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I'd like to make a application, like this one. The application enables to make a tile with text.
I found that I couldn't write text in tile easily, because StandardTileData class dosen't have such a function to write text in tile. StandardTileData class just enables to set Title, BackgroundImage, Count, etc. The sample is like this.
StandardTileData secondaryTile = new StandardTileData
 BackgroundImage = new Uri("/TileColors..png", UriKind.Relative),
 Title = "title",
 Count = null,
ShellTile.Create(new Uri("/MainPage.xaml?id=1", UriKind.Relative), secondaryTile);
So, I think we may need to make bitmap image included text. I don't have other good ideas. Does anyone know how to make bitmap image from stackpanel?
My code is like this,

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maybe that function will help you out:
 public static void SaveToIsolatedStorage(FrameworkElement element, string file, bool scaled=true)
 var bmp = new WriteableBitmap(element, null);
 IsolatedStorageFile iso = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication();
 double width = Math.Round(element.ActualWidth * ((double)Application.Current.Host.Content.ScaleFactor / 100f), MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero);
 double height = Math.Round(element.ActualHeight * ((double)Application.Current.Host.Content.ScaleFactor / 100f), MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero);
 if (!scaled)
 width = element.ActualWidth;
 height = element.ActualHeight;
 using (var stream = iso.CreateFile(file))
 bmp.SaveJpeg(stream, (int)width, (int)height, 0, 100);
 SaveToIsolatedStorage(uiElement, "uiElement_as_screenshot.jpg");
Edith: it seems i am late on this one but it could help anyone else ;)
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September 17, 1859
On THIS DATE IN TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1859, Joshua Abraham Norton declared himself the Emperor of the United States and anointed San Francisco as his capitol city. He later on added the title of "Protector of Mexico and all things Mexican" especially the liquid called tequila. He served unopposed as Emperor from 1859 until his death on January 8, 1880. The Emperor was a well known figure around San Francisco and was well-loved by the residents. He was known for issuing edicts abolishing both the Democratic and Republican parties, as neither were doing any real work. He issued his own currency, which most businesses accepted (especially since even in his craziest mental states he didn't over-print his money and only used what he needed for food, shelter, wine, and the occasional woman), and he also ordered that all religions were forbidden to use violence as a means to recruit new (or back-slidden) followers. In older times and more ancient cultures, this man would have been declared a visionary or shaman, or he'd been beaten with sticks and run out of the village. Either way, San Francisco had its own Emperor for a while. Even the US Census from 1870 listed his profession as Emperor.
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Where a European Protected Species (EPS) such as bats or great crested newts (Triturus cristatus) would be impacted by a development, it may be possible to obtain a licence from the relevent statutory body Natural England (NE), Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) or Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). A licence enables derogation from the strict legislation protecting an EPS, and allows an otherwise unlawful act to proceed.
In order for the relevant statutory body to grant an EPS licence three strict legal tests have to be met which are as follows:
- Preserving public health or public safety, or other imperative reasons of overriding public interest including those of a social or economic nature and beneficial consequences of primary importance for the environment;
- There is no satisfactory alternative; and
- That the action authorised will not be detrimental to the maintenance of the population of the species concerned at a favourable conservation status in their natural range
EPS licence applications require very detailed information and can become a protracted process, especially on more complex sites. The application must be based on recent survey data, and include an impact assessment as well as details on proposed mitigation. Consequently, a suitably experienced ecological consultant is required to complete these elements of the application. Five Valleys Ecology is able to undertake EPS licence application on behalf of out clients, and make the whole process as efficient as possible.

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The hydraulic transportation of thickened sludges
Industries which pump sludges are under continuous pressure to decrease water content, and increase concentration. Environmentally
superior disposal techniques are demanding that such sludges have high mechanical strength properties. This results in a sludge with an increasing viscous character. At high concentration, the viscous forces – which are usually highly non-Newtonian
and yield stress in nature – become dominant, and flows inevitably become laminar.
The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the effect and evaluate the impact that increasing non-Newtonian viscous stresses – particularly yield stress – have on the pipelining problem. An industrially relevant sludge pipe flow study is presented, demonstrating and quantifying the relationship between sludge rheology and flow regime. It is argued that laminar flow will result in settlable solids accumulating on the pipe invert, leading to pipe blockage. Although some practical remedies have been proposed, this problem requires urgent and focussed research..
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Reasons to withhold information
If someone requests information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), the information may be withheld for a number of reasons. These include:
- risk to the security or defence of New Zealand or its international relations
- threat to the maintenance of the law, investigation of offences and the right to a fair trial
- serious damage to the economy
- personal privacy
- trade secrets and commercial sensitivity
- the need to protect communications with the queen and the governor-general, collective and individual responsibility of government ministers, and the political neutrality of officials
- free and frank advice between officials and ministers
- legal professional privilege.
Reviewing decisions to withhold
If a person is unhappy with the response they get (usually because information has been withheld), they can ask the ombudsman to review the decision. The ombudsman will obtain the full information from the agency and an explanation of their reasons for withholding it, before forming an independent view on whether the information can be released. If the ombudsman recommends that it should be released, this decision is legally binding.
The New Zealand OIA is unusual in international terms. It goes much further than most other freedom-of-information regimes in terms of what information is able to be requested and the limitations on the reasons for refusing to release information. In most countries, the legislation states categories of documents or information that are automatically excluded from release. Cabinet papers are often automatically excluded, as in Queensland, Australia, for example. In New Zealand cabinet papers are often released only days after cabinet has considered them.
Since 1982 there have been many other legislative reforms that have built on the principles and practice established by the OIA. They include:
- the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, which applies a similar regime to the local government sector
- the Privacy Act 1993, which replaced the parts of the OIA that dealt with access to personal information with a comprehensive regime for access to such information across the public and private sectors
- the Fiscal Responsibility Act 1994, which established a system of regular disclosure of information about the government's financial position. This act was incorporated into the Public Finance Act 1989 in a set of 2004 reforms
- the Criminal Disclosure Act 2008, which created a regime for pre-trial disclosure of information in criminal cases, to replace the administrative system that had developed under the OIA.


red lights is incorrect. During night in the control room -- the underwater "bridge" of the ship (on the surface the bridge is located in the sail on top) -- red lights are lit because the wavelength of the color red prevents night blindness when you go from a lighted space to a dark environment such as peering through a periscope at night or during night ops/sailing when the boat is on the surface. Also, most likely as with U.S. submarines, red lights are not lighted throughout the submarine. Even in Control on my boat, regular (fluorescent) lights were lighted in Control at night with the OOD wearing red goggles until we came up to periscope depth for a periscope observation and for copying traffic (communicatons), etc. It takes an average of 15 minutes to go from a lighted environment to a dark environment before night blindness subsides. Hence the red goggles or red light!
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Hero Engine (third law of motion)
Replica of a Hero's Engine.
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- K-2 3-5 6-8
Students use the thrust produced by falling water to investigate Newton's Third Law of Motion.
Student teams will construct water-propelled engines out of soft drink cans and investigate ways to increase the action-reaction thrust produced by water shooting out of holes punched in the can sides.
The "Hero Engine" activity is from the Rockets Educators Guide. Although grade levels are suggested, small modifications will enable more complex activities to be used successfully with other grade levels for observation, demonstration or complete lessons.
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Convert a Shard Standalone to a Shard Replica Set
Starting in MongoDB 3.6, all shards must be replica sets. Before you can upgrade your 3.4 sharded cluster to version 3.6, you must convert any shards that are running as standalone mongod instances to replica set shards.
This tutorial describes the process for converting a shard standalone into a shard replica set. The procedure is specific to a shard standalone. To convert just a standalone to a replica set (i.e. not a part of any sharded cluster), see Convert a Standalone to a Replica Set instead.
The following procedure converts a standalone shard to a single-member replica set shard. The procedure assumes that the single member runs on the same host and port as before.
 1. Shut down the shard standalone mongod instance.
 2. Restart the shard instance with the --replSet option to specify the name of the new replica set. Ensure that the name is distinct (for instance, you could use the shard name as the replica set name); in particular, shard replica sets must not use the same name as the config server replica set.
 The other options can remain the same.
 For example, the following command starts a standalone instance as a member of a new replica set named shardA. The other options stay the same as before; e.g. --dbpath uses the standalone's existing database path of /srv/mongodb/db0 and --port is the same as before:
 mongod --port 27018 --dbpath /srv/mongodb/db0 --shardsvr --replSet shardA --bind_ip localhost,
 For more information on configuration options, see Configuration File Options and the mongod manual page.
 3. Connect mongosh to the shard mongod instance.
 4. Use rs.initiate() to initiate the new replica set:
 The replica set is now operational. To view the replica set configuration, use rs.conf(). To check the status of the replica set, use rs.status().
 5. Disconnect from the instance.
 6. Connect mongosh to one of the sharded cluster's mongos instances and retrieve the shard information:
 var myShard = db.getSiblingDB("config").shards.findOne( { _id: ""} )
 Replace with the name of the shard. The of the shard is separate from the shard replica set name (unless you are using the shard name as the replica set name). To retrieve the name of the shard, see the shards section in the results from the sh.status() method. For example, if the result of sh.status() includes the following shards section, the name of the two shards are "shard0000" and "shard0001" respectively:
 { "_id" : "shard0000", "host" : "", "state" : 1 }
 { "_id" : "shard0001", "host" : "", "state" : 1 }
 7. Update the host information with the replica set information: = "/"
 Replace with the name of the replica set. Replace with the replica set member. For example shardA/
 8. Save the information.
 db.getSiblingDB("config"), { writeConcern: { w: "majority" } } )
 9. Repeat for the next standalone shard in the sharded cluster. Ensure that you use a distinct name for each shard replica set.
 10. Once you have finished converting shard standalone instances to shard replica sets, force the members of sharded cluster to update their knowledge of other shards' connection strings by restarting all members of the sharded cluster:
To add members to this replica set, use the rs.add() method. For more information on adding members to a replica set, see Add Members to a Replica Set.
To convert a non-shard standalone to a non-shard replica set, see Convert a Standalone to a Replica Set instead.
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How can I detect if a PDF needs to be OCRd?
You just received 1000 PDFs from the other side which are a mix of PDFs created from Office applications and scans. Some of the documents might have been OCRd and some not.
How can you quickly detect which files need to be OCRd?
Further, how can you pull out and separate searchable and non-searchable PDFs?
I have written on this subject previously in my article "Is that PDF Searchable?" That post included information on how to test if individual documents are searchable and offered a basic way to detect searchability across files.
Why detecting searchability is hard?
When would you call a PDF searchable? When one word is searchable? When 100 words are searchable? When a page is searchable? When all the pages are searchble? What about pictures or text inside of pictures?
I've been doing some research and in this article I offer up another way to check for searchable text.
To accomplish this, we will use the Preflight feature of Acrobat Pro. Acrobat's Preflight feature offers hundreds of different tests including the ability to check for characters on the page. Preflight can be used on a single document or it can be automated using a batch sequence.
The following workflow isn't perfect, but I offer it here to legal professionals who want to experiment with it.
In this article, you'll learn how to create a Batch Sequence to run across folders of files which will:
 1. Separate searchable PDFs from non-searchable PDFs and place them in named folders
 2. Ignore non-PDF documents
 3. Create a Summary Report of searchability
About Preflight
Acrobat Pro's Preflight feature includes several hundred detection and fix-up operations.
Leonard Rosenthal, Adobe's Standards Evangelist, blogged about using Preflight to check for searchable text in his blog post on Checking a PDF for Searchable Text.
In that post, Leonard offered a custom preflight profile which tested for searchable text.
One oddity of how Preflight works is that when conditions are met, an error is generated. Leonard's Preflight Profile, in fact, errors when searchable text is found.
I certainly found this confusing at first, but once taken into account, it is very powerful indeed.
Read the Entire Article First
Before you crazy loading up that new discovery documents you just got in, read the entire article including the caveats at the end.
Step 1: Import the Preflight Profile
In order to test for searchability, you will will need to import a Preflight Profile.
 1. Download Leonard's Text Searchable Preflight Profile from the link below:
 Text Searchable.kfp (4K)
 - Open Acrobat Pro and any PDF document
 (Preflight won't be available until a document is open)
 - Choose Advanced> Preflight
 - Click the Options buttonClick the Options button
 - Choose Import Preflight Profile... from the Options menu
 - Locate the Text Searchable.kfp file you downloaded in Step 1 above and click the Open button.
 - Close the Preflight Window
Step 2: Create Sorting Folders
You will need to create two folders; one for the PDFs which are searchable and one for the PDFs that are not searchable.
 1. Create a new folder on your desktop. Change the folder name to "Searchable"
 2. Create a new folder on your desktop. Change the folder name to "Not Searchable"
Source File Folder
In case you haven't already, copy all of your source files (the PDF files you want to check) to a folder on your hard drive. Sub-folders within the main folder are not a problem.
Step 3: Create a Batch Sequence
In this step, you'll create a batch sequence that calls Preflight and places PDFs in the folders you created in Step 2.
 1. Choose Advanced>Document Processing> Batch Processing
 2. Click the New Sequence buttonNew Sequence Window
 3. Give the Sequence a name such as "No Searchable Text"No Searchable Text window
 4. Click the Select Commands... buttonSelect Commands
 5. The Select Commands window opens.
 A) From the list at left, choose Preflight
 B) Click the Add> button
 C) Click the Edit... buttonEdit Sequence Window
 6. The Preflight Setup Window opens:
 7. A) Choose "Text can be searched" from the list
 B) In On success, Enable the checkbox and Move PDF file option
 C) Set Success folder button to your"Not Searchable" folder"
 D) In On error, Enable the checkbox and Move PDF file option
 E) Set Error folder button to your"Searchable" folder"
 F) Enable reporting
 G) Click the Save buttonEdit Sequence Window
 8. Click OK to go back to the main Edit Sequence window.
 9. In the Edit Sequence window:
 A) Change "Run Commands on" to Selected Folder
 B) Click the Browse button and locate your source file folder
 C) Click Source File Options... and deselect all the file types
 See Source File Options window picture below
 D) Set to Output location to "Same folder as originals"Edit Batch Sequence
 Source File Options
 10. Click OK to exit the Edit Batch Sequence window
Step 4: Run the Batch Sequence
By now, you should have gathered up all your source files into the folder referenced above in Step 9-A. You also have folders on your desktop ready to receive searchable and non-searchable files.
Here's how to run the sequence:
 1. Choose Advanced>Document Processing> Batch Processing
 A) Select the "No Searchable Text" Sequence
 B) Click the Run Sequence buttonRun Sequence Window
 2. The Batch Sequence will run. If you have thousands of files, you will need to get a beverage.
Acrobat will move the files into your Searchable and Not Searchable folders. In the case of a duplicate filename, Acrobat will append a sequence number and won't overwrite the original.
When complete, a report will be generated.
Step 5: Looking at the Report and Some Caveats
The process will generate a PDF Portfolio report that looks like this:
Portfolio of Report
The cover sheet for the PDF Portfolio contains summary information about all the files.
Looking closer at this report, you can see which files passed the test (were not searchable, I know that sounds weird, but that's how it works) and which didn't:
Closeup of Report
If you click on the filename link, it will open the file.
Caveats: Understanding the Report
The yellow section above shows you how "texty" the file is. In the example above, 80 text blocks were found in the file. That's not the same as 80 words, however. Depending how the PDF was created, text could be grouped by word, sentence, paragraph or page.
This process does a good job helping you identify documents which have zero searchable words, especially those that were raw image-only scanned PDFs. If the report shows a checkmark, then you will want to OCR the document.
The script is not effective in these circumstances:
 - The PDF contains a mix of searchable and non-searchable pages. For example, if you combined a PDF output from Word and one you scanned.
 - The PDF hasn't been OCRd, but may be Bates Stamped
 Bates Stamps are searchable text and would be reported.
 - The PDF contains vector text that was converted to outlines. Since the characters were converted to graphics, they won't be searchable. You'll sometimes see files like this from CAD systems, illustration tools, or page layout programs.
But, I want to be sure...
Given the caveats above, you might just want to OCR everything. Follow the instructions in my Batch OCR using Acrobat Professional article.
Acrobat will skip any pages which don't need to be OCRd and process any pages that do.
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|European Robin in Toulouse, France.|
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Summer Resident Winter
The European Robin (Erithacus rubecula), most commonly known in Anglophone Europe simply as the Robin, is a small insectivorous passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family (Turdidae), but is now considered to be a chat. Around 12.5–14.0 cm (5.0–5.5 in) in length, the male and female are similar in colouration, with an orange breast and face lined with grey, brown upperparts and a whitish belly. It is found across Europe, east to Western Siberia and south to North Africa; it is sedentary in most of its range except the far north.
The term Robin is also applied to some birds in other families with red or orange breasts. These include the American Robin (Turdus migratorius), which is a thrush, and the Australian red robins of the genus Petroica, members of a family whose relationships are unclear.
Taxonomy and systematics
The European Robin was one of the many species originally described by Linnaeus in his 18th century work, Systema Naturae, under the name of Motacilla rubecula. Its specific epithet rubecula is a diminutive derived from the Latin ruber'red'. The genus Erithacus was created by French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1800, giving the bird its current binomial name of E. rubecula.
The distinctive orange breast of both sexes contributed to the European Robin's original name of redbreast (orange as the name of a colour was unknown in English until the sixteenth century, by which time the fruit of that name had been introduced). In the fifteenth century, when it became popular to give human names to familiar species, the bird came to be known as Robin redbreast, which was eventually shortened to Robin. Other older English names for the bird include Ruddock and Robinet. In American literature of the late 19th century, this robin was frequently called the English Robin. The Frisian robyntsje or robynderke is similar to the English name, while Dutch Roodborstje and French Rouge-gorge both refer to the distinctively coloured front.
The Robin belongs to a group of mainly insectivorous birds that have been variously assigned to the thrushes or "flycatchers", depending on how these groups were perceived taxonomically. Eventually, the flycatcher-thrush assemblage was re-analysed and the genus Erithacus assigned to a group of thrush-like true flycatchers, the tribe Saxicolini, that also includes the Common Nightingale and the Old World chats.
Two Eastern Palearctic species are usually placed in the genus Erithacus, the Japanese Robin (E. akahige) and the Ryūkyū Robin (E. komadori), the latter being a restricted-range island species. Biogeography and mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data indicate that these might better be classified with some Far Eastern "nightingales", leaving only the European species in Erithacus.
In its large continental Eurasian range, Robins vary somewhat, but do not form discrete populations that might be considered subspecies. Thus, Robin subspecies are mainly distinguished by forming resident populations on islands and in mountainous areas. The Robin found in the British Isles and most of western Europe, Erithacus rubecula melophilus, also occurs as a vagrant in adjacent regions. E. r. witherbyi from Northwestern Africa, Corsica, and Sardinia closely resembles melophilus but for a shorter wing length. The northeasternmost birds, large and fairly washed-out in colour are E. r. tataricus. In the southeast of its range, E. r. valens of the Crimean Peninsula, E. r. caucasicus of the Caucasus and N Transcaucasia, and E. r. hyrcanus southeastwards into Iran are generally accepted as significantly distinct.
On Madeira and the Azores, the local population has been described as E. r. microrhynchos, and although not distinct in morphology, its isolation seems to suggests the subspecies is valid (but see below).
Canary Islands robin
The most distinct birds are those of Gran Canaria (E. r. marionae) and Tenerife (E. r. superbus), which may be considered two distinct species or at least two different subspecies. It is readily distinguished by a white eye-ring, an intensely coloured breast, and a grey line that separates the orange-red from the brown colouration. Its belly is entirely white.
While cytochrome b sequence data and vocalisations indicate that the Gran Canaria/Tenerife Robins are indeed very distinct and probably derived from colonisation by mainland birds some 2 million years ago. In addition, Gran Canaria and Tenerife birds are well distinct genetically between each other.
Christian Dietzen, Hans-Hinrich Witt and Michael Wink published in 2003 in Avian Science a study called "The phylogeographic differentiation of the European robin Erithacus rubecula on the Canary Islands revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequence data and morphometrics: evidence for a new robin taxon on Gran Canaria?". In it they concluded that Gran Canaria's Robin diverged genetically from their European relatives as far back as 2.3 million years, while the Tenerife ones took half a million years to make this leap, 1.8 million years ago. The reason would be a different colonization of the Canaries by this bird, which arrived to the oldest island first (Gran Canaria) and subsequently passed to the neighboring island (Tenerife).
A thorough comparison between marionae and superbus is pending to confirm that the first one is effectively a different subspecies. Initial results suggest that birds from Gran Canaria have wings about 10% shorter than those on Tenerife.
The west Canary Islands populations are younger (Middle Pleistocene) and only beginning to diverge genetically. Robins from the western Canary Islands: El Hierro, La Palma and La Gomera (E. (r.) microrhynchus) are similar to the European (Erithacus rubecula).
Finally, the Robins which can be found in Fuerteventura are the European ones, which is not surprising as the species does not breed either in this island or in the nearby Lanzarote, they are wintering exemplaries or just passing through during their long migrations between Africa and Europe.
Other robins
The larger American Robin (Turdus migratorius) is named for its similarity to the European Robin, but the two birds are not closely related. The similarity lies largely in the orange chest patch in both species. This American species was incorrectly shown "feathering its nest" in London in the film Mary Poppins, but it only occurs in the UK as a very rare vagrant. Some South and Middle American Turdus thrushes are also named as robins such as the Rufous-collared Robin. The Australian "robin redbreast", more correctly the Scarlet Robin (Petroica multicolor), is more closely related to the crows and jays than it is to the European Robin. It belongs to the family Petroicidae, commonly called "Australasian robins". The Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) is sometimes named "Pekin Robin" by aviculturalists. Yet another group of Old World Flycatchers, this time from Africa and Asia is the genus Copsychus; its members are known as Magpie-robins, one of which, the Oriental Magpie Robin (C. saularis), is the national bird of Bangladesh.
The adult European Robin is 12.5–14.0 cm (5.0–5.5 in) long and weighs 16–22 g (9/16–13/16 oz), with a wingspan of 20–22 cm (8–9 in). The male and female bear similar plumage; an orange breast and face (more strongly coloured in the otherwise similar British subspecies E. r. mesophilus), lined by a bluish grey on the sides of the neck and chest. The upperparts are brownish, or olive-tinged in British birds, and the belly whitish, while the legs and feet are brown. The bill and eyes are black. Juveniles are a spotted brown and white in colouration, with patches of orange gradually appearing.
Distribution and habitat
The Robin occurs in Eurasia east to Western Siberia, south to Algeria and on the Atlantic islands as far west as the Azores and Madeira. It is not found in Iceland. In the south east, it reaches the Caucasus range. British Robins are largely resident but a small minority, usually female, migrate to southern Europe during winter, a few as far as Spain. Scandinavian and Russian Robins migrate to Britain and western Europe to escape the harsher winters. These migrants can be recognised by the greyer tone of the upper parts of their bodies and duller orange breast. The European Robin prefers spruce woods in northern Europe, contrasting with its preference for parks and gardens in the British Isles.
Attempts to introduce the European Robin into Australia and New Zealand in the latter part of the 19th century were unsuccessful. Birds were released around Melbourne, Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington and Dunedin by various local Acclimatisation

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In this section you will find the fundamentals on how to create and use Soul Pictures.
Perhaps most important is the page describing the Four Pillars of Soul Pictures. These four simple principles act as a guide in how to create a Soul Picture to make it as supportive and effective as possible. However, know that whatever you draw, paint or otherwise create is absolutely fine. These are guidelines and helpful suggestions, with good reasons behind them. Yet, it is your Soul Picture, and there can also be good reasons to choose something different. Let your intuition guide you!
Next up are the Three Kinds of Soul Picture: foci, maps, and anchors. This describes both what these three kinds of image are used for, as well as the differences in how to create them. See which one feels most appropriate to what you want to represent for a given situation.
The third page is about how to use tapping (EFT) with your Soul Picture. This technique helps in three different ways. It is great at releasing emotions and blocks around a subject. Tapping can help you to achieve a more creative, intuitive frame of mind. And it can also be used to cement new understandings and resources.
Finally, there is a page and video on breathing. Heart Math breathing, sometimes called Balancing Breath, is a highly effective way to get yourself into a state of calm, focus and creativity. It is also easy to do, and to maintain while you are creating your Soul Picture. It helps you to get into flow: that state where you are engaged in what you are doing so you lose track of time, feeling focused and stimulated. If you ever worry about artist's block, give this a try!


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Array::IntSpan - Handles arrays of scalars or objects using IntSpan techniques
 use Array::IntSpan;
The new version of Array::IntSpan is also able to consolidate the ranges by comparing the adjacent values of the range. If 2 adjacent values are identical, the 2 adjacent ranges are merged.
Ranges of objects ^
Array::IntSpan can also handle objects instead of scalar values.
But for the consolidation to work, the payload class must overload the "", eq and == operators to perform the consolidation comparisons.
When a get_range method is called to a range of objects, it will return a new range of object referencess. These object references points to the objects stored in the original range. In other words the objects contained in the returned range are not copied.
Thus if the user calls a methods on the objects contained in the returned range, the method is actually invoked on the objects stored in the original range.
When a get_range method is called on a range of objects, several things may happen:
Ranges specified with integer fields ^
new (...)
The new method takes an optional list of array elements. The elements should be in the form [start_index, end_index, value]. They should be in sorted order and there should be no overlaps. The internal method _check_structure will be called to verify the data is correct. If you wish to avoid the performance penalties of checking the structure, you can use Data::Dumper to dump an object and use that code to reconstitute it.
Clear the range.
set_range (start, end, value [, code ref] )
This method takes three parameters - the start_index, the end_index, and the value. If you wish to erase a range, specify undef for the value. It properly deals with overlapping ranges and will replace existing data as appropriate. If the new range lies after the last existing range, the method will execute in O(1) time. If the new range lies within the existing ranges, the method executes in O(n) time, where n is the number of ranges. It does not consolidate contiguous ranges that have the same value.
The method returns 0 if there were no overlapping ranges and 1 if there were.
The optional code ref is called back when an existing range is split. For instance if the original range is [0,10,$foo_obj] and set_range is called with [5,7,$bar_obj'], the callback will be called twice:
 $callback->(0, 4,$foo_obj)
It will be the callback responsability to make sure that the range 0-4 and 7-10 holds 2 different objects.
get_range (start, end [, filler | undef, copy_cb [, set_cb]])
This method returns a range (actually an Array::IntSpan object) from start to end.
If start and end span empty slot in the original range, get_range will skip the empty slots. If a filler value is provided, get_range will fill the slots with it.
 original range : [2-4,X],[7-9,Y],[12-14,Z]
 get_range(3,8) : [3-4,X],[7-8,Y]
 get_range(2,10,f) : [3-4,X],[5-6,f],[7-8,Y]
If the filler parameter is a CODE reference, the filler value will be the one returned by the sub ref. The sub ref is invoked with (start,end), i.e. the range of the empty span to fill (get_range(5,6) in the example above). When handling object, the sub ref can invoke an object constructor.
If start or end split an original range in 2, the default behavior is to copy the value or object ref contained in the original range:
 original range : [1-4,X]
 split range : [1-1,X],[2-2,X],[3-4,X]
 get_range(2) : [2-2,X]
If the original range contains object, this may lead to disapointing results. In the example below the 2 ranges contains references (obj_a) that points to the same object:
 original range : [1-4,obj_a]
 split range : [1-1,obj_a],[2-2,obj_a],[3-4,obj_a]
 get_range(2) : [2-2,obj_a]
Which means that invoking a method on the object returned by get_range(2) will also be invoked on the range 1-4 of the original range which may not be what you want.
If get_range is invoked with a copy parameter (actually a code reference), the result of this routine will be stored in the split range outside of the get_range:
 original range : [1-4,X]
 get_range(2) : [2-2,X]
 split range : [1-1,copy_of_X],[2-2,X],[3-4,copy_of_X]
When dealing with object, the sub ref should provide a copy of the object:
 original range : [1-4,obj_a]
 get_range(2) : [2-2,obj_a]
 split range : [1-1,obj_a1],[2-2,obj_a],[3-4,obj_a2]
Note that the obj_a contained in the split range and the obj_a contained in the returned range point to the same object.
The sub ref is invoked with (start,end,obj_a) and is expected to return a copy of obj_a that will be stored in the split ranges. In the example above, 2 different copies are made: obj_a1 and obj_a2.
Last, a 3rd callback may be defined by the user: the set_cb. This callback will be used when the range start or end that holds an object changes. In the example above, the set_cb will be called this way:
 $obj_a->&$set_cb(2,2) ;
As a matter of fact, the 3 callback can be used in the same call. In the example below, get_range is invoked with 3 subs refs: \&f,\&cp,\&set:
 original range : [1-4,obj_a],[7-9,obj_b]
 get_range(3-8,...) : [3-4,obj_a],[5-6,obj_fill],[7-8,obj_b]
 split range : [1-2,obj_a1], [3-4,obj_a],[5-6,obj_fill],
To obtain this, get_range will perform the following calls:
 $obj_fill = &f ;
 $obj_a1 = &cp(5,6,obj_a);
 &set(3,4,$obj_a) ;
 $obj_b = &cp(9,9,obj_b) ;
 &set(7-8,obj_b) ;
lookup( index )
This method takes as a single parameter the index to look up. If there is an appropriate range, the method will return the associated value. Otherwise, it returns undef.
get_element( element_number )
Returns an array containing the Nth range element:
 ( start, end, value )
consolidate( bottom, top, [ set_cb ] )
This function scan the range from the range index bottom to top and compare the values held by the adjacent ranges. If the values are identical, the adjacent ranges are merged.
The comparision is made with the == operator. Objects stored in the range must overload the == operator. If not, the comparison will be made with the standard stringification of an object and the merge will never happen.
If provided, the set_cb will be invoked on the contained object after 2 ranges are merged.
For instance, if the "$obj_a" eq "$obj_b":
 original range : [1-4,obj_a],[5-9,obj_b]
 consolidate(0,1,\&set) : [1-9,obj_a]
And consolidate will perform this call:
 &$set(1,9,obj_a) ;
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Container Class Evaluation
Lex shows the hierarchy of the current connected LDAP directory in the tree view panel on the left side in the LEX main window, so that a fast and easy navigation is possible. To show this hierarchy, LEX reads all the container objects from the server, so that these objects can be used to build up the navigation tree.
The probem is: LDAP allows all types of objects to have child objects. So if you want to build up the current LDAP tree, normall you have to check literally all LDAP objects for children. This would lead to a sluggish application performance when you want to browse through a large tree hierarchy. Or if you would first pre-cache the tree structure, it would last very long to achieve this.
Therefore LEX has a list for each type of directory server with the names of the typical container object classes. There are different lists for the following environments:
 - OpenLDAP
 - Microsoft Active Directory (this includes AD LDS and ADAM)
 - Novell eDirectory
 - Sun iPlanet (this includes SUN Directory Servers and NetScape Directory Servers)
 - Siemens DirX
 - Generic LDAP (all other LDAP servers)
This classification was made to reflect the fact that all types of directories tend to have their typical structural elements. In all these lists, the object class 'organizationalUnit' will be in the list for sure. Other classes are not so obvious to be potential container classes with child objects.
If LEX loads the directory tree hierarchy, the list of container classes will be converted to the appropriate LDAP filter. This filter is used then to retrieve all the object from the server which are needed to built up the tree view.
The list of the container classes can be configured with the menu option Tools - Options - Container Classes. You see here different buttons for the regarding LDAP server environments where you can configure the appropriate list of container classes:
Configuring the container classes
Normally you do not have to work hard on these lists because a lot of the classes usually used as container classes are predefined as default values here.
Maybe you have to configure new classes to this lists if you encounter the following problem: You don't see an object in the tree view hierarchy as a container, even if it is shown in the object list when you look at the parent container:
Domain Controllers don't appaear in the tree
If you change the object list scope to 'deeptree', so that you see the entire subtree under the parent object, you may notice that this object have child objects - although it was not shown as a container.
Child objects visible in deeptree scope
Then you have to check what object class the regarding object has. Add this object class to the appropriate container class list under Tools - Options - Container Classes. If you don't know to which type of directory your current LDAP server belongs, you can check this in the option Connection - Connection Info.
Pseudo Container Classes
There might be object classes in a directory environment which have a large number of real objects existing for this class, whereas these objects have very seldom child objects below them. An example of such an object class are the 'computer' objects in an Active Directory environment.
In order to be able to show all hierarchical structures in the tree view panel in a very fast way, LEX works with so-called Pseudo Container Classes. These container classes are handles as follows:
 - Container Class objects are shown in the tree view panel ONLY if they have actually child objects:
 Pseudo Container Classes
 - If the entire tree hierarchy has to be cached (first connection or reload operation on the entire tree), LEX does not search for Pseudo Container Class objects. This is because there may be a huge count of these objects in the current directory - so this would last far too long for building up a tree with these information included. Even if we would search for all these - this would result potentially in a very large number of container objects in the tree view - although most of such objects doesn't have child objects.
 So for the caching of the entire tree hierarchy, no Pseudo Container Classes are used. Only the normal container class objects are evaluated.
 - If you just reload the 'tree environment' of the currently selected node, then only the node's parent, siblings and child nodes are refeshed. This is done by just pressing F5 or using the ViewRefresh option. Because this is probably a smaller amount of container objects to read from the server, LEX requests the normal container classes together with the Pseudo Container Classes.
The list of the pseudo container classes can be configured with the menu option Tools - Options - Container Classes. You see here different buttons for te regarding LDAP server environments where you can configure the approprate list of pseudo container classes:
Configuring the container classes


How Saudi Restaurants Can Increase their Efficiency With An Automatic KOT System
Technology has become an indispensable part of streamlining and running restaurant operations seamlessly. The restaurant Kitchen Order Ticket (KOT) is a small, yet critical aspect of the restaurant ordering system. KOT is a note which is forwarded to the kitchen and billing division, as soon as an order is placed while one copy is retained in the system for future reference. Kitchen Order Tickets primarily contain details related to the items ordered, table number, and the quantity. Having an automated restaurant KOT reduces the scope for manual errors, saves time, helps with real-time reporting of all the orders at your restaurant, and reduces monetary discrepancies. This article explains how an automated KOT System improves restaurant ordering and kitchen Operations and why restaurants in Saudi Arabia must consider shifting towards it.
How An Automated KOT System Will Improve Restaurant Ordering And Kitchen Operations In Saudi Arabia
Traditional KOT generation is a slow, manual process, having much scope for errors, and gives little room for monitoring and tracking the orders. Thus, it is important to switch to an automated restaurant KOT application that not only saves time and increases efficiency but also reduces your costs in the long run.
A smart restaurant POS provides instant KOT generation and helps manage other operations such as customer relationship management, inventory management, detailed reporting, etc.
An automated KOT system is easy to use and install. The entire process can be broken down into three simple steps:
 - Install KOT printers in the kitchen and bar.
 - Make sure that the kitchen prepares and supplies food, based on the printed KOT. Train all your staff accordingly.
 - Install the POS system at the foodservice desk.
Shifting to an automated restaurant generation process can have a lot of benefits. These are the various ways in which an automated restaurant KOT generation process can smoothen your restaurant operations:
1. Ease Of Use
The method of accepting orders into the POS is straightforward. After punching the orders into the system, one can automatically generate the restaurant KOT. Due to its touchscreen interface, it becomes easy for the servers to operate the KOT system. Even for the restaurant staff that is not very tech-savvy, a simple and automatic KOT generation process makes it much easier to process the orders.
2. Accelerates Restaurant Services
The food service process is accelerated as the order is punched on the shop floor, whereas the KOT is printed in the kitchen in real-time. In the traditional KOT generation process, there is always a requirement to handover the KOT manually.
This arrangement also saves time as it allows the automatic capture of data. It reduces the overall table turnaround and the time taken to serve the customers. This has a direct impact on customer satisfaction since it takes less time for your staff to communicate, prepare, and deliver the orders.
In case operators are looking for ways to further automate the restaurant ordering system, they can digitize the entire KOT generation process too. A Kitchen Display System (KDS) comes in handy as instead of printing a paper-based KOT, the orders are directly displayed on display screens along with the order details. KDS not only improves efficiency in your restaurant kitchen, but it also saves substantial time and helps improve the customer experience.
Why Do You Need Cloud Kitchen POS
3. Integrates Seamlessly With Online Ordering Platforms
One of the biggest challenges that restaurateurs often face is streamlining the food delivery orders from online ordering platforms such as Talabat, UberEats, etc. Unless your restaurant ordering system is automated, there are high chances that the online orders may get delayed or missed while sending them to the kitchen for preparation. An automatic restaurant KOT application system ensures that online orders are directly accepted at the POS, and the KOT is generated immediately and printed in the kitchen.
4. Reduces the Scope for Discrepancies
Restaurants can have complete control over their business through real-time monitoring, even if they have outlets at multiple locations. Live analytics allow you to view the number of KOTs generated and enable you to monitor your restaurant operations at all times, from anywhere.
As one can easily access daily sales and stock details, it helps in minimizing revenue leakage. When restaurant operators in Saudi Arabia can monitor the entire information related to raw materials, whether in stock or items that need to be ordered, etc. there will be fewer chances of duplicate orders. One can also exercise theft control because you can keep a tab on the inflow and outflow of materials in real-time.
5. Reduces Dependency On Manual Entries
In the manual KOT generation system, the wait staff always checks or rechecks the KOT. Automated restaurant KOT system not only reduces the manual tasks at hand but also lowers the labor costs. Besides, it also cuts down the wrong delivery problem as it contains the token number, which is also present on the bill.
New-age cloud restaurant POS systems are easy to install and do not require much space. When the billing apps are integrated with the KOT feature, restaurant operators do not need to invest much. These are usually affordable and bring an overall improvement to the business and the revenue earned.
An automated restaurant KOT application will not only help you accelerate your restaurant operations but will also help in reducing your operating expenses to a great extent. Invest in an automated KOT generation system and increase the efficiency of your restaurant operations in Saudi Arabia.
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Department of Defence seeks industry feedback on draft AIC Enhanced Contractual Framework
by ANZDD on 02-Oct-2020
The Department of Defence is seeking industry feedback on an enhanced Australian Industry Capability (AIC) Contractual Framework.
The Draft AIC Enhanced Contractual Framework and related supporting artefacts are intended to provide specific and measurable AIC commitments that promote greater accountability for achieving the AIC objectives.
Defence has changed the approach for AIC from a 'one-size-fits-all' approach across its acquisition and sustainment contracting templates to a more flexible and scalable approach. This approach enables greater alignment with the unique aspects of each procurement, and is consistent with the view of defence industry as one of the fundamental inputs to capability.
The changes to be introduced by the new framework are directed at:
- better achieving Government's and Defence's requirements for maximising opportunities for Australian industry to participate in each procurement, while also recognising the core role of industry in delivering ADF Capability; and
- strengthening the contractual terms to ensure that these requirements are achieved through revised tendering processes and the inclusion of specific and measurable contractual commitments to enhance accountability.
Under the new framework, the key enhancements are to elevate AIC as a "core" clause with strengthened AIC obligations that contractors must comply with under contracts. To complement these obligations a new AIC remediation regime will be introduced.
The enhanced contractual framework will not be applied retrospectively. Defence will adopt a phased implementation approach across the ASDEFCON template suite from 1 January 2021.
The first package of draft documents (the AIC core package) is now available for consultation and comprises:
- updated Conditions of Tender, Conditions of Contract (and Glossary), and Statement of Work
- new Australian Contract Expenditure Measurement Rules
- extracts from relevant artefacts which describe the enhanced framework
What is the Australian Industry Capability Program?
The Australian Industry Capability (AIC) Program is designed to meet key objectives of the 2016 Defence and Industry Policy Statement (DIPS). In accordance with the DIPS, the AIC Program aims to:
- Provide opportunities for Australian companies to compete on merit for defence work within Australia and overseas.
- Influence foreign prime contractors and original equipment manufacturers, including Australian subsidiaries, to deliver cost-effective support.
- Facilitate transfer of technology and access to appropriate intellectual property rights.
- Encourage investment in Australian industry.
How do I give feedback?
All feedback should be sent to [email protected] using the ASDEFCON AIC Enhancements Feedback Log.
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The potato (Solanumtuberosum) is a major food crop worldwide with annual production exceeding 321.69 million tonnes1 (Fig.1). Proponents of organic food claim that it is tastier than conventional produce, however limited scientific studies have been conducted in this area to support or refute such claims2. The aim of this study was to examine if there are differences in the physiochemical and sensory properties of Irish grown organic and conventional potatoes.
Gilsenan, Clare; Burke, Roisin M.; and Barry Ryan, Catherine, "Physicochemical and Sensory Studies on Irish Grown Organic and Conventional Tubers (Solanum tuberosum)" (2009). Conference papers. Paper 12.


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In this 1-hour long project-based course, you will learn how to build Classification Trees in Python, using a real world dataset that has missing data and categorical data that must be transformed with One-Hot Encoding. We then use Cost Complexity Pruning and Cross Validation to build a tree that is not overfit to the Training Dataset. This course runs on Coursera's hands-on project platform called Rhyme. On Rhyme, you do projects in a hands-on manner in your browser. You will get instant access to pre-configured cloud desktops containing all of the software and data you need for the project. Everything is already set up directly in your Internet browser so you can just focus on learning. For this project, you'll get instant access to a cloud desktop with (e.g. Python, Jupyter, and Tensorflow) pre-installed. Prerequisites: In order to be successful in this project, you should be familiar with Python and the theory behind Decision Trees, Cost Complexity Pruning, Cross Validation and Confusion Matrices. Notes: - This course works best for learners who are based in the North America region. We're currently working on providing the same experience in other regions.
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Having a regular inspection done on the hydronic baseboard will ensure it keeps running smoothly.
How do you maintain the hydronic baseboard heater?
First monitor the thermostatic pressure to make sure it measures the temperature, pressure and the height of the water in the unit. Failure to check the pressure gauge could put you in a potential risk if the pressure exceeds 30 pounds. The optimal pressure should be between 12 pounds to 15 pounds.
If the pressure is too high, drain the excess water. Locate the drain valve then turn off the power unit. Then drain off the excess water until the meter is reset.
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Perhaps you would want to put a cover on your hydronic baseboard heater. Either because you can't find a hydronic heater that matches interior decor or you simply want to replace the one you use for reasons which could be the cover is discolored or damaged.
Don't worry, you can find a hydronic baseboard heater cover that best suits you.
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This is an elegant baseboard cover with superior quality that comes in a variety of measurements available from 2 to 8 feet. Besides having long-lasting qualities, they are also easy to clean.
1. What Is A Hydronic Baseboard Heater?
You may wonder, what is a hydronic baseboard heater?
To answer the question, let's isolate each component of the word Hydronic baseboard heater.
It's called hydronic because it uses a liquid as a medium. The liquid is typically water or mineral oil.
The use of the words baseboard heater means, that the heater is installed externally on a wall near the floor as opposed to mounting inside walls or freestanding.
So a hydronic baseboard heater is a unit that uses water to some capacity and is attached to a wall at the floor level at a central position. Heating pipes are run under the floor, which is designed to be used to transfer and emit heat across several rooms or zones. This creates an inbuilt heating system.
Hydronic baseboard heaters evolved from the old hollow cast iron radiators to today's trendy and beautiful and stylish baseboard heaters.
Hydronic baseboard heaters are long and relatively slim and provide a simple, cost-effective alternative to warm up your home.
2. How does a Hydronic baseboard heater work?
Hydronic baseboard heaters are common in many homes.
However many people do not know the technical aspect of the hydronic baseboard heater.
Basically a hydronic baseboard heater uses the same principle of radiation like the sun to warm up your home.
The baseboard heater contains a heating element surrounded by a metal tube. The metal tube is filled with water.
When the heater is switched on, the electricity heats the element in the tube which then heats the water inside.
The water turns to hot which then disperses the heat to the aluminum fins along the heater tube. This heat up the surrounding air before the air starts circulating throughout the room or heating zone.
The piping system then further channels heat into more rooms. Heat is sourced from the central baseboard heater, is maintained through flow control valves. In this way, hot water regulates the temperature according to the settings on the thermostat.
convection baseboard heaters are other baseboard heaters that typically resemble hydronic baseboard in terms of design characteristics.
They are placed under windows and are used to warm up small rooms. Unlike hydronic baseboard heaters, convection heaters aren't able to diffuse the heat produced so they require a fan.
They draw cool air in from close to the floor, through the bottom and project it up and a small fan pushes the warm air out overheated fins on top of the heating unit into the room.
3. Are hydronic baseboard heaters self-contained?
Hydronic baseboard heaters are self-contained types. You can move the baseboard heater anywhere in the room.
Nevertheless, you can opt for a central location for the baseboard heaters.
4. How many hydronic baseboard heaters do I need?
You only require one baseboard heater to warm your home with hydronic baseboard heaters. For small rooms or zones use an electric baseboard heater because they are most convenient and are quick to install.
5. Will hydronic baseboard heaters freeze?
The liquid inside hydronic baseboard heaters is made specially treated water that cannot freeze regardless of the outside temperature. The asbestos material used maintains the temperature of the liquid to continue emitting heat even when the baseboard heater has been turned off.
Technology has allowed us to bring comfort to our homes during the cold months with Hydronic baseboard heaters which give a very convenient and effective source of heat to add comfort to your home.
Whenever you go shopping for baseboard heaters, it's important to consider the proper dimensions of your room size and the baseboard heater.
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What is iridology?
How iridology work?
Explain the science of it. How is the eye literally the window to the soul?-Iridology is the science of the iris, or colored portion, of the eye. The iris contains bundles of thousands of nerve fibers and is a reflection of the entire body.The iris is connected to every organ and tissue of the body by way of the brain and central nervous system through the optic nerve. The optic nerve connects to the central nervous system (CNS) which is the main communication link to everything that goes on in the body.Think of your brain as your body's 'hard drive;' it remembers everything that ever happened to your body. Your iris is then like the 'file folder.' So 'reading' the iris to find out what is going on in the body is similar to how one reads a computer screen to access what's in a computer.
Iridology is the study of the iris as associated with disease. The 'iris' of the eye, is the most complex tissue structure in the human anatomy, which is the exposed nerve endings that makes up the colored part of the eye. From the time we are conceived the iris and all its fibers are formed along with the brain before any other organ is developed, making the eyes an extension of the brain endowed with thousands of nerve endings, microscopic blood vessels, muscle and other tissues. The iris is connected to the tissue of the body by way of the brain and nervous system. The branched nerve fibers (such as dendrites) receive their impulses by their connections to the optic nerve and spinal cord. Nerve fibers in the iris respond to changes in body tissues by manifesting a reflex physiology that corresponds to specific tissue changes and locations, by way of line patterns, fiber structure and color changes in the iris. By this means the body's inherited and/or acquired state of health sends neural reflexes to the fibers within the iris causing groups of fibers to change by way of line patterns, characteristics, shapes, structures, forms and color in the iris and that is what an Iridologist studies.
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The fairylike world drawn by the Studio Ghibli hides the war drama of the two protagonists. The teenage Seita and his four-year-old sister Setsuko lost their parents and struggle to survive in the Japan that is being convulsed by war. Following the siblings on a path that is more and more difficult, the film poses questions about the borders of compassion and empathy for the other person in the times of war cruelty.
The cult, anti-war Japan animated film, often compared to 'Schindler's List' by Steven Spielberg.
Even though it is a film adaptation of a novel by Akiyuki Nosaka, one can easily sense a personal tragedy. The director was only 10 years old when the World War II came to an end and therefore he is able to identify with the situation of the protagonists.


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UF scientist links bacterium to kidney stone prevention
GAINESVILLE, Fla.— Dietary supplementation with a beneficial bacterium that plays a key role in breaking down a substance linked to kidney stone formation could someday prevent stone disease in people, a University of Florida researcher and his colleagues have discovered.
Giving rats high doses of a naturally occurring intestinal bacterium called Oxalobacter formigenes safely lowers chronically high levels of oxalate – a byproduct of digestion that is a major cause of kidney stones – to near normal, the scientists reported in the October issue of The Journal of Urology.
Scientists at UF and other institutions previously linked kidney stone formation to a lack of O. formigenes in the body, but the article provides the first published evidence that supplementation with the bacteria may help prevent stone formation. The research was conducted in collaboration with scientists at Ixion Biotechnology, a UF technology licensee located in Alachua, Fla.
UF and Ixion researchers are now developing the bacterium as a treatment for kidney stone disease in people. They are in the process of seeking approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin testing in humans a frozen form of the bacterium that would be mixed with a beverage and consumed. The National Institutes of Health has awarded Ixion a small business grant of $786,000 over the next two years to develop the bacterium into pill form.
"Outside of attempts to change people's dietary habits, which are not very successful on a long-term basis, there has been a lack of successful treatment for lowering oxalate levels," said Dr. Ammon B. Peck, a professor of pathology, immunology and laboratory medicine at UF's College of Medicine.
"This particular treatment is such a simple process, and if its safety and efficacy holds up in humans, it certainly will be a major step forward for individuals suffering from this disease. We're very optimistic that this will be something that we can bring to the public fairly soon," said Peck, who also is the chief scientist at Ixion, where the research was conducted.
Kidney stone disease is a painful and costly disorder that afflicts about 5 percent to 10 percent of people worldwide. More than three-quarters of stones form because of excessive oxalate, which binds with calcium to form crystals that become stones. Oxalate is found in high concentrations in many foods, including asparagus, tea, broccoli, peanut butter, spinach and chocolate. The disease is more common in men and in certain geographic regions. About $2.5 billion is spent annually treating it, including surgically removing stones or repeatedly aiming high-energy sound waves at them until they disintegrate – therapies that can damage the kidneys.
O. formigenes could be the newest member of a class of beneficial bacteria called medical probiotics, used to treat a variety of conditions. Currently, the most common is Lactobacillus, which is found in active-culture yogurt and other supplements and has been shown to prevent or treat diarrhea.
For the current study, supported by a $26,000 grant from the Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories, 26 rats received high doses of oxalate, predisposing them to kidney stone formation. Using cultures of O. formigenes grown from a sample originally obtained from a wild rat, researchers gave groups of the study animals four different doses of the bacterium through a feeding tube during a two-week period. A control group was fed a normal diet and did not receive the bacterial supplement.
Within two days of starting the supplementation, urinary levels of oxalate declined in rats fed the high-oxalate diet. The higher the dose of the bacterium the rats received, the less oxalate excreted through the kidneys. In animals receiving the highest doses of O. formigenes, the amount of oxalate present in the urine dropped to the levels found in the control group.
During the treatment period and for four weeks afterward, all the rats remained healthy and showed no adverse effects.
First discovered in sheep in the mid-1980s by co-researcher Milton J. Allison, a University of Iowa microbiologist, O. formigenes is a useful bacterium that people pick up from the environment from about 1 to 3 years of age. It is present in the intestinal tracts of almost every animal species UF researchers have tested, but is susceptible to antibiotics, dietary changes, health conditions and unknown environmental factors.
"People who get stones more than once are more likely to keep getting them, and we have found that people who make a lot of stones lack the O. formigenes bacteria necessary to degrade oxalate from the body in order to prevent kidney stone disease," said Harmeet Sidhu, vice president and director of research for Ixion's oxalate division, and the paper's principal author. Prior to joining Ixion, Sidhu was a visiting scientist at UF.
"Because this bacterium is something that nature has provided, it can be a good way of preventing absorption of oxalate from the diet. And the most important thing is that this treatment proved very safe. It did not have any toxic effects, even in laboratory rats that did not have the bacteria normally and had never been exposed to it before," she said.


text: We studied the mineralogy, petrology, and bulk, trace element, oxygen, and noble gas isotopic compositions of a composite clast approximately 20 mm in diameter discovered in the Larkman Nunatak (LAR) 04316 aubrite regolith breccia. The clast consists of two lithologies: One is a quench-textured intergrowth of troilite with spottily zoned metallic Fe,Ni which forms a dendritic or cellular structure. The approximately 30 μm spacings between the Fe,Ni arms yield an estimated cooling rate of this lithology of approximately 25–30 °C s−1. The other is a quench-textured enstatite-forsterite-diopside-glass vitrophyre lithology. The composition of the clast suggests that it formed at an exceptionally high degree of partial melting, perhaps approaching complete melting, and that the melts from which the composite clast crystallized were quenched from a temperature of approximately 1380–1400 °C at a rate of approximately 25–30 °C s−1. The association of the two lithologies in a composite clast allows, for the first time, an estimation of the cooling rate of a silicate vitrophyre in an aubrite of approximately 25–30 °C s−1. While we cannot completely rule out an impact origin of the clast, we present what we consider is very strong evidence that this composite clast is one of the elusive pyroclasts produced during pyroclastic volcanism on the aubrite parent body (Wilson and Keil 1991). We further suggest that this clast was not ejected into space but retained on the aubrite parent body by virtue of the relatively large size of the clast of approximately 20 mm. Our modeling, taking into account the size of the clast, suggests that the aubrite parent body must have been between approximately 40 and 100 km in diameter, and that the melt from which the clast crystallized must have contained an estimated maximum range of allowed volatile mass fractions between approximately 500 and approximately 4500 ppm.


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The kolo, three-step kolo and six-step kolo, is a very popular folk dance in the current dance practice of Serbia and a vital form of traditional culture. It is performed by interlinked dancers, where the first and last one have a distinct role in determining the progression of the dance, which usually unfolds along a semi-circular line, and only rarely along a spiral or a serpentine line. The kolo is always performed to the accompaniment of music; the dancers follow the music by performing various types of steps. The basic pattern of the steps involves moving to the right, hopping at the same spot, and then, moving to the left and hopping at the same spot, with continuous hopping. Kolo dancing is an indispensable part of all gatherings, private and public celebrations, and it is performed by members of all social, professional and age groups, both in rural and urban environments.
Kolo is a segment of performing arts that is present in the entire territory of Serbia. Along with the Serbian Orthodox population, which considers it as national identity trait, it is also performed by other ethnic and confessional communities.
The kolo, as a traditional folk dance, has been inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2017.


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Kendo UI for Angular Sparkline Overview
The Sparkline is a tiny chart without axes, coordinates, legends, titles, or other chart-specific elements.
Generally, Sparklines are simple, word-sized graphics that can be embedded in tables, headlines, or chunks of text. The concept for their graphical representation was developed by Edward Tufte. The Kendo UI Sparkline is a version of the Kendo UI Chart, which is tailored for this specific application. While the standard Kendo UI Chart component behaves like a block element (due to its rendering inside a
div element to allow for an easy embedding in texts), the Sparkline behaves like an inline element due to its rendering inside a
While, typically, Sparklines are line charts, they can also be rendered as the following Chart types:
- Line (default)
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The following example demonstrates the Sparkline in action.
- The Sparkline includes shortcuts for setting the
- Also, the Sparkline supports all configuration options that are applicable for the Categorical series type of the Chart.


AOT: Appearance Optimal Transport Based Identity Swapping for Forgery Detection
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Hao Zhu, Chaoyou Fu, Qianyi Wu, Wayne Wu, Chen Qian, Ran He
Recent studies have shown that the performance of forgery detection can be improved with diverse and challenging Deepfakes datasets. However, due to the lack of Deepfakes datasets with large variance in appearance, which can be hardly produced by recent identity swapping methods, the detection algorithm may fail in this situation. In this work, we provide a new identity swapping algorithm with large differences in appearance for face forgery detection. The appearance gaps mainly arise from the large discrepancies in illuminations and skin colors that widely exist in real-world scenarios. However, due to the difficulties of modeling the complex appearance mapping, it is challenging to transfer fine-grained appearances adaptively while preserving identity traits. This paper formulates appearance mapping as an optimal transport problem and proposes an Appearance Optimal Transport model (AOT) to formulate it in both latent and pixel space. Specifically, a relighting generator is designed to simulate the optimal transport plan. It is solved via minimizing the Wasserstein distance of the learned features in the latent space, enabling better performance and less computation than conventional optimization. To further refine the solution of the optimal transport plan, we develop a segmentation game to minimize the Wasserstein distance in the pixel space. A discriminator is introduced to distinguish the fake parts from a mix of real and fake image patches. Extensive experiments reveal that the superiority of our method when compared with state-of-the-art methods and the ability of our generated data to improve the performance of face forgery detection.


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Atlantic warming points to malaria risk... in India
PARIS (AFP) - Health watchdogs monitoring the risk of malaria in India should keep a close eye on what's happening thousands of kilometres away in the Atlantic, an unusual study published on Sunday suggests.
The temperature of the sea surface in the tropical South Atlantic is a big determinant for levels of monsoon rain, which in turn is the big factor for malarial mosquitoes, it says.
Researchers led by Mercedes Pascual at the University of Michigan compared maps of monsoon rainfall and malaria epidemics in the desert fringe of north-western India with a global map of sea-surface temperatures.
What struck them was a clear link between abnormally cold temperatures in the tropical South Atlantic in July and a regional increase in malaria in the ensuing September-December period.


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absolute value, magnitude of a number or other mathematical expression disregarding its sign; thus, the absolute value is positive, whether the original expression is positive or negative. In symbols, if | a | denotes the absolute value of a number a, then | a | = a for a > 0 and | a | = - a for a < 0. For example, |7| = 7 since 7 > 0 and | - 7| = - ( - 7), or | - 7| = 7, since - 7 < 0.
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How Are You, performance, durational, 2019
writing a score and performing were all together collaboration with Sohyeon Jenny Eom
During the performance, Jenny and I are building sentence by speaking a word back to back. For example, if I say "HOW" she say "ARE" and then I say "YOU. Since the number of the word in sentence is odd number, like 3 words, or 7 words, person who starts the sentence is rotated. The score were losely woven, so how many times repeated, and which adjectives to say were improvisational.
performance score, written by Woohee Cho and Sohyeon Jenny Eom


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|Title: ||Stabilised Rammed Earth For Walls : Materials, Compressive Strength And Elastic Properties|
|Authors: ||Kumar, Prasanna P|
|Advisors: ||Reddy, B V Venkatarama|
|Keywords: ||Structural Analysis (Civil Engineering)|
Cement Stabilised Rammed Earth
Rammed Earth Buildings
Cement Stabilised Rammed Earth Walls
Rammed Earth - Strength
Rammed Earth - Elastic Properties
Soil - Stability
Stabilised Rammed Earth
|Submitted Date: ||Jul-2009|
|Series/Report no.: ||G23519|
|Abstract: ||Rammed earth is a technique of forming in-situ structural wall elements using rigid formwork. Advantages of rammed earth walls include flexibility in plan form, scope for adjusting strength and wall thickness, variety of textural finishes, lower embodied carbon and energy, etc. There is a growing interest in the construction of rammed earth buildings in the recent past. Well focused comprehensive studies in understanding the structural performance of rammed earth structures are scanty. Clear-cut guidelines on selecting soil grading and soil characteristics, assessing strength of rammed earth walls, density strength relationships, limits on shrinkage, standardised testing procedures, behaviour of rammed earth walls under in-plane and out of plane loads, etc are the areas needing attention. The thesis attempts to address some of these aspects of cement stabilized rammed earth for structural walls.
Brief history and developments in rammed earth construction with illustrations of rammed earth buildings are presented. A review of the literature on rammed earth has been provided under two categories: (a) Unstabilised or pure rammed earth and (b) stabilised rammed earth. Review of the existing codes of practice on rammed earth has also been included. Summary of the literature on rammed earth along with points requiring attention for further R&D are discussed. Objectives and scope of the thesis are listed.
The thesis deals with an extensive experimentation on cement stabilised rammed earth (CSRE) specimens and walls. Four varieties of specimens (cylindrical, prisms, wallettes and full scale walls) were used in the experiments. A natural soil and its reconstituted variants were used in the experimental work. Details of the experimental programme, characteristics of raw materials used in the experimental investigations, methods of preparing different types of specimens and their testing procedures are discussed in detail.
Influence of soil grading, cement content, moulding water content, density and delayed compaction on compaction characteristics and strength of cement stabilised soil mixes were examined. Five different soil gradings with clay content ranging between 9 and 31.6% and three cement contents (5%, 8% and 12%) were considered. Effect of delayed compaction (time lag) on compaction characteristics and compressive strength of cement stabilised soils was examined by monitoring the results up to 10 hours of time lag. Influence of moulding water content and density on compressive strength and water absorption of cement stabilised soils was examined considering for a range of densities and water contents. The results indicate that (a) there is a considerable difference between dry and wet compressive strength of CSRE prisms, and the strength decreases as the moisture content at the time of testing increases, (b) wet strength is less than that of dry strength and the ratio between wet to dry strength depends upon the clay fraction of soil mix and cement content, (c) saturated moisture content depends upon the cement content and the clay content of the soil mix, (d) optimum clay percentage yielding maximum compressive strength is about 16%, (e) compressive strength of compacted cement stabilised soil increases with increase in density irrespective of cement content and moulding moisture content, and the strength increases by 300% for 20% increase in density from 15.70 kN/m3, (f) compressive strength of rammed earth is one - third higher than that of rammed earth brick masonry and (g) density decreases with increase in time lag and there is 50% decrease in strength with 10 hour time lag.
Stress-strain relationships and elastic properties of cement stabilised rammed earth are essential for the analysis of CSRE structural elements and understanding the structural behaviour of CSRE walls. Influence of soil composition, density, cement content and moisture on stress-strain relationships of CSRE was studied. Three different densities (15.7 – 19.62 kN/m3) and three cement percentages (5%, 8% and 12% by weight) were considered for CSRE. Stress-strain characteristics of CSRE and rammed earth brick masonry were compared. The results reveal that (a) in dry condition the post peak response shows considerable deformation (strain hardening type behaviour) beyond the peak stress and ultimate strain values at failure (dry state) are as high as 3.5%, which is unusual for brittle materials, (b) modulus for CSRE increases with increase in density as well as cement content and there is 1 to 3 times increase as the cement content changes from 5% to 12%. Similarly the modulus increases by 2.5 to 5 times as the dry density increases from 15.7 to 19.62 kN/m3 and (c) the modulus of CSRE and masonry in dry state are nearly equal, whereas in wet state masonry has 20% less modulus.
Compressive strength and behavior of storey height CSRE walls subjected to concentric compression was studied. The results of the wall strength were compared with those of wallette and prism strengths. The wall strength decreases with increase in slenderness ratio. There is nearly 30% reduction in strength as the height to thickness ratio increases from 4.65 to 19.74. It was attempted to calculate the ultimate compressive strength of CSRE walls using the tangent modulus theory. At higher slenderness ratios, there is a close agreement between the experimental and predicted values. The storey height walls show lateral deflections as the load approaches failure. The walls did not show visible buckling and the shear failure patterns indicate material failure. The shear failures noticed in the storey height walls resemble the shear failures of short height wallette specimens.
The thesis ends with a summary of the results with concluding remarks in the last chapter.|
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Waterfield Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Vatierville in Seine-Maritime, France, so named from the personal name Walter + Old French ville 'settlement'.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Dangerfield, Wakefield, Canfield, Haverfield, Battenfield, Sherfield


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- Virtual First Day (All School) – August 19th, 2020
- First Day in person and simultaneous virtual – September 2nd, 2020
For the 2020-2021 School Year, St. Mary of Carmel will provide our families both:
- An On-Campus Learning Model
We are also preparing for whole school e-learning should it be necessary throughout the year.
As always, our top priority is to be able to serve our students by providing a quality, Catholic Education in a safe and nurturing environment. A safe environment is more important now than ever and we have developed these protocols with special care to ensure the health and safety of our students upon their return. We know that nothing can replace in person, face to face learning and our goal is to prepare stringent safety and cleaning protocols so that students can return to school safely. However, we understand the uncertainty of these times and are ready to provide flexible options for families so that your students can continue to receive the highest quality education in the environment most comfortable for your family.
Both in-person instruction and online distance learning will be available for our families beginning on August 12th 2020 with students utilizing the Online Distance Learning Model functioning on a one day delay from the in person model. We invite your family to consider which model is a better fit for your family after learning more about the details of both models below. Providing both models will require all of us to work together to ensure the highest quality learning for all of our students. The virtual school option will especially require partnership and a time commitment from families.
Online Distance Learning: "Virtual School"
St. Mary of Carmel will provide a full-time 'Virtual School' Model for any family wanting the quality, Catholic Education that St. Mary of Carmel provides, but who is not ready to attend in-person classes at this time. Choosing to continue to partner with St. Mary of Carmel from home means that your student will continue to have access to all resources (faculty and staff, counselor, library, software etc.) that is available to our students, but the mode and method of delivery will be different. While St. Mary of Carmel will provide high quality direct instruction and engaging learning activities from teachers, this model will still require significant partnership and commitment from parents. Teachers and parents will need to work together closely to ensure that student work is turned in and returned in a timely fashion, that student questions are addressed thoroughly and that schedules are followed closely.
While this new learning model presents a learning curve for both the school, teachers, and students, we are committed to working together to ensure high quality instruction for your students. Our virtual school policies and procedures are currently being refined and finalized, but know that the program will include the following:
- Teachers will record all of their daily direct instruction and post it online for students learning at home to view
- All homework and classwork assignments will be completed via our learning platforms (SeeSaw and Google Classroom)
- Students will have access to all textbooks, software, videos and resources that students in the classroom have access to
- Individual conference/question and answer/discussion time will be set up for students to have live interactions with their teachers on at least a weekly basis
- A staff member on campus will be our virtual learning coordinator and will serve as the point of contact for all questions and support
E-Learning Plan (if necessary)
A transition to a full e-learning schedule during the 2020-2021 school year is a possibility and we will be actively preparing teachers and students for that transition from the onset of school. Our e-learning model will be quite different than the emergency transition we made in the spring and will include synchronous (live instruction in core content) and asynchronous (independent or teacher guided work at a child's own pace) instruction throughout the week. Our full e-learning policies are still being finalized, but all teachers, students and parents will receive training and support in e-learning policies at the beginning of the school year. In addition, all teachers will begin to use our learning platforms in their live, physical classrooms as well to help ensure a seamless transition.
General E-learning Policies
- SMC will use SeeSaw as the learning management platform for PK-2nd Grade.
- Google Classroom will be used as the learning management platform for 3rd-8th grade.
- Google Classroom and FACTS will be integrated for a more seamless transition of grades and assignments from Google Classroom to FACTS (RenWeb) gradebook.
- All students and parents will use Zoom for video conferencing and communicating with teachers.
- Students will be expected to participate in live Morning Prayer and homeroom each day.
- Our E-Learning schedule will include a daily schedule for students with a mix of live classes with students, recorded teacher videos and on screen and off screen work time.
- Weekly calendars of assignments will be provided


High House to Stafford Castle Doorstep Walk
 Length of walk: Approx 4 miles
 Duration of walk: Approx 2-4 hours
 Good place to start: Ancient High House, Greengate Street
 Notes: Can be muddy
 1. Turn left down St Mary's Lane, cross the road and walk towards the railway station. However, immediately after crossing the River Sow take the path, left, down under the bridge and follow the riverside path in the direction of Broadeye Windmill.
 2. When the river bends right, use the ramp on the left to reach the road. Turn right, then left at the junction and pass over the railway bridge by. Detour left if desired to the new lake.
 3. Otherwise walk straight on along the tarmac path to the gate, then turn right and walk along the perimeter road of Castlefields estate to reach a farm lane. Go forward along the lane for about 150m, then join the cycle track which follows the former Stafford - Wellington railway line.
 4. At the next barrier rejoin the farm lane, on your left, and pass an old farmhouse. Continue uphill for 50m or so, turn left along a green lane to reach a wooded area on your right.
 5. Turn right here, pass a pool on your left and walk directly uphill along the field boundary towards the Castle.
 6. On reaching the edge of Castle Woods, turn left over a stile and follow the path round to the Visitor Centre. From this point take the recommended route round the Castle trail.
 7. Head back down the main drive of the Castle. At the gate turn left and follow the path along the edge of the wood to the stile near the sunken way. Then bear slightly right to a stile by trees at the top of the golf course. Return to town along the path beside the Golf course. Retrace your steps through Castletown to the river and continue along the riverside path through Victoria Park.
 8. Cross Mill Bank at the pedestrian crossing, walk up Water Street and then Church Lane. Turn right past St. Mary's Church to return to the High House.
 If you notice any changes with the walk, please make a note of the number and what the change is and email it over to us so we can make sure the directions are up to date.
 To print the walk details above, right click and print or go to file and print. Alternatively if you would like a hard copy of the Doorstep Walks pack please email your request with your name and address to _EMAIL_
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The Reset Function block is a pre-configured subsystem block that executes on a model reset event. By default, the Reset Function block includes an Event Listener block with Event set to Reset, a Constant block with Constant value set to 0, and a State Writer block.
Replace the Constant block with source blocks that generate the state value for the State Writer block.
Conditionally executed subsystem blocks with output ports are fully supported within Reset Function blocks.
For a list of unsupported blocks and features, see Initialize, Reset, and Terminate Function Limitations.
A model can potentially have multiple Reset Function blocks with each block having a different Event name. Each of these reset events appear in the generated code as a different function.
You can select an Initialize Function, Reset Function, or Terminate Function block or a corresponding state owner block to highlight blocks related to it.
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- Admiral William Smyth's Sailor's Word Book, 1867
Ullage of a cask is what such a vessel wants of being full.
- Edward Phillips' New World of English Words, 1706
The quantity of liquor contained in a cask partially filled, and the cpacity of the portion which is empty, are termed respectively the wet and dry ullage.
- Encylopedia Britannica, 1883
To Calculate the amount of ullage in a cask. To fill up again an ullaged cask.
- Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1926


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A measure of the quality of a resonant (tank) circuit. A "high-Q" circuit has mostly reactive components (inductive and capacitive), with low resistance. It resonates strongly, with little damping (low loss). A high-Q circuit will have low bandwidth relative to its center frequency (that is, it will have a narrow bandwidth vs frequency curve).
Q = 2 π * (Energy stored / Energy dissipated per cycle)
- Q Factor
- Damping factor
- Quality factor
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Pacific Cod is a relatively fast growing fish that can produce several hundred thousand eggs per year. It is commercially fished in two regions, the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands, and both populations have good abundance.
The main fishing methods for Pacific Cod are bottom trawl, pot, longline, and jig gear. Management in Alaska uses a series of catch limits, observer counts, closures, and permits to limit the overall ecosystem effects of the Pacific Cod fishery.
Concerns regarding seabird bycatch and food availability for Steller's sea lions have been addressed by recent management that has changed gear requirements to reduce seabird catch, and implemented a series of closures to protect critical sea lion habitat.
In January 2010, the Marine Stewardship Council certified all gear types in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands as sustainable fisheries.
This fish may have high levels of mercury that could pose a health risk to adults and children. More mercury info here.


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Awards & Honors: 2000 National Humanities Medalist
Herman T. Guerrero
Herman T. Guerrero's nickname, "Jun Pan," tells a piece of his family history and a small piece of the history of the Northern Mariana Islands as well. He inherited the name from his father, who was interned in the islands by the Americans at the beginning of World War II. His father was pressed into service as a baker for the native prisoners at Camp Susupe; he proved so successful that the military asked him to stay on as the islands' civilian baker after the war. He was called Pan, or "Bread," and his son proudly bears the name of Jun Pan, "Bread Junior."
Guerrero is working to reclaim the islands' colonial history and the legacy of the native Chamorro people, who were nearly wiped out by Spanish colonists in the seventeenth century. He serves on the board of directors of several companies, including his family bakery, and has worked on the CNMI (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) Humanities Council since 1992.
One of his and the council's efforts is the Genealogy Project, which is being conducted with the help of the University of Guam's Micronesian Area Research Center. Guerrero sees "a tremendous growth in native islanders' interests in tracing their ancestral roots."
He also helped create "Spain in the Marianas: First Contact and Aftermath" with the Northern Mariana Islands Museum of History, as well as displays on linguistics, religion, and cross-culturalism.
In the course of four hundred years, the islands passed from Spanish to German to Japanese rule, becoming an U.S. territory in 1947. In 1978 they became a Commonwealth, and in 1985 islanders were granted partial U.S. citizenship. Over the same stretch of time, the islands moved from the era of galleon trade to the nuclear age.
Guerrero's personal history reflects some of the complexity of the islands. He went to high school in Saipan and Guam, received a B.A. in Sociology from St. John's University in Minnesota, and did graduate work at the University of South Florida. He has served as a Representative in the Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature, and has worked in the CNMI Office of the Governor and in the Department of Education.
In all of his projects, Guerrero seeks social cohesiveness by documenting the past and promoting discussion for a population that has culture, language, and generation gaps left from its colonial past. An exhibition on the islands' Japanese era is on display at the CNMI Museum until July 2001, and Guerrero is working with the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa to obtain the oldest records of the Chamorran people. He is also promoting a museum exhibition on the U.S. portion of the islands' administrative history.
As he sees it, "The humanities and humanities education allows the indigenous people of the Northern Mariana Islands Archipelago a rediscovery and an affirmation of their native identity. It also allows them the wherewithal to tackle the modern day challenges that they face as they continue to forge their way within the political, economic, and social spheres of an increasingly global community."