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- To review colours and practise describing the colours of things.
- To practise describing a person's appearance.
Here are some of the frequent words used in this lesson that have appeared in previous lessons. Using the flashcards, check that you remember their meanings.
In Lesson 27 you learned the main words for colours. You are about to fine tune your command of these terms, so review Lesson 27 first to make sure you can automatically produce them. Here are two ways you can talk in a more nuanced, more precise way about colours.
1. In Indonesian, dark colours are "old" (tua) and light colours are "young" (muda).
|Blusnya kuning tua.
Her blouse is dark yellow.
|or||Blusnya berwarna kuning tua.
Her blouse is dark yellow in colour.
|Atap rumahnya biru muda.
His house has a blue roof.
Atap rumahnya berwarna biru muda.
2. In English you can use the suffix "-ish" to describe something that has a certain hue or tinge, for example "reddish", "greenish", "yellowish" etc. In Indonesian you produce a similar effect by 1 reduplicating the adjective and 2 nesting it between the affixes keand –an.
He has reddish hair.
Orang yang mempunyai penyakit hati kulitnya menjadi kekuning-kuningan.
A yellowish skin tone develops in people suffering from liver disease.
Here are some of the very common adjectives that can be used to talk about someone's appearance. (You have met and practised some of them already.) Check that you know the meanings of all of them.
|Someone's general proportions||tinggi, pendek, besar, kecil, biasa|
|Someone's general appearance||cantik, ganteng, jelek, biasa, kurus, gemuk|
|The appearance of someone's hair||botak, panjang, pendek, lurus, keriting|
|The colour of someone's hair||hitam, pirang, putih, kemerah-merahan, coklat tua|
|The colour of someone's skin||putih, kuning langsat, sawo matang, hitam manis|
|The colour of someone's eyes||hitam, coklat, biru, kehijau-hijauan|
Translate these sentences into good Indonesian. Remember two things: 1. with a tiny number of special exceptions, the adjective follows the noun in Indonesian, and 2. "to have" is often expressed with the possessive suffix –nya. First check the model below.
Cue sentence: She has very long hair.
You write: Dia itu rambutnya panjang sekali.
or (more commonly) Rambutnya panjang sekali.
Imagine that you are a police officer (polisi). You have to describe a fugitive criminal (penjahat) to journalists, to the public or to fellow police officers. Your description should cover sex, age, place of origin, height, whether the person is fat or thin, hair colour, eye colour, complexion and what the person is wearing. Your description might begin like this (as you repeat the role play, you should radically vary this opening):
Selamat pagi (siang/sore/malam) Bapak-Bapak dan Ibu-Ibu. Nama saya Ridwan. Saya kepala kantor polisi di sini. Kami sedang mencari seorang penjahat dari Wonosobo bernama Joko yang dicari karena mencuri mobil. Dia berumur kira-kira 25 (dua puluh lima) tahun. Tinggi badannya 170 (seratus tujuh puluh) sentimeter dan agak gemuk. Dia berkulit sawo matang dengan rambut lurus dan pendek. Ia memakai kemeja lengan pendek, (etc. etc. etc.) ….
The police officer should conclude by saying something like this:
Saya minta tolong kepada Bapak-Bapak dan Ibu-Ibu kalau melihat orang ini, segera hubungi kami di nomor _PHONE_ (dua empat lima tujuh dua tujuh delapan). Terima kasih. Ada pertanyaan?
The "audience" now quizzes the speaker, asking for clarification and more details. There are many kinds of questions you can ask, but two important ones that relate to recent lessons are:
1. use memakai to ask about what the fugitive is/was wearing. For example
2. Use –nya constructions to ask about what kind of personal features and clothes the fugitive has. For example
|Joko itu||rambutnya keriting?|
|Apakah||penjahat itu||berbaju biru?|
'Light Red' is, as we have learned above, merah muda. More common, however, is it to refer to a pinkish colour with the term merah jambu. Jambu air is the name of the fruit very closely related to the Malay apple, which in Hawai'i is known as the mountain apple. The fruit with the Latin name Syzygium aqueum is juicy and slightly sweet-sour and is often part of the spicy fruit salad called rujak.
Of course you should also try to re-cycle all the kinds of questions you have practised so far, for example questions beginning with:
Di mana ….
Siapa yang ….
Hari apa / Tanggal berapa / Jam berapa / Kapan ….
Apakah ada ….
and many more.
The prefix berforms intransitive verbs (that is verbs that cannot take an object) such as berangkat (to leave), bekerja (to work), berhenti (to stop), belajar (to study), berenang (to swim), bertemu (to meet), berpikir (to think), berdiri (to stand), berbelanja (to shop), bersiap-siap (to get ready), beristirahat (to rest), bersisir (to comb).
A large group of berverbs is based on nouns and has the general meaning "to have/own [base]":
bersuami to have a husband
berumur be aged
bernama be named
beranak have children
berguna to be useful
berhasil to have success, to succeed
A subgroup of this group means "to use, wear, travel by [base]":
bertopi to wear a hat
berdasi to wear a tie
bersepatu to wear shoes
berkacamata to wear glasses
berbaju to wear a shirt
berkuda to ride a horse
bersepeda to ride a bicycle
Adjectives or possessive nouns can be added:
berkacamata hitam to wear sunglasses
berbaju biru to wear a blue shirt
bertopi koboi to wear a cowboy hat
bersepeda balap to ride a racing bike
Instead of using berone can of course also use memakai or naik:
Anak itu berkacamata minus. / Anak itu memakai kacamata minus.
That child wears minus (myopic) glasses.
Toni setiap hari bersepeda ke kantor. / Toni setiap hari naik sepeda ke kantor.
Every day Toni goes to his office by bike.


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Origin: LL exarchus, overseer of monasteries < Gr exarchos, leader, chief (in LGr, prefect, bishop): see ex- & -arch
Origin: < ex- + Gr archē, beginning
See exarch in American Heritage Dictionary 4
Origin: Late Latin exarchus, an overseer
Origin:, from Greek exarkhos
Origin:, from exarkhein, to lead
Origin: : ex-, exOrigin: + arkhein, to rule.
Origin: + Greek arkhē, beginning (from arkhein, to rule, begin).
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text: Ambivalent sexism has many pernicious consequences. Since gender stereotypes also affect leadership roles, the present research investigated the effects of ambivalent sexism on envisioning oneself as a leader. Our studies tested the influence of sexist attitudes (toward women – Study 1 – and men – Study 2) on leadership aspiration, taking into account the interaction among ambivalent attitudes, personal characteristics (e.g. self-esteem), and group processes (e.g. level of identification with gender). Specifically, the current study used a 3 (sexism: hostile, benevolent, control) x 2 (social identification: high, low) x 2 (self-esteem: high, low) factorial design. 178 women participated in Study 1. Results showed that, although sexism was not recognised as a form of prejudice and did not trigger negative emotions, in sexist conditions high-identified women increase their leadership aspiration. In Study 2 men (N = 184) showed to recognise hostility as a form of prejudice, to experience more negative emotions, but to be not influenced in leadership aspiration. For both men and women self-esteem had a significant main effect on leadership aspiration.

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Reflex Systems announces Reflex|Drama V.1.0
Thu 20th Mar 2003 | News
Reflex Systems Inc announced today the release of the REFLEX|DRAMA v.1.0 system, the first offering of its family of 3D human generation products.
Reflex|DRAMA is the industry's first resolution-independent human modeling and animation system. What this means is that users can design humans once (using the patented Reflex|DNA) and change the resolution on the fly to produce 3D humans tailored to their needs and requirements. Reflex|DRAMA was designed for users who need a scaleable solution that can address the low to medium-resolution required for games while still being able to go super-hires for film and television work.
Reflex|DRAMA is a new class of 3D animation software based on a musculo-skeleton approach. A musculo-skeleton is a simulated assembly of volume tissue representing all the major layers of the human body. Reflex|DRAMA musculo-skeleton layers include bone, cartilage, muscle, tendon, fat and skin.
To model a new Human being, users simply need to modify the internal layers (ex: bone warping, bone scaling, muscle bulging, fat injection, etc.) and prompt the system to update the external skin based on the new layer information. Changes in the musculo-skeleton are saved into a format called Reflex|DNA and can be reapplied to any human in a 3D scene.
The patented Reflex|DNA sequencing technology is the fastest ways to design humans with realism. Everything that users change in the body is "recorded" as they work. The result is the electronic version of a real DNA: a faithful recording of what makes an individual truly unique! Users do not need to know anything about the human anatomy. Everything is visual, interactive and mouse-driven.
ReflexDRAMA was developed with direct input from leading special FX and game companies to address long standing issues:
 - Resolution independence - Design once and deploy at any resolution in NURBS or polygon meshes.
 - Speed of design - Considerably reduces the time that it takes to generate human characters.
 - Openness - Includes an SDK to generate a large number of different human models at various resolutions and automatically assign motion files to them.
 - Simplicity - Eliminates the need for IK setups and manual vertex weighting and assignments.
 - Compatibility - Compatible with existing 3D animation software. The outside skin can be exported using different file formats.
Pricing and availability
The REFLEX|DRAMA software is available immediately from authorized resellers. Through May 31st, 2003, it is available at the introductory price of $8,990 per node-locked and floating license. For further information please visit the Reflex Systems website at.
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Realigning Economic Incentives for Depression Care at UCSF
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- Feldman, M.D., Ong, M.K., Lee, D.L. et al. Adm Policy Ment Health (2006) 33: 34. doi:10.1007/s10488-_PHONE_-3
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Behavioral health carve-out arrangements create financial disincentives for primary care providers (PCPs) to treat depression. A novel collaboration between a primary care practice, a health insurer, and a managed behavioral health organization (MBHO) allows PCPs to receive reimbursement and schedule longer appointments to care for depressed patients. This article describes the details of the arrangement, and early results of this collaboration. Early results find that financial incentives are critical for implementation, but that time incentives do not appear to motivate PCPs. Sustainability of this model will require participation of multiple primary care practices, health insurers, and MBHOs.


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The Conquest of Happiness
Introduction by Anthony Grayling
Published February 1st 2006 by Routledge – 200 pages
Series: Routledge Classics
The Conquest of Happiness is Bertrand Russell's recipe for good living. First published in 1930, it pre-dates the current obsession with self-help by decades. Leading the reader step by step through the causes of unhappiness and the personal choices, compromises and sacrifices that (may) lead to the final, affirmative conclusion of 'The Happy Man', this is popular philosophy, or even self-help, as it should be written.
'He writes what he calls common sense, but is in fact uncommon wisdom.' - The Observer


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Definition of adenylate cyclase in English:
noun[mass noun] Biochemistry
An enzyme that catalyses the formation of cyclic adenylic acid from adenosine triphosphate.
- The cAMP is produced by adenylate cyclase, and that enzyme is activated by phosphorylated IIA Glc.
- The response of cells to the binding of glucagon to its cell surface receptor is the activation of the enzyme adenylate cyclase which is associated with the receptor.
- When epinephrine contacts a cell membrane, it triggers the allosteric activation of adenylate cyclase, the enzyme that creates cAMP. cAMP then allosterically activates a protein kinase.
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text: If you are like me, you practice at home, have a large dog, and he makes regular visits for attention while you are working. ALWAYS wash your hands after touching your pet during practice (on a string instrument). Sounds silly but not at all!! Many dogs possess a coat rich in oils for protective purposes. When these oils emulsify with the moisture from your hands, the result is a grease that forms between the windings of your strings, and will instantaneously stifle the string's resonance.


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Program/Track C/C.2.3/The Markov Model for a Multiphase Security System with the Partial Concurrent Service
The Markov Model for a Multiphase Security System with the Partial Concurrent Service
A cryptographic protocol is not only an algorithm but also a procedure for exchanging data between different network subscribers, associated with the message exchange at different levels. In this case, the problem of minimizing the number of protocol implementation levels depending on the task size is relevant. The algorithm graph for finding the state probabilities of the multiphase mixed-type queuing system is derived. The characteristic parameters are determined: performance, downtime rate, and balancing rate. The example of calculating system performance is considered.


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Date of this Version
AIP Conf. Proc. #811, pp. 54-59 (2006)
High resolution photoelectron spectra of xenon clusters of about 100 atoms, measured with photon energies of 20 to 60 eV are reported. Peaks due to the clusters are observed at lower binding energies than the corresponding atomic lines and exhibit different behaviors. The peak associated with the Xe 5p1/2 state at higher binding energy is relatively unchanged with photon energy whereas the Xe 5p3/2 peak changes its shape with increasing photon energy. The change is attributed to differences in the escape depth of the electrons at different kinetic energies and the bulk and surface components of the cluster.


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Canada Chemical Management Plan – Canada Challenge
About The Canada Chemical Management Plan
Canada's Chemicals Management Plan aka the "Challenge" regulates chemicals that are harmful to human health or the environment. The Prime Minister, along with the Ministers of the Environment and Health put the "Challenge" into effect on December 8, 2006. The Chemicals Management Plan is the collection of information on the properties and uses of approximately 200 chemical substances identified through the categorization process as high priorities for action. Under the "Challenge", approximately 200 substances of the highest priority were divided up into a number of smaller groups of substances. The Government is using the mandatory information gathering provisions of section 71 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA, 1999) to gather information that is deemed required for improved decision-making. Industries are being invited to submit additional information that may be used to inform risk assessment and to develop and benchmark best practices for risk management and product stewardship.


8 thoughts on " Untroubled "
 1. Untroubled definition is - not given trouble: not made uneasy. How to use untroubled in a sentence.
 2. without trouble, discomfort, or disturbance: an easy, untroubled life; He was untroubled by daily setbacks.
 3. adjective undisturbed, unconcerned, unperturbed, cool, calm, steady, peaceful, composed, serene, tranquil, sedate, placid, unfazed (informal), unflappable (informal), unruffled, unworried, unflustered, unstirred, unagitated She remained untroubled by the reports.
 4. 'an untroubled gaze' 'The lake stretched serene and untroubled to the opposite shore where a hiker can still encounter bears and cougars.' 'She looked so peaceful and untroubled when she slept; it truly accented her beauty in his eyes.' 'The serene and apparently untroubled marriage of the royal pair is.
 5. (comparative more untroubled, superlative most untroubled) Of or pertaining to a lack of worries. Once the exams were over she once more enjoyed untroubled sleep.
 6. They spent half an hour on FaceTime, talking through the options, untroubled by their physical distance. New York Times May 7, And the college kids appear untroubled by anything other than mastering the buzzer and making their school look good - the kind of simple pleasures we look forward to reclaiming. Washington Times Apr 12,
 7. 35 synonyms of untroubled from the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, plus 54 related words, definitions, and antonyms. Find another word for untroubled. Untroubled: free from emotional or mental agitation.
 8. Behind them, in the untroubled night, Delphin led Margot home. He sought her with a quiet conscience, untroubled by a fear. Yet in her badness she was frank, natural and untroubled as a child. Then we may possess the untroubled mind, a treasure too rich to be computed.
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Hartakimia – CIMAH
- As the Occupational Safety and Health (Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards) Regulations 1996 requires that the CIMAH Safety Report to be updated within three years of the date of the last report, an update of the previous CIMAH Safety Report has been carried out for Hartakimia.
- The principal objectives of the Safety Report are:
- to identify the nature of activity carried out in the facility;
- to identify the type, relative likelihood and consequences of the major accidents that might occur;
- to give an account of the arrangements:
- for safer operation of the activity;
- for control of serious deviations that could lead to major accidents; and
- for emergency procedures.
Benefits & ROI:
- CIMAH Safety Report will identify/provide:
- Information relating to every hazardous substance involved in the industrial activity and its relevant quantity
- Information relating to the installation
- Information relating to the system of management for controlling the industrial activity
- Information relating to the potential major accident in the form of risk assessment


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Iroquois Theatre fire
The Iroquois Theatre fire occurred on December 30, 1903, in Chicago, Illinois. It is the deadliest theater fire and the deadliest single-building fire in United States history. At least 605 people died as a result of the fire but not all the deaths were reported, as some of the bodies were removed from the scene.
The theatre
The Iroquois Theatre was located at 24–28 West Randolph Street, on the North Side between State Street and Dearborn Street in Chicago. The syndicate that bankrolled its construction chose the location specifically to attract women on day trips from out of town who, it was thought, would be more comfortable attending a theatre located close to the safe, police-patrolled Loop shopping district. The theatre opened in November 1903 after numerous delays due to labor unrest and, according to one writer, the unexplained inability of architect Benjamin Marshall to complete required drawings on time. Upon opening it was lauded by drama critics; Walter K. Hill wrote in the New York Clipper (a predecessor of Variety) that the Iroquois was "the most beautiful... in Chicago, and competent judges state that few theaters in America can rival its architectural perfections..."
The theatre had three audience levels. The main floor (known as the "orchestra" or "parquet") was on the same level as the Foyer or Grand Stair Hall. The second level (the "dress circle") and the third level (the "gallery") were accessed through broad stairways that led off the foyer. The backstage areas were unusually large, with dressing rooms on five levels, an uncommonly large fly gallery (where scenery was hung), and even an elevator available to transport actors down to the stage level.
Fire readiness deficiencies noted before the fire
Despite being billed as "Absolutely Fireproof" in advertisements and playbills, numerous deficiencies in fire readiness were apparent:
- An editor of Fireproof Magazine had toured the building during construction and had noted "the absence of an intake, or stage draft shaft; the exposed reinforcement of the (proscenium) arch; the presence of wood trim on everything and the inadequate provision of exits."
- A Chicago Fire Department captain who made an unofficial tour of the theatre days before the official opening noted that there were no extinguishers, sprinklers, alarms, telephones, or water connections; the only firefighting equipment available were six canisters of a dry chemical called "Kilfyre", which was normally used to douse chimney fires in residential houses. "Kilfyre" is made out of bicarbonate-of-soda and powder. The captain pointed out the deficiencies to the theatre's fire warden but was told that nothing could be done, as the fire warden would simply be dismissed if he brought the matter up with the syndicate of owners. When the captain reported the matter to his commanding officer, he was again told that nothing could be done, as the theatre already had a fire warden.
Structural deficiencies in the theater
There were also structural deficiencies reported, including:
- Large iron gates blocked off the stairways during performances to prevent patrons from moving down from the gallery to the dress circle or orchestra.
- Many of the exit routes were confusing.
- Skylights on the roof of the stage, which were intended to open automatically during a fire to vent the heat and smoke, were fastened closed.
- The asbestos curtain was not tested periodically, and it got stuck when the theater personnel tried to lower it.
The fire
On December 30, 1903, the Iroquois presented a matinee performance of the popular Drury Lane musical Mr. Bluebeard, which had been playing at the Iroquois since opening night. The play, a burlesque of the traditional Bluebeard folk tale, featured Dan McAvoy as Bluebeard and Eddie Foy as Sister Anne, a role that allowed him to showcase his physical comedy skills. Attendance since opening night had been disappointing, people having been driven away by poor weather, labor unrest, and other factors. The December 30 performance drew a much larger sellout audience, with every seat being filled and hundreds of patrons in the "standing room" areas at the back of the theatre. Many of the estimated 2,000 patrons attending the matinee were children. The standing room areas were so crowded that some patrons instead sat in the aisles, blocking the exits.
At about 3:15 P.M., the beginning of the second act, a dance number was in progress when an arc light shorted out and sparks ignited a muslin curtain. A stagehand attempted to douse the fire with the Kilfyre canisters provided but it quickly spread to the fly gallery high above the stage where several thousand square feet of highly flammable painted canvas scenery flats were hung. The stage manager attempted to lower the fire curtain, but it snagged. Although early reports state that it was stopped by the trolley-wire that carried one of the acrobats over the stage, later investigation showed that the curtain had been blocked by a light reflector which stuck out under the proscenium arch. A chemist who later tested part of the curtain stated that it was mainly wood pulp mixed with asbestos, and would have been "of no value in a fire."
Foy, who was preparing to go on stage at the time, ran out and attempted to calm the crowd, first making sure his young son was in the care of a stagehand. He later wrote, "It struck me as I looked out over the crowd during the first act that I had never before seen so many women and children in the audience. Even the gallery was full of mothers and children." Foy's role in this disaster was recreated by Bob Hope in the film The Seven Little Foys. Foy was widely seen as a hero after the fire for his courage in remaining on stage and pleading with patrons not to panic even as large chunks of burning scenery landed around him.
By this time, many of the patrons on all levels were quickly attempting to flee the theatre. Some had located the fire exits hidden behind draperies on the north side of the building, but found that they could not open the unfamiliar bascule lock. One door was opened by a man who happened to have a bascule lock in his home and two were opened either by brute force or by a blast of air, but most of the other doors could not be opened. Some patrons panicked, crushing or trampling others in a desperate attempt to escape the fire. Many were killed while trapped in dead ends or while attempting to open windows that were designed to look like doors.
The dancers on stage were also forced to flee, along with the performers backstage and in the numerous dressing rooms. When the performers and stagehands went out the back exit, the icy wind rushed in and made the fire substantially bigger. Many escaped the theatre through the coal hatch and through windows in the dressing rooms, while others attempted to escape via the west stage door, which opened inwards and became jammed as actors pressed toward the door frantically trying to get out. By chance a passing railroad agent saw the crowd pressing against the door and undid the hinges from the outside using tools he normally carried with him, allowing the actors and stagehands to escape. Someone else opened the huge double freight doors in the north wall, normally used for scenery, allowing "a cyclonic blast" of cold air to rush into the building and create an enormous fireball. As the vents above the stage were nailed or wired shut, the fireball instead traveled outwards, ducking under the stuck asbestos curtain and streaking toward the vents behind the dress circle and gallery 50 feet (15 m) away. The hot gases and flames passed over the heads of those in the orchestra seats and incinerated everything flammable in the gallery and dress circle levels, including patrons still trapped in those areas.
Those in the orchestra section were able to exit into the foyer and out the front door, but those in the dress circle and gallery who escaped the fireball were unable to reach the foyer because the iron grates that barred the stairways were still in place. The largest death toll was at the base of these stairways, where hundreds of people were trampled, crushed, or asphyxiated.
Patrons who were able to escape via the emergency exits on the north side found themselves on the unfinished fire escapes. Many jumped or fell from the icy, narrow fire escapes to their deaths; the bodies of the first jumpers broke the falls of those who followed them.
Students from the Northwestern University building located north of the theatre tried bridging the gap with a ladder and then with some boards between the rooftops, saving those few able to manage the makeshift cross over.
While out walking, Chicago American reporter Walter Howey was startled to see a knight and three elves climb out of a manhole. He had stumbled upon four actors fleeing the fire. As more people escaped via the theater cellar through the sewers, Howey reported his scoop, and the story, one of the biggest in Chicago's history, established his reputation for speed, resourcefulness, and skillful writing. Howey became city editor of the Chicago Tribune in 1907. Lured away by Hearst, he became managing editor of the Chicago American in 1917, and later served as the prototype for Walter Burns, the ruthless, scheming managing editor in Hecht and MacArthur's play The Front Page.
Corpses were piled ten bodies high around the doors and windows. Many patrons had clambered over piles of bodies only to succumb themselves to the flames, smoke, and gases. It is estimated that 575 people were killed on


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A scalar (electrogravitic) field allows for the manipulation of gravity.
See: Scalar Field
Strong scalar fields create electrical surge comparable to an electromagnetic pulse, but arising everywhere where gravity is effective (almost anywhere but a gravity shielded starship). This electrical surge will kill lifeforms, detonate fuels and explosives, fry electronics, combust combustibles, and vaporize ablative armor.
Less powerful scalar fields can be used as taser-like stun weapons and are used in military pistols such as the Nekovalkyrja Service Pistol, Type 30.


Evaluation of friction and roughness of three different nickel-titanium wires
Admin Dental Press
Edition V19N01 | Year 2020 | Editorial Original Article | Pages 72 to 78
Marcio Rodrigues de ALMEIDA, Juliana de Brito VASCONCELOS, Joseli Santos de Almeida GIUNCO, Renato Rodrigues de ALMEIDA, Alcides GONINI JUNIOR e Murilo Baena LOPES.
Objective: To evaluate the friction force and surface roughness of three different nickel-titanium wires. Material and Methods: Three different wires of the same thickness 0.016" x 0.022" were evaluated: Flexy Blue-Ti Superelastic NiTi (Orthometric, Marília/SP, Brazil); NiTi Superelastic Black (Ortho-Organizers, Carlsbad, CA, USA) and NiTi Thermal Smart (Orthometric, Marília/SP, Brazil). For each type, 10 samples of 30mm each were tested. The wires were adapted in a self-ligating lower incisor bracket, fixed in a PVC connector with acrylic resin in two different angulations (0o and 5o) simulating different clinical situations. The friction force was evaluated in a universal test machine (EMIC) and a rugosimeter was used to evaluate surface roughness. To verify the normality of the data, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was applied, and for comparison between the groups, the ANOVA test followed by the Tukey test, adopting a level of significance of 0.05. Results: Blue-Ti wire showed lower friction (0.065 MPa), followed by NiTi Black wire (0.174 MPa) and Thermoactivated NiTi wire (0.244 MPa). When the surface roughness was evaluated, less roughness was found in NiTi Black wire (0.254 Ra), followed by Blue-Ti (0,269 Ra) and NiTi-thermo (0.358 Ra), without, however, presenting a statistically significant difference. Conclusion: The super-elastic Blue-Ti wire presented less friction at both angulations (0o and 5o). There was no difference between the different wires analyzed, regarding surface roughness.
Friction, Orthodontic wires, Mechanical phenomena,
Almeida MR, Vasconcelos JB, Giunco JSA, Almeida RR, Gonini Junior A, Lopes MB. Avaliação do atrito e da rugosidade de três diferentes arcos de níquel-titânio. Rev Clín Ortod Dental Press. 2020 Fev-Mar;19(1):72-8.
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A How-to-Guide for Student Leadership Summits
September 24, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET, 1.0 PDH credit
This free webinar has been developed by ITE Student Chapters for ITE Student Chapters and will focus on the Student Leadership Summit (SLS). Students who attend this webinar will receive background information on what SLS is and why it is important for chapters to be involved. The webinar will also share some brief statistics on other ITE Student Chapters' involvement with SLS, including budgets, attendees, and qualitative assessments on how SLS has helped their chapters.
Furthermore, students attending this webinar will receive tips on how they can maximize the value of attending SLS for their chapter. In terms of hosting SLS, the information will be provided to help student chapters determine if hosting is right for them. Useful advice from students who have recently hosted an SLS will also be provided to help student chapters overcome common challenges and barriers.
- Understand what SLS is and why it is important
- Gain insight on other student chapters' involvement levels in SLS and their views on its advantages and disadvantages
- Learns ways to make attending SLS effective for your chapter
- Understand the advantages and disadvantages of hosting an SLS
- Gain advice on hosting an SLS


FAQ How do I use progress monitors?
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A progress monitor is a callback interface that allows a long-running task to report progress and respond to cancellation. Typically, a UI component will create a monitor instance and pass it to a low-level component that does not know or care about the UI. Thus, an IProgressMonitor is an abstraction that allows for decoupling of UI and non-UI components.
Each monitor instance has a strictly defined lifecycle. The first method that must be called is beginTask, which specifies a description of the operation and the number of units of work that it will take. This work value doesn't need to be very precise; your goal here is to give the user a rough estimate of how long it will take. If you have no way of estimating the amount of work, you can pass a work value of IProgressMonitor.UNKNOWN, which will result in a continuously animated progress monitor that does not give any useful information to the user.
After beginTask, you should call subTask and worked periodically as the task progresses. The sum of the values passed to the worked method must equal the total work passed to beginTask. The subTask messages can be sent as often as you like, as they provide more details about what part of the task is currently executing. Again, you don't need to be precise here. Simply give the user a rough idea of what is going on.
Finally, you must call done on the monitor. One consequence of calling done is that any unused portion of the progress bar will be filled up. If your code is part of a larger operation, failing to call done will mean that the portion of the progress bar allotted to your part of the operation will not be filled. To ensure done gets called, you should place it in a finally block at the very end of your operation.
Here is a complete example of a long-running operation reporting progress:
 try {
 monitor.beginTask("Performing decathlon: ", 10);
 monitor.subTask("hammer throw");
 //perform the hammer throw
 //... repeat for remaining nine events
 } finally {
The monitor can also be used to respond to cancellation requests. When the user requests cancellation, the method isCanceled will return true. Your long-running operation should check this value occasionally and abort if a cancellation has occurred. A common method of quickly aborting a long-running operation is to throw OperationCanceledException.
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text: Factors influencing nutritional supplement use by high school students were assessed. Comparisons were made between various groups of sports participants and non-sports participants. The Nutritional Supplement Use and Knowledge Scale was administered to 509 students. Mean supplement use score was 10.87 (SEM = 0.50, range 0-57). Mean knowledge score was 13.56 (SEM = 0.16, range 1-21). Significant relationships (p <.01) were obtained for supplement knowledge with use, and supplement use with gender. ANOVA found significant differences between supplement use by gender (p <.01), supplement use by sports category (p <.05), and knowledge scores by sports category (p <.01). Discriminant function analysis indicated knowledge, supplement use, and subscores for protein, vitamins/minerals, and carbohydrates were best discriminators of sport group membership. Greater knowledge about supplements was associated with less use; hence, education about supplements can be a deterrent to use. This study may help coaches, athletic trainers, athletic directors, teachers, physicians, and parents identify nutritional misconceptions held by adolescents.


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- What is a good word for amazed?
- What's a synonym for Shocked?
- What does tranquil mean?
- Is Calm an emotion?
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- What is the synonym of amazing?
- What is the opposite word of danger?
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What is a good word for amazed?
amazedastonished,astounded,awestruck.(also awestricken),bowled over,dumbfounded.(also dumfounded),dumbstruck,More items….
What's a synonym for Shocked?
In this page you can discover 70 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for shocked, like: startled, astounded, appalled, astonished, aghast, dismayed, amazed, troubled, offended, stupefied and upset.
What does tranquil mean?
calm, tranquil, serene, placid, peaceful mean quiet and free from disturbance. calm often implies a contrast with a foregoing or nearby state of agitation or violence. the protests ended, and the streets were calm again tranquil suggests a very deep quietude or composure.
Is Calm an emotion?
Is Calmness an Emotion? Although not immediately identifiable as an emotion, calmness is a psychological state that softens and soothes negative emotions like anxiety and stress but also softens anger and frustration. It is the state that encourages the other five emotional habits.
What is a better word than incredible?
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What is the synonym of amazing?
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What is a antonym for amazed?
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What is opposite of dark?
Antonym of Dark Word. Antonym. Dark. Light. Get definition and list of more Antonym and Synonym in English Grammar.
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Below are some common teen slang words you might hear: Dope – Cool or awesome. … Lit – Amazing, cool, or exciting.
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Synonyms. stunned astonied surprised astonished astounded. Antonyms. unsurprised conscious clearheaded not surprised.
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JioFi is considered the best device for the Jio network but it does not have or support the feature of carrier aggregation. JioFi connects to a single band at a time with no aggregation.
So, is it good or bad for a mobile router?
First, understand why carrier aggregation is so useful. Carrier aggregation in a device helps to offer more bandwidth and faster data speeds by combining different network bands and dedicating it to a single user. In the real-world scenario, the same thing cannot be achieved all the time but rarely.
This feature helps in getting usable speed when all the bands are slow.
Since JioFi is used as a mobile router which is known as a stable mobile network, this feature isn't useful at all. The main reason is unstable connectivity due to frequent connection and disconnection.


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Soak Testing Introduction
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Soak Testing
If you plan to achieve or look to maintain the maximum performance of your systems during operating hours, you may need a few performance tests verifying your system's stability and load during the final phase of the development cycle. This kind of tests is called soak tests, which help you discover immediate performance-related problems—such as memory leaks or resources leaks—before the release of the product on a particular platform.
What is Soak Testing?
Soak testing (otherwise known as endurance testing, capacity testing, or longevity testing) involves testing the system to detect the performance-related issues such as stability and response time by requesting the designed load on a system. The system is then evaluated to see whether it could perform well under a significant load for an extended period, thereby measuring its reaction and analyzing its behavior under sustained use. Soak testing is a type of load testing.
There is a myriad of soak testing tools these days, such as LoadStorm, LoadRunner, LoadUI, OpenSTA, Apache JMeter, Appvance, and WebLoad.
Besides, there are some supporting tools that make sure your system works properly under normal conditions, such as Katalon Studio, Selenium, Robot framework.
Examples of Soak Testing
Ideally, a soak test should run as long as possible, though it will depend on the system for you to determine the duration of your test. Below are some examples when soak testings can be considered:
 - When a bank announces that it will be closing, its system is expected to handle a large number of transactions during the closing days of the bank. This event is rare and unexpected, but your system has to handle this unlikely situation anyway.
 - A system needs to withstand the period of no on-call staff. Usually, this will happen when the staff doesn't work on the weekend, so the soak test would prove the system's ability to function for a period longer than a weekends-worth of non-stop operation.
 - Your system is required to process 1000 transactions in 1 hour. You may need to test not only this capability but also go beyond this requirement: testing 1000 transactions in half an hour or 2000 in 1 hour.
Several Considerations for Soak Testing
 - A soak test duration is often decided by the system's availability.
 - Every application must run without interruption.
 - Each system normally has a frequent maintenance window time; such period will be the key factor in deciding the scope of a soak test.
Why Should You Perform a Soak Test?
Soak testing is mainly used to identify and optimize potential problems, such as memory leaks, resource leaks, or degradation that could happen over time, to avoid impaired performance or system errors. While stress tests will help the development team to test the system to its limits, soak testing takes the system to its limits over a sustained period of use. In other words, soak testing allows the team to mimic the real world usage, in which the users will constantly need access to the system.
Advantages that Soak Testing Brings
 - It guarantees the application's fitness.
 - It detects bugs that could not be found by other performance tests.
 - It spots the deterioration in performance, which could happen under high continuous load, and helps to fix those issues so that the application will be more robust.
 - It shows how sustainably the system runs over time.
 - The test result could be used to validate or improve customers' infrastructure demands.
Challenges of Soak Testing?
 - The test is a time-consuming process, and it would be inconvenient to be conducted on a project with very strict time constraints.
 - You need to use an automation tool together with technical expertise since soak tests run over an extended period of time and consume a lot of data.
 - It is often difficult to determine how much test is worth applying.
 - If the test environment is not correctly detached from the live production environment, the errors found by the soak test could negatively impact the whole working system, causing data loss or data corruption permanently.
When to do Soak Testing?
Before a system is released on a particular platform to clients, it must successfully undergo a series of load tests at higher or similar traffic levels. Then you execute the soak test. Soak testing will help you to see how the system runs for a continuous availability period. If there are any issues like memory leaks or memory corruption during the test, it should be reported immediately.
Since the process could take time as long as a day, soak testing should be done over the weekends, although it also depends entirely on the test situation's restrictions.
Soak testing is now one of the most vital requirements that any team must strictly comply with for a successful deployment.
Soak Testing Strategies
Before performing a soak test, you need to take a bird-eye view of the system and determine:
 - Testing Environment:
 Figure out which hardware, software, database, and operating system to perform the soak test.
 - Test Scenarios:
 Since soak testing is an extensive process, it is important to design, review, and finalize the test scenarios before performing any tests. Here, the development team also needs to determine how heavy the load that will be put on the system.
Test Estimation:
The duration of the soak test is essential depending on the scope of the system. It also depends on the involvement of the development team and clients, actual production use, and more.
 - Risk Analysis: Consider some questions, such as: How the soak test remains consistent over use? Are there any bugs that have yet to be detected? Are there any external interferences that will cause the systems to go down?
What are the Common Issues that Soak Testing Detects?
 - Memory allocation (memory leaks which finally lead to a memory crisis or rounding failures that only display over time).
 - Database resource usage (errors when closing the database cursors under certain conditions that would eventually cause the entire system to come to a standstill).
 - It can also bring about a deterioration in performance, that is, to make sure that the response time after an extended period is as good as it is when the test starts.
 - Errors when closing connections between tiers of a multilayer system under certain circumstances that could block some or all of its modules.
 - The gradual deterioration in the response time of some tasks as internal data-structures are less organized over an extended test period.
Before doing any soak testing, it is important to ensure that your system works properly under normal conditions. Katalon Studio provides a simple solution for the software testing system, helping the development cycle run smoothly and guaranteeing a successful deployment.
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Vacuum frying refers to dehydrate food in a negative pressure environment.
Generally, the frying temperature is between 80 to 120 ℃, which can effectively reduce the damage of high temperature to food nutrients. The vacuum fried product has lower oil content and is healthier.
01. KEEP FRESH FLAVORS
Most of the flavors in the fresh materials are water-soluble and do not dissolve in the oil, vacuum frying is carried out at a hermetically sealed vessel, these flavors are further concentrated.
02. COLOR PRESERVING
The vacuum frying temperature is 80~120*C, and the oxygen absence in the vacuum fryer. Fried food is not brown. For example, kiwifruit is easily browned by heat, and it can keep its green color if it is fried in vacuum.
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Volume 15 (2017) Issue 8 Pages 397-406
This study presents a new bond model based on the deterioration mechanisms observed during uniaxial tensile tests of reinforced concrete prismatic specimens subjected to freeze-thaw cycles. The test results demonstrated that the bond stress reduced, even though the specimens were exposed only to temperature fluctuation without the damage in concrete cover. The proposed model considers the bond deterioration mechanism caused by the temperature fluctuation in addition to the damage in concrete cover. Finally, the proposed model shows good agreement with the test results regardless of the dominant deterioration mechanism.


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Renovations in the New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, public library caused a stir in the local home school community because of a new mural that some home schoolers found offensive.
According to WHTM News, Dawn Gribb, the artist who painted the mural, was trying to "do something to get the kids to go down to the children's room." She painted children running around in a park, each child having the name of a local school on his or her T-shirt. The one student in the painting, who had "home schooled" on his shirt, was a young boy sitting on a bench with a "Wet Paint" sign on it. Gribb says that she was trying to portray a young toddler who couldn't yet read.
Local home schoolers, however, were offended, believing that the mural implied that home schooled children cannot read well. Many called the library or local media to complain.
After the controversy erupted, the New Cumberland Public Library asked Gribb to paint over the offending shirt. The Library Board President, Elizabeth Stone, told WHTM that home schoolers are a big part of the library, and that New Cumberland Library actually arranges special programs just for them.
Home schoolers working together with state organizations and Home School Legal Defense Association have fought legal and cultural discrimination for years. If your family experiences legal difficulties because of your home schooling, please feel free to contact us for assistance.


text: The Japanese crane (Grus japonensis) known as the red-crowned crane, also called the Manchurian crane, is a large East Asian crane among the rarest cranes in the world and is sacred and seen as a symbol of fidelity, good luck, love and long life in the Orient. It is also the second rarest crane species in the world. These tall, graceful birds are mainly white in colour with black lower wings.The wingspan of the Japanese crane measures up to 2.5 metres! Japanese cranes are the most aquatic species of crane and prefer to forage in deep water. Japanese cranes usually pair for life and perform an elaborate, synchronised, balletic courtship dance to reinforce this bond.


Study finds frequently checking text messages can mean fewer friends. What do you think? (with poll)
Richard Alleyne, LDT
A text message is sent on a mobile phone.
Constantly checking for messages is an addiction which like other drugs can ruin personal relationships, according to researchers.
The addiction can also prove extremely annoying to those around them.
He said that getting hooked on a mobile phone is similar to other addictions, such as compulsive buying.
The study is the first to investigate the role that materialism plays in mobile phone addiction. The researchers said that materialism affected many decisions made by consumers, including their choice and use of mobile phones.
They said the study was driven by a belief that because mobile phone use had become so common it was important to have a better understanding of what drove such technological addictions.
The study for the Journal of Behavioural Addictions used data from 191 business students and two universities, as mobiles are used by about 90 per cent of students for "more than just a utilitarian purpose", Dr Roberts said. The ability to access mobile phones at any time and their ever-expanding functions make their use or overuse more likely, it was found.
Dr Roberts said: "At first glance, one might have the tendency to dismiss such aberrant mobile phone use as merely youthful nonsense - a passing fad.
"But an emerging body of literature has given increasing credence to cell phone (mobile phone) addiction and similar behavioural addictions."
The addiction has even been given a slightly tongue-in-cheek name - nomophobia. The term was created by British researchers in 2008 to identify people who experience anxiety when without access to mobile technology.
A previous study showed that young people were so addicted to their mobile phones that it felt like they had lost a limb when they were without them.
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You need to start by having a csv file with your calendar events. If you were migrated from Office-Logic Interchange and requested your Webscheduler to be moved, the Information Technology department would have sent you a csv file as an attachment. Save that file in a location known to you, then follow the steps below to import those calendar items into Google calendar.
To import events from iCalendar or CSV files, just follow these steps:
- Click the Add down-arrow button at the bottom of the calendar list on the left side of the page, and select Import Calendar.
- Click Browse and choose the file that contains your events, then click Open.
- Select the Google Calendar where you'd like to import events, then click Import.
Please note that recurring events may not be recognized when importing events from CSV files. In this case, individual items will be created for recurring events that fall between the dates you've selected.


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How to Format Your Content With the Scalenut AI Selection Toolbar
If penning down the words is the first step towards forming your content, formatting your piece is what gives it the final, finishing touch of perfection. In this video, we will cover how you can use the Scalenut selection toolbar to -
- Include H2 and H3 tags
- Use the Bold, Italics, and Underline features
- Text and Background highlight
- Linking documents
When it comes to attracting and engaging your intended audience, formatting the content is the final piece of the puzzle. Scalenut offers an array of features to do just that. Let's dive right into the mechanisms and see how they work!
To apply H2, H3 tags, select the text you wish to apply the formatting to. A selection toolbar will appear right beside your chosen text. Click on the format you want to apply to your text!
Similarly, you will find the options for "Bold", "Italic", and "Underline" in the selection toolbar. Click on any or all of them to emphasize the text.
You can change the color of the Text or Background using these options.
If you want to attach a link, select the text and click on the "Chain" icon in the selection toolbar. Paste your link, and click on "Save".
For more formatting options, check the choices below the title bar.
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For Leak Detection and Testing Bearing Lubrication
GTILube Route-Based Ultrasound Lubrication
Under and over lubrication of bearings are major causes of bearing failure. GTILube is a simple app that uses UE Systems sensor technology to baseline and measure changes in the ultrasound signal to determine when a bearing needs lubrication. GTILube uses NASA standards for ultrasound measurement – an 8 dB increase signals a need for lubrication. A 12 dB increase indicates early bearing failure.
GTILube includes a calculator for determining an acceptable amount of lubrication for the bearing based on its geometry. This value is displayed on-screen when the measurement exceeds the Alert level. Users can also enter and display the type of grease for each bearing.
GTILube uses GTI Hierarchy technology for simple set up of routes and measurements. Bearing geometry is added during measurement set up. Users can accept the initial measurement as a baseline or enter a custom baseline value.
Ultrasonic Analyzer is a real-time spectrum,spectrogram, oscilloscope and octave RTA analyzer for your iPad. It provides a visual representation of many ultrasounds using a sampling rate up to 384kHz. The app can record, analyze and use slow down playback for sounds normally impossible to hear. The app can also analyze any imported audio file into a spectrogram context.
Ultrasonic is a great tool for doing bearing lubrication testing and detecting air leaks. The ultrasonic sensor plugs directly into the iPad's Lightning port. It is a highly directional sensor enabling very precise readings.
This application takes full advantage of the iPad's processor. For maximum resolution an iPad Air or Air 2 is required; the app utilizes the newer iPad's 64-bit processor.
- 250k sampling per second
- True 16 bits resolution
- Frequency range up to 100 KHz – 125 KHz
- MEMS high sensitivity surface mount wide-band ultrasonic acoustic sensor
- High quality and low noise analog amplification
- 32 bit 80 MHz integrated microcontroller
- Dimensions: 130 mm length x 20 mm diameter
- 8th order anti-aliasing low pass filter
- Filter out noise below 20kHz
Available for $699: includes sensor, cable and app


Peep Facts
April 22, 2011 — Leave a comment
Who invented the wonderful candy known as Peeps?
Sam Born. Sam Born began selling Peeps in the early 1920′s. He sold them in a small grocery store he owned, under a sign that read "Just Born".
In what city did Peeps first appear?
New York City. Peeps quickly became his most popular item.
Where are Peeps made since 1932?
Bethlehem, Pa.. In 1932, Sam Born moved his company to a larger facility in Bethlehem to keep up with the growing demand.
How long does it take to make a Peep?
6 minutes. In 1953, it took 27 hours. The original process was done by hand, compared to today when machines do much of the work. Today, you can make your own Peeps, with an at home kit available from Just Born!
What color is the most popular Peep?
Yellow. We all love the little yellow chicks! After yellow, the favorite color arepink, lavender, blue, and white. The flavor, in most cases, is not changed by the color. It is simply food dye
How many Peeps are made each DAY in the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania factory?
4.2 million. That is a lot of Peeps.
Peeps aren't as bad for you as you might think. A single Peep has how many calories?
32. Peeps have 0 grams of fat too. Let's face it though, a Peep is just a hunk of sugar coated sugar.
What holiday is the largest orgy of Peep buying?
Easter. Peeps are now available year round. You can find bat Peeps for Halloween, hearts for Valentines Day, and even Christmas tree Peeps. A Peep for every occasion!
According to surveys, how many Peeps does the average adult eat in a sitting?
5. The way to eat a Peep is totally personal. Some eat the head first, another the tail. Others, myself included, poke holes in the wrapping to let them get stale. You can bake with Peeps, microwave them,freeze them, even order a pizza with Peep topping. Anything goes.
A box of unopened Peeps should be discarded after 1 year.
False. The shelf life of Peeps, if stored properly, is years. In 1 million years, someone will dig up a pack of Peeps, and they will probably be edible!
[HT: FunTrivia]
By the way, I don't like Peeps.
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Changes in climate factors such as warmer air temperatures and extreme fluctuations in precipitation as a result of rising CO2 concentration may significantly impact plant growth and crop productivity. Over the past several years a range of research initiatives have been conducted to better understand responses of the cotton system to this changing environment.
This review explores projected climatic changes throughout Australian cotton regions, summarises studies that assess the impact on productivity, and investigations to help mitigate potential negative effects.


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[[File:Type Ice.gif|link=Ice type]]
Species Fresh Snow Pokémon
Abilities Snow Cloak
None ← 471 → None
Kanto N/A Johto N/A
Hoenn N/A Sinnoh N/A
Unova N/A Kalos N/A
Evolves From [[Eevee]]
Evolves Into None
(グレイシア Gureishia)
[[Generation IV]]
Evolutionary Line
No evolution line
Weight Height
Pokédex Color Egg Group
Blue
Body Style Footprint
Glaceon (Japanese: グレイシア Gureishia) is an Ice-type Pokémon and is one of the seven evolutionary forms of Eevee.
Glaceon bears a resemblance to several types of animals, much like its pre-evolved form, including a dog, cat and fox. Its fur is a light-blue color, with diamond-shaped patterns on its back, tail, and ears in a darker shade of blue. Glaceon also has diamond-like shapes on its forehead.
Special Abilities
Glaceon have the ability Snow Cloak, which will raise their evasion in hailing weather. Glaceon tend to freeze their fur into protective needles it can fire when endangered.
According to the Pokédex, Glaceon can control their body heat and freeze the air around them to create a diamond-dust flurry.
Glaceon is the evolved form of Eevee. Eevee evolves into Glaceon when leveled up on Route 217 near Ice Rock in Platinum or Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. In Pokémon Black and White, this evolution happens when Eevee levels up near the ice-covered rock in Twist Mountain.
In the anime
Main article: May's Glaceon
May and Glaceon
May of Petalburg City evolved her Eevee into a Glaceon at Ice Rock. It debuted in A Full Course Tag Battle! when May appeared in the Diamond and Pearl anime. May used her Glaceon in the Wallace Cup in Strategy With A Smile! against Dawn's Piplup, but lost by only a couple of points.
There was a statue of Glaceon and Leafeon in the bell tower in the Pokémon movie The Rise of Darkrai. Also, Glaceon and the rest of the evolutions of Eevee made a brief cameo appearance at the beginning of Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
Cynthia Glaceon
Cynthia's Glaceon.
Game Info
Glaceon is a Generation IV Pokémon, first appearing in the Diamond and Pearl games.
Glaceon Locations
Version(s) Location Rarity
Diamond/Pearl Evolve Eevee None
Platinum Evolve Eevee None
HeartGold/SoulSilver Trade None
Black/White Dream World Event
Side Game Locations
Glaceon Locations
Game(s) Location
Lower Crevice Cave (B1F-B4F)
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Ice Lake
Pokémon Rumble Rocky Cave
Pokédex Entries
Pokédex Entries
As a protective technique, it can completely freeze its fur to make its hairs stand like needles.
It causes small ice crystals to form by lowering the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere.
Black 2
White 2
Side Game Data
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
No. Pokémon Group Field Move Poké Assist
R- PR Glaceon Sprite Glaceon Ice SOA Crush 3 Crush 3 SOA Ice Ice
Capture Points* On Sight**
Browser Entry
It shoots an icy beam from its mouth. It also attacks with hunks of ice.
Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Back
Glaceon DP Glaceon(P)Sprite Glaceon(P)Sprite GlaceonGenIVBack
Glaceon Shiny DP Glaceon Shiny Pt Glaceon Shiny Pt GlaceonGenIVBackShiny
Black White Black 2 White 2 Back
File:Glaceon BW.png Glaceon Back V
Glaceon Shiny BW Glaceon Shiny Back V
X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Back
Design origins
Like many of the Eeveelutions, Glaceon shares characteristics of foxes, dogs and cats. It is more closely based on an Arctic fox, due to their habitat. However, its large ears are similar to a Fennec fox.
The name Glaceon comes from the Latin word glacies, meaning ice, from which we also get the term glacier, a large, slow-moving mass of ice and snow accumulated over the course of centuries, capable of destroying mountains and reshaping whole continents in its wake.
 - Glaceon's Japanese name, Glacia, has the same name of one of the Hoenn Elite Four, Glacia.
 - According to the Diamond and Pearl Pokédex, Glaceon and Leafeon's footprints are the same (it may also may be related to the fact they both evolve under similar conditions, levelling up near a special rocks).
 Glaceon Toy
 - Glaceon has the highest Special attack of non-legendary Ice-type Pokémon.
 - Glaceon is tied with Espeon for the highest Special Attack of the Eeveelutions, although Espeon has a higher Speed and Glaceon has a higher Defense.
 - Glaceon's highest stat (like Jolteon has Speed, Flareon has Attack, etc.) can be evasiveness, due to its ability, Snow Cloak.
 - Despite Aurora Beam being an Ice-type move, Glaceon cannot learn it via levelling up, yet another evolution of Eevee's the water-type Vaporeon can. This could be due to the move's association with other pure water-type like the legendary Suicune.
 - Like Umbreon, Glaceon has a type-advantage against its evolutionary counterpart (Espeon and Leafeon respectively). The Dark-type Umbreon is strong against the Psychic-type Espeon and the Ice-type Glaceon is strong against the Grass-type Leafeon.
 - Both, Glaceon and Leafeon are weak against Flareon's Fire-type move's.
 - However unlike its counterpart Leafeon, Glaceon is weak against only a single of the evolutions of Eevee, while Leafeon (and Vaporeon which is weak against Leafeon and Jolteon) is weak against 2 (the Fire-type Flareon and the Ice-type Glaceon). It shares this trait with Flareon and Espeon (as Jolteon, Umbreon, and Eevee itself posses no weakness against the other Eeveelutions) both of which are weak to only one evolution of Eevee.
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This guide is only applicable to Streamyx users.
1. Introduction to the Problem
Not all Streamyx connections are created equal.
You can be experiencing extremely slow speed and poor performance while the guy next door is blazing away at max speed.
Why is this the case?
Streamyx spreads its connections over different routers. This is done automatically on TM's side. However certain routers may be overloaded or faulty or subject to an attack or under maintenance.
Our task here is to find a way to get to those functioning, wonderful (at least relatively) spankingly fast routers!
2. What is an IP Range?
IP addresses (often shortened to IP) are the internet's version of addresses. Instead of a real world address:
Mr Lim's Personal Computer
No 24, Jalan 20/9, Paramount Garden,
46300, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
which is meaningless, we get assigned addresses in a numerical format.
For example:
You can find out what your IP is (which changes everytime you reconnect to the internet) by visiting
An IP range (as how we define it), is a range of addresses. We find that with Streamyx, the most important digits to look for in an IP address are the FIRST TWO DIGITS.
It is suspected that each router governs an IP range and everyone on the same IP range goes through the same router.
In human language:
"The first two digits of your Streamyx Internet Address determines which router you go through."
As long as these first two digits are the same (which means you are within the same IP range), all performance within that IP range will be the same.
So for example if you are unsatisfied with your speed/performance on 124.82.x.x, you will have to find an IP that does not begin with 124.82, but something else like 60.54, 124.13, 118.100, etc etc. and then retest and evaluate if it's a good one (see Part 4).
3. How to get a new IP Range
There is unfortunately no easy way about this. This is assigned on TM side and for our purposes is more or less random.
The only way to get a new IP is to disconnect and reconnect your connection and then recheck what IP you are on (you can do so by surfing to if you forgot). We do find that different times of the day gives different sets of IP ranges.
However some tips:
1) Do not disconnect and reconnect too fast in rapid succession
Do it in perhaps of intervals of 5-10 seconds, taking breaks in between. If done too fast, TM blocks you from connecting for a few minutes, and increases this time with every subsequent attempt. Take it slow and steady.
2) Be patient
It is not uncommon to try 10-20 times until you find the desired IP range you want. Be patient and stay at it.
4. Evaluating an IP Range - Yay or Nay
Now that we know what is an IP range, why it is important to find the right one and how to get new ones, let's find out how to evaluate if an IP range is good or bad!
We will use a free program called Pingplotter for this which may be downloaded here.
This program traces the path of your internet connection all the way to its intended destination and reveals any problems in the route.
After installing Pingplotter, start up the program. Under Address to Trace:, put or to test your connectivity to our US server ( Set the trace delay to 1 second, and Samples to Include to 1000. Click on TRACE and let it run for a minute or two.
We are testing as BBC is a renowned UK-based news site which we have identified as being closely equivalent to where we host our UK servers. It is also a neutral party so there's no accusation that the fault lies with us. Please note that pings to google and yahoo may NOT be accurate as they have special arrangements to prioritize their traffic.
There is a lot of information coming out of pingplotter, but we shall only focus on two statistics:
1) The AVG Ping which means average ping (the time it takes for a packet to reach to its destination) Lower is better
2) The PL% which means packet loss percentage (the packets that do not reach their destination and get lost) Lower is better
Below is a sample ping report generated from Pingplotter. You do this by clicking on Edit and then Copy as text (statistics only)
Target Name:
 Date/Time: 18/9/2008 7:52:15 PM to 18/9/2008 7:54:35 PM
Hop Sent Err PL% Min Max Avg Host Name / [IP]
 1 139 0 0.0 0 0 0 mygateway1.ar7 []
 2 137 77 56.2 7 233 19 []
 3 139 0 0.0 6 83 8 []
 4 139 0 0.0 6 19 6 []
 5 139 0 0.0 23 109 25 []
 6 139 0 0.0 29 216 38 []
 7 139 0 0.0 28 251 39 []
 8 139 0 0.0 29 205 30 []
 9 139 0 0.0 28 175 30 []
10 139 0 0.0 222 339 223 []
11 139 0 0.0 304 513 317 []
12 137 40 29.2 314 320 317 []
13 139 57 41.0 316 345 318 []
I have highlighted in red the parts that i want to focus on. This was taken from a particularly bad day and on a particularly bad IP range.
The AVG ping is 318 ms which isn't too bad. In general you want a ping that is below 400.
However what is bad here is the loss percentage which is at 40-50 %. This means for every two pieces of data you send, only one gets through! This affects the speed and stability of your VPN and other bandwidth sensitive apps such as video streaming and downloads. In extreme scenarios, even surfing becomes laggy.
Generally you don't want any loss at all though a loss of less than 10% should be still good enough for decent performance.
Keep on trying new IP ranges till you can find one that has the lowest loss and a decent ping.
A low loss is more important than a low ping! So even if an IP range has a fantastically low ping, but high loss percentage, then that IP will not be as good as one with a higher ping and a low loss percentage.
Hopefully now you have found a good IP range! Don't get disconnected if you want to retain it!
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Consider function $$f(x)=\frac{x^{n_{1}}}{1-x}+\frac{(1-x)^{n_{2}}}{x},x\in(0,1)$$ where $n_{1}$ and $n_2$ are some fixed positive integers.
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Yeah, you can always use the definition ;-) – dtldarek Apr 22 '12 at 12:51
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A method to show f is convex is to show $f''(x)>0$. Do the two terms separately, reduce to determining the sign of a quadratic polynomial in the numerator.
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Thank you very much! I work out it follow your idea. – Wayson Kong Apr 22 '12 at 14:26
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In mathematics, a real-valued function defined on an interval is called convex (or convex downward or concave upward) if the graph of the function lies below the line segment joining any two points of the graph. Equivalently, a function is convex if its epigraph (the set of points on or above the graph of the function) is a convex set. More generally, this definition of convex functions makes sense for functions defined on a convex subset of any vector space.according to wikipedia
A real valued function f : X → R defined on a convex set X in a vector space is called convex if, for any two points x1,x2 in X and any t belongs [0 1] we have $f(t*x1+(1-t)*x2)<=(t*f(x1)+(1-t)f(x2))$ now let's take $n1$ and $n2$ some fixed values,let say 5 and 10,and try it
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Thank you for your answer. – Wayson Kong Apr 22 '12 at 12:39
you are welcome, good lucks – dato datuashvili Apr 22 '12 at 12:46
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The largest quantity that is less than or equal to each of a given set or subset of quantities. The opposite of supremum.
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