History of the Wurlitzer Building
History of the North Tonawanda, NY Wurlitzer BuildingThe Wurlitzer building is an example of the early modernism style of architecture, with construction beginning in 1892 and continuing until 1950. The building's proximity to the Erie Canal may have been part of the draw for Rudolph Wurlitzer; however, the structure itself was likely an attraction as well. It was large enough to accommodate everything he needed: "showrooms, customer and product training areas, public relations reception rooms, employee recreation areas, locker rooms, showers, and cafeterias."
[1] The Wurlitzer family began cultivating its reputation for making and selling fine musical instruments during the 17th century. The father of the original Wurlitzer company, Rudolph Wurlitzer, was born in Schilbach, Saxony in 1829. At age 24 he immigrated to America, and three years later, in 1856, he founded The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company in Cincinnati, Ohio. Initially he imported musical instruments from his family in Germany to sell them on the American market, but soon made his way into manufacturing. In 1880, the first Wurlitzer piano was built in the U.S., followed by the first coin-operated electric piano in 1896. This was just the beginning of what would prove to be a continuing success story as the first Wurlitzer jukebox was just a step away.
The next major musical venture for Wurlitzer came with the introduction of cinema and theatre organs. These instruments, dubbed the "Mighty Wurlitzer", created an instant sensation when they appeared on the market during the silent movie era. The introduction of Wurlitzer-driven musical soundtracks to movies fostered dramatic changes within the motion picture and entertainment industries.
Wurlitzer has historically implemented a philosophy still valid today of channeling flexibility and advanced technology into the development of innovative products. Consequently, Farny Wurlitzer, successor of the founding father, bought a patented jukebox mechanism in 1933 and hired highly skilled professionals for the design and marketing. From their new location in North Tonawanda, New York, these imaginative inventors developed the first Wurlitzer jukebox. Over the next few years Wurlitzer jukeboxes became widely embraced by operators, and by the late 1930's Wurlitzer was producing over 45,000 jukeboxes a year. The jukebox became known as the "small man's concert hall."
The Wurlitzer Building in North Tonawanda, New York wasn't alone in producing world-class musical instruments under the Wurlitzer name. With executive offices in Chicago, the company also had production facilities in Mississippi and Illinois. However, the North Tonawanda facility had the distinction of being the largest musical instrument plant in the world at the time.
Although many products were created in the Wurlitzer Building, the "Mighty Wurlitzer" may be Rudolph Wurlitzer's greatest legacy. They were a magnificent line of organs that could be found all over the world. Places like Rockefeller Center, Lincoln Center, the Hollywood Bowl, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Metropolitan Opera Music Hall, and Kleinhans Music Hall were some of the better known venues to have embraced the concert grade organ.
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Adobe Primetime authentication passes the Resource ID as is, so it is the same for all MVPDs. Resource IDs are not configurable within the Primetime authentication TVE Dashboard or the old configuration databaseb.
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Part 4: Testing the Facade Inside and Outside the Java EE Container
In this section you add a new method to the entity bean using the EJB 3.0 annotation technique. You then test the new method by creating a facade client and running it.
To test your EJBs you need to run a client program that can create or find EJB instances and call their remote interface methods. JDeveloper provides a sample client utility that will help you create clients quickly. You can run and test EJBs using either the integrated server or a remote server;
Step 1: Add a New Method to the Entity and Expose it
 1. Click the Red button and select the IntegratedWebLogicServer to stop WebLogicServer.
 Stopping WebLogicServer
 2. The server is stopped when you see the following message in the log window.
 Stopping WebLogicServer
 3. Collapse the ViewController project and expand the Model project.
 Application Navigator
 4. Double-click to open the source code for the class and expand the _USER_ node to display the hidden code.
 The Entity bean java code
 5. Add a comma at the end of the last _USER_ statement, then add a query to the class that retrieves employees by name. Add the following statement:
 So that the code looks like the following:
 _USER_( {
 _USER_(name = "Employees.findBySal", query = "select o from Employees o where o.salary > :p_sal"),
 The Entity bean java code
 What makes these objects different from other Java files are the annotations that identify them as EJB entities.Show more or lessRead more...
 6. Click the Make icon to compile the class.
 The Make icon
 Log window messages
 7. Add the new method to the session bean as follows:
 Right-click the HRFacadeBean node in the Applications window and select Edit Session Facade from the context menu.
 Context menu
 8. Expand the Employees node of the dialog. Notice that the new named query getEmployeesFindByName appears as an exposable method. Select getEmployeesFindByName, deselect getEmployeesFindBySal and click OK.
 Specify Session Facade Options dialog
 9. JDeveloper provides a way to test the EJB by creating a sample client. Normally, you would right click HRFacadeBean and select New Sample Java Client from the context menu. HOWEVER, due to a bug in the current version of JDeveloper, the option to generate a sample client from the context menu will not function properly. The following steps help you fix this problem. For more details on this issue, refer to the release notes..
 10. In the Applications window, right-click the and select New Sample Java Client...
 11. In the Create Sample Java Client pane, leave the values at their default and click OK.
 12. Two things need to be fixed.
 First since the method uses a parameter, we need to add a value for the parameter.
 In the code, scroll to the "/* FIXME: Pass parameters here */". In the getEmployeesFindByName method, add "p%" as the parameter. When you're finished, your code should look like the code below.
 (List) hRFacade.getEmployeesFindByName("p%") /* FIXME: Pass parameters here */)
 HRFacadeClient Java code
 13. Second, copy the following code and paste it at the end of the class.
 Some import statements will also be included into your code
 private static Context getInitialContext() throws NamingException {
 Hashtable env = new Hashtable();
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 env.put( Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "weblogic.jndi.WLInitialContextFactory" );
 env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "t3://");
 return new InitialContext( env );
 15. Right click the HRFacadeBean in the Applications window and select Run from the context menu to launch the facade bean in WebLogicServer.
 Context menu
 Wait until the WebLogicServer is started.
 Running Log window
 The integrated Oracle WebLogic Server runs within JDeveloper. You can run and test EJBs quickly and easily using this server, and then deploy your EJBs with no changes to them.
 16. Then, right click HRFacadeClient and select Run from context.
 Context menu
 17. The Log window returns the database data based on the three methods the client contains (getDepartmentsFindAll(), getEmployeesFindAll(), and getEmployeesFindByName().)
 Returned info in the Running log window
 18. To better display the results of the findByName() method, in the class, comment out the for loop corresponding to the getEmployeesFindAll() method, and comment out the for loop corresponding to the getDepartmentsFindAll() method. Your code should look something like this:
 HRFacadeClient Java code
 19. Click the Make button Make button to recompile the class, and ensure that no errors are returned.
 20. Right click the HRFacadeClient class and select Run from context.
 Context menu
 21. The Log window should now display the returned rows retrieved by your'P%' clause.
 Returned info in the Running Log window
Step 2: Run the Java Service outside the Java EE container
A persistence unit can be configured to run inside or outside the container. In EJB 3.0, you can run entities in a pure Java SE environment, without using an application server. One reason you might do this is to create a simple Java SE testbed (using JUnit, perhaps) to test your entity behavior without the overhead of deploying/executing in an application server. Another reason is you may want to run a Swing application locally.
 1. Create a new persistence unit to run the java service outside the Java EE container.
 Right-click the META-INF > persistence.xml and select New Java Service Facade from the context menu.
 Context menu
 2. In the Java Service Class panel, you can choose to create a new persistence unit (in the next panel) or use an existing unit. Select Choose a Persistence Unit or Create one in the next Panel, check the Generate a Sample Java Client checkbox and click Next.
 Step 1 of the Java Service Facade Methods
 3. Name the the Persistence Unit outside. Choose JDBC Connection and make sure the JDBC connection is set to HR. Click Next.
 Step 2 of the Java Service Facade Methods
 4. All methods should be selected by default. Select only the following methods and click OK.
 5. Step 3 of the Java Service Facade Methods
 Click Next then Finish.
 6. In the source editor window, for the JavaServiceFacadeClient class, add "P%" as a parameter to the getEmployeesFindByName method so that the statement is:
 JavaServiceFacadeClient class
 7. Click the Make Make icon button to compile the class and save your work.
 8. Right-click the JavaServiceFacadeClient node in the Applications window and select Run from context.
 Context menu
 9. The Log window displays the result of the execution of the class running outside Java EE container, returning the lastName of the first of the retrieved records (Pat Fay).
 The Running Log window
 10. Double-click the META-INF > persistence.xml node to display the contents of the file.
 Application Navigator
 11. The persistence editor opens showing the Model - Persistence Unit by default. Click the bread crumb navigation button to show both persistence units.
 Persistence Units
 Persistence Units
 12. Click the Source tab to show the code for both persistence units that have been created. The Model one and the outside one.
 The source code for persistences
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text: TGP were appointed directly by Renfrewshire Council to prepare external landscape proposals for the replacement primary school in Paisley. The design accommodates a learning through landscapes approach with the outdoor environment providing a flexible educational, play and biodiverse resource as well an attractive setting for the school. The grounds include natural play features, growing gardens, habitat areas and covered outdoor teaching spaces. Hard landscape materials were used to reflect the different usage of the spaces. Soft landscape materials offer the children a sensory experience as well as improving the sites biodiversity with the introduction of native species, wild flower mixes, sensory planting and bulb mixes.


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IWU Flat Panel Policy
Flat Panel Procurement and Installation Procedures
Flat Panel Displays in Classrooms or Labs
List of current Flat Panel Displays in Conference Rooms
Consider the following before requesting a flat panel HDTV:
Please be aware that consumer electronics, like TV's and Apple TV's have a predictable lifespan, typically between 5-10 years, after which IWU requires the owner to fund the replacement of the equipment, due to the following concerns of aging equipment:
1.expiration of warranty (we purchase 4 or 5-year protection plans with all flat panel Tvs sized 42" and up);
2.perception of quality (unfortunately, the perception of the IWU brand can be negatively influenced by equipment which looks old, unkempt, or damaged);
3.security liability or vulnerability, especially of devices connected to the (wired or wireless) network;
4.availablity of support (labor and parts);
5.efficiency (newer electronics almost always consume less power than older electronics).
6.safety of people who may be in proximity of the electronic devices. Environments with high humidity, exposure to chemicals or excessive dust are more prone to ignite, or melt plastics, which can emit harmful odor.
Financial impact planning
Please be aware that there are financial implications attached to the purchase and installation of a flat panel HDTV.
There are electrical costs, both of installation, and ongoing power consumption.
There are HVAC costs, because electronic devices do emit heat, which can increase the cost of cooling, and can alter the effectiveness of thermostats located nearby,
There are bandwidth issues related to devices connecting to the wired and wireless network. Many new Smart TVs have wireless access points built-in, which can be confusing to mobile devices when not connected to an internet connection.
For these reasons, IWU's Information Technology has instituted a technical equipment refresh cycle, and will encourage you to budget for the replacement of this equipment, starting at about the 5th year after the original purchase. To discuss the predicted life span of equipment in your department or office space, please contact the office of Institutional Media Technologies.


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An English editor is a person who is engaged in the work of editing the manuscript or the written text that has to be published. The editor is an expert in the language and has good command over the language in which he is doing the work of editing.
In the modern days English is developing as the common language that is being used in writing and in the corporate world. An editor is needed in both the sectors that is, in creative writing and for editing the written documents, mails and other texts which are commonly used in business dealings.
Importance of English Editor
The editor plays an important role in the publication and business sector as it is in his hand to detect all the errors that occur during writing and rectify them before it is finally published or sent to the concerned recipient. The editor has to do to two types of editing.
One is copyediting which is commonly known as proofreading and the other is content editing which is related to higher level of editing as the editor makes major changes in the original manuscript so that the ideas of the writer is brought to a level which can be easily understood by the reader.
A good editor must have good command over English language and through knowledge of grammar as he has to ensure that the final copy that is sent after editing is correct, comprehensible, the ideas are clear, there is a consistency in the text and the text is concise. Professional English editors are very helpful for people who use English as a second language.

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text: This paper proposes a new control method in the phase-shifted full-bridge converter for the server power supply, which is variable delay time of lagging-leg switches under the light load conditions. By widening the delay time, the switching occurs at the lower drain-source voltage and then switching loss can be reduced under the light load conditions. The voltage stress of synchronous rectifier switches is also reduced. Without additional power devices and side effects at heavy load condition, the higher efficiency under the light load conditions can be obtained. The analysis and experimental results are presented in this paper to confirm the validity of this study.


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Tired of teaching the same old material? Have an abundance of unmotivated students? Being pressured to develop an interdisciplinary program? Searching for a program that other teachers and administrators will notice? Need some positive moments?
SEARCHING FOR AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT OFFERS:
Community and professional involvement?
All of these aspects and more are developed within the Electrathon program while students work as a team to achieve a common goal. Connecticut formalized an Electrathon series beginning in late May or June of 2001. I hope that you and your school elect to join this exciting educational program. This program offers schools a great opportunity to integrate subject matter in a meaningful way. Students become active participants in their education and learn to work cooperatively.
The goal of Electrathon is to provide a learning experience that will build public awareness of the capabilities and potential of efficient electric vehicles. Developed around specific rules designed to keep cost down and competition high, these unique vehicles offer an opportunity and challenge to experiment, learn, and compete.
OBJECTIVES OF ELECTRATHON
- To drive an electric powered vehicle as far as possible on a closed circuit course for one hour, using a limited electrical supply.
- To provide a forum where skill and ingenuity may be displayed.
- To provide public awareness and understanding of efficient electrical vehicles.
The bar has been raised! I hope your students are up to the challenge. Start your students on a path they will remember for a lifetime. The sooner you start, the more rewarding your program will become.
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Are Lawn Mower Blades Universal? A Simple Answer
People owning a lawn will put in their mind about cleaning their yard as much as they can. Of course, you will need a lawn mower, but do you think you have enough knowledge about a mower and its components?
For the mower to work, it needs to have blades to cut grass on your lawn. Having a lawn mower is a significant deal-breaker when it comes to making a big difference in your lawn's health. Owners would like to know if blades are universal, and you just went to the right article.
To know whether or not blades are universal, you better finish reading this article.
Are Lawn Mower Blades Universal?
The most straightforward answer is no. Manufacturers make lawn mower blades according to different specifications, which means each lawn mower model has its customized blade. As much as you want lawn mower blades to be universal, sadly, they are not made general to every lawn mower present in every home.
Even when mower blades are not universal, you can still replace your blade with another manufacturer's blade, so long as the blade matches the required width, thickness, and much more specific customization that your original blade has. Lawn mower blades are mower-specific, so if you think of replacing them with a new blade brand, ensure its perfect fit for your mower to keep you away from danger while in use.
Types and Uses of Lawn Mower Blades
Reel blades
The reel blades, also known as cylinder blades, comprise seven helical blades that create cutting action like scissors. These blades are used in reel or cylindrical mowers, and they require sharpening kits if ever blades become rusty or dull.
Reel blades move in the opposite direction of the bed knife, which gathers the grass and cuts them as it moves across the bed knife cutting edge.
Mulching blades
From the name itself, these blades mulch the grass on your lawn. The mulching blade has a more distinct design than the other blades since it does more work than the others. This blade is known as an all-purpose blade because it features a curved or bent surface that allows the mower to work in three different ways: either lift, mow or mulch the grass, which operates the way people want it to work.
The middle part of the mulching blade has a weird cut, but this cut allows your mower to deliver fine cut and nutrient-rich clippings back to the surface of your lawn to feed the soil healthily.
Deck blades
Deck blades are also known as the standard blades, and these blades probably get the most uses when it comes to lawn mowing.
These blades are referred to as straight blades because they do not cause strain on the engine during use. The front cutting blade remains flat in view, and the back portion has a slight bend or curve that contributes to the suck and cut action of the mower.
Lifting blades
Lifting blades have a slightly curved surface creating a vertical upward airflow, which contributes to lifting the grass, allowing you to cut them depending on which type of lifting blade you want.
These blades render a more neat and polished result in cutting grasses than any other types of blades.
There are three different types of lifting blades: low-lift, medium-lift, and high-lift blades.
Low-lift blades
A lifting blade with just enough power in providing lift to cut your grass is the low-lift blade. These blades have just the right amount of cutting ability, but these do not suit thick grass on your lawn. They won't do as much the job of trimming or cutting thick grass, but they won't kick up as much dust. This blade is a low-powered lifting blade that can be your friend if you only want a mild movement on cutting your grass.
Medium-lift blades
The medium-lift blades are medium-powered blades that provide the right suction amount compared to the low-lift blades. These are much less mild than the low-lift blades, which means you can have this lifting blade if you want a bit more power when cutting the grass.
The medium-lift blades use less horsepower than the higher ones, and they can help you cut thick grass on your lawn.
High-lift blades
The high-lift blades provide the highest power of suction compared to the other lifting blades. These blades offer more climactic upturn when providing suction before cutting the grass, and it produces much more lift. These blades can be your best help if you deal with thick grass as this makes the job a lot easier and timesaving.
This blade is the best for tall grass and is fitting for bagging up clippings.
Pros and Cons of Each Type of Blade
Now that you have known the different types of blades, it is now time to see every blade's strengths and weaknesses regarding lawn mowing.
Reel blades
 - Reel blades are used in both cylindrical and reel mowers.
 - It is composed of seven screw-like blades that provide a scissor-like cutting action while dealing with grass.
 - The motion these blades exert does not damage any part of the soil and can help improve soil state after use.
 - The blades last you long without even becoming dull or rusty, which can help you spend lesser time maintaining the sharpness of the blade.
 - Although the blades last longer in sharpness and work, users cannot replace reel blades from the mower.
 - If the reel blades are already broken and cannot be better even after using a sharpening kit, it requires replacing the entire lawn mower.
Mulching blades
 - These mulching blades can recycle clippings around the deck, which gets the grass chopped even more.
 - Mulching blades can provide faster work cutting grass.
 - Since the middle part of the mulching blade has a different cut compared to other blades, it is made to send nutrient-rich clippings back to the lawn surface, feeding the soil with healthy benefits.
 - Mulching blades can still bag or side discharge and can perform a lot better in maintenance cuts.
 - Since blades are for mulching, it does not provide much lift, even compared to the standard or deck blades.
Deck blades
 - The deck blades cause lesser strain upon the engine because the blades possess an aerodynamic design for the most part.
 - They provide transcendent lift in one direction that does not give pressure on the soil.
 - If you plan to work for a more extended period on your lawn, the deck blades can give you that service since the engine does not absorb so much pressure while on the move.
 - Since it is a deck blade, it does not give much extra work from cutting your grass and remains with the straight blades while cutting.
Lifting blades
 - Lifting blades have three different types, and you can choose whether which blade to use for cutting grass, depending on the amount of power you want to deal with.
 - Low-lift blades are easier on fuel consumption.
 - Low-lift blades are far from dealing with wear and tear on your engine despite the number of uses.
 - Lifting blades can have high airflow, which prevents clogging, even when mowing wet grass.
 - These blades have good results with better cuts in dealing with different types of grasses.
 - To utilize high-lift blades needs a powerful engine to work at its maximum ability.
 - High fuel consumption is also an issue for high-lift blades since its amount is exhausting for the mower.
Final Words
Now that you know about mower blades not being a "universal" use, it is safe to say that you are now aware of what type your blades are and which blades fit for your mower. Each blade is made uniquely specified for the mowers, so never attempt to use blades of different sizes and specifications on your mower.
Yes, some blades have your desirable blade type, but you'd instead choose the most suitable blade for your mower over something you only want, personally. If you change your lawn mower blades with those that are still suited for their size and work, you will achieve the best results in keeping your lawn clean and grass healthy.
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Congress on Human Unity
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We are calling for an open and transparent World Congress on Human Unity, where to exercice and fix human inclusive decision making.
Here we start with its organization by openly deciding how it should look like, therefore we would like you to consider and let us know your view on the following questions:
A. Topics and Aims of the Congress. We propose the following topics or areas of discussion to be addressed there: 1. Communication 2. Education and Humanities 3. Development 4. Security 5.Technologies. The aim of this area is to propose a world common and shared technologies development. We propose the following areas 5.1. Food 5.2. Health 5.3. Environment 5.4. Energy 5.5. Manufacturing 5.6. Mobility and Infrastructures
B. Who shall participate in the Congress?
We think of about 50 participants by area, but the Congress is to be broadcasted live all over the world and all specialists in the world are welcome to be connected to their respective areas of work.
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Tent Stove Terminology
What is a Tent Stove?
A tent stove is a wood-burning appliance designed to be used inside a tent as a heat source and/or cooking device. All wood stoves consist of the same basic design components: An enclosed fire box with a fuel loading door, air intake to deliver oxygen to the fire, and a flue pipe system to vent smoke and combustion byproduct to the outside atmosphere. Generally, tent stoves are smaller, lighter, and more portable versions of the wood stoves found in homes. There are several types of tent stoves which vary in design, materials, and features to cater to a range of environments and applications – not exclusive to use in tents as the name suggests.
Tent stove terminology varies and uniquely reflective of the array of cultures and applications in which they are used.
- Descriptive expressions are most common, i.e. cylinder stoves, portable wood stoves, and wood-burning camp stove.
- Colorado Stove is the most widely used location-based designation.
- Operator specific synonyms for tent stove are the most interesting and diverse including sheepherder stove, guide stove, outfitter stove, glamping stove, cowboy stove, and camp cookers.
- DIY tent stoves are typically named after their repurposed parts – think ammo can, coffee can, or steel drum.
- Propane fired camping stoves are often confused with tent stoves, despite being extremely dangerous to use in a tent.
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What is a Hot Tent?
The term 'hot tent' is a common way of describing a canvas tent set up with a portable wood burning tent stove. 'Hot tenting' refers to be the activity of camping with a tent and tent stove.
Hot Tent (noun) a canvas tent that is heated with a wood burning tent stove
"I'm bringing my hot tent, we'll be fine even if it is freezing outside"
Hot Tent (verb) to heat a tent with a wood burning tent stove
"I'm going to hot tent, we'll be fine even if it is freezing outside."
Hot Tent (adjective) A tent that either warm, or attractive, or both.
"You brought the CanvasCamp? Dude, that's a hot tent!"
Ready to start hot tenting? Apply your tent stove expertise and shop for the best tent stove for you. Learn more about wood burning tent stoves by exploring our Tent Stove Buyers Guide – the complete guide to buying, owning, and operating a tent stove.


Can your science explain why it rains?
Religious fundamentalism vs science in a nutshell
Rain is something we're all familiar with, we've all seen water falling from the sky and we've all got wet when it rains. But when the rain stops and we get drought that's even worse.
What causes rain?
 1. The sun heats water making it evaporate.
 2. Water vapour rises from land, from oceans, from rivers and lakes.
 3. Water vapour ends off high in the air where it cools, condenses round dust particles or salt particles and becomes water again.
 4. First the condensed water makes small droplets that can stay in the air.
 5. If there's enough water in the clouds they become heavy rain clouds. Then water droplets become big drops of water.
 6. The water drops fall out of the rain clouds becoming rain. [1] [2]
Acid rain
Acid rain happens when acid pollutant get into rainwater. Acid rain harms plants and animals, acid rain also damages buildings in towns. [3]
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The sixth edition of WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY offers you a rich cultural and physical geographic understanding of the world's eight regions. In the text's "Profile" chapters, the author presents brief, thematic overviews for each of the eight regions. Subsequent regional chapters present traditional, current details on a local level, including geographical factors and in-depth observations. The art program offers many new and revised maps, as well as photos submitted by the author that depict cultural and geographic aspects of the world's eight regions. New and extensively revised thematic maps centered on topics like language, religion, and ethnicity allow you to make cultural and regional comparisons quickly. You have access to these maps electronically for further study and use in the classroom. Clearly outlined chapter objectives emphasize more thematic discussions in the subregional chapters as well as highlighted textual discussions. The author also ties in relevant historical geography to give you a context for current events and geopolitical issues in the world.
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Controlled Burns In Ann Arbor's Natural Areas
Tuesday February 26, 2013: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm -- Malletts Creek Branch: Program Room AB
Prescribed or controlled burning is a technique sometimes used in forest management, farming, or prairie restoration. Fire is a natural part of both forest and grassland ecology and controlled fire can be a tool for foresters. Controlled burning also stimulates the germination of some desirable forest trees, thus renewing the forest.
Natural Area Preservation staff will discuss what controlled burns are and why they are used in Ann Arbor's natural areas. This presentation is recommended for anyone interested in helping with burns, as well as anyone simply interested in learning more about why and how they are conducted.


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Brand name: Taxol
Chemical name: Paclitaxel
Class: Taxane chemotherapy. Abraxane and Taxotere are other taxanes.
Uses: Taxol usually is given in combination with other chemotherapy medicines and is used after surgery to:
 - reduce the risk of early-stage breast cancer coming back
 - treat advanced-stage breast cancer after it stops responding to standard chemotherapy regimens that include an anthracycline
How it's given: Taxol is given intravenously.
Additional information: Taxol uses solvents to dissolve paclitaxel, the main ingredient, so the medicine can enter the bloodstream. These solvents may make Taxol difficult to tolerate while being given. People usually take pre-medications to minimize reactions to the solvents.
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The Hamilton-Norwood scale is a way of measuring male pattern baldness. It was introduced by Dr. James Hamilton in the 1950s and later revised and updated by Dr. O'Tar Norwood in the 1970s.
There are 2 main types of balding, anterior (front) and vertex (back), as this alternate view of the Norwood scale shows a bit more clearly.
Stages on the scale are often abbreviated to nw1, nw2, nw3a etc. Another slight variation on the scale is shown below.
Baldness in women takes a different pattern, and is measured on the Ludwig Scale.
I intend to give each of my postings a rating on the Norwood scale, but remember that this is only personal opinion and sometimes I may get it wrong. The Norwood scale is a less than perfect way of measuring baldness, but it is the best and most widely recognised way we have.
An alternative look at the Norwood Scale can be found at shortandbald.net
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Many tobaccos that Whole Leaf Tobacco sells can be prepared for Shisha/Hookah use with minimal effort.
First off – the difference between the word Shisha and Hookah need not be a mystery. Some websites will tell you that Hookah is the glass pipe, and Shisha is the tobacco that goes inside, but that is incorrect. The difference is the origin of the word. Hookah is the Hindi word for Water Pipe, while Shisha, which means Glass in Persian, is the commonly used phrase in the Arabic world. Use it interchangeably. We won't tell!
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- A new study traces the migration of a genus of shrub frogs, endemic to India's Western Ghats, to Sri Lanka some 27 million years ago.
- A constantly changing climate gave rise to various types of habitats over the course of geological time, allowing isolated populations of the same species to evolve in vastly different ways.
- One group of frogs later even migrated back across to India.
- The researchers hope to identify historical reasons that may be driving current trends of species diversity and distribution.
Hindu legend has it that the deity Rama built a bridge from the southern tip of India to the island of Sri Lanka, for his army of ape men to cross and help him rescue his wife, Sita, from the clutches of the Ravana.
It's a story immortalized in the Sanskrit epic the 'Ramayana' and venerated as myth. But the idea of creatures crossing from one side to the other over a land bridge is far from a myth: A recent study shows a group of frogs made the crossing some 27 million years ago, settling and evolving in Sri Lanka's highlands, before some crossed back again about 8.8 million years ago.
The study used time-calibrated multi-gene phylogeny, a theory that sheds light on how organisms are related to one another through evolutionary time, to analyze the tempo of diversification, or the rate at which a species evolves. By studying diversification in the context of past climate and geography, the researchers hope to identify historical reasons that may be driving current trends of diversity and distribution.
That's also the case with Sri Lanka, where the "three main mountain ranges of this region constitute ecological islands of cool, wet habitats separated by low, warm and often drier valleys," according to the paper, published in the March issue of the journal Molecular Phlyogenetics and Evolution.
However, the habitat associations of these species also indicate that a cooler climate itself is not enough for their survival. "They also need specific habitat conditions, and the most of important of these is forest cover. Forest cover coupled with a cool wet climate effectively serve as a refugium," said Madhava Meegaskumbura, an evolutionary biologist and lead author of the study.
The descendants of those frogs that made the original crossing — during a period of climate cooling and drying that exposed the land bridge of low islands today known as Ram Setu (Rama's Bridge) — constitute a group of shrub frogs from the genus Pseudophilautus. Today they're endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India and to Sri Lanka and exhibit a wide range of diversification, though dozens of known shrub frog species are now considered extinct.
After arriving, their endemic diversification largely took place within the wet tropical regions of Sri Lanka — a vivid story about species evolution, geography, geology and historical climate change.
The study highlighted how the hills of Sri Lanka served as "species pumps as well as refuges" throughout 31 million years of evolution, highlighting the importance of tropical montane regions for both the generation and maintenance of biodiversity. Pseudophilautus today occupy several habitat types, ranging from open grasslands, rock substrates along streams, and rainforest canopy, to shrubs, open grasslands and human-influenced habitats.
While the frogs' initial habitat during the Oligocene epoch some 27 million years ago was the mountainous central hills, they later repeatedly colonized areas beyond. There was also a frequent pattern of sister species being distributed across the three mountain regions and diversification within a given geographic region.
Changes in the climate played an important role in the geographic distribution, dispersal and process of speciation, providing an opening for the frogs' colonization of Sri Lanka.
The gradual diversification of their lineages began during the Oligocene, as the Indian subcontinent pushed up against the Asian land mass, creating the Himalayan mountain range and thus initiating the monsoon cycle.
This was followed by a period of glaciation in Antarctica, ushering in a climate suitable to the spread of species adapted to cool and wet conditions, such as those that would have existed in Sri Lanka's central hills.
Further up the geological time line, lowland lineages arose as the Asian monsoon cycle strengthened, giving rise to lowland rainforests that would have enhanced the frogs' opportunity for diversification.
While there was nothing to indicate a rapid initial burst in the Sri Lankan diversification of these shrub frogs, there was a constant rate of diversification over the entire history of the clade, the study shows.
Sri Lanka's habitat complexity provided opportunities for isolated populations of the same species to evolve in different ways. The current exceptional diversity of Pseudophilautus within Sri Lanka owes much to the long period of time available for diversification, abundant ecological opportunity, habitat, and fewer competing lineages, Pethiyagoda said.
The traffic wasn't one-way, though; during the late Miocene epoch, about 8.8 million years ago, another glaciation event once again exposed the land bridge between India and Sri Lanka. This allowed the migration back to the Indian mainland of some of the frogs, now vastly different from the species that made the first crossing all those millions of years earlier.
Those back-migrating Pseudophilautus were possibly lowland forms that were probably adapted to drier conditions. Today, the lowland regions of India and Sri Lanka adjacent to the shallow Palk Strait that separates the two land masses are warm and dry, with scrub forest habitats in which a single species of Pseudophilautus occurs on either side: P. regius in Sri Lanka and P. kani in the Western Ghats.
The period between the initial migration and the subsequent back migration also coincided with the intensification of the monsoon, indicating a period favorable for diversification of the species in Sri Lanka. The initial migration to Sri Lanka may have provided abundant ecological opportunity to the early colonizers in the form of habitat unexplored by other frog species, the study says.
When diversification of these shrub frogs began to take place, a process facilitated by climatic events, suitable habitats likely became available gradually over time. The species that were adapted to lower elevations — and warmer and drier conditions — were more likely to be sources of dispersal among mountain ranges, unlike those species restricted by elevation, the study says.
During climatically favorable periods, the species crossed the valleys between mountain ranges, giving rise to montane communities made up of members derived from disparate clades.
These features highlight the importance of montane regions in generating and sustaining the remarkable diversity of Sri Lankan shrub frogs through time.
"It is important however, to note, while there is high endemism, there is also high extinction, at the higher elevations," Pethiyagoda said.
And this happens, according to Meegaskumbura, when lowland rigorous species move up the mountains displacing the more vulnerable Pseudophilautus species. "As climate warming continues, unable to find high enough mountains to track their optimal climatic conditions, many of these species risk going extinct."
Meegaskumbura, M., Senevirathne, G., Manamendra-Arachchi, K., Pethiyagoda, R., Hanken, J., & Schneider, C. J. (2019). Diversification of shrub frogs (Rhacophoridae, Pseudophilautus) in Sri Lanka — Timing and geographic context. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 132, 14-24. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.11.004
Banner image: Pseudophilautus femoralis, commonly known as the round-snout pygmy frog, belongs to the Rhacophoridae family and is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and is threatened by habitat loss. Photo by Hiranya Sudasinghe.


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With the right equipment and programming, you can turn a box of beets into an actual "beatbox." Thus, you can play with vegetables before you have to consume them.
Advancements in technology have made it possible for people to create many interesting things in the world. One would think that anything considered to be low-tech ends up being obsolete. However, low-tech is far from being obsolete for the most part. In fact, advancements in technology tends to add a bit of "sweet and spice" to all things low-tech. With low-tech things combined with modern technology, you can make anything to bring forth any form of entertainment. This includes a box of beats which has become an actual "beatbox."
A beatbox is an instrument where percussion-like sounds are made. Humans are able to do the same thing; as a result, these people are known as "human beatboxes." When it comes to hip-hop when extended to "freestyling," human beatboxers are instrumental to creating the beats let alone the pace and tempo.
This beet box turned beatbox is the creation of Scott Garner. It was made possible using a small credit-card sized computer called the "Raspberry Pi." It is made by a charity called the Raspberry Pi Foundation. The Raspberry Pi is a very small computer that is the size of a credit card. This is perhaps the most important component when making this instrument happen. Asides from the box to hold in the beets, other parts are a capacitive-touch sensor and an audio amplifier. However, this isn't just comprised of organic and electronic hardware. There is programming involved as well to make this instrument happen.
The drawback is that you need to buy new beets as the previous ones will decay over time. According to Garner, this was mainly a course project and not a project to sell. In this respect, you can make the same thing or something similar. With this instrument, you can play with your food before you have to eat it.


Weighted Congestion Games - Existence, Efficiency and Complexity of pure Nash equilibria
January 15, 2021, Zoom
Martin Gairing
Liverpool, Computer Science
Congestion games provide us with a general model that is expressive enough to capture a number of otherwise unrelated applications - including routing, network design, and the migration of species. Yet they are structured enough to permit a useful theory. A congestion game consists of a ground set of resources, and each strategy of a player is to select a subset of them (e.g., a path in a network). Each resource has a univariate cost function that depends on the load induced by the players that use it, and each player aspires to minimize the sum of the resources' costs in its chosen strategy. In this talk we focus on the fundamental model of weighted congestion games, where each player has a weight and the load of a resource depends on the sum of the weights of the players that use it. In this talk, we will - review results on the efficiency of the resulting Nash equilibria, - quantify how much we have to relax the concept of pure Nash equilibria to guarantee their existence, - discuss complexity questions with respect to the existence and computation of Nash equilibria. The bulk of the talk will be based on the following papers: - _URL_ (ICALP 2020) - _URL_ (ICALP 2018)
Speaker's Bio
Martin is Head of the Economics and Computation Research Group and Deputy Head of the Computer Science Department at the University of Liverpool. Before joining Liverpool in 2009, Martin completed his PhD at the University of Paderborn in 2006 and a postoctoral fellowship at the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) in Berkeley under the supervision of Richard Karp.
Martin's expertise lies in the area of Algorithmic Game theory, which is at intersection of Theoretical Computer Science and Economic Game Theory. His research shaped the theory of congestion games, a fundamental model for selfish behaviour in networks. In particular, Martin is well known for his contributions on quantifying the inefficiency of Nash equilibria in congestion games.
Martin applied game theoretic concepts also to other fields. E.g., he contributed to the design of improved approximation algorithms for scheduling problems, general covering problems, network design problems, and reachability problems.


Passing Multiple Values to Methods
You can pass more than one value over to your methods. Add the following method to your MyMethods class:
A Java method with two parameters
All this method does is to print something out. Between the round brackets of the method name we have two values, a String variable called aString and an int variable called aVal. When we call this method, we need a string first and then a number. Try to do it the other way round and you'll get error messages.
Go back to your TestMethods class and make the following call to the method:
test1.print_text( "The value was ", aVal2 );
Again, the print_text method should show up on the NetBeans popup list.
Method added to the list
The values (parameters) that we specified are between the round brackets, along with the return method, void.
But your main coding window should now look like this:
The whole of the Java code from our Main method
The two values that we are passing over are separated by a comma. Notice that the value inside of aVal2 is being passed over. However, the variable name inside of the round brackets of print_text is called aVal. Although the two variable names are different, this doesn't matter. What you are doing is passing values over to the method. So the variable aVal will end up with the same value as aVal2.
If you run your programme now, you should see the following in the Output window:
Output window
We'll leave methods there for the time being. We'll be writing more methods as we go along, so you should get plenty of practice. The next section is about Classes - Object Oriented Programming.
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text: We now test for several genetic markers that have been found to be strongly linked to the tobiano coat pattern. In 2002, researchers at the University of Kentucky, led by Dr. Samantha Brooks, located a SNP within the KIT gene that is closely linked to the Tobiano pattern. Since then, additional markers have been found within the KIT gene by researchers here at Animal Genetics that we also use to determine Tobiano zygosity. Most recently, researchers at the University of Kentucky discovered a large chromosomal inversion on chromosome 3 near the KIT gene of Tobiano horses. This inversion, which has only been found in Tobiano horses, is believed to disrupt the normal functioning of the KIT gene and cause the Tobiano pattern.


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The Czech Warmblood is a riding horse that, as its name implies, originates from
The Czech Warmblood is a sturdy horse. It is speedy and agile. Most Czech Warmbloods are colored bay and chestnut, although some are gray and black; and still others are seen in Isabella or dun. The average height of a Czech Warmblood is 16 hands (64 inches, 163 centimeters).
Personality and Temperament
This energetic, animated, and alert horse breed has an aristocratic air. Its temperament, however, is suited for the discipline of racing.
History and Background
The original Czechoslovakian horses were all of the Warmblood type. To improve them, breeders introduced Spanish and Oriental horses and, at the start of the 20th century, English blood. The breeding of these horses was also influenced when Empress Maria Theresa issued an edict about horse breeding in 1763.
During World War I, Thoroughbreds and
The modern Czech Warmblood is still in use in former


A. Exchange 2010 introduces a new archiving capability. With the archive, users have a second mailbox, the archive mailbox that exists in the same Mailbox database and is available from both the Outlook client and Outlook Web Access. The Archive mailbox is associated with the user's primary normal mailbox and the management of the archive and primary is identical. The primary mailbox is available online and offline and its content is stored in the Outlook OST cache file. The archive mailbox isn't cached on the user's local machine and is therefore only available online.
The online-only storage is the point of the archive. As you increase the size of mailboxes, you don't necessarily want all the data stored locally on user machines, because it can lead to very long initial download times when users get a new machine. The data users frequently access is stored in the primary mailbox, which is ideally less than 10GB and is cached locally. Everything else is stored in the archive mailbox and available online, so it can be much larger and contain historical data. Because the archive mailbox is part of the same mailbox database, its availability is the same as the primary mailbox (i.e., it will be replicated as part of a database availability group).
The user experience for the archive is intuitive. Users will see their mailbox and their archive mailbox. They can drag and drop a PST file into the archive and the PST will be imported into the archive automatically, or users can schedule the import to happen at outside of working hours. The viewing and navigation of the primary and archive mailbox is the same. If a user searches all mail items, the archive content is included. Users or administrators can set retention policies so that mail is automatically moved to the archive after a number of days, and different policies can be set on different folders.
The goal of this feature is to kill off local PST files, which are a nightmare to maintain and backup and are very difficult to search and manage from a compliance perspective. Functions exist to allow delegation of search capabilities to compliance officers so they can easily find email over all mailboxes in the environment, and legal holds can be placed on items so they aren't deleted.
In my opinion, Microsoft has missed the boat on this feature. The fact that the archive has to be in the same mailbox database as the primary means that you can't host the primary mailbox on one tier of storage (such as higher availability, higher performance) and the archive on a lower tier of disk. The Microsoft position is that the lower tiered disk for the archive isn't required because all storage can now be just a bunch of disks (JBOD) because of the low IO profile of Exchange 2010. That being said, I think in a future Exchange service pack they will change this design to allow the archive to be in a separate mailbox database.
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Houstonia longifolia Gaertn.
Habitat: Slaty ledges or rivershore gravels, not strongly acidic. [Non-tidal rivershore (non-forested, seasonally wet)].
Range: Maine to Saskatchewan, south to Georgia, Oklahoma.
Aids to Identification: Bluets are small, slender plants with opposite stem leaves, small 4-petaled flowers, and inferior ovaries. The common bluet, Houstonia caerulea, found growing on lawns, has flowers that have a yellow center and horizontally spreading corolla lobes. Houstania longifolia has uniform colored white to pale blue flowers and ascending corolla lobes and occurs in different habitats.
Ecological characteristics: Usually found growing in slight cracks or depressions on rivershore ledges. Maine populations although apparently persistent are not large and the plants tend to be small.
Phenology: Herbaceous perennial, flowers July - September.
Synonyms: Formerly known as Hedyotis longifolia (Gaertn.) Hook., Houstonia purpurea var. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Gray.
Known Distribution in Maine: This rare plant has been documented from a total of 18 town(s) in the following county(ies): Cumberland, Kennebec, Penobscot, Sagadahoc, Somerset.
Dates of documented observations are: 1885, 18XX, 1906 (2), 1909, 1916, 1979, 1984 (2), 1986 (3), 1987 (3), 1988, 1989, 1990 (2), 1994, 1996 (3), 1997, 2000 (4), 2001, 2002
Reason(s) for rarity: Habitat naturally scarce, at northern limit of range.
Conservation considerations: Known populations are small, but the plant seems to persist on the few river ledges where it grows. Heavy recreational use of ledges could pose problems.


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Homology and Analogy Essay: Animal Form and Function Essay Sample
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Similarities of physiology and behaviour due to homology – share common ancestor with that trait or analogy – not due to common ancestor but common due to convergent evoution.
Improvement suggestions: the behavioural homology of crocodiles and birds may be flawed. Also the analogy between fish and mammals could be wrong as the post-anal tail of quadrupedal mammals and fish is a common trait.
Homology and Analogy Essay
Animal Form and Function
Homology and Analogy
Many species share similarities in their structural apperance and behaviour but this can be due to different reasons. A characteristic or behaviour is said to be homologous if it is shared by two or more species and was present in their common ancestor. Homologous features arise from adaptive radiation whereby many species derive from a single or few ancestor species to adapt to different environmental conditions and modes of life. By descent with modification species adapt to new environments by modifying existing charcteristics. Homologous structures are often specialized in different organisms, for example the pentadactyl limbs of tetrapods contain the same basic structure but the bones have been adapted to each organisms way of life.
This is demonstrated by the elongated digits of bats to support their wings, and the the grasping hand of a monkey adapted for climbing. Charateristics or behaviours that are similar in two or more species but not present in their common ancestor are said to be analogous. Analogous features arise through convergent evolution as they have developed separatley in unrelated taxonomic groups as a result of a similar way of life, for example the wings of birds and insects as they do not share a common ancestor with wings. The theory of evolution suggests we would expect a higher number of shared homolgies for closely related species, and decreasing number as the species become less related (Campbell & Reece, 2005; Purves et al., 2001;
Examples of Morphological Analogy and Homology
Fish and Mammals
An example of homology between fish and mammals is the presence of a jaw, providing the ability to bite and chew, which assist in food capture and aid digestion. The Humpback anglerfish, and the Lion both possess specialised jaws, both groups are descended from a common ancestor that had a jaw, and so this trait is described as homologous (Purves et al. 2001;
An example of analogy between fish and mammals is the presence of a flattened tail for propulsion in water. The tails are described as analogous as the whales have evolved from terrestrial quadrupedal mammals and adapted their tails from the hindlimbs of their ancestors. The hind limbs were gradually lost as their skeletons adapted back to life in water. As the evidence suggests whales have evolved from land animals this explains why in mammals such as the Orca the tail flukes are horizontal and move ventrally (up and down), and in fish for example Black Sea Bass, the caudal fin (tail) is vertical and moves laterally (from side to side). The tails are structurally different but have the same fuction of propulsion and so are analogous (de Sarre, 1994; _URL_
Insects and Birds
A homologous feature of birds and insects is that they both possess circulatory systems. As animals evolved from small unicellular organisms into larger multicellular organisms diffusion between the cells and environment alone was not enough to provide nutrients to all the cells in the body, and so animals had to develop circulatory systems to move nutrients, hormones and metabolic wastes around the body. In insects, e.g. Large Marsh Grasshopper, this is an open ciculatory system where the blood or haemolymph bathes all the internal tissues and organs. Insects do not transport oxygen via their circulatory system but have a separate tracheal system to supply oxygen to the cells. In birds, e.g. Bee Hummingbird a closed circulation system transports the blood around the body via arteries, capillaries and veins by the pumping action of the heart. The first animals with circulatory systems probably had a simple open-circualtion which later developed into a more specialised closed-circulation system, and so although the systems are different in structure and the way they achieve circulation, they have evolved from the same original system (Campbell & Reece, 2005; Purves et al., 2001).
The wings of birds e.g. Bald Eagle and insects such as the Green Darner Dragonfly are analogous as they are both used for flight but have evolved separately and the two groups do not share a common ancestor with wings or a structure that gave rise to both types of wing. The structure of insect wings which are extensions of the body wall, differs greatly from that of bird wings which are modified skeletal forelimbs. The support for insect wings are veins whereas for birds the support structures are the bones. Although insects and birds share a remote common ancestor, the wings of the two groups evolved separatley after their ancestral groups had split (Purves et al., 2001; _URL_
Birds and Mammals
The pentadactyl limb is a homologous trait of birds and mammals. The bones in the wings of a bird e.g. Great Tit, and the bones in the legs of a mammal e.g. Arctic Wolf are derived from the common tetrapod (four-legged) ancestor, although during the course of evolution these structures have been modified greatly to adapt to their different habitats and way of life. The limbs both retain the five digit structure at some stage in their development (birds lose two of these during development). In the bird the digits support their wings and in wolves the digits are shortened to allow fast running. As there is no functional or environmental reason why these limbs should all have five digits, however, these bones are seen in transitional fossils of the extinct Eusthenopteron, which lived about 350 million years ago. Birds and mammals both inherited their pentadactyl limb from this common ancestor (Purves et al., 2001;
Feathers and fur, which are both used for insulation by endotherms but differ in their origins are an analogous trait of birds e.g. Spotted Owl, and mammals e.g. House Mouse. As the Aves and Mammalia groups are quite evolutionarily distant these features are analogous – have similar function due to similar environmental pressures
Macropod Marsupials and Lagomorphs
The Macropod Marsupials e.g. Tammar Wallaby and Lagomorphs, e.g. Eastern Cottontail rabbit are both of the class Mammalia and so share many homologous characteristics such as the presence of fur for insulation. Some of the earliest mammals had fur or hair and this successful adaptive trait was passed to their many descendants. As both groups share a common ancestor with fur, fur can be said to be homologous between the two groups.
An example of analogy between Macropod marsupials such as the Red Kangaroo and Lagomorpha such as the Antelope Jackrabbit is that both groups possess large, powerful hind limbs. These are both used for speed and manoeuvrability and therefore have a similar function. However, Macropod marsupials are Marsupialia and Lagomorpha are Eutherians also known as placental mammals, marsupial and placental mammals are very different, and diverged from each other a long time ago on the evolutionary tree. They are therefore unlikely to have a common ancestor with this trait. Instead the trait has arisen through convergent evolution, due to the similar environmental selection pressures on the separate groups
Primates and Xenarthrans
Primates e.g. the Pied Tamarin and Xenarthrans such as the Giant Anteater, are both Vertebrates and so both have a spinal column, enclosed in and protected by the vertebral column. They inherited this feature from a common ancestral vertebrate of the pre-Cambrian era. The spinal cords of the two groups are therefore a homologous morphological trait as the groups share a common ancestor with this trait (_URL_ _URL_
Primates such as the Orangutan and Xenarthrans such as the Maned Three-toed Sloth both have elongated front limbs and specialised hands and feet adapted for their life in the trees. Primates have adapted fingers and opposable thumbs to aid gripping and climbing, this is important as infants cling to the fur of their mother and must have strong front limbs. Sloth's have claws instead of fingers to aid hanging and swinging, and infants also hang to the mothers' fur so strong limbs are needed. The claws and fingers provide same function but are structurally different. This feature is analogous as the two groups do not share a common ancestor with it, but have evolved them separately, through convergent evolution, due to similar environmental conditions
Homology and analogy can also be seen in behavioural traits. Behavioural homology can be described as the similarity of behaviour between two or more species due to a common ancestor with that behaviour. For example the nesting behaviour of birds such as the European Robin, and crocodiles e.g. Saltwater Cro


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The liberties and duties of a supervisor that is scientific of thesis work
The instructor whom works in the graduating division or other faculty may lead their education research, if the relative mind regarding the division will not object to this. a manager handles guidance that is overall the execution and writing of the thesis.
The role associated with scientific supervisor within the research work regarding the pupil would be to contribute to student's creative search activity. Assistance from a manager is essential for the learning student to know the theoretical presumptions of the proposed study, to formulate the goal, tasks and hypotheses. A supervisor and a student analyze and correct the research at various stages of the work.
Duties of a manager
The duties associated with the supervisor include:
- 1) The scientific supervisor is obliged to familiarize himself with these provisions as well as in the program of thesis design he is directed because of the demands for a thesis operate in these methodological tips;
- 2) to issue tasks for a thesis work;
- 3) to recommend the dwelling of a thesis;
- 4) to develop a step-by-step plan of a thesis by having a student;
- 5) to inform the student concerning the purchase of specific consultations;
- 6) to suggest a listing of necessary literature;
- 7) to undertake clinical and guidance that is methodological of student's work and conduct qualified consultations;
- 8) to monitor the progress of the thesis work additionally the observance of this diploma design routine;
- 9) to tell the relative mind for the department about significant deviations through the graduation task;
- 10) to sign the working task diploma design and other papers needed for admission to your defense of the thesis;
- 11) to produce the department with a written post on a finished thesis, having previously familiarized the writer with all the work;
- 12) to test the finished work
- 13) to aid the student get ready for public defense.
The liberties of the supervisor
The legal rights of this supervisor that is scientific:
- 1) to choose the themes of thesis and students for composing them in accordance with one's clinical passions;
- 2) to refuse supervising, having presented the reasoned conclusion about this course of this thesis design, not later than 30 days ahead of the end associated with the term associated with the thesis work;
- 3) to look for the means of conducting specific consultations;
- 4) to require the pupil to investigate or calculate a few choices for re solving particular dilemmas;
- 5) to wait the commission meeting and read aloud the feedback to a thesis.
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The most challenging and responsible moment in the student's diploma scientific studies are the interpretation for the experimental data obtained together with formula for the main conclusions. Consequently, without depriving the student of self-reliance, the supervisor should help pupil to understand outcomes of the job, and put the accents that are necessary sum up the main outcomes of the thesis task.
The student should be aware that the writer of the thesis himself is responsible for the choices produced in the task and also for the correctness of all of the calculations, since thesis is primarily a separate work of the student. In this respect, guidelines of a supervisor ought not to rise above the restrictions. Therefore, the guidelines of the manager aren't considered mandatory for the graduate pupil, if they are perhaps not included to your assignment for the amount project, and students can defend the utilize his perspective.
The report on a manager can be an crucial component of a thesis
The supervisor's reaction to the thesis work is built in an arbitrary type. It provides a description associated with the ongoing work, which indicates:
- 1. Communication associated with content regarding the strive to the chosen topic and function;
- 2. Characteristic of this structural components of the task;
- 3. Scientific level, completeness and quality regarding the theme development;
- 4. Amount of independency, personal imagination, effort;
- 5. Capability to work with literature, make calculations, analyze, summarize, and work out clinical and conclusions that are practical
- 6. Systematic, literate presentation, capacity to design materials;
- 7. Practical significance, the chance of utilizing materials in management generally training.


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I need to generate a verification code and send it to a customer, so that the customer can then provide the code later and I validate it. I want to be able to do this without storing the verification codes in a database, i.e., the codes should be self-containted.
How can I generate the code and prevent the customer from just guessing what a valid code is? Obviously, I can't completely rule out a lucky guess, but I want the probability of such an event to be reasonably small, while keeping the code length small. A code may contain digits and letters.
For example, a very basic verification code would be like this: randomly generate the number 1122. Now, compute the verification code 11226 ( 1122 and append its checksum 6=1+1+2+2). So, if the customer sends back 11226 back I would be able to validate it, but of course this is too easy to tamper with. Is there a method to generate such codes?
EDIT: The problem is that the system which sends the verification code and the system where the verification code is validated are separated, no information is shared between these two systems. There is no way that even the randomly generated number (1122 in the example) is known to the validation system. Let me give you another example: in my country, there is a thing called "Orange Wednesday". You can get 2 movie tickets for the price of one if you have a code received by SMS (you send a SMS and receive a code by SMS if you are Orange customer). However, this code is not tied to anything (phone number or similar): I can give the code to someone else and it is still valid. I would need this kind of verification code.
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This question is very hard to get a definitive answer to, because the definitive answer is unlikely to be helpful. The only "correct" answer here is to "make something sufficiently hard to reverse engineer", whereas if you're asking for concrete examples, there's no end in sight. What other limitations are there? For instance, would a SHA-x or MD5 or similar hash of "something" be good enough? Or do you rely on the user being able to speak the code over a phone or type it in by hand? – Lasse V. Karlsen Sep 1 '11 at 9:05
I need some example of such algorithms (for example IBAN validation uses a MOD 97 algorithm) because I'm not familiar with such and the best I could figure would be something kind of "stupid"... The user would speak the code over the phone. – Alex Sep 1 '11 at 9:10
How about using the customer ID as the seed for a random number generator? If you keep the internals of the generator private, it would take a lot of customers pooling together to reverse engineer it. Of course, every customer would only get one code, ever, but it sounds like you would have that problem with your approaches anyway. – Lasse V. Karlsen Sep 1 '11 at 9:15
The problem is that the system who sends the verification code and the system where the verification code is validated are separated, no information is shared between these two systems. There is no way that even then randomly generated number can be known when the checker validate the code. – Alex Sep 1 '11 at 9:48
If you use the customer ID as the seed to a random number generator, the generator will spit out the same sequence of "random" numbers, so simply use the first one output after seeding the generator as the validation code. This is repeatable. – Lasse V. Karlsen Sep 1 '11 at 12:31
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What you are suggesting is the use of a check digit. The problem is that the system can be "figured out" and new working codes produced fairly easily. Having a database would allow you to keep track of which codes have been sent out and to make sure that the codes coming back to you have actually been sent out. Check out also Luhn's algorithm, from the links section of the above Wikipedia article.
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What you are looking for can be implemented using Message Authentication Codes (MAC):
MAC algorithm
The key observations to make are:
 1. The secret key (which only you know) is required to generate and validate MAC codes.
 2. The MAC code produced is tinkering-proof, i.e. an attacker is not able to tell what impact a given modification to the (message, MAC) tuple may have.
 3. No information needs to be stored outside of the message flow, except for the secret key.
In your scenario, you can use any arbitrary message since your only requirement is to verify that the input you receive from a customer was originally generated by you. You can do this by
 - settling for some kind of pattern, e.g. generate only codes that start with 012345679xxxxxxx, or simply take the date encoded as "dd.mm.yyyy hh:mm:ss" for your 'arbitrary message'.
 - use random numbers that are long enough and store which codes have actually been generated by you. However, you seemed to be looking for a solution that does not depend on databases.
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You could digitally sign the customer's name (for example) using public key cryptography. On your server, you'd store a private signing key, which the customer would send to you for registration. Once there, you could sign it and send it back to customer. Validating the code would boil down to checking a signature against your public key. Of course this would do nothing to deter stuff like spoofing another customer's information but at least it would certify that for any given customer name, whether you did authorize them -- and you wouldn't need to store a huge database of all your customers (though why you don't want to store a database is beyond me, since you'd probably need all that data for legal/financial record keeping purposes at least.)
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"Seclusion and restraint" is using physical force, restricting movement, or involuntarily medicating or isolating people to manage their behavior. These methods often are used to control people at risk of harming themselves or others in settings such as juvenile detention centers, psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment facilities and schools.
The use of seclusion and restraint is a complex, controversial issue that touches many Texas agencies. Use of seclusion and restraint is considered a failure in treatment because it can be traumatic and dangerous to consumers and staff. It can cause severe physical and psychological harm, and even death. It can also lead to mistrust and power struggles that conflict with a positive therapeutic environment and hinder recovery.
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The Hogg Foundation awarded a three-year grant in the amount of $589,172 to Texas Network of Youth Services to provide technical assistance to residential treatment centers (RTC) implementing trauma-informed systems of care to reduce their reliance on seclusion and restraint.
As part of this project, the Hogg Foundation hosted two training seminars on trauma-informed systems of care - one in Houston and one in Austin. The seminars were led by national experts on trauma-informed care, Beth Caldwell, MS; Kevin Ann Huckshorn, RN, MSN, CADC, ICRC and Janice Lebel, PhD. These trainings were offered to staff from all residential treatment centers in Texas in January 2012.
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The Hogg Foundation is partnering with the Department of Aging and Disability Services to provide training and technical assistance on trauma informed care to service providers supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities. Understanding the impact of trauma on behavior and using trauma-informed strategies can help reduce the use of restraint on individuals with intellectual disabilities in both facility and community settings.
The foundation coordinated trainings at two state supported living centers in February 2012. Both facility staff and community service providers were invited to participate. As organizations begin to plan and implement new strategies learned at the trainings, the foundation will offer on-going technical assistance to support the restraint reduction efforts.
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The Hogg Foundation also launched and facilitates the Texas Seclusion and Restraint Reduction Leadership Group. Formed in 2007, the group's members include mental health consumers, family members, advocates and representatives of private and public agencies. They have the expertise and experience to help bring about organizational change and can be a knowledgeable resource and guide to state lawmakers, agencies, advocates, service providers and consumers.
The leadership group also serves as advisors for a federally funded project called STARS: State of Texas Alternatives to Restraint and Seclusion. The project was funded with a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Department of State Health Services to focus on reducing seclusion and restraint to four Texas psychiatric hospitals. It became evident that many of the tools used to change the culture of care and reduce restraint and seclusion in state mental hospitals could be applied in other care settings as well so a toolkit for creating a trauma-informed environment was developed by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
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I want to run a query on an Oracle database and for each column in the result set, I want to know the schema that the column came from. I tried the following:
ResultSetMetaData rsMetadata = rs.getMetaData();
String schemaName = rsMetadata.getSchemaName(1)
However, this returns an empty string. Is there any work around to get the schema name?
Edit in response to OMG Ponies:
The tool we are developing takes data from a database and analyzes the data to find the most informative subset for a given question. We then create a query which returns only the rows that are informative for the given question. For instance if we had a customer database and wanted to know which customers are most likely to discontinue their service, our tool can create a query which returns 5% of the customer records which can then be run through high powered analytics algorithms. The benefit is that we run our analysis on only a subset of the data which of course will save time. It turns out as well that the high powered analytics algorithms work better now because the first step was essentially filtering the noise out of our data.
So in response to OMG Ponies, the user specifies the database connection information and query as inputs to our tool. Because they can specify any query they like, it would be possible for a user to connect to connect to schema foo, and then run the following query:
SELECT* FROM bar.customer;
If for some reason eye color and gender were predictors of people discontinuing their service, the resulting query that our system generates might look like this:
SELECT * FROM bar.customer WHERE bar.customer.eye_color='blue'
 AND bar.customer.gender='M'
It would be nice to know the schema for each column in the results set so we can make sure our query will run correctly. We could assume the schema is the same as the schema used in the database connection and that should be fine 99% of the time. I'm just concerned for that 1% of the time a user might do something unexpected like run a query against another schema.
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Just need to look at the table(s) to get the schema, but that'll give you grief if you are dealing with a view... It begs the question - why don't you have access to the schema? – OMG Ponies Nov 2 '10 at 20:58
Good question! The short answer is that the user can specify any query they like which means they could in theory refer to any schema. I edited the question with the more complete answer. – Jay Askren Nov 3 '10 at 18:47
Can't the query manipulator verify that the schemas and tables are valid? It sounds like you're executing the modified query and passing the results back, so you already know it works. If you're actually passing the modified query back to be executed later, and really want the information, can you extract and pass back a list of the schemas/tables involved as well? I'm still not clear why it would be a problem, unless you're modifying and executing the query while connected as different users. – Alex Poole Nov 9 '10 at 19:31
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According to an old Oracle code sample:
OracleResultSetMetaData interface does not implement the getSchemaName() and getTableName() methods because underlying protocol does not make this feasible.
That implies to me that ResultSetMetaData will not have those methods for an Oracle either, at least when using an Oracle driver. (I tried with the OCI driver to see if that made a difference, but apparently not).
There's a WebLogic 8 document that suggests it could be done, but that type 4 driver has been deprecated in later releases. So it's possible you may still be able to find a third-party driver that supports getSchemaName() against Oracle, but it seems unlikely.
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You may be able to get this information with some custom functions and queries. Basically, find the columns used by a query with DBMS_SQL and then match that to the tables referenced in v$sql_plan. There are potentially a large number of issues with this approach though; possible ambiguities between which column came from which table, and different objects in the explain plan, etc.
--#1: Create some test data
create table employee (id number primary key, name varchar2(100), department_id number);
create table department(id number primary key, name varchar2(100), test number);
insert into department select level, 'department test', level from dual connect by level <= 100;
insert into employee select level, 'employee test', level from dual connect by level <= 100;
--Actually run the query for this example so there will be data in the data dictionary.
select employee.* from employee inner join department on department_id =;
--#2: The first difficult part is to find the sql_id of the query. Can you get this directly from the
-- result set? If not not you'll have to find it.
-- I'm not exactly sure how you'll want to do this, here are some options:
--Look at the last loaded query in v$sql (I don't think this always works, especially if the query has run multiple times)
select * from v$sql where v$sql.parsing_schema_name = user order by first_load_time desc;
--Compare the query text (sql_text removes newlines, sql_fulltext is a clob)
select * from v$sql where sql_text like'select employee.* from employee inner join department on department_id =';
--Find the last sql_id for this session. This doesn't work for me, maybe it's just an express edition bug?
select prev_sql_id, v$session.* from v$session where sid = sys_context('USERENV', 'SID');
--Look at the plan. Note that there may be an index instead of a table.
--(On my system the sql_id is 0k2t2y1d312j8, but it will probably be different on yours)
select * from v$sql_plan where sql_id = '0k2t2y1d312j8';
--3: Create a type and a function to return all of the columns from a specific query.
--It'd be more consistent to use the SQL_ID here, but then there are permission issues if we
--have to get the text from v$sql.
create or replace type varchar2_tab is table of varchar2(30);
create or replace function get_columns(sql_text in varchar2) return varchar2_tab
authid current_user pipelined is
 my_cursor number;
 column_count number;
 my_columns DBMS_SQL.DESC_TAB;
 select count(*) into column_count from v$sql;
 my_cursor := dbms_sql.open_cursor;
 dbms_sql.parse(my_cursor, sql_text, dbms_sql.native);
 dbms_sql.describe_columns(my_cursor, column_count, my_columns);
 for i in 1.. my_columns.count loop
 pipe row(my_columns(i).col_name);
 end loop;
--Test queries. Note that it's possible for a column to be listed twice.
select * from table(get_columns('select employee.* from employee inner join department on department_id ='));
--4: Find the columns and their tables and schemas that are used in a query.
--Currently this only works for tables and indexes in the explain plan.
--There's probably a large number of items that won't work - materialized views, clusters(?), pipelined functiions, etc.
--You'll need to add each object type as necessary.
--(Remember to replace the SQL_ID and the query text with the real values)
select distinct owner, table_name, column_name
 --Find all the columns for the relevant tables
 select all_tab_cols.owner, all_tab_cols.table_name, all_tab_cols.column_name
 --Find the relevant tables from the plans (may need to find the table behind an index)
 nvl(all_indexes.table_owner, plan_objects.object_owner) owner,
 nvl(all_indexes.table_name, plan_objects.object_name) table_name
 select object_owner, object_name, object_type
 from v$sql_plan
 where sql_id = '0k2t2y1d312j8'
 object_type = 'TABLE'
 or object_type like 'INDEX%'
 ) plan_objects
 left outer join all_indexes
 on plan_objects.object_name = all_indexes.index_name
 and plan_objects.object_type like 'INDEX%'
 ) relevant_tables
 inner join all_tab_cols
 on relevant_tables.owner = all_tab_cols.owner
 and relevant_tables.table_name = all_tab_cols.table_name
) relevant_tab_cols
--It would be more
inner join table(get_columns('select employee.* from employee inner join department on department_id =')) all_possible_columns
 on relevant_tab_cols.column_name = all_possible_columns.column_value;
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You can actually see the fish and dolphins in the canals of Venice again as tourists stay away during coronavirus crisis
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Wednesday 18 March 2020 08:45
The coronavirus outbreak is worrying for everyone. But people being kept inside has resulted in some positive effects for the surrounding environment.
Pollution levels have dropped above northern Italy as factories have been forced into lockdown and air pollution in London has reportedly dropped due to the amount of people working from home.
Although the lack of tourists around the world have forced animals in places like Thailand and Japan to forage for their own food, in Venice, Italy the world-famous canals have miraculously become so clear again that you can actually see the fish for the first time in decades.
Images of the canals have been widely shared on social media and people, especially those that have visited the city are astonished at what they have seen.
It's not just fish that have been spotted in the city again. Dolphins, swans and even wild boars (which are actually in Sardinia) have begun to reclaim their place in the world.
Meanwhile, this is what it looks like in Venice, one of the biggest tourist destinations in Italy, from a human perspective.
At the time of writing, Italy remains on lockdown after confirming more than 31,000 cases and 2,503 deaths.


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Women may be first to Mars
Could an all-female crew fly to Mars? Researchers say same-sex crews have some advantages (Image: iStockphoto)
The first person on Mars might be a grandmother. That's one unexpected possibility discovered by an all-female, six-member international crew that has just returned from Mars, or a reasonable facsimile of it, in the Utah desert.
The all-female Mona Lisa Project is the second half of an all-male, then all-female crew experiment by the Mars Society.
The experiment is being held in the remote Mars Desert Research Station to see how different groups perform under conditions resembling those of the Red Planet.
The project recognises that one of the biggest obstacles to a human mission to Mars is not technical, it's human nature.
"I think the all-female crew bonded together very quickly," says Mona Lisa commander Anne Pacros, a French aerospace engineer for the European Space Agency.
"We always took care of each other, making sure everybody was fine and happy with the group decisions."
Two weeks on Utah's 'Mars' wasn't nearly as long or as isolating as a real trip to Mars, crew members report.
But it was a chance to conduct a range of scientific experiments, explore the desert dressed in simulated pressure suits and perform a wide range of tasks that would likely be required of any crew that landed on Mars for the first time.
"The critical question is whether a single sex crew is easier or harder to deal with," saus crew psychologist Sheryl Bishop, associate professor at the University of Texas.
It was Bishop who became a grandmother during the project.
Same-sex crews have some advantages, Bishop says, because crew members can relate to each other a lot better.
"What we see in practice is that when things are good, same gender groups form cohesive teams," says Bishop.
"When there are problems, such as some team members not fitting in well or disagreements and conflict, same gender teams don't deal as well... as mixed-gendered teams where there is a greater variety of interpersonal'resources' to draw upon."
So does the Mona Lisa Project make it any more likely that the first human on Mars will be a woman? Probably not, says Bishop.
"Despite all the evidence supporting women as equally (and in some respects, more so) capable in dealing with microgravity and the challenges of space, there are agencies... [that] characterised women as 'too fragile' to be included in a mission to Mars," says Bishop.
That attitude will likely change, given enough time, and Bishop holds out hope for her new granddaughter.
"Who knows?" Bishop says. "Perhaps she will be that first human on Mars."
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