text: The distribution of archaeomagnetic data in eastern Europe and the Near and Middle East shows a remarkable gap in Turkey. This study presents the first archaeomagnetic results from five different mounds in southeast Turkey, the northern part of Mesopotamia. The rock magnetic experiments indicate that in the majority of the samples the dominant magnetic carrier is magnetite, which is stable to heating to temperatures of 700 degrees C. In general, the demagnetization diagrams are single component and all five sets display well-defined characteristic magnetizations and clustered directions. For the period between 2500 and 700 BCE, the declinations are between 350 degrees and 20 degrees while inclinations are in the range of 49-64 degrees. The directional results are compared with the global geomagnetic field models (CALS7k.2, ARCH3k_cst.1 and CALS3k.4) and the data from the archaeomagnetic database GEOMAGIA50v2. The results are coherent with both the data and the models except for two near-contemporaneous sets dating similar to 2000 BCE, which are offset to the east by more than 20 degrees with respect to CALS7k.2. Archaeointensity measurements were made using the microwave and conventional thermal Thellier methods applied to five sets of samples (four furnaces and a mud-brick wall). These yielded comparable and intriguing results. While those from the furnaces are slightly higher than the CALS7k.2 model and in agreement with the GEOMAGIA50v2 and the Middle East data, the results from the mud-brick wall suggest a high intensity of 100.8 mu T (17.7 x 10(22) Am-2) at similar to 1000 BCE. This result is in excellent agreement with recent claims of extremely high intensity measured in other regions of the Middle East for this time period though less consistent with these being associated with extremely short-lived events. Finally, we discuss our new and other recently published archaeointensity results in terms of geomagnetic intensity versus climate. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


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Captain Falcon (SSB)/Down aerial
Captain Falcon stomps below him, dealing 14% damage. The move's hitbox lasts a very long time, but it has very quick startup. The move functions as a meteor smash, striking airborne opponents downwards when they are hit by the move. The move's reach is also extended by a small hitbox above Captain Falcon's legs. The move is a powerful meteor smash (even if it hits during the latter frames), and it can KO at moderately low percentages offstage. Due to the move having high power throughout the entire duration, it can easily be used after an edge drop and a midair jump to cover the area around Falcon, being very difficult for most recovering characters to get past. If the move is used on a grounded opponent, it produces very weak knockback that only just lifts them off the ground at around 80-90%, though at around 80% it can lead into an up smash to get the opponent into the air, and at around 100-150% (depending on the falling speed of the opponent) it can lead straight into a back aerial or occasionally a neutral aerial for a KO. Used on a grounded opponent at lower to moderate percentages, it can also tech-chase rather easily. This can be performed out of a short hop or after an aerial down aerial onstage. In addition to this, it can be used effectively with the help of platforms; for example, Falcon can use it almost immediately after dropping through a soft platform. Additionally, a down aerial can be used on a grounded opponent right next to the edge of the stage to combo into another down aerial, a forward smash, or even a Falcon Punch.
Captain Falcon can also perform a Ken Combo variation by jumping, using his back aerial (at lower percentages) or forward aerial (at moderate percentages), jumping again and using a down aerial to meteor smash the opponent. A down aerial can also be used to finish a string of up aerials. According to Ken himself, the Ken Combo was initially developed in Smash 64 using an up aerial → down aerial combo with Captain Falcon.

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Importance in a Sentence 🔊
Definition of Importance
being of great value or worth
Examples of Importance in a sentence
The doctor explained the importance of eating healthy meals and getting rest to the sick patient. 🔊
School isn't of much importance to the student, so he doesn't try very hard. 🔊
The importance of wearing safety gear was understood by all the workers. 🔊
One piece of trash didn't seem of much importance, but it was the clue that solved the case. 🔊
During his speech, the president said he understood the value and importance of bringing jobs to America. 🔊
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text: Nanometer-thick liquid lubricant films are useful for the lubrication of miniaturized mechanical systems, such as hard disk drives or microelectromechanical systems. However, there are no established methods for measuring the mechanical properties of such thin films, which can be an obstacle to the optimal design of lubrication systems. We previously developed a highly sensitive method for measuring shear forces, which we called the fiber-wobbling method (FWM). In the FWM, we used a ball-ended optical fiber to probe shear and we measured the friction force acting on the probe tip by detecting the deflection of the fiber. By this means we succeeded in measuring friction forces in nanometer-thick liquid lubricant films. However, we could not evaluate the mechanical properties of the films quantitatively because the contact area between the probe tip and lubricant film was unknown. Here, we developed a method for measuring the contact area during shearing of nanometer-thick liquid lubricant films in the FWM.


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Change Collision Shapes
A collision shape is the surface area around an object that gets affected when two objects from different collision groups collide.
For example, even though it looks like the ball in the image on the left can clearly make it over the cone obstacle, it will actually collide with it. If you click the Collision Shape Editor button in the scene, you will see in the image on the right that the cubic collision shape of the ball will graze the top of the conic collision shape of the obstacle. If not, see Viewing Collision Shapes.
Here's what you need to know about collision shapes:
- A collision shape may be the same physical shape as the object or be of different shape, for example, a cone can have a cylinder collision shape.
- You can expand a collision shape in size, as if to add padding to the object, typically to increase the collision surface of the object.
- You can also move a collision shape away from the object.
Thus, when two assets collide, for example, when a character runs into an obstacle, it is their collision shapes that get affected, not the objects themselves.
To change a collision shape of an asset:
- On the Mind Map, double-click the World node where you want to change a collision shape of an asset.
The Scene Editor is displayed.
- On the toolbar, click the Collision Shape Editor button.
- Select the asset in the scene.
- In the Options panel on the right, in the Collision Shape field, select the shape you need.
- Mesh—A sophisticated shape, with outer and inner vertices created to reflect the shape details, such as a hole in a torus, for example, which would let objects go through it during a collision.
- Hull—A "solid" shape that reflects only the outer frame of the selected shape, without details such as a hole in a torus, for example. No objects can go through a Hull collision shape.
- If you select Mesh or Hull, in the Collision Mesh field that appears below, click the Edit icon and select the appropriate shape from Mesh Manager and click Save.


Internet Radio
Last Updated: December 9, 2016
Definition - What does Internet Radio mean?
Internet radio is an audio service that uses the Internet as a distribution medium of broadcasting instead of the traditional radio waves. The proper term used for internet radio is webcasting, as it is not actually broadcast through wireless signals. It is a form of streaming media where content is usually provided live instead of being prerecorded like some podcasts.
Techopedia explains Internet Radio
Internet radio refers to audio services that are transmitted via the Internet. Most are associated with a traditional radio station that simply streams its content over the internet in simulcast with traditional radio signals.
Other internet radio stations are independent. The beauty of internet radio is that it has a global reach. Anyone, anywhere with a PC, mobile device and web browser can to connect to an internet radio station.
Internet radio may also refer to standalone devices that connect to the internet via Wi-Fi or a local area network (LAN) in order to stream Internet radio audio services. These devices are usually shaped like traditional FM radios for nostalgia, while some manufacturers use a modern design approach.
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The fastest speed that a bobsleigh can reach is roughly 135 kilometers, or 84 miles per hour. This speed depends on how many people are in a team, but in most situations four-man bobsledding teams can travel faster than two-man teams.
Apart from the number of people on a bobsledding team, the greatest factor that determines speed is the momentum gained at the start. A fast start can result in seconds saved over the length of the course. Four-man bobsledding teams have the ability to go faster because they have two additional sledders to provide extra weight and thrust. Apart from this, steering also plays a major role in the speed of a bobsleigh because any drifting can slow down the bobsleigh considerably.


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2019 13th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
Publish Year: 2018
Abstract: This paper presents the frequency dependence of the path loss in urban macro-cellular (UMa) scenario under the non-line-of-sight (NLOS) case. The mobility measurements in two different cities are conducted to obtain the path loss at 2.54, 3.5, 4.9, and 5.4 GHz. Some special UMa environments are illustrated. Furthermore, their path loss characteristics and the reason for causing this phenomenon are analyzed. Comparison of the frequency dependence coefficient (FDC) in different environments are performed. The results show the values of FDC remain stable in different UMa environments under the NLOS case while other parameters of fitting results variant. Additionally, this paper investigates the FDC in different distances. It can be found that the FDC shows little dependence on the distance at low frequencies, and the FDC in different distances shows a normal distribution. The results indicate that the FDC is not influenced by environments and distances in the UMa scenario under the NLOS case.


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|Nailing and Screwing - Course: Making of Wood Joints. Instruction Examples for Practical Vocational Training|
The present documentation contains six selected instruction examples which serve to apply and consolidate the knowledge and skills of nailing and screwing techniques.
The basic idea of this technique is the making of wood joints, as well as the fastening of mountings on wood by means of nails or screws.
Each of the six selected instruction examples offers different possibilities to make wood joints or fasten mountings by means of nails or screws for holding or securing the parts to be joined.
The following criteria are to be considered:
- kind and extent of load the joint is exposed to
- optical-esthetical appearance
- risk of injury.
The kinds of joints offered in the instruction examples can be practised on other workpieces as well depending on the requirements of the trainee's working range and/or factory.
This could be for example:
- fastening of floor boarding, rear walls of furniture
- assembly of picket fences, batten doors and plank doors, transport boxes
- mounting on furniture and structural wood members, makeshift furniture.
To facilitate the preparation and implementation of the works, the materials, tools, measuring, testing and auxiliary means required for each instruction example are stated.
The work routine mentioned for the individual instruction examples contains the sequence of operations which are necessary for making the nail and/or screw joint.
A work drawing is attached to each example which shows the type and arrangement of the nails or screws as well as the shapes and/or dimensions of the workpiece.

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text: Application of using rare earth salts with acid dyes for dyeing wool fabrics have been investigated. The rare earth salts used include neodymium chloride, samarium oxide and gadolinium oxide; and acid dyes used are C.I. Acid Red 114, C.I. Acid Yellow 42 and C.I. Acid Blue 113. The results of these experiments exhibit that the addition of rare earth salts does lower the dyeing temperature of wool slightly, and the addition of neodymium chloride achieved the better result. The result of mixing different rare earth salts is not very distinct, although the mixture of neodymium chloride and gadolinium oxide in the ratio 8:2 has the best effect. Moreover, the addition of rare earth salts has no great impact on the tenacity of dyed fabrics. Among the color range of dyed fabrics, Red 114 has better color strength. Furthermore, the washing fastness of fabrics can be up to grade 4-5 in general, while its dry rubbing fastness can be up to grade 4-5 and its wet rubbing fastness can be up to grade 3-4.


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The popcorn, or trinity stitch as it is called in the United States, is also known as the bramble or blackberry stitch in England, and the spider stitch in Italy. No matter what name you give to this stitch, this slightly raised pattern adds texture to a piece. This particular pattern includes both knit and purl stitches and allows the piece to remain soft and flexible while increasing the visual appeal.
Knit this pattern for any number of stitches that is a multiple of four. Practice with some worsted weight yarn and a larger set of needles before beginning a project that requires you to use the popcorn stitch.
Purl the first row. This will be the right side of the piece. Second row: knit one, purl one, knit one into the next stitch, purl three together; repeat from. Purl the third row. Fourth row: purl three together, knit one, purl one, knit one into the next stitch; repeat from.
Begin your project once you are comfortable with the stitch. Ensure that your tension is even and the "bumps" are nearly identical in size.


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The existence of the masjid tuo in West Sumatera is not only known for its unique style and architecture with traditional and religious ties, but far behind that its institutional function gives rise to a distinctive character for the community. This article discusses how the masjid tuo plays a role in shaping the character of Minang society both structurally and culturally so that it becomes an important record for Minangkabau history (tambo). The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative in order to photograph the phenomena that develop in society related to the role of the masjid tuo so that social setting are known which include the existence of the masjid tuo. The result of this study indicates that the institutional role of masjid tuo in West Sumatera has shaped the character of minang community through the persona and functions that emerge from an imam, khatib, bilal, and labai. The role that is being carried out is an effort to produce syara' regulation that will be carried out by children and nephews and the surrounding community of the nagari.


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Kendo UI for Angular Sparkline Overview
The Sparkline is a tiny chart without axes, coordinates, legends, titles, or other chart-specific elements.
Generally, Sparklines are simple, word-sized graphics that can be embedded in tables, headlines, or chunks of text. The concept for their graphical representation was developed by Edward Tufte. The Kendo UI Sparkline is a version of the Kendo UI Chart, which is tailored for this specific application. While the standard Kendo UI Chart component behaves like a block element (due to its rendering inside a
div element to allow for an easy embedding in texts), the Sparkline behaves like an inline element due to its rendering inside a
While, typically, Sparklines are line charts, they can also be rendered as the following Chart types:
- Line (default)
- Bar (Data Bars)
The following example demonstrates the Sparkline in action.
- The Sparkline includes shortcuts for setting the
- Also, the Sparkline supports all configuration options that are applicable for the Categorical series type of the Chart.


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Verb: ensure en'shûr or in'shûr [N. Amer], en'shor or in'shor or en'shûr [Brit]
 1. Make certain in the future
 - guarantee, insure, assure, secure
 2. Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
 "ensure that the curtains are closed";
 - see, check, insure, see to it, control, ascertain, assure
Sounds like: elusive, illusive, allusivee, insure, inshor
Derived forms: ensured, ensures, ensuring
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text: Keep the bugs away with a Sunco LED Bulb Yellow Bug Light while you save energy. This natural insect repellant deters insects with a yellow hue that is harder for bugs to see than a cool blue light. Its lower heat emission, compared to an incandescent bulb, will also help reduce the flying pests near your light. A15 is great as a low blue comfort light or dimmable night light. The energy efficient Sunco Yellow Bug Light also functions as a sleep aid to increase melatonin and adjust your sleep-wake cycle instead of the blue light spectrum that can boost alertness.


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January 18, 1813
Joseph Farwell Glidden: The Father of Barbed Wire
Joseph Farwell Glidden was born on January 18, 1813, and became known as the "Father of Barbed Wire." In 1874, Glidden was issued patent #157,124 for the first wire technology that was capable of restraining cattle. While his barbed wire was neither the first nor the last, it was ruled the best after a three year legal battle.


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Ariyalur to Cuddalore distance, location, road map and direction
Ariyalur is located in India
at the longitude of 79.08 and latitude of 11.14. Cuddalore is located in India
at the longitude of 79.77 and latitude of 11.74.
- Driving Distance : 126 KM and 354 meters / 78.5 miles.
- Straight Line Distance : 100 KM and 900 meters / 62.7 miles.
- Travel time : 2 hours and 26 minutes.
- Direction and bearing : North East side, 48 degree.
Distance between Ariyalur and Cuddalore
The total straight line distance between Ariyalur and Cuddalore is 100 KM
(kilometers) and 900 meters. The miles based distance from Ariyalur to Cuddalore is 62.7
miles. This is a straight line distance and so most of the time the actual travel distance between Ariyalur and Cuddalore may be higher or vary due to curvature of the road.
The driving distance or the travel distance between Ariyalur to Cuddalore is 126 KM and 354 meters. The mile based, road distance between these two travel point is 78.5 miles.
Time Difference between Ariyalur and Cuddalore
The sun rise time difference or the actual time difference between Ariyalur and Cuddalore is 0 hours, 2 minutes and 45 seconds
Ariyalur and Cuddalore time calculation is based on UTC time of the particular city. It may vary from country standard time, local time etc.
Ariyalur To Cuddalore travel time
Ariyalur is located around 100 KM away from Cuddalore so if you travel at the consistent speed of 50 KM per hour you can reach Cuddalore in 2 hours and 26 minutes. Your Cuddalore travel time may vary due to your bus speed, train speed or depending upon the vehicle you use.
Ariyalur to Cuddalore Bus
Bus timings from Ariyalur to Cuddalore is around 2 hours and 26 minutes
when your bus maintains an average speed of sixty kilometer per hour over the course of your journey. The estimated travel time from Ariyalur to Cuddalore by bus may vary or it will take more time than the above mentioned time due to the road condition and different travel route. Travel time has been calculated based on crow fly distance so there may not be any road or bus connectivity also.
Bus fare from Ariyalur to Cuddalore
may be around Rs.95.
Midway point between Ariyalur To Cuddalore
Mid way point or halfway place is a center point between source and destination location. The mid way point between Ariyalur and Cuddalore is situated at the latitude of 11.442536817488 and the longitude of 79.423003773107. If you need refreshment you can stop around this midway place, after checking the safety,feasibility, etc.
Ariyalur To Cuddalore road map
Cuddalore is located nearly North East
side to Ariyalur. The bearing degree from Ariyalur To Cuddalore is 48 ° degree
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Treehouse Software TREETIP: Data Replication for a Mainframe Database that has no Primary Key, using tcVISION
by Joseph Brady, Director of Business Development / AWS and Cloud Alliance Lead at Treehouse Software, Inc. and Chris Rudolph, Senior Technical Representative at Treehouse Software, Inc.
This blog takes a look at tcVISION's support for a mainframe database that has no primary key at the source (a mainframe primary key is a column, or set of columns that uniquely identifies one row of a table).
In situations where the source database does not contain any unique values, Treehouse technicians discuss with the customer how the application currently works and their expectations for how the data should be treated when planning replication/migration to a new target environment. Depending on the application, Journal Replication or Data Warehouse Replication may be a better fit than a "normal" RDBMS table definition.
tcVISION's Key ID management can be used to create a column to use as the key on the target table. Another option would be to use a SQL Lookup to query another table. Either way, target column(s) that contain unique values will need to be identified. Once these columns are identified, they can be marked with the key identifier, using the tcVISION repository editor, or Key ID Management can be used to create a new unique column, then those columns are used within the wizard.
For example, this source table does not contain a primary key:
Analysis of the target data shows the columns FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME and MIDDLE_NAME together will provide a unique value. These fields can be marked in the tcVISION repository as being members of a key:
As mentioned earlier, the tcVISION Key ID Management wizard can also be used to create a new unique target column:
Specify the key name:
Specify the key value creation:
Various options are available:
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Further reading: tcVISION Mainframe data replication is featured on the AWS Partner Network Blog…
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SPIHT (Set Partition in Hierarchical Trees) is an image compression algorithm that exploits the inherent similarities across subbands in a wavelet decomposition of an image. It implies uniform quantization and bit allocation applied after wavelet decomposition.
The algorithm codes the most important (in the sense of MSE reduction) wavelet transform coefficients in priority, and transmits the bits so that an increasingly refined copy of the original image is obtained with time.
The order in which coefficients are transmitted is recovered on the decoder using information of comparisons and sets being examined for significance during the sort, sets are created using hierarchical tree structure, i.e. Set Partition in Hierarchical Trees.
One of the advantages with SPIHT is that it produces an (optimal) embedded bitstream. This means that the bitstream can be truncated at any instant, and is then guaranteed to yield the best possible reconstruction.
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The tikz-external solution
You can use the tikz external library to cache tikz drawings:
Note that the \tikzexternalize command must be given in the main.tex file of the project, for tikz-externalization to work on Overleaf.
You will then need to create a tikz folder in your project. For this to work on Overleaf, the folder you create needs to have a (dummy) file in it—for example, you can add a blank foo.txt file in the tikz folder.
As the externalised tikz PDFs are considered as output files, you will not see them show up in the file list, but they are indeed present within the project. You can view the list of generated files to see them.
Some commands from other packages may cause errors in externalization mode; for example, \includepdf from the pdfpages. To get around this, you will need to "optimise" such commands away:
\tikzexternalize[prefix=tikz/,optimize command away=\includepdf]
There are too many of them!
However, if your drawings are too complex and there are too many of them, you will still get a timeout the first time the externalised files are generated. Building your project incrementally (by commenting different chunks of your project) may help, but bear in mind that all generated files are garbage collected at fixed intervals on the servers. Your project may then fail to compile when you next log in, and you'd have to re-generate them all incrementally again.
Generating the drawings locally
As a workaround, you can generate the files on a local machine first, by downloading your project and compiling it on your own local machine. After the compile completes, you should see the tikz folder containing.pdf,.md5,.dpth and.dpth files for each of your tikz drawings. If you then upload these files to your Overleaf project's tikz folder, your project will then use these files directly, and compilation should be fairly fast. These files won't be deleted by the server, as uploaded file are never garbage-collected.
A caveat: if you change your tikz code in future, you may have to delete the corresponding files in the tikz folder first, so that Overleaf can generate and use a new version. Alternatively, you can re-generate the files on your machine, and re-upload them to Overleaf. Remember that you need to replace all the.pdf,.md5,.dep and.dpth for that particular tikz drawing. On Overleaf v2, these files must be prefixed with output, instead of the filename of your.tex.
Generating the drawings in a separate project
Alternatively you can create a separate project that just contains the figure(s), you can include the output of the figure in your original project by clicking on the "Upload files" icon above the file list panel, and then choosing From another project. Select the project containing the tikz drawings, and then the select from output files option.
That way, you only have to compile the complicated figure once, and then you can include the resulting pdf as a normal figure with \includegraphics[page=1]{drawings.pdf} in your main project.
The separate project containing the tikz drawings can use the standalone or preview package, to produce output PDFs that are tightly cropped.
Here's some sample code using the standalone package:
And here's some sample code using the preview package:
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Do This Exercise to Improve Your Photography Lighting Skills
Practice makes perfect. Consider football players practicing before a game. While practicing, they do all kinds of things that they wouldn't do during an actual game. In practice sessions, they push themselves and their skills to their limits, because they want to improve their skills, agility, strength, and decision making. As a photographer, you should do the same. In the following video, photographer Mark Wallace from Adorama takes you through an exercise to help you stay on top of your photography game:
To understand how to have better control over lighting as a photographer, Wallace takes you through an exercise similar to what classic painters used: a still life. By shooting still life, you will have a better understanding of how to control specular highlights, shadows, and the direction of light. So follow along and start practicing.
Setup for Still Life Photography Practice
For the practice session, Wallace has the following setup:
 - Leica M10 camera with a 50mm lens, set at f/8 for greater depth of field
 - At the other end of the camera, he has some tomatoes, apples, grapes, and a glass pitcher with potpourri. Note that the fruits, vegetables and the glass pitcher are shiny and have specular highlights.
 - The setup is lit with big windows on the side, and one incandescent light on the top.
Exercise to Control Specular Highlights
Since the items that Wallace has chosen are very shiny, they show off reflections of the light source (specular highlights). The first exercise is to control those specular highlights, as they can be very distracting and difficult to deal with even in post. Here's what Wallace does to control the specular highlights:
 - First off, he starts by taking a photo of the fruit and vegetable setup just using the ambient light. This gives him an idea of how the specular highlights appear in the image.
lighting practice with ambient light
 - Taking inspiration from the classic master painters, he approaches the situation with the idea of getting rid of ambient light by closing the windows.
 - He uses a Profoto B2 with a soft box to light the subject. To avoid specular highlights, he places the light setup close to and behind the subject, also making sure that some amount of light is spilled in front of the subject.
 - He then meters the light by pointing the light meters toward the light (and not the camera) and takes the photo as per the reading to get the following result:
lighting practice using still life
Notice the reflection of chairs on the edges of the glass.
The image looks a lot better. However, there are still specular highlights on the glass due to the reflection of the chairs. By getting rid of the chairs, the result is further improved. Notice how being aware of your surroundings can help you in figuring out issues with your photos.
still life lighting exercise
If you look closely, you can still see the light stand behind the subject. Wallace uses a black cloth to cover it up while using a 12 second timer to delay the shutter release.
lighting practice with still life
Using a black cloth to get rid of the light stand
lighting practice activity
The light stand is not visible anymore.
Retouching Still Life Images
Once satisfied with the image, Wallace opens it up in Adobe Lightroom and makes use of adjustment brushes to make local corrections. Here is what he does in post:
 - Add some front light to the underexposed areas (tomatoes, grapes, and apples).
 - Make the background more seamless by reducing the exposure on the edge of the cloth.
 - Get rid of the table legs by reducing the exposure.
 - Add some clarity.
 - Experiment with vibrance.
Once happy with the adjustments in Lightroom, he opens up the image in Adobe Photoshop. In Photoshop, using the Analog Efex plug-in, he experiments with various presets until he's happy.
how to practice photography lighting
While retouching, don't over stress yourself. Feel free to experiment and play around until you're happy with the end result. Remember that you're practicing and learning skills that you will use next time you're on an actual photo shoot.
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I have a some thumbnail in azure blob storage and thumbnail-URL in azure table. I want to retrieve thumbnail URL. After that, when I click on this URL it will show the full image from azure blob. Anybody help me. What is the query that I should use?
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The URL-click part should be as straightforward as any other embedded img link, as long as your blob is publicly accessible.
I don't know what your entity looks like, but let's just pretend you have a table called ImageDetails, and you have an entity called ImageDetail with a property called ThumbnailURL. You could query the table with something like this (you'd probably want to subclass TableServiceContext - this is a simple example):
 var imageDetailQuery = CloudStorageAccount.DevelopmentStorageAccount
 var imageDetail = (from d in imageDetailQuery where... select d).FirstOrDefault();
At this point, assuming you have an ImageDetail object, you can just access:
And build up your tag, either inline or in code:
var imgTag = String.Format("", imageDetail.ThumbnailURL);
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Life in Caldwell in 1837-41, The Cleveland Years – Quiz
Life in Caldwell in 1837-41, The Cleveland Years
 1. How many people lived in Caldwell in 1840?
 2. 2000 b. 1436 c. 988 d. 250 e. 486
 1. Who else lived in Caldwell?
 2. Dutch Americans b. native Americans c. black Americans d. German Americans e. Irish Americans f. Asian Americans g. Hispanic Americans f Hawaiian Americans
 1. Who else lived in Caldwell?
 2. rabbits b. bears c. raccoons d. deer e. mountain lions f. foxes g. rats h. groundhogs i. squirrels j. moles k. bats, l. muskrats, m. minks n. opossums o. porcupines
 1. Where were stray domesticated animals kept until their owners picked them up?
 1. Each mature sheep today gives us about 30 lbs. Of wool. How many lbs did they give Caldwell farmers the 1830-40's?
 1. Why did Caldwell farmers and drovers like oxen so much?
 1. Grover's home in the old manse lacked which features?
 2. running water b. central heating c. electricity d. bathroom and toilet e. stove f. refrigerator g. washing machine h. screens i.telephone j. vacuum cleaner k. kerosene lamp.
 1. Which local social services did Caldwell have in 1840?
 2. police force b. fire department c. militia d. bank e. poor house f. hospital g. library h. board of health i. mayor and council j. sewer plant l. public school system
 1. What is a tannery?
 2. beach club b. leather factory c. paint store d. tea salon e. bakery
 1. What diseases did Caldwell residents have vaccinations for?
 2. small pox b. measles c. Whooping cough d. diphtheria e. tuberculosis g. cholera g. typhoid
 3. fever h. influenza i. tetnus j. polio k. malaria l. German measles
Life in Caldwell in the 1830-40s The Answers!
 1. 250 people, Caldwell included then all the surrounding towns as well.
 1. Hawaiian Americans are not recorded and the last names in the census suggest they were not present.
 1. Mountain lion; the last one was killed on Roseland Avenue in 1832. Almost all the predatory animals were hunted out and killed by the farmers to protect their live stock.
 1. Stray domestic animals were kept on the Green, now the corner of Roseland and Bloomfield Avenue. Until the 1870s domestic animals were fenced out of farms and gardens and not fenced in to pastures and farms and ranches. Most animals came home to be milked and fed.
 1. About 9 lbs for a mature ram; modern animal husbandry began in the 18th century without understanding genetics, just careful examination and selection of characteristics. Sheep doubled in weight on average from 1740-1840s. Also, crop rotation with winter crops, allowing animals to graze and fertilize the fields but not let them lie fallow every third year, meant that there was food for the animals all winter long (and for people), so all the animals did not have to be slaughtered each fall and could grow bigger and heavier (and wooly).
 1. Oxen, unlike horses, have cloven feet. Cloven feet meant they could walk on rocky ground without splitting their hooves and had good traction. Have you ever tried to dig a hole in Caldwell? Oxen can also walk at a steady pace for longer distances pulling their loads. Oxen do not, however, back up and need a wide space to turn around.
 1. Grover's mom and servant had none of those aides. Stoves to burn wood for cooking were invented by Benj. Thompson in 1833; improved and produced in 1834 by Philo Stewart (the Oberlin Stove) but were expensive and not readily available until a decade later. Kerosene lamps became available after kerosene was discovered in the 1850s.
 1. None of those services except the militia. Caldwell was incorporated in 1892; before the services if they existed were provided by the county or the larger Caldwell.
 1. Tanneries were "factories" where animal skims were treated to produce leather. The Caldwells had many trees to provide the bark, animals their hides, and seasonal labor. Tanneries tan hides by soaking the flesh off with acids made from tree bark. They stank. Tanneries were not permitted in cities whenever possible, the beginning of public health laws.
 1. Only one, smallpox. That vaccination was achieved by giving a person a mild case of cow pox. Jenner, the early advocate for small pox vaccination, was born in 1749 and died in 1796. There was no knowledge of germs just what appeared to be a better protection from the disease among workers with cows. Any large gathering of people, without social distancing, makes spreading disease easier. For example, Washington almost lost the continental army to smallpox; he made the army be vaccinated while in Morristown. During the Civil War Lincoln caught smallpox; the Confederate army was plagued with malaria and the Union army with measles. They were all deadly diseases at that time. Smallpox is the only one now very rarely experienced.
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Simplified Internal arc - Structural simulation
Paper i proceeding, 2011
The impact of pressure rise due to an internal arc (IA) event on the structure of a switchgear cubicle is of great importance for a safe design. Switchgear panels are designed for withstanding an internal arc incident as per the testing conditions defined by IEC 62271-200 standard. This paper reports on a calculation procedure employing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and structural finite element method (S-FEM). The approach is targeting a reduced numerical complexity, straight forward modelling, and stressing as little assumptions as possible. In the proposed method, time varying electric power is used as input along with other parameters for solving mass, momentum and energy equations by CFD. The peak pressure and rise time delivered by transient CFD simulation is needed to perform structural simulation. The structural calculation is performed using dynamic load factor.


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We investigated detailed conditions for synthesizing the tubular form of MCM-41 mesoporous aluminosilicate. The method is the delayed neutralization method in which the rate of neutralization is one of the controlling factors. Rapid neutralization results in the particulate form while gradual neutralization leads to tubules. It is found that the tubule morphology has several sub-categories. There are thick-walled, think-walled hollow tubular MCM-41 and solid core tubules. There are void structures in the channel framework that makes the nanochannels to be effectively interconnected.
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Definition of minstrelsy in English:
The practice of performing as a minstrel: a long tradition of minstrelsy
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- In their dancing, in their minstrelsy and then in ragtime, black Americans were insisting on setting European-style music free by refusing to be restricted to a ground beat.
- Such characters emerged in late eighteenth-century plays and sheet music, and became mainstays of nineteenth-century minstrelsy.
- After emancipation in 1863, minstrelsy was taken over increasingly by black performers.
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Australian Professor Denies Existence of the Pied Piper
Sydney Morning Herald: Was the Pied Piper real or a myth created to explain the outbreak of the plague? A Sydney University professor has a theory. The Pied Piper of Hamelin, the allegorical figure who led the town's children away after being denied his just pay, is celebrated throughout the world as a warning to "Pay the Piper," but is it a true story? Sydney University professor Alex Jones says no.
"It is most unlikely that a figure like the Pied Piper of Hamelin ever existed," said Jones. "The story is a myth most likely constructed to represent an outbreak of the plague."
Jones has other theories too, including the pagan origins of the figure, possibly as the German god Woden.
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ESX Server mounts the storage using UUID. With the hard disk changed, UUID changes too. Hence, ESX fails to mount
- You boot an ESX host machine from Acronis Bootable Media;
- You back up the machine's hard disk;
- After that you replace the hard disk in the machine with an identical one;
- You restore the backup to the new disk;
- You boot the ESX host machine from the restored disk;
- Guest Operating Systems fail to boot and ESX Server cannot recognize the restored disk.
ESX Server mounts the storage using Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). With the hard disk changed, UUID changes too. As a result ESX Server fails to recognize the restored hard disk and mount the storage. Hence, Guest Operating Systems fail to boot.
To migrate ESX Server to new hard disks you need to do the following:
- Restore an existing image of ESX Server to new hard disks;
- Boot ESX Server and hit Alt-F1 to enter the command-line interface. Log in under root;
- Issue the following command:
esxcfg-advcfg -g /LVM/EnableResignature
There will be either 1 or 0 value output. If the value is 0, then ESX will not automatically update the VMFS header with new LUN and UUID. Therefore this value should be set to 1:
esxcfg-advcfg -s 1 /LVM/EnableResignature
- Reboot the ESX Server:
shutdown -r 0
- After the reboot you should connect to the ESX Server from the Console and check if the data storage has been mounted properly.
(!) The Guest Operating Systems will remain in the unknown state. So, you should reinitialize guest virtual machines:
- In the left menu of ESX Server Console right-click on the guest machine name and click Remove from inventory;
- Choose host ESX server-> Configuration;
- Under the Hardware section choose Storage and right-click on it (it should contain a list of virtual machines;
- Click Browse Datastore;
- Choose the.vmx of the machine that was removed from inventory;
- Click on the Add this virtual machine to inventory option.
After this the ESX Server should work properly and Guest Operating Systems should boot.


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The definition of a mime is a performer who expresses himself using body movements and no words.(noun)
An example of a mime is the French actor Marcel Marceau's character Bip the Clown.
Mime is defined as to perform using only body movements and no words.(verb)
An example of mime is crouching down while putting your hands on all four sides and on top of you, as if you're trapped in a box.
See mime in Webster's New World College Dictionary
Origin: L mimus < Gr mimos, imitator, actor
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Origin: Latin mīmus
Origin:, from Greek mīmos.
Origin: M(ultipurpose) I(nternet) M(ail) E(xtensions).
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Meaning of the name Alumit, analysis of the name Alumit and so much more… What does Alumit mean and its numerology, definition, origin, popularity and very interesting information. Please use the menu below.
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Gender of the name Alumit: Girl
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a (1) + l (3) + u (3) + m (4) + i (9) + t (2) = => 2+2 = 4
Destiny Number: 4. Here is your name analysis according to your destiny number.
Alumit Destiny AnalysisYou are well-mannered and seldom use harsh words or foul language. Instead you cater to your every whim until you get your way. Before you know it, you have been won over! Although you appear slow at times, you are actually practicing caution. You read all the fine print before signing your name. Your uncanny ability to correctly assess people and situations leave you quite conceited. You are considerate, understanding, warm, friendly, and easy to be with. You know how to relax.
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Here is the analysis of the name Alumit.
|A||Your sense of analyzing life is stronger. You are known as a reasonable person.|
|L||You have the most talented personality. You can be talented in so many different areas like art, sports and education.|
|U||You don't like rushing in your life. You want to stay calm and do what you do one by one, slowly.|
|M||You are smart and succesfull. You are interested in trade business and be successful too.|
|İ||You are the most emotional person. Your heart can be easly broken and you are very sensitive.|
|T||You have a hard time expressing your feelings. You are very uncommunicative.|
Alumit Character Analysis of MeaningHere is the characteristics of Alumit in details.
- However, it is not easy for others to work and live with you as you deliberate so long in arriving at conclusions and allow small details to restrict your point of view.
- This name has not allowed you to be spontaneous and responsive; you like to have time to think and plan your actions.
- The name of Alumit indicates you are a patient, meticulous person who enjoys working in a very detailed, systematic way, in such fields as mathematics, science, mechanics, computers, or engineering.
- You often feel burdened with work, and worry abut details out of proportion to their importance.
- You tend to be dominated by lyour habits and dislike changing a pattern of living that is comfortable to you.
- Your infinite patience would allow you to develop intricate, involved skills to perfection.
- Over-indulgence in heavy foods could cause stomach or intestinal disorders, growths, arthritis or rheumatism; these foods would also cause your body to be heavy, sluggish and overweight.
- You have a traditional and conservative outlook in almost everything.
- You do your best work when there is no disruption, as you do not easily adjust to interference and changes once you start a project; also you like to work step by step at your own speed.
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Yes you can name your baby Alumit!
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The height difference between points A and B is 475 m. Calculate the percentage of route climbing if the horizontal distance between places A and B is 7.4 km.
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The car went from A to B in 4 hours. The car was up 15 km/h faster on the way back. The return trip took 48 minutes shorter than the way there. Find the distance of cities A and B.
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This paper examines the current educational discourse on work and learning and explores conceptualisations of work-connected learning; in particular, work-based, work-related and workplace learning. It is argued that varying definitions of work-associated learning has led to conceptual confusion in the literature. Through a conceptual analysis of the three terms, current usage is problematized. The term work learning is introduced in the paper as an overarching term that refers to any and all of these three forms of learning. Indeed, it is proposed as an umbrella term for any learning that is connected with some form of work in order to aid discussion. Within this remit, many learning forms can be identified; however, it is argued that there is a need for clarification as current conceptualisations are often conflicting.
|Journal||Work Based Learning e-Journal International|
|Early online date||1 Dec 2015|
|Publication status||E-pub ahead of print - 1 Dec 2015|
- Typology of learning
- conceptual analysis
- work learning
- educational discourse.


Zinc Countertops: Pros and Cons
A zinc countertop is hip, trendy, and very cool. But is it worth the price?
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Zinc is an industrial-looking countertop material that's got unique characteristics. Primarily, zinc develops a patina with age that some home owners really like.
Zinc reacts with water, fingerprints, lemon juice, and all sorts of other things that land on a kitchen counter. Eventually, the marks blend together and leave the countertop with a beautiful, dark blue-gray patina. But that can take a year — a long time if you cringe at seeing a spot.
Zinc is also bound to disappoint if you try to keep a shiny new look by polishing the countertop frequently. It's possible, but why do so much work? You'd be better off with stainless steel, since it stays shiny with no special effort.
What's Likeable About Zinc?
1. Zinc is a less-pristine alternative to stainless steel because it's a "living metal" that changes color over time in reaction to its surroundings.
2. It's naturally non-porous, so you can clean it with just soap and water.
3. It has anti-bacterial properties similar to copper, making it a great surface for prepping food.
4. The metal is easy to work with, so it's easy to include decorative edges in various shapes and styles. Fabricators also can create an integral zinc sink by welding parts together and grinding seams smooth, making cleanup a breeze.
What's Not to Like?
1. Zinc is soft, so it scratches easily if you cut directly on it. Be sure to have cutting boards handy.
2. It can warp if someone sets down a pot hotter than about 300 degrees (set down a red-hot iron pot and the zinc could melt). Be sure to tell guests not to set hot items on your zinc countertop! Keep trivets nearby.
3. Price is an eye-opener. A zinc countertop costs $150 to $200 per sq. ft., depending on the thickness of the metal (you'll want 15-gauge material that's at least.060 thick). Stainless steel costs less, and granite is even cheaper.
Other Cost Considerations
1. Zinc is an expensive material that's not for everybody. Make sure your decision to install a zinc countertop is in line with the style and features of other homes in your neighborhood. Less-expensive options may have a better return on your investment.
2. You'll pay an additional 10% to 15% installation charge for unusual or complex countertop shapes.
3. Be sure to get several bids before committing to a zinc countertop. Ask if your countertop fabricator has had experience making zinc countertops, and ask to see examples of their work. Try getting bids from sheet metal fabricators, not just companies that specialize in installing countertops.
4. Some zinc sheets are "seconds" — meaning they already have stains and discolorations. If that kind of patina isn't objectionable, you can save 10% to 20% on your countertop by opting for seconds.


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Definition of phytochrome in English:
noun[mass noun] Biochemistry
A blue-green pigment found in many plants, in which it regulates various developmental processes.
- This macroscopically observable reaction was identified to be coupled with light-induced processes of the photoreceptor phytochrome.
- This is the opposite of the situation in higher plants, where red light activates and far-red light inactivates phytochrome.
- The plant photoreceptor phytochrome exhibits remarkable structural and functional variabilities in the plant cell.
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ALIGN: A guidance tool for living wages and incomes
The The Only Way is Up! Conference marked the launch of ALIGN. ALIGN is a platform that gives access to existing resources on living wage and living income in an interactive and customised way. The portal is meant to be a guidance tool for agri-food companies aiming to reduce complexity around the topic, prioritising easy access and accountable information to build a strong understanding of living wages and income, and assessing risks in supply chains.
A needs assessment conducted by True Price in the second half of 2018 among Dutch agri-food companies, showed that in order to stimulate and facilitate action in the field of living wage/living income, agri-food companies would benefit from having access to existing knowledge, good practices and potential partners. Hence, the relevance of ALIGN as an accountable guidance tool for living wages and incomes.
The platform has two main functionalities:
- A source map where the user can access information on living wage/living income either per country or per commodity
- An action process meant to be a step-by-step guide for companies approaching the theme of living wage/living income
The tool was initially developed for a few selected countries and commodities and will expand from there. These pre-selected countries are Costa Rica, Ghana, Kenya and Ethiopia, and the pre-selected commodities are bananas, cacao, flowers and coffee.
ALIGN is the result of an ongoing partnership between Hivos, Fairfood (as part of the Living Wage Lab project) and the Rainforest Alliance, with the support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, implemented by GIZ.


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I am new to Python scripting in ArcGIS but not new to ModelBuilder.
I would like to know the benefits of Python vs ModelBuilder.
When should we write Python script for GIS automation rather than use ModelBuilder?
What are the automation capabilities of Python that we cannot find in ModelBuilder?
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I believe that the user should clearly define their objectives before deciding which set of tools to use. ModelBuilder and Python scripting excel at different tasks. A few thoughts:
 1. ModelBuilder has no mapping capabilities, whereas arcpy.mapping does.
 2. Python can be used to optimize workflows, such as with the multiprocessing package or with parallel processing.
 3. Python allows for nested loops and other handy iterative logic tools. To accomplish a similar result in ModelBuilder, you would have to construct intricate, and complicated, nested models.
 4. Simple text manipulation is very easy with Python and either very difficult or not possible with ModelBuilder.
 e.g. to rename a list of file names from, for example "m_2010_naip_2310345_nw.img" to "2310345nw.img" can easily be accomplished with Python using the os.path module.
On the other hand:
 1. ModelBuilder is very useful for quickly putting together common tools and eliminating the need for debugging scripts.
 2. ModelBuilder has a very useful recursive iterator that is easy to implement in order to loop through folders and subfolders.
 3. ModelBuilder excels at visually and intuitively depicting the workflow for complicated tasks.
 4. ModelBuilder can incorporate Python script tools.
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Described differences between Python and Model Builder in ArcGIS clearly. Thanks – wetland Apr 7 '13 at 17:34
I would add also: 1. you can run your Python script outside ArcMap 2. You can use ArcObjects in Python, 3. There may be some speed differences. – Tomek Apr 7 '13 at 19:19
+1 NESTED LOOPS & arcpy.mapping! I like the ability to make calculations within a script and add them to attribute tables or better yet to the map layout (area of each wetland type for example). – Roy Apr 9 '13 at 19:43
I read python scripting for ArcGIS book. I also add some more capabilities : 1- script cursors let you loop through records in a table, reading the existing rows and inserting new rows. 2- scripting can be used to wrap other softwarethat is, to glue together application. for example python can be used to access functions in Microsoft Excel or in the statistical Package R. 3-A script can be run as a stand-alone script on disk outside of ArcGIS.you do not need to run ArcMap or ArcCatalog for script to work. (Python Scripting for ArcGIS, Chapter 2, Page 39) – wetland Apr 13 '13 at 15:02
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If you are working solely within the confines of ArcGIS, there are a few considerations I would consider when attempting to determine the approach to take.
 - What are you trying to accomplish,
 - What are your current skill sets,
 - Will you be sharing your work with others to use, learn from, or manipulate, and
 - Who is your intended audience.
Given those considerations:
 1. It is often quicker and easier to build a process in ModelBuilder than in Python, unless part of your process cannot be replicated in ModelBuilder.
 2. If you don't know Python & have not intention to learn it, ModelBuilder is a great option.
 3. If you don't know Python & want to learn to incorporate it into your skill set, ModelBuilder is a great way to start by creating simple models, then exporting them to Python so you have the skeleton of your final process pre-built for you. This method does come at a cost, as there is a lot of extraneous information & variables that usually get created during the conversion process, but it is still a great way to start learning.
 4. If you are building tools for personal use, using whichever method you feel most comfortable with is usually the route to go. I personally use both, depending on my needs.
 5. If you are planning to share your analysis with others, and want to share your model/script with others are part of your process documentation, a model is generally much easier to follow and understand for non-technical people.
There probably is no answer to "which is better" for personal use, but if you are looking long-term at employment possibilities, by learning Python you will set yourself apart from those who only know how to use the pre-programmed tools, or just know how to use ModelBuilder. You also give yourself the ability to go outside the confines of Python for ArcGIS (ArcPy), and start automating far more tasks and projects by using other proprietary and open-source GIS libraries, as well as many non-GIS libraries (iedatabase, image manipulation, statistics, etc).
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great. I'll use your Python programming experiences. – wetland Apr 8 '13 at 5:23
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Model Builder is a great and easy to learn visual programming language and a good entrance to GIS-programming in general. But in some things python can do more.
One example is the integration of non-ESRI GIS libraries. Nearly all of the Open Source GIS can be adressed via python as well (e.g. GRASS, Sextante, QGIS, SAGA). This helped me a lot, because I only have an ArcView license. So every time I cannot use a certain geoprocessing tool in ArcGIS, I look what other options are available in Open Source GIS. I then take these OpenSource-tools and combine them with ArcGIS tools either in a bigger python script or integrate them in ModelBuilder via a smaller python script.
I'm sure other members can name more advantages.
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Thanks but i only use ArcGIS Desktop (ArcInfo) – wetland Apr 7 '13 at 17:25
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When using Python and ArcGIS, you get the entire functionality of Python in addition to what you already had in ArcGIS. If you need this kind of power and flexibility depends on your wishes. In addition, getting to know and really leverage a programming language such as Python takes time. If this investment is worth it for you is up to you. However, for serious data processing a real scripting language is a very good addition in your arsenal.
Apart form any functionality that the ModelBuilder might miss, there is also a more fundamental discussion. In general, scripts are much more suitable to create complex workflows. The code is processed from top to bottom, and complex tasks can be subdivided into smaller sub tasks using e.g. functions. or objects. A graphical tool such as the model builder tends to become a big spaghetti.
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I'm partial to creating Python scripts. It's more fun to write code than to mess around with connecting lines to boxes and such, for me at least.
What's really great about Python scripting is you can schedule your scripts to run at a time that is convenient for you. If you have a script that takes a while to complete, or needs to be run outside of regular business hours, this is really convenient. You can see an example of how to schedule a script here.
And as _USER_ mentions, you can easily set up looping in a Python script.
If you're just setting out with Python scripting, you might want to create a model with Model Builder and export it as a Python script. I do this sometimes if I'm having trouble understanding how to use several tools in a script. It could help you get a sense for how to put scripts together.
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your answer was very interesting for me.Thanks – wetland Apr 7 '13 at 18:35
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I have found that I seem to get stuck with no solution more with model builder than with python scripting. The somewhat 'black box' nature of model builder to me makes it harder to find where the problem is located.
I have also found that I can find a lot more help on python. I tend to find lots of dead end threads and topics about model builder. There area also fewer example to go by, where as with python, you probably can find small snipets of most parts of any script you are writing.
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Distance from Pueblo to Mississauga
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The flight distance between the nearest airports Pueblo (PUB) and Mississauga (YYZ) is 1,344.04 mi (2,163.02 km). This corresponds to an approximate flight time of 3h 2min. Similar flight routes: PUB → YYZ, PUB → YZD, PUB → YYZ, PUB → YYZ, PUB → YZDBearing: 66.20° (ENE)
The initial bearing on the course from Pueblo to Mississauga is 66.20° and the compass direction is ENE.Midpoint: 41.59979,-92.63763
The geographic midpoint between Pueblo and Mississauga is in 674.61 mi (1,085.68 km) distance between both points in a bearing of 66.20°. It is located in United States of America, Iowa, Poweshiek County.Distance: 1,349.23 mi (2,171.37 km)
The shortest distance (air line) between Pueblo and Mississauga is 1,349.23 mi (2,171.37 km).Driving route: -- ( - )
The shortest route between Pueblo and Mississauga is according to the route planner. The driving time is approx.. Half of the trip is reached in.Time difference: 2h
The time difference between Pueblo (America/Denver) and Mississauga (America/Toronto) is 2 hours. This means that it is now 00:12 (24.01.2021) in Pueblo and 02:12 (24.01.2021) in Mississauga.
How is the distance calculated?
To calculate the distance between Pueblo and Mississauga, the place names are converted into coordinates (latitude and longitude). The respective geographic centre is used for cities, regions and countries. To calculate the distance the Haversine formula is applied.
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Mississauga is just as far away from Pueblo as Pueblo from Mexico City (2,160 km), Toronto (2,191 km), Iztapalapa (2,169 km), Ecatepec de Morelos (2,142 km), Puebla City (2,225 km), Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl (2,166 km), Gustavo Adolfo Madero (2,153 km), Jacksonville (2,278 km), Naucalpan (2,152 km), Charlotte (2,139 km).
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Definition of discus in English:
noun (plural discuses)
1A heavy thick-centred disc thrown by an athlete, in ancient Greek games or in modern field events.
- As far as performance goes, athletes are throwing the discus more than two times farther than the Greeks did, but records aren't falling as steadily as they used to.
- Now allegedly just as the discus left the athlete's hand, a sort of gale arose and blew it many more metres than was expected.
- Their goal was to empower them to run faster, jump higher, throw the discus and javelin farther, lift heavier weights, and excel in all power events.
2A small colourful South American freshwater fish with a rounded laterally compressed body, native to South America and popular in aquariums.
- Genus Symphysodon, family Cichlidae: several species
- Freshwater angelfish have extended dorsal and anal fins and discus fishes, have compressed, disc-like bodies.
- Don't place your discus aquarium near a door as all the movement will cause them stress.
- It has been said that the male discus fish will tend to have a less intense color and more pattern while the female tends to be more colorful but with lesser pattern.
Via Latin from Greek diskos.
Words that rhyme with discushibiscus, meniscus, viscous
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Many of the boar that are killed land on the plates of diners across Germany, but it is forbidden to sell meat containing high levels of radioactive caesium-137 — any animals showing contamination levels higher than 600 becquerel per kilogram must be disposed of. But in some areas of Germany, particularly in the south, wild boar routinely show much higher levels of contamination. According to the Environment Ministry, the average contamination for boar shot in Bayerischer Wald, a forested region on the Bavarian border with the Czech Republic, was 7,000 becquerel per kilogram. Other regions in southern Germany aren't much better.
Hunting officials have been experimenting with Giese salt (a cesium-binding chemical mixture that's been used to facilitate the excretion of radiation in farm animals), but the radioactive boars aren't going away anytime soon. According to Joachim Reddemann of the Bavarian Hunting Federation, "The problem has been at a high level for a long time [...] It will likely remain that way for at least the next 50 years."
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How to Make Sugardine Antiseptic
How to Make Sugardine Antiseptic
sugardineSugardine antiseptic is well known to many who deal with horses, however, it is rarely discussed for use in people. Now, read my disclaimer and realize I am not a doctor, so do your own research.
Basically sugardine is an antiseptic that uses the antibacterial properties of both pure sugar and iodine to prevent and kill infections. It is primarily used to treat abscesses and thrush on the hooves of horses, but it can be used in many other ways. As a side benefit to the prepper, it is cheap and easy to make as well as being effective if used properly.
While it is true that a dilute sugar solution will feed bacteria and mold – its how we get all sorts of good alcoholic drinks, when sugar is highly concentrated it sucks the moisture right out of bacteria so that it cannot live. Have you ever had white table sugar grow any bacteria or fungus while it's just sitting out on your counter?
When you add the iodine to make a paste, the iodine provides not only a second line of defense, but holds the sugar together so you can pack it around the wound. Otherwise, just sprinkling sugar on the wound would not hold enough sugar to keep the blood and other fluids from diluting enough so that it would feed the infection instead of killing it.
Basically, if you have a soft tissue would like a cut, abscess, or burn, you would put the sugardine on the wound and cover with a bandage. If the wound is leaking, you want to replace the sugar on a regular basis as if you let it get waterlogged; it will do more harm than good.
When making the sugardine, its best to start with the an amount of sugar close to the amount of finished product you want and slowly add the betadine or Povidone until you get the thick peanut butter texture. Otherwise, you will most likely use too much liquid and have to add sugar repeatedly until you end up with way more sugardine that you intended.
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 - 10% povidone iodine (or the more expensive but easier to find betadine)
 1. mix one part 10% povidone iodine to two parts white sugar.
 Add more or less sugar to reach desired consistency.
 It should be like thick honey or peanut butter when all mixed together.
 2. Put the sugardine in a container with a lid.
The mixture will need stirring now and then but it will never go bad.
For more information and as a means to find more resources, please look at the attached article from the American Farriers Journal.
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Help & Support » Guides » User Guide » Activities & Tasks » Tasks » Using Checklists
Using Checklists
Task management slowing you down?
Checklists for your Tasks
When creating a task in Accelo, you may want to cleanly lay out all of the key to-do items to ensure the task is completed properly.
Using the Checklist feature, these key to-dos can be easily listed, marked and tracked to ensure your tasks stay on track. When a checklist item is marked as completed, Accelo will record which user completed it.
Using this guide, you can:
Adding a Checklist when Creating Tasks
 1. On the task creation dialog box, scroll down to the Checklist option. To add an item, click Add Item.
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 2. To add a checklist item, type the item name in the Enter an item name field. Hit Enter when complete.
 3. When the checklist has been created, click OK to finish creating the task.
Adding Checklists to Pre-Existing Tasks
 1. Navigate to a task in Accelo. Click on the task to open the Task Details dialog box.
 2. On the right side of the dialog box, you will find the Checklists section.
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 3. To add items to the checklist, type the item name in the Enter an item name field.
 4. To save the checklist, click the Save checklist button.
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 5. To remove a checklist item, click the X on the right side of the item name.
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How to convert watts to kVA
Watts to kVA calculation formula
The apparent power S in kilovolt-amps (kVA) is equal to the real power P in watts (W), divided by 1000 times the power factor PF:
S(kVA) = P(W) / (1000 × PF)
So kilovolt-amps are equal to watts divided by 1000 times the power factor.
kilovolt-amps = watts / (1000 × PF)
kVA = kW / (1000 × PF)
What is the apparent power in kilovolt-amps when the real power is 3000W and the power factor is 0.8?
S = 3000W / (1000 × 0.8) = 3.75kVA


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File/Folder Collaboration Policies are supported for Box, Google Drive, and GSuite.
There are two ways to handle responses for Folder/File policies: Modify permissions or quarantine/delete.
To create a Folder/File policy:
- Go to Policy > DLP Policies.
- Click Actions > Create New Policy.
- Under Rules, select Collaboration.
- Choose Folder/File Collaboration.
- Add any option keywords or data identifiers.
- Choose one of the following:
- Modify permissions to enact the policy when a sensitive file is shared with domains that match a policy, or when a shared file is updated with sensitive information.
IMPORTANT: Policies with a Modify permissions response action do not recursively modify permissions on all parent folders that contain a sensitive file.
- Quarantine or Delete to enact the policy when a sensitive file is shared with domains that match a policy, or when a previously shared file is updated with sensitive content. They are also enacted when a sensitive file is uploaded in a folder that has already been shared with domains that match a policy.


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- Abstract: We present Optimal Completion Distillation (OCD), a training procedure for optimizing sequence to sequence models based on edit distance. OCD is efficient, has no hyper-parameters of its own, and does not require pre-training or joint optimization with conditional log-likelihood. Given a partial sequence generated by the model, we first identify the set of optimal suffixes that minimize the total edit distance, using an efficient dynamic programming algorithm. Then, for each position of the generated sequence, we use a target distribution which puts equal probability on the first token of all the optimal suffixes. OCD achieves the state-of-the-art performance on end-to-end speech recognition, on both Wall Street Journal and Librispeech datasets, achieving $9.3\%$ WER and $4.5\%$ WER, respectively.
- Keywords: Sequence Learning, Edit Distance, Speech Recognition, Deep Reinforcement Learning
- TL;DR: Optimal Completion Distillation (OCD) is a training procedure for optimizing sequence to sequence models based on edit distance which achieves state-of-the-art on end-to-end Speech Recognition tasks.


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A lovely elongated cognac Amber gemstone, decorated with a honeycomb pattern in silver on one side and on the bale. It comes complete with an 18 inch silver chain.
Amber is the fossilised resin of ancient pine trees. Our Amber comes from the Baltic region and was formed during the Eocene geological period, about 44 million years ago, when the Baltic region was experiencing a semi -tropical climate. As the resin seeped from the trees it began to solidify on the tree bark or fell to the forest floor, often being carried to the sea by streams. This is why originally much Amber was found washed up on the beaches.
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The quantity of available water resources has been recognized as the key limiting factor for development of most of the arid regions. This paper focuses on the simulation–optimization for conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater on a large scale. In this study, Hetao Irrigation District in China, one of the largest irrigation districts in the Yellow River basin, is selected as a representative study area. The conjunctive management model of water resources is developed by means of dynamically coupling a large-scale hydrological model with an optimal allocation model. A groundwater level is adopted in the coupled model as the constraint condition and the optimal conjunctive utilization quantity of surface water and groundwater is set as the objective function. Finally, the coupled model is applied to calculate the optimal water supply quantity of surface water and groundwater and sustainable utilization scheme of water resources for 2020 and 2030 in Hetao Irrigation District. The modeling results demonstrate the conjunctive management model of water resources is an effective tool for appraising water resources in large-scale arid regions.
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A large-scale conjunctive management model of water resources for an arid irrigation district in China
Weifeng Yue, Chesheng Zhan; A large-scale conjunctive management model of water resources for an arid irrigation district in China. Hydrology Research 1 October 2013; 44 (5): 926–939. doi: _URL_
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Science Museum unwraps a "sweet" exhibition
A "tasty" exhibition to reveal the biology, chemistry, physiology and psychology of the world of candy was unwrapped at the Hong Kong Science Museum today (June 26) and will run until October 28.
"Candy Unwrapped", featuring 17 groups of interactive exhibits, will satisfy the mind of visitors even as it tickles their taste buds through looking at, smelling and tasting the exhibits.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the exhibition today, the Assistant Director (Heritage and Museums) of Leisure and Cultural Services, Dr Louis Ng, said the Hong Kong Science Museum organised this exhibition to give children an educational and entertaining experience for the summer holidays.
"Candy is not only for kids. Chocolate is also a favourite of ladies. With stories about romantic memories and magical powers of chocolate, visitors will learn about the rich history and culture of candy and other yummy treats from around the world. We believe the exhibition will enable all family members, young and old, to discover the fun and the science and psychology behind the candy," Dr Ng said.
Produced by the Ontario Science Centre in collaboration with Ybrick Design 3D Inc, "Candy Unwrapped" invites visitors to bring their taste buds for some sensational sugary science. Visitors can examine the structure and many uses of sugar, which is more than just a sweet treat and has qualities that are useful in many things. They can see how sugar has been used to preserve food, bind concrete and even heal wounds. They are also invited to walk across the face of an enlarged sugar crystal to learn about the various phases of crystallisation, the beauty of nature's final design, and what sugar crystals have in common with stacks of oranges in a supermarket.
Visitors can explore how taste and other senses, such as sight and smell, are used by the human body to determine what tastes good. Using their taste buds, they can learn the biological point of puckering by experiencing the super sour challenge, and discover the difference between taste and flavour through participating in a jelly bean test.
The rich history and cultural diversity of candy and other treats from around the world are featured in the exhibition. Visitors can discover the fascinating stories behind treats from a dozen countries, from Chinese ginger candies to Nigerian puff-puffs. Some unusual past and present candies are also on display, and visitors will learn through the exhibits why some of them are still popular in modern times.
The exhibition will detail the history of chocolate, including different forms of chocolate that have emerged over thousands of years and how chocolate bars are made. Visitors can also experience how candies bring back romantic memories, and find out whether chocolate is always associated with romance, or is it simply a psychological effect? Visitors can discover more by entering into a boudoir to learn about the cultural legacy and intriguing chemical properties of chocolate.
Visitors can jump on the energy burn bike and pedal for one minute to find out the calories of a sugar cube and how many calories they can burn off in 60 seconds. They will learn about the way their body creates and uses energy and which types of food energy work best for them. Kids can design and draw their own candy wrapper or jump on the cushy giant tongue and learn about the sensory complexity of the human tongue.
Admission to "Candy Unwrapped" is $35 with half-price concession for full-time students, people with disabilities and senior citizens aged 60 or above. "Free Admission on Wednesdays" and the Museum Weekly Pass will not apply to this exhibition.
The Science Museum is located at 2 Science Museum Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon. It is open from 1pm to 9pm from Monday to Friday, and from 10am to 9pm on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. It is closed on Thursdays (except public holidays).
For details of the exhibition and related programmes, visit the Science Museum's website (hk.science.museum). For enquiries, please call 2732 3232.
Ends/Friday, June 26, 2009
Climbing up an enlarged sugar crystal, the "Crystal Mountain", visitors can learn about the various phases of crystallisation and the beauty of nature's final design.
The exhibit, "Delectable Delights", allows visitors to learn about treats from around the world and how some of these treats taste surprisingly like some of our familiar foods.
Jumping on the "Taste Bud Tango", a cushy giant tongue, visitors can learn about the sensory complexity of the human tongue.
"A Bar is Born" details the history of chocolate, including different forms of chocolate that have emerged over thousands of years and how chocolate bars are made.
Chocolate has long been considered an aphrodisiac. Is this a scientific fact or sexy myth? Visitors can discover more by entering into "Romancing the Bean" to learn about the cultural legacy and intriguing chemical properties of chocolate.


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If someone is scared, he tries to keep his head down while he listens to others.
But I know head down means going south. So did I write the sentence correctly?
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 When you say "I'm going to head down", the word head is a verb. When you say "I felt ashamed and kept my head down", the word head is a noun. In your example sentence, there's the possessive determiner his: "his head". A determiner cannot occur before a verb. – CowperKettle Dec 3 '15 at 17:01
"To keep one's head down" literally means to hide in order to protect oneself. You can imagine that, in a war zone, you would not want to have your head exposed to the enemy. This phrase is frequently used figuratively to mean "To avoid drawing attention to oneself". It has the same meaning as "To keep a low profile".
"To head down" does not always refer to traveling south. You might say "I'm going to head down to the store today" even if the store is northwest of you. It's simply a colloquial way of saying that you're going somewhere. "Down" in this context is as in "Down the road". You can also say "Up the road", which has a slightly different connotation but the two phrases are often interchangeable.
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 I would add to your first sentence by saying that you can literally keep your head down but you can also figuratively do that by keeping quiet, or not drawing attention to yourself, ect. – Sam Harrington Dec 3 '15 at 17:19
 - but yeah that answer is correct and helpful – Sam Harrington Dec 3 '15 at 17:20
In this case, 'If one is scared, he keeps his head down...' refers to the physical process of trying to remain small and unobserved while danger is present. This could be literal, as in crouching behind a wall, or figurative, as in keeping quiet in an argument.
In your other usage, 'head' is being used as a synonym for 'go,' as in 'I'm going to head down to the cafe.' (Down implies either a lower floor in a building, a lower-numbered street, or a Southern direction.)
Another common use of 'head down' you may encounter is to indicate that someone is deeply concentrating or studying, e.g. 'She's been head down in that physics text all afternoon.'
Having your head down can also mean a form a submission or defeat. As in, "The losing team was all seen with their heads down." The servants bowed with their heads down upon the lord's return to the manor.
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Meaning of drift lead
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Pronunciation: (led), [key]
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 1. a lead indicating, by the angle its line makes with the perpendicular, the movement of a supposedly stationary ship or the movement of water past a stationary ship.


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Building a Vacuum Form Table
This page will show you how to construct your own vacuum forming table. A Vacuum Forming Table is used to form sheets of polystyrene into desired shapes determined by the molds used with the table. This table will be comprised of two main parts, The Holding Frame, and the Forming Surface. Some designs for Vacuum Forming Tables also include an oven. For this forming table we will use an ordinary kitchen oven to heat our plastic.
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Issue: Should restrict the webpage from submission and moving to the next, till the child window gets closed.
Technology: jsp
Browser: firefox.
Code used for Opening:
retValue = window.open(child_url,',',"Height=400px,Width=670px,status:no,top=190px,left=200px");
Clicked on one link in the page and opened up the child window from the firefox browser using the window.open command. But just after the click of the link, along with the opening up of the child window, the main page is also getting submitted and moved to the next page.
The same logic in ie works fine. In ie am using showModalDialog() which works without any issue.
NB: Hoping for an alternative way, which is something other than giving if conditions to the page submission line.
Could someone pls help... thanks in advance
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I would recommend that you move up to the jQuery modal dialog. It's browser-independent, and your user will understand that he is interacting with a modal dialog that must be closed before proceeding. With a separate window or tab (your current solution), it's too easy for the user to get lost and click away from the browser altogether.
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Learn more physics!
What would happen if... I have a round magnet with a hole in it. Then I put a magnet shaped like a nail, into the center of the other magnet? Would it float? If I spun the magnet around the inner magnet, would it spin the inner magnet?
Thank you very much.
- Matt K. Leiner (age 40)
South Lyon, MI
The inner magnet would definitely not float. A mathematical theorem due to Earnshaw proves that there\'s no way to get a magnet to float with any scheme like this. The nail will pull over to the other magnet and get stuck on it.
For your second question, let\'s assume the nail-magnet was tied on a string or something to keep it in the center, but free to rotate. What it does when the round magnet spins will then depend on how the round magnet\'s poles are configured. (I\'m assuming the poles of the nail are at its ends.) If the round magnet has, say, the south poles on its inside ring and the north poles outside, spinning it won\'t change the magnetic field and won\'t make the nail spin. If the ring\'s south pole is on one side (say left) and the north pole on the other, spinning it will make the fields spin with it. That will make the nail spin with it, at least for slow spin rates.
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Welding Triangles In A Mesh Using Thrust 2016-02-29
This algorithm is designed to weld together triangle vertices with a certain tolerance and remove duplicated triangles. Thrust will be used making the algorithm parallel on the CPU using OpenMP or on the GPU using CUDA. Additionally, I assume that the code is run on the CPU.
This example is based on the Welding Vertices example in the Thrust GitHub examples folder. I used the following to merge vertices and triangles for a marching cubes code which generated an unoptimized triangle mesh.
The input to this procedure is a list of triangles and vertices,
vertices is a three dimensional vector with the locations of each vertex in a triangle and
indices is an array of indices for the vertices that make up a specific triangle. Note that the input to the algorithm must not be merged already, meaning that
vertices will contain unique entries for every vertex and
indices will reference 3 unique vertices. No vertex will be shared by a triangle.


text: AbstractCellobiose-pendant polymers were synthesized by radical polymerization and their affinity for a cellulose matrix was investigated by quartz crystal microbalance (QCM). A 2-(methacryloyloxy)ethylureido cellobiose (MOU-Cel) macromer was synthesized by coupling cellobiosylamine with 2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl isocyanate followed by polymerization in an aqueous radical reaction system. The interaction of the resulting poly(MOU-Cel) with a pure cellulose matrix in water was evaluated by QCM analysis. Poly(MOU-Cel) was strongly adsorbed to the cellulose substrate, whereas neither cellobiose nor MOU-Cel macromer exhibited an attractive interaction with cellulose. This specific interaction was not inhibited by the presence of ionic contaminants, suggesting that multiple cellobiopyranose moieties in each polymer molecule might cooperatively enhance its affinity for cellulose. Moderate insertion of acrylamide units into the polymer backbone improved the affinity for cellulose, possibly due to an increased mobility of sugar side chains. Polymers such as these, with a high affinity for cellulose, have potential applications for the surface functionalization of cellulose-based materials, including paper products.