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June 24, 2010
Indigenous communities from across the Pacific join for first-ever cultural collaboration
In the culminating event of a year-long cultural exchange between the indigenous Ainu community of Japan and several Washington State tribal groups, a group of Ainu paddlers will join The Tulalip Tribes in the annual Tribal Canoe Journey event, this year hosted by The Makah Nation.
The Ainu will travel the farthest distance of any group to participate in this year's Tribal Canoe Journey. In 2008 the Ainu were formally recognized by Japan's government as the nation's "first peoples." Similar to Northwest Coast indigenous communities, canoes have long played an important part in the lifestyle and livelihood of the Ainu. The Ainu are currently undergoing a major cultural revival and participation in the Tribal Canoe Journey offers the opportunity to reconnect with long-held canoe paddling traditions.
Since fall 2009, the Burke Museum in Seattle has been leading the cultural exchange between the Ainu Association of Hokkaido and six tribal groups in Washington: The Duwamish Tribe, The Makah Nation, The Suquamish Tribe, The Squaxin Island Tribe, The Tulalip Tribes, and The House of Welcome Long House at Evergreen State College. The exchange has given these communities the opportunity to share their histories and heritage and to participate in a dialogue about common issues shared by indigenous peoples on both ends of the Pacific. Two Ainu interns, Masashi Kawakami and Akira Kikuchi, have spent the past eight weeks in Seattle, creating an exhibit and a study kit about Ainu culture for the Burke. Kawakami and Kikuchi will be part of the Ainu delegation to participate in the Canoe Journey.
Journey to Makah
The Tribal Canoe Journey is an annual event that celebrates the thriving canoe culture among Native communities along the Pacific Northwest Coast. Each year, a different nation hosts the event and thousands of people make the journey from their home to the host nation by way of ocean canoe. The Makah Nation, located at Neah Bay on the Olympic Peninsula, is hosting the 2010 Canoe Journey.
Starting in early July, over 100 canoes representing about 40 indigenous groups from Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, California, Hawaii, and New Zealand will begin their trip from their home bases to Neah Bay. Each group of paddlers will coordinate their trip to arrive at Neah Bay on Monday, July 19. From July 19 – 24, each tribe will take turns sharing their songs, dances, and stories.
The Ainu Association of Hokkaido will send eight paddlers to participate in the Canoe Journey. The week of July 12, the Ainu paddlers will join members of the Tulalip Tribes and other host communities as they launch a canoe from Suquamish, WA. The group will paddle north through the Puget Sound and Strait of Juan de Fuca on their way to Neah Bay, stopping at designated camp sites along the way to eat and sleep. Upon arrival at Neah Bay, the Ainu will be the first group to present their heritage to the other groups, as they will have traveled the farthest to participate in the Canoe Journey.
Support for this exchange has been provided by the Museums & Communities Collaboration Abroad (MCCA), which is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State in partnership with the American Association of Museums (AAM).
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Kids Speed Training
There are many strategies that are going to determine how you set up a kids speed training program.
There are many strategies that are going to determine how you set up a kids speed training program. You must take in to consideration not only the chronological age of athletes that you are training, but also their biological age.
A great book that goes into detail about different training parameters during the stages of development in adolescence is by Jozef Drabik called Children and Sports Training.
Taking into account the level and ability of your athlete, here are a few tips that must go into your childrenís sports speed program.
- Warming up Put together a long and full warm-up that reaches all muscles. The exercises should not be strenuous or fatiguing at all.
- Simple to complex For your warm-up or for any of your structured exercises that your kids are going to perform, use this basic formula. Simple to complex. Start with the most basic exercises and move to the more difficult ones.
- Slow to fast Again, a very basic concept. Start with your slower movements, whether itís a flexibility drill or a running drill, and go to your quicker movements.
- Vary your exercises With developing children you want to add coordination exercises. That being said, make sure you do not use the same exercises at the same time every training day. Switch up the exercises so you challenge the young athlete
- Rest intervals Rest and recovery is extremely important with young athletes. Many drills can be extremely challenging to most athletes especially when you are adding highly coordinated drills that are used in speed training.
- Use sport specific movements Combine speed exercises with the techniques used in their sport or sports. Cutting drils, add football, soccer ball, etc. to exercises.
- Learning first You can practice at sub-maximal efforts before you perform drills and exercises at full speed. The key is to have your athletes be comfortable and be able to flawlessly perform every drill. Itís more important to have perfect form then to try and perform drills as fast as possible.
- Breaking down exercises Break down your exercises into parts. You can perfect techniques of the Ďpartsí of exercises then put them together so that the athlete can comfortably perform the entire motion of specific exercises.
Those are just a few tips and techniques that you can take and add immediately to your kids speed training program. Good luck!
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2000 GMC Sierra Truck Change Rear Emergency Brake Shoes
GMC trucks, like most other modern automobiles, come with a hand brake that helps lock the vehicle into place. Although termed an "emergency brake," using it while also applying the foot brakes increases the likelihood of losing control. That's why it's more accurately called the parking or hand brake. Ideally, the emergency brake is used only when the truck is parked, and even then only when it is parked on an incline. Avoiding overuse can extend the life of the brake shoes. When they do wear out, you can replace them in a few hours.
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- Install wheel blocks over the front two wheels to keep them from moving while changing the brake shoes.
- Lift the rear end of the truck using the floor jack. Place the jack stands underneath a solid area of the frame and lower the truck onto the stands. Remove the jack once the weight is placed solidly on the stands.
- Loosen the lug nuts on the rear wheel using the lug wrench. It's best to finish changing one brake pad before removing the second wheel. Pull the wheel off by hand once each of the lug nuts has been removed. Put the wheel and lug nuts in a safe location.
- Place the drip pan beneath the brake assembly and thoroughly spray the assembly with the brake cleaner. Be sure to cover or hide your eyes from the brake cleaner as any mist can lead to severe irritation. Use goggles if necessary.
- Remove the brake caliper bolts using the ratchet and correct socket. Be cautious of the brake line. Lift the caliper off the rotor and let it hang without pulling on the line. Again, place the caliper bolt in a safe place, but away from the other pieces.
- Locate and remove the parking brake retainer clip.
- Remove the cable from the brake by pulling it forward, then disconnect the cable from the emergency brake lever.
- Spread the shoes apart and remove the adjuster screws and springs from both of the brake shoes.
- Remove the emergency brake shoes. Keep the spring and level in place for now. Spray the brake area with brake cleaner.
- Take apart the brake shoe assembly. Pay attention to the location of the different parts as these will illustrate how to assemble the new brake shoes.
- Reinstall the assembly onto the plate with the screws and pins on the new brake shoes. Install the adjuster screw and spring. Make sure the new shoes don't touch the rotor unless needed, and that the lever cable and brake line connections are intact.
- Reinstall the brake caliper bolts and tighten them into place.
- Place the wheel back onto the rotor and tighten all of the lug nuts until the wheel is secure.
- Repeat step 3 through 13 on the other wheel.
- Lift the truck off the stands using the floor jack. Remove the stands and lower the truck to the ground. Test the emergency brake by pulling on the lever in the cabin.


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Are you a teacher looking for a fun way to educate your students on other cultures?
Visit _URL_ to learn about requesting a South Asian arts workshop for your class. (If you're not a teacher, quick, tell your teacher friends!)
Started in 2013, the _TAG_ for Youth program by monstrARTity helps teachers fill gaps in South Asian curriculum by providing school children of all backgrounds hands-on workshops in Bollywood and Bhangra dance, Hindi music, ghazal writing, mandala-making, filmmaking and more.
Supported by the Peel District School Board, Halton Catholic District School Board and York Region District School Board, workshops led by professional artists are available virtually to schools in BC and ON and in-person to schools in ON.
- Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression: South Asian students will see themselves reflected in the curriculum, while creating safe and inclusive space for students of all backgrounds to engage in South Asian culture
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- Arts Education: teachers get access to expert resources to expand the students' exposure to classical and contemporary South Asian art forms
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slide, non-productive burn, non-productive brush, swamp or muskeg, cultivated,
cleared, urban, open range, wild hay meadow, clay bank, gravel bar, and other
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'ACE, TWO, THREE...' printed from _URL_
Take a look at this video.
Can you work out how Charlie ordered the cards to perform the trick?
Once you've had a chance to think about it, click below to see some suggested starting points:
Charlie started by thinking:
"Ace" has three letters so it should go in third place. "Two" has three letters so it should go in sixth position. "Three" has five letters so it should go in eleventh position. "Four" has four letters so it should go in fifteenth position...
Luke started by thinking:
I should be able to work backwards, so I'll start with just the Jack, Queen and King and see what happens...
Alison started by thinking:
If I arrange the cards from Ace to King to do the trick, I won't reveal the cards in the right order. But I could keep a record of the sequence they come out in...
Can you take each of their starting ideas and develop them into a solution?
Can you use each method to perform the trick in a different language, or with two suits of cards together, or in reverse order from King to Ace, or...?
Send us your explanations of other methods that you came up with to order the cards.


9 impressive reasons to use soap in your garden
Using soap in the garden probably seems a bit absurd. After all, dirt and soap aren't exactly bosom buddies. But, with a little ingenuity, you can make this common household item work for you outside the four walls of your home.
Don't believe you can take that extra bar of soap and put it to good use in the backyard? Check out just a few ways you can use soap in your garden:
1. Deter deer
Deer can completely ruin all of your hard work if they start chowing down on your vegetables. Look for a highly fragrant bar soap, cubing it into pieces and skewering it into the ground all around your garden. Avoid soaps containing coconut oil, as it can actually attract the deer.
2. Kill snails and slugs
If you want to get rid of pesky slugs and snails, try spraying them down with a mixture of a vinegar-based salad dressing, hot sauce, hand soap and water. Spray the mixture directly on the slugs to kill them, according to Briggs Garden.
3. Clean your houseplants
You've been so busy dusting and cleaning everything else, you may have neglected one thing in your home that needs a little TLC: your houseplant. If the leaves are dusty, wash them down with a diluted warm soap/water mixture. The Spruce recommends 1/4 teaspoon of soap per 1 quart of water.
4. Create a lubricant
Need to remove a tree or bush branch? Coat the blade of your handsaw with a little soap to lubricate the teeth, making it easier to saw through the wood.
5. Protect against poison ivy
Soap is one of your best protections against poison ivy. If you get the oil from the plant on your skin, use soap and friction to get it all off within a few hours to prevent a rash. Check out the tutorial here.
You can also dissolve a tablespoon of dish soap and one cup of salt in a gallon of hot water, and spray the poison ivy plants to kill them.
6. Kill weeds
Combine boiling water, some vinegar, salt and a little dish soap in a container. Mix well. Spray the mixture over your weeds for a mostly-organic solution to your garden problems.
7. Deter bugs
Add 1 teaspoon of natural dish soap to a 1-quart spray bottle filled with water. Spray in areas where the bugs like to gather and repeat when they show up again.
8. Give your repellant extra sticking power
Whether you've made your own bug repellent or you're buying it from the store, add a few drops of dish soap. This helps the spray stick to the plants, allowing the repellant to work better.
9. Clean up
The most obvious use for soap in the garden: Use it to scrub up after digging around in the dirt. Soap and hot water are all you need to properly clean your basic garden tools too.
Next time you head out to the garden, put your soap to work too. Make sure to share these ideas with your friends and family on Facebook.
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Recklinghausen Tonometer (sphygmomanometer), Germany, _PHONE_
This tonometer is a type of sphygmomanometer. A sphygmomanometer measured the force, rate and variations in the pulse. The tonometer consists of two overlapping cuffs. It measures the systolic and diastolic blood pressure. This means the force that blood flows with from the heart into the arteries and the forces as the heart relaxes and fills again with blood. It is the commonest technique for measuring blood pressure. It is also completely safe. This device was developed by Heinrich von Recklinghausen (_PHONE_) in the 1920s. He was a leading researcher in blood pressure and blood pressure measurement.
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This DataType represents the object upon which all EverQuest 2 UI widget datatypes are derived.
All eq2widgets are derived from this object. Therefore, the members/methods below can be used with any ui widget in the game (e.g., buttons, icons, etc.)
- string GetProperty["PropertyName"]
- If the result of a GetProperty call is a boolean value, then it will return "TRUE" or "FALSE". Otherwise, it will return a string unless an additional argument is provided as follows:
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- This is purely for convenience. It simply prints out the current properties into the console. (SpewProperties is not intended for use in scripts.)
When used with this datatype, the GetProperty member and SetProperty method will accept any of the following property names:


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"Aaaargh! A mouse!" "Aaaaaaargh! A RAT!!!" Whichever scream you hear coming from the bathroom or kitchen, you know you have a big problem. But apart from the fact that the volume of the scream might be louder or softer, do you really know the difference between mice and rats? And do those differences really matter? Let's investigate!
What is the difference between a mouse and a rat?
Whether it's a mouse or a rat or one of the other 1000 rodent species creeping and crawling all over the world, you probably don't want to share your bedroom with them.
Sure, they're all similar: little beady black eyes, whiskers, sharp incisors, a tail, and a tendency to try to live where you live. But all you may have noticed so far is a creepy-crawly sound when you're trying to sleep, damage to your home or property, nasty smells, or tell-tale droppings.
Here's the truth: You probably have mice or rats at your place. But does the difference even matter?
Firstly, YES – the difference does matter. Because no matter what you've got lurking and breeding at your place, they can cause damage, nuisance, and pose a risk to your family's health. But to dig even deeper, we're going to have to explore the difference between rat and mouse characteristics:
Let's get RAT into it:
1. Size
When it comes to the difference between mice and rats' characteristics, size does matter – and a rat can tip the scales at 40cm or more. Mice tend to be between 12 and 20cm, but don't forget that a baby rat and an adult mouse can be harder to tell apart.
2. Diet
In the mouse vs rat battle, it turns out that both eat animals and plants, making them omnivores. But the bigger and heavier rat will eat more, meaning they'll seek out bigger meals like meat, pet food, fish and (yes!) even cheese.
Mice prefer a healthier diet including fruits, vegetables, and nuts, but they'll also eat what a rat will eat – including dead mice and rats! Ew!
3. Tail
The long tail is a distinguishing feature of both rodents, and while a rat tail is objectively longer, the tail of a mouse is longer compared to the rest of its body.
4. Breeding
Whether mouse or rat, prepare to be horrified.
During a female mouse's approximately 2 year lifespan, she will produce between 200 and 300 offspring – and the little ones will start mating just a month or so into their life.
But that's nothing compared to rats. In just a year, one single rat duo can produce over 2000 descendants.
(Someone just fainted).
5. Droppings
Now those with squeamish stomachs have passed out, closed the article or left the room, we can talk about rat and mouse droppings.
It will be no surprise to learn that in the rat vs mouse droppings battle, both come out as completely filthy – and (also unsurprisingly), rat droppings are bigger, measuring up to 1cm. But you'll also notice that rat poo has more rounded ends, compared to the 4-7mm in length pointier mouse droppings.
Rats vs mice – which one wins?
As we said, both rats and mice are completely gross. As well as running around on your kitchen benches and in the cupboards and drawers and on the clean plates and cutlery, they've also been roaming in bins and sewers, eating decomposing filth and covering themselves with harmful bacteria.
Yep, they're more than unhealthy.
But they can also damage your house and belongings, with mice able to chew through wiring and cause fires. Rats, though, are incredible. Their big, strong teeth can munch through wire, metal, and concrete. In other words, it's a bad idea to not take a rat or mice infestation very seriously.
And you're going to struggle to get rid of either of them with a mere mouse trap or baits, which can be dangerous to your kids and pets.
Luckily, pros like Cannon Pest Management know exactly what to do when it comes to rodent pest control in Melbourne. So to make sure your home, business, and family are all safe from the hazard, nuisance and utter destruction of these little and not-so-little critters, call now for a free quote!
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The impact of the Food for Life Partnership
Independent research, summarised in a new report 'Good food for all' reveals the success of five years of the Food for Life Partnership. The Partnership is working with over 4,500 schools and communities across England to transform food culture. The evidence from three independent research studies focuses in particular on four main areas of impact: children's health, tackling inequalities, improving education, and local enterprise and sustainability.
Good food for all
Read about the impact of the Food for Life Partnership in its first five years of funding by the BIG Lottery.
Download our evaluation report
Hear from Food for Life Partnership schools
Good for improving education
- More than twice as many FFLP primary schools received an Ofsted rating of outstanding following their participation (37.2% compared to 17.3% outstanding pre-enrolment). Headteachers reported a positive impact on pupil behaviour, attention and attainment.
- Inspectors have recognised the positive role of FFLP in supporting personal development and wellbeing: 67.1% of schools felt the programme had a clear impact on their Ofsted report in terms of pupils' personal development and well-being.
Good for children's health
- The programme is associated with changes in eating habits, with an increase in the proportion of primary school-age children reporting eating five portions of fruit or vegetables a day by 5 percentage points to 21% (those reporting eating four or more portions rose by 12 percentage points to 49%). And 45% of parents said the family is eating more vegetables, with 43% switching to healthier and more sustainable choices in the shopping basket.
Good for tackling inequalities
- Disadvantaged pupils are benefiting: over a two-year period, free school meal take-up went up 13 percentage points in FFLP schools, 20.9% in secondary schools, and by 21% across the board in schools achieving our Silver or Gold award. Nationally, over 20% of primary school pupils and 30% of secondary school pupils eligible for healthy free school meals choose not to eat them for reasons including fear of stigma and the lure of fast food outlets.
Good for local enterprise and sustainability
- School meal take-up rose by 5 percentage points over two years, making them more cost effective
- Over £3 in social, economic and environmental value was created for every £1 spent on Food for Life menus, mostly in the form of new jobs in the local economy.
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Discover The Magic of Fluorescent Minerals
Only about 15% of all minerals on the planet can fluoresce, making them rare and worthy of study. Our Glow Rocks Kit includes six naturally occurring rocks and minerals that will "light up" under the glow of the included UV lamp, displaying a variety of colors.
The UV lamp is portable, allowing you to hunt for glowing rocks in your backyard. Or dim the lights and wave it over coins, plants and more, and discover the fluorescent properties in many everyday objects. 10 experiments are included in the kit's Adventure Guide.
Includes six Glow Rocks, portable UV lamp, and Adventure Guide.
Requires 4 AA batteries (not included).
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Manifest Destiny's Underworld
Filibustering in Antebellum America
Robert E. May
May investigates why thousands of men joined filibustering expeditions, how they were financed, and why the U.S. government had little success in curtailing them. Surveying antebellum popular media, he shows how the filibustering phenomenon infiltrated the American psyche in newspapers, theater, music, advertising, and literature. Condemned abroad as pirates, frequently in language strikingly similar to modern American denunciations of foreign terrorists, the filibusters were often celebrated at home as heroes who epitomized the spirit of Manifest Destiny.
May concludes by exploring the national consequences of filibustering, arguing that the practice inflicted lasting damage on U.S. relations with foreign countries and contributed to the North-South division over slavery that culminated in the Civil War.


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A new fiber-optic tabletop PC system is the first which "reads" fingerprints as people use it – and could form the basis of a secure identification system for transactions in shops or banks.
Sensors inside Fiberio "read" reflected light from the table's surface, with enough detail to identify fingerprints as a user touches the surface. Users can be identified instantly and seamlessly as they use the device. The prototype machine is multi-touch, so that several users can use it at any one time.
"Fiberio is the first interactive tabletop system that authenticates users during touch interaction – unobtrusively and securely using the biometric features of fingerprints, which frees users from carrying identification tokens," says designer Christian Holz.
The rear-projection "Tabletop PC" will be detailed in a paper Fiberio: A Touchscreen that Senses Fingerprints to be presented at the ACM symposium on User Interface Software and Technology.
Holz suggests that Fiberio could be used in banks to, "verify that the respective user has the authority to perform the current activity – such as approve invoices above a certain value."
The table would identify both the bank manager and the customer instantly, Holz suggests – working out both whether the manager had the authority to approve invoices, and also securely identifying the customer.
"The key that allows Fiberio to display an image and sense fingerprints at the same time is its screen material: a fiber optic plate," says Holz.
Fiberio works using a rear-projection system, similar to the one found in Microsoft's Surface table PCs, which are often used in point-of-sale situations. The projection system allows the machine to "read" reflections in the plate – the system could not work in its current guise in normal tablets and smartphones.
ESET Senior Research Fellow David Harley discusses the advantages of biometric systems in a We Live Security blog post, "The sad fact is, static passwords are a superficially cheap but conceptually unsatisfactory solution to a very difficult problem, especially if they aren't protected by supplementary techniques. Biometrics and one-time passwords and tokens are much more secure, especially when implemented in hardware as a two-factor authentication measure."
Author Rob Waugh, We Live Security


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Is there any C#/F# performance comparison available on web to show proper usage of new F# language?
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Natural F# code (e.g. functional/immutable) is slower than natural (imperative/mutable object-oriented) C# code. However, this kind of F# is much shorter than usual C# code. Obviously, there is a trade-off.
On the other hand, you can, in most cases, achieve performance of F# code equal to performance of C# code. This will usually require coding in imperative or mutable object-oriented style, profile and remove bottlenecks. You use that same tools that you would otherwise use in C#: e.g..Net reflector and a profiler.
That having said, it pays to be aware of some high-productivity constructs in F# that decrease performance. In my experience I have seen the following cases:
 - references (vs. class instance variables), only in code executed billions of times
 - F# comparison (<=) vs. System.Collections.Generic.Comparer, for example in binary search or sort
 - tail calls -- only in certain cases that cannot be optimized by the compiler or.Net runtime. As noted in the comments, depends on the.Net runtime.
 - F# sequences are twice slower than LINQ. This is due to references and the use of functions in F# library to implement translation of seq<_>. This is easily fixable, as you might replace the Seq module, by one with same signatures that uses Linq, PLinq or DryadLinq.
 - Tuples, F# tuple is a class sorted on the heap. In some case, e.g. a int*int tuple it might pay to use a struct.
 - Allocations, it's worth remembering that a closure is a class, created with the new operator, which remembers the accessed variables. It might be worth to "lift" the closure out, or replaced it with a function that explicitly takes the accessed variables as arguments.
 - Try using inline to improve performance, especially for generic code.
My experience is to code in F# first and optimize only the parts that matter. In certain cases, it might be easier to write the slow functions in C# rather that to try to tweak F#. However, from programmer efficiency point of view makes sense to start/prototype in F# then profile, disassemble and optimize.
Bottom line is, your F# code might end-up slower than C# because of program design decisions, but ultimately efficiency can be obtained.
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Interesting points, but you'd need to check on more than just one runtime; with CLI 2, x86 and x64 had very different tail-call; it has obviously been beefed up in part due to supporting F#, but this may skew C# profiles. – Marc Gravell Jan 2 '10 at 22:06
"This will usually require coding in imperative or mutable object-oriented style". No, you want mutation for performance but you must avoid object-oriented style in favour of Fortran-style. OOP is slow too... – Jon Harrop Mar 28 '11 at 22:27
If they really need speed, I think they should consider assembly language over anything. – Dark Cloud Sep 5 '11 at 15:51
what is references (vs. class instance variables)? – colinfang May 1 '13 at 14:04
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Here are a few links on (or related to) this topic:
What I seem to remember from another post on Robert Pickering's blog (or was it Scott Hanselman?) that in the end, because both are sitting on the same framework, you can get the same performance from both, but you sometimes have to 'twist' the natural expression of the language to do so. In the example I recall, he had to twist F# to get comparable performance with C#...
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The converse is also true if you benefit from features unique to F#, such as inline. – Jon Harrop Apr 21 '10 at 15:20
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A study of the selfie phenomenon
The project investigates the seemingly mundane topic of selfies with a mix of techniques, ranging from theory over quantitive analysis to visualization and artistic expression. In this highly interdisciplinary project, I had the creative lead for design, data visualization and data analysis.
Produced in collaboration with Lev Manovich, Dominikus Baur, Daniel Goddemeyer, Daniel Mehrdad et al.
Exploring selfies as a cultural phenomenon
Selfiecity investigates how people photograph themselves with mobile phones in five cities around the world. The project analyzes 3200 Instagram selfies shared in New York, Moscow, Berlin, Bangkok, and Sao Paulo (640 from each city).
Selfies were already subject of many discussions in popular media. However, if we simply scan images tagged as selfie on Instagram, or observe people around us taking self-portraits, it's hard to quantify patterns, or systematically compare selfies from multiple cities taken by people who differ in age and gender. Are all selfies taken by young people? Do men take many selfies? Are we all trying to copy celebrities in choosing how we represent ourselves? Are there any significant differences between selfies shared in New York and Moscow, or Berlin and Bangkok? Selfiecity is the first project which investigates such questions systematically, using carefully assembled large sample of selfies photos and tools of statistics, data science and data visualization.
The selfexploratory
The interactive selfiexploratory allows you to navigate the whole set of 3200 photos from five cities from around the world.
Rich media visualizations (imageplots) assemble thousands of photos to reveal interesting patterns.
We also present new findings about the demographics of people taking selfies, their poses and expressions.
Video montages
Video montages assemble hundreds of images into a dynamic, morphing "aggregate city face".
Read a few more of my thoughts on the projects over at well-formed data


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This article describes the process of understanding where there are differences between the Theoretical Inventory (system – calculated stock on hand), and Actual Inventory figures (manual Inventory count) using the Variance Analysis tab in Fourth Analytics for Purchasing & Inventory (formerly known as Adaco).
This tab shows all stock movements recorded in and out of an area to produce a theoretical stock figure, which is then compared to an actual Inventory count, and the difference quantified in value and percentage terms.
Top Banner Figures
This graphic displays:
- Top Line - The key values of opening stock and stock movements recorded to produce a system generated stock value (on hand), Inventory count value (closing), and any variance
- Bottom Line – Information of what the stock movements comprise of by transaction type
Fig.1 – Top Banner Figures
Inventory Closing (count) Vs System on Hand
This graphic shows a trend pre-set for the previous 10 Stock Periods, with each bar representing a Stock Period.
- The entire column height equates to the system-on-hand stock value
- The beige column represents the value of counted stock
- The orange block displays the difference (variance) between counted and calculated value
- The grey trend line shows the difference as a percentage of calculated stock value, period-on-period
Fig.2 – Inventory Closing (count) Vs System on Hand
Top 10 Variance Outlet - Value
This report displays the 10 Outlets (by stock location) with the largest variance in value terms between calculated stock on hand and Inventory count.
Fig.3 – Top 10 Variance Outlet - Value
Top / Bottom 10 Variance by Quantity
These tables list the 10 Products (in volume order) with the largest positive (left) and negative (right) variances by Inventory unit quantity.
Fig.4 – Top/Bottom 10 Variance by Quantity
Top 10 Variance by Subcategory / Property
These graphs list the 10 Subcategories / Properties (in volume order) with the largest positive variances.
Fig.5 – Top 10 Variance Items – Subcategory/Property
Outlet Variance Report by Outlet Value
This table displays a breakdown by Outlet of the key values of opening stock and stock movements by transaction type to produce a system generated stock value (on Hand), Inventory count value (closing), and any variance.
- To break this information down further, use the All Categories and All Subcategories buttons
Fig.6 – Outlet Variance Report by Outlet - Value
Outlet Variance Report by Product Value / QTY
These two tables display a breakdown of Product either by monetary value, or product quantity. The default is that only Products with variances between calculated and counted stock-on-hand are displayed, but Products with no variance may be included by selecting Including Items with No Variance button.
Fig.7 – Outlet Variance Report by Product – Value/QTY
This example scenario outlines the process of understanding where the largest stock variances are between actual counted stock, and system calculated stock on hand using the graphs and tables displayed above.
- Select the required time period using the Date Dimension (Business day) filter under Property Details
- Within the Property Details filters, set the Property or Outlet filter(s) as required
- Review the Top Banner Figures to see the total variance, and the Inventory Closing (Count) Vs System on Hand graph to understand if this variance has been increasing or decreasing
- Refer to the Bottom 10 Variance by Quantity table to identify which Products may be driving the variance (also refer to the Top 10 Variance by Quantity to check that this is not caused by one product being substituted for another)
- Refer to the Top 10 Variance by Subcategory / Property to identify the key areas and apply appropriate filters if required
- Then, use the detailed reports to identify which particular Products are driving the differences, and refer to the transaction type totals to help identify if this due to transactions not being recorded


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|Digital Energy > Protection & Control > Voltage and Frequency Relays > STV Overexcitation Relay|
The Type STV relay is a single-phase static overexcitation relay. It consists of an overexcitation sensing unit which has a linear volts per hertz pickup characteristic, and a timing unit to provide a definite time before initiating some protective action. A target seal-in unit is also provided to protect the timing unit contacts during tripping duty.
The Type STV relay is designed specifically for equipment protection in case of overexcitation. Overexcitation of a generator or power transformer may occur during start-up, shutdown, or as result of remote load rejection. As as result, overheating due to core saturation within a very short time may cause severe damage. This relay, employing a constant volts per hertz pickup, recognizes overexcitation and initiates some appropriate action to protect the equipment.Features and Benefits
Target seal-in units
Transformer and generator protection
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BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding and air pollution are both important factors for respiratory symptoms and asthma in children. Few studies have examined possible interaction between them on respiratory outcomes. METHODS: We studied 31,049 Chinese children, ages 2-14 years old, from 25 elementary schools and 50 kindergartens in the Seven Northeastern Cities during 2008-2009. Parents or guardians completed questionnaires about the children's histories of respiratory conditions, risk factors, and feeding methods. Three-year average concentrations of particles with an aerodynamic diameter ≤10 μm, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxides, and ozone were calculated from monitoring stations in 25 study districts. We used two-level logistic regressions to examine the effects of exposure, controlling for covariates. RESULTS: Association of air pollution with childhood respiratory conditions was modified by breastfeeding. Compared with children who had been breastfed, those who were not exhibited consistently stronger effects of air pollution. Among non-breastfed children, odds ratios (ORs) per 10 μg/m increase in nitrogen dioxide were 1.40 (95% confidence interval = 1.19-1.64) for cough, 1.41 (1.16-1.71) for phlegm, 1.17 (1.00-1.36) for current wheeze, and 1.25 (1.07-1.46) for doctor-diagnosed asthma. For breastfed children, the ORs were 1.25 (1.09-1.43) for cough, 1.15 (0.99-1.34) for phlegm, 0.97 (0.87-1.08) for current wheeze, and 1.17 (1.05-1.32) for doctor-diagnosed asthma. Breastfeeding was more protective among younger children. Breastfeeding was also associated with reduced effects of passive smoke exposure in children. CONCLUSION: Breastfeeding is associated with smaller associations between air pollution and respiratory conditions in children, suggesting that breastfeeding reduces susceptibility to the respiratory effects of pollutants.
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Kemptville to Kingston distance, location, road map and direction
Kemptville is located in Canada at the longitude of -75.63 and latitude of 45.02. Kingston is located in Jamaica at the longitude of -76.8 and latitude of 17.99.
Distance between Kemptville and Kingston
The total straight line distance between Kemptville and Kingston is 3008 KM (kilometers) and 411.58 meters. The miles based distance from Kemptville to Kingston is 1869.3 miles. This is a straight line distance and so most of the time the actual travel distance between Kemptville and Kingston may be higher or vary due to curvature of the road.
Time Difference between Kemptville and Kingston
Kemptville universal time is -5.042 Coordinated Universal Time(UTC) and Kingston universal time is -5.12 UTC. The time difference between Kemptville and Kingston is 0.078 decimal hours. Note: Kemptville and Kingston time calculation is based on UTC time of the particular city. It may vary from country standard time, local time etc.
Kemptville To Kingston travel time
Kemptville is located around 3008 KM away from Kingston so if you travel at the consistant speed of 50 KM per hour you can reach Kingston in 60.17 hours. Your Kingston travel time may vary due to your bus speed, train speed or depending upon the vehicle you use.
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Consider function $$f(x)=\frac{x^{n_{1}}}{1-x}+\frac{(1-x)^{n_{2}}}{x},x\in(0,1)$$ where $n_{1}$ and $n_2$ are some fixed positive integers.
My question: Is $f(x)$ convex for any fixed $n_1$ and $n_2$?
The second derivation of function $f$ is very complex, so I wish there exists other method to verify convex property.
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Yeah, you can always use the definition ;-) – dtldarek Apr 22 '12 at 12:51
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A method to show f is convex is to show $f''(x)>0$. Do the two terms separately, reduce to determining the sign of a quadratic polynomial in the numerator.
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Thank you very much! I work out it follow your idea. – Wayson Kong Apr 22 '12 at 14:26
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In mathematics, a real-valued function defined on an interval is called convex (or convex downward or concave upward) if the graph of the function lies below the line segment joining any two points of the graph. Equivalently, a function is convex if its epigraph (the set of points on or above the graph of the function) is a convex set. More generally, this definition of convex functions makes sense for functions defined on a convex subset of any vector space.according to wikipedia
A real valued function f : X → R defined on a convex set X in a vector space is called convex if, for any two points x1,x2 in X and any t belongs [0 1] we have $f(t*x1+(1-t)*x2)<=(t*f(x1)+(1-t)f(x2))$ now let's take $n1$ and $n2$ some fixed values,let say 5 and 10,and try it
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Thank you for your answer. – Wayson Kong Apr 22 '12 at 12:39
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What is the Difference Between C and Embedded C?
Difference Between C and Embedded C:
In our previous posts, we had seen the introduction about Embedded C... Now let us see the difference between C and Embedded C...
The following table gives us the summary of the difference between C and Embedded C.
|C Language||Embedded C|
|A type of high level language.||Nothing but an extension of C.|
|Has a free-format of program coding.||The source code format depends upon the type of microprocessor/ microcontroller that is used.|
|Optimization is normal.||High level of optimization.|
|An Operating system is essential to function.||Can work with or without an Operating system.|
|Used for desktop applications.||Used for microcontroller/ microprocessor applications.|
|Does not bother about memory resources.
i.e., use entire memory available in CPU.
|Uses limited resources.
Hence consider memory allocation of the embedded processor.
|C programs run in console.
Hence see the output through desktop
|They run in realtime constraints.
Hence output is not available in OS
|Directly or indirectly support other various programming languages during application.||Supports only required processor of the application.|
|Input can be given to the program while it is running.||Only the pre-defined input can be given to the running program.|
|C compilers are OS dependent.
i.e, run the ram directly from OS terminal.
|Requires compilers of Embedded C.
These compilers in turn enable access to all resources of the embedded system. Hence OS independent.
|Some of the examples of Applications: logical programs, system software programs.||Some of the examples of real-time Applications: DVD, TV,Digital camera.|
By the way, these are simple and normal differences that exist between C and Embedded C for an open eye.
But in real there is no such logical differences between C and Embedded C. As I said earlier in the previous post, The Embedded C is just an extension of C.
Somehow we can say that the only difference between C and C on embedded systems is just their Input and Output is too on the way the input is given and output is seen.
Say for example, consider the following:
Input: Printf <<< read_pin_no (the pin number where input is given)
Output: scanf <<< read_pin_no (the pin number from where output is taken)
Hence there is no differences between C and Embedded C except these type of some small disturbances...
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Advertising Toxicity to Defend Against Reef Predators
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Although chemical defenses can provide excellent protection for many reef organisms, there is always a danger that an inquisitive predator might launch an attack before realizing its mistake. Although this may have dire consequences for the attacker, the prey animal may also suffer serious injury. Therefore, it pays for animals to advertise their toxicity clearly, making sure that predators get the message well before they become too interested.
Do all inedible animals advertise?
Whereas the most dangerous animals usually do invest in warning colors, there are many species that, for whatever reason, do not. Marine sponges are soft bodied and highly vulnerable to fishes but those that live among high densities of fishes, such as coral reef sponges, are almost always unpalatable to fish. On the whole, sponges do not use bold warning colors to alert their predators, possibly because they are able to regenerate damaged tissue. But even without these warning colors most fish rarely attack them and even avoid eating fragments of sponges. This may be because the sponges also smell bad or because the fish simply learn to avoid them after an early encounter.
What color patterns do poisonous animals use as warning signals?
In biological terminology, using color patterns to warn potential predators of danger is known as aposematism. Most poisonous animals are aposematic the deadly blue-ringed octopus uses a subdued, camouflaged color pattern for most of its life, but when threatened it flashes the vivid blue warning pattern that gives it its common name. Similarly, the devil scorpionfish blends in with its background under normal conditions, but when threatened it produces a display to warn its assailant of its toxic qualities.
However, a warning signal is only effective when it can be generally recognized. For this reason, groups of poisonous animals all tend to converge on the same kinds of signal; for example, many stinging insects, such as bees and wasps, use the combination of yellow and black to give advance warning. The same happens on the reef, where different nudibranch species all adopt the same livery to consolidate the message to any potential predators, a phenomenon known as Mullerian mimicry.
Are warning colors mimicked by other reef animals?
When large groups of poisonous animals all use the same warning colors to signal that they are poisonous and should not be interfered with, it sends a strong message to their potential predators. But, rather sneakily, the message can be hijacked by perfectly harmless animals that merely pretend to be poisonous.
For example, hoverflies have exactly the same color pattern as wasps but are completely inoffensive; this is known as Batesian mimicry. In effect, the harmless creatures use the wasp's color pattern — pretending to be
dangerous without actually being so — to protect themselves. On the coral reef, predators avoid the valentine pufferfish and with good reason — it is extremely poisonous. But the blacksaddle filefish (Paraluteres prionurus), a completely harmless species, gains protection simply by looking like a valentine pufferfish. However, predators are not stupid; this bluffing strategy only works when there are comparatively few mimicking cheats relative to the number of real poisonous species, otherwise the predators would quickly leam and start to attack


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Become a part of a statewide learning community of peers who are committed to preventing falls. Objectives for this six-month sprint are to assist participating KHC HIIN hospitals in:
- Identifying opportunities for PDSA improvement cycles through use of the HRET HIIN Falls Process Discovery Tool.
- Applying targeted strategies for involving patients and families in fall prevention, such as validating patient/family understanding and adopting or improving the post-fall huddle process.
- Engaging in the HRET HIIN Up Campaign by designing "Get Up" strategies for engaging front line staff in preventing injuries from falls and immobility.


text: This article deals with the participation of patients in setting the agenda of health research that potentially directly affects their lives. The focus is on the communication problems encountered between lay people and medical professionals in developing a joint research agenda. The author argues that a participatory methodology can address these problems and thereby give patients "a say" in the types of health research that have the greatest chance of affecting them personally. The article uses a case example of people with spinal cord injuries participating in research to support the importance and value of patient participation. The case example also helps to rethink appropriate methodologies or at least to modify existing approaches by paying more attention to required social conditions, diversity, and the life world of patients to foster meaningful participation.


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|Disaster and Development - 2nd edition (Department of Humanitarian Affairs/United Nations Disaster Relief Office - Disaster Management Training Programme - United Nations Development Programme, 1994, 60 p.)|
|PART 3. Assessing the trade-offs in investing in vulnerability reduction|
Two definitions need to be made at this point:
Opportunity cost: the opportunity cost of a resource is the cost of its next best alternative. A person engaged in mopping up a flood would usually be employed in some other job. The opportunity cost of mopping up is the foregone value of the work he or she would otherwise have done. Or seen another way, the funds expected to pay for clean-up should not be spent on something else.
Present value: All things being equal, money available for productive investment now is worth more than money available for productive investment sometime in the future.
An overriding choice facing a government is whether to spend now on preparedness or mitigation or, possibly, spend later on disaster recovery. Usually governments choose a mix of preparedness/mitigation and recovery programs.
The key questions in this choice are:
What are the opportunity costs of investing in preparedness and/or mitigation?
Is the present value of the future loss higher or lower than the cost of investing in preparedness and/or mitigation?
One basic principle affecting the choice is that spending on preparedness and mitigation should be less than the present value of the expected losses which would be averted by the preparedness/mitigation measure.


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What's Node in Physics?
What's Node in Physics? Our math instructors normally ask for us The question. Even though we presume it is a query that is elaborate, it should not be.
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We can see the nodes and ties when dealing with math. The first thing would be that the nodes. It's about linking or connecting the 2 points in order to arrive at the other one. This concept is utilized in mathematics and math. In locating the link between 2 things, the maths transpires.
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 Age means the calendar age of an individual 18 years of age or over.
 Creed means any set of principles, rules, opinions and precepts formally expressed and seriously adhered to or maintained by a person.
 Discriminatory housing practice means an act that is unlawful under sections 62-31, 62-32 or 62-33.
 Dwelling means any building, structure or portion thereof which is occupied as or designed and intended for occupancy as a residence by one or more families or any vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location thereon of any such building, structure or portion thereof.
 Family includes a single individual or a group of individuals living together under one common roof.
 Major life activities means functions such as but not limited to caring for one's self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning and working.
 Marital status means an individual's status as a single, married, divorced, widowed or separated person.
 Parenthood means a person's status as a parent or legal guardian of a child under the age of 18.
 Physical or mental disability means any physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities.
 Physical or mental impairment includes any:
 Senior adult means a person 55 years of age or older.
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You talkin' to me? Male fiddler crabs pick fights, even if they know their replacement claws put them at a disadvantage.
Crabs That Fib
When tangling over territories, some male fiddler crabs win by pretending to be stronger than they are, a new study reveals. The research adds to earlier findings that suggest animals use dishonesty more often than previously thought.
Male fiddler crabs sport an enormous claw, which can regrow if lost during a fight over a home burrow. Although the replacement looks the same as the original, it is much weaker. The crabs notice the difference in their new claw, because it is lighter and does not pinch or pull as well. However, when faced with a challenger, they act as if nothing's wrong, displaying their feeble--but large--claws threateningly. The bluff usually works, according to a team of Australian ecologists who report their findings this week in Functional Ecology.
The researchers collected Uca mjoebergi fiddler crabs in Darwin, Australia, and identified those with original claws and those with replacements. They measured closing force and pulling force--in territorial fights, invading crabs try to yank residents from their homes. The researchers then released the crabs near their original burrows and watched as other males challenged them.
Homeless crabs with regenerated claws that were searching for a new burrow usually picked on crabs with smaller claws. Most of the time, the resident crabs gave up their burrow without a fight, falling for the bluff. "Male performance traits, such as claw strength and pull-resisting force, are really the key to success in male combat, so much so that the males will pretend to be good performers even if they are not," says lead author Simon Lailvaux, an evolutionary ecologist at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
However, resident crabs with new claws defending their homes against homeless crabs had no choice over opponents, because they had to fight whoever attacked. When challenged, residents still tried to bluff, though they weren't as successful as the deceptive invaders. Those whose bluff was called usually lost the fight because of their weaker claw.
Honesty in signaling is a growing area of interest for many scientists who study sexual selection and communication systems in animals. Work such as this--as well as similar research in crayfish, bull frogs, and hermit crabs--goes a long way toward explaining how animals rely on dishonesty to maintain territories and attract mates, says Jonathan Rowell, a biological mathematician at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who was not part of the study. "The big issue is trying to determine whether a behavioral pattern such as dishonesty is genetically hard-wired into the [species] or if it's just an individual behavior," Rowell says.
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In JSF, you send and display dynamic data by binding UI components or component tag attribute values to data in the model layer. This data can be held in any JavaBean within the application. However by registering the bean as a managed bean, at runtime the JSF application automatically instantiates the bean on demand, when the bean is accessed through an expression language (EL) expression from a page for the first time. Property values on the bean can then be displayed, and can also be updated when data from the page is submitted.
In previous cue cards, you have already created the JavaBean and registered it as a managed bean. The JavaBean has two properties:
You will use the Expression Builder to create the EL expressions for binding the Input Text components'
value attributes to the bean properties.
Some component tag attributes can be bound to methods in JavaBeans. In the example, you will use the Bind Action Property dialog to bind the Command Button component's
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Using distribution servers
A distribution server publishes content received from another streaming source, such as another Windows Media server. Any computer running Windows Media Services can operate as a distribution server. The origin server is the source of the content being streamed by the distribution server. Clients then connect to the distribution server as if it were the origin server. Distribution servers are located between the origin server and the client in the content stream and are therefore able to perform several different functions, such as:
Load balancing. Distribution servers are an easy way to reduce the client load on your Windows Media server because you can distribute the client content requests to several servers on your network.
Network security policies. A distribution server can be placed inside your network firewall and source from an origin server that is outside your firewall, providing clients inside your firewall with access to the content without opening additional ports. Alternatively, a distribution server can be placed outside the network firewall and source from an origin server that is inside the firewall, providing clients that are outside the firewall with access to your content.
Server rollover. You can use distribution servers when multicasting content to clients that are on multicast-enabled networks. Clients that are not on multicast-enabled networks can be redirected to another distribution server for standard unicast delivery of the content.


Short Note : Sonitpur district, Assam
The Sonitpur district is the second largest (area wise) and the third most populous district in Assam. The district headquarters of the Sonitpur district is located in Tezpur. It is known for its immense flora and fauna reserves and is home to multiple national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.
Nameri National Park
The Nameri National Park which is located in Sonitpur district shares its northern boundary with the Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary of Arunachal Pradesh. It was declared as Tiger Reserve (2nd to be declared after Manas Tiger Reserve). It has 2 core areas: the Nameri National Park & the SonaiRupai Wildlife Sanctuary (Satellite Core of the Nameri Tiger Reserve).
Orang National Park
The Orang National park which is also partially located in Sonitpur District. The fauna in the national park includes the great Indian one-horned rhinoceros, pygmy hog, elephants, wild buffalo, and tigers. It is the only place where the rhinoceros are found on the north bank of the Brahmaputra river.
Along with the above national parks, Sonitpur is also home to two wildlife sanctuaries: Burachapori Wildlife Sanctuary and Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary. Other reserved forests in Sonitpur are Behali, Naduar and Charduar.
Why is it in the news?
The plans for a mega food park in the Sonitpur district have been shelved after a visiting team of wildlife experts found that the project was encroaching on a major elephant corridor.
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You can create multiple notes or tags from a CSV file. This is handy for importing data like NPS feedback, survey responses, and customer feedback to analyze in Dovetail, or if you have an existing set of tags you'd like to import.
Suitable data
CSV import is primarily designed for creating lots of small–to–medium notes, not importing large, formatted documents like interview transcripts. Your data should have at least one column for the title of each note or tag, and then as many columns as you like for the content of the note.
Preparing your CSV file
You'll need a sheet from Microsoft ExcelGoogle Sheets, or Numbers saved as a UTF-8 encoded Comma Separated Value (CSV) file.
The first row needs to be the title of each column. For example, if you're importing survey responses, the first row should contain values like Name and Email, along with your questions like "Why did the chicken cross the Möbius strip?" and so on. (The answer is "to get to the same side.")
Supported fields
Importing notes or tags from an CSV file have different requirements.
Note fields
 - Content – required, text format (300,000 character limit)
 - Created date – must be in ISO 8601 date format or YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM
 - Title – text format (200 character limit)
Any fields that have been added to notes will also be available as fields to import into.
Tag fields
 - Description – text format (300,000 character limit)
 - Title – text format (200 character)
Choose your file
Once you've got your CSV file in the correct format with the right columns, open the project you'd like to import to.
To import notes click Data, or to import tags click Tags, then:
 1. Click Import.
 2. Click Create from a spreadsheet.
 3. Choose a.csv file.
Map columns
The next step is to select columns to import from your spreadsheet. If your spreadsheet contains a date column, Dovetail might have already detected it, and it'll be green.
First, decide which column to set as the title:
 1. Open the select menu for a column.
 2. Choose Title from the menu.
Next, decide which columns to import as content. These columns will be imported as the 'body' of note. This will be the data you will highlight and tag, or if you're importing tags, this will be the description for the tag.
 1. Open the select menu for a column.
 2. Choose Content (for notes) or Description (for tags) from the menu.
 3. Repeat as many times as necessary.
Optionally, if you're importing notes, you can map any columns as fields on a note:
 1. Open the select menu for a column.
 2. Choose the field you wish to map, or
 3. Create a new field to map the column to.
Sentiment analysis
If you'd like to analyze the sentiment of your imported notes, keep the Analyze sentiment checkbox checked. Dovetail will add 'Positive' and 'Negative' tags to content that expresses a strong positive or negative sentiment. Sentiment analysis is not available when importing tags.
Learn more about automatic sentiment analysis
Start the import
Next to the button Import rows, open the select menu after 'as' and decide whether you'd like to import your data as notes or tags. Open the select menu after 'into' and choose what group to put the imported data in.
Lastly, click Import rows to start the import. Dovetail will import the data in the green columns for every rows.
That's it!
Troubleshooting steps
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Java vs. Python: fetching URLs
Here we go, another Java vs. Python comparison (I just can't help myself). This time it's about standard library usefulness in doing certain tasks. Fetching the contents of a URL should be a trivial one, but in Java, it's not. Especially if the contents of that URL are gzipped and use a nice charset such as UTF-8.
URL url = new URL(""); URLConnection conn = url.openConnection(); conn.connect(); InputStream in; if (conn.getContentEncoding().equals("gzip")) { in = new GZIPInputStream(conn.getInputStream()); } else { in = conn.getInputStream(); } String charset = conn.getContentType(); BufferedReader reader; if (charset.indexOf("charset=")!= -1) { charset = charset.substring(charset.indexOf("charset=") + 8); reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in, charset)); } else { charset = null; reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in)); } StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); String line = reader.readLine(); while (line!= null) { builder.append(line + '\n'); line = reader.readLine(); } String content = builder.toString(); // FINALLY!
At first I though yeah, well, Java is probably older and wasn't designed to do such things very often. I was wrong. Java appeared in 1995, Python in 1991.
 1. In retrospect, Java was heavy in implementation from other languages and Python was probably wasn't too mature for such a vast library. You can't treat programming languages like children who study right when they're born. I doubt python at the time had a function for fetching URL content, let alone popular usage of the HTTP header content type gzip.
 2. I would think that the underlying python code does something similar. I could easily wrap the java code in a function.


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Miss Sally Anne and the Panther
Written by Bobbie Miller
Illustrated by Megan Lloyd
Miss Sally Ann can rope a hurricane and tie it to her spinning wheel. She can knit in one hand and bake buttermilk bread with the other. But her biggest challenge is to face Fireeyes, a huge panther determined to have Miss Sally Ann's bear skin coat for his aching shoulders. While she gathers onions for her stew, he comes eye to eye with her. She sets her mind to getting his skin to cover her aching feet. They get in a tussle fit for a, well, tall tale. The panther knocks down a stand of trees with his tail. Miss Sally Ann grabs him by the tail and tosses him in the briar patch. She jumps on his back and he bounces high enough for her to gather eggs from an eagle's nest. Neither one is willing to give in. What else can they do but be friends? Miss Sally Ann removes the briars from the panther's paws and Fireeyes' eyes light the way through the forest. Once home, Fireeyes lays on her feet to keep them warm and Miss Sally Ann puts her bear coat around his shoulders.
A fun romp that has a satisfying ending that is perfect for those tall tale units. It has just enough text to be a good read aloud with illustrations that are energetic and carry a lot of tall tale humor. I love the page where Miss Sally Ann and Fireeyes smile at each other. Students can make their own literacy worksheet by listing all the exaggerations in the story. Thanks to the fourth grade reading level, students could make their own audio book or book trailer as literacy activities.


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Quick Answer: Who Was The Greatest Samurai In History?
What is the deadliest sword in history?
The sword is considered by many experts as the deadliest sword ever created..
Did Samurai eat meat?
With all that being said, your common Samurai was unlikely to consume much meat throughout his daily life. Meat was considered a luxury item and was often only eaten by higher ranking Samurai and commanders.
Is Afro Samurai black?
3, The Beginning of Afro Takashi Okazaki first began drawing African-American characters on Kleenex boxes and other such items as a teen. His drawing was inspired by his love of soul and hip-hop music. … Afro was also based on Yasuke, the legendary black samurai who existed in Japan during the Sengoku period.
Did ninjas kill samurai?
Are Ninja Samurai?
Did Samurai kill civilians?
Who was the very first Samurai?
When were the samurai most powerful?
Who are the strongest warriors in history?
Was the first samurai black?
African samurai: The enduring legacy of a black warrior in feudal Japan. Yasuke was a slave turned samurai from Africa who lived in Japan in the sixteenth century. Hong Kong (CNN) When feudal Japan's most powerful warlord Nobunaga Oda met Yasuke, a black slave-turned-retainer, in 1581, he believed the man was a god.
What era were samurai?
Did Samurai use guns?
Tanegashima were used by the samurai class and their ashigaru "foot soldiers", and within a few years the introduction of the tanegashima in battle changed the way war was fought in Japan forever.
Who was most feared Samurai?
Miyamoto MusashiIn order to strike fear in the heart of your enemies, skill and intelligence are needed. No one has this aura more than Miyamoto Musashi. Why is he one of the most feared Samurai?
Who was the most feared warrior of all time?
The Deadliest Warriors Throughout HistoryCount Roland. … Vlad the Impaler. … Varvakis. … Lu Bu. … Sun Tzu. … Leonidas of Sparta. … Genghis Khan. Khan's bloody terror at the reigns of the Mongol Army literally changed and helped shape the world. … Alexander the Great. He was the most revered man in the world at the time of his death.More items…•
What is a Samurai sword called?
A katana (刀 or かたな) is a Japanese sword characterized by a curved, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands. It was used by the samurai of ancient and feudal Japan.
Why did samurai die out?
The role of the samurai in peacetime declined gradually over this period, but two factors led to the end of samurai: the urbanization of Japan, and the end of isolationism. … Many Japanese, including lower class samurai, grew dissatisfied with the shogunate because of the worsening economic conditions.
Were there any black samurai?
Almost 500 years ago, a tall African man arrived in Japan. Known as Yasuke, the man was a warrior who reached the rank of samurai under the rule of Oda Nobunaga – a powerful 16th Century Japanese feudal lord who was the first of the three unifiers of Japan. …
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Would a Knight beat a samurai?
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Navigation and Search in XAML
Most of ReSharper's navigation and search features are also supported in XAML. You can find the detailed information on these features in the corresponding topics of the Navigation and Search section. In the main topic of the section, you can also find the feature matrix and check what exactly is supported in XAML.
In this topic, you can find some examples of using navigation and search features in XAML:
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Gulløyelarver (green lacewing larvae, Chrysoperla carnea) is a product for biological control. The application is for use against aphids in green-houses and tunnels. Gulløyelarver was used in Norway from _PHONE_. An assessment in 2001 concluded, however, that the use of products with Chrysoperla carnea could represent an environmental risk since it was not known if the species in the products were the same as the ones with natural occurrence in Scandinavia.
In this regard, The Norwegian Food Safety Authority would like VKM to perform an assessment of possible risks related to health and environment in light of possible new data.
VKM's conclusions are as follows:
The larvae of Chrysoperla carnea have hollow jaws through which they can inject digestive enzymes into their prey. In contact with humans, the larvae are capable of delivering painful bites which may cause local swelling. Such bites are, however, not considered dangerous, and can be avoided with preventive measures.
Allergic asthma and rhinoconjunctivitis has been reported in persons working in the production of biological agents with Chrysoperla carnea, but it is the opinion of VKM that such effects are not likely to be relevant for users of the agents.
A previous assessment in 2001 in Rådet for plantevernmidler concluded that the use of products with Chrysoperla carnea represented an environmental risk because of the risk of genetic interference with natural populations of the species in Norway.
Lacewings belonging to the Chrysoperla carnea complex are considered established and indigenous in Norway, and a recent study by the Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research (Bioforsk) strongly suggests that the lacewings in the commercial products belong to the same cryptic species complex as individuals sampled in Norway. In case the species in the products is different from those present in Norway, any genetic interference with local populations in Norway is prevented by differences in duetting songs.
Chrysoperla carnea is polyphagous and cannibalistic. They prefer aphids, but may also consume other insects and mites. It is, however, the opinion of VKM that the environmental risk from this will be minimized in greenhouses and tunnels where the release will be in a contained environment and directed against aphid colonies. Chrysoperla carnea may establish in the greenhouse and plastic tunnels and may also possess the ability to disperse and survive in the field. However, it is the opinion of VKM that the direct and indirect effects of this are at most moderate, although it cannot be completely excluded that Chrysoperla carnea species in the products might also have properties that have not been reviewed.


Networks > Interest Groups
What is an Interest Group?
An Interest Group is a group of planners with a common interest who wish to engage in work in that particular area. This involves sharing best practice, keeping people up to date with developments in the field, offering professional development for planners, promoting the planning voice within and outside of the sector, and providing communities of practice to which others wishing to find out more about that particular topic can be directed. Interest groups are open to all members, and you can join by updating your preferences in your online HESPA profile, ensuring that you tick the name of the Interest Group you wish to join.
As a guide, an Interest Group should:
 1. Have a lead member
 2. Hold meetings
 3. Link to the annual conference, if appropriate
 4. Produce resources for the website
 5. Review its own activity on an ongoing basis to ensure valuable outputs are being delivered and establish relevant next steps
Common features of an Interest Group:
 1. It is a defined, contactable group
 2. It provides a resource bank to those who are interested
 3. It has the ability to offer expertise
 4. It holds virtual sessions to share best practice and enable a forum for questions and discussion
 5. It performs the role of an advisory group
 6. It uses an online discussion forum
 7. It has a clear sense of remit
 8. It offers a sense of what members of the group can get out of it and fulfils these tangible outputs
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What is Minute of Angle - MOA?
MOA is a mathmatical concept that most firearm scopes incorporate. Minute of Angle (MOA) is critical to sighting in your scope. MOA mathematical concepts were used to develop the AccuScope scope sighting reference tool.
The only MOA information needed to use AccuScope is your scope's MOA number. AccuScope determines the number of adjustment dial increments or "clicks" to rotate your scope's elevation or windage adjustment dial to accurately sight in your scope at multiple shooting distances.
Each click of the scope turret is usually 1/4 or 1/2 MOA change and on some scopes 1/8 MOA. Normally, shooters refer to these adjustments as a change of a fraction of an inch at 100 yards rather than the true value of MOA for which they are supposedly calibrated to.
Calculating Angle of Arc
The angle of an arc is expressed in number of degrees. There are 360 degrees of arc to a full circle. Each degree consists of 60 minutes of arc. The distance covered by the measure of arc is relative to the circumference (total distance around the circle) it is contained within. Knowing the radius (distance to center of circle) circumference is easily calculated by using the constant pi.
The ratio (represented by pi ) of circumference is constant to diameter (radius x 2) regardless of circle size. The precise value of pi is so far unknown to man but is normally resolved to 3.1416 or 3.141 for our purposes.
Suppose a circle with a 6 inch radius. Circumference can be calculated as: circumference = (radius x 2) x pi circumference = (6 x 2) x 3.1416 circumference = 12 x 3.1416 circumference = 37.6992 inches The distance covered by 1 degree of angle (37.6992 / 360 or, circumference divided by 360 degrees) is 0.1047 inch at 6 inches from center of circle. And, 1 minute of angle represents (0.1047 / 60 or, 1 degree divided by 60 minutes) 0.001745 inch at 6 inches from center of circle.
Knowing what MOA represents allows us to calculate its value to any distance. Six inches (the radius of the above example) is 1/600th of 100 yards: (100 yards x 36 inches) / 6 inches = 600 Therefore, the value of MOA at 100 yards is 1.047 inches (0.001745 x 600 = 1.047) At 50 yards 1/2 the 100 yard value; 70% @ 70 yards; twice @ 200 yards; 6 times @ 600 yards; and so on. So, the difference between thinking in inches as opposed to MOA is 10.47 inch @ 1000 yards.
Who has time to figure this out when you should be shooting?
We transform this complicated concept into a simple, easy to use tool. In short, AccuScope is "MOA made simple". Although MOA mathematical concepts were used to develop AccuScope, the only MOA information you need to use AccuScope is your scope's MOA number. AccuScope comes in two versions. The first version is designed for 1/4 MOA and 1/2 MOA scopes - these scopes are most common. The second version is for 1/8 MOA scopes - these scopes are becoming more and more popular due to their increased precision.


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The foundry lab supports instruction in the Manufacturing Processes and Systems course, the Metalcasting course, research, and student projects. Twice a semester the foundry is opened outside of normal class hours to allow students to pour decorative castings or their own parts. The foundry uses the green sand process and can melt 100 lb of steel and 50 lb of aluminum. Cores, which make internal cavities in castings, can be made using the sodium silicate process. This process does not require dangerous curing gases and can be cleaned up using water. Students have built parts for the formula race car and home light fixtures. There is also an active student chapter of the American Foundry Society, which sponsors tours of local industry, on-campus speakers, and talks at local high schools.
The foundry at SVSU would not be possible without the support of industry. The students and faculty would like to thank all of the companies for their support.