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Today, a video from Saab highlighting the powerful uses of highly accurate 3d mapping technology. Pretty soon, I'm hoping we see mapping technology like this combined with photo and street level toplology databases like Google Street View to create an interactive real world 3d environment. Pair that up with the sophisticated rendering engine from the latest video game – such as the CryEngine2, and suddenly you could have the entire world free to virtually roam aroundthe possibilities are endless, and are getting us closer and closer to the vision of "The 13th Floor" or "The Matrix".
With Saab's Rapid 3D Mapping, a 3D map of the overflown terrain is automatically generated by the system within hours of the flight. It is possible to generate 3D maps over large areas as the process is rapid and fully automated.
Data registration is achieved either by utilizing dedicated registration equipment or existing sensors carried by an aeroplane, helicopter and/or a UAV, such as Skeldar or Skylark. The accuracy of the result depends on the sensors available. For an aeroplane, the typical coverage is 100 km² per hour with a resolution of 0.1 m at ground level.
The processing time for the 3D map is five times the flying time, using a fully automated process. Depending on the requested resolution, as well as the size of the covered area, the 3D map will be ready from just a few minutes to a few hours. The 3D model can be generated on the battlefield if required.
The 3D map is a geo-referenced and measurable image-based map with an accuracy of 0.3 m. This data provides superior situational awareness to support the mission. For example, it is possible to zoom in on important areas to support and plan a reconnaissance mission in the actual terrain.


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The 1524mm diameter cylinder mould has largercircumference resulting in lower RPM compared to 1250mm diameter at the samespeed of paper/board machine. Advantages of 1524 diameter are as follow:
- Increase in longer forming zone because ofincreased diameter of cylinder mould, which allows increased drainage,resulting in more machine speed.
- Better formation at higher machine speeddue to reduced Mould RPM and stock pressure.
- Better Formation and brightness achievedat less pick up, thus it can save material in Top Layer, Protective Layer andBottom Layer. Minimizing production cost.
- Longer wire and couch roll life due toreduced Mould RPM
- Higher machine speed hence increasedproductivity.
- It can be installed as single or coupledwith multi units in the sequence of 1250 diameter formers.

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Central plate for 2 RJ outlets, flat model. The central plate has a transparent text field to which you can easily add text or icons. Finishing colour: gold coated.
Central plate data 2x RJ, gold coated.
- Material central plate: The central plate is enamelled and made of rigid PC and ASA.
- Colour: alu-look gold
- Text field: At the top, the central plate is equipped with a hinged, non-transparent window with label. Dimensions label: 9.5 x 42.4 mm.
- Dismantling: To dismount simply pull the central plate off the mechanism.
- Protection degree: IP41 for the combination of a mechanism, central plate and faceplate
- Impact resistance: The combination of a mechanism, a central plate and a faceplate has an impact-resistance of IK06
- Fire safety
- The plastic parts of the central plate are self-extinguishing (comply with a filament test of 650°C)
- The plastic parts of the central plate are halogen-free.
- Dimensions of finishing: 45 x 45 mm (HxW)
- Dimensions (HxWxD): 44.7 x 44.7 x 8.6 mm
- Marking: CE


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Keywords: nuclear desalination, reverse osmosis, recent performances, price, cost reduction, water quality, simulation, nuclear energy, simulation, modelling, seawater desalination
Water desalination price from recent performances: modelling, simulation and analysis
The subject of the present article is the technical simulation of seawater desalination, by a one stage reverse osmosis system, the objectives of which are the recent valuation of cost price through the use of new membrane and permeator performances, the use of new means of simulation and modelling of desalination parameters, and show the main parameters influencing the cost price. We have taken as the simulation example the Seawater Desalting centre of Djannet (Boumerdes, Algeria). The present performances allow water desalting at a price of 0.5 $/m³, which is an interesting and promising price, corresponding with the very acceptable water product quality, in the order of 269 ppm. It is important to run the desalting systems by reverse osmosis under high pressure, resulting in further decrease of the desalting cost and the production of good quality water. Aberration in choice of functioning conditions produces high prices and unacceptable quality. However there exists the possibility of decreasing the price by decreasing the requirement on the product quality. The seawater temperature has an effect on the cost price and quality. The installation of big desalting centres, contributes to the decrease in prices. A very important, long and tedious calculation is effected, which is impossible to conduct without programming and informatics tools. The use of the simulation model has been much efficient in the design of desalination centres that can perform at very improved prices.


England & Wales HR, workforce and communications, Technology
Lower costs but the same service
Local authorities could save between 10 and 20 per cent of their expenditure on energy, telephony and solicitors simply by procuring differently. This is the conclusion of a White Paper released by Opera Solutions last Friday.
I was initially sceptical about the papers focus, though the figure for savings seemed very accurate. I am very much a believer that councils need to be focusing on redesigning their services and making choices about what they provide. The fear is that if councils just concentrate on how they can provide the same service for less they will miss a big opportunity to reform public services.
However, councils would need to purchase the services featured in the report whatever their model of service provision. It is important to recognise that redesigning services and securing better value from existing private suppliers are not mutually exclusive. It is therefore well worth looking in to how they could be provided more cheaply and this paper is a good place to start.
The data currently released does not allow accurate cross local authority comparisons. This is a big problem. Managers need data which will allow them to see the deals other comparable authorities have achieved with suppliers. They can then use this information to negotiate cost reductions. This data is provided by companies such as opera solutions – hence why they produced this report.
For example, to assess whether your phone service is expensive or cheap you need to categorise the cost of the phone service across the council and have other authorities do the same. If telephone expenditure is recorded as part of a general contract with a supplier who provides other services such as refuge collection or legal or human resources services you cannot compare costs effectively.
Opera Solutions analysed data from three local authorities and three expenditure items, which were telephony, solicitors and energy. They believe that councils can achieve significant savings without affecting core public service delivery. To do this councils need to get the clarification of spend data right and negotiate better deals with suppliers.


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Bulk cargo is a product that is shipped loosely and unpackaged.
Bulk cargo is a shipping term for items that are shipped loosely and unpackaged as opposed to being shipped in packages or containers.
An item may be classified as bulk cargo if it is not containerized and easily secured on a vessel. Items such as oil, grain, or coal are all examples of bulk cargo.
Bulk cargo is classified as either free flowing, a liquid, or a dry item. This type of cargo is typically dropped or poured as a liquid or solid into a merchant ship, railway car, or tanker truck.
Items may also be referred to as break bulk cargo, which is cargo that is packaged but non-containerized. Some examples of break bulk include drummed fuel, bagged cement, vehicles, and large parts to build an airplane. Items described as break bulk cargo can be transported in bags, barrels, and pallets.
Use the following diagram to determine if your product classifies as bulk cargo:
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The following will allow you to operate the SP400 Super Phase Shifter to its full potential:
1. Connect the guitar to the input jack of the SP400 using a 1/4" instrument cable.
2. Connect the amp to the output jack of the SP400 using a 1/4" instrument cable.
3. OPTIONAL: Connect an expression pedal to the EXP/CTL jack of the SP400 using a 1/4" TRS cable.
4. Use the RATE control to adjust the modulation speed.
5. Use the DEPTH control to adjust the modulation depth.
6. Use the RES control to adjust the intensity of the effect.
7. Use the MODE control to select one of the 7 modes:
- 4/8/10/12 STAGE - These modes determine the number of stages for the phaser effect. The sound varies from vintage phaser sounds to deep and powerful phasing effects.
- FALL - This mode gives you the impression of a constantly falling phasing sound.
- RISE - This mode sounds like a permanently rising phasing sound.
- STEP - In this mode the filtration modification occurs up and down in defined steps.
As always, experiment with the controls until the desired effect is achieved.


Travelrific® Travel Journal
Archive for July, 2019
Bali's Iconic Bird
By Linda Tancs
As if Bali weren't fabled enough, West Bali National Park is a lush oasis of forests, mountains, clear blue water and long stretches of protected beach and offshore coral reefs. But the reason for the park's creation in 1941 is to protect the island's iconic and endemic bird, the snow-white and critically endangered Bali Starling. It's one of about 160 species recorded in the park. In addition to flora and fauna watching, the park's offshore island Menjangan is a popular diving spot for coral reef and other marine exploration. The journey there from Denpasar, Bali's capital, is about four or five hours.
California's Newest National Park
By Linda Tancs
Pinnacles National Park, California's newest national park as of this writing (designated in 2013), is an old soul at heart. Its cliffs, crags and cave formations arise from volcanic eruptions that took place millions of years ago, sending volcanic matter 200 miles away to the park's current location in the Salinas Valley. The towering, domed rock structures giving the park its name beckon rock climbers. Divided into an east and west side, climbing routes predominate on the west side of the park. Of course, there are plenty of other activities to enjoy, like bird watching for the park's signature citizen, the California condor. Or maybe you'd like a hike that includes cave exploration. Camping is also available on the east side year round. You can't drive through both sides of the park. The west side is accessible from Highway 101; the east entrance is off Highway 25.
Seaside Splendor in Spain
By Linda Tancs
Widely regarded as one of Spain's most beautiful villages, Cudillero is a picturesque fishing port on the Atlantic Coast, far from the madding crowd. One of its most distinctive features is its brightly colored houses nestled in horseshoe fashion among the cliffs. Take in the views from the lighthouse or the lookout point at Mirador de la Garita.
The Island of Wine
By Linda Tancs
The ancient Greeks planted vines on the Croatian island Hvar in 384 B.C. So it's fair to say that they've been in the winemaking business there a good while, the quality of their wine a testament to their proud heritage. It's equally prized as a summer resort, touted as the sunniest spot in the country. That suits beachgoers just fine, who can enjoy pebble beaches like Dubovica, surrounded by pine trees and olive groves. To get there, hop on the high-speed ferry from Dubrovnik.
The Living Dune
By Linda Tancs
Jockey's Ridge is the tallest natural sand dune system in the eastern United States. Located in Nags Head, North Carolina, the shifting winds that constantly reshape this remaining dune system on the Outer Banks have resulted in its moniker, "The Living Dune." The sand (mostly quartz rock) comprising the 420 acres of Jockey's Ridge is equal to about 6,000,000 dump truck loads! In addition to its distinctive dunes, the ecology of the park includes species like live oaks, persimmons, bayberry, sweet gum and pines and the Roanoke Sound Estuary, home to the blue crab as well as plant and bird life.
Caledonian Splendor
By Linda Tancs
Once upon a time, a vast woodland known as the Caledonian Forest covered much of Scotland. Formed at the end of the last ice age, its remnants are still visible in places like Glen Affric, considered one of the most beautiful places in Scotland. Thick with trees, its mix of Scots pine, birch, oak and Douglas fir is a big reason why the glen is protected as a National Nature Reserve. Several animals call these ancient woods home, like its iconic red deer (most visible in winter and autumn), pine martens and red squirrels. The protected environment is also invaluable for rare species like golden eagles and black grouse. A short distance from Loch Ness, the River Affric runs the length of the reserve, where trails offer stunning views of the mountains, towering trees and waterfalls.
The Underground Down Under
By Linda Tancs
About 500 miles north of Adelaide in the Australian Outback is the subterranean town of Coober Pedy, where most of the town's 1,800 or so residents live in underground shelters carved from the sandstone walls, giving new meaning to the phrase "a hole in the wall." The place is worth a visit to explore the unique lifestyle enjoyed there, which also happens to be the opal capital of the world. Together with the surrounding region, it supplies around 85% of the world's opal supply.
The Jersey Coast Trail
By Linda Tancs
New Jersey's Coastal Heritage Trail is a vehicular route stretching nearly 300 miles along the state's shore and bays. It's divided into five regions: Sandy Hook, Barnegat Bay, Absecon, Cape May and Delsea. Of equal interest to hikers and bicyclists, the trail passes national wildlife refuges, lighthouses, a Civil War fort, migratory bird settlements and several other places including, of course, the Jersey Shore.
Purple Majesty in Brihuega
By Linda Tancs
Move over, Provence. There's a majestic cloak of lavender in the unassuming town of Brihuega, Spain. About an hour's drive from Madrid, the hamlet celebrates its purple prize every July (harvest season) with a two-day event featuring sunset concerts amidst the lavender fields. Festival de la Lavanda takes place this year on the 19th and 20th.
The Fish-Eye View in Dubai
By Linda Tancs
One of the largest suspended aquariums in the world, Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo is for many the centerpiece of the Dubai Mall, the second-largest mall in the world by land area. Home to 140 species of sea life, the tank contains over 2 million gallons of water spread over a tunnel some 157 feet long. Your fish-eye view includes more than 33,000 aquatic animals and the largest collection of sand tiger sharks anywhere. You can also take a glass-bottom boat tour, snorkel in a cage and even don an oxygen tank to go swimming with the sharks.
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NASA Plans Air Pollution Flights Over Maryland on July 2
WASHINGTON -- NASA's DISCOVER-AQ air quality field campaign is scheduled to take to the skies over the Baltimore-Washington traffic corridor on Saturday, July 2, from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. EDT. The flight is part of a mission to enhance the capability of satellites to measure ground-level air quality from space.
NASA's P-3B research aircraft will fly at low altitudes over the northeast Maryland study region. The P-3B is a large, 117-foot, four-engine turboprop, carrying nine scientific instruments. It will fly as low as 1,000 feet above the ground along a route that will take it over major roadway traffic corridors. The P-3B also will make spiral ascents and descents over six locations where air-quality measurements are being made from ground stations.
Approximately 14 DISCOVER-AQ flights are planned through July when weather conditions are appropriate. NASA will announce each flight by 5 p.m. the day before the aircraft is scheduled to fly. The flights will occur between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m.
DISCOVER-AQ, which stands for Deriving Information on Surface conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality, is a NASA Earth Science Division research effort conducted in collaboration with the Maryland Department of the Environment, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and several universities.
A detailed map of the P-3B's low-altitude flight path is available at: _URL_
For more information about the DISCOVER-AQ mission, visit: _URL_
Goddard Release No. 11-039-C
NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

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ReQL command: distinct
Command syntax
sequence.distinct() → array
table.distinct([{index: }]) → stream
r.distinct(sequence) → array
r.distinct(table, [{index: }]) → stream
Removes duplicates from elements in a sequence.
The distinct command can be called on any sequence or table with an index.
While distinct can be called on a table without an index, the only effect will be to convert the table into a stream; the content of the stream will not be affected.
Example: Which unique villains have been vanquished by Marvel heroes?
r.table('marvel').concatMap(function(hero) {
 return hero('villainList')
}).distinct().run(conn, callback)
Example: Topics in a table of messages have a secondary index on them, and more than one message can have the same topic. What are the unique topics in the table?
r.table('messages').distinct({index: 'topics'}).run(conn, callback)
The above structure is functionally identical to:
r.table('messages')('topics').distinct().run(conn, callback)
However, the first form (passing the index as an argument to distinct) is faster, and won't run into array limit issues since it's returning a stream.
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International Albinism Awareness DayUnity In Diversity!
June 13th is International Albinism Awareness Day; a day set aside to raise awareness of the struggles that people with albinism face daily. Albinism is a genetic disorder that results in a lack of pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes. This can make people with albinism susceptible to sunburns and eye problems. While there is no cure for albinism, there are ways to help people with this disorder live their best life. Raising a child is stressful enough, but when your child has a special need, it might feel like you're on your own. We'd want to use this time to express our gratitude to all of the parents who are raising children with albinism. On International Albinism Awareness Day, take some time to learn more about this condition and how you can support those who live with it.
Seven reasons why celebrating International Albinism Awareness Day is a must!
1. To show solidarity with the albinism community
When you offer your support for International Albinism Awareness Day, you send a message of solidarity to people with albinism worldwide. This year's theme is "Made To Shine," with the goal of celebrating the accomplishments and successes of persons with albinism all across the world. It's also a call to stand with people who have albinism as they face their problems. This day is an essential reminder that we are all in this together. By raising awareness about albinism, we can help break down the existing barriers for people with this condition.
2. To educate others about albinism
Many people are not familiar with albinism and what it entails. International Albinism Awareness Day is a great opportunity to educate others about this condition. When you raise awareness about albinism, you can help dispel myths and misconceptions about this condition. Educating others can help create a more inclusive and understanding world for people with albinism.
3. To celebrate the beauty of people with albinism
People with albinism are often marginalised and discriminated against because of their appearance. International Albinism Awareness Day is a chance to celebrate the beauty of people with albinism and to show that they are just like everyone else, deserving of respect and inclusion.
4. To Stand up against discrimination
People with albinism face discrimination and violence in many parts of the world. International Albinism Awareness Day is a chance to stand up against this discrimination and call for an end to violence against people with albinism. It is also a chance to celebrate the strength and resilience of people with albinism who have faced these challenges and continue to fight for their rights.
5. For Respect and Inclusion
International Albinism Awareness Day is a chance to call for respect and inclusion for all people with albinism. It is also a chance to celebrate the beauty and diversity of people with albinism. People with albinism often suffer from discrimination and exclusion. They are often treated as if they are not human and this is wrong. International Albinism Awareness Day is a chance for us to stand up against this discrimination and call for an end to violence against people with albinism.
6. What is the significance of the day?
The significance of International Albinism Awareness Day is to raise awareness about albinism and end discrimination and violence that people with albinism face in their daily lives. It is also a chance to celebrate the beauty and diversity of people with albinism. On this day, let us stand up for the rights of people with albinism and pledge to end discrimination and violence against them. Let us also celebrate their beauty and diversity.
7. To teach everyone there in unity in diversity.
The International Albinism Awareness Day is to raise awareness about albinism and to end discrimination and violence against people with albinism.
Why does albinism happen?
Albinism is a congenital condition in which the skin, hair, and eyes are completely or partially devoid of pigment. Albinism is caused by a mutation in one of several genes involved in the generation or distribution of melanin, a brown-black pigment generated by melanocytes, a kind of cell. Melanin is the pigment that gives skin, hair, and eyes their colour.
Genetic factors determine the amount and distribution of melanin produced by the melanocytes. When one of the genes involved in melanin production or distribution is mutated, it can lead to albinism.
What are the different types of albinism?
There are four main types of albinism, each associated with mutations in different genes:
Oculocutaneous albinism type 1 (OCA1): is caused by a mutation in the tyrosinase gene.
Oculo cutaneous albinism type 2 (OCA2): is caused by a mutation in the P gene.
Oculocutaneous albinism type 3 (OCA3): is caused by a mutation in the TYRP1 gene.
Ocular albinism (OA): caused by a mutation in the GPR143 gene.
What are the symptoms of albinism?
The most common symptom of albinism is reducing pigmentation in skin, hair and eyes. This can result in pale skin and hair, and light-coloured eyes. Other symptoms may include:
People with albinism often have vision problems due to the lack of eye pigment. Although persons with ocular albinism lose their central vision, they nevertheless have good side vision. This can cause reduced visual acuity and sensitivity to bright light.
People with albinism are at increased risk for skin cancer. They may also have other skin problems, such as sunburn, rashes and dryness.
Some types of albinism are associated with hearing loss.
June 13th is International Albinism Awareness Day. It can be difficult enough to raise a child, but when your child has a particular need, it can feel like you are doing it all alone. We want to take this opportunity to thank all of the parents out there who are caring for children with albinism. You are amazing! If you are looking for support, please reach out to one of the other organisations dedicated to helping families affected by albinism or us. Together, we can make a difference in the lives of these beautiful children.


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or nervousness may be directly related to variation in forms of early experience including the social environment and exposure to handling by humans, These aspects of early experience also have effects on other types of behavior. Human handling (socialization) timing, amount of early handling of a kitten and the number of handlers influence its later friendliness to humans.
It may affect how kittens adapt to housing in animal shelters, cats who are not socialized with other cats show more signs of distress when group housed in a shelter than socialised cats, cats not socialised to people are more stressed in single and group housing than socialised cats. Cats can be described as tense, high strung, calm or anything else. There is a huge variation. Many different types of early experience can exert some influence on the expression of a specific behavior pattern at a later date; one aspect of early experience can influence a number of different types of behavioral characteristics.
Paternity and Friendliness
Genetic and environmental factors interact to influence the development of numerous behaviors in the cat. One factor which causes variation in kitten friendliness is paternity. Kittens of different fathers show varied friendliness, though they never see the father. Genetic factors caused this. A friendly father produces kittens who are more friendly, than does the less friendly father. The father's friendliness when young and not when an adult can more accurately predict the friendliness of his kittens. Genes do not code for behavior patterns. Genes from the father generate a difference in behavioral characteristics by indirect routes, i.e. by affecting growth rate, which may in turn affect socialisation to humans in a colony situation and affect subsequent friendliness.
Variation in kitten friendliness is partly explained by kitten paternity. Paternal effects on kitten behavior may be attributed to breed differences between fathers, also, variation in early handling affects subsequent behaviors. Friendly father's offspring who are handled during early life can be quicker to approach a person and spend more time with them than non handled kittens and the offspring of an unfriendly father. A friendly father's offspring are quicker to approach and explore new objects. The effect on friendliness may be a more general effect on boldness, due to paternity, influencing a general response to unfamiliar or novel stimuli, regardless of whether it is a person or inanimate object. Early handling has a specific effect on the cat's behavior towards humans-its friendliness. There is a degree of additive effects in the genetic and environmental effects on some of the cat's responses to humans. Friendly-fathered, handled cats behave in the most positive way to people, from the interactive effects of genetic and environmental factors on individual behavioral characteristics. The paternal effect on friendliness or boldness may only become expressed at a certain point of development and maturity.
Differences Along the Timeline
Early individual differences in predatoriness do not necessarily predict subsequent variation in the predatory abilities of older cats. Variability of individual characteristics early in life, around 3 months, may not always predict subsequent individuality in the cat.
There are a number of other reasons why individual behavioral characteristics at one time may not relate to those at another, i.e. cats may develop at different rates and these differences may be clear at one age but not at another. The behavioral expression of particular characteristics may change with age, as may the factors controlling and functions of particular behaviors. In contrast, some studies have shown cross-time consistency in cat individual characteristics. Boldness and curiosity remain reasonably stable despite changing social environments. When cats are tested in groups rather than singly, they behave differently, showing that individual differences in behavior in a non-social context may become amplified when individuals are allowed to interact with each other. There develops a clear social ranking, which may influence individual behavior and cause the consistency of the patterns within a group. Friendliness is attributed to quick/noisy kittens who are more exploratory and quickest to investigate unfamiliar stimuli. These differences can be present from birth and persist into adulthood. Characteristics are also open to environmental influences.
Individual variation in characteristics, such as timidity and boldness, are present at birth or appear shortly after birth. It has been shown in different species that they are related to constitutional differences in the physiological characteristics of the individuals. In wolves, the dominant cub in a litter differs in heart rate and other autonomic process in some test situations. Physiological systems change with time and situation as do behavioral ones. Physiological differences are related to individual differences in behavior. There may be a physiological basis for certain personality traits, especially those present at birth and behavioral stability across time could be attributed to stability of physiological systems. Certain measures of behavior change dramatically according to the contexts in which they are observed, while others are less variable.
When midway through a quarantine, cats are less relaxed, playful and more aggressive and nervous than prior. At release, they are more friendly, affectionate and timid. Three months later, they are more affectionate, nervous and vocal than before quarantine. The interactions that their people could have with their cats were much more restricted in the small quarantine cages than at home. The experiences changed their relationship with their cat; they may have had expectations of how quarantine would affect the cats, and may have changed their behavior and perceptions accordingly. Time and context changes during the quarantine. Some of the changes may reflect true changes in cat individuality. Important real life contextual changes, such as moving and being quarantined or housed in a cattery may result in change in a cat's behavioral style. The context can dramatically affect a cat's individual character. An aloof, placid and low-ranking cat can become aggressive, energetic and dominant if two cats must compete for one food reward. This has a marked effect on behavior, seen in social competition, even in the same individuals.
Relationship Between Cats and People
Relationships between cats and people may be especially open to contextual influence because in a social situation, the behavior of others has a strong effect on an individual's own behavior. Individuals may also develop complicated context-specific ways of behaving according to past experience with other individuals which act to conceal or constrain the expression of any underlying stable behavioral characteristics. Contextual effects on individuality can be external contact or internal (e.g. hormonal) state of the animal.
These terms are used to describe the behavior in a number of species, to describe individual differences: active/reactive, social and calm, which may underlie many of the behavioral differences in between individuals. Others are active/aggressive, timid/nervous and confident/easy going, though some individuals do not fit into these groupings, showing that there is unlikely to be a limited number of easily definable cat personality types. An expression of friendliness could be the result of an interaction between an individual's general boldness in novel or challenging situations, its specific attraction to humans, both of which are affected by a variety of factors, and influenced by the current situation. There is a complex origin and development of individuality. Situational stability and different behavioral styles help cats to cope with caging or quarantine. This shows a new approach to understanding the consequences of these situations, which has important implications for animal welfare.
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The victimisation rate is defined as the total number of victims of a crime in a given population expressed as a percentage of that population.
A victim may be a person or a household reporting at least one of the crimes surveyed. Victims were counted once only for each type of crime, regardless of the number of incidents of that type.
These statistics are derived from information collected in the ABS Multipurpose Household Survey.
The Survey covered only selected types of personal and household crimes. Personal crimes included physical assault, threatened assault, robbery and sexual assault. Household crimes included break-ins, attempted break-ins, motor vehicle theft, theft from a motor vehicle, malicious property damage and other theft.
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Debra Dean
First Advisor's Committee Title
Major Professor
Second Advisor's Name
Lynne Barrett
Third Advisor's Name
Meri-Jane Rochelson
World War Two, Italy, Historical Fiction
Date of Defense
THE LINES WE CROSSED is a historical novel set in Umbria, Italy from _PHONE_. One October morning, Emilia Testadura awakes to find the Nazis have arrived in her village. Major Christoph Strauss presses Emilia into service as housekeeper for the soldiers who now occupy an abandoned palazzo in the village. As the stakes and complications rise in the war throughout winter and spring, so they do for Emilia. Brutal reinforcements arrive and conditions become very dangerous. Emilia realizes she is falling in love with Major Strauss. She learns secrets that change her view of her deceased father and herself. That knowledge leads her to take action which reveals Major Strauss's true colors before he is sent south to engage the Allies. Once the Allies take Emilia's village from the Nazis, Emilia makes a final discovery and a decision that leads her south, too, towards a future she had never imagined.
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Two major engineering entrance examinations are used for admission to engineering institutes across India, Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) and All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) but now these both are combined as Indian Science Engineering Entrence Test (ISEET).
ISEET Exam Date (Indian Science Engineering Eligibility Test): The ISEET is going to be effective for admissions into the IITs and NITs for Admission year 2013 and therefore is expected to be conducted in March or April 2013.
ISEET Test Pattern (Indian Science Engineering Eligibility Test): ISEET will have two papers on the same day:
Duration of exam(ISEET Main) – 3 hours
Paper-Test Pattern of ISEET Main : Reading Comprehension & Critical Thinking and Logical Reasoning
Weightage to ISEET Main: 30% minimum
Duration of exam(ISEET Advance) – 3 hours
Paper-Test Pattern of ISEET Main: Problem Solving Ability in Basic Science Subjects
Weightage for ISEET Advance: 30% minimum
The two tests ISEET Main and ISEET Advance together with weigthage of Board Examination indicate a candidate's ranking in the exam.
Thus,the Percentage weightage at ISEET will be as:
Weigthage of Board Examination minimum: 40%
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Sacred chants are Ada Franklin's power and her medicine. By saying them, she can remove warts, stanch bleeding, and draw the fire from burns. At age twenty, her reputation as a faith healer defines her in her rural Pennsylvania community. But on the day in 1953 that her family's barn is consumed by flame, her identity as a healer is upended. The heat, the roar of the blaze, and the bellows of the trapped cows change Ada. For the first time, she fears death and—for the first time—she doubts God. With her belief goes her power to heal. Then Ada meets an agnostic named Will Burk and his pet raven, Cicero.
Fire Is Your Water is acclaimed memoirist Jim Minick's first novel. Built on magical realism and social observation in equal measure, it never gives way to sentimentality and provides an insider's glimpse into the culture of Appalachia. A jealous raven, a Greek chorus of one, punctuates the story with its judgments on the characters and their actions, until a tragic accident brings Ada and Will together in a deeper connection.


The initial description here has been shifted from the "Trace"
section of WL#2360 Performance Schema. This task depends on WL#2360.
"Trace" is not a requirement. However, this task description
must be here to show that, with WL#2360 as a basis,
we could produce trace files if we wanted.
Providers could dump to a trace file as well as copy to performance-structures.
It's certain to be slow (10%?) so doing it from the start would be an error.
The benefit is mostly to professional performance analysts.
Enabling Trace
There will be a new column in SETUP_INSTRUMENTS:
it affects the instrument code path, and because we want to
enable/disable depending whether the event is a WAIT, a STATEMENT, etc.
The default value is 'no'.
It is an error to set TRACE_ENABLED='yes' if ENABLED='no'.
There will be a new column in the SETUP_ACTORS table (see WL#4674):
The default value is 'no'.
Use of this column is affected by the FILE privilege and --secure-file-priv.
Trace file writing will occur for a particular instrumentation if:
There is no maximum length of a trace file.
Creating a trace file
For each new thread,
or for each existing thread when a user updates a TRACE_ENABLED value:
 If (this thread is a thread for this setup_actors value)
 Set thread file name = datadir/"thread".actor.thread.
 For example, for datadir 'd' actor 'a' thread 1, = d/thread.a.1
 Create this file.
If a thread is associated with multiple actors,
for example host 'h' user 'a' role 'r', MySQL
will combine all names that fit the thread.
One File Per Thread
We turn on tracing "per actor" but we have
one file "per thread". This is necessary
because we don't want two threads writing
to the same file at the same time -- either
thread#1 would wait for thread#2 (which is bad),
or thread#1 would not wait for thread#2 (which is bad).
It should be simple to make a utility
which combines all per-thread files and sorts
the rows by one of the timer columns (but not EVENT_ID
because EVENT_ID is now a per-thread counter).
The instrument start_wait() and instrument end_wait()
code (both!) will write to the trace file.
There is no attempt to fsync, flush, or whatever.
You crash, you lose some of the trace.
The writing looks like
This is a good possible spot for a plugin,
that is, we could replace "write(buffer)"
with "plugin(buffer)" if instead of writing
we wanted to examine the contents, cause a
crash, send an email, etc. We'll decide not
to do this.
File Errors
All kinds of errors can occur.
For example, the create fails due to privileges missing,
or the write fails due to full disk.
MySQL will not display an error message and stop
the statement processing. That is not what the
user, who is issuing the statement, expects.
MySQL will disable the trace for all threads
for the current actor. Thus, users will be able
to discover that a failure happened by seeing
Thus, any error will disable tracing permanently.
Content and Format
This is a text file containing lines which
are equivalent to "events" rows in PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA
tables. Doubtless it would be quicker to dump raw
data from underlying structures, but when you ask
for a trace file you've given up on speed.
Doubtless it would be interesting to output
things in summary or state tables, but then
it wouldn't be tracing.
The header row is:
"/* MySQL Trace File for (actor_name) on (datetime) */".
This is redundant. Users can find out the
time the file was created, the actor, and the
thread, by saying 'ls -l'.
Each detail row takes one line and looks like an
INSERT statement, with all the columns of a row of
Since different lines might be for rows of
different 'tables', a simple CSV format is not
possible. But it's easy to produce a database
file from INSERT statements.
Since writing occurs both before and after the
instrumentation point, everything is duplicated.
Suppose user Harry has thread 5.
Harry has privileges to update performance_schema tables.
Harry says:
 SET enabled='yes', trace_enabled='yes';
INSERT INTO performance_schema.SETUP_ACTORS
 VALUES ('%','%','%','yes');
This causes creation of trace files.
Harry now executes a statement
SET _USER_=5;
which happens to cause one mutex lock, no stages.
As a result, there is a trace file named
It contains
/* MySQL Trace File for Harry on 2009-04-07 14:18:00 */
INSERT INTO events_statements_current VALUES ('SET _USER_=5',...);
INSERT INTO events_waits_current VALUES ('mutex',...);
To distinguish between'start' and 'end' rows, check if TIMER_END is NULL.
The cost of taking a performance-struc and formatting it as
an INSERT statement is between 100 and 200 cycles. Most of
the time is string-move instructions. The cost of invoking
a write function is about 20 cycles on Peter's x86. The writing is deferred
so you don't immediately see the actual cost of writing to disk.
We have Kelly Long's test for "how many transactions per second on a
loaded system". We'll run it with "trace on and no update of
performance schema tables" versus "trace off and update of
performance schema tables".
mysqld option
Marc Alff pointed out: if one can enable a trace file with a mysqld option,
there's no need to worry about adding dozens more mysqld options that would
enable particular performance schema instruments for analyzing operations
that happen before the first user connects, for example crash recoveries.
For this, we could say that, if the server started with
mysqld --performance-schema-trace-enabled=true,
then any instrument which is 'enabled' is considered to be 'trace_enabled'.
More settings
We've said that there is no maximum length for a trace file,
and said that the destination is datadir/"thread".actor.thread.
But we know that users sometimes need to choose such things somehow.
So we could say that these things are
(a) specifiable in SETUP_INSTRUMENTS,
(b) specifiable via global variables similar to Oracle 11g's
(c) specifiable in one of the ways described by WL#3824 Resource Limits.
We've said that errors will be visible because SETUP_ACTORS.TRACE_ENABLED
becomes 'no'. But we can guess that users sometimes want to choose
what action to take on error. They could want to increment a counter,
or change file destination, or cause a warning from the SQL statement.


OpenCV 3.4.0
Open Source Computer Vision
ORB (Oriented FAST and Rotated BRIEF)
In this chapter,
As an OpenCV enthusiast, the most important thing about the ORB is that it came from "OpenCV Labs". This algorithm was brought up by Ethan Rublee, Vincent Rabaud, Kurt Konolige and Gary R. Bradski in their paper ORB: An efficient alternative to SIFT or SURF in 2011. As the title says, it is a good alternative to SIFT and SURF in computation cost, matching performance and mainly the patents. Yes, SIFT and SURF are patented and you are supposed to pay them for its use. But ORB is not!!!
ORB is basically a fusion of FAST keypoint detector and BRIEF descriptor with many modifications to enhance the performance. First it use FAST to find keypoints, then apply Harris corner measure to find top N points among them. It also use pyramid to produce multiscale-features. But one problem is that, FAST doesn't compute the orientation. So what about rotation invariance? Authors came up with following modification.
It computes the intensity weighted centroid of the patch with located corner at center. The direction of the vector from this corner point to centroid gives the orientation. To improve the rotation invariance, moments are computed with x and y which should be in a circular region of radius \(r\), where \(r\) is the size of the patch.
Now for descriptors, ORB use BRIEF descriptors. But we have already seen that BRIEF performs poorly with rotation. So what ORB does is to "steer" BRIEF according to the orientation of keypoints. For any feature set of \(n\) binary tests at location \((x_i, y_i)\), define a \(2 \times n\) matrix, \(S\) which contains the coordinates of these pixels. Then using the orientation of patch, \(\theta\), its rotation matrix is found and rotates the \(S\) to get steered(rotated) version \(S_\theta\).
ORB discretize the angle to increments of \(2 \pi /30\) (12 degrees), and construct a lookup table of precomputed BRIEF patterns. As long as the keypoint orientation \(\theta\) is consistent across views, the correct set of points \(S_\theta\) will be used to compute its descriptor.
BRIEF has an important property that each bit feature has a large variance and a mean near 0.5. But once it is oriented along keypoint direction, it loses this property and become more distributed. High variance makes a feature more discriminative, since it responds differentially to inputs. Another desirable property is to have the tests uncorrelated, since then each test will contribute to the result. To resolve all these, ORB runs a greedy search among all possible binary tests to find the ones that have both high variance and means close to 0.5, as well as being uncorrelated. The result is called rBRIEF.
For descriptor matching, multi-probe LSH which improves on the traditional LSH, is used. The paper says ORB is much faster than SURF and SIFT and ORB descriptor works better than SURF. ORB is a good choice in low-power devices for panorama stitching etc.
ORB in OpenCV
As usual, we have to create an ORB object with the function, cv.ORB() or using feature2d common interface. It has a number of optional parameters. Most useful ones are nFeatures which denotes maximum number of features to be retained (by default 500), scoreType which denotes whether Harris score or FAST score to rank the features (by default, Harris score) etc. Another parameter, WTA_K decides number of points that produce each element of the oriented BRIEF descriptor. By default it is two, ie selects two points at a time. In that case, for matching, NORM_HAMMING distance is used. If WTA_K is 3 or 4, which takes 3 or 4 points to produce BRIEF descriptor, then matching distance is defined by NORM_HAMMING2.
Below is a simple code which shows the use of ORB.
import numpy as np
import cv2 as cv
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
img = cv.imread('simple.jpg',0)
# Initiate ORB detector
orb = cv.ORB_create()
# find the keypoints with ORB
kp = orb.detect(img,None)
# compute the descriptors with ORB
kp, des = orb.compute(img, kp)
# draw only keypoints location,not size and orientation
img2 = cv.drawKeypoints(img, kp, None, color=(0,255,0), flags=0)
See the result below:
ORB feature matching, we will do in another chapter.
Additional Resources
 1. Ethan Rublee, Vincent Rabaud, Kurt Konolige, Gary R. Bradski: ORB: An efficient alternative to SIFT or SURF. ICCV 2011: 2564-2571.


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Source: Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS - Trying to fight a huge fish kill in the Pearl River, authorities in Mississippi have temporarily increased discharges from the Ross Barnett Reservoir.
The action late Tuesday by the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District was designed to increase fresh water in the river, dilute pollutants and increase the oxygen level in river water.
Last week, a black substance entered the river near the Temple-Inland Inc. paper plant at Bogalusa, La., and hundreds of thousands of fish have died. But officials haven't determined the exact source of the pollution. Louisiana environmental officials said the mill reported a problem last week at its wastewater plant.
The mill remained closed Wednesday as authorities awaited the results of water testing.
On Wednesday, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation said at least some pollution had entered the lake. The foundation said that on Tuesday, a 10-mile long line of white foam stretched from Rigolets Pass to Bayou Banfouca, scattering dead catfish. However, the foundation said oxygen levels in the lake appeared normal.
"It is likely the foam and dead fish were carried by tides in normal lake water and may not indicate that significant polluted water has entered Lake Pontchartrain," the foundation said in a statement.
Scientists said the fish kill was likely due to a resulting lack of water oxygen stemming from the pollution.
It likely will take several days for the additional discharge at the Ross Barnett Reservoir near Jackson to reach the affected area of the river, said Trudy Fisher, executive director of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.
The reservoir was created by impounding the Pearl River between Madison and Rankin counties in Mississippi. It was completed in 1965 and has since become a popular place for boating, sailing, camping and fishing.
John Sigman, the water supply district's general manager, said the increased discharges would have little effect on the reservoir, other than a slight decrease in the water level.
"We will return to normal discharge rates after we are able to determine the effects on the lower Pearl River," Sigman said.
As of Wednesday, the Mississippi DEQ said the kill stretched 35 miles to 40 miles along the river from Bogalusa to the Mississippi Sound. The agency said that the kill numbered hundreds of thousands of fish and mussels and has endangered species such as the Gulf Sturgeon, Ringed Sawback Turtles and an endangered mussel.
St. Tammany Parish said last Tuesday it was planning to declare a state of emergency and request state assistance for the affected area. Parish officials said drinking water supplies head not been affected.
Health authorities have told people to avoid the river and not eat fish from the river from between Bogalusa and Poplarville, Miss., southwards to around Slidell.


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The Congress of the Republic of Peru (Spanish: Congreso de la República) is the unicameral body that is legislative power in Peru.
The current Congress of Peru, sworn in after the 2020 elections, was elected after the dissolution of the previous Congress by President Martin Vizcarra.
Congressmen serve for a five-year term and can be re-elected as many times as they want even though this is very rare. Elections for congress happen at the same time as the election for president.
In 2020, Mirtha Vásquez was elected President of the Congress.
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Scale Kubernetes Pods
Updated 1 day ago by Michael Cretzman
When you deploy a Kubernetes workload using Harness, you set the number of pods you want in your manifests and in the deployment steps.
With the Scale step, you can scale this number of running pods up or down, by count or percentage.
In this topic:
Before You Begin
Step 1: Add Scale Step
In your Harness Workflow, click Add Step, and select Scale. The Scale settings appear.
Name the step and then provide the scaling strategy, described below.
Step 2: Pick Count or Percentage
The Scale step updates the number of instances running, either by count or percentage.
In Instance Unit Type, select COUNT or PERCENTAGE.
 - COUNT — The number is simply the number of pods.
 - PERCENTAGE — A percentage of the pods defined in your Harness Service Manifests files or a previous Workflow step.
Step 3: Set the Number of Pods
Enter the number of pods to scale up or down compared to the number of instances specified before the Scale step.
The number may come from the Harness Service manifest or a previous Workflow step, whichever set the number of pods right before the Scale step.
For example, in you have replicas: 4 in a manifest in your Service, and you enter 50 PERCENT in Instances, then 2 pods are deployed in this step.
If you have an odd number of instances, such as 3 instances, and then enter 50% in Scale, the number of instances is scaled down to 2.
Step 4: Specify Resources to Scale
Enter the Harness built-in variable ${k8s.canaryWorkload} or the name of the resource in the format [namespace/]Kind/Name, with namespace optional. For example:
You can scale Deployment, DaemonSet, or StatefulSet.
You can only enter one resource in Workload. To scale another resource, add another Scale step.
Here is what a completed step looks like:
Option: Delegate Selector
If your Workflow Infrastructure Definition's Cloud Provider uses a Delegate Selector (supported in Kubernetes Cluster and AWS Cloud Providers), then the Workflow uses the selected Delegate for all of its steps.
In these cases, you shouldn't add a Delegate Selector to any step in the Workflow. The Workflow is already using a Selector via its Infrastructure Definition's Cloud Provider.
If your Workflow Infrastructure Definition's Cloud Provider isn't using a Delegate Selector, and you want this Workflow step to use a specific Delegate, do the following:
In Delegate Selector, select the Selector for the Delegate(s) you want to use. You add Selectors to Delegates to make sure that they're used to execute the command. For more information, see Select Delegates with Selectors.
Harness will use Delegates matching the Selectors you add.
If you use one Selector, Harness will use any Delegate that has that Selector.
If you select two Selectors, a Delegate must have both Selectors to be selected. That Delegate might also have other Selectors, but it must have the two you selected.
You can use expressions for Harness built-in variables or Account Default variables in Delegate Selectors. When the variable expression is resolved at deployment runtime, it must match an existing Delegate Selector.
For example, if you have a Delegate Selector prod and the Workflow is using an Environment also named prod, the Delegate Selector can be ${}. This is very useful when you match Delegate Selectors to Application component names such as Environments, Services, etc. It's also a way to template the Delegate Selector setting.
Option: Skip Steady State Check
If you select this, Harness will not check to see if the workload has reached steady state.
 - You can scale down to 0 to remove all instances.
Next Steps
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We teach children to dream by sculpting castles made of sand. How fitting, teaching children to build with crumbs of rocks - instead of teaching them to quarry out mountains, cut down trees, and mix mortar to create structures that last. We teach them to climb mountains if they want to be tall, and to read novels and text-books to make their minds deep. With unseen paper-cut fingers, and oxygen tanks to reach those high peaks,
we never teach them that they will fall. Or how when they fall, and their dreams shatter, how to sweep up the broken crumbs and turn them back into castles.


text: The 17 January 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu earthquake is a typical example showing that the ground motions along basin-edge faults can be very destructive. In this study, we simulate the near-fault ground motion from this earthquake based on a kinematic fault model and a simplified 3D velocity structure of the Kobe area. The kinematic earthquake rupture and the wave propagation are modeled using a 3D finite-difference method (FDM). Our simulation identifies the basin-edge effect as an important factor that influenced the ground-motion amplification pattern in the Kobe area. We found that the coupling of the source directivity and basin-edge effects causes impulsive ground motions with extremely high amplitude at periods greater than 1 sec and in a narrow zone offset less than 1 km from the basin edge. The combination of these effects acted to create a fairly continuous band of amplification that extends about 30 km in an elongated zone parallel to the basin-edge boundary. In some areas, localized site effects might have been as important as the abovementioned effects, but they cannot explain the continuity of the extended east-west zone of damage.


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Glacier Bay Crabs
The Life and Times of Dungeness Crabs in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Life history of Dungeness crabs; distribution of Dungeness crabs throughout Glacier Bay; animal ecology; the effectiveness of a marine preserve for protecting species, such as Dungeness crab; special adaptations to a marine environment
Dungeness crabs are an important benthic species of Glacier Bay. Glacier Bay was closed in 1999 to all commercial fishing of Dungeness crabs because of the possibility of a collapse of Alaska's Dungeness fisheries. Preliminary studies indicate that this closure will increase the size and abundance of this important species, as well as improve its genetic biodiversity.
What factors are important to maintaining a strong population of Dungeness crab in Southeast Alaska?
Students will know...
- The life history of Dungeness crabs
- The place of the Dungeness crab in the food web of Glacier Bay's marine environment
- The physiological adaptations that allow crabs to thrive in the extreme conditions of Glacier Bay
- The relationship between a thriving fishery and marine preserves
Students will be able to...
- Compare and contrast the life histories of human beings and Dungeness crabs.
- Create displays to share information on Dungeness crabs.
- Build models to compare and contrast members, both terrestrial and marine, of the Arthropoda Phylum.
- Research and illustrate the place of the Dungeness crab in the food web of its marine environment.
- Analyze data from a study on the distribution of Dungeness crabs in Glacier Bay to draw conclusions about the animal and its ability to adapt to the extreme conditions of the environment.
- Examine a brief history of the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in southeast Alaska and its effect on the population of Dungeness crabs.
- Assess the effectiveness of a marine preserve on the continued health of a commercially important population of animals.
- Crabs in Glacier Bay
- Unit Outline
- Instructional Resources
- Activity #1
- Activity #2
Dungeness Crabs at home in Glacier Bay
- Activity #3
The economic significance of a crab refuge
- National Standards
Science, English/Language Arts, Geography, Mathematics, Social Studies
- Grade Levels:
- Fifth Grade-Eighth Grade
- Biology: Animals, Conservation, Marine Biology, Oceanography, Wildlife Management
- National/State Standards:
- Science as Inquiry, Life Science, Science in Personal & Social Perspectives, History & Nature of Science, Data Analysis and Probability, Environment & Society, The Uses of Geography


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Learn to Count Classroom Rug - Rectangle - 8' 4"W x 13' 4"L
The eye-catching Learn to Count Classroom Rug displays the numbers 1-20 in bold, beautiful colors. Children can trace or touch the numbers and counting dots with their fingers for a tactile learning experience. This eco-friendly school rug is constructed of nylon fiber, which allows it to be easily recycled by the manufacturer. The antimicrobial treatment and Carpet Guard stain protection will keep common germs and spills at bay. And the KIDply® backing system protects against wear and tear. Made in the U.S.A.
- Ideal for daycare, preschool or kindergarten classrooms
- Eco-friendly and recyclable
- Antimicrobial and Carpet Guard treatment
- Dimensions: 8' 4" x 13' 4"
- Shape: Rectangle
- Suggested grade level: Preschool/kindergarten
- KIDply® backing system
- CRI Green Label Plus™ certified
- Warranty: Lifetime limited
*Carpets for Kids offers Cradle to Cradle certified products. They will take back their used rugs and recycle them into new, colorful classroom carpeting.
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Benefits realisation - good projects in public sector
The resources to improve health
In the run-up to the general election, all the political parties trying to win your vote using the NHS card. They make all these wild promises, but what is going on behind the scenes? Labour -- Gordon Brown's health team is promising something for everyone: the public can have whatever they want
IES talk - Business Cases for Public Good
IES (Institute for Employment Studies) does groundbreaking research into the impact of employment practice on delivery of effective public services, amongst other things (for a fuller explanation see their web site).
They run fortnightly lunchtime seminars on relevant issues and Tues 8 Oct 08 was the inaugural seminar for this academic year. presented on how to prepare and deliver a business case for public and statutory funding, illustrating some of the difficulties of assembling evidence, and of introducing new roles.
Workshop: Developing Evidence-Based Business Case
A 1½ day workshop for people who need to prepare business cases, need more practice, or whose track record at having business cases approved is not all they would like. It helps delegates to gather the evidence and identify the impacts which contribute to a compelling business case; and explores alternative sources of funding.
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VOOPOO VFL Operating Instructions:
How To Fill Liquid into VOOPOO VFL:
1. Pull up the silicone plug then fill in the liquid (see picture a). 2. Put back the silicone plug.
How To Assemble:
1. Connect the filled liquid pod with
The pod and the nozzle
VOOPOO VFL Kit Basic Functions:
- Power Button on/off: Press the power button on/off five times continuously within 2s, all gear position lights will be on for 3s.
- Vaping trigger mode: MIC trigger smoking mode
- Preheating: Press the preheat button 3 times continuously within 2s to start preheating the current set voltage gear lamp flashing prompt. The preheat cycle time is 15s. If you want to stop preheating, press the preheat button once or keep to vaping.
- Voltage setting: Press this button continuously within 2 times to switch over: 2.5v/3.0v/3.5v cycles
- Low battery power prompt charge: 3 Voltage level indicator light from high to low lamp lit after all on 2s, after five cycles then close the tips.
- Protection function: output short circuit protection, low power protection, overcharge and over discharge protection and vaping overtime protection.
VOOPOO VFL Charging:
How to charge:
Twist the bottom 90 degrees to find the USB port. When charging is complete, twist it back to its original.
Micro USB charging: 5V – 500mA;
When USB plug in to charge the device, 3 voltage indicator light flashing from bottom to top during


Ilan Manouach
Ilan Manouach (Athens, 1980) is a multidisciplinary artist with a specific interest in conceptual comics. His book works claim for the importance of comics as a materially self-reflexive medium, unaffiliated to any general history of the medium. Since 2014, he concentrates his practice around Shapereader, a community-specific tactile constructed language, initially designed and conceptualized for the purposes of visually impaired users that promotes an embodied textual experience. In addition, he works as a book publisher and a musician. He is a PhD researcher at the Aalto University.


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Manji Formation
Manji Formation
Kanji 卍の陣
Rōmaji Manji no Jin
Literal English Manji Formation
Manga Chapter #12
Anime Naruto Episode #7
Game Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 (Mentioned)
Appears in Anime, Manga and Game
Classification General skill
Class Defensive
Range Short-range
The Manji Formation is a very basic formation that is used to protect a central point, to defend against multiple attacks coming from multiple locations, or to defend a group against an attack that could come from any unknown angle. Its name derives from the shape of a manji, 卍, as the formation requires a person facing outwards at all four points, where the four ninja's backs face each other. Each person is responsible to guard against the area straight ahead of them and to the left, as the manji suggests. This formation has one blind spot: the centre.
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The LEGO WeDO set - discussed in previous posts - was made for the classroom, but it comes with two little sensors that can be used in NXT robots too. The set includes a tilt sensor as well as a proximity sensor. With a converter cable, it is possible to read the sensors using the NXT brick.
The video below illustrates the two sensors. Based on the (analog) sensor value, a tone is played. The signal from the tilt sensor is rather discrete - it only tells you wether it points up, down, left, right or wether it is held parallel to the ground.
The proximity sensor responses to changes in relative distance quite fast, making it a good solution for movement detection
Here's a diagram of the converter cable by Daniel Wittenaar (MCP):
Caution: Do not use this cable to connect a battery pack to your NXT. This will damage your NXT instantly.
Other than that, you can safely use this cable to connect PF sensors and Motors to the NXT.


co1numpp- "Number" property of pins and pads
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The number (not name) of a pin or a pad is at the heart of how parts of KiCad work… although the name is important in some contexts.
Be careful to keep these two properties apart.
You may also find times when you are confusing a schematic symbol or footprint's name with a pin or pad name/ net name.
Each pin of a schematic symbol has a "number", which is the identifier which links it to a pad of a footprint on the final PCB design.
Each pad of a footprint (also known as "a module") has a "number", which is the identifier which links it to a pin of a schematic symbol on the project's circuit diagram in "ordinary" situations. (It is only when you using power ports and invisible pins that things get a little complicated.)
Pin and pad numbers may be numbers in the usual sense, e.g.1, 27, 9999. However, the "numbers" can have letters in them, too, not just digits. "Vcc" is the "number" of an invisible pin on some devices, for instance. Nothing other than letters and digits should be used in a pin or pad number.
(Each pin also has a name, and each pad has a net name, but these are used for other things.)
Invisible pins offer a little challenge. What is their number (and name)? Often you will "just know". There is help with how to find the pin number (and name) at the invisible pins page in this encyclopedia.
Pin/ pad number rules….
(You'll need this information when making your own schematic symbols and footprints, and even before that you may find things here useful.)
Maximum length: Four characters.
If you try to assign a longer name, KiCad just abbreviates what you've used.
(Minimum length: While the schematic symbol editor will let you make a pin with no number, this seems like a Very Bad Idea to me, and I have no idea why you would want to create such a pin, and the fact that you can do it at all puzzles me. (I should go back and re-run the tests which made me think it is possible!) Pins without names is a different matter. They do occur.)
Spaces: The eeSchema manual says "Avoid spaces in pin numbers and names". This would imply that you would also not want to use spaces in pad numbers.


6.111 Labkit
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Getting Started with ISE
by Nathan Ickes
The Xilinx Integrated Software Environment (ISE) is a powerful and complex set of tools. The purpose of this guide is to help new users get started using ISE to compile their designs. This guide provides a very high-level overview of how the tools work, and takes the reader through the process of compiling. The ultimate reference to ISE is of course the official documentation, which is installed on every PC in the lab, and is available from the Xilinx website.
From HDL to FPGA
The process of converting hardware design language (HDL) files into a configuration bitstream which can be used to program the FPGA, is done several steps.
First, the HDL files are synthesized. Synthesis is the process of converting behavioral HDL descriptions into a network of logic gates. The synthesis engine takes as input the HDL design files and a library of primitives. Primitives are not necessarily just simple logic gates like AND and OR gates and D-registers, but can also include more complicated things such as shift registers and arithmetic units. Primitives also include specialized circuits such as DLLs that cannot be inferred by behavioral HDL code and must be explicitly instantiated. The libraries guide in the Xilinx documentation provides an complete description of every primitive available in the Xilinx library. (Note that, while there are occasions when it is helpful or even necessary to explicitly instantiate primitives, it is much better design practice to write behavioral code whenever possible.)
In 6.111, we will be using the Xilinx supplied synthesis engine known as XST. XST takes as input a verilog (.v) file and generates a.ngc file. A synthesis report file (.srp) is also generated, which describes the logic inferred for each part of the HDL file, and often includes helpful warning messages.
The.ngc file is then converted to an.ngd file. (This step mostly seems to be necessary to accommodate different design entry methods, such as third-part synthesis tools or direct schematic entry. Whatever the design entry method, the result is an.ngd file.)
The.ngd file is essentially a netlist of primitive gates, which could be implemented on any one of a number of types of FPGA devices Xilinx manufacturers. The next step is to map the primitives onto the types of resources (logic cells, I/O cells, etc.) available in the specific FPGA being targeted. The output of the Xilinx map tool is an.ncd file.
The design is then placed and routed, meaning that the resources described in the.ncd file are assigned specific locations on the FPGA, and the connections between the resources are mapped into the FPGAs interconnect network. The delays associated with interconnect on a large FPGA can be quite significant, so the place and route process has a large impact on the speed of the design. The place and route engine attempts to honor timing constraints that have been added to the design, but if the constraints are too tight, the engine will give up and generate an implementation that is functional, but not capable of operating as fast as desired. Be careful not to assume that just because a design was successfully placed and routed, that it will operate at the desired clock rate.
The output of the place and route engine is an updated.ncd file, which contains all the information necessary to implement the design on the chosen FPGA. All that remains is to translate the.ncd file into a configuration bitstream in the format recognized by the FPGA programming tools. Then the programmer is used to download the design into the FPGA, or write the appropriate files to a compact flash card, which is then used to configure the FPGA.
Template Design Files
In order to interact with any of the codecs, memories, or even general I/O pins on the labkit, the I/O ports defined in the top-level Verilog module of a design must be mapped to the correct I/O pins on the labkit's FPGA. This is done by means of constraint statements inside a universal constraints file (.ucf).
The FPGA used in the labkit has 684 I/O pins (and most of them are actually connected to something on the labkit PCB!) It would be extremely laborious to type out the necessary constraints for each new project, so, to simplify the process of adding pin constraints to a new design, two template files have been developed.
 - labkit.v is a template top-level Verilog module. This module defines names for all of the signals going in or out of the FPGA. Additionally, it provides default assignments for all FPGA outputs, so that unused circuits on the labkit are disabled.
 - labkit.ucf is the standard constraints file for the labkit. This file contains constraint statements that tie the signals in labkit.v to the appropriate physical FPGA pins.
The labkit.v should be used for the top-level module of every labkit project. You will have to modify this file to instantiate your own design within it.
An ISE Tutorial
 1. Download the following source files: the standard toplevel template module (labkit.v), the standard labkit constraints file (labkit.ucf), and the sample counter design for this tutorial (counter.v).
 2. Launch the Project Navigator application (Start → Programs → Xilinx ISE 8.2i &rarr Project Navigator).
 3. Select "New Project" from the "File" menu
 4. Enter a project name and choose a project location. Be sure the top-level source type is set to HDL (hardware design language). Click the "Next" button.
 5. On the second form, enter the target device information. The FPGA on the labkits is a Virtex 2 family XC2V6000, speed grade 4, in a BF957 package. Select "ModelSim-SE Verilog" as the simulator.
 6. The next form allows you to create a new source file and automatically add it to the new project. Note that there is really no reason to create a new source file when creating a project: you can create a new source file and add it to the project at any time. Since you have already downloaded all of the source files needed for this tutorial project, just click the "Next" button.
 7. The following form allows you to add any existing source files to the new project. Add the labkit.v, counter.v, and labkit.ucf files you downloaded earlier, as shown below.
 8. Click "Next" to advance to the project summary form, and then click "Finish" to create the project. When the "Adding Source Files..." dialog pops up, click "OK".
 9. Once ISE has created the new project, the "Sources in Project" tree in the Project Navigator window should look like this:
Modifying the labkit.v Template
 1. To instantiate the counter module in the top-level labkit module, open by double-clicking on its name in the source tree, and then add the following code to the end of the file, just before the endmodule statement.
 wire [31:0] count;
 counter counter1 (.clock(clock_27mhz),.count(count));
 assign led = ~count[31:24];
 After saving the file, note that the project hierarchy tree changes to show that the counter module is now a submodule of labkit.
 2. The stock labkit.v file assigns a default value to the LED outputs. In order to drive the LEDs with the counter module, we need to delete the following line, which can be found near the end of labkit.v.
 assign led = 8'hFF; // Turn off all LEDs
Compile the Design
 1. The labkit.ucf file includes constraints for all of the input and output ports defined in labkit.v. Most designs, however, will not use all of these signals, in which case the synthesis engine will optimize the unused signals out of the design. The location constraints in labkit.ucf for these unused signals will then generate errors. It is therefore necessary to tell ISE not to generate an error if it encounters a pin constraint for a (now) nonexistent signal. To do this, right-click on the "Implement Design" item in the process pane, and select "Properties...". Check the box to "allow unmatched LOC constraints" in the "Translate Properties" form, as shown below.
 2. Make sure the top-level labkit module is selected in the project source tree.
 3. Double click "Generate Programming File" in the tasks area of the Project Navigator window.
 This will cause the "Synthesize", "Implement Design" and "Generate Programming File" tasks to be run in order. It's normal with this design for each stage of the compilatio to produce warnings, so a yellow triangle will appear beside each task when it is successfully completed. It will take a couple minutes for everything to complete.
Downloading the Compiled Design to the Labkit Hardware
Once you have successfully run the "Generate Programming File" task, read the configuration methods tutorial to learn how to download the compiled design to the actual labkit.
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Some scientific phenomena in the ocean or atmosphere, such as wind and current, are normally measured with a pair of variables. The pair can be either magnitude (speed) and direction, where magnitude measures how fast wind or water flows, and direction measures the direction of the flow. These can also be measured as U and V components, where U is the velocity toward east, and V is the velocity toward north. This blog describes the capabilities of visualizing wind and ocean current data in ArcGIS, as well as the workflow for preparing layers for visualization.
To visualize wind or water flow, it is common to use vectors to symbolize size, color to represent speed, and symbol angle to represent flow direction. So how can you visualize the two rasters, either magnitude and direction variables, or U and V components? ArcGIS has a vector field data type and special renders for this purpose.
Visualize wind data in ArcGIS Pro
The map displays wind data on top of a temperature layer for the continental United States. The layer is composed of U and V components of wind, and displayed using the wind barb symbol of the Vector Field renderer. More vector symbol types are supported; see this help topic for more information on how to work with the Vector Field renderer in ArcGIS Pro.
Visualize an imagery layer of ocean current data using Map Viewer
This imagery layer in ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online contains magnitude and direction variables of ocean currents. The map displays using the Vector Symbol renderer in Map Viewer, in which arrows point to the flow direction and color indicates the speed. Since the imagery layer is multidimensional, the time slider can be used to animate wind flow through time.
Visualize an imagery layer of wind using Animated Flow Renderer
How to prepare data for visualization
Wind and ocean current data is often stored in netCDF, GRIB, or HDF format, either as a single file or multiple files. There are a few ways to prepare a layer with the vector field from the data, depending on which product you use. The key is the Vector Field raster function, which composes the two variables that describe speed and direction into a two-band raster with a vector field type. The type is Vector-MagDir if the two variables represent magnitude and direction, or Vector-UV if the two variables represent U and V components. The recommended workflows of preparing data in ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise are outlined below.
Prepare data using ArcGIS Pro
You can create a raster layer of the vector field and visualize it in ArcGIS Pro, or prepare a dataset with the vector field, and publish a vector field-ready imagery layer from it in ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise.
Workflow 1: Create a vector field layer directly from the data
You can use the following workflow if the two variables are in one multidimensional raster file, such as a netCDF, HDF, GRIB, or CRF file:
- Click the Add Data button and choose the Add Multidimensional Raster Layer tool.
- Check the check boxes for two variables that represent magnitude and direction (or U and V components).
- Choose an option for Output Configuration. In this example, it is Vector Field (Magnitude-Direction), as indicated above. Define the corresponding variable type, as shown below, and click OK to create the layer.
A layer with Vector-MagDir type will be added to the map and it will be displayed using the vector field render by default. You can also save the data to a vector field-ready Cloud Raster Format (CRF) using the Copy Raster tool.
Note: This layer is a function raster layer containing a Vector Field raster function. You can also add the two variables to the map and create a layer using the Vector Field raster function. If the two variables are stored in two files, you can also use this workflow, adding the two variables as two separate raster layers to create a layer using the Vector Field raster function.
Workflow 2: Create a dataset of vector field type from multiple files
When your data is stored in multiple files, you can use a mosaic dataset and a vector field processing template to create a vector field-ready dataset. Here, we use NetCDF files as an example to outline the workflow:
- Create a mosaic dataset using the Create Mosaic Dataset geoprocessing tool.
- Open the Add Rasters to Mosaic Dataset tool and for Raster Type, choose NetCDF. If your data is in other formats, you can choose an appropriate raster type here.
- Set the input path containing your data and click the Raster Type button (blue box). The Raster Type Properties page appears.
- On the page, click Variables in the left panel and select two variables in the right panel, then define the type for each variable; in this example, it is U and V. Next, click Processing in the left panel and choose Vector Field.
- Click OK to add data, and a mosaic dataset will be created with a Vector-UV type.
- For better display performance, you can convert the mosaic dataset to CRF format using the Copy Raster tool, and this output CRF will have a Vector-UV raster type.
Create a vector field imagery layer in ArcGIS Online
There are two ways to create a vector field imagery layer in ArcGIS Online: One is to first create an imagery layer from the source files containing the two variables, then create a vector field imagery layer by composing a function template and running raster analytics. The created imagery layer will have either a Vector-UV or Vector-MagDir type. This workflow is entirely web based and requires that you have image analysis privilege. The other method is to use ArcGIS Pro to create a vector field dataset, such as CRF, from which to create a vector field imagery layer directly in ArcGIS Online. I recommend you use this method if you have ArcGIS Pro, because it will upload only the two required variables in ArcGIS Online which saves storage, and you can publish it directly without having to run raster analytics which requires image analysis privileges.
Workflow 3: Create a vector field imagery layer from source files
You can create a vector field imagery layer directly from the source files, such as data in netCDF, HDF, GRIB, or CRF format. Before you start, make sure your account has the ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online user type extension license with hosted imagery publishing and image analysis privileges. Refer to this help topic for information about privileges to publish a hosted imagery layer, as well as the choice of tiled or dynamic imagery layers.
To create a multidimensional imagery layer, complete the following steps:
- Click the My Contenttab and click the New item
- Choose the Imagery layer option to open the Create Imagery Layers
- Choose the Tiled Imagery Layer Both tiled and dynamic imagery layers are supported for visualizing vector field data.
- For the layer configuration option, choose One Image if your data is stored in a single file, or choose One Mosaicked Image if your data is stored in multiple files.
- In the Select input imagery box, click Browse or drag your files or the whole CRF folder into the box.
- Click Next to define your layer name, tags, summary, and folder to save.
- Choose Create to start layer creation.
It will create a single imagery layer with all the variables available including the two variables for the Vector Field raster function in the next step.
Note: If the data is stored in two separate raster files, you can create two layers by going through the workflow steps above twice.
To create a vector field imagery layer, complete the following steps:
This will take the two variables in the imagery layer in the previous step, and create a vector field imagery layer using the Vector Field raster function. Use Map Viewer Classic if the Raster Function Editor is not yet available in the standard Map Viewer.
- Open the multidimensional imagery layer created above in Map Viewer Classic, click the Raster Function Editor button (in blue box).
2. In the Raster Function Editor, search for the Multidimensional Filter function and Vector Field function in the System category and create a function chain the same as the one in the following diagram. You can save the raster function template, or directly bring it to the Raster Analysis pane without saving. Click OK to continue and prepare for raster analysis.
Note: If U and V (or Magnitude and Direction) are created in two separate imagery layers, Match Variables option in Multidimensional Rules needs to be unchecked. Multidimensional Rules are located in Edit Properties, the first button at top-right corner of the Raster Function Editor.
3. Define the input parameters for the template.
a. In the first Multidimensional Filter function, select the first variable, for U or magnitude.
b. In the second Multidimensional Filter function, select the second variable, for V or direction.
c. Choose an option for Input Data Type from the combo box. It is either U-V or Magnitude-Direction; make sure the type matches the selected variables. And define the Output Data Type to be Magnitude-Direction.
d. Provide an output name and click Run Analysis to the create imagery layer.
The output will be a vector field-ready imagery layer.
Workflow 4: Create an imagery layer from a vector field-ready CRF
Sometimes you may have a CRF with a vector field type created in ArcGIS Pro. You can create an imagery layer from this CRF using the first portion of workflow 3 above, described in the ArcGIS Online workflow section. The layer created will be vector field ready.
Publish an imagery layer for ArcGIS Enterprise
To publish a vector field imagery layer for ArcGIS Enterprise, you can either publish from your portal or publish using ArcGIS Pro.
Workflow 5: Publish from your portal
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A fox or a squirrel, which one is stronger? Most people will answer "the fox", because it is a larger, more powerful animal. But if you define the question more precisely, the answer is different: "A fox or a squirrel, who is better placed to live through live through cold, harsh winters?" The answer is "the squirrel". A squirrel hibernates during the darkest and coldest periods and is able to survive by changing its metabolism. The fox, in contrast requires constant supply of food and water and is the lesser of the two animals relative to living through the winter.
A remarkable analogy exists with low-power wireless sensor applications. Many solutions solve the low-power in a traditional fashion: they reduce power by decreasing the current consumption during operation. However, this "traditional" way of reaching low power in not sufficient to answer the needs of wireless sensor applications. They require a different way to optimize for low power. In a way, many current solutions for wireless sensor applications have a "fox-based" design, whereas a real answer to the application needs requires out-of-box thinking to come up with the hibernation capabilities of the squirrel.


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Riemannian metric given as follows: there is an orthogonal frame of vector
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orthogonal but not orthonormal, and the lengths of its vector fields are functions
of a single function on the manifold. Given these metric values on the frame and the
Lie bracket relations, the covariant derivatives are in principle computable from the
Koszul formula, hence connection and curvature are all determined.
When I try to define the metric using a dual coframe in ATLAS's Metric
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When it comes to welcoming a furry companion into our lives,
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After all, we want our feline friends to be by our side for as long as possible,
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In this article, we'll dive into the world of cat breeds with the longest lifespans,
shedding light on these remarkable companions that defy the sands of time.
The Secret to a Long and Happy Feline Life
Cats are not only beloved for their playful antics and soothing purrs but also for the deep bond they create with their human counterparts.
If you're aiming for a lasting companionship, you'll want to consider a breed known for its extended lifespan.
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Siamese Cats: Elegance Meets Endurance
Siamese cats are renowned for their striking blue eyes and distinctive color points.
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Ragdolls, often likened to plush toys due to their gentle demeanor, are another breed that graces our list.
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Living up to 15 years or more, Ragdolls prove that a calm disposition and loving companionship can contribute to a longer, healthier life.
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Maine Coons, famous for their impressive size and tufted ears, are often referred to as "gentle giants."
These big-hearted cats have a lifespan that can reach 12 to 15 years or beyond.
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