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Impl for StoredProcedure call. Method executeQuery() is used when the stored procedure returns ResultSet and method execute() is used when the stored procedure does not have any return ResultSet.
Parameters hold both IN and OUT parameters.
PagerImpl Holds ReadCommandImpl, page size and current page index. Implements next(), previous(), getPage(index) methods. In each based on current page index and page size, the ReadCommandImpl is executed with start and end boundaries set.
ChangeFactory This class is used during DAS.applyChanges(). With changed DataObject and ChangeSummary, required type of ChangeOperation instance is created (like DeleteOperation, UpdateOperation). This instance of ChangeOperation holds appropriate CommandImpl, which in itself holds the Parameters. Thus for a given DAS Config and Connection, ChangeFactory is used to propagate DataObject changes to Database via CommandImpl.
ChangeSummarizer Main function of this class is load Changes based on root DataObject of applyChanges() Command MappingWrapper is used to sort the ChangeOperations in Changes.
Changes Contains DeleteList, InsertList, Update List pertaining to one applyChanges() command.
DeleteList Maintains ordered/unordered list of DeleteOperations. If DAS Config defines any Relationships, MappingWrapper aids in forming Delete Order for all the Tables undergoing DeleteOperation, based on Parent-Child relationships. If Delete Order is available, DeleteList forms a List following appropriate Referential Integrity. Otherwise no order is maintained.
InsertList Maintains ordered/unordered list of CreateOperations. If DAS Config defines any Relationships, MappingWrapper aids in forming Insert Order for all the Tables undergoing InsertOperation, based on Parent-Child relationships. If Insert Order is available, InsertList forms a List following appropriate Referential Integrity. Otherwise no order is maintained.
UpdateList As UpdateOperation happens on single Table, there is no reason for sorting based on any Referntial Relationships. So, this class is just a wrapper on ArrayList.
BaseGenerator Parent class for Delete/Update/InsertGenerator. If in DAS Config, any Table Column specifies a ColumnConverter class, BaseGenerator, returns a new instance of this class.
DeleteGenerator Extends BaseGenerator. Based on Table and DAS Config, DELETE statement is generated with Primary Keys in WHERE clause. Using this, DeleteCommandImpl is instantiated. For Parameters in DeleteCommandImpl ColumnConverter is considered if present.
InsertGenerator Same as DeleteGenerator. Here Database Key value generation is also considered.
UpdateGenerator Extends BaseGenerator. In UPDATE statement WHERE clause Primary Keys are considered as well as Default OCC policy is considered. Also check is implemented for any violation for Foreign Key relationships. Parameters in UpdateCommandImpl consider ColumnConvert as appropriate. OCC attributes in DAS Config for , viz. managed and collision are considered in SET and WHERE clause formation respectively.
ChangeOperation Abstract parent class for Create/Delete/UpdateOperation. It contains WriteCommand, DatabaseObject and any generated ID.
DeleteOperation Extends ChangeOperation. Uses SDO's ChangeSummary based OldValues as in the DataGraph, deleted objects have lost their settings.
CreateOperation Extends ChangeOperation, makes use of Generated ID.
UpdateOperation Extends ChangeOperation and makes use of generated ID.
DatabaseObject Wraps DataObject. If a field is FK, it will return value from parent. It also sets the Database generated value in primary key property of DataObject.
RowObjects Holds a Map of TableName->DataObject. It uses relationship information to associate these DataObjects to form DataGraph.
GraphBuilderMetadata Class that form Metadata for forming DataObjects based on MetaData available in JDBC ResultSet. It uses DAS Config, ResultSet and ResultSetShape to form a Collection of ResultMetaData. It is used in ResultSetProcessor and thus further in RowObjects.
ResultSetProcessor This class is used to transform data in ResultSet into set of inter-related DataObjects. It contains TableRegistry, GraphBuilderMetadata and DataObjectMaker. Using GrapbBuilderMetadata and the JDBC ResultSet, it forms
ResultSetRow, then form RowObjects and connects related DataObjects using Relationship information from RowObjects to form the completed DataGraph.
DataObjectMaker Forms DataObject based on TableData. It is used in ResultSetProcessor for this.
TableRegistry Base Interface for Single/MultiTableRegistry.
SingleTableRegistry No functionality.
MultiTableRegistry Implements TableRegistry. Used when converting JDBC ResultSet of SQL SELECT into DataObjects.
DefaultConverter Implements Converter. In case of Blob database column type, returns byte for the column value when mapping from database data to property value.
ResultMetaData Holds complete ResultSet related metadata of the Query resultResultSet, ColumnConverters, MappingWrapper, SDO Type Names, SDO Property Names, ResultSetShape for the ResultSet, Map containing Table Type
> Column Property (equivalent to Database Table>Column). It provides various get methods on these members.
ResultSetRow A ResultSetRow is used to transform a single row of ResultSet into a set of DataObjects. It uses TableData as a intermediate place to keep Database Data for a Row, which is later used to form DataObject. It holds a List of all Table Data for the current row. This class is used in ResultSetProcessor.
TableData Holds single JDBC row for a Table and its Columns - tableName, list of PKs, Map of ColumnName->Data, if table has PK. Is used by DataObjectMaker to form DataObject based on Table Row.
ResultSetTypeMap Provides mapping from sql.Types to SDO Type. Used in ResultSetShape to populate SDO Type for all columns present in ResultSet.
FactoryRegistry Maintains registry of ChangeFactory. There is one FactoryRegistry for on DAS Config and Connection. It maintains a Map with entries of each SDO Type against ChangeFactory for current DAS Config+Connection.
ParameterImpl Holds values required for representing SQL statement/StoredProcedure parameter like name, index, value, SDO Type and columnConverter. Can have direction IN/OUT/IN-OUT. IN is default. OUT/IN-OUT is only in case of Stored Procedure.
ManagedParameterImpl Extends ParameterImpl. Expected to be integer or BigDecimal type, else exception is thrown. setValue() returns oldValue+1.
CollisionParameter Extends ParameterImpl. Design restricts setting value in CollisionParameter only once.
Parameters Maintains lists of parameters (used in SQL statements), IN/OUT parameters (used in stored procedures).
ResultSetShape This is an alternative to use ResultSetMetaData of the Query result. It can be used when some platforms like Oracle do not fully support MetaData. For a given SQL Query, this holds schemaName, tableName, columnName, SDO Column Type for each column in ResultSet. It has 2 constructors, one uses JDBC's ResultSetMetaData to form ResultSetShape and another uses DAS Config supplied ResultDescriptor to form ResultSetShape.
Statement Holds SQL String, JDBC connection, JDBC PreparedStatement and also state information whether the current statement is used by Pager.
SDODataTypeHelper Provides mapping between SDO's Type and JDBC's sql.Types.
SDODataTypes Uses SDO's TypeHelper to get SDO Type for given string.
QualifiedColumn Maintains schemaName, tableName and columnName for a Table's Column.
RelationshipWrapper Wrapper for DAS Config's . Only one method to return Collection of all FKColumns in a Relationship.
TableWrapper Wrapper on DAS Config's . Provides various get methods to get values of different elements and attributes within .
ConfigUtil Uses SDO's XMLHelper to load DAS Config Data Model in memory.
DataObjectUtil Provides utility methods for SDO DataObject like copying one DataObject into another, restoring Old Values of a DataObject using its SDO's ChangeSummary.
Complete DAS Configuration follows.
Convention Child Element
 Not used
 Needs a valid value when creating static DataObjects.
 when true, multiple database schema under same database are supported
complete URL of data source
if true, DAS manages database transaction
complete qualified class name
 authentic database user
 password for the user
 database table column name (no meaning when Command kind is procedure)
IN/OUT (OUT makes sense when Command kind is "procedure")
used in set/getParameter() on Command based on direction (used when Command kind is procedure).
-> Used as alternative to database result set metadata.
 database table column name
 database table name
 used when databaseSchemaNameSupported=true
SDO mapped data type
 =true allows for 1:n relationship. If it is false, it's 1:1 relationship.
 In case of 1:1 relationship, if keyRestricted is not specified, the
link (relationship) between the parent and child rows can be broken, by setting the
parentKeyTable's row to null/deleting the row. Also, a different parent row can
be associated to the child row, which has one pre-existing parent row association.
If keyRestricted=true, this kind on change in existing relationship is not allowed,
user will get exception 'Can not modify a one to one relationship that is key
database table column name
database table column name
Database table name
Data Object type name
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 INSERT statement in PreparedStement format
space separated column names used in explicit INSERT
 UPDATE statement in PreparedStement format
 space separated column names used in explicit UPDATE
 DELETE statement in PreparedStement format
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Journal of Ecotourism
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This paper evaluates Aboriginal cultural interpretation at wildlife attractions and on wildlife tours in Australia. The sites included 14 wildlife parks or zoos; three Aboriginal owned emu or crocodile farms; and 16 wildlife tours, river cruises or resorts with Indigenous interpretation of wildlife. Telephone interviews were conducted with 35 manage (nine Indigenous) and 26 Indigenous staff at wildlife attractions that included verbal or written Aboriginal wildlife interpretation. The Indigenous guides verbally presented both traditional uses and personal stories about Australian wildlife followed by Aboriginal 'Dreaming' or creation stories about totemic animal species. Non-Indigenous staff explained traditional Aboriginal uses of wildlife followed by biological facts and species information. The responses in this study highlight cultural differences in animal attitudes and approaches to wildlife use or interpretation. According to staff, tourists benefit from the inclusion of Aboriginal interpretation at wildlife sites by broadening their mind dispelling myths learning/education about Aboriginal cultures, novelty and excitement from visitors, increasing cultural awareness and developing more positive attitudes towards Indigenous people. Some guidelines for wildlife attractions and tours to develop and present Aboriginal cultural interpretation of Australian wildlife are also identified.

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Animal communication is the transfer of information from one animal (sender) to one other animal (receiver) that affects the current or future behaviour of the receiver. It works using the energetic transference of information most commonly known as telepathy.
Fully understanding an animal is the key to making positive changes and communication can work effectively in helping to find the true cause of past or present environments, in order to enhance the strength of an animal healing session. It is also possible to endeavour to contact lost pets in order to reunite them with their owners, if it is their desire to return home.
It is possible to gain information from deceased pets and animals at a distance through a photograph in order to help in the grieving process of a lost animal.
I possess OA Diploma in Animal Communication as well as Advanced Animal Communication and passes in Naturopathy, Animal Care and a Higher National Diploma in Animal Behaviour and Psychology


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As a simple baseline calculation, let's say you take 2 weeks off each year as unpaid vacation time. Then you would be working 50 weeks of the year, and if you work a typical 40 hours a week, you have a total of 2,000 hours of work each year. In this case, you can quickly compute the annual salary by multiplying the hourly wage by 2000. Your hourly pay of $12.50 is then equivalent to an average annual income of $25,000 per year.
Want to reverse the calculation? Start with the annual salary and answer the question: 25,000 a year is how much hourly?
Now let's consider the case where you get paid $12.50 an hour, but you work all year with no vacation time. In the previous case, we assumed 2 weeks of unpaid vacation, but if you worked the entire year without any breaks, that would be 52 weeks. Assuming 40 hours a week, that equals 2,080 hours in a year. Your hourly wage of $12.50 would end up being about $26,000 per year in salary.
If you wanted to be even more accurate, you can count the exact number of working days this year. 2013 starts on a Tuesday (January 1, 2013) and ends on a Tuesday (December 31, 2013). It has a total of 365 days in the year including both weekdays and weekends. There are 104 weekend days (counting every Saturday and Sunday in the year), and 261 weekdays (Monday through Friday). So if you worked a normal 8 hour day on every weekday, and didn't work any overtime on the weekends, you would have worked a total of 2,088 hours over the 2013 year. You can then convert your hourly pay to a yearly salary of roughly $26,100 per year.
Remember that most companies give employees time off for various holidays, so that should really be included in the calculation. If your company decided to switch you from hourly pay to salary, you might get paid $26,100 per year, but you wouldn't actually have to work 2,088 hours since some of those days would be holidays. So your yearly income wouldn't necessarily change, but the actual number of hours you work over the year might be slightly less.
If you're working a regular 8-hour day, then you can simply take your hourly wage and multiply it by 8 to get your daily rate. So making $12.50 per hour is equivalent to making $100 per day.
Assuming you work 40 hours a week, you would make $500 per week.
If you look at an average month as 4 weeks, then you can estimate the average monthly earnings from $12.50 per hour to be $2,000 per month. Of course, some months are longer than others, so this is just a rough average. Another way to estimate the amount you make each month is to divide the annual salary by 12 months. For example, if you calculate the yearly total to be $26,100 per year, then your monthly average would be $2,175 per month.
Now here's an interesting twist. Let's say you start a business that earns you passive income. Your business runs without you, and if it's an online business, the internet is running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with no breaks on weekends or holidays. Just for fun, we can calculate how much you would make in a year if your website was generating $12.50 per hour.
Over 24 hours, you would make about $300 in a day. That means over 7 days (including the weekend) you'd bring in $2,100 in a week. Let's assume a month averages out to 30.5 days, then you'd end up with roughly $9,150 each month. Finally, in 2013 there are 365 days, so you could be making $109,500 a year. Now that would be a nice salary!
ConvertUnits.com provides a tool you can use to calculate the equivalent annual salary based on your hourly wage. You can factor in paid vacation time and holidays to figure out the total number of working days in a year. The salary calculator will also give you information on your daily, weekly, and monthly earnings. Remember that a full salary with benefits can include health insurance and retirement benefits that add more value to your total annual salary compared to similar hourly rates. You may also want to factor in overtime pay and the effects of any income taxes on your take home pay. Type in your own numbers to convert hourly to annual pay.
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Fig.3. Appropriate Arc Length
Fig.4. Too wide the virtual nozzle from a part.
- THE RESULT OF MATLAB SIMULATIONAs stated in abstract the next task is observing the three parameters of data taken in the simulation of smart land welding MATLAB to observe the factors. It will be pursued after the magnitude of the arc travel speed, Arc time and position of my tool or pointed to the welding joint. As mentioned in Table-I the movement of the tool along the path, the position of the nozzle too near or too far, the arc voltage magnitude, and the too lag or too fast of time matters the welded parts bead geometry.
- Arc Travel speed and Arc Voltage powerFig.5a and Fig.5b. shows the red color point is mid contour and the yellow color line shows the desired depth between two parameters while the arc voltage is too high as it is moving from blue color line to red color line along the gun nozzle moving direction.Fig.5a. Travel speed vs Arc voltage powerFig.5b. Travel speed vs Arc voltage power
- Arc Travel Speed and Arc Voltage vs PenetrationHence, as the speed of tool movement and the arcthe voltage which is known as arc length decrease and near respectively, the penetration of workpiece is deep whereby the speed of nozzle too fast and power is too small due to the arc length too far from the base metals, the penetration is too shallow as of Fig.6a and Fig.6b and the surface 3D show the penetration is too deep as it moves from blue color surface to the red color surface end high power 2500 J arc length.Fig.6a. Penetration Depth
Fig.6b. Penetration Depth
- Width welding vs Arc Travel speed and Arc Voltage Even though the width of weld is affected by the travel speed and power of arc voltage as doing for penetration, too flat width weld formed while the time slag or travel speed is slow and arc voltage or the arc length is too far. Fig.7a. Vice versa during the value of time, travel speed and arc length are increasing the width weld created is the slim shape and Fig.7b. shows, the width weld determined for speed 5m/s, arc voltage 2000J and melting temperature looks like flat. As shown in the Fig.7c. with the value of speed 60m/s, arc length 2000J, and melting efficiency of temperature 23 looks like needle shape. Considerably, the causes of those three parameters tested even if they are a reason for lack of fusion between two fillets going to be welded.Fig.7a. Width weld to travel Speed and Arc voltageFig.7b. Flat Shape Width Weld SizeFig.7c. Slim Shape Width Weld Size
- Melting Efficiency
While the paper concluding the results of the simulation, robot studio and the smart land welding MATLAB output, the three parameters effect have been seen and they have their events during the welding process. Causing of over penetration or lack penetration, blow of weld pool that being a reason for lack of fusion and weld width. Due to too high magnitude or too small magnitude of input added now, their efficient product will be re-filled for better melting efficiency.
Fig.8. Shows, the yellow line color indicates the desired depth, the white dot circle contour mid-point of the desired depth, and the 3D surface show as the desired travel speed and arc voltage or the appropriate arc length is set, the melting efficiency of the part to be welded is looks better from the blue color surface to the red color surface inward. And, the Fig.9. shows, the maximum fusion at the essential penetration, required fusion and arc blow, form the necessary bead geometry.
Fig.8. Melting Efficiency
Fig.9. Maximum Fusion Zone
TABLE II. WELDING EFFICIENCY SIMULATION DATA
s.n Thick. M.eff. Arc.V/w _URL_ Sens./um/w 1 1mm 0.42 467 20.7 2.68 2 3mm 0.47 3702 20.6 0.85 3 6mm 0.48 11005 15.5 0.56 4 9mm 0.47 11005 7 0.83 5 12mm 0.46 11005 3.9 1.13 6 15mm 0.46 12004 3.3 1.08
The table and Fig.10 detail about, the influence of the arc voltage and arc travel while the robot is moving along the desired path accurately. The melting efficiency (M.eff.) of the base metal that negligibly changes incorporate the thickness of weldable, beside of those objectives; meanwhile, the thickness increase to the redline, the parameters robot arc welding provided speed(arc.Tr) decrements and the arc power(arc.V) increments. The sensitivity(sens.) of fusion on the seam tracking as doing as the arc Travel speed while opposites to arc length.
Fig.10. Melting Efficiency Simulation
Generally, in this paper, the whole work presented which concerned with the factors that have been stated on the first page with their remedies to overcome the problems. The integration of the two-software provided to set easily the variables influencing the bead geometry and help to manage the problems along the seam path. Besides, the three parameters factor they have also observed; the proportionality of arc travel speed and arc length inversely matter arc time. Through the study of the performance from the simulation of robot studio to the MATLAB smart land welding virtual welding perspectives the figure, the result has been proven.
- Complete Guide To Robotic Welding, What Is Robotic Welding, By Brian Reed On December 13, 2017.
- A Welding Quality Detection Method For Arc Welding Robot Based On 3d Reconstruction With Sfs Algorithm Int J Adv Manuf Technol 94:_PHONE_, 2018.
- Theoretical Investigation Of Penetration Characteristics In Gas MetalArc Welding Using Finite Element Method, Subodh Kumar, And S.C. Bahadur, Volume 26b, June 1995-611.
- Applications Of Robotics In Welding Tanveer Majeed, Mohd Atif Wahid, Faizan Ali International Journal Of Emerging Research In Management &Technology Issn: 2278-9359 (Volume-7, Issue-3).
- Seam Tracking Of Intelligent Arc Welding Robot Khadijah Daeinabi, Mohammad Teshnehlab Proceedings Of The 6th Wseas Int. Conf. On Systems Theory & Scientific Computation, Elounda, Greece, August 21-23, 2006 (Pp161-166).
- The Corporate Technical Journal Of The Abb Group Special Robotics Report,30 Years In Robotics Page 6, Applications Stories Page 10, Virtual Technology Page 62.
- Programming Abb Industrial Robot For An Accurate Handwriting, Abigo Izabo, Tarig Faisal Mahmud Iwan, Hm Aa Al-Assadi2, Hanif Ramli; Isbn: 978-1-61804-094-7,2012.
- Direct Off-Line Robot Programming Via A Common Cad Package Pedro Neto, Nuno Mendes, 3030-708, 2013.
- Research And Realization Of Assistant Off-Line Programming System For Thermal Spraying, Chaoyue Chen, 11 Sep 2018.
- Robot Ware Industrial Robot Controller Software Irc5 Pr10259en_R2 Care Of. Printed In Sweden By WesterÃ¥s Media Produktion, VÃ¤sterÃ¥s,2004.
- An Evolutionary Approach To Parameter Optimization Of Submerged Arc Welding In The Hard Facing Process, Patnaik, Amar Biswas, Sandhyarani Mahapatra, S.S., Vol. 2, No. 4,(2007) Pp.462483.
- Real-Time Measurement Of Width And Height Of Weld Beads In Gmaw Processes JesÃºs Emilio Pinto-Lopera, JosÃ© Mauricio S. T. Motta And Sadek Crisostomo Absi Alfaro, 2016, 16, 1500.
- Through-Arc" Process Monitoring Techniques For Control Of Automated Gas Metal Arc Welding, Damn Barborak, Chris Conrardy, Bruce Madigan, And Troy Paskell, May 1999.
- Theoretical Investigation Of Penetration Characteristics In Gas MetalArc Welding Using Finite Element Method, Subodh Kumar, And S.C. Bahadur, Volume 26b, June 1995 -611.
- Effects Of Welding Velocity On The Impact Behavior Of Droplets In Gas Metal Arc Welding Jiecai Feng, Liqun Li, Yanbin Chen, Zhenglong Li, Hao Qin, Ying Li, 212(2012) 21632172.
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DOP stamp for the Valle d'Aosta's queen of cheeses
Fontina is a cheese that brings together all the exclusive aspects of unpasteurized and whole milk and its manufacture; it has a compact, thin, brown crust, inside of which is a semi-cooked, elastic and soft paste with a few small holes. The cheese is a pale yellow colour if produced in winter, when the cows are fed hay, and becomes a deeper yellow if produced during the summer. It has a sweet taste and its fragrant aroma intensifies as it matures.
This cheese has a high energy value, being rich in phosphorus, calcium and vitamins A and B: it is a whole, genuine and digestible food.
Its production is controlled by a rigid discipline which defines it: "a fatty cheese with a semi-cooked paste, produced with whole milk from the Val d'Aosta breed of cows (red-brindle, black-brindle, chestnut), obtained in one milking".
In 1996, Fontina gained the Protected Designation of Origin (DOP) stamp from the European Union, which unequivocally decrees that it must be produced exclusively in the Valle d'Aosta, a region with particular geographical, pedological, climatic, agronomic and cultural conditions, thus protecting it from attempts at imitation.
When it is fully matured, the Fontina DOP Consortium of Producers and Protection proceeds with stamping: the authenticity and quality of wheels bearing this stamp are guaranteed.
Tourist Areas
Tourist Areas
Mont Blanc
Gran Paradiso
Great Saint Bernard
Aosta and surroundings
Monte Rosa
Central Valley


Handbook 2:
Administering the Church
4.5 The Work of the Ward Council
Help Each Individual Progress
Members of the ward council do most of their work outside of ward council meetings. They work with their counselors and with home teachers, visiting teachers, and others in reaching out and ministering to those in their organizations and others who need assistance.
Ward council members strive to stay informed about the needs, well-being, and spiritual progress of members in their organizations. They also stay informed about members who face special challenges or changing circumstances. This information allows them to strengthen those who most need their help. At the same time, they respect individual and family privacy. Only the bishop deals with matters of personal worthiness.
The following resources can help ward council members be aware of the progress of members and investigators:
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 Reports on member participation, such as the ward's Quarterly Report. These reports are prepared by the ward clerk. They provide information about Church activity, ordinance status, and trends for individuals, age-groups, and the entire ward. In wards that use Church record-keeping software, the clerk can also provide other reports that have helpful information.
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 Reports from home teachers and visiting teachers.
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 New and Returning Member Progress form. Ward council members use this form to plan specific ways to teach and strengthen new members from the time of their baptism and confirmation until they receive the temple endowment. Ward council members may also use this form to plan how to help less-active members prepare to receive the ordinances that are appropriate for their age, including temple ordinances.
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 Progress Record. Full-time missionaries use this form to record each investigator's progress. Missionaries share this information with the ward mission leader, who shares it with the ward council.
Help Strengthen the Ward
Members of the ward council work together to build spiritual strength and unity in the ward. The ward council also oversees the planning of activities for the ward. Activities should be planned to fulfill gospel-centered purposes. For more information about activities, see chapter 13.


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- Walk around the ruins of medieval Dunwich. Why are these buildings ruins?
- Look for the signs of the past. Take in the beautiful view. Can you imagine the lost city just out of sight?
- What was life like for the inhabitants of the busy medieval town?
- Borrow our Role Play props and hats to help your children bring the medieval town to life.
- Download our Medieval Role Play plan. Ask us about having Sister Luke, a C13 nun to guide you. Or download our maps to plot what you see on your walk around the sleepy village looking for the traces of a very different past.
- Download our Gingerbread sheet for recording thoughts and sensations.


Calum Stirling
Image: Remote Village,
Copyright the artist 2019
Calum Stirling - Makrolab: - research footage
Landstylus: Survey#2
A single screen video work for cello, prepared score and CGI animation.
Cello: Sonia Cromarty
A project initiated as part of the Makrolab residency in 2002 to explore if topography can be played like the surface of a record and what might that landscape sound like? Whilst on residency at Makrolab the artist worked with a 20km square map around Glen Tilt in the Scottish Highlands. Translating it into a soundmap which could be 'driven' around using a software 'Landrover', the landstylus. Sound in this case is being harnesses as the interpretative voice to discover whether the shape of actual landforms can indeed generate a some or any of the parameters commonly associated with an emotive language such as music. The project was part inspired by the aptly named 'Hill and Dale' audio recording process pioneered by Edison in 1910.
Makrolab >


Year: 1847
School: Harvard
Protests broke out after Harvard admitted its first black student, Beverly Garnett Williams, in 1847. Students, faculty, and pro-slavery Southerners (apparently a large faction back then) rioted upon hearing the news. But the anger was all harbored in vain.
Williams died just before the academic year began, and thus never entered the college. Harvard wouldn't accept another black student for 23 years. School higher-ups surely didn't regret admitting Richard T. Greener in 1870. The first African-American to enter the college and complete the undergraduate curriculum went on to win the school's chief prizes in writing and speaking. Not too shabby for someone of any race.


How Hiking Can Improve Your Mental Health
How Hiking Can Improve Your
Mental Health
Posted at 10:00 - 10th October - Sarah Booth
Many people have experienced the connection between hiking and happiness. However, it now seems that the benefits to your mental health can be scientifically proven. We think this is a great reason to highlight the ways that hiking can help improve your mental well being.
Increasing Creativity
Our subconscious brain processes around 11 million 'bits' of information every second, with our conscious brain processing around 50. Add pinging emails, bleeping notifications, social media scrolling and it's no wonder that we are struggling with overwhelm and mental fatigue.
Hiking provides the perfect opportunity to unplug from technology and plug into nature. Worries fall away as you start to focus on what surrounds you – the footpath beneath your feet, the sounds of nature, glimpses of wildlife, and breath taking views around every corner. Being surrounded by nature can help increase your creativity and problem solving skills by up to 50% because it helps to restore the pre-frontal cortex area of the brain – the area that is heavily used to deal with the multi tasking demands of every day life.
Creativity in the Wild: Improving Creative Reasoning Through Immersion in Natural Settings
Reducing Anxiety
Gregory Bratman
Hiking has also been proven to reduce anxiety because you are less likely to overthink negative emotions and experiences when you are outdoors.
Hiking in nature has a meditative quality, helping you feel inspired, empowered and connected to something greater than yourself. It allows you to escape, putting physical and emotional distance between you and your stresses until all you need to focus on is what you are there to accomplish.
Whatever you accomplish – whether it's your first hike or a long distance challenge – you feel a huge sense of pride in discovering what you are truly capable of when you get out there and give things a go.
Nature Experience Reduces Rumination and Subgenual Prefrontal Cortex Activation
Hiking is a sport that is growing in popularity, changing from a pastime associated with retired ramblers, to one that is enjoyed by many young people who are taking advantage of the benefits it provides to their physical and mental health.
Alongside this growth in popularity comes the opportunity to develop your social connections and friendships beyond the confines of social media. Hiking with others gives you the opportunity to meet like-minded people, make new friends, engage in real life conversations and find the support of a positive, proactive community who want to see you succeed. When all of this happens in a lush, inspiring environment, the impact to your mental health can be significant.
Finally, recent studies have shown that hiking can help to reduce the symptoms of ADHD in children as it significantly improves their attention span and ability to control their impulses.
"Two studies to date have examined the impacts of exposure to nature among individuals with ADHD. Both focused on children aged 7 to 12 years who had been professionally diagnosed with ADHD. In the first study 3196 parents rated a variety of leisure activities with respect to whether their child's symptoms were better than, worse than, or the same as usual after engaging in those activities. Parents also rated the general severity of their child's symptoms and provided information on the "greenness" of the child's typical play settings. Results indicated that symptoms were better than usual after activities in relatively green settings. Moreover, the after effects of activities taking place in green outdoor settings were better than those of activities taking place either indoors or in relatively built outdoor settings, and the greener a child's typical play settings, the less severe his or her general symptoms."
A Potential Natural Treatment for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Evidence from a National Study
It's exciting to see scientific research emerging in a field where historically the link between nature and well-being has been felt but not necessarily quantified. Why not use it as a starting point to get outside and discover how a hike in nature can improve your own mental health and well-being.
For information, advice and immediate support for any mental health issues you can contact


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Armor Stand
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Armor stands are a type of furniture. Much like the weapon rack, the armor stand can be used to create a barracks. After being built (b-a), you may define the barracks dimensions (b-a, then +-). It can also be placed in a noble's room to appease them.
When used in a barracks designated for individual and squad equipment, dwarves will prefer to store their armor on stands instead of stockpiles. Doing so in concert with weapon racks will allow you to create centralized armories for your military.
Armor stands do not block dwarf movement.
Stockpile storage always takes priority over furniture, making armor stands all but useless for their practical purpose.


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one of a Native American people living near the Ottawa River in Canada, 1620s, from French Algonquin, perhaps a contraction of Algoumequin, from Micmac algoomeaking "at the place of spearing fish and eels." But Bright suggests Maliseet (Algonquian) elægomogwik "they are our relatives or allies."
Algonquian was the name taken late 19c. by ethnologists to describe a large group of North American Indian peoples, including this tribe. The Algonquin Hotel (59 W. 44th Street, Manhattan) opened 1902 and was named by manager Frank Case for the tribes that had lived in that area. A circle of journalists, authors, critics, and wits began meeting there daily in 1919 and continued through the twenties; they called themselves "The Vicious Circle," but to others they became "The Round Table."
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In a city, the vacant lot becomes a space of emptiness, a place that people try to avoid. The Rainbow of Ropes, attempts to reactivate these types of spaces by building a playground for children and adults alike. The conic shapes and tunnel like forms are inviting for people to climb inside. The web like structure is made of rope woven between structural steel hoops. The rope can be soft and comfortable to climb, sit, and lounge on. Open to the fresh air, the density of the rope filters light to shade inhabitants as they play inside. Rainbow of Ropes reactivates a dead space into a colorful and exciting place where everyone can come together and play like a kid.
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What is the sunniest day of the year? and how is that determined?
Of course this varies by location. For me, right now, that's Portland Oregon, but next month these architects I work with might consider a building in a different location.
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I am asked, given TMY3 data (here's a list of the relevant data in the TMY3 set
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Are "sunniest day" (or "least overcast day") and "most overcast day" defined in meteorology? or are they bogus data deployed by evening news weatherpeople to fill air time?
Is there an accepted means to determine the record day for least and most overcast, taking into account direct/diffuse normal/horizontal illuminance and hourly sky cover?
Bonus question: can anyone recommend a good textbook introduction to meteorology that provides an understanding of the definitions and statistics used in the field?


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If I have a holomorphic function $f(z)$, then I can write it as $$f(z)=\sum_{n=0}^\infty a_n z^n.$$ So these functions can be viewed as a generating function of the coefficients $\{a_n\}$ which have a certain structure. There are nice finite differential problems, solved exactly by some sequences $\{a_n\}$ encoded in a generating function. From what I see, they are like a set of numbers with incredibly low Kolmogorov complexity (see comments). The property of being holomorphic is tied to the derivation $f'(z)$ being defined/existent/computable for the function. And this derivation is also used in the "algorithm" for generating the $a_n$'s, namely the series expansion. Is this a valuable perspective?
In this same vain, I wonder if there is a class of functions, let's denote one by $F$, for which there are unique $A$, such that
$$F(z)=\int A(t)z^t\ \mathbb{d}t.$$
Thoughts: This reminds me of the Laplace transform, which is essentiall the same thing, only with $z\equiv\mathbb{e}^{-s}$. Hence, in the sense of the discussion abov, $F(z)$ would encode information $A(t)$, which solves some problem. One of my motivations really is just to understand the Laplace transform better. Some differential equations are solved via Laplace transform, but to see how their information relates to the differential equations is not so straight forward to me as in the case with the countable series expansion numbers $a_n$. I assume there must be something coming from the fact that the exponential function is tied to the derivative operation.
Trying to "grok it", I've come across some (category theoretical) approaches to these integral transforms, which reseble the Pontryagin duality construction. This approach seems sensible to me. (And after all, I find it kind of arbitrary that this theory is exclusively centered around the hom's to the circle group.)
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I don't understand the first paragraph. What is the "certain structure"? What "incredibly low Kolmogorov complexity"? – Qiaochu Yuan Jan 21 '13 at 10:03
_USER_: That's just mean. – Nikolaj K. Jan 21 '13 at 10:10
_USER_: I apologize then, but if it's not on purpose - it rather means that both the OP and the comments are written without being well-thought about, which is not something welcomed. – Ilya Jan 21 '13 at 10:12
_USER_: I mean the infinite number of coefficients $a_n$ can be encoded in one expresstion for the function, e.g. the string "$x/(1-x-x^2)$" as input for the "trylor expansion algorithm" generates the Fibinacci numbers $0,\;1,\;1,\;2,\;3,\;5,\;8,\;13,\;21,\;34,\;55,\;89,\;144$. All complex differentiable functions, i.e. all strings with which the algorithm could work with, generate some numbers $a_n$ this way. – Nikolaj K. Jan 21 '13 at 10:12
_USER_: That's kind of mean too, but I try to take it as constructive criticism. – Nikolaj K. Jan 21 '13 at 10:17
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Background: Autologous fat grafting is currently undergoing a renaissance. However, fat grafts are limited by unpredictable survival. Poloxamers can act as tissue surfactants. These nonionic surfactants have been shown to stabilize the membranes of damaged cells and to protect against injury and apoptosis in numerous models. This study was designed to investigate the ability of poloxamers to protect harvested adipocytes and to increase fat graft survival.
Methods: Lipoaspirate was obtained from surgical patients. Samples were washed in normal saline, centrifuged at 200 g, treated with various poloxamers or poloxamer components for 30 minutes, centrifuged at 200 g, and implanted into the flanks of nude mice in 1.0-cc, 1.0-g lobules. The grafts were explanted serially for 10 days and at 6 weeks. Endpoints were weight, apoptosis, cell viability, DNA content, and histology.
Results: Grafts treated with poloxamers P188, F108, and F127 demonstrated increased graft survival by weight. Fat grafts treated with poloxamers L64 and P188 demonstrated improvement in cell viability, and those treated with poloxamers L64, P188, and F38 demonstrated improved histology. P188-treated grafts demonstrated a 50 percent reduction in apoptosis compared with saline-treated controls (p < 0.05) and an overall 72 percent survival by weight at 6 weeks. P188 demonstrated statistically significant improvement by weight, DNA content, histology, and cell viability (89 percent versus 33 percent).
Conclusions: The authors demonstrate that poloxamers, with membrane-sealing capability, can increase graft survival. Among these poloxamers, P188 demonstrated statistically significant improvement in apoptosis, graft survival by weight, cell viability, DNA content, and histology.


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I would like to draw a 3D carpet plot with Python Pylab or matplotlib. I explain what I mean with carpet plot:
I have points on a X,Y meshgrid. This points have an elevation attached to them, but also an integer from a finite set. A common 3D plot makes it possible to vizualize relief. Elevation is along Z, we can vizualize elevation for a points determined by its coordinates X,Y along Z-axis. Alternatively, I draw heatmaps for elevation. It is a 2D plot, each pixel determined by X,Y has a color that is a function of altitude, red for apex and blue for bottom. I do some clustering on these data, and after clustering, I have, for each pixel, two information: elevation and a label (integer). I can draw a 2D map with each pixel colored with its label, and this gives me the clustering results.
Now, I would like to plot both information on same 3D graph. Z coordinate should be elevation, and the point on surface should be colored with its "cluster color". This is what I call the 3D carpet plot (if term does not sound correct, please tell me).
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Your "cluster color" is some set of conditions on the X,Y,Z values of your grid. If you can make these a mask (of True/False values) it is simple to map a color onto them. I've given an example of an arbitrary set of conditions, which you can adapt to your needs. Code was adapted from _URL_
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
# Some sample data
x_side = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.04)
y_side = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.04)
X, Y = np.meshgrid(x_side,y_side)
# Fake mountains
Z = np.exp(-(X**2+Y**2)) + 2*np.exp(-((X-2)**2+Y**2))
# Assign colors based off some user-defined condition
COLORS = np.empty(X.shape, dtype=str)
COLORS[:,:] = 'b'
COLORS[(Z>.1) * (Z<.3)] = 'r'
COLORS[Z>.3] = 'g'
COLORS[X+Y < -1] = 'k'
# 3D surface plot
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.gca(projection='3d')
surf = ax.plot_surface(X, Y, Z, facecolors=COLORS, rstride=1, cstride=1,
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thanks a lot, this is helpful – octoback Aug 29 '12 at 9:25
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HSBC Launches $100 Million Climate Change Initiative
Financial services giant HSBC has announced a five-year, $100 million partnership with four environmental organizations to respond to the threat of global climate change.
Comprised of HSBC, the Climate Group, the Earthwatch Institute, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and the World Wildlife Fund, the HSBC Climate Partnership will build on HSBC's previous five-year, $50 million "eco-partnership," Investing in Nature, which concluded in 2006. The latest commitment by the company represents both the largest charitable donation ever made by a British company and the largest contribution ever received by each of the nonprofit partners. "By working with four of the world's most respected environmental organizations and creating a 'green taskforce' of thousands of HSBC employees worldwide, we believe we can tackle the causes and impacts of climate change," said Paul Lawrence, president and CEO of HSBC Bank USA.
The partnership will work to help five of the world's major cities — Hong Kong, London, New York, Shanghai, and Mumbai — respond to the challenges of climate change; create "climate champions" worldwide to undertake field research and bring back valuable information and experience to their communities; conduct the largest-ever field experiment on the world's forests to measure carbon and the effects of climate change; and help protect some of the world's major rivers, including the Amazon, Ganges, Thames, and Yangtze, from the effects of climate change, benefiting the 450 million people who rely on them.
According to Christopher Walker, U.S. director of the Climate Group, climate change increasingly is an urban issue. "High summer temperatures, storms, and rising sea levels will have more extreme impacts on city life.... [And] many of the solutions lie in cities — concentrations of capital, decision makers, opinion formers, and population," he added. "Through the HSBC Climate Partnership, we will accelerate our program in five world cities, engaging the most influential businesses and city governments to lead a 'coalition of the willing' against global warming."
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RPC Photon Beam Meeting Summary 4/17/02 Attendees: W. Olson, R. Arnold, S. DeBarger, R. Erickson, D. Walz Items Discussed: 1. The SLC arc power supply can be configured to supply enough power to the dump magnets for any dump angle. 2. A meeting has been set for Monday April 22nd to determine the beam-dump angle. Various bend angles were discussed, but the conclusion depends on the location of C37 and the sweep magnet. E. Jensen will be enlisted to make layouts showing how far down-beam C37 and the sweep magnet can realistically be placed. Ray will continue to look at the physics implications of the different beam angles under discussion. 3. Roger and Scott identified the likely sweep magnet candidate as B34. It is capable of 51 KG-M at 1000 amps. The current set of cables would carry the load if they were in the open. Since they're in cable trays with other cables, an additional pair of cables will have to be pulled to safely carry the 1000 amps. 4. Ray needs the position of the first two dump magnets defined before he can design the ION detectors properly. 5. Dieter and Bruno are designing the beam dump toroids. 6. The dump collimator was discussed. It will be water-cooled and approximately 20 radiation lengths long. The aperture can't be determined until the beam dump angle is defined. This also affects the wire array design. 7. Funding is available to wind the dump magnet coils. Winding will start as soon as the coil-winding machine is available; probably in June. Bill Olson


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I'm relatively new to Mathematica, and I'm trying to define a function f(k) that would do the following:
For any positive integer $k$, a finite sequence $a_i$ of fractions $\frac{x_i}{y_i}$ is defined by: $$a_1 = \frac{1}{k}\\ a_i = \frac{x_{i-1}+1}{y_{i-1}-1}$$ When $a_i$ reaches some integer $n$, the sequence stops. (That is, when $y_i=1$.) Define $f(k) = n$.
-- Project Euler
I have the following function written:
f[k_, sofar_] = Module[{num, result},
 result =
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f[k_] = f[k, 0]
But I get the result {ComplexInfinity,List} and I don't understand why. What am I doing wrong?
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Your function needs to depend on both $x_{i-1}$ and $y_{i-1}$. (This answer applies to any programming language you might choose for tackling this problem.) – whuber Mar 7 '13 at 23:08
I rephrased the format of the question from Project Euler. The fraction is reduced before the function is re-applied. – Jakob Weisblat Mar 7 '13 at 23:09
Yep, but you still need to track the numerator and denominator, so you might as well do so explicitly--at least conceptually. Your life will be much easier. (Mathematica can handle many of the details, but under the hood it will be doing exactly the same thing: carrying an ordered pair of (numerator, denominator) around.) – whuber Mar 7 '13 at 23:10
so I pass $x_i/y_i$ as $sofar$ and then determine the new numerator, then $\frac{num}{sofar}$ is $y_i$ – Jakob Weisblat Mar 7 '13 at 23:11
_USER_ After completely changing my code such that it works in the way you suggested, the problem goes away. Huh. Thanks. – Jakob Weisblat Mar 7 '13 at 23:26
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The solution to this problem is to use := instead of = with the function definition so that it is not evaluated immediately.
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Worth 1000: Is your photography supporting your firm's voice?
Worth 1000: Is your photography supporting your firm's voice?
If your law firm's name was not mentioned somewhere in your articles, on your website or on your advertisements, could people identify the material as coming from you? If a potential client came across one of your Facebook posts and one of your SlideShare presentations, would he or she recognize that each was produced by the same entity? If you met in person, would that encounter reflect the experiences that individual has already had with your firm online?
Hopefully, the answer to these questions is yes. Or, at least the answer is, "Yes, that is what our firm is trying to accomplish."
Producing content that is immediately recognizable is a tall order for law firms. Many attorneys will inevitably cover similar law-related subjects, and you will have to discuss many of the same topics as your competition. However, the way by which you present the material can vary greatly. Just because you have to talk about the same thing does not mean you must do it with the same voice. Marketers spend a lot of time talking about how your content should sound human. And it should. But equally important is giving that human personality and a voice.
What is a brand voice?
A brand voice is a consistent style that is created through the deliberate use of words, sentences and visual cues. Your firm's voice should reflect its unique personality. Your voice should help establish your firm as an identifiable and authoritative resource for your readers and ultimately for your clients.
Defining your voice
Think of your firm's personality as you would if you were considering a real person. Pick three to five words that describe this personality. For example: warm, outgoing and energetic. Or, aggressive, passionate and independent. Maybe, idealistic, creative and daring. Each of these combinations describes a very different person.
Next, think about how those characteristics can be represented through writing and symbolism. For example, if you have chosen "passionate," a guideline could be to always write in active voice. If you have described yourself as intellectual, set a standard of avoiding colloquialisms. If you are optimistic, pick images that use warm colors. Outline the do's and don'ts for each of your personality characteristics so that everyone at the firm understands how you are presenting your voice — and why.
In written content, brand voice is determined by a number of factors, including (but not limited to) sentence length, word length, word complexity, the use of first, second or third person, the use of contractions, tempo and level of formality. If one attorney at your firm always uses third person and another first or second, they will inevitably sound like two different authors. Your goal should be to eliminate that distinction.
Defining brand voice through visual cues
Your brand voice is not only defined by the words you write. It is also exemplified in the pictures and other visual elements you use.
Photography is an underutilized marketing resource for many firms. Choosing a picture to go with a blog post easily becomes an afterthought. Scheduling photo sessions, especially at larger firms, is challenging. Instagram and Pinterest were not created for law firms.
But humans are visual creatures. Pictures, colors and forms evoke emotions and solidify memories. Because of this, no brand voice guidelines are complete if they do not consider visuals.
Creating photo brand guidelines
Pictures that are associated with your firm should also adhere to guidelines. Write these guidelines down to make sure everyone responsible for picking and publishing images understands what they are looking for — including anyone who may be writing about your firm. Many large brands will publish a collection of acceptable images that may be used in stories about the company. This makes reporters' jobs easier and ensures the brand is accurately represented.
Here are some items to consider when creating photo guidelines:
1. Subject: You must first decide whether you would like to use pictures that predominantly show people, or whether you would rather use environments, or even objects. Within this specification, outline how these subjects should be shown. For example, if you are using people, will you show the whole person in context or use closely cropped images? Presenting a subject close-up gives a very different feeling than presenting a subject with a lot of breathing room. If you are using environments, should the pictures contain a lot of sky? Water? Neither? Will your pictures be posed, or will they show the subject in a natural environment?
2. Colors: Good pictures will have a distinct color palette. They may have one dominant color that is supported by similar secondary colors, or they may contain several complementary but contrasting colors. Either way, you should be able to pick two to four colors from the image that hold it together.
Photo guidelines can specify what types of palettes are acceptable. Should the colors in your pictures be complementary or contrasting. Should pictures contain a consistent, dominant color, and if so, what is that color?
3. Saturation and use of light: Light is everything in photography. Light will determine whether pictures are warm or cold, saturated or washed out, natural or artificial. Consider the type of light you want in your pictures. Do you want pictures to be intentionally oversaturated and full of light? Or, should the light be more balanced? Will you use photo manipulation tools to over or under-emphasize light? Should the light source be natural or artificial? Is it ever acceptable to use flash?
4. Feeling: Define the emotions you would like to produce with your pictures. (Hint: these emotions should match your personality.) For example, the University of California's guidelines say that photography should "reveal the excitement and energy of discovery and transformation." UCLA specifically states that pictures should convey "a sense of optimism and confidence." Pictures can reveal a broad range of emotions from energy to calmness, anticipation to security, friendliness to formality. Choosing pictures that evoke emotions that clash with your brand's personality and writing style is unsettling — even if readers or visitors cannot directly describe why. This is not the feeling you want them to leave with.
5. Depth of field: Depth of field is the range of distance between objects that are in focus and those that are blurry. If the subject is sharply in focus in the foreground and most of the background is blurry, the image has a shallow depth of field. If most of what is contained in the image is sharp, that image has a deeper depth of field.
6. Themes: UCLA's photography guidelines provide an excellent example of how to define a theme. They specify not only that pictures should contain a lot of natural light, but that pictures should have washouts and sun flares. They define how to show buildings (never close up) and tell people to use pictures that contain as much sky as possible, which reflects their brand's promise of "limitless opportunity." The sky and sunshine are clear themes that the university wants used in its pictures.
Make consistency easy
Consistency is the key to any brand-building activities, from writing to advertising to choosing and producing photography. To help everyone involved with the firm stay consistent, put guidelines in writing. As a resource, keep a database of high-quality images that can be used online and in print. If you use different service providers to produce written content and print or video advertising, make sure they communicate with each other. Give them the same tools. Ensure that everyone who speaks for your firm is using the same resources. Only then can you know you are speaking with a unified voice and building the authority your firm deserves.
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Preparation, proton conduction, and application in ammonia synthesis at atmospheric pressure of La0.9Ba0.1Ga1–xMgxO3–α
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La0.9Ba0.1Ga1–xMgxO3–α (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.25) was prepared by the microemulsion method. A single phase of LaGaO3 perovskite structure was formed when x was ≥0.15. Electrochemical hydrogen permeation (hydrogen pumping) proved that La0.9Ba0.1Ga1–xMgxO3–α had proton conduction, and the proton conduction was measured by AC impedance spectroscopy method from 400 to 800 °C in hydrogen atmospheres. Among these samples, La0.9Ba0.1Ga0.8Mg0.2O3–α has the highest proton conductivity with the values of 9.51 × 10−4 to 4.68 × 10−2 S cm−1 at 400–800 °C. Ammonia was synthesized from nitrogen and hydrogen at atmospheric pressure in an electrolytic cell using La0.9Ba0.1Ga0.8Mg0.2O3–α as electrolyte. The rate of NH3 formation was 1.89 × 10−9 mol s−1 cm−2 at 520 °C upon imposing a current of 1 mA through the cell.
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"What cues are used to differentiate matter types?" is a question of differentiation, or telling matter types apart. Differentiation in chemical thinking is based on the assumption that every chemical substance has at least one differentiating property that makes it unique. Good differentiating properties do not depend on the amount of substance under analysis and have unique values for different materials. Examples include boiling points, solubilities in water, and molecular structure. The characterization of these differentiating properties is critical for the design of methods to separate substances, identify them, detect them in our surroundings, or quantify their amounts.
The Chemical Substances Inventory (CSI) formative assessment was developed by the ACCT team (indicated by the star), and the Rain Puddle formative assessment was designed by a past ACCT cohort member.
The CSI is a formative assessment tool for learning about how students think about identifying and differentiating chemical substances. It has been tested in middle school, high school, and university chemistry classes. More information about the CSI is freely available in an open-access article in the Jourrnal of Chemcal Education. The CSI Survey itself can be adapted by teachers to use as they wish. Refer to question 2 in each version of the survey to investigate students' chemical thinking regarding the question "What cues are used to differentiate matter types?
The Rain Puddle formative assessment asks students to evaluate four submicroscopic representations of evaporated water and say whether they agree or disagree that each is an accurate representation, and explain why. The focus of this formative asssessment is the process of evaporation as a physical change to matter, in order to make students' thinking visible regarding how they view what happens to water molecules after evaporation.


Acacia Communications recently announced the first 400G single carrier DWDM transmission on the 6,600 km Marea submarine cable between Virginia Beach, Virginia and Bilbao, Spain. The field demonstration was conducted by Acacia in collaboration with Microsoft and Facebook, and helped to demonstrate that improvements in capacity and spectral efficiency can enable increased utilization of deployed fiber and improved network capacity. The 400G single carrier transmission was achieved with baud rate of around 70Gbaud using Acacia's AC1200 module.
The growth of cloud and internet services are driving the need for increasing subsea network capacity. Meeting these demands requires advanced coherent transmission systems that support higher data rates that weren't possible in prior transatlantic systems. The Marea submarine cable, a joint project between Microsoft, Facebook, and global telecommunications infrastructure company Telxius, features an "open" design that allows it to evolve with technology and enables adoption of new technologies, such as the Acacia AC1200 coherent module.
The field demonstration was performed with Acacia's AC1200 coherent module, which is powered by its Pico digital signal processor. Acacia's AC1200 supports a combination of high baud rate, flexible modulation formats and enhanced performance features that enable improvements in capacity and reach. Utilizing Acacia's patented Fractional QAM modulation, the field demonstration achieved 400G transmission using approximately 4 bits/symbol, with a baud rate of nearly 70Gbaud. Additionally, modulation formats greater than 4 bits/symbol were utilized to achieve a spectral efficiency of 6.41 bits per second per Hz (b/s/Hz) on the same 6,600 km cable.
Earlier in October, Infinera had a trial with Telxius to use Infinera's fourth-generation Infinite Capacity Engine (ICE4) advanced coherent technology, transmitting 26.2Tbps capacity over a fiber pair across the 6644km MAREA cable, achieving a spectral efficiency of 6.21 bits per second per (b/s/Hz) over the 6644 km trans-atlantic cable, and upgrading system capacity of MAREA to more than 200Tbps over 8 fiber pairs.
Using 400G technology, it won't significantly upgrade the total capacity of MAREA cable system further than above 200Tbps at this moment. And there is no announcement of the achievement on capacity per fiber pair from the stakeholders. But it demonstrates further the success of MAREA's OPEN Cable strucutre.
The MAREA cable system is supplied by SubCom and equipped with SubCom's SLTE when it was ready for service. The trials by Infinera and Acacia demonstrate that SLTEs from multiple suppliers can work well in this OPEN cable system.


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In 1895, because of the coming of the telegraph, Australian colonies adopted Standard Time statutes. During the First World War, to save energy, Tasmania temporarily enacted daylight saving time between 1916 and 1919, and in the Second World War, the commonwealth government established national daylight saving time from 1941 to 1945.
From 1957 John Steer, MHA for Bass, ran a protracted parliamentary campaign to reintroduce daylight saving, and finally succeeded, mainly because of the 1967 drought. This too was temporary, but after heated parliamentary debate and investigation, permanent daylight saving was introduced in 1970. Other states followed, and in 1994 at Tasmania's suggestion uniformity of termination date was endorsed. Tasmania continues to commence before other jurisdictions, which means being briefly out of kilter for many business, media and communication matters. Countervailing benefits include more daylight for sport, recreation and tourism, and improved road safety. But some, including child-raising mothers, farmers and public transport drivers, complain of early darkness and long twilights, which Tasmania's latitude generates.
Further reading: T Newman, 'About time', RSTPP 118, 1984.
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What does error TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable mean?
I am getting it on this code:
def write_file(data,filename): _TAG_ file and writes list to it
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 for row in data: ##i get the error here
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It means "data" is None.
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Code: for row in data:
Error message: TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable
Which object is it complaining about? Choice of two, row and data. In for row in data, which needs to be iterable? Only data.
What's the problem with data? Its type is NoneType. Only None has type NoneType. So data is None.
You can verify this in an IDE, or by inserting e.g. print "data is", repr(data) before the for statement, and re-running.
Think about what you need to do next: How should "no data" be represented? Do we write an empty file? Do we raise an exception or log a warning or keep silent?
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It means that the data variable is passing None (which is type NoneType), its equivalent for nothing. So it can't be iterable as a list, as you are trying to do.
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it would be nice if just iterated like an empty list... would nake for cleaner code and less error checking – deltanine Aug 19 '13 at 1:03
_USER_ It would make for a lot of problems being more difficult to detect I think. I'm glad None is different from an empty iterable. If you want your described behaviour, just use for row in data or []: – Mark 20 hours ago
You're calling write_file with arguments like this:
write_file(foo, bar)
But you haven't defined 'foo' correctly, or you have a typo in your code so that it's creating a new empty variable and passing it in.
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Mitchell Springs: Water under the rock
Photo Courtesy of June Head
Mitchell Springs may be referred to as the first town site for the City of Cortez. The first in this series on Mitchell Springs in 1882 may be found in the January issue of Looking Back published by the Cortez Journal.
What prompted the Mitchell family to establish a trading post? W.L. Glenn, the Veterans Service Officer in Cortez did some research in the county records on Mitchell Springs and this is his report: "The springs are found under a rock - it was a large pit 8-by-10 foot deep where water collected. The springs had good drinking water but flow was not great. Across the creek west another spring was flowing." The original springs known as Mitchell Springs was located on the east side of the creek and was fenced off by a cedar pole fence. It was accessible by going down into the creek not too far off of County Road H and then up the creek to the springs. It was a favorite picnic area for the young people when they rode their horses in the spring's area and then let themselves down over the rock ledge by rope and saddle.
As previously mentioned, the town of Toltec was probably deserted about 1888 when the post office moved to the new town located on that "hill that no one wanted." Water was scarce in early Cortez. It was brought up from Mitchell Springs by wagon and tank. One source said it sold for 25 cents a bucket - another source said 50 cents a barrel. Many of the farmers and ranchers south of town hauled their water from Mitchell Springs and it was said they paid $1 per barrel for the water. The people in the new town and the surrounding area needed this water to survive.
At a local history seminar held in 1978, Nettie Ince Talcott Woodard mentioned she came to Cortez as a baby in 1909. This was her description of Mitchell Springs. People would go down to the springs if they were lucky enough to have a horse and a barrel to bring it up, and if not, you carried it from Market and Main Streets. They had a cistern there and there were men who would take big tanks and go down to Mitchell Springs and bring up water and put it in the cistern - then the townspeople would go up there and get a bucket of water. She said there was no charge for this water. She didn't know who the men were who hauled the water for the town. She said later the town got water by a three-mile-long wooden flume that went to a ditch that was near the old City Park on North Market. After the ditch came in almost everyone then had a cistern. They put up a flagpole at Main and Market where the original cistern was located and during World War I, everybody would go up and gather around the flagpole and sing songs and have a good time. People living in the new town of Cortez probably didn't do much washing of clothing. One of the first early day residents of Cortez said they wanted to have some trees planted - so they took their dishwater and wash water and watered the trees. Another later said they wanted trees so badly they planted them in buckets and put them out in front of the houses to grow in hopes that someday they would have water to use for trees, etc.
I mentioned families in that area that depended on the springs for their use. In 1915, two of the sons of Frank Greenlee were using burros to pull little sleds with wooden water barrels to haul the water. Many other families living in this area depended on the springs for their water. When the Irrigation Company (MVIC) came in, the ditches were used to fill cisterns to store the water.
In 1939 Charlie Blackmer obtained the 160 acres west of Mitchell Springs plus another 160 acres at the present site of Mitchell Springs. His sons, Joe, Frank and Fred said the springs on both sides of the canyon were used. It was their understanding the springs where the water was hauled from to Cortez was on the west side of the creek. People living in the valley used to come to the east side to get water. On this side, initials had been carved into the rock. There were roads on both sides of the wash and it was called the "cross-over road." There might still be evidence of the old wagon road in the rocks. In the area of the springs on the east side, the Blackmer boys found a lot of old army brass. The army probably camped at the site when the Mitchells had the trading post. It was reported the Mitchells were going to build a flour mill on this side where the road turns into the "Best Logs" as there was evidence of an old foundation there for years. Perhaps the water on this side caused them not to continue with the building. It has been mentioned there was a total of five springs in the area. Residents of that area mention "Poison Springs" where old car bodies were placed in the springs to prevent livestock from drinking the water. It is located on the lower southern edge of McElmo Wash just off of Road H. In past years this was the site of car accidents - some fatal - when they "didn't make the curve" on this road.
When I visited Mitchell Springs in 2000, the springs on both sides of the canyon were still flowing.
In the future, Montezuma County Historical Society would like to mark the location of the "first town site" by a sign and parking area. It is doubtful that the springs would be open to the public because of their location.
June Head is the historian for the Montezuma County Historical Society, and can be contacted for comments, corrections or questions at _PHONE_. All interested persons are invited to join the Historical Society.


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Wild Boar Baiting
Luring and baiting a wild hog are probably the most efficient ways to take down these huge and dangerous animals. If you plan on doing so, you need to have a quick look at their "menu", in other words, what they eat on a daily basis. Here are some examples of their preferred meals: dry corn (very good for baiting), acorns, crawfish, salamanders, snakes and others. If you want to get the job done quickly, use dry corn.
Not many people know this but boars usually follow raccoons, as the latter is very good at finding sources of food and the clever hog knows this - that's why they follow coons very often. So, whenever you stumble upon a large population of raccoons, expect to see some hogs in that area as well. Thus the coon urine works very well around a boar trap.
Now that we have that settled, let's talk more about baiting wild boars. Here are two main methods to do it (there are other methods as well): with old plastic barrels or with post hole diggers. Both are cheap and very efficient if you do things properly.
Let's start with the old plastic barrel. Food barrels are one the most efficient ways of baiting hogs - you simply fill the barrel up with whatever bait you have lying around and cut a 1 1/4-inch hole on its side, as close to the bottom as possible. You might want to reinforce it by using a metal plate. By doing so, you will be able to create some competition among the hogs as they will have to struggle to reach the food due to the reason that only one of them will be able to eat at a time. This means that some of the boars will sneak during the day in order eat (thus avoiding the night "traffic").
Now moving on to the post hole diggers. You will have to dig a post hole as narrow and as deep as you can, and then fill it with corn or any other bait that you normally use for wild boars. Most likely, the hogs will start digging and working the hole until no food is left. They will certainly not go away if there's still food there. The more they work for it, the more they'll get anxious.
Aside from these two methods you can also use a 4 or 5-inch sewer tube with holes in it. It should be an inflexible one by the way. You should cut it into 2 or even 3 ft. parts, with caps at each end. Remove the cap, fill it up about 50% and then lay it down on the ground. It is highly recommended that you attach it so that the hogs will be able to bang it around, getting the corn out without having to drag it somewhere else. Another advantage is that you will use less corn as it will last longer.
All things considered, baiting wild boars isn't very difficult in comparison to baiting and luring other types of big game. With proper preparation and a lot of patience, you'll catch a couple of hogs soon enough!
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Brief Statement About the Subject of Your Intellectual Biography
In no more than one page, please include the following:
 1. Her name and dates.
 2. A brief description of your subject and explanation of her relationship to intellectual history. Was she a writer? An artist? A scientist? Is she well known? If so, why? If not, why not?
 3. One or two key questions you hope to ask and answer about your subject.
 4. A list of at least four sources you plan to consult. (Please include both primary and secondary sources.)


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Uncured resin with 0% degree of cure has a log(IV) = 6.9 and fully cured resin, presumed to be 100% degree of cure, has a log(IV) ~10.8. For many thermosets and polymers, the change in log(IV) is proportional to the change in degree of cure, therefore by interpolation it is possible to correlate cumulative relative exposure with both an ion viscosity and a degree of cure.
Figure 5. Maximum ion viscosity and degree of cure for U3345 vs. cumulative relative exposure
Figure 5 shows log(IV) and degree of cure increase in proportion to the cumulative exposure, until reaching a maximum value that corresponds to complete cure. This result is expected because the total amount of activated photoinitiator is proportional to the total irradiation, and the amount of activated photoinitiator, in turn, determines the extent of polymerization. If absolute irradiance could be measured at the sample, then it would be possible to relate cumulative exposure with the resulting degree of cure.
Cure inhibition from long exposures
Figure 6. Ion viscosity of U3345, showing cure inhibition
Curing behavior with long exposures may have significantly different dynamics compared to brief exposures. Figure 6 plots ion viscosity for four tests with increasing exposure times.
1) Relative irradiance = 9.3, exposure time = 1 s. Ion viscosity increases normally and monotonically through UV and dark cure to the plateau of log(IV) ~10.8, indicating a typical approach to 100% degree of cure.
2) Relative irradiance = 15.3, exposure time = 5 s. Ion viscosity shows a very slight knee at about 9 s (4 s after start of exposure) then a typical approach to 100% degree of cure.
3) and 4) Relative irradiance = 15.3, exposure time = 10 s and 20 s. Ion viscosity shows a pronounced knee at about 9 s (4 s after start of exposure) while temperature continues to increase significantly due to the intense light. Log(IV) decreases until the end of exposure at 10 s for curve 3, and 20 s for curve 4. Subsequently, dark cure proceeds to the ion viscosity plateau and 100% degree of cure.
This "knee" in ion viscosity has been observed in thermally cured resins (thermosets) if cure stops during an increasing temperature ramp.8 Ion viscosity is determined by both degree of cure and temperature, and has two basic behaviors:
 - At constant temperature, ion viscosity increases as degree of cure increases.
 - At constant degree of cure, ion viscosity decreases (increases) as temperature increases (decreases).
Normally, log(IV) increases as cure advances, and in most cases this response dominates even as temperature increases. However, if cure stops while the temperature continues to increase, then the degree of cure is constant, and ion viscosity decreases, resulting in the "knee."
Similarly, for U3345, the knee in log(IV) – slightly visible for curve 2, prominent in curve 3 and even more prominent in curve 4 – indicates polymerization has stopped. In fact, cure has been temporarily inhibited, because ion viscosity increases again after exposure ends and the U3345 undergoes dark cure.
Since ion viscosity in Figure 6 reaches the maximum value of ~10.8 (100% degree of cure) for each of the four curves, the U3345 has experienced only a delayed time to end of cure for the 5-, 10- and 20-second exposures. This cure inhibition may be a general phenomenon because it has been observed in all of four UVcured resins examined to date.
Figure 7. Determination of cure inhibition time
It is difficult to determine a precise time for the start of cure inhibition, but it can be estimated by the intersection of asymptotes on either side of the knee, as shown in Figure 7. Cure inhibition time is defined as the difference between the start of exposure and the start of cure inhibition. Figure 8 plots the cure inhibition times for several tests across a range of irradiance. The quantity of activated photoinhibitor increases with irradiance, and the trend line of Figure 8 shows increasing irradiation corresponds with shorter inhibition times. This relationship suggests a connection between the level of activated photoinitiator (or, conversely, photoinitiator depletion) and the onset of cure inhibition.
Figure 8. Cure inhibition time as a function of relative irradiance
Cure inhibition cannot be due to the depletion of activated photoinitiators because dark cure indicates the continued presence of initiating radicals. It is possible cure inhibition results from high exposures that generate too many initiating radicals, which encounter and cancel one another. High exposures also may create excessive amounts of short polymer chains and no long ones. Perhaps bleaching of all photoinitiators eliminates screening of UV radiation from the monomers, causing them to absorb UV photons and become too energetic to bond. Although the cause of cure inhibition is not yet known, further study may yield interesting information about photoinitiator chemistry.
Cure degradation from long exposures
Figure 9. Ion viscosity of U3345, exposure time = 30 s
Long exposures with high irradiances risk over-cure and degradation of a UV-cured adhesive. Figure 9 shows the progression over three tests of increasing irradiance with an exposure time of 30 seconds.
1) Relative irradiance = 2.1, exposure time = 30 s. Normal cure but total energy is only sufficient to achieve final log(IV) = 10.2 and degree of cure = 85%.
2) Relative irradiance = 2.9, exposure time = 30 s. Normal cure and total energy sufficient to achieve final log(IV) = 10.7 and degree of cure ~100%.
3) Relative irradiance = 3.4, exposure time = 30 s. Cure shows cure inhibition and over-cure from excessive total energy, resulting in reduced final log(IV) = 10.1 and degradation.
Figure 10. UV damage with increasing exposure
Compared to the value at 100% degree of cure, a reduction in final ion viscosity, despite greater irradiance, indicates the presence of damage. Lower ion viscosity is the result of greater conductivity (lower resistivity) due to degradation byproducts and broken bonds. Figure 10 shows four tests with varying irradiances and exposure times. Lack of absolute UV power measurements necessitates use of relative exposure, given by Equation 2, to allow comparison among tests:
Equation 2. Relative exposure = Relative irradiance • time (s)
Test 1, with a relative exposure = 87, shows normal cure that achieves log(IV) ~10.7 and ~100% degree of cure. Tests 2, 3 and 4 have higher relative exposures but lower final ion viscosities, with log(IV) ~10 – a clear sign of degradation. Additional evidence of degradation are irregular features such as the dip starting at 30 s in Test 2.
Figure 11. Correctly exposed (a), slightly (b) and significantly overexposed (c) samples
Figure 11 shows the effect on UV-cured resin with different degrees of exposure. Extreme deterioration (Figure 11 b and c) is apparent as voids from overheating. More subtle degradation is visible as yellowing or discoloration, which may be faint or subjective. Dielectric measurements, however, can provide a supplemental, objective measure of damage caused by overexposure.
Real-time dielectric cure monitoring (DEA) of UV-cured resins can complement traditional laboratory tests to relate degree of cure and exposure energy, measure the effect of formulation on cure and identify degradation from overexposure. The ability of dielectric cure monitoring to capture events in real time allows observation of transient phenomena such as cure inhibition, which appears to be a response of UV-cured resins in general to very long exposures.
The authors would like to thank Uvitron International for the SunSpot 2 UV Spot System and H.B. Fuller for the UV-curable materials used in this study. In addition, we would like to thank Martin Thompson of Domino Printing for comment and discussion.
 1. U3345™ UV-curable adhesive, manufactured by Cyberbond Europe GmbH, Wunstorf, Germany
 2. Application Note 3.22, "Cure Index and Degree of Cure," Lambient Technologies, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US.
 3. J.H. Chen, M.A. Octeau, M. Hojjati and A. Yousefpour, "Cure Cycle Optimization for Composite Panels Fabricated by RTM Using Dielectric Sensors," National Research Council Canada, Institute for Aerospace Research, ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials (2009).
 4. Day, D.R., "Dielectric Determination of Cure State During Non-Isothermal Cure," Polymer Engineering and Science; 29(5):334-338, (August 2004).
 5. Quarto-Varicon™ sensor, manufactured by Lambient Technologies, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US.
 6. SunSpot 2™, manufactured by Uvitron International, Inc., West Springfield, Massachusetts, US.
 7. LT-631™ High Speed Dielectric Cure Monitor, manufactured by Lambient Technologies, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US.
 8. Application Note 3.21, "Measuring Degree of Cure with Dielectric Cure Monitoring," Lambient Technologies, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US.


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It depends in what context you mean but basically streaming data is analagous to asynchronous data. Take the Web as an example. The Web (or HTTP specifically) is (basically) a request-response mechanism in that a client makes a request and receives a response (typically a Web page of some kind).
HTTP doesn't natively support the ability for servers to push content to clients. There are a number of ways this can be faked, including:
- Polling: forcing the client to make repeated requests, typically inconspicuously (as far as the client is concerned);
- Long-lived connections: this is where the client makes a normal HTTP request but instead of returning immediately the server hangs on to the request until there's something to send back. When the request times out or a response is sent th eclient sends another request. In this way you can fake server push;
- Plug-ins: Java applets, Flash, Silverlight and others can be used to achieve this.
Anything where the server effectively sends data to the client (rather than the client asking for it)--regardless of the mechanism and whether or not the client is polling for that data--can be characterised as streaming data.
With non-HTTP transports (eg vanilla TCP) server push is typically easier (but can still run afoul of firewalls and th elike). An example of this might be a sharetrading application that receives market information from a provider. That's streaming data.
How do you detect it? Bit of a vague question. I'm not really sure what you're getting at.


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Do you want to study in Spain your secondary education? Understanding the differences Spain vs HK-UK
Hong Kong is one of the cities in the world with the biggest number of international schools available. Many parents in Hong Kong have considered sending their kids to study overseas. So how does the education system in Hong Kong compare to Spain?
Many International Schools in Hong Kong follow the British system. This means that students study in secondary school from year 7 (10-11 years old) till year 11 (15-16 years old). In year 11 students will take the GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) public exam.
So what is the GCSE exam equivalent to? In Spain it is called ESO (Educación Secundaria Obligatoria). However please note that in order to pass the ESO in Spain, there are no public exams to be taken, students only need to pass the internal exams set by the school.
Therefore if you have passed the GCSE it is equivalent to the ESO.
In Hong Kong and also in UK after the GCSE's people would take the IB (International Baccalaureate) which the equivalent in Spanish is el Bachillerato. However there are certain differences, during the IB students only need to study for 6 subjects, while for Bachillerato there are a total of 8 subjects that you have to take. Another main difference is that the whole of you final grade of IB depends on your final exam, while for Bachillerato the final exam is only 40% of your final grade.


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Earth, the mean radius is 6,371.009 km (≈3,958.761 mi; ≈3,440.069 nmi).
If the meridional mean and the mean of the two equatorial axes (which, for Earth, are equal) are averaged together, the mean radius approximation of the average great-circle circumference is found:
This is the equivalent great-circle radius of an ellipsoid, which for Earth is 6,372.797 km (≈3,959.873 mi; ≈3,441.035 nmi).
A closed-form solution exists for a spheroid:
where and is the surface area of the spheroid.
For Earth, the authalic radius is 6,_PHONE_ km (≈3,958.760 mi; ≈3,440.069 nmi).
For Earth, the volumetric radius equals 6,_PHONE_ km (≈3,958.760 mi; ≈3,440.069 nmi).
Another mean radius is the rectifying radius, giving a sphere with circumference equal to the perimeter of the ellipse described by any polar cross section of the ellipsoid. This requires an elliptic integral to find, given the polar and equatorial radii:
The rectifying radius is equivalent to the meridional mean, which is defined as the average value of M:
For integration limits of [0…π/2], the integrals for rectifying radius and mean radius evaluate to the same result, which, for Earth, amounts to 6,_PHONE_ km (≈3,956.545 mi; ≈3,438.147 nmi).
The meridional mean is well approximated by the semicubic mean of the two axes:
yielding, again, 6,_PHONE_ km; or less accurately by the quadratic mean of the two axes:
about 6,367.454 km; or even just the mean of the two axes:
about 6,367.445 km.


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Determinació de compostos orgànics volàtils i semivolàtils en atmosferes urbanes i industrials del camp de Tarragona
In the framework of the present Doctoral Thesis different analytical methods to determine three groups of organic compounds present in the atmosphere have been developed. The groups of studied compounds have been volatile organic compounds, volatile organic sulfur compounds and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The developed methods were based on the analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and active sampling of air into solid sorbents and subsequent thermal desorption, solid phase microextraction and high volume sampling of the particulate phase of air in quartz fibre filters and of the gas phase in polyurethane foam cartridges followed by solvent extraction by both, ultrasonic bath and pressurized liquid extraction. These methods have been applied to the monitoring of these compounds in different urban and industrial areas from Tarragona Region, area which is characterized by an extensive development of chemical and petrochemical industry. Moreover, no data about these compounds in the atmosphere of this region is available.
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Advisor:Borrull Ballarin,Francesc; Marcé Recasens,Rosa Mª
School:Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Source Type:Master's Thesis
Keywords:departament de química analítica i orgànica
Date of Publication:12/12/2008


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Coat of arms of Serbia and Montenegro
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The coat of arms of Serbia and Montenegro was the national symbol of Serbia and Montenegro (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003).
Official status
The coat of arms was officially adopted by the federal parliament in 1994. It replaced the coat of arms of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which had remained as the Federal Republic's coat of arms from 1992 to 1994. Usage of the arms was discontinued in 2006, after the dissolution of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
Usage as the coat of arms of Serbia and Montenegro
The legal acts which reconstituted the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia into the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro stipulated that a law was to be passed by the end of 2003 specifying the Union's coat of arms and anthem. Such a law was never brought forward, and unlike with the flag and anthem, no notable proposals for a new coat of arms were ever put forward. Thus the State Union continued to use the Yugoslav arms by inertia until its dissolution in June 2006.
Heraldic description
Gules, aTwo-headed eagle Argent, en surtout an inescutcheon, quarterly 1 and 4 a lion passant Or (Montenegro) and 2 and 3, a cross between four fire steels Argent. (Serbia)
Origins of coat of arms
The coat of arms was designed after the breakup of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to symbolise the new union consisting only of Serbia and Montenegro. Its design thus features the traditional heraldical elements connected historically with both countries.
Throughout history, the arms of both Montenegro and Serbia have featured a double-headed eagle, usually silver, on a shield, usually red, bearing on their chests usually a red shield, which in Montenegro's case contained a golden lion while in Serbia's a cross with four firesteels, usually silver. Thus the arms of FR Yugoslavia were designed by combining these elements: the eagle is the symbol common to both countries, symbolizing their unity, the lions represent Montenegro and crosses with firesteels, Serbia. The red shield in the middle was divided into 4 parts, although the federation consisted of 2 federal units. This was done with the intention to accommodate any possible further expansion of the federation.
The coat of arms was initially proposed by Dr. A. Palavestra in 1992. The final, adopted version followed the same blason as the original proposal but differed in graphical style.
See also
- "Znamenja naseg identiteta", izlozba radova clanova Srpskog heraldickog drustva, Bijeljina, 1994.