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Reduction capability of soil humic substances from the Rio Negro basin, Brazil, towards Hg(II) studied by a multimethod approach and principal component analysis (PCA)
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This paper characterizes humic substances (HS) extracted from soil samples collected in the Rio Negro basin in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, particularly investigating their reduction capabilities towards Hg(II) in order to elucidate potential mercury cycling/volatilization in this environment. For this reason, a multimethod approach was used, consisting of both instrumental methods (elemental analysis, EPR, solid-state NMR, FIA combined with cold-vapor AAS of Hg(0)) and statistical methods such as principal component analysis (PCA) and a central composite factorial planning method. The HS under study were divided into groups, complexing and reducing ones, owing to different distribution of their functionalities. The main functionalities (cor)related with reduction of Hg(II) were phenolic, carboxylic and amide groups, while the groups related with complexation of Hg(II) were ethers, hydroxyls, aldehydes and ketones. The HS extracted from floodable regions of the Rio Negro basin presented a greater capacity to retain (to complex, to adsorb physically and/or chemically) Hg(II), while nonfloodable regions showed a greater capacity to reduce Hg(II), indicating that HS extracted from different types of regions contribute in different ways to the biogeochemical mercury cycle in the basin of the mid-Rio Negro, AM, Brazil. (c) 2007 Published by Elsevier B.V.


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State starts fires to turn Kurdistan into a military barrack
The Turkish state's policies of war in Kurdistan target everything from people to nature.
Turkey is burning the whole region of Kurdistan from Şırnak to Amed, Bingöl, Dersim and Hakkari. The fire that started on Şırnak's Cudi Mountain is spreading in waves. When a fire goes out in the area, another begins. Failure to put out the fires by the authorities is cause for reactions. Hundreds of trees, vineyards and gardens have been burned down due to the fires which often threaten people's houses.
Protection Platform spokesperson Vahap Işıklı visited the region and told ANF about the fire. He said that the fires were caused by the war and profit policies of the Turkish state.
Işıklı emphasized that we are witnessing an ecological destruction in the Şırnak region. Emphasizing that the fires in Cudi, Gabar, Besta, Lice and Eruh were actually started by state forces, while the fires in the west were "sacrifices" for profit, Işıklı added: "The fires in the region are started by the soldiers. The state wants to turn the area into military barracks. Currently, the fire has spread to 7 areas. Before the fire, village guards had been cutting down the trees in the area for a year. According to the information given by the villagers, especially trench trees are cut down. As it is known, these trees are the livelihood of the people of the region. In this way, they want to reduce the people of the region to poverty and force them to migrate."
The fires are not extinguished by the authorities, and actually when people want to extinguish them, they are prevented from doing so by the state forces. Işıklı said that the fire spread everywhere in Cudi. "Preventing those who want to extinguish the fire reveals the purpose of the state," said Işıklı, ending his speech with the following words: "The state is carrying out an ecological damage while at the same time preventing the public from extinguishing the fire. We visited the area and the fire still continues. It is closer to the city center. This is a wound that has been bleeding for years, and its cause is the Kurdish issue. For years, wars and conflicts have been going on in the region. Forests are burned by the state."

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The Germanization of Early Medieval Christianity
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While historians of Christianity have generally acknowledged some degree of Germanic influence in the development of early medieval Christianity, Russell goes further, arguing for a fundamental Germanic reinterpretation of Christianity. This first full-scale treatment of the subject follows a truly interdisciplinary approach, applying to the early medieval period a sociohistorical method similar to that which has already proven fruitful in explicating the history of Early Christianity and Late Antiquity. The encounter of the Germanic peoples with Christianity is studied from within the larger context of the encounter of a predominantly "world-accepting" Indo-European folk-religiosity with predominantly "world-rejecting" religious movements. While the first part of the book develops a general model of religious transformation for such encounters, the second part applies this model to the Germano-Christian scenario. Russell shows how a Christian missionary policy of temporary accommodation inadvertently contributed to a reciprocal Germanization of Christianity.
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We combine the power of tfork and text2sf with the magic of unix to construct a sound file for an A major chord.
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A Chord
In Audio Programming 1, we compiled the tfork.c program in chapter 1 of the Audio Programming Book, Richard Boulanger and Victor Lazzarini, editors. This program, together with text2sf, gave us the tools needed to algorithmically construct simple sounds, namely an exponentially decaying sine wave. We used these tools to fabricate a file that represents the sound of a tuning fork.
Simple as these two tools are, they gives us the means to construct more complicated sounds without any additional C programming (fun though that is!). We will use the magic of unix. To begin, a short shell script:
# Language: unix/sh
# File: sound.sh
# Example: sh sound.sh 440 a --- writes text representation of
# a 0.2 second 220 Herz sound to a file a.txt
./tfork $2.txt 0.2 $1 44100 0.2
Using sound.sh, we make four sounds, each 0.2 seconds in duration, with frequencies of 220, 275, 330, and 440 Hertz. These correspond to the notes A, C#, E, and A' = A one octave higher. The frequency ratios are C#/A = 5/4, E/A = 3/2, and A'/A = 2. Thus we are using Pythagorean tuning, in which pitch ratios in the scale are rational numbers with small numerator and denominator.
Let us now execute the following commands:
% sh sound.sh 220 a
% sh sound.sh 275 c#
% sh sound.sh 330 e
% sh sounds.sh 440 a2
The result is the creation of text files a.txt, c#.txt, etc., which represent the given sounds. Next, we concatenate these files, putting a.txt first, c#.txt next, etc:
% cat a.txt c#.txt e.txt a2.txt >chord.txt
Then, we convert chord.txt into a.wav file:
% text2sf chord.txt chord.wav 44100 1 1.0
To conclude, we play the file:
play chord.wav
Here is the sound:
Clearly there is more to do, among which are (1) Clean up this sound: it needs to fade cleanly into silence; (2) Develop a mini language for transforming a sequence of pitch names into a sound file; (3) make more complex sounds.
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Kenya's coffee history dates back more than 100 years. Coffee was first planted in Kenya's coast province in 1885. The coffee plants were brought by French missionaries from the Indian Ocean island of Reunion. Around the same time, the scramble for Africa was taking shape through the Berlin Conference of 1885. Africa was divided into territories of influence by the European powers. The British Government founded the East African Protectorate in 1895 and soon after, opened Kenya's fertile highlands to British colonial settlers. Early coffee production was a preserve of colonial settler community. The high demand for coffee in European markets made it Kenya's main export crop by the 1920's.
The right of African farmers to grow coffee would however have to wait until the 1950's. The agitation for self-determination and economic freedom led to the Land and Freedom uprising in 1952. As a response to the uprising, the colonial government initiated a land tenure reform plan that offered the African a system of farming whose production would provide economic incentives. This land reform is usually referred to as the Swynnerton Plan. In 1956, African farmers were allowed to grow coffee but they were restricted to a maximum of 100 coffee trees.
In the 1960's, the restrictions were removed and Africans could plant unlimited number of coffee trees. This marked the explosion of Kenya's small-scale and medium scale coffee producer as more Africans got into coffee production or increased their production. The small-scale farmers formed co-operatives to take advantage of economies of scale and solidify collective bargaining power. Today there are over 600,000 smallholder producers organized into about 550 co-operatives. The smallholder farmers account for 75% of the land growing coffee and over half of production.


Example 3.17h: Determining the Mass of Solute in a Given Volume of Solution
How many grams of \(\ce{CaCl2}\) are contained in 250.0 mL of a 0.200 M solution of calcium chloride?
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The following illustrates a partial student answer where all the quantities mentioned in the question are written down, but the solution to the problem requires use of a molar mass for a compound with now chemical formula.
To enter this student answer, press go once. To see all the prompts from the virtual study group,
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Computer technology has made life easy for a number of people. Millions of people are trying their very best to get the type of technology that is going to help them when it comes to you communicating at home and in the workplace. This is largely one of the reasons why technology has advanced as much as it has. It has been connected to a world of advancements where more people discover that it is much more efficient to communicate with technology because it is faster and much more reliable.
A number of people have discovered that technology can play a major role when it comes to how you build a business. If you are looking for a chance to grow and expand any type of business entity you must be well aware that there are new ways to do this with technology. There are websites like that allow you to engage in computer rentals. There are also websites that have cloud storage that can help multiple people collaborate on apps.
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It is obvious that more people are going to look at the potential for getting their businesses in order by utilizing technology. This has become a big part of the mainstream very much because people depend on their smartphones to get them from one location to the next. They depend on their laptops to help them do work even when they are not at their desk. There are even people that remote into their computer …
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How-to: Migrate Accounts From One Server To Another (cPanel)
Hello. I am writing this tutorial because this is a solid method I have used in the past for easily migrating cPanel accounts from one server to another. Using this method, you can transfer accounts from an old server, to a new one, help customers from another host move to your host, etc. This method is very simple, and does not even require root access on one end of the migration. I have found the "Transfer Account from another Server" tool in WHM to not work so well, and break often, so I have used this method.
-cPanel on both servers
-WHM access on the new server (one that the accounts are being moved to)
-root access on the new server
Throughout the instructions I will refer to the server your are transfering the accounts from as the "old server", and the server to are transfering the accounts to as the "new server".
1. Log into WHM of your new server and create a new account called "restore", or anything you like for that matter. Remember the FTP address, username ('restore', in this example), and account password. We will need these for later.
2. Log into the cPanel account you are wanting to transfer on the old server.
3. Click on "Backup >> Generate/Download a Full Backup".
4. Once here, select the backup destination to be "Remote FTP Server".
5. Enter your email address for verification, follwed by all of the FTP account information for "restore", which we created on the new server.
–Remote Server: new server's address
–Remote User: restore
–Remote Password: restore's password
Then, click "Generate Backup". This may take some time to backup the files, depending on how large the account is. You should receive an email provided in the above info once it is complete.
6. Now, log into SSH on your new server.
7. Type in the following commands:
After running the list command above (ls), you should see the tar file of the account on the old server. This means that you have successfully sent the file via FTP to your new server.
8. Now move the tar file to your new server's /home directory with the following command:
mv tar_file_name /home
9. Now, log into WHM on your new server and navigate to "Backup >> Restore a Full Backup/cpmove file"
Once here, you should see the old account's username under "Possible cpmove archives found:".
If you do not, log back into SSH and be sure that the account's tar file has been moved into /home.
10. Type in the account name in the text field in WHM, which is proceeded by "Enter the username for the account you wish to restore:".
11. Click "Restore".
12. Repeate process for additional accounts.
That's all there is to it! I have found this way to work alot more sufficiently for moving accounts from one server to another. Hope you all enjoyed!


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[bible passage="Mark 13:26″]
Matthew and Luke: META DUNAMEWS KAI DOXES POLLES
Mark: META DUNAMEWS POLLES KAI DOXES
We have three synoptic passages: Mathew 24:30, Mark 13:26 and Luke 21:27
using the adjective POLLES. Matthew and Luke use the adjective after DOXES,
while Mark uses it after DUNAMEWS. Harmonizing the text would make it: META
DUNAMEWS POLLES KAI DOXES POLLES.
My question: would the adjective in both texts modify both nouns? Should we
translate both texts with: with great power and great glory?
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Check boxes are fine for data entry, but you may not want to use them on a formal report. For example, suppose you have a Yes/No field in your Employee Records table called Insurance. If the employee signed up for your company's life insurance plan, the box is checked; if the employee declined the insurance, the box is not checked. You want to create a report that lists employee name, ID, hire date, and whether the employee declined or accepted life insurance. Follow these steps:
- Create a query that displays Employee ID, Lastname, Firstname, Hire Date, and Insurance field from the Employee Records table.
- Right-click the Insurance field in the Query Design view and select Properties.
- Click in the Format property box and enter the following code:
- Click the Lookup tab.
- Click in the Display Control property box and select Text Box.
- Close and save the query.
When you create a report based on this query, either the word Accepted or Declined will replace the check box in the Insurance field.
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Next, a child must know all of the ten facts and all of the double facts. numbers are consecutive like 6 and 7) then we can use the doubles plus one strategy.".
Double 5 is 10, double 10 is 20, and double 20 is 40. Double 6 This strategy can only be effective if student owns doubles as Relate the fact to a known fact.
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Noun: sedation si'dey-shun
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Matte Painting: winter
This is my second matte painting tutorial (first tutorial here).
Here I wanted to change the season of a scene from summer to winter.
Specific device used: Wacom Intuos² A4
Alright, first let's modify the colors.
Using Image > Adjust > Hue / Saturation, try to get softer colors with less contrasts and saturation. Make it look cold!
Create a new layer
Now we can begin painting the snow. Use a rough brush to create irregular shapes. In the tools window, set the foreground color to pure white, and the background color to a blue-tinted white which will be used to add shadows on the snow.
All steps involve working alternatively with these two colors.
Begin by adding snow on the edges of the house where the snow would naturally fall onto.
With the blueish white, paint the inferior part of the snow (the shadows). This will add depth and will simulate the way snow reacts to light.
Create a new layer
With the same brush and same white, paint the windows to give them a frosted look. Set this layer's transfer mode to Overlay to make it match.
Create a new layer
Same principle, on the roof this time.
Make sure you stay true to the original lighting. Parts where the sun directly hits the roof should be a lot brighter than the darker spots, which will blueish. This is important especially on the cone shaped parts.
When everything will be painted, you can then use the Blur tool and make a smooth transition between pure white and blueish white. After that, use the Burn and Dodge tools to increase or decrease contrasts. If you use Burn on the blue-tinted whites, it will give you an ice look, which can be interesting.
Create a new layer
Now we are going to paint the ground. I used an irregular brush so that the grass wasn't entirely covered. Then using the blueish color I added nuances to simulate an undulating look. I also left a clean way that goes to the door.
Same principle to add snow applies to the trees and bushes in the garden.
Now let's do something to avoid boredom from only adding snow!
Using the Dodge tool, on the house layer, brighten spots here and there to add frosted parts, as well as to lighten up the dark parts of the house (like the inside of the porch). Do not forget that snow is a reflective surface, it will bounce light off pretty much everywhere.
Using the same method, brighten up the rest of the scene like the trees and sky.
Subtle, but necessary since it adds the important detail that sells the overall effect and makes the image look natural.
Create a new layer
Now on to the extremely boring step : powder snow over the trees. Powder is subtle, so don't overdo it!
Still using the same method, add snow accumulations on branches, the most difficult part being to actually see where those branches are. It depends on the quality of your picture.
If you have chosen a picture without trees you are a cheater!!
For the big branches in the foreground, we can see leaves. I chose to add snow on groups of leaves, which can be time consuming, but you should not choose the shortest way over quality work.
Create a new adjustment layer : Brightness/Contrast
This step is optional, but I created a layer and have applied a linear gradient from top to bottom to increase the contrast at the bottom of the pic.
Here it is!
You can compare the original image and the matte painting!
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The ArcGIS Server REST API, short for Representational State Transfer, provides a simple, open Web interface to services hosted by ArcGIS Server. All resources and operations exposed by the REST API are accessible through a hierarchy of endpoints or Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) for each GIS service published with ArcGIS Server.
When using the REST API, you typically start from a well-known endpoint, which represents the server catalog. The table of contents for this Help system mimics the hierarchy of resources in the REST API. The default start URL for an ArcGIS Server installation is:
For example, to get to the root directory of ArcGIS Online services, the URL is:
From this base URL, you can traverse to any of the listed service and resources and operations associated with the service.
The REST API is stateless, which means that REST does not keep track of transactions from one request to the next. Each request must contain all the information necessary for successful processing.
Each ArcGIS Server comes with a Services Directory. Services Directory is a view of the ArcGIS Server REST API in HTML format. You can browse the contents of an ArcGIS Server and obtain information such as service metadata and supported operations that can be useful in developing applications.
The REST API has some level of support for each of the ArcGIS Server service types. Each service is a resource and has a unique URL. Although a REST system always returns only representations of resources to the clients, for the sake of simplicity, the resources of the ArcGIS REST API are divided into two types: resources and operations. For more information, see Resources and Operations.
The supported service types that include operations are map, geocode, geoprocessing, geometry, and image. Another set of service types that are supported as resources but have no associated operations include network, geodata, and globe services. One requirement of the REST API is that ArcGIS Server services must be configured as Pooled. Non-pooled services are not listed in Services Directory.
You can find out additional details about all resources and operations supported by the REST API. To get going, you can review Catalog, which is the root node for the API.
You can request KML in several different ways, which is summarized in KML support.
In addition to being a browser for your published data, Services Directory also provides access to an administrative console. The administration page is needed to refresh the site after adding, deleting, and updating services or after updating to a new version of the REST API. Services Directory can also be disabled through the console. For more information, see REST API Admin.
The REST API works out-of-the-box without any configuration. However, if you export and deploy the REST instance elsewhere, or if you needed to change the defaults, you will need to modify some configuration files. For more information, see Configuring the REST API.

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Vintage Baule Slingshot from Ivory Coast, Africa
This slingshot is mounted on lucite. The slingshots are carried by young boys for hunting birds and bats in the forest, sources of protein in places where that is often scarce. However, dangers abound, such as snakes, dangerous insects, and the rare predator. The slings are made, usually, by the father of the boy (though more wealthy families will commission one from a professional carver.) The carvings are talismanic, meant to protect the boy. Most carvings are of deities or spirits, often woodland spirits, which are always female and often red. European nail polish is a favored source of the red color. Masks abound, sometimes with the entire costume used in dance. There is a feeling that the mask carvings function best as protectors if they are facing the source of danger, and "right-side up," rather than upside down. For that reason, a sling will very often have two masks, facing in opposite directions; two masks, one oriented up and one down, or both. There may be up to eight masks, "to cover all the bases". Other subjects for the carving enhance hunting power or the chances of success. These include guns (or many types), soldiers, Christian religious symbols, or powerful animals (elephants, etc.) Occasionally, unusual subjects such as soccer players or soccer trophies will appear. The variety is virtually endless. The sling portion is usually rubber cut from old inner tubes. It almost never survives the stress of transport or the dry climate here.
This Slingshot measures 9" x 2.75"


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Controlling Sound against your opponents
Did you know that controlling the noise you make can give you the upper hand over your opponents? Valorant is a very noisy game, for better of for worse, and it's up to you to take advantage of this feature.
In addition to their motor functions and mechanical qualities, a player's efficiency and talent also depend on their ability to accumulate information. Tactical Shooters like Valorant realy heavily on unknown factors (position of opponents, weaponry, location of the Spike), from which flow decisions and therefore strategies.
You could think that sight is the main vector of information in a game. However, the sound is very often much more important. You will hear your opponents much more often than you will see them. It's therefore mandatory to learn how to control your sound environment to progress in Valorant.
What is meant by noise in Valorant?
In Valorant, all actions performed by a player make noise. And each noise is characteristic of an action. The noise you make when walking on an iron floor is different from the noise you make on a wooden floor. The sound you make when you walk is different from the sound you make when you jump. And the sound you make when you jump on an iron box is different from the sound you make when you jump on a wooden box. As you can see, there are many subtleties in sound that can be identified by a keen ear.
Not only your movements make noise, but also the use of your skills, the plant or the attempt to defuse the Spike, reloading your weapon and, of course, firing with your weapons.
I'm making noise, so what?
In Valorant, sound is spatialised. This means that depending on your position relative to the point of origin of the sound, you will hear it differently. It can be more or less loud as more or less muffled. As a result, if you make noise, an attentive player with good sound equipment will be able to pinpoint your exact location.
This is why taking information on enemy positions is more by ear than by eye. The sounds pass through walls, floors and cover each other according to their power and their distance.
In the same way that it is important to spot the sounds made by opponents, it's just as important to reduce as much as possible the noises you make yourself. It's impossible to win a Valorant game without making any noise, but teams that know how to reduce their noise emissions as much as possible will be more discreet and therefore more efficient.
Which sounds can help my opponents?
Pretty much anyone you can hear yourself, but there are exceptions. We're going to see them one by one, but first of all, let's talk about the range of the sounds. As you move around in Valorant, you can see a fairly large circle around your character on your minimap.
This circle corresponds to the area in which your footsteps can be heard by your opponents. Any player in the circle can hear you walking. You should always pay attention to this circle when playing Valorant. This area will gradually become instinctive through training.
For the rest of our explanations, we'll use this circle as a reference. This is then the average range of the sounds, but all the actions you make in the game won't have exactly the same volume, and therefore the same range. Some sounds can spread much further (such as gunshots), others have a lower range.
We'll therefore admit 4 sound levels.
|Inaudible sound||Muffled sound||Normal sound||Very loud sound|
If we take the mini-map aforementioned, here is roughly what each sound level corresponds to.
Before listing most of the important sounds, note that some are tricky. It's not because you or your allies can hear them that your opponents can hear them too. Here is the list of the sounds that your opponents can hear:
|Jumps and Falls|
|Jump (crouching)||Fall (low height)|
|Fall (medium height)|
|Fall (high height)|
|Fall (on an ally)|
|Hanging on/off a rope (running)|
|Hanging on/off a rope (walking)|
|Go up/down a rope (running)|
|Go up/down a rope (walking)|
|Throwing a weapon|
|Picking up a weapon|
|Equipping an ability|
|Using an ability|
|Using an ultimate|
|Picking up an orb (start)|
|Picking up an orb (completion)|
|Planting the Spike (start)|
|Planting the Spike (completion)|
|Defusing the Spike (start)|
|Defusing the Spike (completion)|
|Using a teleport on Bind|
|Crossing a smoke/screen|
|Crossing a Cypher trap|
|Getting spotted by Cypher/Sova|
|Crossing Sage's Slow Orb (running)|
|Crossing Sage's Slow Orb (walking)|
|Teleport with Omen (start)|
|Teleport with Omen (completion)|
|All noises during the buy phase|
By knowing the volume of the different Valorant sounds, you can establish small strategies. It hey will not serve you in every game, they will nevertheless allow you to potentially take advantage over your opponents.
Just as you should always be aware of the noise you're making, you should also be aware of the importance of these noises. A footstep will give less information to your opponent than using a rope, for example. Indeed, you can virtually walk anywhere on a map, but if you're heard using a rope, the opponent can know exactly where you are.
This is where strategy begins! Even if it sounds counter intuitive, sometimes it's better to make a big common noise than a rare little noise. A shared noise says less about your intentions or your position.
A typical example is Sage resurrection sound. Sage res makes you vulnerable for a little while, and your opponents may take advantage of it to rush you and eliminate your ally while they're still in their crystal. On the other hand, by shooting with your weapon when reviving an ally, the sound of the shot will cover the noise of the res. Your opponents may know where you are, but they'll not know that you are brinig a teammate back to battle.
This logic applies to many cases. In the event of a fall: there are few places you can fall from (usually windows), allowing your enemies to spot you. By firing with your weapon when you land, you will of course make more noise than when you fall, but the sound of the fall will be covered. Imagine that your enemies are hidden and defending a bomb site, using this technique allows you to enter this site by jumping from a window without your opponents knowing which access you used.
Overall, strategies that take advantage of sound are much more effective as a team than solo. Throw Raze Paint Shells or teleport with Omen while your allies go bang around enemies, and you can surprise them.
In short, the noises you make can betray you as well as serve you. Learn how to control them, coordonate with your teammates and you'll have another big advantage in your Valorant games.


Generate Objects from Xml Files
Recently needed some quick method to use objects generated from an existing xml file without bothering to create an xml schema for it.
After a few attempts and searching for explanations why a simple task like this wouldn't work, finally put the steps together:
1. Use VS2008 CommandPrompt Tool and run :
xsd.exe xmlNameFile.xml /outputdir:DirName
2. The above will generate xsd schema in the directory (.xsd file)
3. Use xsd tool again in the VS CommandPrompt to generate the classes from the new schema :
xsd.exe NewSchemaName.xsd /c /n:YourNamespace
This will generate a class file that you can use in your project but be aware of the following :
For parent elements in xml it will automatically generate a field as a multidimensional array, i.e. Items[][] with the XmlArrayItemAttribute("TagName", typeof(Items) but as Items is multidimensional it won't cope with it, even if one changes the type to typeof(Items[]) these are filled with null.
4. You need to change the whole into a one dimensional array :
private Items[] itemsField;
XmlArrayItemAttribute("TagName", typeof(Items)
This will fill the array with all the nodes that are under TagName automatically.
5. Then you can use a Deserialization method to get the whole object, like :
public object DeSerializeObject(string s, Type t)
 Stream xmlStream = new MemoryStream(s.Length);
 StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(xmlStream);
 xmlStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
 XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(t);
 return serializer.Deserialize(xmlStream);
And method usage :
Response rsp = (Response)this.DeSerializeObject(doc.InnerXml, typeof(Response))
The result is an object having the structure of the xml file provided at the beginning.
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Little penguin Polo adores strings. But most of all he adores strings of length n.
One day he wanted to find a string that meets the following conditions:
- The string consists of n lowercase English letters (that is, the string's length equals n), exactly k of these letters are distinct.
- No two neighbouring letters of a string coincide; that is, if we represent a string as s = s1s2... sn, then the following inequality holds, si ≠ si + 1(1 ≤ i < n).
- Among all strings that meet points 1 and 2, the required string is lexicographically smallest.
Help him find such string or state that such string doesn't exist.
String x = x1x2... xp is lexicographically less than string y = y1y2... yq, if either p < q and x1 = y1, x2 = y2,..., xp = yp, or there is such number r (r < p, r < q), that x1 = y1, x2 = y2,..., xr = yr and xr + 1 < yr + 1. The characters of the strings are compared by their ASCII codes.
A single line contains two positive integers n and k (1 ≤ n ≤ 106, 1 ≤ k ≤ 26) — the string's length and the number of distinct letters.
In a single line print the required string. If there isn't such string, print "-1" (without the quotes).
Solution for the above problem can be downloaded from here


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Let $Q=(Q_0,Q_1)$ be a quiver and $k$ a field. We construct a new quiver $\bar{Q}$ in the following way. Let the vertices of $\bar{Q}$ be the same as the vertices of $Q$, and let the arrows of $\bar{Q}$ be the arrows $Q_1$ together with arrows $\alpha ^* :j\rightarrow i$ for each arrow $\alpha :i\rightarrow j$ in $Q_1$, so $\bar{Q}_1=Q_1\cup Q_1^*$. The $\textbf{preprojective algebra}$ of the quiver $Q$ is defined as \begin{equation*} \mathcal{P}_k(Q)=k\bar{Q}/(\rho )\nonumber \end{equation*} where \begin{align*} \rho = \displaystyle \sum_{\alpha \in Q_1}[\alpha,\alpha^*]=\sum_{\alpha \in Q_1}(\alpha \alpha^*-\alpha^*\alpha) \end{align*} Let $\theta = \text{Ext}_{kQ}^1(D(kQ_{kQ}),kQ)$. We then have the isomorphism \begin{equation*} \mathcal{P}_k(Q) \cong T_{kQ}(\theta )\nonumber \end{equation*} which acts as identity on $kQ$, and which maps the arrows in $Q_1^*$ onto the augmentation ideal of $T_{kQ}(\theta )$. This is useful since the right side is easier to generalize. It also implies that the preprojective algebra is the sum of the preprojective modules. For a proof of the isomorphism see _URL_ or theorem 3.1 in _URL_
I am wondering why one studies the preprojective algebra? What was the original motivation? In the paper by Ringel he mentions that they occur naturally in diverse situations, and I was wondering if anyone is familiar with any such examples? The paper by Ringel is quite old so there are probably more recent examples as well.
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I can't speak for an original motivation, but from a modern (geometric) point of view, the reason the preprojective algebra is an interesting object is that the moduli stack of representations of the preprojective algebra is equal to the cotangent bundle of the moduli stack of representations of the original quiver Q.
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thanks for the answer, I really appreciated this insight. do you have a reference for this? – bananastack Apr 26 at 2:53
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- The average temperature in Khartoum in April is very, very hot at 31.9 °C (89.42 °F).
- Afternoons can be severely hot with average high temperatures reaching 40 °C (104 °F).
- Overnight temperatures are generally fairly hot with an average low of 23 °C (73.4 °F).
- The variation/ range of daily mean temperatures in April is 17 °C (30.6 °F).
- The weather in April is bone dry with no rain. An airy 0.4mm (0in) of fluid is released during on average 0.5 days.
- The heavens above Khartoum are very sunny with an average of an appreciable 10:21 of brilliant solar radiation per day.
- The shortest day is 12:15 long and the longest day is 12:40 long with an average length of 12:28.
- There are approximately 1:59 per day when bright sunshine is absent due to cloud, haze or the sun being too low on the horizon to register.
- It is sunny approximately 83.8% of daylight hours and cloudy 16.2% of daylight hours.
Check the distance to and compare the Khartoum April averages with somewhere beginning with:
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Weather Trend Graph for April in Khartoum, Sudan
Navigate to April Weather in Locations Surrounding Khartoum:
- Atbara, Sudan - 278 kms (172.8 miles) NNE
- Hudeiba, Sudan - 263.7 kms (163.9 miles) NE
- Shendi, Sudan - 154.5 kms (96 miles) NE
- Aroma, Sudan - 386.2 kms (240 miles) E
- Kassala, Sudan - 412.7 kms (256.5 miles) E
- Halfa El Gedida, Sudan - 328.4 kms (204.1 miles) E
- Wad Medani, Sudan - 166.9 kms (103.7 miles) SE
- El Showak, Sudan - 373.7 kms (232.2 miles) ESE
- Gedaref/ Azaza, Sudan - 352.4 kms (219 miles) ESE
- Sennar, Sudan - 255.2 kms (158.6 miles) SSE
- Kosti, Sudan - 270.9 kms (168.3 miles) S
- Umm Benin, Sudan - 319.5 kms (198.6 miles) SSE
- Abu Na'Ama, Sudan - 361.6 kms (224.7 miles) SSE
- Renk, Sudan - 428.8 kms (266.5 miles) S


A semitropical island, Bermuda enjoys a mild climate; the term "Bermuda high" has come to mean sunny days and clear skies. The Gulf Stream, which flows between the island and North America, keeps the climate temperate. There's no rainy season, and no typical month of excess rain. Showers may be heavy at times, but the skies clear quickly.
Being farther north in the Atlantic than The Bahamas, Bermuda is much cooler in winter. Springlike temperatures prevail from mid-December to late March, with the average temperature ranging from 60° to 70°F (16°-21°C). Unless it rains, winter is fine for golf and tennis but not for swimming; it can be cool, and you may even need a sweater or a jacket. Water temperatures in winter are somewhat like the air temperature, ranging from about 66°F (19°C) in January to 75°F (24°C) through March. Scuba divers and snorkelers will find Bermuda's waters appreciably cooler than Caribbean waters in winter. From mid-November to mid-December and from late March to April, be prepared for unseasonable spurts of spring or summer weather.
In summer, the temperature rarely rises above 85°F (29°C). There's nearly always a cool breeze in the evening, but some hotels have air-conditioning. And local water temperatures can be as high as 86°F (30°C) during the summer -- warmer than many inshore and offshore Caribbean waters.
As a result, Bermuda's off season is the exact opposite of that in the Caribbean. It begins in December and lasts until about March 1. In general, hotels offer off-season rates, with discounts ranging from 20% to 60%. This is the time to go if you're traveling on a tight budget. During autumn and winter, many hotels also offer discounted package deals. Some smaller inns close for a couple of weeks or months at this period.
The Hurricane Season
This curse of the Caribbean, The Bahamas, and Bermuda lasts officially from June to November, but fewer tropical storms pound Bermuda than the U.S. mainland. Bermuda is also less frequently hit than islands in the Caribbean. Satellite forecasts are generally able to give adequate warning of any really dangerous weather. If you're concerned, check reports from the National Hurricane Center by visiting _URL_ and to find the current weather conditions in Bermuda To find the current weather conditions in Bermuda, and a 5-day forecast, go to Bermuda Weather at _URL_.
Bermuda observes the following public holidays: New Year's Day (Jan 1), Good Friday, Easter, Bermuda Day (May 24), the Queen's Birthday (first or second Mon in June), Cup Match Days (cricket; Thurs and Fri preceding first Mon in Aug), Labour Day (first Mon in Sept), Christmas Day (Dec 25), and Boxing Day (Dec 26). Public holidays that fall on a Saturday or Sunday are usually celebrated the following Monday.


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The SoDIMM package proved so compelling it has been adapted for SDRAM modules. The SDRAM SoDIMMs are slightly longer than those used by older technologies, measuring 2.67 inches (67.6 millimeters) long.
As with full-size DIMMs, SDRAM SoDIMMs come in two physically incompatible styles for SDR and DDR.
SDR SoDIMMs have 144 contacts on their edge connectors. DDR modules have 200. Each style of SoDIMM has a single notch, but the position of the notch is different for SDR and DDR modules. With SDR modules, the notch is only slightly offset from the center; with DDR modules, the notch is near one edge (the pin 1 side) of the module. Figure 16.7 shows the difference in the notches used by the two varieties of SDRAM modules.
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We are developing a Java web application using Spring, Hibernate and MySQL.
I want our application to automatically backup the MySQL database daily; is there any way to accomplish that with Java code?
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u may use one facility of mysql that can be rollback the data of your database – Dhaiwat budh Sep 9 '12 at 17:44
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This is easy to do.
 1. Write a script to create the backup using the "mysqldump" tool available at _URL_ - Google "mysql backup unix/windows script" to find some examples.
 2. Use a task scheduler to run this script. On UNIX this could be "cron", Windows as a "task scheduler". Best to do so at times when the app is under low-usage.
It is worth while putting some backup file cycling into the script so that you keep, say, every backup from the last week and delete the rest.
Also remember to backup to a physically different disk from the database itself so you have a backup if the disk dies.
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You can user Quartz-scheduler to schedule the backup, take a look here on how to schedule an automatic Hibernate backup.
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The Old Home of Huangzhunxian
The old home of Patriotic poet-Huangzhunxian in the end of the Qing Dynasty was named "a house in the world", according to the meaning of the verse of Taoyuanming "My house is built in the city, but I can't hear the noise of the city". The old home is on the bank of Zhou stream, which is 3 kilometers eastern of Meizhou city. It was built in the spring of 1884. There are three Chinese characters "a hut in the world" which was inscribed by Japanese calligrapher Dayuchenglaiwen on the head still.
There are flower beds, a rockery, a fish pond, five-step pavilion, seven-step pavilion, pavilion for rest, a zigzag corridor, a pavilion without walls, a rainbow-shaped corridor and a pavilion for collecting books. Winding paths, balustrades, flowers and trees setting off one another, the scenes in the yard have an elegant taste. Huangzhunxian lived here in his later years and produced a large quantity of verses. Besides, he in person edited poetry-a house in the world.


Bujinkan Dojo Code of Conduct
 1. Only those able to exercise true patience, self-control, and dedication shall be allowed to participate in the dojo training.
 3. Individuals with criminal records, troublemakers, those who commit crimes, and those living in Japan who violate domestic laws shall be turned away.
 5. Until now, the Bujinkan was open to large numbers of people who came to Japan. Among them, unfortunately, were those committing violent, drunken acts, the mentally ill, and trouble makers who thought only of themselves and failed to see how their actions might adversely affect others. Through their actions, sick people were discarding the traditional righteous heart of the Bujinkan. From this day forward, all such people shall be expelled.
 6. One should not cause trouble to the Bujinkan regarding accidents occurring during training (both inside and outside the dojo). This is an extremely important point. Those unwilling to take personal responsibility for accidents occurring during Bujinkan training shall not be admitted. Reiterating for clarity, the Bujinkan shall not take responsibility for accidents happening in the course of training, regardless of the location.
 7. All persons joining the Bujinkan must get an annual member's card. This card not only preserves the honor of the Bujinkan members, it indicates you are part of a larger whole – one whose members come together with warrior hearts to better themselves through training and friendship. It evinces the glory of warrior virtue, and embodies both loyalty and brotherly love.
 8. The tradition of the Bujinkan recognizes nature and universality of all human life and is aware of, that which flows naturally between the two parts.


Quick Answer: What Do You Understand By Muta Marriage?
Is Mutah allowed?
No, Mutah is not allowed anymore.
It was allowed at that time when soldiers use to be on borders in war away from their families.
In order to prevent rapes and such things Mutah was introduced (Contract marriage) In which marriage everything is same but the time period was short..
Can a married woman do Mutah?
Mutah is just like normal marriage, and since the Muslim religion allows the marriage to a Christian woman, then Mutah to a Christian woman is accepted as well.
What is a Milka marriage?
The marriage is opening doors for an intimate relationship between husband and wife. There are only two things that are prohibited: The anal way. The prophet said: "Do not have anal sex with your women." (Ibn Majah, an-Nasai, Ahmad) However it is allowed to have intimacy through for example kissing a.
Is Mutah Marriage Haram?
The mut'ah is practised by Shia Muslims while Sunni Muslims generally consider it haram – forbidden. The mut'ah is particularly popular on university campuses and, according to Omar Farooq Khan, president of the Ahlul Bayt Islamic Society at Bradford University, the practice is on the increase among Shia students.
What is the meaning of Mutah?
Mut'ah, literally meaning joy, is a condition where rules of Islam are relaxed. It can apply to marriage (the nikah mut'ah) or to the Hajj (the obligatory pilgrimage) (the Mut'ah of Hajj). … Shias and Sunnis do agree that, initially, or near the beginning of Islam, Nikah mut'ah was a legal contract.
What is Muta marriage and what are its conditions?
A muta marriage is dissolved ipso facto by the expiry of the term. No right of divorce is recognized in muta, but the husband may, at his will, put an end to the contract by 'making a gift of the term' to the wife, even before the terms ends. … Dower is a necessary condition of muta.
Who can Mutah?
Men and women are not on a par in every aspect of mut'a. A man can simultaneously enter into multiple temporary marriages, but a woman can have only one temporary husband at a time. A married man can have a mut'a marriage, but not a married woman. The rule of sexual abstinence too does not apply to men.
Can a Syed girl marry non Syed?
I was born into a Syed family. Since childhood, I've been told that this is a blessing as we are the direct descendants of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Therefore, all Syed girls had a status equivalent to that of mothers of Ummah. Thus, it was forbidden for us to even consider marrying a non-Syed man.
Is Mutah mentioned in the Quran?
Narration. A hadith in Sahih Bukhari states: Narrated 'Imran: The Verse of Mut'ah was revealed in Allah's Book, so we performed it with Allah's Apostle, and nothing was revealed in Qur'an to make it illegal, nor did the Prophet prohibit it till he died.
What is the difference between nikah and marriage?
In Islamic law, marriage – or more specifically, the marriage contract – is called nikah, an Arabic word which already in the Quran is used exclusively to refer to the contract of marriage.
Is Dower essential for nikah?
Mahr is a consideration for marriage only if marriage under Islamic law is purely a civil contract. However, if nikah purely is not a civil contract than dower cannot regarded as consideration for marriage. … However, that is not correct dower (mahr) is not an essential condition of marriage.
What is the period of Iddat?
For a woman whose husband has died, the 'iddah is four lunar months and ten days after the death of her husband, whether or not the marriage was consummated. If a woman is pregnant when she is widowed or divorced, the 'iddah lasts until she gives birth.


Error 1249
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Process became runnable before lock it was waiting for was released.
The Lock Manager maintains queues of lock requests to enable server tasks to obtain read, write, and update locks as needed. A task sleeps while waiting for a lock request to be granted. Error 1249 is raised when the task awakes but the Lock Manager detects an abnormal condition in the lock queue for that lock. Error 1249 is raised in the following states:
The lock request was granted, but the lock is not at its expected position in the queue.
The lock received a signal to requeue, but it is not at its expected position in the queue.
Error 1249 is caused by an Adaptive Server problem and breaks the connection to the server. In a common scenario leading to this error, separate sessions open cursors on the same table, and the user aborts one session in the middle of an update; attempting the same transaction again raises the 1249 error.
Call Sybase Technical Support.
Additional information
When you call Sybase Technical Support, have the information available that is listed in "Reporting errors".
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Is emulation legal?
It's generally only a matter of time before someone discovers emulation, the ability to run old software on new systems. And since people can do it without necessarily paying for the software they run, someone may wonder, is emulation legal?
Emulation certainly tends to be a gray area. You can do it legally, but not everyone does. And there are a good number of misconceptions about what you are and aren't allowed to do. But plenty of emulation happens all the time, without breaking the law at all.
What emulation is
is emulation legal?
The Coleco Vision had an expansion module that emulated an Atari 2600. Today of course you can emulate both systems, and more, on modern machines.
Emulation isn't a new practice at all. It existed in the 1980s, and people asked about it all the time. A 1980s article I read about emulation said any computer can emulate any other computer, as long as speed isn't a consideration. That truism holds today, but speed isn't as much of a consideration as it was 30 years ago.
The most successful emulators in the 1980s required some hardware to make it work. The compatibility modules that made Coleco and Mattel game consoles compatible with the Atari 2600, or the Commodore 64 compatible with the Apple II+, all included hardware to make the emulation fast enough. It wasn't until the Amiga started getting Mac emulators in the late 1980s that software-only emulation became practical. Legally, it was often problematic. Atari sued Coleco for creating its Atari 2600 compatibility module. Apple couldn't keep people from running Mac software on their Amigas, but they made it really difficult to get their hands on the necessary ROMs to make it work.
Over time, emulation became more common. By the early 1990s, systems were fast enough that emulation purely through software became practical. I ran Atari 2600 and Commodore 64 software on my 486 in college quite a bit.
Modern emulation is just translation. It's a layer of software that sits in between your new computer and your old software and translates the instructions the old computer understood into new instructions the new computer understands. But it still sometimes remained controversial.
The Connectix controversy
In 1999, Connectix saw an opportunity. Apple's Mac computers were starting to see a resurgence, but there was a dearth of games for them. Connectix created a product called Virtual Game Station that allowed Sony Playstation titles to work in a Mac. Sony sued and received an injunction, but eventually lost. So Sony killed the product by buying it outright and taking it off the market.
For whatever reason, Sony saw the emulator as a threat to its Playstation console. And while it may have cut into Playstation sales, Sony sold the consoles themselves at break-even or even a loss. The money came from royalties on the software titles sold. Many people argued at the time that Sony would have been better off just letting people emulate the Playstation and collecting the royalties.
But Sony did its thing, so Connectix put its experience to work emulating other computer systems rather than game consoles, and high-profile emulation in commercial products fell by the wayside.
Emulating past products ended up being far safer. You name a system, you can probably find something that emulates it. Even the Playstation, at this point.
Patents, copyrights, DRM, and Fair Use
There are several potential legal pitfalls with emulation, and not just copyright. In some cases, re-implementing a system in software could violate its patents. This isn't a problem on systems that are 17 years old or older.
The bigger issue, though, is copyright. Most people know that copying something without paying for it is usually illegal. Even if the software is no longer commercially available for purchase, copyright laws as they exist today don't have a provision for them to go into the public domain until 95 years after their release. "Abandonware" isn't a legal concept. Emulation isn't illegal, but piracy is.
That said, once you've paid for software, you have the right to use it. And the software publisher, the company who made the computer or console it originally ran on, or anyone else has little say in that matter. As long as you retain the original copy of the software, nobody can say you pirated it. Ideally, you would transfer the software to the new system, but I know you won't do that. Technically, downloading software you own physical copies of isn't legal. From an ethical standpoint, you're OK, given that the original author and publisher got paid when you made the purchase.
You can look at emulation like ripping audio CDs to MP3s to listen to them. You're changing the format. Retain the CDs and you're legal. Sell the CDs and keep the copies, and then you aren't. Selling the existing copy while retaining a digital copy is piracy.
The problem with old copyrights
The problem with copyrights that may be three or four decades old is tracking down ownership. In many cases, the company who published them went out of business, or has been acquired several times, and it's not clear who owns what anymore. Sometimes the author knows, but frequently not. And while some authors enjoy going to conventions and other retro-themed events, some of them faded into obscurity. Larry Miller, author of Activision's Enduro for the Atari 2600, is one example.
In some cases it's clear who owns the copyrights, but the publisher just isn't interested. The Super Famicom game Fighting Baseball has a cult following thanks to its tortured names, but is owned by EA, who doesn't want to bother with it. As far as they're concerned, it's not commercially viable, so it languishes in obscurity.
There was a time when old abandoned copyrights fell into the public domain, but that started changing in the 1970s. Computer software that is no longer commercially viable is a significant gap in copyright law and has been for some time, but without a Fortune 10 company pushing for change, a gap in the law that only affects a few thousand people isn't likely to get addressed.
Of course, if you own a physical copy of the title, the point is moot. Everyone got paid and nobody gets hurt. Transferring the code to a new system so you can continue to run it falls into the legal concept of Fair Use.
Getting your old software onto your new computer for emulation
Reading old cartridges and computer media can be difficult. The formats usually aren't compatible, and you need specialized equipment to read them. And there might be some DRM going on to make it more difficult to copy the media. I don't know anyone who's ever read their Atari cartridges into their PC. They downloaded them from a sketchy web site. The same goes for every other platform of old.
In some cases, a publisher will license the rights to a bunch of vintage software and sell you a bundle that includes everything you need. Cloanto's Amiga Forever package is one example. This type of emulation is perfectly legal.
Another case of legal emulation is the Nintendo Virtual Console, which it shipped with the Wii. For a small fee, you could download vintage games and play them. This, of course, was sanctioned by the publisher and therefore legal.
If you want to be really safe, read images yourself of cartridges you actually own using a contraption you build with an Arduino. Here's one such example.
Where to find emulators
is emulation legal?
Emulators are usually written by volunteers interested in preserving the old hardware and software of the past. Generally they run on all major operating systems, including Windows, Mac OS, and even Linux. Generally the way to find them is to just search for them.
Ideally, download the emulator from your operating system's official app store or from the developer themselves, not from a file hosting clearinghouse that may inject other badware into it.
You can build a rather nice emulator out of a Raspberry Pi. A Raspberry Pi can struggle to emulate the N64 generation and newer game systems at high speed, but it does a very nice job of emulating game systems that predated the mid-1990s. For best results, get the newest and fastest model Raspberry Pi, currently a Raspberry Pi Model 3 B+.
Older systems run fine even on the original Raspberry Pi model. I've emulated 8-bit systems, such as the Atari 2600 and Nintendo NES, on the original Raspberry Pi with outstanding results.
What about selling emulators?
Selling emulators can become problematic. It's not at all uncommon for people to offer MAME cabinets, modded consoles, or other premade emulators for sale via Craigslist or other means. There is no problem with selling your workmanship. The problem becomes when you bundle the old software itself. That's a copyright violation, and you run the chance of getting prosecuted if you do it. While I haven't heard of cases of people being prosecuted for downloading old software for their personal use, I have heard of people being prosecuted for reselling preloaded emulators.
If you are going to sell an emulator, be sure to only load images that you know for certain were released into the public domain on it. What the purchaser does with the device after taking possession is their affair, not yours.
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 - April 2, 2018 at 9:21 am
 Reading an Atari 800 cartridge into a PC would require duplication of a lot of hardware. But reading it into an Atari computer is easy; there is no DRM in the way, though you may need to know the details of bank


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Out of work (completed)
The impact of health care seeking of 15-year-olds as predictor of marginalisation from the labour market ten years later
About the project
The study will address scientific gaps in our knowledge about how health care seeking, life experiences, mental health, ethnicity and school climate in adolescence affect long-term marginalisation from education and work. The study will add to current knowledge and support policy formulation regarding work integration and adolescents's living conditions.
My study aims to investigate the impact of health care seeking during the formative years of adolescence for subsequent marginalisation from work in a long-term perspective. The study will have a special focus on how life experiences, mental health, ethnicity and school afilliation relate to health care seeking and subsequent marginalisation.
Marginalisation of work is a burden both to the individual and the society. A considerable proportion of young adults in Norway are marginalised from the labour market. This may in the future represent a large number of years potentially lost to work. Young people's process of integration into work is considered multifactorial, and may best be studied with a prospective and comprehensive approach. Empirical knowledge about such processes will aid the facilitation of interventions that may enhance intergration at an early age.
The project is a sub-project of the following study:
Out of work. Life adversities and health behaviour in 15-years old as predictors of marginalisation 10 years later.


What is an iad in the military
What does the abbreviation IAD stand for?
IADWashington, DC, USA – WashingtonDulles International (Airport Code)
IADIt's a Date
IADImmediate Action Directive
IADInformation Access and Delivery
What does MLAT stand for in the military?
Multilateral Airborne Training
What is a Dor in the military?
Drop On Request, Military acronym for a cadet applying for "voluntary resignation". (
What does OTC mean in the military?
Officers' Training Corps
Why is it called Dulles Airport?
Dulles International Airport was named for the late Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and was formally dedicated by President John F. Kennedy on November 17, 1962 (the airport was renamed Washington Dulles International Airport in 1984).
What does IAD stand for in finance?
Interest Accrual Date
What is MLAT in aviation?
Multilateration ( MLAT ) Overview Using MLAT, FlightAware can take the aircraft's transponder-provided identification and altitude, then determine the latitude/longitude, and provide real-time flight tracking.
What does Charlie Tango Foxtrot mean?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot may refer to: the expression "what the fuck", using the NATO phonetic alphabet. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (film), a 2016 film starring Tina Fey.
What does Hotel Sierra mean?
Whats Dor stand for?
DOR — Date Of Release. DOR — Declaration of Readiness to Proceed. DOR — Division of Responsibility. DOR — Department Of Revenue. DOR — Directorate of Resources.
You might be interested: What is 2045 in military time
Does Air Force have OCS?
If you join the Air Force with a college degree already in hand, you'll begin your career with Officer Training School. This rigorous, nine-and-a-half-week program is organized into four phases designed to challenge you both mentally and physically.
What does OCS mean in the military?
Officer Candidate School


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Temple, Texas Facts:
- County: Bell
- Coverage Area (Total): 65.3 sq. miles
- Elevation: 719 ft.
- Population: 66,102
- Cities/Towns covered in local Names and Numbers Phone Book: Bartlett, Belton, Heidenheimer, Holland, Little River-Academy, Moffat, Moody, Oenaville, Rogers, Salado, Temple, Troy, Zabcikville
Temple was founded in 1881 by the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad and incorporated in 1882. It was originally named Temple Junction after a railroad official named Bernard Moore Temple. Local residents nicknamed the town "Tanglefoot" due to the combination of muddy streets and liquor consumption making it difficult to walk through. After the town's incorporation, The Temple Academy private school was organized and public school was established in 1884.
Temple became known as one of the leading medical communities in the Southwest with the establishment of the Santa Fe Hospital (1891), King's Daughters Hospital (1897), and Scott and White Hospital in 1904. By 1900, there were more than 7,000 residents, which more than doubled to over 15,000 by 1930. In 1942, Temple added another dimension to its medical status with the opening of the Veterans Administration. By the 1970s, due in part to its extensive agricultural production, Temple was named the site for the state offices of the U.S. Soil Conversation Service.
Temple maintains a variety of attractions including:


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Normal atmospheric conditions on left. Oxygen rich flask on right.
When thinking about the steel wool lab it is important to think very logically and trust your observations.
If your lab technique was good, and you didn't knock off too many crumbs from the steel wool ball, your experiment should have gained mass. How is this possible? Remember chemically combustion is combining with oxygen (O2 molecules). So instead of simply having iron atoms, we know have iron oxide molecules. Oxygen has mass, so if we didn't lose any iron, the experiment has to gain mass.
Fe + O2 ==> ___________? + energy release (That gives off the glow. Fire is not an element!)
Under atmospheric conditions where oxygen is present in excess, the stable form of iron is Fe3+ ion.
So the reaction becomes:
Fe + O2 ==> Fe+3O-2 + energy
Now just finish the criss-cross for the proper compound formula and then balance the equation. Remember no subscript on the iron, and oxygen is a diatomic molecule. You can do it on your own!


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MUD MUD PLASTERS AND RENDERS
The traditional use of mud plasters and renders to coat and protect walls dates back a very long time and is found in almost all regions of the world. Finishing a house with mud plaster when the house itself has been built with earth is a natural, complementary technique, but mud plasters can also be used for buildings of stone and fired brick provided they incorporate an earth-based mortar for the joints. Earth-based plasters often use earth in combination with other natural materials such as wheat straw or cow dung, or with mineral additives such as bitumen, to improve the basic qualities of the earth by acting as stabilisers, hardeners, and waterproofers. Even without additives, however, mud plasters and renders can give excellent results provided that they are made and applied with skill and care, and maintained regularly. Today, with low-cost mass housing a priority and with the increasing interest in the preservation of architectural heritage, the need for plastering materials which are efficient and economical has awakened a new interest in earth. Earth-based plasters are completely compatible with traditional materials and building techniques and the almost universal availability of suitable earth for building gives them a distinct advantage over some modern synthetic plasters.
Figure 1: Walls built using traditional methods, such as cob, are very suitable for mud renderings.
Fundamental Fundamental properties
The need for a plaster and the type of plaster that should be used depends particularly on the method of construction and quality of construction. The provision of adequate footings, basements, eaves, and overhangs to a roof can in certain circumstances eliminate the need for a plaster coating altogether. As plastering can amount to 15 to 20 per cent of the total cost of a house, its benefits need to be considered relative to alternative options. In general, except in the case of highly exposed walls in areas of heavy rain, a plaster should protect against wind, rain, knocks and abrasion, and should improve the thermal insulation and appearance of a wall. At the same time it has to be easy to apply without requiring expensive and elaborate tools, and must be affordable. All types of mud plasters, but especially those on external surfaces, need to offer erosion resistance, impermeability to moisture, and impact resistance, and be well bonded to the wall.
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Erosion Erosion resistance
The main cause of erosion is heavy rain, and high winds driving the rain hard onto walls at an angle will increase erosion further still. Heavy rain, even for a short time, is much more damaging than prolonged light rain. A knowledge of local weather patterns and an analysis of meteorological data can give an indication of erosion risk and hence appropriate plastering materials and methods. It is advisable to study local traditional buildings and practices, as their evolution will have been influenced by the local climate.
Impact Impact resistance
The durability of mud plasters depends on their ability to withstand the impact of humans and animals by bumping, scratching, or scraping. Impact resistance is closely linked with the quality of the plaster, which is determined by its density, methods of application, number of coats used, and maintenance practices. The texture of the plaster is also important.
Good Good bonding
The bonding of earth plasters to walls is very important. When plastering a stone or earth wall the composition of the mix as well as its application are both crucial in producing a good bond (the join between the two materials). The plaster and the wall itself should ideally be compatible so that shear forces are transmitted between them and not terminated at the bond. Good bonding reduces the incidence of cracking caused by changes in ambient temperature and humidity. The plaster must be applied in coats of recommended thickness to prevent excessive strain at the bond.
Testing Testing the performance
A simple soil test which will show whether the soil is suitable is to plaster an area of wall and to observe the development of cracks on drying. A number of different compositions can be tried to find the one which produces the least cracks and satisfies the need for hardness and water resistance in that particular situation. Simulation tests in the laboratory, such as the spray erosion test, can only be indicative because factors such as changes in scale, influence of true climatic conditions, building usage and maintenance practices are not easily replicated. One of the most realistic simulation methods is to expose small test-walls to natural weather conditions; this has been done in Australia, the United States, Senegal, and France, for example. This test is a good indicator of the durability of different plasters and allows a realistic comparison between plasters with different compositions and methods of application. The main drawback with this test is the length of time needed to obtain meaningful results, and building projects cannot always afford to wait that long.
Figure 2: There are many ways to prepare wall's surface to help the render to form a good bond.
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Clay Clay content
The composition of traditional mud plasters varies from place to place and is an important factor in determining durability. The clay content is particularly significant, because if it is too low the plaster will lack strength and cohesion, and if it is too high there will be a risk of cracking due to shrinkage, which will weaken the bond to the wall. A suitable clay content is usually around 10 to 15 per cent, but values outside this range could also be suitable depending on the type of clay. Soils with unstable or swelling clays must be used with great care. The sandto-silt ratio is also very important in determining the quality of a plaster. Traditionally, clay plasters were often applied in one coat both internally and externally. If applied in two coats, the first can contain more clay, even if cracks develop, while the second, containing more sand, is applied in a thinner layer. The second coat will help to close the micro-cracks in the first, provided the surface has been lightly dampened before plastering. Finally, lime distemper or whitewash can be applied to give some additional weatherproofing. This will need to be reFigure 3: Rammed earth walls can be built in many ways; all can applied periodically. be protected with mud render or plaster. Clay renders are commonly improved by adding natural fibres such as cereal straw, animal hair, pine needles, bark, and wood shavings. Long straw or hair is chopped into short lengths (2 to 5cm) for easier mixing: the function of the fibres is to resist cracks and facilitate the drying process. They also make the plaster less dense and improve its insulation properties. The amount of fibres required will vary depending on soil characteristics and can be from 35 to 70kg per cubic metre for straw; 50kg per cubic metre is a typical figure. In India, paddy straw (blusa) is added at a rate of 6 per cent by weight, or 60 to 65kg per cubic metre. The straw is soaked for several days in water to facilitate a rotting process, and the complete mixing process can take 10 to 15 days. Another traditional practice is the addition of cow dung, which improves the cohesion and plasticity of soils of low clay content. Sometimes the dung is applied to mud plaster which is partially dry to help stop the development of cracks. A traditional waterproofing in India, known as Gohber leaping, consists of one part cow dung and five parts earth by weight, made into a fine paste with water and applied to fill up surface cracks. Another practice is the addition of horse urine, which acts as a hardener and improves impermeability and impact resistance.
Improving Improving the composition
It is possible to improve the quality of mud plasters by: • controlling the quantity of the sand fraction in the soil; to no less than three parts sand to one of clay, for example. This helps reduce cracks without compromising cohesion. A
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shrinkage of more than a quarter of an inch (0.64cm) over the 2-foot (0.6m) length of the box in the shrink box test indicates a soil liable to significant cracking. stabilising the plaster by adding cement, lime, bitumen, or some other binder in small quantities. Possible limitations include the cost of the stabiliser and lack of skill in its proper use.
Bitumen cutback plaster is prepared by mixing hot bitumen with kerosene in a 5:1 ratio, and then combining one part of that mixture with 20 parts of previously fermented soil and wheat straw. Water is added and the whole mixed together thoroughly. This type of plaster is applied in two layers, and the second is applied only after the first has dried. Lime-soil plaster can be made with one part hydrated lime mixed with two parts of clayey soil and 3 to 6 parts sand, the optimum amount of sand depending on the clay content of the soil. The quality of the plaster depends a lot on the quality of the lime available and the type of soil. Another proprietary plaster is 'daggacement', a mix of two parts sand to one part clayey soil to 0.2 parts


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Arrow-heads, axe-heads, lance-heads, and knives, made of granite, jade, serpentine, jasper, basalt, and other hard stones. The first were discovered on the banks of the Somme, near Amiens and Abbeville, but others have been discovered in Belgium, Germany, Italy, etc. They were the rude instruments of men before the use of metal was known.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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Case study: Maintenance of vessels in an effluent treatment plant
This case study was conducted to demonstrate the complex nature of fleet maintenance planning.
The system considered in this study is part of an effluent treatment plant in an oil refinery. This refinery is one of the largest and most complex refineries in the Europe, processing over 250,000 barrels of crude oil per day. The refinery is situated on the sea because of two main reasons. Firstly, this location facilitates the transportation of crude oil to the on-site marine terminal. Secondly, the refinery operations necessitate drawing a large amount of sea water, mostly for cooling purpose. The processed water needs to be purified before it is returned to the sea.
The aim of this support system is to ensure that the purity of the filtered water meets environmental standards set by the government. This means that if this system does not operate at a required capacity, it will directly disrupt other refinery processes. Since the system is used to filter water from multiple refinery systems, different numbers of asset breakdowns lead to different economic consequences for the plant. This is because the operations of different systems will be shut down.
As shown in the figure above, the effluent treatment system consists of seven vessels. Although each vessel can work independently, five of them are required to operate together to satisfy the total demand of the plant. Moreover, the filter process necessitates that a vessel be carried out through a cleaning process at a fixed time period. In other words, the system can operate at full throughput with one vessel out of service (failure or maintenance).
The oil refinery was facing a major problem as the internal lining of the vessel corrodes over time and deteriorates to the point that it cannot protect the vessel wall. Nonetheless, the lining deterioration cannot be detected from the outside. An internal inspection requires a vessel to be uninstalled and incurs high downtime and labour cost. Currently, there are two available maintenance options: patch repair and vessel replacement. As with an internal inspection, both maintenance activities also induce high cost and downtime. A patch repair can take place only once throughout the lifetime of a vessel due to the internal structure of a vessel. The current policy is run-to-failure, which leads to a high risk of production loss, especially when a vessel is uninstalled for maintenance while the others are in poor conditions.
We formulated a mathematical model that captures and explicitly demonstrates dynamic risk of production loss according to the aggregate output of multiple assets. Further, we developed an integrated solution method that couples a finite loop search with a Genetic Algorithm to devise an effective maintenance plan.
Our model outperformed the current run-to-failure (RTF) strategy and binary multi-component k-out-of-N (BMC) approaches in the literature. It results in a 25% reduction in the total cost over the lifetime of the system. A further investigation shows that RTF incurs the lowest maintenance cost but leaves the system highly vulnerable, whereas BMC is the least risky strategy but leads to an overprotective strategy.
- Sanyapong Petchrompo
- Hao Li
- Petchrompo, S., Parlikad, A.K., "Heuristic optimisation for multi-asset intervention planning in a petrochemical plant," In Proc. 7th International Conference on Through-Life Engineering Services, Cranfield, 7 pages, Nov 2018.


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Hair color and static
The hypothesis that hair color will not affect the amount of static electricity produced is proven to be correct.
Natural hair is made from keratin which is the same type of protein that is also found on nails and skin. The static charges in our hair are carried by keratin. The proteins that determine the color of hair do not affect the ability of the keratin to carry static. Therefore, the color of hair does not influence the amount of static electricity produced by the hair. However, the physical properties of the hair, such as its thickness, can affect the amount of static charge produced on.
The experiment can also be done using a comb instead of a balloon.
Try to repeat the experiment using different types of hair like curly, wavy and straight.
What if the hair is wet? Do you think the amount of static electricity produced will be greater or less?
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Land of the Maori
RN Bush Telegraph's program flew across the Tasman this week to look at the agricultural side of New Zealand, a country that's both a close ally and a fierce competitor for Australia in world trade.
One interesting aspect is the role of the Indigenous people, the Maori, who own large amounts of land, some of it prime farming country and some of it rugged and mountainous.
They're trying to make themselves a more powerful force in NZ agriculture, by moving into industries as diverse as forestry, dairying and honey production.
Broadcaster Eru Rerekura gives us a snapshot of life in a bi-cultural society.
Jamie Tuuta, the chief executive of the Maori Trustee, explains its role in managing and protecting Maori land, while Traci Houpapa, chair of the Federation of Maori Authorities, explains the strategies to develop new primary industry for her people.


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Pronunciation: (frend'lē), [key]
—adj., -li•er, -li•est,
—adv., n., pl. -lies.
1. characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting.
2. like a friend; kind; helpful: a little friendly advice.
3. favorably disposed; inclined to approve, help, or support: a friendly bank.
4. not hostile or at variance; amicable: a friendly warship; friendly natives.
Also,friend'li•ly.in a friendly manner; like a friend.
a person who is in sympathetic relationship to oneself or one's side; one who shows no hostility.
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Perkins Basic Grants for Career Technical Education
For any district program of career technical education (CTE) funded through a basic grant of the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, the district shall submit to the California Department of Education a districtwide plan addressing the components specified in 20 USC 2354 and any additional requirements specified in the state plan developed pursuant to 20 USC 2342. The multi-year district plan shall cover the same time period covered by the state plan. (20 USC 2354)
The district shall offer at least one CTE program of study which shall: (20 USC 2342, 2354, 2355)
1. Improve the academic and career technical skills of participating students by integrating coherent and rigorous academic content and relevant CTE programs
(cf. 6011 - Academic Standards)
(cf. 6143 - Courses of Study)
2. Link CTE at the secondary and postsecondary levels through at least one of the strategies specified in 20 USC 2342
(cf. 6172.1 - Concurrent Enrollment in College Classes)
3. Provide students with strong experience in and understanding of all aspects of an industry, which may include work-based learning experiences
(cf. 5113.2 - Work Permits)
(cf. 6178.1 - Work-Based Learning)
4. Develop, improve, or expand the use of technology in CTE
(cf. 0440 - District Technology Plan)
5. Provide professional development to teachers, administrators, and career guidance and academic counselors who are involved with integrated CTE programs
(cf. 4131 - Staff Development)
(cf. 4331 - Staff Development)
(cf. 6164.2 - Guidance/Counseling Services)
6. Develop and implement program evaluations, including an assessment of how the needs of special populations, as defined in 20 USC 2302 and Board policy, are being met
(cf. 0500 - Accountability)
(cf. 6190 - Evaluation of the Instructional Program)
7. Initiate, improve, expand, and modernize quality CTE programs, including relevant technology
8. Provide services and activities that are of sufficient size, scope, and quality to be effective
9. Provide activities to prepare special populations for high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand occupations that will lead to self-sufficiency
Tech Prep Programs
The district may, under an articulation agreement with an institution of postsecondary education and other consortium partners as appropriate, offer a technical preparation (tech prep) program in accordance with 20 USC 2371-2376. The program shall: (20 USC 2373)
1. Consist of a program of study that:
a. Combines at least two years of tech prep at the secondary level which is linked to at least two years of either postsecondary education in a sequential, nonduplicative course of study or an apprenticeship program
b. Integrates academic and career technical instruction and utilizes work-based and work site learning experiences as appropriate and available
c. Provides technical preparation in a career field, including high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand occupations
d. Builds student competence in technical skills and in core academic subjects, as appropriate, through applied, contextual, and integrated instruction in a coherent sequence of courses
e. Leads to technical skill proficiency, an industry-recognized credential, a certificate, or a degree in a specific career field
f. Leads to placement in high-skill or high-wage employment or to further education
g. Utilizes CTE programs of study, to the extent practicable
h. Meets state academic standards
i. Investigates opportunities for tech prep students to enroll concurrently in secondary education and postsecondary education courses
2. Uses educational technology and distance learning, as appropriate, to involve consortium partners more fully in the development and operation of programs
3. Includes inservice professional development for teachers, administrators, and counselors that addresses the goals identified in 20 USC 2373
4. Provides equal access to the full range of tech prep programs to individuals who are members of special populations, as defined in 20 USC 2302 and Board policy, including the development of tech prep program services appropriate to the needs of special populations
5. Provides for preparatory services that assist participating students
6. Coordinates with activities conducted under Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act
(cf. 6171 - Title I Programs)
Partnership Academies
The district shall operate one or more partnership academies as a school-within-a-school focused on a broad career theme. The program shall be available to students in grades 10-12, at least half of whom shall be students who are at risk of dropping out of school as indicated by three or more of the following criteria: (Education Code 54690-54692)
1. Past record of irregular attendance, with absence from school 20 percent or more of the school year
(cf. 5113.1 - Chronic Absence and Truancy)
2. Past record of underachievement in which the student is at least one-third of a year behind the coursework for the respective grade level, or as demonstrated by credits achieved
3. Past record of low motivation or disinterest in the regular school program
4. Economic disadvantage
5. Scores below basic or far below basic on the mathematics or English language arts test of the Standardized Testing and Reporting program
6. A grade point average of 2.2 or below or the equivalent of a C minus
The district's program shall provide: (Education Code 54692)
1. During each regular school term, instruction in at least three academic subjects that:
a. Prepares students for a regular high school diploma
b. Where possible and appropriate, prepares students to meet subject requirements for admission to the California State University and University of California
c. Contributes to an understanding of the occupational field of the academy
2. CTE courses offered at each grade level at the academy that are part of an occupational course sequence that targets comprehensive skills and meets the criteria specified in Education Code 54692
3. Classes that are block scheduled in a cluster whenever possible to provide flexibility to academy teachers and which may vary in number during grade 12
4. A mentor from the business community for students during grade 11
5. An employer-based internship or work experience that occurs during the summer following grade 11 or during grade 12
6. Additional motivational activities with private sector involvement to encourage academic and occupational preparation
Attendance in academy classes shall be limited to students enrolled in the academy. (Education Code 54692)
The Superintendent or designee shall establish an advisory committee consisting of individuals involved in academy operations, including district and school administrators, lead teachers, and representatives of the private sector. (Education Code 54692)
Apprenticeship Programs
The district shall offer high school and/or adult education students a program of orientation to apprenticeships that acquaints students with a broad range of career options, provides information regarding available apprenticeship programs, and provides classroom instructional job training which guides students to a registered apprenticeable occupation.
(cf. 6200 - Adult Education)
The district's program shall:
1. Introduce students to what they need to know in order to apply, test, and interview for acceptance into an apprenticeship program
2. Demonstrate the need for proficiency in reading and comprehension, mathematics, science, and technology
3. Emphasize the necessity to have the ability to communicate in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and numeration skills
4. Identify the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to enter and successfully complete an apprenticeship program
5. Provide an orientation to a specific craft or trade or to an industry
The district may enter into an agreement with a local business, labor or management apprenticeship committee, and/or joint labor-management apprenticeship committee that has been approved by the Department of Industrial Relations' Division of Apprenticeship Standards to sponsor an apprenticeship program in order to develop and deliver related and supplemental instruction to students participating in a registered apprenticeship program. (Education Code 8150-8155 ; Labor Code 3074, 3075, 3078)
Student Organizations
The district may provide support, including supplies, materials, activities, and advisor expenses, to student organizations which engage in activities that are integral to the CTE program and provide for the development of student leadership skills. However, no state or federal funds shall be used to pay students' membership dues, food or lodging expenses, out-of-state travel, or the cost of a social activity or assemblage.
(cf. 6145 - Extracurricular and Cocurricular Activities)
(cf. 6145.5 - Student Organizations and Equal Access)
approved: June 20, 2017 Arroyo Grande, California


What are some examples of formal operational thought?
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An example of formal operational thought would be imagining the outcome of a particular action that has yet to be undertaken. Formal operational thought, in general, involves the ability to think in the abstract, the ability to combine and classify items and the ability to use high-order reasoning skills.
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Formal operational thought is the type of cognitive activity that occurs within the titular formal operational stage as articulated by Piaget's theory of cognitive development. According to Piaget, the formal operational stage begins at around age eleven. Another example of formal operational thought would be reasoning through word problems, which involve coming to conclusions about hypothetical situations that involve abstractions of physical objects. A key element of the formal operational stage is the ability to make an inference. Someone in this stage of cognitive development should be able to draw conclusions about things they have not actually experienced by considering information presented to them.
Piaget used a test called the 'third eye problem' to determine one's full transformation into the formal operational stage. Piaget asked children where on their body they would put an extra eye and why. Children around nine years old typically answered that the third eye should be located on the forehead. However, children in the eleven year old range typically suggested that a third eye should be placed on the hand for seeing around corners. This answer characterizes the abstract thinking and reasoning which characterizes the formal operational stage.
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Code of Ethics
The North Carolina Beach Buggy Association is a non-profit organization established in 1964, dedicated to the preservation of and vehicular access to the natural beach resources of the Outer Banks through conservation, a code of ethics for beach behavior and support of local, state, federal officials and other organizations dedicated to these same goals.
Our Code of Ethics:
- To enter and leave the beaches only at approved and designated places determined by local, state or federal ordinances.
- To discourage speeding and reckless driving on the beaches.
- To respect local, state and federal ordinances and the rights of property owners.
- To advise NCBBA members who are experiencing problems driving on the beaches.
- To respect persons bathing and picnicking by avoiding them whenever possible and by slowing down to a minimal speed when passing such groups.
- To avoid littering the beach with trash by depositing it in trash containers wherever available or by bagging and removing it from the beach.
- To avoid littering the beach with dead bait, carcasses, or other dead fish of any kind.
- To avoid overcrowding any one area and displacing anglers from their previously chosen spot.
- To leave room for other vehicles to pass safely when parked.
- To refill holes and remove boards or other aids after being stuck, leaving the beach passable for others.
- To observe common courtesy on the beach and observing the rules of the road when meeting or passing other vehicles in constricted areas.
- To remember, at all times, that the unspoiled beaches of all seashore areas afford pleasure to everyone, and it is incumbent upon us to preserve this natural heritage.


How to build a wheelchair ramp
Welcome to the Wheelchair Assistance site! Wheelchairs let people to travel comparatively easily and to lead dynamic and disengaged lifestyle. Diversified types of wheelchairs are available in the market to satisfy specific users' requirements, such as the electric wheelchair, manual wheelchair, power wheelchair. It is generally a chair placed on wheels, which can be propelled either manually or electrically. Wheelchairs became a real blessing for the Disabled, they were invented to provide mobility to the persons for whom walking is hard or impossible because of illness or disability. Plenty of inventions have been made in the wheelchair area to make the life of people with disabilities more convenient. Remember - Disabled only means differently-abled. These individuals are free to move wherever they want with the help of a wheelchair. If you search for how to build a wheelchair ramp, than you are in the right place.
Wheelchair ramps are a statutory necessity in building construction. The American with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) dictates construction specifications of wheelchair ramps. These ramps allow patients and handicapped individuals to get into and out of buildings without falling under irregular difficulties. Hence, building wheelchair ramps not adhering to ADA specifications is prohibited. A wheelchair ramp is simply a reclinate surface set in place or in supplementation to stairs. Their mission is to enable wheelchair users as well as those who need to push some other wheeled objects to have comparatively easy access to houses. Before you begin creating a wheelchair ramp yourself or go to the store to purchase one, you should be familiar with the building code for these ramps. Federal and local norms and regulations will help you to purchase a ramp that matches these demands or guide you to create and build a safe and convenient ramp. Local specifications will alter and you should seek them out closely while thinking what kind of ramp to use. The wheelchair ramp should have the ability to accommodate both small and big mobility scooters or wheelchairs and have a sufficient load bearing capacity. Customized vehicle ramps can be constructed to suit to the car you have.
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text: This book teaches adhesive and sealant formulation in two steps. Each section first describes the application and chemical basis of the type of adhesive or sealant concerned. This is followed by formulation advice and – if possible – an analysis of existing recipes. This analysis includes a calculation of the important characteristic values of the formulations. All calculations based on recipes and formulations are worked through step by step and should therefore be intelligible to beginners, too.