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Beijing, Mar 2 (IANS/EFE) Authorities in the central Chinese province of Henan inaugurated a road that is designed to play music as vehicles pass over it, the media said.
Hundreds of narrow ribbons are arrayed across a 300-meter stretch of the road in such as way as to play a tune as vehicles pass.
The vehicles must be travelling at a minimum speed of 40 kph to correctly sound the notes.
The road, located inside the Changge nature reserve, plays either the Chinese national anthem or the traditional favourite "Molihua" (Jasmine), depending on which direction the vehicles are moving.
It is China's first musical road, though similar thoroughfares exist in Japan, South Korea and Denmark, where the idea of turning a road into a musical instrument originated in 1994.
The Danes who built the first tuneful road dubbed it the "asphaltophone".
California once had its own musical road, but authorities had to repave it after area residents complained about constant noise as some drivers were driving back and forth just to make the song play.


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ESX Server mounts the storage using UUID. With the hard disk changed, UUID changes too. Hence, ESX fails to mount
- You boot an ESX host machine from Acronis Bootable Media;
- You back up the machine's hard disk;
- After that you replace the hard disk in the machine with an identical one;
- You restore the backup to the new disk;
- You boot the ESX host machine from the restored disk;
- Guest Operating Systems fail to boot and ESX Server cannot recognize the restored disk.
ESX Server mounts the storage using Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). With the hard disk changed, UUID changes too. As a result ESX Server fails to recognize the restored hard disk and mount the storage. Hence, Guest Operating Systems fail to boot.
To migrate ESX Server to new hard disks you need to do the following:
- Restore an existing image of ESX Server to new hard disks;
- Boot ESX Server and hit Alt-F1 to enter the command-line interface. Log in under root;
- Issue the following command:
esxcfg-advcfg -g /LVM/EnableResignature
There will be either 1 or 0 value output. If the value is 0, then ESX will not automatically update the VMFS header with new LUN and UUID. Therefore this value should be set to 1:
esxcfg-advcfg -s 1 /LVM/EnableResignature
- Reboot the ESX Server:
shutdown -r 0
- After the reboot you should connect to the ESX Server from the Console and check if the data storage has been mounted properly.
(!) The Guest Operating Systems will remain in the unknown state. So, you should reinitialize guest virtual machines:
- In the left menu of ESX Server Console right-click on the guest machine name and click Remove from inventory;
- Choose host ESX server-> Configuration;
- Under the Hardware section choose Storage and right-click on it (it should contain a list of virtual machines;
- Click Browse Datastore;
- Choose the.vmx of the machine that was removed from inventory;
- Click on the Add this virtual machine to inventory option.
After this the ESX Server should work properly and Guest Operating Systems should boot.

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Anglers see effects of 2011 floodAs good as fishing has been on the Missouri River and Lake Oahe in the past three of four years, it could be that bad in the coming three or four years. Or more.
By: By Brian Gehring, Associated Press, The Jamestown Sun
BISMARCK — As good as fishing has been on the Missouri River and Lake Oahe in the past three of four years, it could be that bad in the coming three or four years. Or more.
Anglers know well the ups and downs of fishing the river and Oahe. In 1997, high water on Lake Sakakawea in North Dakota from record snows in the state led to high releases from Garrison Dam. Often referred to as "the big flush," millions of rainbow smelt were washed downstream through the Oahe Dam in South Dakota, and it took years for the walleye fishery to recover.
Paul Bailey, fisheries biologist for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, said the effects of the most recent flooding, in 2011, were evident as the fishing season wore on this past summer.
"Anglers saw firsthand the poor condition of the walleyes," he said. "We were starting to see the impact of the forage situation on both the river and on Lake Oahe."
Bailey said the Game and Fish Department does a couple of different surveys of the fish populations on the Missouri River and Lake Oahe each year.
Lake Oahe has three surveys done each year — a spring spawning survey, an adult population survey and a fall production survey in September.
On the river, two electro-shocking surveys are done to track populations, one in the spring and one in the fall.
In 2011, fish on the river and on Oahe were dealt a double-whammy of sorts: cold and windy weather during the spring spawning period followed by record flows on the river during the summer.
"Those two things combined to make 2011 one of our poorest production years," Bailey said.
After the 1997 "flush" so many smelt were lost to entrainment, the term biologists use to describe fish flushed through dams. Following that event, South Dakota increased daily and possession limits on walleyes because of the lack of a food base below the Oahe Dam.
Even with more liberal limits, there was still a lot of mortality.
Similar measures are being considered now for the South Dakota portion of Lake Oahe, which extends into North Dakota.
Bailey said how good — or bad — fishing will be on the river is dependent on several factors.
On the plus side, smelt are not the only forage source for walleye, northern pike and other game fish. Going back to 2009, which was a phenomenal year for production on the river, there were good numbers of other fish like crappie, white bass, suckers, perch and shiners to go around.
"We do have a diverse forage base on the river," Bailey said.
But a lot of those fish were lost to last year's flood.
"This summer a lot of fish were caught," Bailey said. "Anglers were able to take advantage of what was placed in front of them."
In other words, there are a lot of hungry fish.
"We've never had more mouths to feed than we did in 2011," he said.
In an effort to restock the cupboards, so to speak, gizzard shad were stocked in Beaver Bay in North Dakota and in seven locations on Lake Oahe in South Dakota.
Gizzard shad found their way into Missouri River waters following 1997 and to some measure, provided an alternative food source in the river and in the reservoir.
Bailey called the stocking efforts this spring a "moderate success." Some larval gizzard have been found in Beaver Bay and in other areas of Oahe, but because they are not very tolerant to extreme cold, they don't provide a long-term solution.
The other factors that ultimately dictate how the fish will rebound in the next few years are, by and large, out of the hands of biologists.
With the record releases from last year's flood, the makeup of the river itself changed dramatically. The river has become more channelized — the sandbars that were around pre-flood have shifted or are gone completely — and tons of sand sediment has been deposited elsewhere.
Many of the shallow side channels and backwater bays that are critical spawning areas for many species are now gone.
"We've lost a lot of that habitat," Bailey said.
Anglers discovered that for themselves over the course of the summer.
A lot of the smaller sandbars that provided current breaks where walleyes lie waiting to ambush forage fish are gone.
The areas that held fish this summer were bigger holes, and it turned into a situation where the small "honey holes" have disappeared and the fish are now relating to bigger community fishing holes.
"It used to be easy to find those current breaks," Bailey said. "There are fewer places to find fish."
And, Mother Nature will have a big hand in determining how the river and Lake Oahe will bounce back.
Oahe now is at a low level where boat ramp access is a concern. The main ramp at Beaver Bay is high and dry and if there is much more of a drop, ramps at Cattail and Langoliers bays will be questionable.
The Army Corps of Engineers said last week it could well be another drier-than-normal winter with less-than-average snowfall in the Rocky Mountains. If that turns out to be the case, any spring rise could be short-lived.
The corps has adjusted, favoring holding back water this coming spring on Lake Oahe, although Lake Sakakawea was to be given preference.
Even if there is a good spring rise, Bailey said, it would have to be fairly substantial to make a dent in spawning success. Ultimately, it will come down to precipitation and how that precipitation is managed.
"If we don't get the precipitation, this recovery is going to take a while," Bailey said.
One thing is almost certain, though.
"It's going to be a much different fishing year in 2013."

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- Square Cream Frame
- Tissue Paper
- Mod Podge-Matte
- Painter's Tape
- Craft Knife/Razor Blade
- Glossy Accents
1. Using painter's tape, tape off the glass of
2. Using a paint brush, brush on a layer of Mod Podge to the front surface of the frame.
3. Lay a piece of tissue paper on top of the frame, gently pressing into the grooves of the
frame. Let dry for 30 minutes.
4. Gently brush on a layer of Mod Podge to the top of the layer of tissue paper. Lay
another layer of tissue paper on top of the other. Pressing gently into the grooves of
the frame. Let dry completely.
5. Gently brush on a layer of Mod Podge over the top surface of the frame/tissue paper.
6. Use a craft knife to cut along the inside edge of the frame, to cut away any excess
tissue paper. Make sure that it is dry before you do this, or it will tear the tissue
7. Using the Glossy Accents, adhere the sequins to the center of each indented circle on
the frame. Let dry.
8. Place photo inside of frame.


in seconds + that times the speedup, lower scores are better:
 score = fast_time + ((fast_time ** 2) / slow_time)
Time your programs using time, include the time taken for I/O.
Note: This scoring method is good for two reasons:
 1. In the case that there is no speedup compared to the baseline, the score is just 2x the time.
 2. Any speedups over the base version will decrease the score, but the score will never be less than the wall-clock time it takes.
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A math Olympiad will be held, and participants are being registered. The highest number of participants is 100. Each participant is given an ID number. It is given in a sequence like \$100, 97, 94, 91, 88,...., 1\$, and when the first sequence is over, then \$99, 96, 93, 90, 87,...., 3\$ sequence and so on.
Let's assume one of the participant's ID number is \$k\$ and he/she is the \$n^{th}\$ participant. Given the value of \$k\$, return the value of \$n\$.
Test Cases
59 -> 81
89 -> 71
16 -> 29
26 -> 92
63 -> 47
26 -> 92
45 -> 53
91 -> 4
18 -> 62
19 -> 28
There will be no leading zero in input. Standard loopholes apply, shortest code wins. In output there can be trailing whitespace.
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A rhetorical analysis of Sir Isaac Newton's Principia
In this thesis, I analyze Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica in the framework of Aristotle's theories of rhetoric. Despite the long-held view that science only deals with brute facts and does not require rhetoric, we learn that science has its own special topics. This study highlights the rhetorical situation of the Principia and Newton's rhetorical strategies, emphasizing the belief that scientific facts and theories are also rhetorical constructions. This analysis shows that the credibility of the author and the text, the emotional debates before and after the publication of the text, the construction of logical arguments, and the presentation style makes the book the epitome of scientific writing. Through this analysis, I discover the significance of rhetoric science and how it helps us understand science as a subject and how it can be used for the benefit of society.


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Background: Decision-making processes in a medical setting are complex, dynamic and under time pressure, often with serious consequences for a patient's condition.
Objective: The principal aim of the present study was to trace and map the individual diagnostic process of real medical cases using a Decision Process Matrix [DPM]).
Methods: The naturalistic decision-making process of 11 residents and a total of 55 medical cases were recorded in an emergency department, and a DPM was drawn up according to a semi-structured technique following four steps: 1) observing and recording relevant information throughout the entire diagnostic process, 2) assessing options in terms of suspected diagnoses, 3) drawing up an initial version of the DPM, and 4) verifying the DPM, while adding the confidence ratings.
Results: The DPM comprised an average of 3.2 suspected diagnoses and 7.9 information units (cues). The following three-phase pattern could be observed: option generation, option verification, and final diagnosis determination. Residents strove for the highest possible level of confidence before making the final diagnoses (in two-thirds of the medical cases with a rating of practically certain) or excluding suspected diagnoses (with practically impossible in half of the cases).
Discussion: The following challenges have to be addressed in the future: real-time capturing of emerging suspected diagnoses in the memory of the physician, definition of meaningful information units, and a more contemporary measurement of confidence.
Conclusions: DPM is a useful tool for tracing real and individual diagnostic processes. The methodological approach with DPM allows further investigations into the underlying cognitive diagnostic processes on a theoretical level and improvement of individual clinical reasoning skills in practice.


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'It is dark in the park. It is dark in the street.' This superb patterned non-fiction text uses atmospheric illustrations to show what happens in the neighbourhood when it is dark. Who can be found in the city streets when children are tucked up in bed? Which animals prowl in the wood by the light of the moon?
*Red A/ Band 2A books offer predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development.
* Text type - Non-fiction recount.
* Pages 14 and 15 repeat the scenes explored throughout the book, allowing children the chance to recap on the narrative, and answer the question 'Where is it dark?'
* This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery
Claire Llewellyn is a prize-winning author of nonfiction for young readers. In 1991 she was shortlisted for the prestigious TES Junior Information Book Award for MacDonald's Take One: Rubbish, and in 1992 she won that award for My First Book of Time. Since then she has written more than 20 children's books on a wide range of subjects.


WAEC Agric Science Questions 2017 – Sure Theory and Objective Repeated Questions
How much is waec gce form
There will be three papers: Papers 1, 2 and 3 all of which must be taken. Papers 1 and 2 will be a composite paper to be taken at one sitting.
Will consist of fifty multiple choice questions to be answered within 50 minutes for 50 marks.
Will consist of six essay questions with each drawn from at least two themes in the syllabus. Candidates will be required to answer five of the questions within 2 hours 10 minutes for 90 marks.
Will be a practical paper for school candidates and alternative to practical paper for private candidates. It will consist of four questions, all of which should be answered within 1½ hours for 60 marks.
Paper 1 (Objective)
1. The device which helps to regulate heat in an incubator is the
A. thermometer.
B. hygrometer.
C. insulator.
D. thermostat.
2. Which of the following statements about crop production is not correct?
A. Onions are commonly grown in the rainforest zones.
B. Yam, cocoyam and cassava are grown in both the rainforest and the
savanna regions.
C. Some foreign vegetable crops are grown in and around urban centres.
D. Carrots are commonly grown in the savanna and moist vegetation belts.
3. Which of the following is a disadvantage of surface irrigation?
A. The quantity of water lost is high.
B. Water is evenly distributed over the farmland
C. It is very cheap to operate.
D. The system is suitable for paddy rice cultivation.
4. Fine soil tilth is produced by the use of
A. harrow.
B. plough.
C. ridger.
D. mower.
5. The problems of farm mechanization in West Africa include the following except
A. reduction of farm drudgery.
B. small farm holdings.
C. poverty of farmers.
D. poor topography.
Paper 2 (Essay)
(1) (a) Explain each of the following terms as used in animal production:
(i) dipping;
(ii) dry cow;
(iii) culling;
(iv) quarantine.
(b) Describe the life cycle of roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides).
(c) Explain the term farm mechanization.
(d) Name four tractor coupled implements.
(2) (a) State six limitations of farm mechanization in West Africa.
(b) Suggest six ways of encouraging farm mechanization in West Africa.
(c) List four methods of identification in cattle management.
(d) What is debeaking in poultry management?
(3) (a) Mention two processes that release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
(b) Name four storage pests of crops
(c) State two functions of Potassium in crops.
(d) List three ways by which each of the following biotic factors affects agricultural production:
(i) parasites;
(ii) soil organisms.
(e) State four advantages of zero tillage.
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Word of the Week--"Fjord"
Definition--a long narrow steep-sided inlet of the sea between two steep slopes, e.g. in Norway, Greenland or Alaska, formed by the flooding of a previously glaciated valley.
Discussion--If you look up words that start with the letters "fj" in the allwords dictionary, you won't find much. (And if you believed my elementary school teachers, you shouldn't find anything.) Few Scandinavian words have migrated to English or the Romance languages, and "fj" is a decidedly Scandinavian consonant construction.
I love the sound of the term fjord and have dubbed it my favorite "fj" word. It is a lonely term in our language, just as a fjord is generally a lonely place. Deep water surrounded by cliffs can have an oppressive feel, but I suspect they are just the place for quiet contemplation.
Etymology--Not surprisingly, Fjord has Scandinavian roots. It is Norwegian, from the Old Norse fjr.
The languages below show all show the same roots.
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How sport rights owners can secure their premium content with NexGuard forensic watermarking
Piracy is a common and growing problem for the pay-TV industry, fuelled by the rapid uptake of streaming devices. NAGRA's own research estimates that about 10% of the media industry revenue is lost to piracy. Urgent actions are required to reduce the impact of piracy for video service providers worldwide.
One of the key weapons in a video service providers arsenal is watermarking – and for distribution, network-level watermarking. A key part of any service security strategy, it works alongside other security components such as Anti-Piracy and other advanced security tools which are backed up by comprehensive analytics. Collectively termed by NAGRA Active Streaming Protection, it forms the baseline of a video service providers security strategy with the relevant components being selected depending on the business need.
But let's focus on watermarking, and, as we recently discussed during the 24h of Ateme webinar program, in particular network-level watermarking which is designed to enable content owners and broadcasters to identify the source of live content - such as premium sport - piracy leaks, whether from playout centre, licensee, affiliate or distribution platform.
Why network-level watermarking?
The combination of content scrambling and forensic watermarking are complementary in the fight against piracy, but forensic watermarking is the only technology that can provide key insights on the source of piracy. When combined with Anti-Piracy Services, network-level watermarking allows quick identification of which licensee and territory pirates most often source their content from during live sport events.
Several benefits can then be realised by sport rights owners:
 - Analysis of the licensing income per territory against the piracy risk
 - Review of their content licensing strategy and management of the contract risk
 - Adjustment of their content protection investment, by taking appropriate anti-piracy actions.
This quick identification of the pirate source is only possible due to the capabilities of network-level watermarking:
 - It is imperceptible to the human eye
 - Its robustness against a wide range of attacks seen in the field
 - The capabilities of the Anti-Piracy team to automatically run blind investigations with a very fast turnaround time for the detection results (allowing anti-piracy actions during the live sport events).
NexGuard NetworkID ─ the network-level watermarking technology developed by NAGRA ─ meets all these key characteristics.
NAGRA and Ateme have partnered during the past years to provide sport rights owners with a joint solution, combining NexGuard NetworkID (for network-level watermarking) and BISS-CA (for scrambling satellite contribution and distributions). The strong partnership between NAGRA and Ateme at several levels in the linear distribution workflow provides content owners and their ecosystem with an exhaustive suite of solutions to seamlessly deploy scrambling and watermarking and thus actively fight against piracy.
Control over data
To be truly effective, forensic watermarking needs to form part of a wider anti-piracy strategy. That strategy must incorporate holistic data analysis to identify infringing trends in the stream and enables faster reaction times to stop the pirates in their tracks. In the case of live events, such as soccer, cricket or basketball, having readily accessible insight that is enabled through quality data and analysis is crucial to stemming any piracy quickly.
Combining network-level watermarking and anti-piracy services
Network-level watermarking, such as NAGRA NexGuard Network ID, supplements Anti-Piracy Services, by providing key piracy insights like detailed information on piracy from their licensees or from distribution paths.
This combination allows sport rights owners to focus their anti-piracy efforts where it matters the most, and to better monetise their premium content.
Making the most of your solution
Knowing where your content is pirated from is one thing but having the roadmap in place that enables sport rights owners to take systematic and conclusive action is another. The important first step is developing an end-to-end content value protection strategy using tools from the active streaming protection toolset that can actively withstand the threat. Using a combination of content scrambling, forensic watermarking and anti-piracy services delivers a highly capable solution that can be adjusted according to piracy trends and insights as both a feedback loop to continuously improve the fight against piracy and as a means of scaling the video service business as the content catalogue grows.
Click here to get in touch with our experts and learn more how your business can benefit from network-level watermarking.
Watch our recordings from the webinar with our very own Gabriel Cantin, Product Director and Julien Mandal, Contribution Segment Manager discuss how forensic watermarking can help deter and combat piracy.


text: People came from everywhere, and despite the gray sky and the rain, which served as a backdrop, the parade marched on. The streets were filled and embellished with colorful traditional costumes. The traditional gold costumes illuminated the way. They revived old traditional tunes accompanied by drums, accordions, and joyous marching bands. As the Thousand Pollera Parade proceeded through the city of Las Tablas, more women dressed in traditional pollera costumes, came out of doorways and from balconies, and joined this majestic parade. There were so many polleras, and it is believed that there were approximately 10,000 in all. The polleras —montunas, ocueñas, and gala— shined during the sunset. They were welcomed with admiration by hundreds of journalist cameras. The polleras danced for the sole recompense of rescuing the Panamanian folkloric tradition, which revived with the rain that an admiring sky poured on them.


How to Keep Air Mattress from Deflating Overnight
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How to Keep Air Mattress from Deflating Overnight
You probably enjoy sleeping on an air mattress, but the popular phenomenon that most people experience with an air mattress is how it deflates overnight. This phenomenon continues to be a mystery for most people all over the globe. Most of the time you go to sleep on a mattress that is inflated to the full only to wake up in the morning with a deflated unit. Consumers become alarmed when this happens. You wonder if the air mattress is not of good quality, what you did wrong or if it was somehow punctured. After people trying almost all the methods on how to keep air mattress from deflating overnight with little or no success, here are tips you can use to keep your mattress from collapsing overnight.
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How to Keep Air Mattress from Deflating Overnight
How to Keep Air Mattress from Deflating OvernightMake sure your surrounding is clean and checked before laying your mattress
Checking your surrounding is the most basic advice you will ever get. If you own an air mattress, before blowing it up, make sure the area or the surrounding is clean and free from objects. Ignore this, and you will be among the many who ignore and end up facing the consequences. To start with, follow these basic rules:
 - Make sure the room is big enough to accommodate your mattress after it's blown up.
 - Look for sharp objects that might be lying around. These objects can puncture your mattress if it is placed on them.
 - Check for sharp-edged pieces of furniture like sharp edge tables or cabinets. The Sharpe edges can puncture your mattress. If you get a puncture, you'll need to know how to repair an air mattress
 - The material used to construct the air mattress. If it's made of thin gauge materials, you need to be extra careful
Knowing what you need to check for before blowing up your mattress is the best way to avoid deflation. Make sure to avoid blowing your mattress over stones and anything that might puncture it. This is one of the first tips to consider from how to keep air mattress from deflating.
Let your air mattress stretch out
It is natural for an air mattress to stretch after it is fully inflated. It will stretch which will make you with a feeling like it has lost air after you sleep on it. In reality, it is just the expansion of the material and not that fact that it has lost air. It is natural. Other beds will stretch out a lot than others, so depending on your mattress, it can expand more or less.
For the first few nights, the material will naturally stretch. The reason behind this is the facts that the mattress only blew enough to make the bed firmer. If you wake up and find yourself not sunken or sunken slightly, you should not worry because of it naturally. A good thing to do is to inflate the mattress and leave it for a day or two without sleeping or adding any weight on it. This way you will allow the air bed to stretch and avoid any deflation.
Your mattress should be adjusted to the room temperature
An air mattress will always lose a bit of air every time the temperature in your room changes. Turning your heater off or on before you sleep or even opening or closing the window or door will lead to change in the room temperature and eventually affect the air mattress. When the air bed gets colder, it will most certainly lose air.
To help you prevent this, make sure your mattress is adjusted to the room temperature. Since temperature change is a source of air mattress leakage, make sure the temperature is best. If you don't want to keep your heating system running all night, you should consider getting a portable heater, which you can place near the mattress to keep it warm and avoid deflation. Another trick that might help you is blowing up the mattress hours before your bedtime. This way it will get used to the room temperature of your room.
Don't ignore the capacity of the mattress
Every air mattress has its maximum weight capacity. The weight capacity is usually available in the manual and other paperwork's that comes with the air bed. If you are in doubt, the manufacturer will always be happy to help you instead of overloading it. Once you know the capacity, always make sure you stick by them. Don't overload your mattress to avoid deflation.
While it seems like a simple rule to follow, most people flout this rule only to suffer the consequences. You should know that there is always a reason why their weight capacity is there.
Stop your kid from bouncing on the air mattress
Allowing your kids to bounce on the air mattress might be fun for most people, but turn out to be a costly fun. Kids bouncing will create a bubble and lumps on different areas. The bed will also experience consistent air loss in the process, which is something you want to avoid.
Deflate after use
Our last tip on how to keep air mattress from deflating would be deflating after use. If you are planning a camping trip and an air mattress is what you will use to sleep, then it's an idea to allow make sure you let the air out after use. Depending on your preferences, you can fully deflate or deflate a little bit after each night. Deflating help relieves pressure on the material and seams. The mattress will experience minimal pressure, which will help it be in tip-top shape when you use it next. Once you want to use it, you can always inflate it again to its maximum.
Final thoughts
Many people panic when they notice their air mattress deflated overnight. You should always remember that the cause of deflation is not only because of the puncture, but also a few things named above like overloading, allowing kids to bounce on it and much more. If there is no any faulty reason why your air mattress loses air, the above tips on how to keep air mattress from deflating will help you keep your air bed inflated overnight. However, if you notice your air mattress keeps deflating even after taking the precautions above, then check for what caused the leakage. Check for a tear or puncture and fix it to avoid deflating.
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Teachers Day is celebrated around the world to honour the selfless service rendered by educators who inspire and mentor students. It is a day to acknowledge the efforts of teachers who shape young minds and prepare students for the future. On this day, people express their gratitude towards their teachers, and students thank their educators for their guidance and support. The day is an opportunity to pay tribute to the exceptional work of teachers, who tirelessly contribute to society's growth and development.
When it comes to expressing gratitude towards teachers, it is not limited to traditional educators who teach in classrooms. Even the people we love and cherish the most can be our teachers in some way or the other. Your girlfriend is someone who has been a constant support, a friend, and a guide. On this Teachers Day, take some time out to express how much you appreciate her and how she has been a positive influence in your life. Send her heartfelt Teachers Day wishes to show her how much she means to you. In this article, we will provide you with some ideas for Teachers Day wishes to send to your girlfriend.
Teachers Day Wishes for Girlfriend
1. Happy Teachers Day, my dear! Your dedication to your students and passion for teaching never cease to inspire me.
2. I am grateful to have a girlfriend who is not only beautiful, but also intelligent and skilled in shaping the minds of future generations.
3. You make the world a better place every day by imparting knowledge and values to your students.
4. Thank you for being such a wonderful role model, both in the classroom and in our relationship.
5. Your hard work and commitment to your students are truly admirable. Happy Teachers Day, my love!
6. I am proud of you for all the lives you are touching through your teaching. Keep up the great work!
7. Your patience and kindness have the power to make a difference in the lives of your students. Happy Teachers Day to the most amazing teacher and girlfriend!
8. Your passion for teaching shines through in everything you do. Thank you for inspiring me and others around you every single day.
9. Wishing you a joyous Teachers Day celebration, my love. Your tireless efforts and enthusiasm for teaching are appreciated more than you know.
10. The world needs more teachers like you who inspire and empower their students to be the best they can be. Happy Teachers Day!
11. You have the ability to take complex concepts and make them accessible to your students in ways that they can understand. Your dedication to teaching is inspiring.
12. A happy Teachers Day to the love of my life, who happens to be an extraordinary teacher as well. You give your all to your students every day, and your impact is immeasurable.
13. I am grateful for the love and support you show your students. You are making a positive difference in their lives and in the future of our society.
14. Happy Teachers Day, my dear. The way you engage and motivate your students demonstrates your exceptional skills as an educator.
15. Your commitment to excellence sets you apart as a teacher. You are a shining example of what it means to give tirelessly to others.
16. You have an incredible gift for teaching, and your students are fortunate to have you as their guide. Happy Teachers Day, my love!
17. With every lesson you teach, you are cultivating a brighter future for the young minds in your care. Thank you for all that you do.
18. Your passion for learning is contagious, and it spreads to everyone around you. Happy Teachers Day to the most devoted and loving teacher and girlfriend!
19. Your unwavering dedication to your students never ceases to amaze me. You are changing lives for the better, one lesson at a time.
20. Your patience and kindness are among the many qualities that make you an extraordinary teacher. Happy Teachers Day, my love!
21. You challenge and inspire your students to be their best selves. Wishing you a joyful Teachers Day celebration, my amazing girlfriend!
22. Your endless creativity and innovative teaching methods are just a few of the things that make you an exceptional educator. Happy Teachers Day!
23. Your energy and enthusiasm for teaching are contagious, and they inspire your students to reach new heights.
24. Your caring nature and willingness to go above and beyond for your students make you a true gem in the teaching profession. Happy Teachers Day, my love!
25. Your students are lucky to have such a passionate and dedicated teacher as you. Keep up the great work, and know that you are making a difference.
26. Your unwavering dedication to your students is truly admirable. I am proud to call you my girlfriend and my inspiration.
27. You help to shape the future every day through your teaching. You are making a difference in the world, and I am honored to be by your side.
28. Happy Teachers Day to the most amazing educator I know and the most loving girlfriend I could ask for. Keep changing the world, one student at a time.
29. Your knowledge, experience, and unwavering commitment to your students are an inspiration to us all. Happy Teachers Day, my love!
30. You are a teacher, a mentor, and a friend to your students. Your impact on their lives is truly profound. You are an amazing girlfriend and an extraordinary educator. Happy Teachers Day!
1. What are some romantic Teachers Day wishes for my girlfriend?
Answer: Some romantic Teachers Day wishes for your girlfriend could be, "You may be my girlfriend, but to me, you're the most amazing teacher. Happy Teachers Day, my love!" or "Not only are you a fantastic girlfriend, but also an amazing teacher. Thank you for all that you do. Happy Teachers Day!"
2. How can I make my Teachers Day wish to my girlfriend stand out?
Answer: To make your Teachers Day wish to your girlfriend stand out, add a personal touch, such as recalling a specific memorable moment where she taught you something valuable or adding a funny inside joke you both share.
3. Is it appropriate to wish my girlfriend a happy Teachers Day if she's not a teacher?
Answer: If your girlfriend is not a teacher, it may not be appropriate to wish her a happy Teachers Day. Instead, you can wish her a happy Women's Day or simply express your appreciation for all of her efforts and hard work.
4. What are some creative ways to wish my girlfriend a happy Teachers Day?
Answer: Creative ways to wish your girlfriend a happy Teachers Day can include writing a personalized poem or song, creating a video montage of your favorite memories together, or surprising her with a special gift or dinner.
5. Do I need to be specific about what subject my girlfriend teaches in my Teachers Day wish?
Answer: You do not necessarily need to be specific about the subject your girlfriend teaches in your Teachers Day wish, but it may add an extra thoughtful touch if you do. Alternatively, you can simply express your appreciation for her hard work and dedication as a teacher.
On this Teachers' Day, let us appreciate the hard work and dedication of our educators who shape the future of our society. As you wish your girlfriend who is a teacher, remind her of the impact she has on her students' lives and how valuable her role is in shaping their future. Make her feel loved and appreciated for the effort she puts in each day. Celebrate her passion for teaching, and let her know how proud you are of the person she is. Wish her a Happy Teachers' Day, and thank her for all the lessons she has taught you.


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The Wayfinder can be shown in either landscape or portrait mode. In most cases, it will automatically detect the orientation of the device and adapt the Wayfinder to the current orientation. There are a couple of devices where the orientation needs to be set in order to let GoBright now the correct orientation.
Change the device orientation
In order to change the settings on the device, we'll need to exit kiosk mode using the three magic swipe movements and the pincode within the Wayfinder display profile. When the settings on the device can be accessed navigate through the following menus and options:
- Go to the Settings
- Select the Display option
Depending on the device there are a couple of different options here, we'll cover the most general ones:
- When device is rotated:
This defaults to 'Rotate the contents of the screen' but can be set to the current orientation using the 'Stay in current orientation option'
This defaults to 'Auto' / 'Automatically' / 'Auto-detect' or something that is similar to one of these. The other options are 'landscape' / 'portrait' / 'landscape-flipped' / 'portrait-flipped' which can be set to the correct orientation.
There are likely other options which are named differently than the ones here, consult the manual of the device if you need further support with the orientation.


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Black patients with type 2 diabetes experience more heart attacks, strokes, and end-stage kidney disease, compared with whites. Yet, blacks appear to have considerably lower rates of clinical coronary artery disease, compared with whites, according to study reported in Diabetologia (December 2005). The study involved >1100 patients with type 2 diabetes participating in a diabetes heart study.
For the study, the researchers investigated whether there were ethnic differences in the amount of calcified plaque found in the coronary and carotid arteries. The researchers determined that calcified plaque in the arteries was significantly lower in blacks than whites. The black participants, however, had a more negative risk factor profile and dramatically thicker walls of the carotid artery.


Faculty Scholarship 1994 - Present
Rethinking the Transition to Capitalism: Taking the Assumption of Sel Interested Behavior Seriously
While undergoing a transition to capitalism in the 1990s, the Russian economy collapsed. A factor contributing to the collapse was the shock therapy policy advice of western experts. These experts, relying on mainstream economic theory, ignored the unique characteristics of transition periods between economic systems. A Hobbesian critique of the underlying assumptions of mainstream economics is offered. We argue that a Hobbesian approach, focusing on the dynamics of struggles over the rules of the economic game would be very useful for understanding the transition to capitalism in Russia. An important Hobbesian thesis is that attempts to change the rules of the economic game without a robust state apparatus to enforce those rules leads not to capitalist prosperity but to the war of all against all.


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The feasibility of square-pulsed thermography nondestructive testing for the detection of defects in one ceramic material sample has been carried out by finite element (FE) analysis. In particular, a ceramic plate containing defects of different diameters, depths, locations, nature, and shapes has been numerically investigated by means of Comsol® Multiphysics computer program, taking into account the results coming from both a MATLAB™ script and the infrared thermography (IRT) technique. Indeed, the FE method simulates through a 3D model the heat transfer process induced into the ceramic material by two halogen lamps that have been applied in order to provoke an optimum thermal stress. Moreover, further defects like cracks arose beneath the surface of the plate due to the shrinkage process, have been discovered, and contrasted using a non-usual segmentation algorithm that when correlated in the time to IRT data simulates the thermo-elastic effect. Following the non-direct procedure proposed, both the depth of each defect and its main dimensions have been retrieved into a satisfactory accuracy.
- Infrared thermography
- Nondestructive testing
- Segmentation algorithm
- Thermal properties of the pottery
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry


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Wenn euch die grobe Umrechnung von Cups zu Gramm nicht reicht: Auf dieser Seite findet ihr eine genaue Auflistung, wieviel so-und-soviel cups einer Zutat in Gramm ergeben (Buchstaben A bis J, K bis P, Q bis Z).Das ist hilfreich, wenn ihr öfter amerikanische Backund Kochrezepte übersetzen wollt oder müsst! Die Amerikaner (und auch die Engländer) backen nicht wie wir mit Waage und Grammangaben. How Many Cups is 125 Grams? Convert oven temperatures. Volume ⇀ Weight Weight ⇀ Volume. Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results. from grams measure > to cups butter volume to read your results. Das große Problem hier: die Mengenangaben. 1 cup to grams = 236.58824 grams ⭐ US Cups abmessen.. Fraction : 2 3/4 rice flour – in US cup size measure. The flour in cups is equal to the grams divided by 125. Rice flour amount from 15.5 ounces ( oz ), Equals: 2.75 cups of rice flour. A half a cup of butter is equal to 113.5 grams. 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Hier findet ihr eine Übersicht aller wichtigen Lebensmittel mit Cup und Gramm Angaben. We assume you are converting between cup [US] and gram [water]. calories in 1/2 cup white spelt flour = 181.62 Cal ( 182 calories ). 1 1 / 2 US cups = 240 grams: 1 2 / 3 US cups = 267 grams: 1 3 / 4 US cups = 280 grams: 2 1 / 16 US cups = 330 grams: 2 1 / 8 US cups = 340 grams: 2 1 / 4 US cups = 360 grams: 2 1 / 3 US cups = 373 grams : References: Baking Conversion Table; Density Database Version 2.0 - FAO; Sample Recipes Volume to Weight Conversions. Block of butter with sizes of 75mm x 50mm x 35mm. As the loaves were going through their second rise, I already had my answer. Umrechnungstabelle von Cup in Milliliter und Gramm  So viel Flüssigkeit sind 3, 2 Cups sowie 1, 3/4, 1/2 oder 1/4 Cup in ml. 1/8 cup=15 grams 1/4 cup=30 grams 1/3 cup=40 grams 3/8 cup=45 grams 1/2 cup=60 grams 5/8 cup=70 grams 2/3 cup=75 grams 3/4 cup=85 grams 7/8 cup=100 grams 1 cup=110 grams. 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Imagine working so hard being intensely focused; everything is running smoothly and right in the middle of your work, Bang!
The saw gets jammed, and the chain gets out of the place. Isn't it enough to annoy the heck out of you, right?
And the more disturbing thing is when you have to pause your work and call a mechanic every time because you have no idea how to put a chain back on chainsaw.
But why suffer when you can do all of this on your own? If you came here thinking the same thing, you just made the right decision!
Chainsaws are of different types so are their mechanisms. We have covered everything in this article, no matter what kind of chainsaw you seek to repair. So, let's get straight into it!
How to Put a Chain Back on Chainsaw in Easy Steps?
Place your chainsaw to a suitable surface and assemble all the required tools, have a look at these basic steps, and get ready to deal with the chain that is off its place.
- Disconnect the power source and loosen the two bolts holding the guide bar.
- Unscrew the chain tensioner and remove the chain.
- Before putting on the new chain, check out its direction, make sure that the teeth face the front of the guide bar, and place the chain properly.
- Put the chainsaw cover back while holding the chain in one hand and the guide bar in the other.
- Tighten the tension screws with a flat screwdriver and move it forward and backward to keep up the pace.
- Wear gloves while you do all that to keep yourself away from an injury while putting the chain back.
How to Put a Chain Back on an Electric Chainsaw?
- The first step is all about getting the old chain off the saw. To do this, you have to loosen the cutting bar that is holding the chain. There would be a knob on the right side of tool-free chainsaws that you have to turn, and in case chainsaws require tools, you'll have to deal with nuts and bolts nearby chainsaws.
- The next step is de-tensioning the chain to slack the entire chain off the cutting bar. Look for knobs near the cutting bar, and after turning them, you can get the whole chain off.
- This step is all about putting the chain back on the chainsaw. Choose the suitable chain, note the direction, and ensure that teeth are sharp enough to stay fitted ideally. Put it over the sprocket and keep it parallel to the cutting bar.
- Keep an eye on lugs if they are aligned correctly.
- Keep on tensioning the cutting bar for the time being to reach the correct tension point.
- Fasten the chain with the knobs and try moving it forward and backward to ensure reliability.
How to Put a Chain Back on Husqvarna Chainsaw?
Before everything, Plug off the Husqvarna chainsaw to prevent any sudden start-ups. Break the connection between the handle and chain brake with the handguard.
Loosen the nuts engaged with the clutch cover with a socket wrench or combination spanner.
- Remove the clutch cover along with a transportation ring holding a bolt inside.
- Put the chain out of the groove around the edge of the guide bar, detach it from the socket.
- Clean the sprocket if needed. Also, cleaning the oil ports with a finish nail or 14 gauge wire would work and put the bar back on the bolt.
- Start the fitting of the new chain from the top of the sprocket while passing through the edge of the bar ending right at the bottom of the sprocket. Keep the rims of cutting links facing forward.
- Reinstate the clutch cover and fasten the nuts.
How to Put a Chain Back on Stihl Chainsaw?
- Put off the Stihl saw and disengage the chain brake.
- Loosen the nuts holding the sprocket cover in an anti-clockwise direction until the guide bar starts wagging.
- Tighten the tension screw that is usually placed outside the guide bar on the lower and upper sides of the sprocket cover clockwise.
- Keep tensioning the chain until it is secured on the bottom of the guide bar.
- Keep moving the slight bar to the upper while tightening the nuts on the sprocket cover.
- Test the tension of the chain and make sure that it is moving smoothly.
How to put a Chain Back on a Ryobi Chainsaw?
- Once it gets loosened, Fix the chain back to the grooves gradually, keeping in mind the right direction, and position the chain accordingly.
- Take a screwdriver or flat blade nature and turn the slot present next to the chain's base.
- While putting chain back on the chainsaw, make sure that it is not too tightened nor too loose to keep up smoothly with the pace.
- Now the chain is tightened, fasten the nuts and continue with your work.
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How to put a Chain Back on Homelite Chainsaw?
Homelite chainsaws don't make a huge fuss and are already designed to be handled precisely by house owners that require regular maintenance.
- Detach chainsaw from any power source to prevent unexpected accidents.
- Flatten the chain and mold it in the form of a loop so that cutters are facing the direction of rotation.
- Fix the drive links into the grooves seated on the bar.
- Make the loop to get fitted around the sprocket.
- After placing the bar flush around the mounting surface.
- Adjust the bar studs on a long slit on the bar. The tension pit should already be in a pinhole.
- Replace the lock knob of the chain cover and then place it onto the unit.
- Tighten the tension knob clockwise to adjust the chain ideally.
- Before securing the chain cover knob, make sure that there is no slack left anymore to avoid any other glitches.
How to Put a Chain Back on Craftsman Chainsaw?
Being a heavy-duty chainsaw, putting the chain back on Craftsman saw might feel a little trickier than others, but you can accomplish it by following the steps below:
- Place the chainsaw on a level surface and disengage the brake by pulling the chain brake lever toward the saw handle.
- Unlatch the nuts holding the brake cover and make the chain turn freely
- Remove the guide bar plate together with the brake cover, detach the chain from the sprocket.
- Turn the tension nuts counterclockwise with the flat head screwdriver to loosen the grip.
- Pin the replacement chain around the sprocket and slide the guide bar over the two bolts
- Place the drive links onto the respective grooves while rotating the sprocket clockwise.
- Make sure that cutting edges present on drive links are facing the nose.
- Place the guide bar and chain cover back to their original position, give clockwise turns to tension to tighten the chain, and progress your work.
- Keep the fuel lines of the chainsaw away from any disturbance.
After a few trials, you would become a pro in putting the chain back on chainsaw, and then you won't have to look for a mechanic every now and then. Doing repairs on your own not only saves you time but also saves your maintenance cost, so do give it a try and get free of these side worries.
Happy working 🙂
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The Grave That Was Saved
One of the most revered graves in Eretz Yisrael is that of Rabbi Chaim ben Attar, the author of the Ohr Hachayim commentary on the Torah. Thousands of Jews come to this grave on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on the 15th of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, the day he passed away in 5503 (1743), to pray for Heavenly aid in the merit of this sainted Torah scholar and kabbalist.
During the period of Jordanian control of the Mount of Olives cemetery between 1948 and 1967, there was mass desecration of the Jewish graves. The Arabs even decided to build a road through this ancient cemetery which would pass directly over the grave of the Ohr Hachayim.
When the bulldozer came within inches of the grave, however, something strange happened. The engine sputtered and died. Another attempt the following day failed in a more spectacular way. As the bulldozer rushed towards the grave at full speed, it suddenly flipped over and plunged into the adjoining Valley of Kidron, killing its driver.
The Arabs thereupon abandoned their plans for desecrating this holy grave and rerouted their road to pass much higher on the mountainside. Visitors to the grave can clearly see how the original clearing went straight in the direction of the Ohr Hachayims grave.


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pickup, a drop, or even both.
4.1. Pickup stations
The simplest way how to indicate what we need is to ask ourselves – for example "Is it possible that the station could get full" Answer: Of course! It is a pickup, all it takes is one wave of trains and it is full! And that means that we need to use something that doesn't let trains in if the station is full.
Or another often problematic thought process: Balance the entrance or not? Answer: Balanced entrance for multi-incoming-line pickups is a must in order to make trains able to use any platform, shall it come from anywhere. Otherwise trains might easily fill all platforms on one half, and the other would be left empty.
There are of course more aspects to consider, but these two are the most important.
4.2. Drop stations
The unloading stations can often be made much dirtier since you "just need to drop stuff".
In compare with pickups we don't need any control for letting trains in if station is full – because if it is designed for full throughput, then it should never get full! (only in case of jams and when we build for having jams, something is already wrong)
Balancing the entrance isn't that necessary either! It is helpful in most cases, of course, but we can really have an effective station without balancing the traffic. (PZG13 for example)
4.3. Other stations
The most unique stations are usually having something else – like SRNW stations or stations with refitting depots involved. As another special type I would say pax stations because they usually stay for some extra-long time since they mostly both load and unload. The point is, after all, that we can declare almost every station special or unique, that way copying a station is almost never the right way to go! Note that it usually is better (and more educational) to build your own station, with all the considerations what you need or not, than copying something that doesn't really fit the situation so well.
5. Letting trains in when platforms are full
This is an important aspect that isn't thought about much. Drop stations with platform count high enough shouldn't need to be stopped in the entrance because they should always find a platform free. In terms of pickup stations, there usually are pre-signals to make sure trains don't enter the station when they shouldn't. This has an exception with overflows, where the train has to enter the station at any time – and possibly ending up in the depot, if it fails to join a platform.
A signaling technique greatly related to this is the Pre-signal Bypass, often looked at as being something awesome. In fact, it doesn't do all that much wonders, since if it is long enough to accommodate trains inside, it blocks. For drop stations, we should be able to eliminate the first entry signal, and for drops we could either easily use a different design, make some kind of overflow (not necessarily depot!) or just hope we don't jam.
6. Platform Distribution
All stations consisting of more than one platform need to split the incoming trains into their platforms, possibly to use the platforms as effectively as possible, or just "so that it is enough".
There are two main ways how can trains go. Firstly – wait at waiting bays in front of stations until they reach the station. Secondly – making them not stop until they reach the station.
6.1. Buffering Entrance
Building spaces for trains to let them wait in places you want them to wait should be the most essential thing when building a station. (unless you want no waiting trains in front of a station). Making waiting bays usually applies to stations with balanced entrance and trains with good acceleration. The direct connection is much easier to maintain when the stations aren't balanced so that multiple trains can't collide.
6.2. Direct Connection
Trains don't have to stop when on the way towards their platform just if we use for example combo signals. This works only for situations (not balanced stations) where the train can't be disrupted by some other train getting into it's path and therefore one of them would have to stop. Although for multi-line balanced stations where trains could meet each other in nasty places, we would need to get trains away from the nasty places somehow. Such an anti-blockage mechanism is the fail-safe unblocker.
6.2.1. Fail-safe unblocker
This method has been used already a few times on the public server. The purpose is to make trains not stop until they reach the platforms, and if they are forced to stop, then make them stop in safe locations, not blocking or slowing the main line. Works the same as fail-safe joiner.
The whole thing works based on the fact that a train comes to a certain signal, which gets green just when the train is in front of it (marked position) because we know how long the train is, that way we can place an unblocker exit right to the closest free signal block available. On the other hand when the train passes just by, it isn't green when it shouldn't because of that unblocker signal, since the train is still blocking it.
The usage is in any position where it is possible that two trains could meet. Mainly when making a non-stop terminus station (leaving train could meet the entering), or when there are more than one incoming lines.
Note: The fail-safe mechanism is NOT supposed to prevent trains from stopping completely! It is made so that trains don't block the input line.
6.3. Additions to platform distribution
Sometimes you need to make some line less effective than it actually is. This is mainly when you have splits into the station, to make trains choose "better", but it also applies to the very main ways how to make station entrances.
6.3.1. Signal gap – throughput cap
Just by making a longer signal gap, you can cap the maximum throughput of that piece. That way, this part requires less platforms and so on.
6.3.2. Full-speed waiting bays
This requires only one thing – proper waiting bays. If you can make as tiny signal gaps behind pre-signals as possible, trains could go through one of the choices in their full stream. That way you don't need to care about distribution among platforms since trains just skip somewhere else when one part is full and they can use that line with great throughput.
High-speed split. The highlights mark the signal gaps which are short enough to allow a "normally" full lane.
6.3.3. Logic Split
Sometimes we can use a logic splitter (like flipflop) to distribute trains into platforms properly. There are two cases I can remember in the last games. First one was PSG 189 – rubber/wood drop or PSG 179 Hypnotizer.
Both stations are of a very special kind. We can see that trains "don't know" what is in the platforms or behind them – especially on the other half of the station where they are supposed to only "sometimes". And as we later saw, perfect balancing skyrocketed the throughput to a different level.
The other one is building crap stations and splitting by logic "just because" just like in the image below (PSG192, Dundale)
This is rather a brain disaster than good way to build in terms of building a station if you keep in mind that the only thing that was actually needed was a proper station entrance, for example like the image below. Additionally, logic should be used when needed, not whenever possible. (signals in circles are one at which trains stop in case station gets full, lines show the 3 tiles where trains stop eventually)
7. Time and platform efficiency
Trains use platforms at some rate. This rate differs with each station design. Mostly it is based on how far is the "releaser signal" into the platforms since trains take longer or shorter path to get to the platform. Overall we want to have as high platform usage as possible so we can have lower amount of platforms, although we have to consider the following:
Train acceleration decides if we want to make waiting bays for example. When we have trains that just accelerate very slowly, waiting bays might slow them down too much! In such cases it might be better to make trains not stop until they reach their platforms. On the other hand if we have trains that are in full speed fast, we can make waiting bays with great efficiency because they don't mind that much.
Another decisive thing is how long do our trains stay in the station. If they have fast loading times, we need the station to be able to feed trains faster to the platforms. This can be key in some situations, such as using the direct connecting without stopping trains on the way.
One of possible improvements (not always! – train acceleration is important) is making waiting bays right in front of the platforms. That way trains get into the platforms right after they get free. Just like in the image below.
8. Synced Station
Just like syncing bridges, this makes trains come out in the same formation as they came in. This means all platforms take equally long path to go into and out of in total. From the way how it works we can say that you have to use the direct entrance. Any balancing could break it since there would be a possibility that trains could meet, therefore one would have to stop. Another thing to consider is that we need to have all trains stay in the station (load/unload) for equally long time. (easiest to just send there trains of one cargo type)
Naturally, having synced station is quite useful especially for fast and badly accelerating trains just because they don't have to stop.
A perfect example


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the Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill?
The Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill is perhaps the most relevant appropriations bill for our global work to end hunger and poverty. This bill is considered in the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Affairs and provides funding to Basic Education, HIV/AIDS, child survival programs, tuberculosis, UNICEF, microfinance programs, and other foreign assistance activities. Within the Foreign Ops Appropriations Bill, Basic Education and microenterprise are funded under the Development Assistance Account (DA), while most of our health programs are funded within the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund.* RESULTS also works to influence the appropriations bill considered by the Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies ("Labor HHS") because domestic TB programs are funded through this subcommittee's appropriations bill; for FY 2008, President Bush requested money for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria in this bill as well (the Global Fund is usually funded through the Foreign Ops subcommittee).
*The Development Assistance Account (DA) and Child Survival and Health Programs Fund (CSH) are two of the many accounts within a bill to which money is allotted to support specific programs. Another such example is the Economic Support Fund (ESF).
Visit our Skills Center to learn more about how RESULTS influences the legislative process.
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Introduction to the Federal Budget Process.
Committee on the Budget, United States Senate, The Congressional Budget Process: An Explanation (pdf).
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An ordered sparse subspace clustering algorithm based on p‐Norm
Liping Chen, Gongde Guo, H. Wang
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Images in video may include both Gaussian noise and geometric rotation. Thus, it is challenging to represent an image sequence in its intrinsically low‐dimensional space in a noise‐robust and rotation‐robust manner. In this paper, we propose a novel‐ordered sparse subspace clustering algorithm based on a p‐norm to achieve an effective clustering of sequential data under heavy noise conditions. We also use the wavelet‐histogram of oriented gradient (HOG) transform in the kernel view to extract both the global features (with the wavelet process) and the local features (with the HOG process) from the image. In addition, we assign different weights to different features to obtain a sparse coefficient matrix that helps to emphasize the global and local correlations in each sample. Similarly, the clustering algorithm based on the p‐norm for sequential images emphasizes the within‐class correlations amongst samples. Therefore, in this paper, we select additional denoising main components under a Laplacian constraint to achieve a better block‐diagonal structure and highlight the independence of different clusters. Extensive experiments performed on various public datasets (including the ordered face dataset, handwritten recognition dataset, video scene segmentation dataset, and object recognition dataset) demonstrate that the proposed method is more resilient to noise and rotation than other representative sparse subspace clustering methods.
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere12368
Number of pages15
JournalExpert Systems
Publication statusPublished - 9 Jan 2019
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 - image sequence clustering
 - sparse subspace clustering
 - wavelet-HOG
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, and whereas the Green Death is almost a victim of fate, the Red Death is largely responsible for all the trouble caused in the movie.
Concept art for Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus
 - In The Art of How to Train Your Dragon book from the film, the original designs and sketches all depicted it as a far more sea-dragon-inspired creature to the point of it being eel-like and covered in coral. The final design, however, went with a combination of in-book traits and kept the aforementioned coral-like spikes.
 - The concept image of the Red Death was more slender and oceanic, faithfully reflecting images of the Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus in the books; literally being concept arts of the movie edition of the Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus. Some of earlier concepts had multiple crab-leg-like smaller limbs, or feeler-like tentacles resembling those of sea anemones on tip of chin, coral-like projections as armours on entire body, and a number of luminous organs like those of jellyfish and deep sea organisms, making it unlike any sea-dragons previously seen in the books. Because of these aspects, the concept dragons' heads to necks somewhat resemble of dragons in eastern lore.
 - In the movie, it's shown to have a more dinosaur-like head and mouth with a rhinoceros-like horn in its nose and a frill.
 - According to developer commentary, the final fight with the Red Death was modified in its last scenes. After Hiccup and Toothless send a bolt of fire into its stomach and it begins to explode, they fly down its spine and away to safety. In this scene the dragon's size was tripled to make the scene more dramatic.
 - In the movie, Tuffnut makes an allusion to Beowulf by calling the Red Death 'Bride of Grendel'.
 - The Red Death is one of the few dragons that was not known to Berk, with no references to it in the Dragon Manual and shown through the sheer surprise of Gobber and Stoick when it bursts through the rocks.
 - The Red Death is the only antagonist to actually be killed in the films.
 - Despite being called the Red Death, the only red parts on its body are the small spikes on its sides and the ridges of its wings.
 - This is the only species that had been confirmed so far to have multiple pairs of eyes on a single head.
 - The live action theater version of the Red Death (the head) features Boulder Class-like traits, slightly resembling monstrous version of the Gronckle.
 - Guide to the Dragons Vol. 2 said that the length of the Red Death is 999 feet (304 meters). This is most likely a mistake as the Bewilderbeast is currently the biggest dragon in the franchise.
 - The Red Death is one out of the four currently known dragons who eat other dragons; the others being the Scauldron, the Changewing, and the Death Song.
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Anubian Crusade
Anubian Crusade
A Wortlander crusader after a night of battle, Mierburg in the background.
Date 21 Nov. 2020 – 22 Nov. 2020
Location Anubian Desert, Mierburg Castle
Result Wortlander victory
Wortland League Anubian Kingdom
Commanders and Leaders
Lord Admiral P.P.A. Anubian Priesthood
100 Wortlander Crusaders ~50.000 Ametes, Mummies, Zombies, Skeletons, etc.
0 tens of thousands
The Anubian Crusade was a war between the Wortland League and the local Anubian Kingdom in the coastal deserts of the Western Continent. It resulted in the plunder of the Anubian library and the Wortland League asserting control over the Anubian coast.
During the Dark Ages, the Wortland League built a pagoda-shaped outpost at the edge of the Western Continent's desert in order to quarry sandstone for the construction of Sidwig. The miners found themselves under frequent siege by the natives, and losses were high.
The Ametes and the Anubian Kingdom
The area was under the control of a race of antpeople, called Ametes by the Wortlanders, ruled by a sect of Anubian priests. The League's research determined that the Ametes of Anubia used the bodies of humans, preserved in a state of undeath, to breed their livestock, gravemites. The gravemites lay their eggs in their paralysed human host and start consuming it as they hatch, and are in turn eaten by the Ametes. (Unconfirmed rumour has it that Amete women have other uses for the bodies of captured human males.)
It appears that a sect of Anubis priests took control of the area at some point in the past. They have been observed using necromancy to reanimate corpses to defend themselves, so it is speculated that they used these powers to improve the Ametes' gravemite-breeding practices and to rise to power among them.
Wortlander Offensive
After the Wortland League had driven out the pirates from Bokkum and completed the construction of Sidwig, they turned their eyes to the Anubian Desert. The miners lost to the Ametes deserved to be avenged, the area secured for future exploitation, and the unholy practices of the natives eradicated.
The pagoda above the sandstone quarry, indefensible and vulnerable to attack from all sides, was torn down and replaced with a well-fortified stone tower: Mierburg Castle. Arms, armour and supplies were prepared in the League's holdings, and an expedition outfitted.
The War
A scene of battle. The crusaders from Wortland launched nightly punitive expeditions into the desert, repeatedly beating back the hordes of enemies that swarmed them. The Anubian forces were prone to infighting, with Skeleton archers' friendly fire hitting their own ranks.
After a week of raiding, the Wortlander forces managed to sack the Anubian royal library, carrying home valuable books. The Anubians gathered their remaining forces and gave pursuit, forcing the Wortlanders to barricade themselves in Mierburg. The beleaguered Wortlander knights successfully defended the castle and broke the counter-offensive, even rescuing a Weresheep from the Anubians.
Wortland, her armies undefeated and having inflicted great damage to Anubia and acquired rich spoils, declared victory.
The desert sands were marred with craters left behind by desperate Anubian suicide bombers.
One of the knights retired to a farm on Bokkum with his new warbride slave Weresheep.
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Birding from the balcony: 10 birds you can spot in Pune
From cheeky barbets to pretty little sunbirds, there's plenty to see. Pune-based birdwatcher Ajinkya Dixit shares this easy bird-spotting guide
Birding from the balcony 10 birds you can spot in Pune
Photo: Ajinkya Dixit
As the days get sultrier, flowers are blooming, trees are bearing fruit and birds are thronging to take advantage of nature's sweet gifts of summer. For Punekars cooped up at home with nothing much to look at other than the view outside their windows, it's a great time to take out those dusty binoculars and try a bit of birdwatching—without stepping out of your home at all. Ajinkya Dixit, a Pune-based photographer and birdwatcher, gives you easy cues to spot them on your next trip to your balcony. Note: Most of the photos below have been captured by Dixit from his home in Warje in the past month. If he can spot these beauties, there's no reason you can't! Happy quarantine birding!
Coppersmith barbet
Photo: Ajinkya Dixit
The dumpy-looking, sparrow-size bird with a hoop-hoop call is more often heard than sighted. The bird tends to get camouflaged in the trees because of its green plumage, but its crimson nape and thickset yellow head make it stand out.
Where to spot: On small fruit-bearing trees like sacred fig and cluster fig trees.
Cinereous tit
Photo: Ajinkya Dixit
This tiny, sparrow-like bird has a white cheek patch, a grey back and a white wingbar. A broad black line runs from the centre of its throat to the lower belly. Chattery in nature, it's call sounds like "swee-che-ti" or a "sewe-pewe".
Where to spot: Not too fond of dense forests, these birds are found on fruit-bearing trees and bushes in urban areas or woodlands
Purple sunbird
Photo: Ajinkya Dixit
Sunbirds sport a long, beautiful bent beak evolved to drink nectar from flowers, especially blooms with long tubes. The purple sunbird, which chirps constantly and has loud call, is iridescent with a shimmery, shiny colour somewhere in between blue and green, much like a peacock. Its frame is much tinier than that of a sparrow's.
Where to spot: Purple sunbirds are usually found sipping nectar on flowering trees and plants like hibiscus, alamanda and tecoma.
Red-whiskered bulbul
Photo: Ajinkya Dixit
This beauty has a bright cherry-red patch under its tail (vent), but it has a perky, pointed crest and a white underbody with a broken dark breast-band. It gets its name from the red patches behind its eyes (the whiskers). Its whistling notes are distinctly cheery sounding.
Where to spot: The red-whiskered bulbul is a hill station and forest bird, however, a few pairs survive in the heart of built-up localities
Asian koel
Photo: Ajinkya Dixit
You've probably heard the koel's melodious call, a kik-kik-kuoo-kuoo loud and clear. The almost crow-size bird has a longish tail, and the male and female are very different in appearance. The male is a glossy black with a green beak and crimson eyes. The lady is brown, profusely stippled all over with white. The notorious bird lays her eggs in the crow's nest, a behaviour that naturalists call brood-parasitism.
Where to spot: It's breeding season for koels and they are all around you, on trees with thick foliage and even bare ones
Oriental white-eye or Indian white-eye
Photo: Ajinkya Dixit
This hyperactive little yellow bird has an off-white underbelly and a white ring around its eyes. It has a light, bouncy flight and its chirp is a faint "zweee".
Where to spot: Oriental white eyes always have company, and can be spotted in gardens and on fruiting trees. It prefers more open areas as compared to dense forests.
Golden oriole
Photo: Ajinkya Dixit
Roughly myna-size, the male is a brilliant golden-yellow and features black patches around its eye; the female is mostly a duller yellowy-green.
Where to spot: This is an arboreal bird and best chances to see it in upper branches of fruiting and flowering trees, and generally in good foliage. It is one of those birds that may be sighted even from the fourth or fifth and above storeys of your windows. The bird is, however, more commonly seen during the winter months of October to March.
Grey hornbill
Photo: Ajinkya Dixit
The small, slate-grey bird sports an obvious casque above its bill. It flaps its wings rapidly and makes a short "kek-kek-kek" sound in flight, and a squealing hawklike high-pitched "kieeeeeu" when perched on a tree.
Where to spot: It is seen in gardens and parks in cities, feeding on large fruiting trees like the chickoo, mango and figs.
White-throated fantail
Photo: Ajinkya Dixit
This fantail flycatcher is all back, except it has a white throat and white brow. Its tail is like a Japanese fan and has white tips, and its harsh call is high-pitched and heard early in the morning.
Where to spot: Wherever the flies go—trees, plants, flowers and even dumpsters
Scaly-breasted munia
Photo: Sejpal/Alamy Stock Photo
The songster is dark brown above, white below with a beautiful scaly pattern in its underparts.
Where to spot: This species is usually seen in small flocks. Spotted around bushes and neighbourhoods close to farms as they collect tall strands of grass to make their nest


Field Dressing Deer for Beginners: Best Practices
In this blog post, we will be discussing how to field dress a deer. Field dressing is an essential step in the process of harvesting game meat. If you don't field dress your deer, it can spoil and ruin your meat before you ever get it home or cooked! The best way to learn how to field dress a deer for beginners is by watching someone who knows what they are doing and asking questions when needed. All too often, people try to wing it on their own only to end up with a mess of blood all over themselves and no idea what they did wrong. In this blog post, I will give you everything that you need so that you can do things right the first time around!
Harvesting Game Meat
You may be wondering why you need to harvest game meat. Well, deer meat is not like beef or chicken. It needs to be harvested and appropriately dressed for it to taste good! Deer meat, in particular, can go wrong quickly, especially if you let it sit out for too long. The good news is that if you know how to field dress a deer correctly, you can have fresh meat on the table in as little as an hour! This is, of course, if you are close to your home.
The Process of Field Dressing a Deer
Field dressing is the process of removing all internal organs from an animal. Before you can do this, it is necessary to remove any entrails in or near the animal's abdominal cavity. The next step would be to skin out and quarter your deer carcass. Cutting off the legs just above where they meet with the body will make them easier to handle when transporting back home! Once field dressed, a deer should weigh around 100 pounds on average, which means that if you're hunting for meat alone, then one deer should provide enough food for your family as long as you plan by freezing (or storing) some cuts now so that there won't be anything left over after the field dressing is complete.
Tools Used
The tools used to field dress a deer include a knife, kitchen shears, a spoon, or a small bowl to collect the entrails and organs from inside the body cavity. Preparation for field dressing includes removing any unwanted parts of the deer, such as antlers or horns that could limit how close you can get to your animal. You may also want an extra set of hands nearby to help with this process if you're not alone in your hunt!
Step One In Field Dressing Your Deer
The first step to field dressing a deer is to make an initial incision in the hide that goes from just below the navel on one side of the deer's body up to, but not through, a similar point on the other side.
Step Two In Field Dressing Your Deer
The next step is then to make another cut across and around this opening to form a flap. This will allow you access to all parts of your animal for removing entrails without touching or contaminating any internal organs with external material like dirt or bacteria from outside sources. The goal is always cleanliness!
Parts to Discard
The parts of the deer that you want to leave in the field would be the head, the entire digestive tract (except for the heart and liver), all of the inedible muscle meat on legs and other extremities.
How long should Field dressing take?
Field dressing a deer needs to be done at a quick pace. This process should be completed in less than a few minutes. Any longer and you run the risk of creating an environment that is not safe for the meat.
How to Cook Deer Meat
There are many different methods for cooking deer meat. Some of the most common ways to cook deer meat include grilling, roasting, smoking, and frying.
Grilling Deer Meat
When grilling deer meat, you want to cook it for a few minutes on each side. An excellent tip for grilling deer meat is to marinate it before cooking the first time.
Roasting Deer Meat
The best way to cook a whole roast of deer meat is in an oven between 350°F and 425°F degrees Fahrenheit for about 20-25 mins per pound or until tender enough that a spoon can press into the flesh without any resistance. Another option you might have if you are cooking smaller pieces of venison, such as chops, steaks, etc., would be to use your stovetop grill pan over medium heat with olive oil spray coating the surface flipping every couple of minutes until the desired doneness has been achieved.
When roasting deer meat, remember not to overcook. This can cause the meat to become very rough and tough.
Secret Techniques to Grilling Deer Meat
A few tips that can help when cooking deer meat are not to overcook it, but also don't undercook it because the flavor will be lost in both instances. Understanding how much time you need to cook your venison will depend on factors such as what cut of meat, if there are any bone fragments inside and whether or not it's been previously frozen. Another trick I like using while grilling my roast venison is by turning off one burner on the stovetop to have a cooler section for searing and then finishing up with about ten minutes of roasting over high heat. This helps give my venison a nice crusty sear which adds more taste. You will want to experiment with your deer meat to find the sweet spot that allows for a great meal.
In Conclusion
Although it can be a little stomach-turning to field dress a deer for the first time, it is an absolute must to have safe meat to eat. You will want to clean the intestines and stomach of any fecal matter, remove all hair from inside then wash it out with water. Once the deer has been field dressed, you can start getting it back to your car or truck for transporting home, where you will either be able to cook right away or freeze it for later use.
Remember that cleanliness is key to all field dressing for any game you happen to catch out on the hunt. Stay safe and enjoy your hunting adventures and enjoy the ability to feed your family with many delicious meals.
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Pruning roadside trees when branches overhang your property
Should you wish to carry out pruning to roadside trees, when branches overhang your property, you may do so given the following provisos:-
- branches may not be cut beyond the property boundary.
- pruning must not cause significant damage to the tree (e.g. large cuts can result in decay leading to further safety concerns).
- you have the responsibility for checking that a tree is not protected by a Tree Preservation Order or within a Conservation Area. Please contact your local District Council Planning Department (see below).
- please dispose of the cuttings.


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 1. You say that Top Leaders must be bilingual in their communication skills. I challenge that it is goes further than this. I believe Top Leaders are quite multi-lingual, as they are extraordinarily capable of switching their tone and presentation to suit the moment. Most people can relate to their own responses to those around them based on who they are speaking with at a given moment. Whether it be a co-worker, family member, old friend, or young child, we often change to adjust to an appropriate communication style that works best at that particular moment. Welch and Trump, I sincerely believe, are much different one-on-one than they are at the head of boardroom,(or oval office). Where they may speak to crowd in a manner larger than life, their ability to scale back to dealing with individual professional or personal issues are likely what keeps them at the helm.
 1. In socialinguistics, this is often called code switching and Obama was pretty good at it, especially with respect to race.
 2. This is a very clear explanation of the communication dynamics we are seeing in the media and why this will not work in the workplace. Thank you, once again, for your brilliance and heart.
 3. Great article & vindicating after having accepted criticism for 'tentative' response in recent interview. Translation of communication style from one set of circumstances to another is nuanced & not as interchangeable as Lego blocks.
 4. Very insightful to point to the difference whether we strive for connection or memorability. Thank you for that perspective! Follow up question: are there other (equally effective) strategies to achieve memorability, besides instigating conflict and disagreements? Can you please share some of your thoughts around this?
 5. Why is the difference 'performance vs. raltionship' and not just 'relationship'?
 In your experiment – the people were in the role of co-worker, aka peer. They weren't in the role of boss or supervisor or VP or CEO, aka leader.
 I think this could explain the difference just as well.
 Or, it's possible your experiment, even with my comments, just doesn't address this issue at all….
 6. While this is insightful, I think it would be great to gain some intelligence on how politicians can most effectively engage their constituents, especially when they disagree with a position.
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