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Fence Repair and Maintenance in Texas is one of the biggest threats to a wood fence, and in North Texas it's unavoidable.
Prolonged exposure to the weather elements may cause severe damage, rotting wood and sun dried fence pickets. For North Texas homeowners, it pays to be extra-vigilant in the care and maintenance of your pine or cedar fence.
Start Before You Build the fence
- You can begin protecting your pine/cedar fence before it's even installed by taking a few preventive measures.
- Survey the building site and notice any concrete, rocks, tree roots, or other obstructions that get in the way of your fence's planned path.
- The support posts for most wood fences need to be placed eight feet apart. Make sure you can dig a two-foot-deep hole for each post without hitting anything harder than soil.
- When pouring concrete for the posts, use only enough to fill the hole. Excess concrete can be forced upward in freezing temperatures, compromising your fence's stability.
Look Out for Problems From Above
- Tree branches, leaves, and other debris from above can damage wood fencing, so make sure you're proactive about addressing these issues.
- Before winter, cut or trim any branches hanging over your fence line. Frozen branches can break off and scrape the wood boards, and some have the potential to cause significant damage.
- Keep horizontal fence rails clear of leaves, acorns, shells or twigs, and clean out any material wedged between the rails and the fence boards. Wet organic matter such as leaves can accelerate rot in your fence, and objects squeezed between the rails and boards can reduce your fence's stability over time.
Inspect Your Wood Fence Regularly
- Get in the habit of checking on your fence whenever the seasons change to nip any problems in the bud.
- Address broken or cracking boards, boards that have warped, leaning posts, or splinters as soon as possible.
- Examine the grass that immediately borders your fence and trim any overgrowth to keep it from spreading rot to your fence.
- Water daily around the post to prevent cracks on the ground next to the post. Extreme heat will cause the ground to dry and crack creating space between the ground and the cement around the post. This space allows the post to lean due to the gravitational pull and wind forces.
- Set your sprinkler system so that water does not reach your fence. Continuous water drops on your wood fence will produce water stains. Water stains act like a scar on the wood and is close to impossible to remove them
- Check your fence at the end of winter for any knotholes. Wood knots have the potential to contract in warmer weather and fall out. Use a wood filler to fill up any knotholes as soon as possible to prevent insects, birds, or even termites from moving in.
Use a Protective Fence Stain
- Consider using a stain that's specially formulated for North Texas fencing materials. If you notice the color of your wood fence is beginning to fade, it's time to apply a new coat of stain. Otherwise, plan to restain your fence every two to three years.
Check out your Fence After Storms
- Check your wood fence after any significant storms or weather events to make sure it's stable and level. An easy way to do this is to run a piece of string along the tops of the fence posts. If the string appears level, your posts are secure. If you begin to notice any dips or rises along the string, check the posts for damage and make necessary repairs before the problem worsens.
- By carefully monitoring your fence's condition, you can prevent the weather from doing its worst, avoiding costly repairs in the future.
Call a professional fence repair company if there is damage that you can not repair on your own. A fence is an important investment in your property. It protects your yard from intruders and keeps your pets safe. Do it right the first time! Fence repair and maintenance are key elements for keeping the fence structure sound.


Café Touba - Gastro Obscura
Café Touba
In Senegal, black coffee meets sugar 'n' spice in one heady brew.
Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba founded the Senegalese city of Touba in 1887. The Sufi spiritual leader also developed one of the country's most beloved coffee drinks, which goes by the same name. Café Touba, as the story goes, was developed as an integral part of Sufi chanting. Sessions often lasted late into the night, and chanters remained awake and alert by sipping a combination of caffeine and spices with purported medicinal benefits.
What differentiates café Touba from other coffee is not the beans themselves, but the addition of an African spice and cloves. Though clove remains common, the spice, known as "grains of Selim" or djar in the Senegalese language of Wolof, is unfamiliar outside its native regions. Djar comes from the dried fruit of the Xylopia aethiopica plant, and it's said to have a spicy, bitter, and almost smoky flavor, with a nutmeg aftertaste. The spice is meant to clear the throat, settle the stomach, and help create café Touba's signature flavor, which one writer describes as "Turkish coffee-meets-cola."
Today, Senegalese people drink café Touba all over the country. Along the streets, in markets, and even at religious gatherings, vendors sell the spiced coffee from kiosks called tangana. Vendors roast and grind Arabica or robusta coffee beans, along with djar pods and cloves. Then, they add the mixture to a filter and pour boiling water over top several times. They froth up the liquid by pouring it back and forth between two cups. For just a few cents a pop, customers down the deep, spicy energy drink—loaded with sugar, but no milk—all night long.
Need to Know
The quality of beans used in café Touba can vary widely, especially because the sugar and spice can obscure the taste of cheap coffee. If you go seeking this beverage, try it from a few different vendors. Inconsistency is standard, so it may take a few attempts to find one that hits the spot.
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Men Who Like Spicy Food have More Testosterone
For older men, eating spicy foods can be an issue given that the resulting stomach acid can lead to a certain amount of distress that needs antacid tablets or treatments. However, studies have now shown that men who enjoy spicy food actually have higher levels of testosterone. It may seem strange that food which can barely be kept in the mouth for very long and having properties that may in certain cases be really uncomfortable to eat is linked to having higher testosterone levels in the body.
However, a study from France has shown that men who preferred spicy foods were more likely to have boosted levels of testosterone which naturally leads to the supposition that elements or ingredients in spicy foods have a naturally boosting effect. The study was conducted with 114 men who were aged 18 to 44 and they were asked about which types of foods that they enjoyed eating. It was found that the men who preferred spicier meals such as those including red peppers for example had higher levels of testosterone.
Is the Link Between Spicy Food and Boosted Testosterone Real?
There is no doubt that men who enjoy spicy foods tend to have higher levels of testosterone in their body. However, the question is whether spicy foods actually boosted the testosterone levels or do men who have naturally higher levels of testosterone enjoy spicier foods.
To the researchers involved in the study, they lean toward the latter as the men who did like spicy food tended to be more risk taking, more youthful in their appearance and approach to life. This indicates the their enjoyment of spicy food was simply a sign or symptom of their higher levels of testosterone in their bodies.
So, the idea that spicy food alone boosts testosterone levels naturally has no basis in fact at least right now. However, the consuming of spicy food if it is not very distressful to the male can be good for the health when done in moderation. Spicy food from natural sources such as red pepper is not only more tasty, it also provides plenty of nutrients that the body needs.
While the evidence leans towards spicy foods at best being a reinforcement of the testosterone that is already present. It does not hurt to spice up the diet with foods from the pepper family and other spicy sources. Especially if they reduce the amount of sugar that is consumed which is a big factor in reducing the amount of testosterone in the body.
The researchers are continuing their efforts and even using rats in studies which have actually shown some indication that testosterone levels can at least be reinforced, if not boosted with the consumption of spicy foods. However, it does seem at this point that men who have a taste for spicy foods came from their upbringing or perhaps the coloring of the foods were attractive enough for them to try them out. There is no indication as of yet that eating spicy foods will actually boost testosterone levels.
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Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter
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Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter
Queen consort of Denmark
Reign 1076–1080
Spouse Harald III of Denmark
Father Asbjörn Ulfsen
Born unknown (before 1076)
Died unknown (after 1080)
Burial Roskilde Cathedral
Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter or Margareta Asbjørnsdatter (11th century) was Queen consort of Denmark as the spouse of King Harald III.
Margareta was the daughter of jarl Asbjörn Ulfsen, possibly an uncle of her spouse; she would thereby have been her husband's cousin. No children are known from the marriage. The dates of her birth and death are unknown.
A DNA test in 2003 dispelled the centuries old legend that Estrid Svendsdatter was buried in the northeastern pier of the Roskilde Cathedral. The new theory is that the sign on the pier refers to Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter, who was also known as Estrid.[1]
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Square Strike Wedge offers golfers the ability to significantly reduce the number of fat chips from off the green with its specially created design.
With a full sole and structure of a putter, golfers can use their putting stroke to smoothly chip the ball out of trouble and onto the dance floor as golfers like to call the green.
Is there a learning curve with the Square Strike Wedge?
Yes, with any chipping iron, there will be an introductory period that creates the need for a few practice sessions on a nearby putting green.
Golfers will need to get used to the upright nature of the club and how it needs to be swung as the lofted clubface will present a few exciting challenges at first glance.
The purpose of the club is to bridge the gap between a putter and wedge so that the golfer gets the control and accuracy of a putter, but with the loft and ability to free the ball from the trouble that a wedge provides.
What golfers who use a chipping iron discover over time, is that their short game becomes much more consistent and trustworthy.
Instead of dreading an upcoming chip shot, golfers are instilled with a renewed confidence that spills out with their play around the green.
What is the loft of the Square Strike Wedge, and why is that important?
The loft of the Square Strike Wedge is 45 degrees, roughly equivalent to what you'd find in a typical 9-iron. Other chipping irons set their loft a bit higher, around 37 degrees, the standard loft for 7 irons.
The loft is important for several reasons, the biggest of which is that loft determines the height of the shot. A chipping iron has loft so that it can be used in situations other than just off the green.
For example, a chipping iron can be used from the light rough, because the wide sole at the base of the clubhead can move through the grass without snagging or catching, allowing it to contact the golf ball cleanly. Loft helps lift the ball above any potential dangers that could knock the golf ball offline and cause a longer putt.
Yes, the company has made sure that the club conforms to USGA standards and is legal to use in any tournament, whether it be competitive or for a relaxed charity function.
By tailoring the club to look and feel like a putter, the Square Strike Wedge maintains simplicity while also sharing the characteristics of a wedge.
Another reason that the club conforms is that it uses a standard grip that you'd commonly find on an iron.
Even though the chipping iron may look like a putter, USGA rules prohibit from using the large grip and flat edge that you would commonly find on a flat stick.
Why is the Square Strike Wedge the length of a putter?
Another question that most golfers ask when handling a chipping iron for the first time is why does it have the shaft length of a putter.
The answer is simple; because by molding it in the form of a putter, it makes the club easier to use for beginning golfers and high handicappers who need the most help around the green by conforming their short game clubs to a similar style.
Since the Square Strike Wedge is 35 inches in length, when you hold the club, you'll notice how close it feels to handling a putter.
Yes, there are a few noticeable differences, such as the loft and grooves on the clubface and the lack of sizeable putting grip.
But those differences can be worked around as the novice golfer looks to find consistency with their short game.
By mimicking the putting stroke with the chipping iron, the wedge helps golfers find confidence in their game.
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Flood disaster is the most devastating hydro-meteorological event in the Lacs District, Togo. Communities in the Lower Mono River Basin experience flooding almost every two years. In light of this, the study focused on assessment and mapping of flood disaster risk in six selected communities in the Lacs District. Specifically, the study examined the pattern of rainfall in the basin, estimated and predicted flood return periods and the associated magnitude of river flow and, also mapped the nature of flood risk in the area. The study combined GIS and Remote Sensing, and statistical methods in risk mapping and analysis. Weighted overlay tool in ArcGIS was used for flood risk mapping, while statistical methods were employed in trend and flood frequency predictions. The study considered the pattern of rainfall in the entire Mono Basin due to the fact that the cause of flooding at the downstream is partly due to high rainfall in the upstream (Mono River).
Significant decreasing trend in rainfall was found at the station of Sokode (upstream), while an insignificant increase in rainfall was observed at Atakpame, Sotouboua, Aklakou and Tabligbo. Flood return periods for each 2 years and 5 years are 567.4 m3/s and 847.1 m3/s respectively. The resultant risk map shows that all the communities are exposed to flood disaster risk but Agbanakin, Azime Dossou and Togbavi communities are found in areas with high risk levels. Positive attitude towards early warning systems, collaboration among disaster relief institutions and appropriate building codes were recommended towards reducing flood disaster risk.
Flood Disaster Risk Mapping in the Lower Mono River Basin in Togo

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Most anthelmintics have withholding periods if milk or meat from treated animals is intended for human consumption; the specific requirements for each must be observed. Of the benzimidazoles, thiabendazole is absorbed and excreted most quickly; fenbendazole, oxfendazole, and albendazole are absorbed and excreted over a longer period, which necessitates withholding periods of 8–14 days before slaughtering for meat and 3–5 days before milking for human consumption. Other members of the group have withholding periods between these extremes, but withholding periods are longer for bolus formulations.
A similar relationship between the rate of metabolism and activity against immature parasites also exists with certain fasciolicides. Closantel, rafoxanide, and nitroxynil bind more strongly to blood proteins than does oxyclozanide, and therefore remain in the blood for longer periods. While this greater persistence is associated with greater activity against immature liver flukes, the withholding period for slaughter is also longer: 21–77 days for closantel, rafoxanide, and nitroxynil, compared with 3–14 days for oxyclozanide. The low plasma-protein binding of diamfenetide, coupled with the rapid excretion of its active metabolite, necessitates only a short withdrawal time. Similarly, withholding periods for milk vary widely. Closantel and nitroxynil cannot be used in lactating animals when milk is intended for human consumption, whereas oxyclozanide has a withdrawal time of only 60 hr.
Levamisole and morantel are rapidly excreted; thus, withholding periods for meat are short, and frequently there is no, or only a short, withholding period for milk. However, in some countries, levamisole cannot be used in lactating animals when milk is intended for human consumption.
Ivermectin and doramectin are excreted in milk and are not recommended when milk is intended for human consumption. Commensurate with the long period of activity of macrocyclic lactones, ivermectin, abamectin, doramectin, and moxidectin have significant withholding periods before slaughter (eg, 35 days), which vary with the formulations and local regulations. Residual concentrations of moxidectin in milk after topical administration are below threshold limits, resulting in no milk withholding period in many countries. The chemical structure of the macrocyclic lactone molecule has been manipulated to change the milk partitioning coefficients in lactating dairy animals. For example, only 0.1% of the total dose of eprinomectin is eliminated in the milk, resulting in no withholding period for milk worldwide.
Monepantel has a withdrawal period of 7–14 days for meat and is not approved for use in lactating animals producing milk for human consumption.
In combination with abamectin, derquantel has a withholding period of 14 days for meat and is not approved for use in lactating animals producing milk for human consumption.


How pygeoapi works
pygeoapi is a Python-based HTTP server implementation of the OGC API standards. As a server implementation, pygeoapi listens to HTTP requests from web browsers, mobile or desktop applications and provides responses accordingly.
how pygeoapi works
At its core, pygeoapi provides a core Python API that is driven by two required YAML configuration files, specified with the following environment variables:
 - PYGEOAPI_CONFIG: runtime configuration settings
 - PYGEOAPI_OPENAPI: the OpenAPI document autogenerated from the runtime configuration
See also
Configuration for more details on pygeoapi settings
The core Python API provides the functionality to list, describe, query, and access geospatial data. From here, standard Python web frameworks like Flask, Django and Starlette provide the web API/wrapper atop the core Python API.
pygeoapi ships with Flask and Starlette as web framework options.


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U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Federal Energy Management Program
Operations and Maintenance for Major Equipment Types
Equipment lies at the heart of all operations and maintenance (O&M) activities. This equipment varies greatly across the Federal sector in age, size, type, model, condition, etc.
No single resource covers all equipment in use by Federal agencies, and listing major equipment types is beyond the scope of this Web site. Instead, FEMP outlines major equipment types within chapter 9 of the FEMP O&M Best Practices Guide.
The FEMP O&M Best Practices Guide focuses on:
- Steam traps
- Cooling towers
- Energy management and building automation systems
- Air handling systems
- Air compressors
The guide provides the following information for each equipment type:
- General equipment descriptions and operating principles.
- Key maintenance components.
- Important safety issues.
- Cost and energy efficiency issues.
- Water related efficiency issues.
- Recommended maintenance checklists.
The full FEMP O&M Best Practices Guide is also available.

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And a 1, and a 2 and a 1, 2, 3! The kids are playing in the school band, but Red doesn't know what instrument to play! The super readers soar into the book Monty's Adventures in Music Town and meet a loveable monster named Monty who has the very same problem. Will the super readers be able to help Monty pick an instrument before the big show, or will their efforts fall flat? Educational Objectives: To learn some basic music concepts. Young viewers will catch the alphabet, rhyme with OW words, find out what the word "woodwind" means, and use the power to read to change the story.
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Rolling Resistance (Fuel Efficiency)
Rolling resistance will use a classification from best performance (green category "A") through to the worst performance (red category "G") – category "D" is not being used.
Rolling resistance is the main key factor in measuring the energy efficiency of a tyre. It has direct influence on the fuel consumption of a vehicle. Fuel efficiency is important to reduce both CO2 emissions and the cost of driving.
The difference between each category means a reduction or increase in fuel consumption of between 2.5%-4.5%. That's a difference of about 0.42-0.56 mpg for a 36 mpg car per category.
This figure will increase even more for light and heavy trucks.


Irving Kaufman, Rosenbergs' Judge
February 03, 1992|By New York Times News Service.
NEW YORK — Irving R. Kaufman, who gained national attention in 1951 as the judge who sentenced Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to the electric chair and who wrote landmark decisions in 1st Amendment, antitrust and civil rights cases for more than 30 years on the federal bench, died Saturday night in the Mount Sinai Medical Center.
He was 81 and lived in Manhattan. He died of pancreatic cancer, his family said.
It was Mr. Kaufman's hope that he would be remembered for his role not in the Rosenberg case, the espionage trial of the century, but as the judge whose order was the first to desegregate a public school in the North; who was instrumental in streamlining court procedures, who rendered innovative decisions in antitrust law and, most of all, whose decisions expanded freedom of the press.
The Rosenbergs were convicted of conspiring to deliver secrets of the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union in World War II.
The trial became a cause celebre for the left, which still contends that the Rosenbergs and their co-defendant were framed in a paroxysm of anti-Red hysteria.
Mr. Kaufman's decision to impose the death sentences remain the sole death sentences ever carried out in the U.S. for espionage by American civilians.
In 1971, Kaufman dissented in the case of the United States vs. The New York Times, when the court ruled that publishing the Pentagon Papers would threaten national security enough to justify prior restraint. The Supreme Court, agreeing with Kaufman, reversed the decision.
Kaufman's order to desegregate an elementary school in the North, a first, came in 1961, in Taylor vs. Board of Education. In requiring the desegregation of the almost wholly black Lincoln School in New Rochelle in Westchester County, N.Y., Kaufman said, ''Compliance with the Supreme Court's (1954) edict was not to be less forthright in the North than in the South.''
In antitrust law, his ruling in Berkey vs. Kodak (1979) is considered a landmark.


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What is a Webhook?
A Webhook is a "callback" to an application or web service that is triggered when a specific event occurs. When certain update, change or action occurs, Webhooks can be used to push data to an external application
The Workflow Automator can be used to create workflows to trigger a Webhook when a specific Event occurs.
What can you do with a webhooks call?
Using Automator you can create workflows, that fires certain actions when a specific event occurs on a ticket. Using the Automator, you can update, modify, send notifications and run actions within Freshservice. For example, you could update ticket priorities, send out escalation emails, etc.
Webhooks come handy when you want to trigger an action in an external application or tool. Here are some example scenarios when you might want to use Webhooks:
What you want to do
Conditions to look for
What the Webhook should call
Send out a SMS/ text message when customer replies to ticket
Customer replies to ticket (or adds comment)
Send comment content to 3rd party SMS tool
Update inventory when a Product Return request is updated
Ticket category (a custom field) is updated to "Product Return"
Update product info in store inventory
Sync status for Feature Requests with internal Product Management tool
Status is Updated for Tickets of type "Feature Request"
Update product management tool with ticket information
Sound alarm bells and sirens when Bad Customer Satisfaction rating is received
Customer Feedback is Received, and Rating is "Not Good"
Customize a Smart Bulb (like this or this) and a siren sound board to fire up triggered by this Webhook
How to set up a webhook request with the Automator:
Let's consider the following use case:
Create a change automatically whenever a ticket is a change request.
 - Create a new Workflow using the Workflow Automator. Drag and drop the Events and Conditions that should trigger the webhook.
 - Under Actions, select the "Trigger Webhook" option from the drop-down.
 - Choose the Callback Request Type.
 - While each 3rd party app may use a request type in a different way, most applications follow standard methods:
 - GET Requests are typically used to retrieve one or all resources.
 - POST Requests usually create new resources.
 - PUT and PATCH requests are used to update a resource.
 - DELETE Requests are usually used to delete a resource.
In this example, we create a POST request as we have to create a new change in the change module.
 - Specify the callback URL (configured for webhook) of the application you want to hit. You can make the URLs dynamic using placeholders.
 - For example, if you want to pass along a callback URL of the form:[user email], you can substitute the user email part with the {{}} placeholder.
Testing Webhooks
When you have large workflows with complex webhook calls, testing them becomes mandatory. Activating workflows to test the webhooks isn't the most optimal way of testing them. Instead, you can test your webhooks right within the Workflow Automator.
For example, when you set up a webhook to create a change ticket in the change module and hit the Test webhook button, a test ticket is created in the change module if the test is successful.
API requests that result in errors will return an appropriate HTTP status code to help you identify the type of error. You can use this table to understand what each code means.
Note: Placeholders are not supported to Test Webhooks.
 - If you require authentication, you can enable Requires Authentication check box. You can use either a Username/Password or an API key for authentication. We use the API key of the Freshservice account being configured in this use case.
 - Pick the encoding of your request that the resource application supports (JSON, XML or XML-Encoded).
 - To simply send a list of ticket properties that you want in this webhook, select the Simple content option.
 - If you would like to customize the content that is being sent, select Advanced.
 - The advanced option lets you write custom API requests. These requests have to be encoded in the format you chose in the previous step.
 - You can use or postman - REST client (a google chrome extension) for testing out APIs.
 - The {{Triggered event}} placeholder is available only in Webhooks and returns the name of the event that triggered the rule.
 - Webhook Callback Request Limits: The number of webhook requests you can use in 1 hour is limited to 1000 calls. If the status codes are between 200 and 299, the callback is a success and status codes between 300-399 will be taken as callback redirects.
 When a callback fails (status codes other than 2xx and 3xx), or doesn't receive a response in 15s, the webhook will be automatically retried a maximum of 4 times at 3, 5, 9,17-minute intervals
Once the above automation is enabled, any ticket coming in with a type "Change request" will automatically create a change in the change module.


What word completes the analogy?
(What is an analogy?)
The best answer is frosting. The relationship between the first pair of words, DOOR and REFRIGERATOR, is that of part to whole—one word is a part or piece of the other. Therefore, the second pair of words must also have a part-to-whole relationship. Frosting is part of a cupcake.
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The military art of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan wrote his name in the military history of the world with many military commanders, warlords.
In general, the history of military art of Azerbaijan is very old. The head of Girdman state Javanshir was distinguished also with military skills. Between 816-837 our well-known warlord Babek had defeated 6 armies of Arab invaders. These victories were possible just because of strategy realized by him as a military leader. Our rulers and warlords like Shamsaddin Eldaniz in early Middle Ages, his son Muhammad Jahan Pahlavan, Kara Yusuf, Uzun Hasan won the battles thanks to special military tactics realized by them. The founder of the Safavides Shah Ismail Khatai within 14 years could capture 14 regions with less force.
Certain Azerbaijani military men participated at some wars and conflicts either in XIX or XX century were distinguished with some tactics and specific military strategies
The general from the Bakikhanovs in Baku, the Shikhlinski and the Vekilovs in Gazakh, the Javanshirs in Garabakh, Kengerli in Nakhchivan, Javadkhans in Gyanja and from other regions spread all over the world glory-glory of Azerbaijani people.
We provide you with information on the life and military services of those military men.
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A non-corporeal energy-based species which inhabits inhabit the coronal haloes of O-spectra
stars and has developed a space faring civilisation, travelling the cosmos in field-enclosure ships. When encountering corporeal species, they usually use encounter suits aka Simulacrons which are tailored to look like a divine or idealised version of the species they interact with. When meeting humans, they look like golden greek gods, but act very mundanely.
Mizzarett have a commercial rivality with the Lamberj species. They are known to have colonies on Kimmonoshek.
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Have You Been Charged with Arson?
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Charged with Arson
Arson is a crime in which a person deliberately causes damage to a building or other structure by setting it on fire or creating an explosion. Because fires often lead to significant damage, serious injuries, and loss of life, prosecutors pursue these cases zealously.
If you have been charged with arson, you already know there is a stigma attached to these crimes. Don't wait to call a lawyer.
Indiana Arson Law
In Indiana, a person can be found guilty of arson if he knowingly or intentionally damages a dwelling by means of fire, explosives, or a destructive device. In other words, you can't be convicted of arson if you set a fire by accident.
Arson is punishable as a felony, the seriousness of which depends on how much property is damaged, whether someone gets hurt in the fire, and whether anyone is killed due to the arson.
Arson as Insurance Fraud
In some situations, a person burns down their home or place of business to collect money from an insurance policy. This can make an arson case even more complicated, as the individual may also face charges for fraud, mischief, or other offenses.
According to the National Fire Protection Association, intentional fires occur with somewhat regular frequency. In a recent four-year span, for example, fire departments throughout the U.S. reported responding to 282,600 intentional fires. These fires led to 420 civilian fatalities, 1,360 injuries, and an overwhelming $1.3 billion in direct property damage. With such compelling numbers, it is easy to see why prosecutors take these cases so seriously.
Wrongly Accused of Arson
Being accused of arson can cause irrevocable damage to a person's reputation. Unfortunately, insurance companies are sometimes quick to jump to conclusions when a homeowner or business owner experiences loss due to a fire. If you have lost your home or your business to fire, it is devastating to be accused of arson on top of it.
A recent story out of New York shows how a false arson charge can cause irreparable damage to an individual's life. In 2015, three men were exonerated for the crime of setting an apartment fire that took the lives of a mother and her five children. The alleged crime took place in 1980, which meant the men served more than 30 years in prison. The only witness to the crime was a drug dealer who was later discredited. Tragically, one man died in prison.
If you have been falsely charged with arson, you are likely feeling a strong mix of emotions that include anger and helplessness. But you are not helpless. There is help for your case. Call Razumich Law, P.C. today at _PHONE_ for a free consultation.


12 Times That People Asked Questions That Absolutely Needed To Be Asked
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There are always questions that absolutely need to be asked. It is not always the appropriate time to ask those sorts of questions, but they still need to be asked. Sometimes, it takes a pretty brave person to ask a particular question.
Here are thirteen interesting and amusing examples of questions that absolutely needed to be asked, so they were.
1. The Person Who Had a Little Too Much Fun on Valentine's Day
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Sadly, this teenager did not have the sort of fun most of us really want to have on Valentine's Day. I did not know that heart attacks could happen because of that. I am not surprised, frankly, that they can; however, I am surprised that that number is achievable. It seems impossible.
The question posed, however, is a very good one. Who was keeping track, precisely? The activity that allegedly led to the death is generally a solo activity.
I suppose the deceased could have been trying to set some sort of record and therefore needed proof. Why would he be attempting the record on Valentine's Day, though? It all just seems very curious.
While Valentine's Day dates back to the time of the Roman Empire, it only really became associated with romance in the 14th century, and it really did not become a popular holiday until the 18th century.
2. The Question About the Goat
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It is scary, really, when you think about how often people buy pet animals impulsively. If people did so less frequently, animals in general would probably be a lot better off.
It is sort of normal, though, to randomly adopt a dog if you think it is particularly cute or friendly. It is not normal, however, to randomly adopt a goat. Not many people know how to take care of a goat. If you decide to adopt a baby goat, you probably need to ask a lot of questions about how to take care of it. I would imagine that finding a veterinarian for the creature could be tough.
Also, if you randomly buy a goat, your friends need to ask questions about whether or not you have completely lost your mind. That is their right when you tell them you have bought a goat.
They are not the most traditional pets, but goats can actually be pretty endearing companion animals. They do tend to form very close bonds with the people who own them.
Billy, the goat in this image, is adorable. You can sort of understand why someone would impulsively purchase him.
It was not a wise decision, true, but it was an understandable one.
3. The Question About the Ugly Pet
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To be honest, this particular feline is sort of unattractive. I know that is not something you are supposed to say about people's pets, but sometimes it is true.
I am guessing it was cute when it was a kitten. However, it looks like the kitten days ended about a decade ago.
I don't even know what it is about the animal that creeps me out so much. Is it the size of the nose? There is something about the nose that seems off. It also looks like an actor, but I can't name the particular actor. There is just a lot to be disturbed by.
4. The Art History Class Question
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If there is one thing all good liars know, it is that you should only lie when there is little chance of getting caught. If you are going to get caught, there's no reason to bother coming up with a lie. You might as well just tell the truth.
In this case, someone told a lie over social media, and it was a bad one. The person that called the liar out asked a question that really needed to be asked.
Why would anyone lie about being great at art history? I love art, and I also love history, but being knowledgeable in regard to art history is like being good at using Windows 95. Admittedly, the skill probably has some value somewhere, but it isn't worth lying about.
5. The One About the Concept
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This might be an example of a question that really did not need to be asked, honestly.
Spock, of course, is a character from "Star Trek". The character was primarily portrayed by actor Leonard Nimoy, who died in February of 2015.
Nimoy is best known for his portrayal of Spock, but he did other things. For example, he starred in the "Mission: Impossible" series for a couple of seasons. He was also the narrator of the video game "Civilization IV". He was also a private pilot and owned his own airplane. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
NImoy's death was reported to be related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; he had been a cigarette smoker, but he gave the habit up decades before his death.
6. The Question About the Pizza
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Someone here has a really good point. If you buy a product that advertises itself as "not delivery" because you tend to buy it in a grocery store more often than not, but you then order it in a way in which it will actually be delivered to you, what exactly is going on? Did the universe break?
DiGiorno pizzas, really, are delicious. If you are not familiar with the brand, it is pretty popular in the United States. People have been eating the frozen pizzas for over a couple of decades now. Well over 200,000 DiGiorno pizzas are made every day for customers in the United States.
Pizza is, of course, one of the more popular foods in the world. In the United States, there is a National Pizza Month—it is held in October. The pizza market is currently worth over $100 billion worldwide.
7. The Question About Zelda
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Any video game lover will agree that this is a question that needed to be asked. After all, every video game lover knows that "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" first came out for the Nintendo 64 in November in 1998.
It was never available for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). That would have been great, really, but it just did not happen.
"The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" is still, decades later, considered one of the better video games of all time. Critical reception, at the time, was remarkable. It was considered the game of the year by more than one organization.
Well over seven million copies of the game were sold worldwide. There was a direct sequel to the game, and "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" has been re-released several times since its initial release. A remake for the Nintendo 3DS was released in 2011.
8. The Dogs That May Be Kissing
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Frankly, at first glance, I didn't see anything weird about this guy. His overall look is sort of strange, I guess. Personally, I am not a fan, but that's just me and my tastes.
Then, the person that goes by Locker just had to point out that the moustache looks like dogs kissing, and I can't unsee that. I personally think they look like terriers, but that may just be me.
It is funny, really, how facial hair can vary from person to person. You would think it'd be a somewhat consistent thing, but that just isn't the case.
Also, what is with that guy's hairstyle? That's just not a good look.
The Metallica shirt is cool, though. There are a lot of great reasons to love Metallica. The heavy metal band has been entertaining people since the early 1980s. Over 50 million albums have been sold in the United States alone, and it is considered one of the most commercially successful groups of all time.
9. The Sun In the Eyes
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There is not really a great question here, but there is a valid point being made.
Actually, I take that back, as I have a somewhat decent question. Why would this be anyone's favorite picture? I have a couple favorite pictures of myself, true, but that is because they all feature my incredibly adorable dog and my hair looks good.
There is no adorable dog in this picture; furthermore, the kid's hair is decent—at best.
The shorts don't really work with the socks, and I personally would not want to wear that shirt. The background is drab.
What, in this person's mind, is so great about the posted picture?
10. The Mom and the Baby
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This is a great image. It is truly touching. However, you really do have to ask a question or two, don't you?
How does someone who apparently just had a baby look that good? Frankly, it does not seem possible. You would think that her skin would be blotchy or something like that, but she looks fantastic. Her makeup is also perfectly applied. Now that is impressive.
Frankly, the baby looks pretty good considering it was just born.
These people have good genes, obviously, and we should all be very jealous of those genes.
Hopefully, the new mom and her adorable baby are still doing well.
11. The Knives and the Books
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I can't figure this one out. It is definitely pretty cool, but I do not get the point. Knife blocks can be expensive, I suppose, but there are inexpensive models.
I'm guessing that the owner of this "knife block" is a big lover of


Family Objects for Models
Family objects provide a convenient way to specify the details of the models used by functions such as glm. See the documentation for glm for the details on how such model fitting takes place.
family(object,...)
binomial(link = "logit") gaussian(link = "identity") Gamma(link = "inverse") inverse.gaussian(link = "1/mu^2") poisson(link = "log") quasi(link = "identity", variance = "constant") quasibinomial(link = "logit") quasipoisson(link = "log")
a specification for the model link function. This can be a name/expression, a literal character string, a length-one character vector or an object of class "link-glm" (such as generated by provided it is not specified via one of the standard names given next.
The gaussian family accepts the links (as names) identity, log and inverse; the binomial family the links logit, probit, cauchit, (corresponding to logistic, normal and Cauchy CDFs respectively) log and cloglog (complementary log-log); the Gamma family the links inverse, identity and log; the poisson family the links log, identity, and sqrt and the inverse.gaussian family the links 1/mu^2, inverse, identity and log.
The quasi family accepts the links logit, probit, cloglog, identity, inverse, log, 1/mu^2 and sqrt, and the function power can be used to create a power link function.
for all families other than quasi, the variance function is determined by the family. The quasi family will accept the literal character string (or unquoted as a name/expression) specifications "constant", "mu(1-mu)", "mu", "mu^2" and "mu^3", a length-one character vector taking one of those values, or a list containing components varfun, validmu, dev.resids, initialize and name.
the function family accesses the family objects which are stored within objects created by modelling functions (e.g., glm).
further arguments passed to methods.
family is a generic function with methods for classes "glm" and "lm" (the latter returning gaussian()).
For the binomial and quasibinomial families the response can be specified in one of three ways:
 1. As a factor: 'success' is interpreted as the factor not having the first level (and hence usually of having the second level).
 2. As a numerical vector with values between 0 and 1, interpreted as the proportion of successful cases (with the total number of cases given by the weights).
 3. As a two-column integer matrix: the first column gives the number of successes and the second the number of failures.
The quasibinomial and quasipoisson families differ from the binomial and poisson families only in that the dispersion parameter is not fixed at one, so they can model over-dispersion. For the binomial case see McCullagh and Nelder (1989, pp.\ifelse{latex}{\out{~}}{ } 124--8). Although they show that there is (under some restrictions) a model with variance proportional to mean as in the quasi-binomial model, note that glm does not compute maximum-likelihood estimates in that model. The behaviour of S is closer to the quasivariants.
An object of class "family" (which has a concise print method). This is a list with elements
character: the family name.
character: the link name.
function: the link.
function: the inverse of the link function.
function: the variance as a function of the mean.
function giving the deviance residuals as a function of (y, mu, wt).
function giving the AIC value if appropriate (but NA for the quasifamilies). See logLik for the assumptions made about the dispersion parameter.
function: derivative function(eta) $d\mu/d\eta$.
expression. This needs to set up whatever data objects are needed for the family as well as n (needed for AIC in the binomial family) and mustart (see glm.
logical function. Returns TRUE if a mean vector mu is within the domain of variance.
logical function. Returns TRUE if a linear predictor eta is within the domain of linkinv.
(optional) function simulate(object, nsim) to be called by the "lm" method of simulate. It will normally return a matrix with nsim columns and one row for each fitted value, but it can also return a list of length nsim. Clearly this will be missing for 'quasi-' families.
The link and variance arguments have rather awkward semantics for back-compatibility. The recommended way is to supply them is as quoted character strings, but they can also be supplied unquoted (as names or expressions). In addition, they can also be supplied as a length-one character vector giving the name of one of the options, or as a list (for link, of class "link-glm"). The restrictions apply only to links given as names: when given as a character string all the links known to are accepted.
This is potentially ambiguous: supplying link = logit could mean the unquoted name of a link or the value of object logit. It is interpreted if possible as the name of an allowed link, then as an object. (You can force the interpretation to always be the value of an object via logit[1].)
McCullagh P. and Nelder, J. A. (1989) Generalized Linear Models. London: Chapman and Hall.
Dobson, A. J. (1983) An Introduction to Statistical Modelling. London: Chapman and Hall.
Cox, D. R. and Snell, E. J. (1981). Applied Statistics; Principles and Examples. London: Chapman and Hall.
Hastie, T. J. and Pregibon, D. (1992) Generalized linear models. Chapter 6 of Statistical Models in S eds J. M. Chambers and T. J. Hastie, Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.
See Also
glm, power,
For binomial coefficients, choose; the binomial and negative binomial distributions, Binomial, and NegBinomial.
 - family
 - binomial
 - gaussian
 - Gamma
 - inverse.gaussian
 - poisson
 - quasi
 - quasibinomial
 - quasipoisson
library(stats) require(utils) # for str nf <- gaussian() # Normal family nf str(nf) gf <- Gamma() gf str(gf) gf$linkinv gf$variance(-3:4) #- == (.)^2 ## quasipoisson. compare with example(glm) counts <- c(18,17,15,20,10,20,25,13,12) outcome <- gl(3,1,9) treatment <- gl(3,3) d.AD <- data.frame(treatment, outcome, counts) glm.qD93 <- glm(counts ~ outcome + treatment, family = quasipoisson()) glm.qD93 anova(glm.qD93, test = "F") summary(glm.qD93) ## for Poisson results use anova(glm.qD93, dispersion = 1, test = "Chisq") summary(glm.qD93, dispersion = 1) ## Example of user-specified link, a logit model for p^days ## See Shaffer, T. 2004. Auk 121(2): 526-540. logexp <- function(days = 1) { linkfun <- function(mu) qlogis(mu^(1/days)) linkinv <- function(eta) plogis(eta)^days mu.eta <- function(eta) days * plogis(eta)^(days-1) * binomial()$mu_eta valideta <- function(eta) TRUE link <- paste0("logexp(", days, ")") structure(list(linkfun = linkfun, linkinv = linkinv, mu.eta = mu.eta, valideta = valideta, name = link), class = "link-glm") } binomial(logexp(3)) ## in practice this would be used with a vector of 'days', in ## which case use an offset of 0 in the corresponding formula ## to get the null deviance right. ## Binomial with identity link: often not a good idea. ## Not run: binomial(link ="identity")) ## tests of quasi x <- rnorm(100) y <- rpois(100, exp(1+x)) glm(y ~ x, family = quasi(variance = "mu", link = "log")) # which is the same as glm(y ~ x, family = poisson) glm(y ~ x, family = quasi(variance = "mu^2", link = "log")) ## Not run: glm(y ~ x, family = quasi(variance = "mu^3", link = "log")) # fails y <- rbinom(100, 1, plogis(x)) # needs to set a starting value for the next fit glm(y ~ x, family = quasi(variance = "mu(1-mu)", link = "logit"), start = c(0,1))
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BRIEF HISTORY OF UTAH
Ron Rood and Linda Thatcher
Utah's thousands of years of prehistory and its centuries of known recorded history are so distinctive and complex that a summary can only hint at the state's rich heritage. The synopsis offered here follows major themes in Utah history and includes some of the significant dates, events, and individuals.
Utah presents an unusually varied landscape with three major physiographic provinces extending into the state. The Rocky Mountain Province takes up a V-shaped section of northeastern Utah and includes the Uinta and Wasatch mountains. The Colorado Plateau Province dominates east central and southeastern Utah from the Uinta Basin south to Canyonlands and the high plateau country. Western Utah lies in the Basin and Range Province, an area of deserts as well as mountain ranges separated by broad valleys. Within these three provinces, Utah ranges in elevation from 2,350 feet above sea level in the southwest corner of the state to 13,528 feet on Kings Peak in the Uinta Mountains. Five major life zones, each with a distinctive community of plants, are found within that elevation range, from the sagebrush and juniper typical of the Sonoran desert to the meadow grass and moss of the alpine tundra.
Utah's temperatures vary greatly with changing altitude and latitude. The mountains and elevated valleys are cooler, while the lower elevations and southern parts of the state have higher temperatures. The highest temperature officially recorded was July 5, 1985, in St. George, Utah 117 F. The lowest was recorded on February 1, 1985, at the uninhabited Peter's Sink in Logan Canyon -69 F.
Precipitation in Utah varies from an average of less than five inches in the Great Salt Lake Desert to more than 60 inches in the Wasatch Mountains. The average annual precipitation is between 10-15 inches per year.


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Oregon Hunger Task Force
The story of Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon begins back in 1989, when the Oregon State Legislature created the Oregon Hunger Task Force (ORS 458.532). At that time, Oregon ranked high for hunger among states, and the legislature declared that "All persons have the right to be free from hunger."
The 28-seat Task Force was directed to "serve as an advocate for hungry persons," studying the problem of hunger, making recommendations, and helping local communities implement changes.
Working with partners throughout Oregon, the Task Force has since worked to promote community awareness, compile research, develop proposals for government action, and conduct outreach to expand participation in nutrition programs.
Act to End Hunger
In 2004, the Task Force gathered input from Oregonians across the state to develop the Act to End Hunger, a broad framework to address the root causes of hunger. Outlining "40 ways in 5 years to make a difference," the Act to End Hunger provided a plan of action to reduce Oregon's hunger rank, one of the highest in the country.
The Act to End Hunger proved to be a critical organizing tool for anti-hunger advocates across the state. The urgency of the problem, and the opportunity for progress directed the members of the Oregon Hunger Task Force to launch a private non-profit organization (Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon) whose staff would directly support and help implement the recommendations of the Act to End Hunger.
Working together in 2010, Partners and the Task Force launched Ending Hunger Before it Begins: A Call to Action, which will guide our work for the next five years.


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When typing < or > in LaTeX and compiling with pdflatex, the less than and greater than symbols appear at upside down exclamation points. I'm not in math mode.
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using it in a regression results table in a paper. – biased_estimator Aug 28 '10 at 2:44
_USER_: "This example holds true for all cases where n >= 3". – SabreWolfy Feb 2 '12 at 13:02
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Geoffs tip with \textless and \textgreater will work well for you. However, you could type these symbols < and > directly in your editor and they would be correctly printed if you use the recommended font encoding, Cork resp. T1:
Have a look at the T1 encoding table, search for the symbols < and >. Afterwards, open the OT1 encoding table, which is the default. At the two corresponding places you will find the upside down exclamation resp. quotation mark. That should explain it.
For further reasons, why you should use T1 encoding, have a look at this question: Why should I use \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}?
You should use a font supporting T1. For instance use the very good Latin Modern font, derived from the standard fonts:
Or install the cm-super package which provides the standard Computer Modern fonts with T1 support.
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Further reading: Latin Modern vs cm-super? – doncherry Jan 31 '13 at 6:46
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Use \textless and \textgreater.
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unless they are part of a math expression, in which case they should be between dollar signs or \(... \) along with the rest of the math expression. – barbara beeton Aug 26 '10 at 19:51
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May be using some other sane font encoding, something like \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} or something. (Well, I don't think any of this legacy font encoding and input encoding is sane any way).
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+1 for your opinion in parentheses! – Lover of Structure Dec 26 '13 at 0:36
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What I usually do is just enter mathmode to type them, e.g. This object is $<$ that object.
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That is generally considered poor style. You should just write out "This object is less than that object." Occasionally, you'll see "foo is <0." This looks bad. – TH. Aug 27 '10 at 23:32
That's definitely true. However, if you're using LaTeX to organize your thoughts (as i often do), 'good style' equates to 'will I understand what I wrote if I come back and look at it in a week'! – Avi Steiner Sep 3 '10 at 3:30
_USER_.: I agree with you. My experiency tells me too that text and math code should not be mixed up. Good style would be either writing "The variable $foo$ is less than zero." (as you mentioned) or "The variable $foo$ satisfies the relation/condition $foo<0$.", which would probably suit your application. Good style means also to define variables at the first use. – strpeter Dec 7 '13 at 8:07
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Motorways see many tens of thousands of vehicle movements every day; congestion is almost inevitable. It leads to significant delays, disruption and driver frustration, and can even reduce productivity in a given area.
Motorway Incident Detection and Automated Signalling (MIDAS) systems keep highways managers aware of traffic flow with constant monitoring across these vital routes. MIDAS spots early warning signs of traffic build-up and intervenes early to reduce the risk of serious congestion.
Journey predictability is vital to the British economy, any action highways managers can take to improve flow provides both direct and indirect return on investment.
Since so much of our daily commercial traffic relies on the country's major highways, highways managers do everything they can to keep the network running smoothly. Every hour of delay on the motorway network reduces productivity and costs a significant amount of money to individuals, businesses and the economy of the area.
Our wireless detection solution is a durable and reliable way to detect vehicles in the carriageway. The detector delivers real-time traffic flow intelligence to the MIDAS system, resolving issues automatically. The result: reduced congestion and better predictability for the UK's commercial road users.
Safety is the primary concern on the UK's motorway network. Vehicles travel at high speeds and it only takes a single vehicle to behave erratically or lose control to bring part of that network to a halt. Empowering highways managers with prior intelligence, when traffic starts to build up or behave abnormally, kickstarts preventative action before a major or minor incident occurs.
Our wireless detection solution feeds traffic flow data directly into existing MIDAS control systems, so you can analyse continuously and monitor when the "normal" flow of traffic changes. When abnormal behaviour is detected, highways managers can deploy traffic officers or use local cameras to determine the cause and assess what further action is needed to ensure road users' safety. By acting on this intelligence promptly, you can smooth the flow of traffic in the area, offer alternative routes or change phasing patterns as traffic is injected into the network.
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Dixie Patrick in the US
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Mainly U.S.: name chosen as symbolic of the American South. The nickname is of uncertain origin. It is said to be from the ten-dollar bills printed in New Orleans, named in the Cajun dialect from French dix 'ten'.
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Scottish and Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Phádraig 'son of Patrick', a personal name derived from Latin Patricius 'son of a noble father', 'member of the patrician class'. This was the name of a 5th-century Romano-Briton who became the apostle and patron saint of Ireland, and it was largely as a result of his fame that the personal name was so popular from the Middle Ages onward. In Ireland the surname is usually Scottish in origin, but it is also found as a shortened form of Mulpatrick and Fitzpatrick.
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Fuel For Surfing
Barreling into the winter months, our routines, sleep habits, skin-care regimens are diets will gradually shift. If you are a surfer, your wetsuits, wax, boards and surfing schedule will change as well to accommodate the colder water, shorter days and darker mornings. For surfers in particular, our eating habits for fueling our activity levels are important regardless of the season to stay fit and healthy in the line-up.
Eating with the seasons is often lost with our access to food from around the world, but we should try to eat as local and organic as possible. Taking note of what foods preserve natural resources, support biodiversity, animal welfare and avoidance of genetically modified foods are a good start. If we are conscious of our food choices, we will nourish our bodies as well as our minds.
What you put into your body is as important as the work your body does, and both practices are opportunities to be preventative and proactive in your overall health.
Surf 1We spoke with several surfers to learn what works for them, and the theme was natural, whole foods, avoiding sugar and preservatives. Variety was key, whether it is consuming many types of proteins, vegetables or herbs. One surfer soaks chia seeds overnight in coconut water for breakfast, adding berries and nuts for essential fats and amino acids. Avocados were popular, as well as nut milk, fruits and teas.
Surf 3We also heard a lot about taking care of your health for performance now and in the future. Respecting your food as much as surfers respect the ocean should be a goal for everyone. Knowing where your ingredients come from, consuming unprocessed foods as close to their natural state as possible and avoiding chemicals are critical. Opting for kale and not Kale chips, raw nuts instead of protein bars, and whole fruit instead of juices are ideal.
Eating clean is about being mindful about what we eat, and often the simple approach is best. Looking for foods in their natural state that are fresh, in sync with the season and as local as possible will not only fuel your surfing, it will boost your well being, all year long.


What is Brick in Poker?
Also known as a blank or rag, a brick is a community card (either the turn or river) that seemingly does not affect anyone's range of hands. It is the exact opposite of an Action Card, as it probably does not improve many hands, thus not creating much additional action
Example: The flop is 789, David bets and is called by one player. The turn is a brick, an off-suit 2. David checks and his opponent checks behind.
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Choosing between time and state dependence: micro evidence on firms' price-reviewing strategies
Thanks to recent findings based on survey data, it is now well known that firms differ from each other with respect to their price-reviewing strategies. While some firms review their prices at fixed intervals of time, others prefer to perform price revisions in response to changes in economic conditions. In order to explain this fact, some theories have been suggested in the literature. However, empirical evidence on the relative importance of the factors determining firms' different strategies is virtually nonexistent. This paper contributes to filling this gap by investigating the factors that explain why firms follow time-, stateor timeand state-dependent price-reviewing rules. We find that firms' strategies vary with firm characteristics that have a bearing on the importance of information costs, the variability of the optimal price and the sensitivity of profits to non-optimal prices. Menu costs, however, do not seem to play a significant role. JEL Classification: C41, D40, E31
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Mistletoe Matters - Talks, Walks & Workshops
Mistletoe is a fascinating subject - an odd-looking plant with an unusual biology, peculiar and popular(!) winter customs, ancient traditions stretching way back into prehistory, and emerging modern usage in medicine. Plus, of course, all the agricultural and horticultural aspects, and linkages to traditional orchards and gardens.
And not forgetting its important role in wildlife conservation and biodiversity. There's also its peculiar role in 20th century imagery, particularly in the art nouveau period. It even inspired some wartime German aircraft concepts.
So it should be no surprise that it is a very popular subject for talks, with a very wide range of audiences.
Mistletoe walks are also popular, largely with outdoor and wildlife groups, and largely (though not wholly) confined to the mistletoe country around Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Somerset.
Workshops, combining talks and walks with practical advice in management and planting are also available.
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text: Earth Day was celebrated on the 19th and 20th of April 2017 in a pompous manner, inside the school campus of Integrated Indian School. It was a great manifestation of environmental issues and highlighted the efforts that can be made to make a difference. On the 19th of April an Inter house Drawing and Colouring competition for primary section, a Poster Making and Slogan Writing competition for secondary and higher secondary section, was organized with the theme of 'Save Earth'. The students displayed incredible creative ideas. A special assembly was conducted on the 20th of April to commemorate the occasion of Earth Day. The assembly was preceded by Quran recitation and Kuwait National Anthem followed by a series of items presented by the students. The school choir presented a melodious song to mark the spirit of Earth Day. To emphasize upon the need to save The Mother Earth, tips of the day was given and an interesting skit was also performed by the students. The winners of Inter house Drawing and Colouring competition, Poster Making and Slogan Writing competitions were awarded with certificates and medals. Our esteem Directress Mrs. Anju Mehrotra and Respected Principal Mr. Arul Dharmaraj Thomas addressed the assembly which inspired the students and teachers by sharing their valuable thoughts and ideas. The celebration concluded with a pledge, taken by the students, teachers and staff members of the school to protect and save our depleting environment and Mother Earth by doing our bit.


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Hayal İncedoğan – "In the Shade of Time"
Presenting a conceptual depth with her versatile productions, Hayal İncedoğan presents the collateral aspects of time, space and memory perception spectacularly in her exhibition "In the Shade of Time".
The exhibition developed within a system of archiving plants, expressed with the term 'herbarium' in botanical science, and brings a new dimension and meaning in the minds of the audience by combining today's visual experiences and memory. The exhibition narrates the approach of time through works from various disciplines in terms of perspective. The artist, who has connotations from the previous exhibitions, comes up with a new subject and material for each project. By taking this method as a principle, she pushes her limits.
The project, which the artist has developed by starting to photograph the plants she has grown, includes works that have emerged as a result of an accumulation of approximately five years, including the growth processes of the plants.
Taking motifs as a means of expression, İncedoğan uses a unique language by combining different materials and techniques. With the exhibition, she explores the intellectual as well as the intuitive possibilities of the concept. Since the motif is suitable for synthesizing the eastern and western culture, she emphasizes the importance of being open to the universal dialogue. The exhibition includes artists works with different techniques; painting, audio-video, neon, and installation works.


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## check if index[0] has a value, otherwise sheet_name couldn't be found
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db = {}
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header = [sh.cell_value(1,i) for i in range(sh.ncols)]
for head in header:
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for c in range(sh.ncols):
 for r in range(2,sh.nrows):
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data_to_put, col = zip(*[(db[k],k) for k in db.iterkeys()])
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There are many striking differences between a fence post and a human being, but one may prove particularly useful to robotic vehicles: temperature.
At least that's what the established thermal imaging firm FLIR and the Israeli startup Adasky think. Both companies are building new thermal sensors for use in autonomous cars, and they believe that the extra data could be used to spot hazards in adverse conditions. Humans and animals on or near the road, in particular, create far more heat than their surroundings.
Some high-end automakers, including Porsche, BMW, and Audi, have been fitting vehicles with thermal imaging sensors from FLIR for several years. The vehicles use them to alert a driver to the presence of animals or people on the road at night, which may not show up within reach of the car's headlights. Those sensors offer an image 320 pixels wide by 240 high.
Now, both FLIR and Adasky hope to achieve a similar result in autonomous cars using new sensors that they're both building.
Adasky today announced a new far-infrared sensor, called Viper, that offers better resolution (640 pixels by 480) at refresh rates of 60 frames per second and can detect temperature differences as small as 0.05 °C. Adasky's Dror Meiri tells MIT Technology Review that such sensitivity allows the device not just to spot something like an elk on the road, but also to easily discern things like black ice on the surface of a highway. He says the device should be in mass production by 2020.
The video above shows Adasky's sensor in use on a country road. On the left is a visible-light camera, on the right its thermal sensor. Cyclists, pedestrians, and animals certainly show up far more sharply on the right. And the sharp contrast with surroundings would make it easier for a car to approach those living hazards with caution in a way that lidar, which provides only ranging information, may not.
FLIR is also developing a VGA device for use specifically in self-driving cars. Paul Clayton, director of automotive at FLIR, says that sample units of the sensors are being shipped to some manufacturers for testing this year and that mass-produced sensors could cost "a couple of hundred bucks."
If you're wondering why another sensor may be required in a driverless car, both companies point to an important, if uninspiring word: redundancy. "It's an augment, a somewhat redundant sensor that helps classify in bad lighting conditions or weather," explains Clayton. We've explained in the past that multiple sensors can allow autonomous cars to make better sense of their surroundings, and the sharp contrast of thermal imaging may enable, say, a glimpse of a human to provide extra context that helps avert a dangerous incident.
Even so, an extra sensor does provide another data stream to process, and because thermal imaging is less widely used on the roads than visible-light cameras and even lidar, the machine-learning systems that discern details from footage will have to catch up. Both firms seem to understand that: Adasky has built its own AI to process data for its customers, and FLIR is putting together a thermal image database that clients can use to train their own neural networks.
Adoption of thermal imaging in autonomous vehicles is likely to come down to budget. Some manufacturers may balk at the expense of yet another sensor, but until cheap lidar sensors offer the quality that automakers might like, the devices could add a useful layer of safety.


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Brazil's National Department of Mineral Production (DNPM) is coordinating an analysis of the largest Brazilian sylvite beds found in the state of Amazonas, with the objective of establishing partnerships for exploration.
Sylvite is a mineral from which potassium chloride (KCl) is extracted to be used as a fertilizer. Currently, Brazil imports 85% of the total potassium chloride consumed in the country.
The remaining 15% come from the Taquari-Vassouras mine, located in the state of Sergipe, in the Northeast of the Brazil.
Amazon sylvite beds were found in the 1980s, by Petrobrás. Estimated reserves are to the order of 1 billion tons, more than twice the 450 million-ton beds found initially in Sergipe, where sylvite is explored by the Companhia Vale do Rio Doce.
Current annual production of potassium chloride is 600 thousand tons, which supplies part of the Center-South of the country.
One of Brazil's government priorities is to invest in mineral research and exploration, says minister of Mines and Energy, Dilma Rousseff.
According to the minister, if Brazil is to have development in mining, the government has to have an updated and modern mining department.
Brazil was told last year that Canadian mining interests could invest as much as US$ 2 billion in gold, nickel, copper and diamond operations in Brazil.
Last year the DNPM inaugurated a data bank network connecting its 25 districts nationwide at a cost of US$ 25 million.
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Components of the WISSARD Project
WISSARD (Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling) will examine subglacial ecosystems in a holistic context.
The project will investigate the physical, chemical, and geobiological interactions in the subglacial environments poised at the interface of the Antarctic cryosphere, geosphere and global ocean. The WISSARD science program connects 8 institutions across the country and includes 13 research groups using specific scientific expertise in three integrated projects, LISSARD: (Lake and Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling), RAGES: (Robotics Access to Grounding-zones for Exploration and Science), and GBASE: (Geomicrobiology of Antarctic Subglacial Environments). This large-scale interdisciplinary approach to study the subglacial environments of a West Antarctic ice stream provides the unparalleled opportunity to highlight the process of science utilizing novel technology and the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of scientific discovery.
In order to accomplish its' science goals, WISSARD requires unique field equipment to get to the field site, drill an access borehole, and sample the subglacial environment. We will combine proven polar designs with purpose built equipment, as highlighted under our Technology page.
The Infrastructure and Logistics to support the WISSARD science project is provided through the US Antarctic Program prime contractor, managed by Lockheed-Martin as the Antarctic Support Contract. Specialized WISSARD equipment and platforms are being designed and assembled, both in the US and at McMurdo Station, to support the specific requirements to accomplish WISSARD science. Most of the heavy equipment, fuel, and infrastructure for the WISSARD project will be delivered to the field site by a surface traverse.


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Visual String Transformation using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL
The fuzzy-string matrix below shows one of the simplest ways to transform
4 Changes are required, so
4 is the
Distance between the strings, which is 57.14% of the longer length.
(A large percentage means the strings are very different;
a small distance means the strings are very similar. More explanation follows the matrix;
technical details and SQL source code can be found at SQLServerCentral.)
Visually follow the simplest path of Changes from top-left to bottom-right in bold.
Each cell displays the cumulative number of Changes required to arrive there,
and what type of Change is required to arrive there from the previous cell, as follows:
- Equality (e): Move diagonally down right, because there is no Change (the letters from String1 and String2 match).
- Substitute (s): Move diagonally down right, by replacing the letter from String1 with the different letter from String2.
- Delete (d): Move down from the previous row, by removing the letter from String1.
- Insert (i): Move right from the previous column, by adding the letter from String2.
- Transpose (t): Move diagonally down and right twice as one Change, by swapping the letter from String1 with the next one.
Calculation of Changes starts from the top-left cell.
(You can hover your mouse pointer over each cell to see the calculations.)
To produce the numbers in each cell,
the first (0th) row and column are initialized with the positions of the letters in the strings.
For each cell after that, the number of Changes required to arrive there is calculated as the minimum of:
- Equality (e): The Changes from the cell diagonally above left (if the letters from String1 and String2 match).
- Substitute (s): The Changes from the cell diagonally above left, plus one (if the letters from String1 and String2 are different).
- Delete (d): The Changes from the cell above, plus one.
- Insert (i): The Changes from the cell to the left, plus one.
- Transpose (t): The Changes from the cell diagonally above left twice, plus one (if the current letters are swapped with the cell above left).
Upon arrival at the bottom-right cell, the total number of Changes is known.
If that number is all you are interested in, you can stop calculation.
But when you want to see the simplest path,
it is determined by working backwards from bottom-right to top-left,
following the direction of the minimum Change in each cell.
(If the top or left edge is reached before the top-left cell,
then the type of Change in the remaining cells is overwritten,
with Inserts or Deletes respectively.)
Shortcuts are available, if you want to stop comparison when the strings are determined to be "too different"
(that is, after more than a certain number of Changes have been identified). You can visualize these by selecting a Change Limit above:
- At any point in the comparison, the best case is that the rest of the strings are identical,
which would mean traveling down the diagonal ending at bottom-right.
Therefore, you can stop at the first of those cells (highlighted silver) that has too many Changes (in red text).
- Once the simplest Change path has diverged too much from the diagonal ending at bottom-right, only more Changes can bring it back.
Therefore, you need only calculate the cells in a stripe within your desired Change Limit
to either side of the diagonal.
The Changes in the uncalculated cells directly above and to the left of the calculated area can be assumed to be the Change Limit plus one.
If the strings are different lengths, the stripe is narrowed by that difference,
which is the distance between the diagonal starting at top-left (highlighted white)
and the diagonal ending at bottom-right,
because the optimal path must stay within the Change Limit of both diagonals.
- Comparison is guaranteed to stop, so there is no need to calculate at all,
if the Change Limit is less than the difference in lengths between the strings.
Also, comparison is guaranteed to succeed, so there is no need to calculate at all,
if the Change Limit is not less than the length of the longer string
(because then every letter could be different).
Caveat: There may be other equally simple ways (same number of Changes) to transform String1 to String2, but no simpler way.
Except, because this is the "direct" Damerau extension of the Levenshtein algorithm (allowing each substring to be modified only once), there may be a simpler way in the following scenarios:
- Transpose two letters, and then insert a sequence of letters between them (TO→OST theoretically could be just 2 Changes, but this implementation will report 3).
- Delete a sequence of letters, and then transpose the two letters that have become adjacent (OST→TO theoretically could be just 2 Changes, but this implementation will report 3).
(We are willing to accept that limitation, because those scenarios are unlikely to be accidental typographical errors, and the intent here is to count unintentional human errors.)
Note also that since only single letters are compared, Unicode Canonical Equivalence of multi-character sequences cannot be considered here
(strings must be normalized before comparison).
Although this site uses a binary collation for comparison (for complete case-sensitivity and accent-sensitivity),
you can choose to implement this code with a different collation.


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I have a custom overlay grid whose labels are driven by an ugly attribute field which contains unnecessary leading zeroes and other labeling no-nos. How can I introduce a labeling expression to this grid? Thank you!
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is your overlay grid in a raster or vector format? – artwork21 May 12 '11 at 17:22
_USER_: the overlay grid is driven by a feature class comprised of vector polygon geometry. – MLF May 12 '11 at 17:41
Can't you create another column and clean up the values with vb script in the calculator? – Jakub May 12 '11 at 17:55
Not to be snarky, but have you read the manual? – Kirk Kuykendall May 12 '11 at 20:42
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Per Esri, it is not possible at this time to incorporate a label expression with a custom overlay grid; Label expressions are not supported with grid labels.
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You can use many expressions in the label expression dialog.
You might try using regex to get at some of the hard to reach problems.
Here is one of my old questions that can show how it can be used.
If it is just trailing or leading zeros you can use...
Right ([mycolumn],4)
that will drop everything in the front leaving only 4 characters from the right side.
Function FindLabel( [NAME] )
 Dim fldValue, aWords, i, word, aNewWords, NewWord, numElements, k
 fldValue = [NAME]
 'k = 0 'One word first line and two words all other lines
 k = 1 'Two words first line and all other lines
 if not IsNull(fldValue) then
 aWords = split(fldValue, " ")
 numElements = UBound(aWords)
 'Create new array to store new field value and redimmension to store
 'the correct number of elements to match original number of elements
 aNewWords = Array()
 Redim aNewWords(numElements)
 for i = LBound(aWords) to UBound(aWords)
 if i Mod 2 = k then
 word = aWords(i) & vbCr
 word = aWords(i)
 end if
 aNewWords(i) = word
 NewWord = Join(aNewWords, " ")
 NewWord = fldValue
 end if
 FindLabel = NewWord
End Function
This is an example of a label expression from streetmap.
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Label expressions for a feature layer may be set by going to the the layers Properties>Labels tab, and click on the Expression button. However, Jakub has a good point that you should clean up your data first via field calculator. Here is the ArcGIS 10 link for feature expressions.
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We are a large organization, and use SDE with strict permissions. I am not able to add a field unless I divorce the data from the SDE, and at that point, the end user would not benefit from modifications to the data (and indeed, we are about to update it), so that won't help here. – MLF May 12 '11 at 20:08
I'm not trying to modify labels on a feature layer. The custom overlay grid is a different beast all its own and does not have the same labeling options as the feature class itself. I want to inject some label class scripting into the actual grid. – MLF May 12 '11 at 20:11
What do you mean by "a different beast"? Isn't this a polygon feature class with attributes? it would be best to actually clean up the source data with vbscript or python, whichever you prefer. You can of course do it with label expressions but it has certain disadvantages such as slower drawing times... Kirk has provided a link to the manual. – Jakub May 13 '11 at 12:52
@ Jakub: This is a custom overlay grid. The only options to label a custom overlay grid are to label it according to one field inside the feature class, and there is no option to use a label expression. – MLF May 17 '11 at 16:31
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In English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?
1loncha femininelonja feminine
- Meanwhile the plate of spare sausage and rashers of bacon was being politely offered around the table.
- Brussels officials are convinced that fun and games for pigs make for healthier animals and tastier pork chops or bacon rashers.
- She brought a platter of sausages, scrambled eggs and two rashers of bacon with steaming bread.
- For food professionals, winter is the time for hearty foods, for steamy fish stews, rashers of bacon, and platter upon platter of broiled meats.
- Place the bacon rashers on a baking tray and bake until crisp, then remove and keep warm.
- When roasting whole guinea fowl, protect the breast meat with bacon rashers.
- The breakfast consisted of two fried eggs and two rashers of streaky bacon crisply done.
- According to its maker, it can cook any food from vegetables to rashers of bacon.
- Grill rashers of smoked streaky bacon until crisp and cut into small squarish pieces.
- The bacon rashers can be placed on a heat-proof plate and put back in the oven to finish cooking till all the fat has melted and there are just very crisp bits left.
- An egg and sausage, two rashers of bacon, mushrooms and black pudding, beans and tinned tomatoes filled the plate.
- If the skin is torn you can patch it up with a rasher of green bacon.
- The exhibit is two inches long and striped pink and black, the striping having been achieved by, at one stage, wrapping the sausage in a rasher of bacon.
- Cecil helped himself to an omelette, several rashers of bacon and two slices of toast before he turned to look for Mark and Kristy.
- Then drape 3 rashers of bacon over the exposed stuffing in a star fashion forming a lid and secure with string.
- I believe I even saw someone fishing with rashers of bacon.
- Eggs, bacon rashers, sausages and hash browns came in twos.
- I assumed that she didn't want to be openly nasty to me in front of the children, and helped myself to some rashers of bacon and a new slice of toast.
- Fry or grill the rashers of Black Bacon ™ until just crisp, keep warm.
- Indeed, regardless of era, salted bacon, especially rashers of bacon, and salted butter have endured as favourite foodstuffs.
English has borrowed many of the following foreign expressions of parting, so you've probably encountered some of these ways to say goodbye in other languages.
Many words formed by the addition of the suffix –ster are now obsolete - which ones are due a resurgence?
As their breed names often attest, dogs are a truly international bunch. Let's take a look at 12 different dog breed names and their backstories.


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The Norwegian Forest Cat is a healthy, robust natural breed that developed over hundreds of years of natural selection in a harsh climate. They are a slow-maturing breed that may take up to five years to reach full maturity.
This is a fairly low-maintenance breed, requiring minimal grooming. The Norwegian Forest Cat (or "Wegie") is an interactive, playful, loving member of any household.
The Norwegian Forest Cat's strong, sturdy body and thick coat are testaments to their evolution over the centuries in Scandinavia. They traveled with the Vikings, keeping their ships and villages free of vermin.
Referred to as the "Skogkatt", the Norwegian Forest Cat has been included in Viking legend and mythology.
By the 20th century, the Norwegian Forest Cat was becoming a rarity in its native land and was at risk of extinction. Consequently plans were started to ensure the future of the national cat in the 1930s but WWII interrupted this work. Finally in the 1970s the Norwegians put a special breeding program in place to protect the breed-and the breed received royal recognition when the late King Olaf designated them the official cat of Norway. The first breeding pair was imported into the United States in 1979. The International Cat Association was the first North American registry to grant Championship status to the Norwegian Forest Cat in 1984.
Intelligent and resourceful, the Norwegian Forest Cat is a mild-mannered breed that adapts easily to its environment. They are very interactive cats who enjoy being part of their family environment and love to play with any one who enjoys a game!
The Norwegian Forest Cat's body is large, muscular and substantial. Its strength and agility make it a natural hunter able to climb any surface.
The water-resistant, semi-long coat with a dense undercoat developed to help the cat survive in the harsh Scandinavian climate. During the cooler months, the ruff is full and the dense woolly undercoat thickens to protect the cat from the cold. In the summer, the coat will be shorter although it will still have a water repellent texture. The tail is long, full and flowing. While the coat is full and dense in the winter months, it is also a coat that does not require the daily care of some other longhaired breeds. It is a good idea, though, to give a little extra combing in the Spring when it is changing its heavy winter coat for its summer one. Its minimal care requirements make this the ideal longhair for the busy active family!
The Norwegian Forest Cat's head is the shape of an equilateral triangle, the profile of the nose long and straight. Eyes are large, almond-shaped, set at an oblique angle and very expressive. Ears are large, wide at the base and arched forward. Variety is the spice of life-and the Norwegian Forest Cat comes in a rainbow of colors for you to choose from.


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The Yankees are committed to helping promote a sustainable environment and have implemented many green initiatives at Yankee Stadium.
In March 2009, Yankee Stadium purchased over 33 million kilowatt-hours in renewable energy certificates (RECs) - meeting 100% of the stadium's purchased electricity usage for the next two years. Hess Energy, the stadium's supplier, leverages its bulk buying power and skilled team to purchase enough certificates from high-quality, green energy producers to help the Yankees reach their green goals. Renewable Energy Certificates allow any customer, anywhere in the country to support renewable energy generation. For every REC purchased, one megawatt-hour (MWh, or 1000 kilowatt-hours) of renewable electricity is generated and delivered to the power grid. When you buy a REC, you are investing in the future development of renewable energy sources, and making a commitment to support greener sources of power.
Later in 2009, the Yankees became an early adopter of another Hess Energy product, C-Neutral. Through C-Neutral, the team is able to completely neutralize the greenhouse gas emissions associated with their natural gas energy consumption. Carbon Offsetting is a way to compensate for greenhouse gas emissions by investing in sustainability projects across the country and around the world. These projects can range from the development of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency technologies to agricultural and reforestation initiatives. Working with the information provided by the Yankees, Hess engineers completed the calculations to determine the environmental impact of the energy used at the stadium throughout the year. These calculations generated the number of carbon offsets that would be required to make the Yankees' operations carbon neutral while providing the best value.
The sustainable efforts of the Yankees are the equivalent of taking more than 4,700 passenger cars off the road for a year. Together, the Yankees and Hess are proud to be working as a team to do their part to address the growing climate concerns.
Each lighting fixture above Yankee Stadium consumes approximately 300 fewer watts than a typical stadium fixture and has a 50 percent reduction of "light spill" onto adjacent property. Control systems and building automation increase the lifetime of the lighting system. These improvements mean that during one night game, nearly 207,000 pounds of CO2 emissions are saved. That's the equivalent of about one tree being planted for every pitch of the home season.
This program ensures the efficiency of equipment while focusing on energy reduction. Instead of petroleum-based plastics, beverage cups are made of biodegradable material. Waste generation is tackled through composting and recycling cardboard, glass, metal and plastics/paper and should divert approximately 40 percent of Yankee Stadium's trash away from landfills. This also results in fewer trash pickups and trash trucks on the road.
The different systems used to operate Yankee Stadium are calibrated to the specific usage patterns of the Stadium and reduce the power consumption of lighting and ventilation systems when they're not needed.
The Great Hall will not have air-conditioning, instead relying on natural cooling. The savings is about the same as 10,000 New York City apartments shutting off their air-conditioning for a summer day.
Each year, Yankee Stadium's plumbing fixtures are projected to save 3.1 million gallons of water and reduce Yankee Stadium's water consumption by 22 percent. Additionally, Yankee Stadium uses GoJo hand soap, which doesn't require water for use. Close to 1 million gallons of water will be saved per season if every guest uses this soap.
The Yankees are committed to purchasing only paper products made from 100 percent recyclable paper. Yankee Stadium is the first major league ballpark to commit to keeping all of its operations and maintenance manuals 100 percent electronic. This saves 10 trees, 100 pounds of solid waste, 1,000 gallons of waste water and 10,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity.
Yankee Stadium is located within close proximity of the subway, Metro-North, buses and other mass transportation systems. Guests and employees are encouraged to utilize public transportation in order to reduce CO2 emissions and reliance on foreign oil.
Yankee Stadium has recycled 8,879 gallons of cooking oil from Yankee Stadium this year to date. This oil has been used to produce 7,192 gallons of biodiesel fuel. When used in vehicles, this biodiesel will displace 129,455.8 pounds of carbon emissions. That is the equivalent of removing 11.76 cars from the road for a full year.


Scribble Decoder
New in version 0.5.
Plugin Name: ScribbleDecoder
The ScribbleDecoder is a trivial decoder that makes it possible to set one or more static field values on every decoded message. It is often used in conjunction with another decoder (i.e. in a MultiDecoder w/ cascade_strategy set to "all") to, for example, set the message type of every message to a specific custom value after the messages have been decoded from Protocol Buffers format. Note that this only supports setting the exact same value on every message, if any dynamic computation is required to determine what the value should be, or whether it should be applied to a specific message, a Sandbox Decoder using the provided write_message API call should be used instead.
 - message_fields:
 Subsection defining message fields to populate. Optional representation metadata can be added at the end of the field name using a pipe delimiter i.e. host|ipv4 = "" will create Fields[Host] containing an IPv4 address. Adding a representation string to a standard message header name will cause it to be added as a user defined field, i.e. Payload|json will create Fields[Payload] with a json representation (see Field Variables). Does not support Timestamp or Uuid.
Example (in MultiDecoder context)
type = "MultiDecoder"
subs = ["ProtobufDecoder", "mytype"]
cascade_strategy = "all"
log_sub_errors = true
type = "ScribbleDecoder"
 Type = "MyType"