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Guide to Historic Hamilton
History of Bitterroot and Hamilton Told
Copper Kings and women in goat-drawn carts are part of the Bitterroot valley's past that come to life in the Montana Historical Society Press's A Guide to Historic Hamilton.
The book, written by Chere Jiusto of the Society's State Historic Preservation Office, is the fourth in the Press's Montana Mainstreets series.
The book includes a lively text, maps, and historic photographs of the town founded in 1890 by Cooper King Marcus Daly, whose Anaconda Company sawmill and private Bitter Root Stock Farm dominated the community through the late nineteenth century.
Like all the Mainstreets guides, Guide to Historic Hamilton provides an easy-to-read and understandable introduction to the history of a unique Montana community through a look at its historic buildings
The legacy of Hamilton's rich history can be seen in the Georgian-style Colonial-revival mansion built by Daly's wife Margaret, which is among the most magnificent homes in Montana; the collegiate Gothic-style Rocky Mountain Laboratory, where scientists battled against Rocky Mountain spotted fever; and dozens of other historical buildings and homes.
Alongside stories of Hamilton's well-known citizens are stories of people like Martha Reinkeh, who lived in the 1880s in what is believed to be the oldest house still standing in the town today.
Known by locals as a cantankerous eccentric, Reinkeh traveled in a goat-drawn cart until her goat was shot after butting a businessman through a store window.
Doug Johnson, director of the Daly Mansion, brought the community together on the project and helped raise money to fund it. Russ Lawrence, charter member of the Daly Mansion Preservation Trust, wrote an afterword for the book that focuses on the future of the community.
The 74-page book includes 44 historic photographs, 11 maps, and other illustrations and sells for $9.95, as do the other books in the series. It is available in bookstores or can be ordered directly plus shipping and handling by calling toll-free _PHONE_.


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The Inventory Alerter monitor runs checks against the inventory database which was filled by the Inventory Collector monitor. Because they work so closely, the Inventory Alerter's schedule is usually linked to the Inventory Collector, so it runs as soon as the Collector finishes.
The Inventory Alerter is basically an expression builder that lets you specify a list of rules to check for the target server. If the rules match, the monitor's actions are fired. The example below shows a possible check of the anti-virus software running on the target server.
Many of the possible values for an inventory property would be hard to guess, so you can hover over the field to see a list of example values in the database for that value.
Besides specifying property match values, you can also indicate which additional properties should be shown in alert messages. This often helps give context to what is wrong with the present value of the property.
For example, by including the Last Boot field when there are pending updates, you might discover a computer isn't rebooting as expected.
You can also detect and be alerted to hardware changes in a target computer. For example, you could detect if RAM was added or removed.

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text: The first radio commentary was broadcast in 1922 in Australia covering a testimonial match for Charles Bannerman, at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The commentator was Lionell Watt. In 1927, BBC attempted its first radio broadcast of a cricket test, for a match between Essex and New Zealand, and the commentator was Plum Warner. However, BBC did not pursue the idea for about 10 years, as it was not considered a success. Reviving the idea, BBC launched its first ball-by-ball commentary on June 24, 1938, for the second test of the Ashes series between Australia and England. All India Radio started commentary in the early 1940s.

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Open, closed, open is a technique of playing snare drum rudiments, especially used during auditions.
Open, closed, open technique consists of beginning the rudiment very slow and controlled, speeding up evenly until at the maximum speed for the drummer, then slowing back down after maintaining that speed. Optimally, the drummer should end on the opposite hand as started, in case of alternating rudiments such as paradiddles. Also, the speed ended at should be approximately the same speed as the drummer began.


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What is a Webhook?
A Webhook is a "callback" to an application or web service that is triggered when a specific event occurs. When certain update, change or action occurs, Webhooks can be used to push data to an external application
The Workflow Automator can be used to create workflows to trigger a Webhook when a specific Event occurs.
What can you do with a webhooks call?
Using Automator you can create workflows, that fires certain actions when a specific event occurs on a ticket. Using the Automator, you can update, modify, send notifications and run actions within Freshservice. For example, you could update ticket priorities, send out escalation emails, etc.
Webhooks come handy when you want to trigger an action in an external application or tool. Here are some example scenarios when you might want to use Webhooks:
What you want to do
Conditions to look for
What the Webhook should call
Send out a SMS/ text message when customer replies to ticket
Customer replies to ticket (or adds comment)
Send comment content to 3rd party SMS tool
Update inventory when a Product Return request is updated
Ticket category (a custom field) is updated to "Product Return"
Update product info in store inventory
Sync status for Feature Requests with internal Product Management tool
Status is Updated for Tickets of type "Feature Request"
Update product management tool with ticket information
Sound alarm bells and sirens when Bad Customer Satisfaction rating is received
Customer Feedback is Received, and Rating is "Not Good"
Customize a Smart Bulb (like this or this) and a siren sound board to fire up triggered by this Webhook
How to set up a webhook request with the Automator:
Let's consider the following use case:
Create a change automatically whenever a ticket is a change request.
 - Create a new Workflow using the Workflow Automator. Drag and drop the Events and Conditions that should trigger the webhook.
 - Under Actions, select the "Trigger Webhook" option from the drop-down.
 - Choose the Callback Request Type.
 - While each 3rd party app may use a request type in a different way, most applications follow standard methods:
 - GET Requests are typically used to retrieve one or all resources.
 - POST Requests usually create new resources.
 - PUT and PATCH requests are used to update a resource.
 - DELETE Requests are usually used to delete a resource.
In this example, we create a POST request as we have to create a new change in the change module.
 - Specify the callback URL (configured for webhook) of the application you want to hit. You can make the URLs dynamic using placeholders.
 - For example, if you want to pass along a callback URL of the form:[user email], you can substitute the user email part with the {{}} placeholder.
Testing Webhooks
When you have large workflows with complex webhook calls, testing them becomes mandatory. Activating workflows to test the webhooks isn't the most optimal way of testing them. Instead, you can test your webhooks right within the Workflow Automator.
For example, when you set up a webhook to create a change ticket in the change module and hit the Test webhook button, a test ticket is created in the change module if the test is successful.
API requests that result in errors will return an appropriate HTTP status code to help you identify the type of error. You can use this table to understand what each code means.
Note: Placeholders are not supported to Test Webhooks.
 - If you require authentication, you can enable Requires Authentication check box. You can use either a Username/Password or an API key for authentication. We use the API key of the Freshservice account being configured in this use case.
 - Pick the encoding of your request that the resource application supports (JSON, XML or XML-Encoded).
 - To simply send a list of ticket properties that you want in this webhook, select the Simple content option.
 - If you would like to customize the content that is being sent, select Advanced.
 - The advanced option lets you write custom API requests. These requests have to be encoded in the format you chose in the previous step.
 - You can use or postman - REST client (a google chrome extension) for testing out APIs.
 - The {{Triggered event}} placeholder is available only in Webhooks and returns the name of the event that triggered the rule.
 - Webhook Callback Request Limits: The number of webhook requests you can use in 1 hour is limited to 1000 calls. If the status codes are between 200 and 299, the callback is a success and status codes between 300-399 will be taken as callback redirects.
 When a callback fails (status codes other than 2xx and 3xx), or doesn't receive a response in 15s, the webhook will be automatically retried a maximum of 4 times at 3, 5, 9,17-minute intervals
Once the above automation is enabled, any ticket coming in with a type "Change request" will automatically create a change in the change module.


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This article describes how to manage profile libraries in iQ Tag Management (TiQ).
In this article:
Libraries are used to manage configurations that are shared across multiple profiles. Consider the following points before you begin working with libraries:
Though all users in an account can see all libraries, only users with the Manage Profiles permission can create a profile library.
Use the following steps to create a new library:
Use the following steps to edit a library:
Although changing a required library to an optional library does not affect the profiles that are linked to it, changing an optional library to a required library automatically links the library to each profile.
You can add and make changes to elements in a library by logging into the library as you would with a profile.
Use the following steps to log into a library and add elements:
Consider the following before saving your library:
Use the following steps to save the library:
You may link a library to profile, or a profile to a library. You must perform a Save/Publish to all your profiles in order to import the required library because required libraries are automatically loaded by all profiles. Optional Libraries are not automatically loaded, so you must first link the library to the appropriate profiles and then save and publish those profiles.
Use the following steps to link an optional library to a profile:
Regardless of whether the library is optional or required, additions of new libraries or changes to existing libraries require that you publish a new version of the linked profiles to import the latest library configurations. You must publish each profile individually.
Use the following steps to determine which profiles are linked to a library:
Consider the following when identifying library elements in a profile:
Deleting a library is an irreversible action. Tealium recommends that you phase out the use of a library across all affected profiles prior to deleting. To delete a library, contact your account manager.


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Chefs & Ocean Health
Chefs are the gatekeepers of the seafood industry. They command a unique influence over the purchase, trade and consumption of seafood.
Currently, an alarming number of the world's fish species face an uncertain future due to overfishing, pollution, habitat destruction and other factors. We developed information to equip culinary students and chefs with the tools they need to understand these issues and source seafood responsibly.
By shifting toward more ocean-friendly seafood sourcing, chefs can improve the health of the ocean.
Follow these 5 easy steps to support ocean-health in your kitchens:
- Get started — see Green Chefs/Blue Ocean
- Assess your menu
- Make the switch — see Ocean Friendly Kitchen Choices
- Stay in the know
- Spread the word


Ordering of Steps
In the recipes package, there are no constraints on the order in which steps are added to the recipe; you as a user are free to apply steps in the order appropriate to your data preprocessing needs. However, the order of steps matters and there are some general suggestions that you should consider.
Transforming a variable
Handling levels in categorical data
The order of steps for handling categorical levels is important, because each step sets levels for the next step to use as input. These steps create factor output, even if the input is of character type.
Dummy variables
Recipes do not automatically create dummy variables (unlike most formula methods).
Recommended preprocessing outline
While every individual project's needs are different, here is a suggested order of potential steps that should work for most problems:
 1. Impute
 2. Handle factor levels
 3. Individual transformations for skewness and other issues
 4. Discretize (if needed and if you have no other choice)
 5. Create dummy variables
 6. Create interactions
 7. Normalization steps (center, scale, range, etc)
 8. Multivariate transformation (e.g. PCA, spatial sign, etc)
Again, your mileage may vary for your particular problem.
Try the recipes package in your browser
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The separation of coal and gangue is an important process of the coal preparation technology. The conventional way of manual selection and separation of gangue from the raw coal can be replaced by computer vision technology. In the literature, research on image recognition and classification of coal and gangue is mainly based on the grayscale and texture features of the coal and gangue. However, there are few studies on characteristics of coal and gangue from the perspective of their outline differences. Therefore, the multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis (MFDFA) method is introduced in this paper to extract the geometric features of coal and gangue. Firstly, the outline curves of coal and gangue in polar coordinates are detected and achieved along the centroid, thereby the multifractal characteristics of the series are analyzed and compared. Subsequently, the modified local singular spectrum widths
of the outline curve series are extracted as the characteristic variables of the coal and gangue for pattern recognition. Finally, the extracted geometric features by MFDFA combined with the grayscale and texture features of the images are compared with other methods, indicating that the recognition rate of coal gangue images can be increased by introducing the geometric features.
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which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited


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What is the Difference Between a Lithium Battery Pack and a Ternary Battery?
Jan. 20, 2021
As a 18650 3.7 v Battery Factory, share with you. Lithium battery packs and ternary batteries are all types of lithium batteries, although the raw material management system of the two is still very different, and the main performance characteristics are also different. Lithium iron battery with excellent high temperature characteristics and ternary battery with excellent low temperature characteristics. For safety, lithium is better.
Lithium battery: Lithium battery pack refers to a lithium battery composed of a variety of lithium batteries using lithium batteries as battery cathode materials. This kind of raw material does not contain precious elements like cobalt, which can make the cost of lithium battery rechargeable batteries lower than other lithium batteries. In addition, mineral elements such as phosphorus and iron are rich in resources on the earth, and it is not easy to encounter the problem of insufficient supply of raw materials.
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The difference between lithium battery pack and ternary battery:
1. The working voltage service platform of the ammeter lithium battery is the key index value of its specific energy, which determines the basic characteristics and cost of the rechargeable battery. The higher the working voltage, the larger the specific volume; for lithium batteries with the same volume, net weight and ampere hour, the working voltage service platform of the ternary battery is higher than that of the lithium battery rechargeable battery. The high transmission line can reach ampere, and the charging and discharging service platform can reach or Da Amp.
2. Discharge performance. Because of the complicated climate on the earth, from the earth's equator to the poles, from high temperature to extreme freezing, the natural environment of the application of lithium batteries will be very different. However, under different natural temperature environments, the characteristics and hazards of lithium battery packs and ternary batteries are very different. Lithium battery packs tend to be charged and discharged in high-temperature natural environments, and ternary batteries tend to be charged in low-temperature natural environments. Discharge application.
3. Cycle life. Although the service life of the cycle system of lithium battery pack and ternary battery is longer than other types of lithium batteries, but to compare the service life of the cycle system of lithium battery and ternary battery, it can only be said that the service life of lithium battery pack is longer than that of ternary battery. Much longer.
Generally speaking, the cyclic system service life of lithium battery packs is generally above 2000 times, while the cyclic system service life of ternary batteries is generally above 1,000 times. There is a big difference between the two in the cyclic system service life. Lithium batteries of various models and specifications have more or less differences, the biggest difference still depends on the positive battery cathode material. Due to the different constituent materials, there will be differences in the characteristics of lithium batteries at many levels.
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translating to mean 'the real place' in Japanese, is the managerial practice of visiting the shop floor, talking to line operators and assembly workers, and seeing where the real value is created on the production line. Managers and leaders taking a Gemba walk around their facility should look for real examples of Muda, Mura, and Muri and identify how to reduce or eliminate these wastes. While the goal of a Gemba walk is to see issues and fix them, genchi genbutsu is a strategy to create consensus for a common goal.
Not Just for the Facility
video: Genchi Genbutsu
While most of the focus of genchi genbutsu will be on making improvements within the facility, that is not the only way this strategy can be helpful. Taking employees out to see where the products they make are actually being used can also help a facility in many ways.
For example, if a company makes riding lawn mowers, it may be helpful to have front-line employees and supervisors go out and spend a day with a lawn services company. Watch how their products are used and what improvements might be possible. This can give the team ideas for what changes they might be able to make to add more value.
Without going and seeing, the company may never even discover there is an improvement opportunity. While it is not possible to go out to each place where products are used, it is a valuable effort to do it at least occasionally. Even if a company makes a very common product that most people have used, finding people who use it differently and talking to them can be very helpful.
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These spray paints were developed especially for decorating transparent polycarbonate bodies used in R/C car modeling. Each can contains 100ml of paint, which is the appropriate amount for finishing one complete model.
Painting polycarbonate bodies is done from the inside of the body shell as opposed to the outside of a traditional plastic model. When spraying body from the inside, keep the can about 30cm from the surface. After curing apply another coat as necessary. These paints are impervious to oil and fuels, so they can be safely used on gas-powered R/C bodies.
Warning: Never use these paints on plastic models.


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A Langmuir multi-probe system for the characterization of atmospheric pressure arc plasmas
The 'high-pressure' atmospheric (TIG) arc plasma is studied by means of a multi-Langmuir probe system. In order to determine the appropriate regime of operation, definitions of the plasma parameters for the description of the argon arc are considered and evaluations are presented. A description of the probe basic techniques is followed by an in-depth discussion of the different regimes of probe operation. The emphasis is put on atmospheric and flowing (arc) regimes. Probe sheath theories are compared and "Nonidealities" like cooling due to plasma-probe motion and probe emission mechanisms are then described. The extensive literature review reveals that the existing probe theories are inappropriate for a use in the TIG arc, because of 'high' pressure (atmospheric), broad range of ionization across the arc, flowing conditions, and ultimately, to the uncertainty about onset of Local Thermodynamical Equilibrium. The Langmuir probe system is built to operate in floating and biased conditions. The present work represents the first extensive investigation of electrostatic probes in arcs where the experimental difficulties and the primary observed quantities are presented in great detail. Analysis methodologies are introduced and experimental results are presented towards a unified picture of the resulting arc structure by comparison with data from emission spectroscopy. Results from different measurements are presented and comparison is made with data on TIG arcs present in literature. Probe obtained temperatures are lower than the values obtained from emission spectroscopy and this 'cooling' is attributed to electron-ion recombination. However, it is believed that probes can access temperatures regions not attainable by emission spectroscopy. Only axial electric potential and electric field are obtained because of the equipotential-probe requirement. Estimations of the sheath voltage and extension are obtained and a qualitative picture of the ion and electron current densities within the arc is given.


Thermotreated Wood
For making thermotreated wood, we are heating the wood over 170°C. For cooling is used pure water steam. During the process there will be used no addatives. Thermotreated wood is 100% natural.
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Thermotreated wood. What is Thermotreated wood?
Thermotreated wood. What is Thermotreated wood?
Heat-treated wood or wood thermotreated wood processed to over 170 ° C temperature. The heat treatment improves the wood rotting – and weather resistance, and thermal insulation and reduces the accumulation of water timber. At high temperature, the resin was released from wood. Continue Reading
Thermotreated wood. Thermotreatment
Thermotreated wood is manufactured under controlled heating conditions at temperatures of 170…230 degrees C. The degree of heat depends on what type of wood is being processed and what type of characteristics are desired. The process involves no chemicals or addatives. Since the only outside agent used is moisture, we can proudly claim this to be natural product. During the thermotreatment process, the cellular structure changes. The hemicellulose starts to break down and pitch in coniferous woods evaporate.
During the thermo treatment, the following changes occur:
 1. Colour changes from light to dark brown
 2. Deformation due to moisture variations decreases by 50-90%
 3. Equilibrium moisture content lowers
 4. Thermal conductivity decreases by 0-30%
 5. Overall heat-transfer coefficient k improves
 6. Bending strength decreases by 0-30%
 7. Elasticity decreases, but rigidity increases
 8. Wear resistance improves
 9. Wood becomes lighter in weight
 10. Biological durability improves
 11. Pitch evaporates
 12. Dead knots fall out
 13. Cellular structure changeswood „ages" structurally
As it appears from above, thermotreatment offers a quite good opportunity e.g. for the carpentry industry to produce environment-friendly wood products of a new kind of structure.


Email Customer Element
The Email Customer element is an Activity element. It should be the child element of Wait Selection element. It has a Send Email action and a couple of additional actions that calculate the event_seconds variable.
Here is the send email action:
The element then calculates the event_seconds variable, which represents how many seconds to the webinar start time. We calculate this variable so that we can text the customer 15 minutes before the webinar.
So when event_seconds is less than 900 (15 minutes), the engine notifies the customer by a text message. This is defined in the Notify Now element. If it is longer than 15 minutes, it schedules the text message by setting up a timer. This action is defined in the Wait 15 element, which we will create later.


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 1. In memory of Alma D. Bruss nee Hoerres
 2. In memory of Mirnerva Jane Bedford
 3. Jiroemon Kimura (_PHONE_)
 4. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper
 5. In memory of Anna (Attina) Gattuso
 6. Could Mortensen or del Toro have reached 116?
 7. Should Jeanne Calment be called supercentenarian?
 8. In memory of Clara da Conceicao Lopes dos Santos
 9. Supercentenarians that used cell phones?
 10. Mathew Beard: Oldest Black Man Ever?
 11. did shigechiyo izumi really reach 120?
 12. Supercentenarians as Representatives of Humanity
 13. In memory of Elsie May Steele
 14. In memory of Susie Nelson.
 15. In memory of Elizabeth (Reinart) Neu
 16. James McCoubrey-The new WOM
 17. Last person older than who?
 18. What do you think Kimura's real birth date is?
 19. Kimura would have been oldest Japanese
 20. Do you think Thomas Peters was a true case?
 21. Did Jeanne Calment really reach 122?
 22. Autentication in digital era
 23. Aarne Arvonen
 24. Video of the late Reg Dean
 25. In memory of Ersilia de Costanza
 26. In memory of Aurelia Ratto Marotta
 27. In memory of Katharine (Hardman) Davenport
 28. Jiroemon Kimura illnesses in 2013 questions
 29. Could Jeanne Live More
 30. First real supercentenarian
 31. Very interesting facts/observations
 32. In memory of Maxine Burnside Ashinger
 33. Supercentenarians who could have lived longer
 34. In memory of Yukichi Chuganyi
 35. In memory of Abbie C. Stewart
 36. In memory of Elin Karlsson
 37. In memory of Nobu Abe
 38. In memory of Maria Luiza Beires Nunes da Silva
 39. In memory of Dora (Swyers) McRae
 40. In memory of Elsie Kate (Merrington) Day
 41. What is Delma Kollar's true date of birth?
 42. In memory of Etta Howe Parker
 43. In memory of Fannie Forman Buten
 44. Last person to have actual memory of the 1800s
 45. In memory of Ida Phoebe Keen
 46. In memory of Maude (Dickson) Jones
 47. Important dates Jiroemon Kimura until 31.Dec.2013
 48. In memory of Rebecca Hewison, nee Ramsdale
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At a Glance
The origins of Hinemaiaia Scheme were in 1939, with a push to develop an electricity supply for Taupo. Power was first generated from Hinemaiaia A Station in 1952 and fed into the national grid from 1958. A second generator was commissioned in 1982, boosting output to 2 MW.
Hinemaiaia B (1.3 MW) was commissioned in 1966 and Hinemaiaia C (2.8 MW) in 1982.
Environment and recreation
Hinemaiaia A Lake has grown into a rich wetland, protected through restricted public access. Below Hinemaiaia B Station, there's a productive trout spawning area. For this stretch of river, we maintain a flow of three cubic metres per second, so long as there's sufficient flow from Hinemaiaia A Lake. This consistent water flow aids trout migration up the river and avoids any concerns of erosion due to irregular flows.
We run a comprehensive trout trap and transfer programme, each year releasing 200 trout and around 35,000 fry above Hinemaiaia B Dam. We need to periodically dredge Hinemaiaia A Lake to ensure sufficient water storage. Scientific investigations that we commissioned showed no significant long-term environmental effects from the dredging.
New Resource Consents for the Hinemaiaia Scheme were granted in 2003, with expiry scheduled for 2036.


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Noun: Falkland Islands
 1. A group of over 100 islands in the southern Atlantic off the coast of Argentina; a British Crown Colony
Type of: island
Part of: Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean
Encyclopedia: Falkland Islands


text: Results of diffusion tensor tractography for the pyramidal tract (PT) and the aberrant pyramidal tract (APT). (A) For the reconstruction of the PT, two regions of interest (ROIs) were placed on the posterior limb of the internal capsule and the PT area of the anterior medulla (portion of anterior blue color) on the color map. By contrast, for the reconstruction of the APT, three ROI were given on the posterior limb of the internal capsule, the PT area of the anterior medulla (portion of anterior blue color), and additional ROI was placed on the isolated APT area (behind the posterior transpontine fiber at the pontine level). (B) the PT and APT were constructed in the right hemisphere (red: the PT, yellow: the APT). The APT descended along the known pathway of the PT to the posterior limb of the internal capsule and then descended through the medial lemniscus from the midbrain to the pons (blue arrows). (C) The pathways of the PT and the APT are shown at the axial views (blue arrow: the APT was separated from the PT at the upper midbrain level, green arrow: the APT rejoined with the PT at the upper medulla level).


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What Happens to LCD Display Modules When they Become Cold?
- Published on Monday, 02 August 2010 21:34
- Written by admin
What happens to LCD's when they become cold?
Liquid crystal displays are just like their name… they contain a liquid between two layers of glass. Liquids begin to freeze as the temperature drops. As the display freezes their response time slows down. In other words, it takes longer for the numbers and letters on the display to change (Turn ON or Turn OFF).
Above is a graph showing the response time of a display at -30°C (-22°F).
The best way I can think to explain this is a ceiling fan. When you turn off the ceiling fan the blades continue to turn for a few minutes, even though the power if OFF. When you turn ON a ceiling fan the blades will be at full speed in a shorter period of time. At most the blades will be at their max speed within 30 seconds. When talking about an LCD, we talk about when the display is ON (the characters can be seen) or OFF (the characters cannot be seen).
On the graph above there are two measurements. The left side is how dark the letters are; the larger the number the darker the letter. Along the bottom of the graph is the amount of time it takes to go from ON to OFF, or to go from OFF to ON. (Note: 1000mS is the same as 1 second).
Line 'A' displays the amount of time it takes for a character or segment on the display to turn OFF. That is, once you turn OFF the segment, how long does it take before it disappears? The graph above shows that the character actually 'disappears' 3500 milliseconds (3.5 seconds) after the display is turned OFF.
Line 'B' displays the amount of time it takes for the character or segment to turn ON. In the above graph the segment is only 55% 'ON' at 8000 milliseconds (8 seconds). That means the character is only ½ (half) ON. It will look grey and not very dark. It requires more time for the display to turn ON than to turn OFF… just the opposite of a ceiling fan.
We do not recommend operating our wide temperature (extended temperature) displays below -20°C (-4°F). This is true for all segment displays (static displays or glass displays), 7 (seven) segment, 14 (fourteen) segment and 16 (sixteen) segment LCD's.
Alphanumeric LCD displays such as: 8×1 LCD Display, 8×2 LCD Display, 16×1 LCD Display, 16×2 LCD Display, 16×4 LCD Display, 20×2 LCD Display, 20×4 LCD Display, 24×2 LCD Display, 40×1 LCD Display, 40×2 LCD Display, 40×4 LCD Display will react the same way.


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We hope you enjoy your time in Pokémon Violet's fascinating universe. We're here to spill the beans on the mysterious Shiny Charcadet and explain how the Picnic Outbreak Method can improve your chances of stumbling onto one. The mechanics of Pokémon reproduction have been studied extensively, and we are pleased to present our findings. Come with me as we set out to discover the fascinating world of Shiny Pokémon.
Understanding Shiny Pokémon: A Glimpse into Rarity
Trainers of all ages have been enamoured with Pokémon that shine. Collectors and competitors alike covet them because of the attention to detail that went into designing their one-of-a-kind colour schemes. The Shiny Charcadet is no different; it, too, has iridescent undertones. But why do Shiny Pokémon seem to be so scarce? Probabilities are the deciding factor.
The chances of finding a Shiny Pokémon in the wild are extremely low, with most sources putting the number at somewhere between 1 in 4,096 and 10 million. Shiny Pokémon are highly sought after by their trainers due to their extreme rarity. However, we will share a method that may help you improve your chances of success.
The Picnic Outbreak Method: Unveiling the Technique
Trainers in the know use a technique called the "Picnic Outbreak Method." By tweaking certain game parameters, players can increase their chances of running into a Shiny Pokémon. The procedure is as follows:
Step 1: Choosing the Right Location
Choose a region in Pokémon Violet where your target Pokémon frequently appears. The Charcadet environment is ideal for our purposes.
Step 2: Repel Strategy
Keep low-level wild Pokémon at bay with the help of a Repel. This improves your chances of running into the Shiny Charcadet you've been looking for.
Step 3: Patience is Key
If you want to avoid encounters with weaker wild Pokémon, use a Repel. The chances of finding the Shiny Charcadet, our goal Pokémon, improve as a result.
Mastering the Art: Tips for Success
Success with the Picnic Outbreak Method takes hard work and a commitment to the following guidelines:
Tip 1: Time of Day Matters
When it's a certain time of day, there's a higher chance of seeing a certain Pokémon. Learn how active a Charcadet typically is, and plan your strategy accordingly.
Tip 2: Chain Encounters
If you can, make a series of consecutive encounters with the same Pokémon. Your chances of running into a Shiny Pokémon increase in proportion to the length of your chain.
Tip 3: Equip Shiny Charms
You should work Shiny Charms into your plan. The chances of running into a Shiny Pokémon are increased by using these in-game items.
The Thrill of the Hunt: Encountering a Shiny Charcadet
Envision the thrill of discovering a Shiny Charcadet with the Picnic Outbreak Technique. The sight of its shimmering scales and distinct character is remarkable. Getting a Shiny Pokémon is a testament to your perseverance and planning skills, not only to its rarity.
Conclusion: Your Path to Shiny Success
The search for Shiny Pokémon is an exciting journey in Pokémon Violet's vibrant universe. The Picnic Outbreak Strategy is a well-thought-out plan for meeting the beautiful Shiny Charcadet. Keep in mind that the Pokémon you want can only be found with persistence, an understanding of its behaviours, and some good fortune.
Get yourself some Repels, learn the ropes of chain encounters, and get out there and catch some Shinys! Those that are ready to take their Pokémon journey to the next level will be rewarded with a Shiny Charcadet.
What is a Shiny Charcadet?
Rarer than the common Charcadet, a Shiny Charcadet stands out thanks to its eye-catching metallic sheen. Any Pokémon trainer would be thrilled at the chance to meet one.
What is the Picnic Outbreak Method?
Some trainers utilise a tactic called the "Picnic Outbreak Method" to boost their chances of running into a Shiny Pokémon, such the Shiny Charcadet. In order to increase the possibility of identifying these evasive animals, the technique manipulates elements including location and encounter chains.
How does the Repel strategy work?
Using a Repel item is key to the Repel strategy, which entails avoiding encounters with weaker wild Pokémon. By narrowing your focus, you can increase the chances of running into a Shiny Charcadet while employing the Picnic Outbreak Technique.
Why is patience important in using this method?
The Picnic Outbreak Method requires a patient approach. The chances of running into a Shiny Pokémon are low, but can be improved upon by spending a significant amount of time in the area and having frequent encounters with Pokémon there.
Are there any additional tips for success?
Obtaining a Shiny Pokémon is possible, and there are a few ways to increase your odds. The chances of catching a Shiny Charcadet can be improved by taking advantage of things like the time of day, chaining encounters, and donning Shiny Charms. Keep in mind that you'll need knowledge, strategy, and perseverance to master the Picnic Outbreak Method and meet a Shiny Charcadet.


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Iowa reports lowest unemployment rate in 1999
March 01, 2000
With an average unemployment rate of 2.5 percent, Iowa reported the lowest unemployment rate in the nation in 1999, followed by New Hampshire at 2.7 percent.
Other states with unemployment rates below 3.0 percent included Minnesota and Virginia at 2.8 percent, and Colorado, Nebraska and South Dakota with unemployment rates of 2.9 percent each. Nine of the 17 states with jobless rates below 3.5 percent were in the Midwest.
Overall, 26 states had unemployment rates below the national average, while 24 states and the District of Columbia posted higher rates—the most even distribution in 12 years.
These data are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program. To learn more, see State and Regional Unemployment, 1999 Annual Averages (USDL 00-56).
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor's Desk, Iowa reports lowest unemployment rate in 1999 on the Internet at _URL_ (visited May 22, 2013).
Spotlight on Statistics: Productivity
This edition of Spotlight on Statistics examines labor productivity trends from 2000 through 2010 for selected industries and sectors within the nonfarm business sector of the U.S. economy. Read more »


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by Leeann Murphy, South Metropolitan Public Health Unit, Western Australia;
Penny Kordyl, Cultural and Community Services, City of Fremantle, Western Australia;
Marie Thorne, Indigenous elder, Fremantle.
Issue addressed: This paper outlines the evaluation of the Indigenous Youth Arts and Culture Project using appreciative inquiry, an assets-based community development process that enhances positive potential in people and communities.
Methods: Twenty project participants, including six young people, seven family members and seven service providers, participated in a one-day appreciative inquiry workshop consisting of four phases: discover, dream, design and deliver. Appreciative inquiry is an empowering process that enables participants to collectively identify the very best of "what is" and allow for imagination and creativity to flow to determine "what should be".
Results and Conclusion: Using an appreciative inquiry approach to evaluate this project engaged participants and allowed them to identify project, personal and community strengths, assets and aspirations to design a way forward for the project and community. Appreciative inquiry added value to and consolidated the positive impact of the project on the well-being of the community. If sustained, the outcomes of the workshop could have a significant impact on the health and well-being of the individuals, families and community involved.
Key words: Appreciative inquiry, evaluation, Indigenous, youth, assets-based community development
Health Promotion Journal of Australia 2004;15:211-14


Many clinicians want a simple way of recording and producing a log of CPD (Continuing Professional Development).
In true WriteUpp style our approach is very straightforward and perhaps less sophisticated than some other implementations. However, the advantage of this approach, aside from being simple, is that it mirrors your normal daily workflow with WriteUpp.
 1. Create a client record for yourself in WriteUpp – you only need to do this once
 2. Create appt types called Supervision & Course making sure to set them up as patient-related appointments with no cost. Again, you only need to do this once.cpd_course2_500
 3. As and when you undertake CPD select yourself as the Active Client and enter these events (Supervision, Course etc) into your diary. If the duration of the event is longer than the default time you can easily change it when you log the activity in the diary.
 4. To see a log of your activity click on the "Business Views" icon (the eye icon to the left of the search field at the top of the page), choose "Activity" and then the date range that you would prefer and the appointment type, say Course, that you would like to see a record for. See below:cpd_activity_600
 5. Now you can a comprehensive list of all of the CPD that you have undertaken, including when, where and the duration. If you need to analyse this in more detail you can simply export this data into Excel for futher manipulation by clicking on the "Export to Excel" button at the bottom of the page.
 6. From the appointments tab of your record you can also see a chronological list of all of your CPD activities
 7. Optionally you could also create a custom form (using the Form Builder) where you could record details about the sessions


Latest Issue July 2021
CARPology Bait
How to make the 'Brick'
A tactic that has not been employed for a long time...
It's very easy to forget the past when you're always looking to the future for the next big (and new) thing. Many of the tips and tactics from yesteryear can provide a modern-day edge, simply because they have not been employed for so long. 'The Brick' is one very good example of that.
The process of forming The Brick is similar to that of making boilies, only on a different scale. Instead, a larger piece of boilie paste is formed into a brick-like shape and boiled, giving a variety of taste, texture and attraction levels throughout the cross-section and offering you a mass of presentation possibilities and applications. Here's how you make it…
What you need:
Base mix (we're using Urban Bait's Nutcracker)
Liquid attractors (Nutcracker in this case)
Mixing bowl
Cling film
1. Break three eggs into a mixing bowl and add your flavours/liquids.
2. The dry ingredients go in next.
3. Slowly build up what will be a pliable paste – mixing with a fork and then by hand. The finished paste shouldn't be too wet and sticky, but also not too dry and crumbly.
4. Form a couple of compact 'bricks' and wrap in cling film.
5. Boil vigorously for ten minutes.
6. Once boiled, remove the bricks from the water, remove the cling film and place on a towel to dry.
6. The finished brick(s) will regain colour and harden on the outside but retain a softer inner texture. Cut up into squares and soak.


The WPF text team has seen some people get confused about what units WPF uses when measuring text. Samer, a developer on the WPF text team, and I have created this post to try and shed some light on this subject. The first part of this post is very straight forward, whereas the end will only be useful for those of you who are extensively using WPF text APIs.
General Units
WPF supports multiple units for text measurement. The units that can be used are "px" (device independent pixels), "in" (inches), "cm" (centimeters), "pt" (points). If you do not specify the unit of measurement, WPF defaults to px.
To force WPF to use a different unit of measurement, just append the unit abbreviation to the FontSize.
Hello World
Device Independent Pixels & Physical Pixels
In accordance with WPF's resolution independence, the framework measures objects in device independent pixels. These device independent pixels can have different sizes than physical pixels.
1 device independent pixel = 1/96 inch.
1 physical pixel = 1/DPI (dependent on the system DPI)
Default system settings usually choose a DPI of 96 so these two types of pixels come out to be the same size. If this is not the case, it is easy to convert between the two types of pixels.
physical pixels = DPI/96 * device independent pixels
device independent pixels = 96/DPI * physical pixels
Notice that as the DPI increases, so does the number of physical pixels which compose one device independent pixel. Hence, objects that have their sizes specified in device independent pixels get larger as the system DPI increases.
A point (pt) is also a common unit of measurement for fonts.
1pt = 1/72 inches
Converting between points and device independent pixels is also easy.
pt = 72/96 device independent pixels
device independent pixels = 96/72 pt
Remember objects which are measured in device independent pixels get larger as system DPI increases? This is true for text. Since there is a constant ratio between point sizes/device independent pixels, if the point size of text is held constant while the system DPI is increased, the size of the rendered text will grow.
Uses For Font Units
Aside from knowing how to correctly set FontSize, the above knowledge could be helpful in understanding the values that WPF text APIs, such as FormattedText or TextFormatter, use and return for the different text measurements. The metrics returned from these APIs are in device independent pixel (eg. some properties of GlyphTypeface including Baseline, CapsHeight, XHeight). When interacting with these APIs make sure that you convert to device independent pixels from whatever unit your font is measured in, or visa versa.
- Samer and Chipalo


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Potential Project Description for 2012-13
Title: Yield models in college admissions
Domain Expert: (Admissions)
Accurately forecasting yield (the percentage of admitted applicants who enroll) is an important yet challenging part of a college's admissions process. Having a reliable yield model helps a college decide on the optimal number and composition of students to admit; admitting too few students can lead to financial pressures, while admitting too many students can lead to pressures on class size and housing. The St. Olaf Office of Admissions is interested in evaluating and potentially improving its current yield models for admitted students. The probability that a particular admitted student enrolls at St. Olaf will vary by individual, but a healthy amount of data is available for each student who applies – from test scores to extracurricular activities to high school attended to financial aid and much more – that can be used to create a yield model. In addition, the effects of individual characteristics on probability of enrollment will be of interest to Admissions staff. Data on enrolled students can also be used to determine predictors of success in a student's first semester at St. Olaf.


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(verb) deny or contradict (a fact or statement) "it was difficult to gainsay his claim"
(verb) speak against or oppose (someone) "none could gainsay her"
Gainsay meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi Dictionary)
विरोध करना, चुनौती देना, खण्डन करना, प्रतिवाद करना, अस्वीकार करना
- Middle English: from obsolete gain- 'against' + say.
Gainsay in a sentence (word usage in recent newspaper)
- "There is no gainsay from such statements," Mr. Diwan pointed out.
- "There is then no gainsay in the fact that transgenders enjoy basic human rights including protection from violence and discrimination.
- He was a perfectionist, but he will gainsay it for that's what invariably makes him a perfectionist.
- If these demanding practices help Muslims find peace and God, no one has a right to gainsay them.
- But he also makes points that officials struggle to gainsay.
Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of gainsay
- gainsay = gain weight?? say it… don't deny… don't gainsay


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Definition of Satureia montana
1. Noun. Erect perennial subshrub having pink or white flowers and leathery leaves with a flavor of thyme; southern Europe.
Terms within: Winter Savory, Winter Savoury
Generic synonyms: Savory
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Satureia Montana
Literary usage of Satureia montana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"Winter savory (Satureia montana), a sub-shrub with prickly pointed leaves and larger flowers, is used in the same way. Summer savory is propagated by seed..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Savory* Winter (Satureia montana). Labiate. Perennial. Uses: Seasoning. Propagated by seeds, cuttings, layers and division...."
3. Old-fashioned Gardening: A History and a Reconstruction by Grace Tabor (1913)
"... officinalis Marjoram Origanum vulgare (perennial) Origanum Majorana (annual) Savory Satureia montana (winter; perennial) Satureia hortensis (summer;..."


Dipper Pines
Use the video and step-by-step drawing instructions below to learn how to draw Dipper Pines from Disney Channel's Gravity Falls. A new drawing tutorial is uploaded every week, so stay tooned!
Draw Dipper Pines Step 1
Step 1: Start by drawing a circle near the top half of the page. It doesn't have to be perfect. It's just a guide for Dipper Pines' head.
Draw Dipper Pines Step 2
Step 2: Next, draw two intersecting lines across the circle, one vertical and one horizontal. Bend the lines so that they contour to the shape. These will be construction lines that will help you place Dipper Pines' facial features later on.
Draw Dipper Pines Step 3
Step 3: Draw two small circles sitting on top of the horizontal construction line as guides for Dipper Pines' eyes. The circles should be on either side of the vertical construction line.
Draw Dipper Pines Step 4
Step 4: Below Dipper Pines' eyes, where the two construction lines intersect, draw a tiny oval as a guide for his nose. On the left side of the head, where the horizontal construction line starts, draw a C-shaped line as a guide fore Dipper Pines' ear.
Draw Dipper Pines Step 5
Step 5: Draw a big arc on top of Dipper Pines' head as a guide for the top of his cap. The arc starts on top of the ear and ends on the top right side of the head. Then draw a smaller, thinner arc to the right of that to create a guide for the bill portion of Dipper Pines' cap.
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Location: Northern Greece, Macedonia
The vardar is a cold northwesterly wind blowing from the mountains down to the valleys of Macedonia. A type of ravine wind, enhanced by a channelling effect while blowing down through the Moravia-Vardar gap, bringing cold conditions from the north to the Thessaloniki area of Greece. Most frequent during winter, it is blowing in the rear of a depression when atmospheric pressure over eastern Europe is higher than over the Aegean Sea. In general, the vardar is similar to the mistral wind.
A strong vardar event occured on January 12 and 13, 2003. Compare the significant drop in maximum temperature by 17°C (from 19C down to 2C) with the darstic jump in prevailing wind direction from easterly to northerly and northwesterly, and the wind speed and peak gusts during this time period recorded at Thessaloniki.


April 2015 Queen Stitch
The Queen Stitch, also known as the Renaissance Stitch is one of the oldest popular stitches dating from the 16th and 17th Century. It was a favorite in the 18th Century resulting in beautiful regular patterns. The stitch is also known as the Rococo stitch from the American Revolution time when they didn't want anything to sound "royal". A globe shaped canvas stitch which can be used as a background, worked as a single sitich, and in diagonal rows.


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The relationship between self -report and behavioral observation indices of multicultural counseling competence
Changing demographics in the United States have stirred an increase in attention to multicultural counseling issues. Counseling professionals have questioned whether current training programs adequately prepare counseling students to work with individuals from a culturally diverse client population. Specific competencies have been identified and enumerated. The need for training has been emphasized by professionals and professional organizations. The availability of training in existing counseling psychology programs and internships has been examined. As a result, the measurement and evaluation of multicultural counseling competencies has become increasingly important to counseling psychologists and other professionals who offer counseling services to culturally diverse clients. ^ In recent years 1 supervisor evaluation and 3 self-report instruments have been developed to measure dimensions of the multicultural counseling construct. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between behavioral evaluation and self-report in the measurement of this construct. The relationship between self-report and behavioral evaluation was examined across differences in training level. The existence of a multicultural counseling competence construct, distinct from general counseling competence, as observed and distinguished by expert judges, was also examined. ^ Participants for this study were master's level counseling students and doctoral level students in counseling psychology programs from 3 northeastern universities. The Multicultural Counseling Knowledge and Awareness Scale (MCKAS) was used as a self-report measure of multicultural counseling competency and the Cross Cultural Counseling Inventory-R (CCCI-R) was used as an objective behavioral measure. The Counselor Rating Form-Short Version (CRF-S) was used as a measure of general counseling competence. Two multicultural counseling experts rated participants' counseling response to an interactive video of a client presenting cultural/racial issues during a counseling session. Participants viewed and responded to a video of an African American or a White Confederate client. Both clients presented an identical script. The experts used their ratings to complete a CCCI-R and a CRF-S for each participant. Correlations between the MCKAS subscale scores, the CCCI-R total score, and the CRF-S total score were used to test hypotheses. ^ Results were examined, limitations enumerated, and implications to the field of counseling psychology and for future research were discussed. ^
Education, Bilingual and Multicultural|Education, Guidance and Counseling|Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies
Diane Eve Lewis,
"The relationship between self -report and behavioral observation indices of multicultural counseling competence"
(January 1, 2004).
ETD Collection for Fordham University.


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Date of this Version
The China Quarterly
Environmental non-governmental organizations are becoming increasingly visible players in China's environmental politics. Adopting a field perspective, this article shows how the rise of environmental NGOs has taken place in interactions with four institutional fields. They not only respond to political conditions, but also to opportunities offered by the media, the internet, and international NGOs. In this process, organizational entrepreneurs play a crucial role in mobilizing resources while other individuals participate in search of self-fulfillment or social experience. These arguments underscore the multi-institutional dynamics of civil society development without underestimating state-centered and market-centered explanations. In conclusion, the article discusses how environmental NGOs can serve as both sites and agents of democratic social change in China.
© Cambridge University Press, The China Quarterly
Yang, G. (2005). Environmental NGOs and Institutional Dynamics in China. The China Quarterly, 181 46-66. _URL_
Date Posted: 21 November 2013
This document has been peer reviewed.


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Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
Mist is a phenomenon of a liquid in small droplets floating through air. It can occur naturally as part of natural weather or volcanic activity, and is common in cold air above hot water, in exhaled air in the cold, and in a steam room of a sauna. It can also be created artificially with aerosol canisters. Fog is a definition closely related to mist, in that their definitions overlap. At performances and parties a fog machine can be used for visual effects, possibly combined with special lighting.
Not to be confused with the Myst computer game series.
The contents of this article is licensed from _URL_ under the GNU Free Documentation License. Click here to see the transparent copy and copyright details


Butterfly Lighting
Butterfly lighting uses only two lights. The key light is placed directly in front of the subject, often above the camera or slightly to one side, and a bit higher than is common for a three-point lighting plan. The second light is a rim light.
This lighting may be recognized by the strong light falling on the forehead, the bridge of the nose, the upper cheeks, and by the distinct shadow below the nose that often looks rather like a butterfly and thus, provides the name for this lighting technique.


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Discovery News announced yesterday that the spotted patterns on woodland species of wild cats are tied to the patterns of dappled light in their forest environments.
Cats in open ranges, such as lions, tend to have plain coloration. Tiger stripes, according to the University of Bristol researcher William Allen, are still something of a mystery.
Full article by Jennifer Viegas
Previous GurneyJourney post on Dappled Light


Truncation (InstanceTopic, 3)
From Hi.gher. Space
Truncation is the process of cutting polytope facets to produce new polytopes. The kind of truncation can be specified by a Dx number.
Classic truncations
The classic truncations have the first and nth nodes ringed, and have the same Dx number in each dimension. These are truncation (Dx 3) for n=2, cantellation (Dx 5) for n=3 and runcination (Dx 9) for n=4. The words can be concatenated (in reverse order of dimension) to count the various nodes that are ringed. For example, cantitruncation has the first, second and third nodes ringed and runcicantellation has the first, third and fourth nodes ringed.
Special truncations
There are three types of truncations which have a different Dx number in each dimension, while appearing to perform analogous operations on the actual polytope:
Truncates the polytope to its "midpoint". In odd dimensions, this is represented as the middle Coxeter-Dynkin node ringed. In even dimensions, the middle two nodes are ringed. Keiji had previously erroneously called this "rectification", however they are only the same in 3D: true rectification is represented with only the second node ringed, regardless of dimension.
"Expands" the polytope. This is represented with the first and last nodes ringed. Etymology: the Romanian for "outside" is "periferic" - you can imagine the ringed nodes as being on the "outside" (at the ends) of the diagram. Interestingly, peritruncating a polyhedron or polychoron is equivalent to mesotruncating it twice, but it is not yet known whether this extends to higher dimensions.
Gives the "largest", most "spherical" version of the root polytope, with the highest number of total elements. This is represented with all nodes ringed. Omnitruncating a polyhedron is equivalent to mesotruncating it and then 1-truncating the result, but it is not yet known whether this extends to higher dimensions.


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A stone crushing company is planning to purchase a Wheel Loader to be used for conveying raw stone to a large Stone Crushing Machine and loading crushed stone in trucks. A new Wheel loader can be purchased directly from Caterpillar company for $150,000. The new Wheel Loader will reduce the annual cost by $25,500 and increase annual operating expenses by $4,500. The useful life of the Wheel Loader is 20 years. After 20 years it will have a salvage value of $30,000. Company uses straight line method of depreciation for all assets.
Compute accounting rate of return of wheel loader using average investment approach.
Step 1; Computation of depreciation:
Annual depreciation = (Cost of the asset – Salvage value)/Useful life
= ($150,000 – $30,000)/20
Step 2; Computation of annual net cost saving:
Annual net cost saving = $25,500 – ($4,500 + $6,000)
Step 3; Computation of average investment in asset:
Because the company uses straight line method of depreciation, the average investment can be computed by adding cost of the asset to the residual value and then dividing by 2. It is shown below:
Average investment = (Cost of the asset + Residual value)/2
= ($150,000 + $30,000)/2
Step 4; Computation of accounting rate of return:
Accounting rate of return = Annual net cost saving / average investment
= $15,000 / $90,000


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The Infinity Gauntlet is a gauntlet used for channeling the power of the Infinity Stones. A knockoff gauntlet was in Odin's vault, which was right-handed, while the real one, which is left-handed, is in Thanos' possession. It grants the bearer infinite power over reality through the use of the six Infinity Stones (Mind, Reality, Soul, Time, Power, and Space) embedded in it.
A right-handed Infinity Gauntlet with replicas of the Infinity Stones is on display in Odin's weapon vault, and is guarded by The Destroyer.
In Thor's hallucination, Thor sees the Infinity Stones being assembled on a cloud-like version of the Infinity Gauntlet.
Because both Loki and Ronan the Accuser failed to retrieve the Infinity Stones for him, Thanos opens a vault and put on his left-handed Infinity Gauntlet, and decides to hunt for the Stones so that he can destroy Earth himself.
The false Gauntlet reappears in Asgard. While Hela explores Odin's vault, she finds the right-handed Infinity Gauntlet and immediately discerns that the "Infinity Stones" within it are replicas and not the real Infinity Stones.
The gauntlet is utilized by Thanos during his invasion of Earth. It is also revealed that he forced a band of dwarves, led by Eitri, to make it. After having collected all of the Infinity Stones by the end of the movie, despite the greatest efforts of the Avengers and the Guardians, Thanos utilizes the Gauntlet's power by snapping his fingers, causing half of all life in the entire universe to disintegrate, but damages the Gauntlet in the process.
Three weeks after Thanos's victory, the Avengers ambushed Thanos at his farm and Thor sliced off his hand that held the Infinity Gauntlet with Stormbreaker. Unfortunately, the Infinity Stones were not on the Gauntlet, forcing Captain America to question the whereabouts of the Stones. Thanos replied that once the Snap was complete, the Stones had no purpose and that he had reduced the Stones to atoms. This forced Thor to slice off Thanos's head and the Avengers returned back to Earth. They leave the charred and useless Infinity Gauntlet behind to rust.
- When holding the Infinity Stones, the Infinity Gauntlet grants the bearer infinite powers when used within the universe of its origin. Thanos successfully uses the Gauntlet to wipe out half the population of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, setting in motion the conflict for Avengers: Endgame.
- In Thor, the Gauntlet is depicted as being worn on the wielder's right hand, while in Avengers: Age of Ultron and the Avengers: Infinity War teaser, it is depicted as being worn on the wielder's left hand, like in the comics. It was revealed by Kevin Fiege that there are two Infinity Gauntlets. However, this was disproved in Thor: Ragnarok, in which the right-handed one was revealed to be a fake by Hela.
- This gauntlet, along with its Infinity Stones, were created by Asgardians to show how the item is supposed to look given, as Volstagg explained that the only Infinity Stone Asgard has in its possession is the Tesseract.


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The Grid environment facilitates collaborative work and allows many users to query and process data over geographically dispersed data repositories. Over the past several years, there has been a growing interest in developing applications that interactively analyze datasets, potentially in a collaborative setting. We describe the Active Proxy-G service that is able to cache query results, use those results for answering new incoming queries, generate subqueries for the parts of a query that cannot be produced from the cache, and submit the subqueries for final processing at application servers that store the raw datasets. We present an experimental evaluation to illustrate the effects of various design tradeoffs. We also show the benefits that two real applications gain from using the middleware.


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|Spreading the word on skimboarding - responsibly|
A group of local Grade 4 students are taking it to the beach! Arrowview Elementary's Garbage Busters Club has turned its focus towards keeping local beaches healthy. Expanding their focus from clean communities, students have designed and created posters to help educate skimboarders about eelgrass and beach conservation.
"One of the things we've learned as part of our nearshore beach study is the huge impact that we have on creatures which live in our beach areas," says student teacher Janet Richards. With help from MVIHES' Michele Deakin, students learned about the eelgrass beds along the beach tide line and how skimboarding over and through this fragile eco habitat can adversely affect animals and plants.
Students brainstormed ideas to educate skimboarders to use the beach responsibly including using non-toxic waxes, placing ramps and structures away from the eelgrass beds, and using barren pools instead of tide lines. A new colourful poster campaign will help spread the word to the thousands of beach users this summer. "The students understand that if we take care of this important resource, it will be there when they get older," says teacher Jodi Waters.
Look for the student posters around Parksville and Qualicum Beach including businesses which support recreational activities along the beach.
This project is part of the nearshore education program offered by MVIHES with the support of the Town of Qualicum Beach, the City of Parksville and Georgia Basin Living Rivers.


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What is AnswerWorks Runtime - English? (from Vantage Linguistics)
iSEEK AnswerWorks™ is a search application developed by Vantage Linguistics (formerly distributed by Wextech product). The Answerworks™ product allows product development teams and help system authors to enrich their existing help systems with linguistic and natural language based search. When embedded in a local or on... Read more
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How Did Sylvia Plath Die?
Sylvia Plath was a child prodigy, and she was a perfect child and student. She was praised by everyone for her perfectionist nature; as she did everything right from the word go. When she was eight years old, her father died. This left Sylvia quite sad and also she developed suicidal tendencies later in her life.
She attempted to commit suicide when she was in junior college by taking seeping pills and overdosing on them. However, she survived that incident.
Plath ended her life when she was only thirty years old. She locked herself in a room with her children in another room. Plath put her head into the oven and turned on the gas. The next morning she was declared dead. However, it was comprehended that Plath really did not intend on killing herself or never thought she would succeed. Also, she asked her neighbor Mr. Thomas at what time he would be leaving the next morning. She also left a note that was a reminder to call Dr. Horder and even had his phone number written down. The next morning the baby sitter could not get into the apartment and had a workman help her get in. It is then that the baby sitter and the handyman found Plath. Her head was still inside the oven.
However, in her biography it was written that she pushed her head deep into the oven and she had all intentions of killing herself. Also, there were claims that her husband was abusive towards Plath. The exact reasons for her suicide were never known even to her good friends.
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How Do You Backup Apps in Lucky Patcher
1. Understanding the Importance of App Backups
Before we delve into the specifics of how do you backup apps in Lucky Patcher, it's essential to recognize why app backups are crucial. Backing up your apps provides the following benefits:
- Data Preservation: App backups safeguard your app data, including progress, settings, and in-app purchases, ensuring you don't lose valuable information.
- Safety Net: When experimenting with app modifications or updates, having a backup acts as a safety net. If something goes wrong, you can restore your app to its previous state.
2. How Do You Backup Apps in Lucky Patcher
Here's a step-by-step guide on how do you backup apps in Lucky Patcher:
- Download and Install Lucky Patcher: If you haven't already, download Lucky Patcher from a trusted source and enable "Install from Unknown Sources" in your device settings.
- Open Lucky Patcher: Launch the app, and you'll see a list of installed apps on your device.
- Select the App to Backup: Choose the app you want to back up from the list. Tap on it to view available options.
- Create a Backup: Select the "Backup" option. Lucky Patcher will create a backup of the app and its data, storing it on your device.
- Verify the Backup: Once the backup is complete, you can check it by navigating to the "Backup" folder in your device's storage. There, you'll find a folder named after the app with the backup files.
- Restore as Needed: In the future, if you want to restore the app to its backed-up state, you can do so through Lucky Patcher.
In conclusion, understanding how do you backup apps in Lucky Patcher is a valuable skill for Android users who want to safeguard their app data. It's a crucial step before making modifications or updates to ensure that you can revert to a stable state if necessary. By following the step-by-step guide provided in this article, you can efficiently use Lucky Patcher to create backups of your favorite apps and enjoy a worry-free app customization experience.


Do Bones Burn During Cremation?
By Staff WriterLast Updated Mar 28, 2020 1:30:38 AM ET
During the cremation process, bones are only partially burned and not completely destroyed. The process involves subjecting the remains to intense flame and heat, during which all organic matter is consumed.
The cremation process leaves behind certain bone fragments. After the remains are removed from the cremation chamber, a magnet removes any metal that was inside the body, such as implants and dental fixtures. The remaining bone fragments are then processed into fine particles and placed into a container. The cremation process generally takes about three hours and entails a careful labelling system to ensure that the remains are properly identified through the entire process.


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Phytomonas spp. (phytomonads) are a diverse and globally distributed group of unicellular eukaryotes that parasitize a wide range of plants and are transmitted by insect hosts. Here we report the discovery and characterisation of a new species of Phytomonas, named Phytomonas oxycareni n. sp., which was obtained from the salivary glands of the invasive species of true bug Oxycarenus lavaterae (Heteroptera). The new Phytomonas species exhibits a long slender promastigote morphology and can be found both within the lumen of the insect host's salivary glands as well as within the cells of the salivary gland itself. Sampling multiple individuals from the same population post-winter hibernation on two consecutive years revealed that infection was persistent over time. Finally, phylogenetic analyses of small subunit ribosomal RNA genes revealed that this species is sister to other species within the genus Phytomonas, providing new insight into the evolutionary history of the clade.
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How to Use Counter Caches in Rails (Example)
Counter caches are great until you get 20,000 people following the same influencer and the counter cache on that person locks the whole database.
The goal of this post is to go through the basics of counter caches explaining possible alternatives to overcome this.
What are counter caches for?
Counter caches were created to cache the counts of associated records.
Imagine we are developing a social media application where we have influencers and fans:
Everytime we display an influencer in the list we want to show how many followers he has.
The naive approach to achieve this is doing a count of the associated fan records for each influencer.
While this might be enough if we are rendering only one influencer, it definitely does not scale well if we are going to render a list of many influencers, since it's going to trigger a select count query for each influencer.
In the logs we get:
… and goes on for each influencer…
That's when counter caches gain importance. Counter caches are a built in Rails feature that allows you to track the associated records count by doing almost nothing. It only requires you to add a new integer column in the influencers table and let the associated model know that it has to update that column every time a records gets created or destroyed (or is no longer referencing the influencer).
To use Rails counter caches you need to create a migration to add a new integer column to the associated model:
Let the FanInfluencer model know it has to update the counter cache in the influencer model:
Reset the counters for existing records with:
And then you are ready to use the new column like you would with any other attribute:
Using the new counter cache the db will execute only one query that will select the influencers to be rendered, since fans_count is now just a column on the influencer and no counts or joins with other tables are needed.
(Should you need more complex counter caches, consider using Counter culture gem that works around some deficiencies in Rails original counter caches.)
So… what's the problem?
Counter Caches have a fairly simple implementation using callbacks to keep this column updated. Every time a fan influencer record is created, updated, or destroyed, the counter cache on the corresponding influencer needs to get updated. This might make these type of operations slower. If that's a cost you can take, go ahead. But consider the following situation:
Imagine a very famous influencer has been advertised and suddenly all of our users click on 'Follow'. Every 'Follow' action on that influencer creates a fanInfluencer record, which will end in the db trying to execute many update queries to the counter cache of the influencer around the same time, locking up that db row and making our users requests time out. Ugh…
First solution. Use an SQL alternative to dynamically calculate the count without falling into the n+1 problem raised before introducing the counter caches.
We need to add the following scope on the influencer model:
When we load the influencers to render we need to use the new scope:
And then we just call fans_count for a particular influencer to get the counter.
In the logs we get:
This solution is slower than having the counter cache when rendering the influencer list since the latter one only has to select attributes of the same table. However, using this method you don't need to keep any counter cache column updated, making create/destroy/update actions on the fan_influencer table simpler since they don't trigger any callback afterwards. The db lock problem will go away.
So, this SQL alternative could be appropriate for you if:
 - You have many create/destroy/update actions on the fan_influencer table in comparison to requesting the influencers fans count.
 - Your app is prone to facing situations like the mentioned above, where the counter cache of a single record could get updated more times in a small period of time than it can handle.
Comparing the three approaches
We measured the time it took to request all the influencers each with his fans count using the three different approaches. In the db there were only 10 influencers and 1,000 fans, all the fans following all the influencers. The times are calculated as the average Active Record time of 5 runs.
Method #1: Using naive approach (fans.count)
Method #2: Using counter cache column
Method #3: Using SQL dynamic count
Second solution. Store the changes of the counter in a buffer in a faster storage first (like redis or Memcached) to later update the real value in the database.
After a fan_influencer record has been created or destroyed, the value in the redis cache for the influencer key is increased or decreased by one. After a couple of seconds, the count value for the redis key is added (or subtracted) to the counter cache in the db, and reset to 0.
A good idea is to also use a recalculation job once in a while, to make sure the counters are updated with the real count value, compensating for transient errors that may cause the deferred counters to drift from the actual value.
There are many gems that help you achieve this if you don't want to implement it yourself.
In this post it was used Wanelo gem to enqueue the jobs for me, but since it hasn't been committed to since Oct 7, 2016 you might want to implement that part yourself.
Next it's explained how to achieve this using that gem and assuming you have redis and a background worker installed. In this case it was used Delayed Jobs as the worker but you will see that it is very simple to modify the solution to use another one.
Start by configuring the gem with:
Let the fanInfluencer model know how to use the counter cache:
Create a method in the influencer to update the count to the real value
And here is where the fun part begins.
The gem adds a callback after a FanInfluencer record gets created or destroyed that triggers the enqueue method in the class called CCWorker as we configured before. So we need to create this class:
As you might have noticed, the enqueue method decides which Enqueuer class to delegate the execution to depending on the option 'cache'. Since the gem is the one that makes the calls to this method with the right arguments, we just need to implement those two modes knowing that we will receive two calls after a fanInfluencer has been created or destroyed: one for recalculation and one for deffered.
We can begin by creating the parent Enqueuer class, that decides if the job needs to be enqueued or if it's already pending.
We will now implement the deferred mode, for which we will define the 'execute' method that will be called by the asyncrhonous worker once the time is up. For this mode the gem comes with a counter class that does the buffering and updating part for us, so we just need to use it.
For the recalculation mode, we will call the method that we defined in the influencer at the begging, to reset the counter agains the real count. The name of this method comes in the options so we need to invoke it.
And that's it. Now we can try creating and destroying fans and influencers and we will see how their count changes after the number of seconds that we picked, and a recalculation job is enqueued for later.
To test it, we can create 100 fans that would follow Taylor Swift.
For each fanInfluencer created we can see logs like the following, where after the fanInfluencer record is created, two delayed jobs are inserted:
You can see in the redis cli console how the new keys are created, with the values 100 in the key for the buffer managed by the gem, and a 1 in the other two keys that mark the corresponding jobs as enqueued so they won't be enqueued again. In this case '104' that you see in the key name corresponds to the id of the influencer created.
After the 20 seconds (or whatever you configured for the env var) have passed, if you turned on your worker, we can see Taylor Swifts fans count has been raised.
To test the recalculation mode, we can update the fans count to any other incorrect value and wait until the recalculation method fixes it.
Notice that when using Delayed Jobs, since two jobs need to be enqueued (inserted into the db) after a fanInfluencer has been created, the 'follow' action is in total slower than before when no other 'follow' action is being performed at the same time. However, under big load the row contention problem does not happen, making this approach more efficient in that case.
Since the solution for the enqueuer does not depend on the influencer model, you can reuse it for any other counter cache that you may want to optimize, just by configuring the counter cache in the associated class and defining the recalculation method.
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 1. Felipe
 July 9, 2021 - 1:53 am
 Amazing, I implemented a similar solution in my company and now I'm writing a Gem to do it!
 Does this code has any license attached to it?
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1 GeoCam Memo Web
1.1 About
The GeoCam Project helps people better understand and respond to disasters. GeoCam consists of a GPS-enabled camera (or cell phone) and a web app for sharing geotagged photos and other geospatial data.
GeoCam Memo is a scribing and note-taking application intended for use by search team members as they canvas the scene of a disaster. Notes can be recorded using text or audio and various forms of attachments (including but not limited to images) can be attached for transmission to a central server. All messages can be geotagged and categorized before saving to provide proper context when analyzing them via a web interface at a later time.
GeoCam Talk is a communication application intended to aid in communication during a search mission. Members can send text and audio messages to any subset of their team members while on the field from their mobile devices. All messages are sent through a central server which catalogs them for later analysis. Just as in Memo, all messages are geotagged to provide instant awareness of team member location.
This is the web application for both GeoCam Memo and GeoCam Talk
1.2 News
Visit and for updates.
1.3 Setup
The GeoCam Memo and Talk applications were built using the Django framework and run on top of Python.
1.3.1 Dependencies
 1. Once all dependencies have been installed, clone the GeoCamMemoWeb repository to the path of your choice:
 git clone
 2. CD into your./geocamMemoWeb/example path and run syncdb, creating an admin user if prompted:
 python syncdb
1.4 Running
To run a development server, navigate to your./geocamMemoWeb/example path and execute runserver:
python runserver
Pleast note that this must be done before the geocamTalkForAndroid and geocamTalkForMemo can be successfully run on your mobile device.
1.5 Testing
Testing can be initiated from your./geocamMemoWeb/example path using the test command:
python test geocamMemo geocamTalk
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The stripe on the back of a credit card is a magnetic stripe, often called a magstripe. The magstripe is made up of tiny iron-based magnetic particles in a plastic-like film. Each particle is really a very tiny bar magnet about 20 millionths of an inch long.
The magstripe can be "written" because the tiny bar magnets can be magnetized in either a north or south pole direction. The magstripe on the back of the card is very similar to a piece of cassette tape fastened to the back of a card. (See How Tape Recorders Work.)
Instead of motors moving the tape so it can be read, your hand provides the motion as you "swipe" a credit card through a reader or insert it in a reader at the gas station pump.
On the next page, see how information is stored in the mag stripe and read by different types of machines.


Folker is a boy name and means people's guard. It is a Norse name and its pronunciation is \f(o)-lker, fol-ker\. Other similar names and variants include: Folke, Volker, Vollker. Folker is not a popular first name for men but a somewhat popular surname or last name for both men and women (#47415 out of 88799).
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not lead to a new theorem: as long as the set evolution is smooth, the f and Df are just a special case where f:\Bbb{R}^n\rightarrow\Bbb{R}^1 and even though actually computing everything from the geometric perspective can be interesting, the result stays the same.
in order to move into truly new territory, we need to consider alternative definitions, other measures of change, other types of spaces. An example might be the following:
Suppose that X is a metric space and f:X\rightarrow \Bbb{R}. Suppose that \gamma:\Bbb{R}\rightarrow X is continuous and is a geodesic in the sense that for any three points in \Bbb{R}, s_1 < s_2 < s_3, we have that \rho(\gamma(s_1),\gamma(s_3)) = \rho(\gamma(s_1),\gamma(s_2)) + \rho(\gamma(s_2),\gamma(s_3)).
(1) for any two points in the metric space there is a gamma containing both points and
(2) for all such \gamma, g_{\gamma} \equiv f\circ\gamma is differentiable
(3) and \frac{|g_{\gamma}(s)|}{|f(\gamma(s))|} \leq \lambda
then, we have that
-\lambda \rho(x_1, x_0) \leq \ln\left(\frac{|f(x_1)|}{|f(x_0)|}\right) \leq \lambda \rho(x_1,x_0). (14)
And, again we get the same type of result for this case as we got in the Euclidean cases above.
(Exercise) Prove Equation (14).
(Remark) We start with any metric space and consider curves \gamma:[a,b]\subset\Bbb{R}\rightarrow X for which
l(\gamma)\equiv\sup_{\{\{s_i\}_{i=1}^{n}| a = s_1 \leq s_2 \leq... \leq s_n = b\}} \sum_{i=1}^{n-1} \rho(\gamma(s_{i}),\gamma(s_{i+1})) \leq \infty.
We call such curves rectifiable. We can always reparameterize such curves by arclength, so that \gamma(s) = \gamma(s(t)), t\in[0,l(\gamma)] and l([\gamma(s(d)),\gamma(s(c))] ) = d-c. We will assume that all curves have been reparameterized by arclength. Now define a new metric
\tilde{\rho}(x,y) = \inf_{\{\gamma | \gamma(a) = x\text{ and }\gamma(b) = y\}} l(\gamma).
You can check that this will not change the length of any curve. Define an upper gradient of f:X\rightarrow \Bbb{R} be any non-negative function \eta_f:X\rightarrow \Bbb{R} such that |f(y) - f(x)| \leq \int_{\gamma} \eta_f(\gamma(t)) dt.
Now, if \frac{|\eta_f(x)|}{|f(x)|} \leq \lambda, we again get the same sort of bounds that we got in equation (14) if we replace \rho with \tilde{\rho}. To read more about upper gradients, see Juha Heinonen's book Lectures on Analysis in Metric Spaces.
While there are other directions we could push, what we have looked at so far demonstrates that productive exploration can start from almost anywhere. While we encounter no big surprises in this exploration, the exercise illuminates exactly why the result is what it is and this solidifies that understanding in our minds.
Generalization is not an empty exercise — it allows us to probe the exact meaning of a result. And that insight facilitates a more robust, more useful grasp of the result. While some get lost in their explorations and would benefit from touching down to the earth more often, it seems to me that in this day and age of no time to think, we most often suffer from the opposite problem of never taking the time to explore and observe and see where something can take us.
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Have suitable mechanism for public caning
Muzaffar Syah Mallow
6 Sep 2018, 4:53 am
Updated 2 years ago
LETTER | The government should create a special task force or committee at the federal level with the participation from all states to determine the most suitable mechanism for the implementation of public caning imposed by the syariah court.
The issue has surfaced after two Malaysian-Muslim women were convicted of attempting to have sex in a car and were subjected to caning by the Syariah Court in Kuala Terengganu recently.
Both women were caned publicly inside the syariah court. The two women, aged 22 and 32, were seated on stools facing the judges and each were given six strokes from a light rattan cane on their backs by female prison officers. More than 100 people witnessed the caning process.
The rare public caning garnered much attention from politicians and human rights NGOs within the country and at an international level.
Though the objective of public caning is to educate the offender, it could also deter others from committing other syariah offences. However, it should be done in a proper way so that all the good objectives associated with public caning are not negated due to improper implementation of the punishment.
Section 125 and 126 of the Syariah Criminal Procedure (Terengganu) Enactment 2001 stipulates the methods for whipping. However, there are many questions which need to be asked and answered before the public caning can be carried out:
 - Where should public caning be carried out?
 - Can it be carried out in any place without any limitations?
 - Who actually can come and witness the public caning?
 - Should people be forced to witness the public caning?
 - Can children come and witness the public caning?
 - Can witnesses bring recording devices?
 - Are witnesses allowed to make fun of the offenders outside the court?
 - What is the punishment for witnesses who mock offenders outside the court?
These are a few questions which should be answered by the authorities in order for public caning to be conducted smoothly in the country.
Since there is a possibility that public caning punishment might become a national trend in our syariah courts, it is crucial to immediately set up special task force or committee to analyse all the arising questions and come out with a clear ruling or mechanism on the matter so that it can be systematically implemented by all syariah courts in all states in the country.
The writer is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Syariah & Law, at Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia.
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Kemptville is located in Canada at the longitude of -75.63 and latitude of 45.02. Kingston is located in Jamaica at the longitude of -76.8 and latitude of 17.99.
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Kemptville universal time is -5.042 Coordinated Universal Time(UTC) and Kingston universal time is -5.12 UTC. The time difference between Kemptville and Kingston is 0.078 decimal hours. Note: Kemptville and Kingston time calculation is based on UTC time of the particular city. It may vary from country standard time, local time etc.
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Blue Lake Rhino
One of the most unusual fossils ever found in the Columbia Plateau is a mold and a few bones of a small rhinoceros. In 1935, a group of hikers found it in a cavity in the vicinity of Blue Lake a few miles south of Dry Falls. This fossil is commonly known as the "Blue Lake Rhino". The mold is preserved in pillow basalt overlying a thin sand bed. Probably the rhino, which was dead at the time, was lying in a small pond and as molten lava flowed into the lake and became chilled somewhat so that the lava did not burn the rhino up. A mold was formed around the dead body. Professional paleontologists have made a coast from the mold and have reconstructed the rhino. Above see a model showing how the animal may have appeared prior to burial. The actual rhinoceros measured about eight feet from snout to tail.