTE.
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Delta Migrations
A Delta Migration occurs when you have records that already exist in the Akamai Identity Cloud but might require an update from a legacy system. (For example, the Identity Cloud might include records for beta testers who also have user accounts in your legacy system.) A delta migration functions the same as a regular migration, but with the following additional logic:
 - IF a record does NOT exist THEN it will be created using the normal data migration process.
 - IF a record DOES exist (as detected by unique key violation response from entity.bulkCreate) THEN an attempt will be made to update the existing record using /entity.update with a defined primary key (such as email).
In other words, suppose you are using email as your primary key and your datafile consists of a single record, a record that has as the email address. When you run the delta migration, checks to see if your user profile store already contains a record that has the email address If it does not, then a new record is written. However, if the user profile store already contains a record that has the email address then the existing record is replaced by the record found in the datafile. This behavior occurs only during a Delta Migration. If you do not do a Delta Migration then the existing record is left alone and the new record is not written to the user profile store.
It is important to note that duplicity will not be ignored. Because of that, duplicate records in the CSV import file could trigger an update case that might not be desirable (i.e., replacing an existing record that you really didn't want replaced). Make sure your import CSV file is free from duplicate records (records containing the same primary key, usually email). Keep in mind as well that plural structures addressed in an update will be replaced with new information contained in the import CSV. That means that existing InternalIds associated with plural entries (used for indexing and iteration) will be re-assigned. It is possible, albeit very unlikely, that you could have downstream third-party systems that depend on existing plural IDs. You should verify this is not the case before initiating a Delta Migration.
Delta Migrations produce two additional artifacts (update_success.csv and update_fail.csv) that indicate that status of records that were updated during the execution of the script. As with other log files, these files are appended with a timestamp:
update_fail_ May_22_2019_10_55.csv
To run a Delta Migration simply add the arguments -dm and -pk when executing For example:
python3 -u -i 382bgrkj4w28984myp7298pzh35sj2q -s b2gfp7mgk9332annghwcf0po57xzqht5 -dm -pk email test_users.csv
Remember that the -pk (primary key) must be an attribute that is designated unique in the schema and must be present in the import CSV file. This attribute will be used to find and perform entity.update API calls on the existing record, overwriting the old record with data supplied from the corresponding record in the import CSV file. In the example above, the email attribute has been designated as the primary key. Other primary keys can be used, such as customer loyalty number, but that data:
 - Must also be present in the import CSV and present in the schema.
 - Must be unique, in that no two records will contain the same value for the attribute. The customer loyalty number can't be used as a primary key if multiple customers (e.g., all the members of a family) share the same loyalty number.


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Hero Engine (third law of motion)
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Students use the thrust produced by falling water to investigate Newton's Third Law of Motion.
Student teams will construct water-propelled engines out of soft drink cans and investigate ways to increase the action-reaction thrust produced by water shooting out of holes punched in the can sides.
The "Hero Engine" activity is from the Rockets Educators Guide. Although grade levels are suggested, small modifications will enable more complex activities to be used successfully with other grade levels for observation, demonstration or complete lessons.
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This publication is by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Kennedy Space Center, and released into the Public Domain. Permission is not required for duplication.


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Building a Vacuum Form Table
This page will show you how to construct your own vacuum forming table. A Vacuum Forming Table is used to form sheets of polystyrene into desired shapes determined by the molds used with the table. This table will be comprised of two main parts, The Holding Frame, and the Forming Surface. Some designs for Vacuum Forming Tables also include an oven. For this forming table we will use an ordinary kitchen oven to heat our plastic.
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Addressing questions about including environmental effects in the DMSO HLA
Addressing questions about including environmental effects in the DMSO HLA The Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO) is developing a High Level Architecture (HLA) to support the DOD Modeling and Simulation (M and S) community. Many, if not all, of the simulations involve the environment in some fashion. In some applications, the simulation takes place in an acknowledged environment without any environmental functionality being taken into account. The Joint Training Federation Prototype (JTFp) is one of several prototype efforts that have been created to provide a test of the DMSO HLA. In addition to addressing the applicability of the HLA to a training community, the JTFp is also one of two prototype efforts that is explicitly including environmental effects in their simulation effort. These two prototyping efforts are examining the issues associated with the inclusion of the environment in an HLA federation. In deciding whether or not to include an environmental federation in the JTFp effort, a number of questions have been raised about the environment and the HLA. These questions have raised the issue of incompatibility between the environment and the HLA and also shown that there is something unique about including the environment in simulations. The purpose of this White Paper, which was developed with inputs from the more »
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When ever we have to restore existing database, we always get error "Exclusive access could not be obtained because the database is in use" And what we do to kill all spids we either take database offline or in single_user_mode.
But is this the right solution?
1. Drawbacks for taking database in offline:
- Some times it takes very long time to take database offline / online depend on size of database.
- If data file \ log file have internal corruption then you will not able to take database online again.
2. Drawbacks for taking database in single_user_mode:
- If you are taking database in single user mode and you didn't have any sessions on database you might not able to get session on database again to make it multi user or to run restore.
- Many times you will struggle to make database in multi user and some time if you are unlucky you have to restart sql database
- Some times by the time you make database in single_user_mode, some of system spid will take session and you cant kill system spid the only way to recover is restart sql server.
- If database is having any negative spid on it then you cant kill negative spid if database is in single user mode.
So best option is to kill all spid
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Negotiating with Labor Under Financial Distress
We analyze how firms renegotiate labor contracts to extract concessions from labor. While anecdotal evidence suggests that firms tend to renegotiate down wages in times of financial distress, there is no empirical evidence that documents such renegotiation, its determinants, and its magnitude. This paper attempts to fill this gap. Using a unique data set of airlines that includes detailed information on wages and pension plans we document an empirical link between airline financial distress, pension underfunding, and wage concessions.
Document Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3386/w17192
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now somewhat obsolete) parameter ''n'' is not given, a pade continuation is used. Otherwise, ''n'' specifies the number of poles used in the fit function for the analytic continuation of the self-energy. The fitting procedure can be influenced further by adding single characters to ''n''; character "''c''": employ additional constraints (i.e., integrability of the self-energy and continuity of its derivative at {\omega=0}), "''+''": add a constant to the fit function as a parameter, "''*''": allow poles above the real frequency axis. (Default Pade)
''CONTOUR D d'': Specifies contour integration for the evaluation of the self-energy. The first argument ''D'', if it is a number, defines the interval for the numerical derivative :math:'{d/d\epsilon \Sigma(\epsilon) = [\Sigma(\epsilon+D)-\Sigma(\epsilon-D)]/(2D)}' where :math:'{\epsilon}' is the corresponding KS energy. It can also be defined as a range, e.g. ''{-0.5..0.5,0.01}'' or ''[{-0.5..0.5,0.01}]'', which defines an equidistant mesh (relative to the Kohn-Sham energy or in absolute energies, the latter is the only viable definition for a ''GW FULL'' calculation) on which the self-energy is evaluated and which is used to solve the nonlinear quasiparticle equation (neglecting off-diagonal elements). The second argument ''d'' defines the step size of an equidistant mesh for the screened interaction. If ''d'' is omitted, a Pade continuation is used for the screened interaction (Keywords ''CONTINUE'' and ''CONTOUR'' are mutually exclusive.) (Default none)
''FREQINT SPLINE/PADE'': Algorithm for frequency integration in :math:'{\int G(\omega+\omega')W(\omega')d\omega'}': the screened interaction is interpolated with a splines or with a Pade approximation. (Default SPLINE)
''LFRAC l'': l cutoff for the treatment of the anisotropy at the point :math:'{k=0}'. For isotropic systems ''l=1'' is enough. (Default 1)
''MESH n x'': Defines the imaginary frequency mesh where ''n'' is the number of points and ''x'' the frequency of the last point. Instead, one can also specify a file that contains the frequency mesh as a list with ''MESH filename''. (Default 10 10.0)
''NOZERO'': Neglect zero order terms in the self-energy coming from combinations of divergent terms math:'{1/k}' and math:'{1/k^2}' in the (bare or screened) interaction with linear and quadratic terms of the other quantities. This is necessary to converge the k-point sampling for materials with small band gaps. (Default false)
''RPAENE'': Calculate RPA correlation energy "on the fly". (Default false)
''VXC READ/CALC'': Specifies whether the vxc matrix elements are calculated or read from the file ''vxcfull''. (Default READ)
.. note:: ''IMAGTIME'': Since version 02.00 the correlation self-energy is evaluated by a direct frequency convolution of {G} and {W} rather than a multiplication in imaginary time. With the keyword ''IMAGTIME'' the latter (older) algorithm can still be used. (In some cases the old algorithm is considerably faster.) (Default false) :)
Section ''WANNIER''
''FROZEN e'': Use frozen energy window. Lower bound is defined automatically, upper bound can be defined with the optional parameter ''e''. If ''e'' is not given, Spex guesses a reasonable value. (Default false)
''MAXIMIZE'': Use maximally localized Wannier functions instead of the first-guess ones. (Default false)
''ORBITALS (..) (..)..'': Defines the orbitals for the first guess. Round brackets ''()'' for atoms, square brackets ''[]'' for atom types. In the brackets, one can use ;-separated lists of s,p,d,f,px,py,pz,dxy,dyz,dxz,dz2,dx2y2,t2g,eg,fz3,fxz2,fyz2,fzxy,fxyz,fxxy,fyxy,sp,sp2,sp3,sp3d,sp3d2. Euler angles can be specified with, e.g., ''sp,120,0,0''. (Default none)
''RSITE latvec'': Calculate off-site Hubbard interaction parameters (in addition to the on-site ones) with ''latvec'' being a lattice vector, e.g., ''(0,0,1)'' or several lattice vectors, e.g., ''(0,0,1) (0,0,3)'' or ''(0,0,1)-(0,0,3)'' or ''(0,1..2,1..3)''. The latter two define a list of lattice vectors: (0,0,1), (0,0,2), (0,0,3) and (0,1,1), (0,2,1), (0,1,2), (0,2,2), (0,1,3), (0,2,3), respectively. (Default none)
(''UREAD''): Wannier U matrix elements are read from the Fleur output file. (Default false)
(''WSCALE s''): Scaling factor ''s'' for the screened Coulomb interaction for spin-wave calculations. ''s'' can be a range...... to be completed! (Default none)
.. _specifics:
Spex and Fleur
In the Fleur [[input]] file there is a flag for writing out the necessary data for a Spex calculation. It is called ''gw'' and is appended to line 23 of the Fleur ''inp'' file.
''n'' can take four values:
* ''gw=0'': No output files are generated (default; the same as omitting ''gw'' and ''numbands'' altogether).
* ''gw=1'': Some basic parameters are written to several files. Otherwise Fleur runs as usual.
* ''gw=2'': All output files necessary for Spex are created and Fleur stops after one iteration (without updating the potential). In this case you should also set ''pot8=T'' and the maximal number of bands ''N''. The latter overrides the default ''neigd'' value in [[fl7para]].
* ''gw=3'': Self-consistent cycle for QSGW. Same as ''gw=1'' but adds {$ \Sigma^{\mathrm{QSGW}}_{\mathrm{xc}}(\mathbf{r},\mathbf{r}')-v_{\mathrm{xc}}(\mathbf{r}) $} to the Hamiltonian in each iteration.
The output files are
* ''gwa'': Basic parameters including the atomic numbers and positions in the unit cell, lattice parameters and basis vectors, FLAPW l cutoff, and local-orbital parameters,
* ''LATTC'': FLAPW G cutoff,
* ''radfun'': radial basis functions,
* ''ecore'': core-electron functions,
* ''eig'': k points, wave-function coeffients (interstitial), energies,
* ''abcoeff'': wave-function coefficients (muffin tins),
* ''vxc'': expectation values of the xc potential (diagonal elements),
* ''vxcfull'': matrix of the xc potential,
* ''qsgw'': matrix of the QSGW self-energy (only for QSGW calculations).
Furthermore Spex needs the Fleur files [[fl7para]] and ''sym.out''.
Some comments about the DFT calculation
Accurate description of conduction states
As in a ''GW'' calculation the conduction states enter both the Green function and the screened interaction, they should be accurately described already in the KS system which is our starting point for the perturbation treatment. The LAPW basis, however, only guarantees well described occupied states. In order to obtain well-converged ''GW'' results, one must make the basis set more flexible, especially in the MT regions, by introducing local orbitals either at high energy parameters or as higher-order energy derivatives [see C. Friedrich et al., Phys. Rev. B 74, 045104 (2006)].
Role of semicore states
High-lying semicore states can appear as badly described "ghost bands" in the valence band region leading to a wrong DFT ground state. A possible solution is to use local orbitals and extend the energy window, such that the semicore states are treated as valence states. On the other hand if the ghost bands are above the Fermi energy, they usually pose no problem in a DFT calculation. In a ''GW'' calculation, however, the conduction states are also relevant, and one must make sure that there are no ghost bands at all in the energy spectrum. Therefore, it might be necessary to treat more (and deeper) semicore states as valence states than are needed in the DFT calculation.
As an indication for such a case the overlap of core states with basis and wave functions calculated in the routine "checkinput" should be checked. As an example, here is the output for Strontium Titanate with


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The good governance of a society depends on having an active board, elected by the members, to oversee the affairs of the society. In electing a board, members are delegating their sovereign powers to this body. The directors are accountable to the membership, and are responsible for supervising the managers and executive staff who run the business. Societies, except for charitable societies, can choose to have a mix of executive and non-executive directors, or opt for an exclusively non-executive board, serviced by executive staff. The directors of charitable community benefit societies have a duty to act solely in the interest of the charity and must prevent conflicts of interest from affecting their decisions. This means they cannot receive any payment or benefit without authority, so it is unusual for charities to have executive directors on the board (see _URL_ ).
Consideration needs to be given to the size of the board, its composition, and the length of service of directors. Usually the size of the board is expressed in terms of a minimum and maximum number of directors, typically between three and 12. Some multi-stakeholder societies have rules that reserve a set number of places on the board for different membership categories. Societies may also have rules that allow the board to co-opt directors with specialist or professional skills. Most societies require directors to either retire or seek re-election after a defined period, typically three years, usually on a rotational basis so that no more than a third of the board are standing for election, thus allowing for some continuity of membership.
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The rules must also address the appointment of officers. All societies are obliged by law to appoint a secretary. Other officer posts, such as treasurer, chair and vice-chair, are at the discretion of the society. Other discretionary rules include provisions for the proceedings at board meetings, focusing mainly on quora and the role of the chair and the use of electronic media to conduct remote meetings.


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How Central Banks' domestic gold purchase plan can formalise artisanal gold mining
 - Artisanal and small-scale mining has grown significantly since the start of this century.
 - There are various drawbacks of artisanal gold mining, including environmental degradation, money laundering, smuggling, etc.
 - Central banks' domestic gold purchase plan can help countries across the globe to formalise and incorporate best practices into the sector.
Artisanal and small-scale mining has grown immensely in developing countries over the last twenty years. More than 20 million people across the globe are involved in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) practices. Poverty, unemployment, organised crime, lucrative gold prices are some of the leading factors that encourage ASGM activities. Though the ASGM practice is illegal in few countries, it is the second most significant source of livelihood, followed by agriculture.
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There are various associated ill-effects of ASGM, including substantial environmental degradation, mercury release, soil pollution, child labour, health, safety & environment (HSE) issues, money laundering and smuggling. The limited access of artisan miners to financial institutions also makes them vulnerable to robbery and marginal prices for the mined gold. In most cases, the trading of gold involves middlemen, which significantly reduces the margin of gold miners. Additionally, the gold coming from these sources is probably not going to have an option to fulfil due diligence for global processing plants.
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Gold has become the cornerstone of the modern reserve management. It is the third most broadly held reserve currency, followed by the US dollar and the euro.
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Since emerging economies face challenges of currency instability, they try to increase their gold reserves. Central banks in such markets are reinforcing their gold reserves with locally mined gold with the help of artisanal miners. The practice allows banks to buy gold in local currencies, avoiding currency losses. At the same time, the practice also supports the livelihood of artisanal miners.
However, the formalisation of the sector in a responsible way can significantly enhance artisanal miners' lives by incorporating the best practices in the sector.
How a central bank domestic ASGM purchase program can help miners:
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The World Gold Council (WGC) has highlighted the four countries – Ethiopia, Mongolia, Ecuador and the Philippines – whose central banks followed domestic ASGM purchase program and elaborated how these programs have brought a change in ASGM practices in these countries.
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In Mongolia, the central bank promoted the Fairmined Standards. In Ecuador, the bank decided to purchase gold from licensed miners with bank accounts and issue invoices. In the Philippines, the central bank assured the quality of gold through London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) accredited refineries. In the case of Ethiopia, the central bank sells a portion of their purchase to LBMS accredited refineries.
The examples shared by WGC have clearly shown the prospect and potential of widening their use. These initiatives can help countries to formalise artisanal mining practices and limit illegal mining.


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The RA155 is a purpose-designed, military aviation headset that has been proven in several conflicts.
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- Mask compatibility (option)
- Selection of microphone and earphone transducers
The RA155 combines communication, noise attenuation and mask compatibility with comfort. This is vitally important since noise can impair communication and cause fatigue which can lead to a reduction in crew efficiency and potentially compromise flight safety. On long flights prolonged exposure to high noise levels also poses a hazard to hearing.
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Maximum altitude of airplanes
Name: janette l gubala
Date: Around 1995
How high can an airplane go?
Well, an "airplane" can go fly as high as it is designed for. More specifically, fighter planes have been known to go to around 90,000+ feet.
Experimental planes (X15) can go much higher if need be. It all depends on
the type of engine being used. Jet engines cannot be used in highly
rarified (thin) air, because they are air-breathing in nature. Rocket
engines can be use at any altitude, including space.
I thought the official altitude record for a jet powered aircraft was around
80,000 feet, set by the SR-71 Blackbird, although the actual altitude
achievable by the Blackbird is still classified. Experimental aircraft like
the X-15 that can go higher are rocket powered.
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Shigetaka Imabayashi 1 and Manabu Ishimaru 1
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Structural relaxation of amorphous germanium has been examined by molecular dynamics simulations based on the empirical Tersoff interatomic potential. Although the Tersoff potential overestimated both the melting and glass transition temperatures, it was found that this potential can reproduce the behavior of structural relaxation. The potential energy decreased with thermal annealing below the glass transition temperature, but it sometimes increased during structural relaxation. The mean square displacement of atoms also increased at the corresponding period. These changes were attributed to the cooperative atomic motion during structure relaxation. Atomic trajectories revealed that structural changes are induced by spatiallyand temporally-inhomogeneous atomic motions: atomic mobile and immobile regions coexisted during structural relaxation.
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While financial literacy is important for an audit committee in discharging its duties there is no authoritative guidance or definition and limited empirical research as to what constitutes financial literacy of audit committees and business students. Coates et al. conducted a study that examined the financial literacy of corporate board members and MBA students at the University of Chicago using an instrument developed by Schipper and WeiL Their findings suggest that both groups lack the appropriate level of financial literacy. This paper extends that research by using the same instrument to examine the financial literacy of undergraduate accounting finance students at a private Midwestern university. Our findings indicate the undergraduate students also lack financial literacy. Caution should be used in interpreting these results since there is no consensus definition of financial literacy within the accounting profession.


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Last summer, staff at the Arbor Day Farm greenhouse reached out to a select group of members for their help with our hazelnut project.
The Foundation and its Hybrid Hazelnut Consortium partners – Rutgers University, Oregon State University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln – have worked since 2008 to develop disease-resistant hybrid hazelnuts that will thrive in a variety of soils and climates.
For years, we have been collecting hybrid hazelnuts from participating members, in hopes of getting closer to that so-called "super hazelnut."
The results have been fascinating. Hazelnuts we've gotten back here in Nebraska have been brown, almost black, some even reddish, and of varying sizes. All are healthy and critical to our continued research. Read more about it at the Lied Lodge & Arbor Day Farm Blog.
The benefits of hazelnuts as a perennial woody crop are profound. The leafy bushes are ideal for absorbing carbon dioxide through much of the year. The plants are drought and flood resistant, thus able to be maintained without heavy labor. And, protein-rich nuts provide a healthy source of nutrition for the planet's expanding population. One day, they could help feed healthy nations.
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This is motivated by the discussion here. The usual definition of the etale fundamental group (as in SGA 1) gives automatic profiniteness: Grothendieck's formulation of Galois theory states that any category with a "fiber functor" to the category of finite sets satisfying appropriate hypotheses is isomorphic to the category of finite, continuous $G$-sets for a well-defined profinite group $G$ (taken as the limit of the automorphism groups of Galois objects, or as the automorphism group of said fiber functor). In SGA1, the strategy is to take finite etale covers of a fixed (connected) scheme with the fiber functor the set of liftings of a geometric point.
One problem with this approach is that $H^1(X_{et}, G)$ for a finite group $G$ (which classifies $G$-torsors in the etale topology) is not isomorphic to $\hom(\pi_1(X, \overline{x}), G)$ unless $G$ is finite. Indeed, this would imply that the cohomology of the constant sheaf $\mathbb{Z}$ would always be trivial, but this is not true (e.g. for a nodal cubic). However, Scott Carnahan asserts on the aforementioned thread that the "right" etale fundamental group of a nodal cubic should be $\mathbb{Z}$, not something profinite.
How exactly does this work? People have suggested that one can define it as a similar inverse limit of automorphism groups, but is there a similar equivalence of categories and an analogous formalism for weaker "Galois categories"? (Perhaps one wants not just all etale morphisms but, say, torsors: the disjoint union of two open immersions might not be the right candidate.) I'm pretty sure that the finiteness is necessary in the usual proofs of Galois theory, but maybe there's something more.
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Check out Section 2 of Noohi's paper "Fundamental groups of topological stacks with slice property"
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Thanks. This (in particular, Theorem 2.16) is very nice. – Akhil Mathew Jul 18 '11 at 18:04
In "The pro-étale topology for schemes" (, Bhatt and Scholze introduce the pro-étale fundamental group which seems to give a good answer to your question (see, e.g., Theorem 1.10). The pro-étale fundamental group also compares well against the usual étale fundamental group and the "SGA3 étale fundamental group".
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Thank you! I've been meaning to look at this paper for some time now. – Akhil Mathew Nov 29 '13 at 22:14
Besides the references already given above, one can also mention:
SGA III 2 LNM 152 exp X /S 7 where Grothendieck sketches the theory of an enlarged fundamental group ("groupe fondamental élargi").
This was later on formalized in terms of Galois toposes in Olivier Leroy's Phd "Groupoide Fondamental et Theoreme de van Kampen en Theorie des Topos" which unfortunately does not seem to be widely available. Roughly, it goes at follows. A topos $E$ is locally Galois if it is locally connected and if every object is a sum of locally constant objects: $SLC(E)=E$ (equivalently, if it is generated by its Galois objects [ a Galois object is a locally constant non-empty object that is a pseudo-torsor under its automorphism group]). Such a locally Galois topos can be recovered from the groupoid (in the categorical sense) of its points in the sense that the functor $E\rightarrow (Point(E))^\wedge$ defines an equivalence of toposes (here for a groupoid $C$, $C^\wedge$ denotes the topos of presheaves on $C$). To sum up, $E\mapsto Point(E)$ defines an equivalence between locally Galois toposes and groupoids. You can find more details in Vincent Zoonekynd's paper The fundamental group of an algebraic stack at this address
Then starting from a scheme $X$, you can consider the topos $SLC(\widetilde{X_{et}})$ of locally constant sheaves for the étale topology. This is a Galois topos, the automorphism group of a point is Grothendieck's enlarged fundamental group. If instead the étale topology you stick to the finite étale topology $X_{fet}$, where covers are given by surjective families of finite étale maps, your recover the traditional profinite fundamental group of SGA1.
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As Leroy's notes are difficult to find, it might be worth mentioning that this Galois theory for topoi has been rediscovered by Ieke Moerdijk in his paper "Prodiscrete groups and Galois toposes", Nederl. Akad. Wetensch. Indag. Math. 51 (1989), no. 2, 219–234. – Denis-Charles Cisinski Jul 19 '11 at 17:41
Interesting. Thanks for these references! – Akhil Mathew Jul 20 '11 at 4:32
(iii) $F$ preseves strict epimorphisms.
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In Dubuc and de la Vega's very nice write-up of Grothendieck's Galois theory they cover the pro-group case when the fibre functor is representable (see section 5.5):
Consider a category $C$ and an object $A \in C$. Axioms on $C$:
R1) $C$ has a terminal object and pullbacks (thus all finite limits).
R2) $C$ has coequalizers.
R3) $C$ has coproducts.
Axioms on $A$ (in terms of the representable functor $[A, −]$):
R4) $[A, −]$ preserves coequalizers.
R5) $[A, −]$ preserves coproducts.
R6) $[A, −]$ reflects isomorphisms.
Note that $[A,-]$, a priori a functor to $Set$, lifts to $Set^{Aut(A)}$, the category of $Aut(A)$-sets. Given these axioms, we get an adjoint equivalence between $C$ and $Set^{Aut(A)}$. Clearly this is a step in the right direction, but not what you are after.
In section 6.2 they mention the more general case -- prorepresentable but not finite -- and say they will develop it elsewhere. There is also a reference to SGA IV 2.7, where some of this is stated but not proved (as an aside, of course there is the usual warning that topos in SGA means Grothendieck topos, elementary topoi not being invented yet).
I'm not sure where this 'elsewhere' is, but likely to be written down in the guise of representation theorems for Galois topoi.
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Thanks. This is indeed very close to what I was looking for. Though it seems that there is no reason to expect a "universal cover" in the etale sense. – Akhil Mathew Jul 17 '11 at 16:31
Of course. There are some hints in the paper I linked to, such as strengthening the behaviour of the fibre functor to preserving not just finite limits, but all copowers with a fixed object. I think the answer is out there, but I didn't have time to hunt it down, and I suspect it is not phrased in the usual language. Perhaps something like 'A connected Galois topos with a pro-point is the topos of continuous actions of a progroup' or something like that. – David Roberts Jul 17 '11 at 22:44
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COUNTIES:BOUNDARIES FORMED BY RIVERS -- RIVERS: CHANGING COURSE OF, AS AFFECTING COUNTY BOUNDARY
A sudden change in the course of a river which forms the boundary between counties does not change the boundary to conform to the new course of the river.
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May 6, 1957
Honorable George W. Sibbald
Prosecuting Attorney of Cowlitz County
Cowlitz County Court House
Kelso, Washington Cite as: AGO 57-58 No. 57
Attention: Mr. Richard L. Norman, Deputy
By letter of April 15, 1957, previously acknowledged, you have requested the opinion of this office concerning the location of the boundary between Clark and Cowlitz counties. We quote from your letter:
"Several years ago when primary state highway No. 1 (U.S. 99) was constructed, the Lewis River was diverted and a horseshoe bend was left high and dry. This diversion involves approximately 65 acres of land and a few home sites. Said property, before the diversion, was considered part of Clark County and is on Clark County assessment rolls. Our county commissioners feel that since the course of the Lewis River was moved that said property is now properly within the boundaries of Cowlitz County and should be on Cowlitz County's assessment rolls."
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Is there any legal basis for the institution of an action by Cowlitz county to establish the boundary between Cowlitz and Clark counties along the present course of the Lewis River?
We answer in the negative.
The common law rule with regard to changes in the course of a river that forms a boundary of a piece of land is stated as follows in Hirt v. Entus, 37 Wn. (2d) 418, quoting fromHarper v. Holston, 119 Wash. 436:
"'... when grants of land border on running water, and the course of the stream is changed by that process known as accretion‑-that is to say, the gradual washing away on the one side and the gradual building up on the other‑-the owner's boundary changes with the changing course of the stream....
"'On the other hand, it is equally the rule that, when a stream which is a boundary, from any cause, suddenly abandons its old channel and creates a new one, or suddenly washes from one of its banks a considerable body of land and deposits it on the opposite bank, the boundary does not change with changed course of the stream, but remains as it was before. This sudden and rapid change is termed in law an avulsion, and differs from an accretion in that the one is violent and visible, while the other is gradual, and perceptible only after a lapse of time.'..."
Although our Washington cases dealing with this question have been concerned only with privately-owned property, rather than county boundaries as created by statute, this common law rule has been consistently applied by other courts in cases involving shifting river courses forming boundaries between counties. See, for example,Blair v. U. S. (Okla.), 32 F. (2d) 130;Witt v. Willis, (Ky.), 85 S.W. 223; Fitzsimmons v. Cassity (La.), 172 So. 824; Randolph v. Moberly Hunting & Fishing Club (Mo.), 15 S.W. (2d) 834;Nothstine v. Feldmann (Mo.), 8 S.W. (2d) [[Orig. Op. Page 3]] 912;Jacobs v. Stoner (Mo.), 7 S.W. (2d) 698; andState v. Huffman (Mo.), 2 S.W. (2d) 582.
It is our opinion that the facts as you have related them present a clear case of avulsion, and that therefore the boundary between Clark and Cowlitz counties continues to exist, so far as the disputed 65 acres are concerned, along the course that the Lewis River followed prior to the construction of primary state highway No. 1.
We trust this opinion will be of assistance to you.
Very truly yours,
JOHN J. O'CONNELL
DAVID S. BLACK
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Two Japanese researchers have recently developed a gun that is able to stop someone from speaking mid-sentence, according to the Washington Post.
Kazutaka Kurihara of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, and Koji Tsukada of Ochanomizu University who made the gun said that the device can silence someone from talking more than 100 feet away, the Post reports.
"In general, human speech is jammed by giving back to the speakers their own utterances at a delay of a few hundred milliseconds. This effect can disturb people without any physical discomfort, and disappears immediately by stopping speaking," Kurihara and Tsukada wrote in a research paper describing the portable gun, according to The Telegraph.au.
Initially, the researchers intended the device to be used in hushed spaces, like libraries. But also in that paper they wrote that it can be used to silence people who speak during important speeches and hush meaningless noises.
Extremetech.com comments that this gun was made basically "to enforce 'proper' conversations."
Controversial talk bout the invention of this speech-silencing gun concern the rights of free speech.


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In this chapter, we explored three major sets of architectural issues
related to prefetching: basic architectural support for prefetching,
possible enhancements to achieve even larger gains through prefetching,
and alternative latency-hiding techniques that require hardware support.
We now briefly summarize each section below.
The key issues in providing basic architectural support for prefetching
are the following:
- Unlike normal loads, prefetches are non-binding, non-blocking, and non-excepting. By giving prefetch instructions
unique opcodes, the bits normally used to specify a destination register
can be used instead for prefetching hints (e.g., exclusive-mode vs. shared-mode prefetches).
- While dropping prefetches is a complex issue, the best approach
appears to be dropping prefetches on TLB misses, and not dropping them
on full prefetch issue buffers (given selective prefetching).
- When performing a prefetch access, the caches should be checked
while searching for the data, and the data should be placed directly in
the primary cache.
- The main hardware support necessary for prefetching is a
lockup-free cache. Supporting up to four outstanding misses is useful,
and buffering more than four outstanding prefetch requests offers only
a limited advantage.
The following are the major issues in achieving even larger gains through
- Profiling feedback can potentially improve performance, but has
some important drawbacks. A more attractive technique for exploiting
dynamic information may be to generate adaptive code. Both of these
techniques will benefit from user-visible hardware miss counters.
- Providing associativity through either set-associative caches or
victim caches is an important step toward dealing with cache conflicts.
Neither of these solutions is as attractive as eliminating the problem
- To avoid excessive prefetching overhead, the compiler must be
careful to avoid register spilling. To reduce overheads further, block prefetches may be useful when spatial locality exists.
Finally, prefetching compares with other latency-hiding techniques as follows:
- Software-controlled prefetching appears to be superior to
hardware-controlled prefetching, since the software approach results in
better coverage and requires less hardware support.
- Prefetching and relaxed consistency models are complementary.
Relaxed consistency models eliminate write latency, and prefetching
addresses the remaining read latency.
- The interaction between prefetching and multithreading is
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The aim of the study was to determine the influence of microirrigation (microjet sprinkling and drip irrigation) and organic fertilization (compost prepared on the base of sewage sludge) on a seedling vigour of one-year and two-year old Scot pine seedlings (Pinus sylvestris L.), cultivated on a post-agricultural ground with the use of zoo-melioration in two different regions. Field experiments were carried out on an experimental field in Kruszyn Krajeński (loose sandy soil of quality class VI) near Bydgoszcz and in Lipnik near Stargard Szczeciński (sandy soil of quality class IVb). The first row factor was irrigation used in three treatments: without irrigation (control), drip irrigation, microjet sprinkling. The second row factor was fertilization, used in two variants: mineral fertilization (standard applied in forest nurseries), organic fertilization (compost). The irrigation significantly increased the height and the diameter of the Scot pine seedlings. There were no significant differences in the characters of the growth between the two irrigation systems. Fertilization of Scot pine seedlings with the compost increased significantly the height of seedlings. Interaction of irrigation with organic fertilization of Scot pine seedling height and diameter was noted. Pine seedlings grown on the plots fertilized with compost under irrigation conditions were characterized by increased height and diameter. Better effects were obtained in Lipnik than in Kruszyn Krajeński. Joint effect of organic fertilization and microjet sprinkling positively influenced the density and the species number of Oribatida in Kruszyn Krajeński. The obtained results indicated that the amelioration measures used can positively influence the growth of Scot pine seedlings on a post-agricultural ground.
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Farmers Receive No-Interest Loans To Help Overcome Pandemic Losses
WAMC, May 14, 2020
Several farms in western Massachusetts have been thrown a financial lifeline as they look to build back their business during the pandemic.
Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture announced this week that no-interest loans totaling $183,000 have made to 13 farms. Applications for additional loans from a revolving emergency fund will be taken starting June 1. WAMC's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with CISA Executive Director Philip Korman.
Farms are considered — they need to be essential businesses in any pandemic or non-pandemic situation because our farms are growing the food that we can put on our tables and feed our families. What really did impact farms was other sectors of the economy that needed to shut down. So farms lost markets when it came to restaurants, when it came to institutions and colleges, and even our winter farmers markets closed down because they were inside spaces, and that was in February and we had not yet figured out how to do things safely when it came to purchasing food.
So how does the emergency fund help in this situation?
So the emergency farm fund which has been around now since the end of 2011 provides no interest loans to farms, and farms don't have to pay any part of it back for the first six months. So it's providing loans in conjunction with the Franklin County CDC, ranging from $5000 to $25,000. So, it's enabling farms to keep going even though they have bills to pay as they figure out the new markets, and as we start heading into the growing season in a serious way.
Will the opening of the farmers' markets and the farm stands, will that help?
It will certainly help a lot of farms when they are able to sell directly to their neighbors and a lot of farms are based on those markets. So when farms open up their farm stands—and by the way, right now there are a lot of farms that do have small farm stores like small grocery stores, and that domain of what they can grow and sell has increased. So it's giving–these loans are giving farmers a chance to shift their focus and their attention to try to open up new markets and sell more to the markets they have already. You know, I think a lot of us are realizing that it's been our local neighbors who are farmers who are making the difference for us and feeding our families during this epidemic. And the supply chain of when that strawberry or asparagus is picked that gets to our table, so many fewer hands are touching that produce. I just hope that all of us are focusing on our farms right now and understand how deeply dependent we are on their good work that they do every day.
How many farms were helped out in this latest round, and what are your plans for the emergency farm fund for the future?
So, the emergency farm fund for COVID-19, we were able to do, 13 farms received loans totaling over $180,000. We're going to open up the fund for a second round starting June 1st. And applications will be due by June 22nd. And we anticipate that we might spend the remaining $220,000 in no interest loans then.
Where does the money for the fun come from?
The money from the fund comes from, in terms of CISA from the community. We've raised that money from amazing members of the community who understand how important our local food supply is, how important it is our neighbors who are farmers. So CISA is providing 150,000 of the total $400,000 the Franklin County CDC which has been an amazing partner in this round of emergency farm fund. They've had investors who had set up The Pioneer Valley Grows Investor Fund. And those monies are coming from that investment fund.
Now, this is the first time that this emergency fund has been used for a non-weather related emergency. So did the criteria change for getting a loan?
It's accurate to say that this is the first pandemic we've experienced to this degree and 100 years and every single farm—business has been impacted. So we have opened it up for all farms to apply. We do ask them to say how they've been impacted. But the criteria otherwise it's the same in the past. It was a single weather event and you would just show why Hurricane Irene impacted your farm. So in a way, it's the same you're showing how COVID-19 has impacted your farm.
And these are farms all up and down the valley, right? It's not just one region?
Correct. It's the three-county area of Hampshire, Hamden and Franklin counties and the range of farms included farms that focused on maple syrup, or flowers, or vegetables, or hard cider, or mushrooms, or fruit. It was it was a wide range of farms that applied.
And I think you mentioned this but, you're going to be taking applications again beginning when?
Applications will be taken again starting on June 1st, and all the information will be up before then at via


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