Geometric programming
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A geometric program (GP) is an optimization problem of the form
Minimize \ f_0(x)\ subject to
f_i(x) \leq 1, \quad i = 1,\dots,m
h_i(x) = 1,\quad i = 1,\dots,p
where f_0,\dots,f_m are posynomials and h_1,\dots,h_p are monomials.
In the context of geometric programming (unlike all other disciplines), a monomial is defined as a function f:\mathbb{R}_{++}^n \to \mathbb{R} defined as
f(x) = c x_1^{a_1} x_2^{a_2} \cdots x_n^{a_n}
where c > 0 \ and a_i \in \mathbb{R}.
GPs have numerous application, such as components sizing in IC design[1] and parameter estimation via logistic regression in statistics. The maximum likelihood estimator in logistic regression is a GP.
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Geometric programs are not (in general) convex optimization problems, but they can be transformed to convex problems by a change of variables and a transformation of the objective and constraint functions. In particular, defining y_i = \log(x_i), the monomial f(x) = c x_1^{a_1} \cdots x_n^{a_n} \mapsto e^{a^T y +b}, where b = \log(c). Similarly, if f is the posynomial
 f(x) = \sum_{k=1}^K c_k x_1^{a_{1k}} \cdots x_n^{a_{nk}}
then f(x) = \sum_{k=1}^K e^{a_k^T y + b_k}, where a_k = (a_{1k},\dots,a_{nk} ) and b_k = \log(c_k). After the change of variables, a posynomial becomes a sum of exponentials of affine functions.
See also[edit]
 - Richard J. Duffin; Elmor L. Peterson; Clarence Zener (1967). Geometric Programming. John Wiley and Sons. p. 278. ISBN 0-471-22370-0.
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When wanting to learn the word for "ID card" I seem to find both "身份证" and "身分证".
They both have the same pronunciation "shēnfèn zhèng".
I don't think they differ by being traditional vs simplified?
What exactly is the difference? Can I use either one? Is it maybe regional?
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Not interchangeable. Only Taiwan uses "身分證", other places use "身份证/身份證". This is not an issue about traditional vs simplified either. For the pronunciation, you're right, they are both shēnfèn zhèng (_USER_-3 you may check the 重編國語辭典). – Stan Feb 5 '14 at 10:24
On a search, I find 身分证 is only used in Taiwan. – amateur Feb 5 '14 at 17:39
_USER_: So it looks pretty much to be regional orthographic (spelling) difference. – hippietrail Feb 5 '14 at 17:52
+1 interesting. I will do some research on this and probably add the alt form to Wiktionary. – deutschZuid Feb 5 '14 at 21:04
It's 身分証 in Japanese, so don't know if Japanese rule in Taiwan could have influenced the Taiwanese way of writing it. 份 is not in common use in Japan. – dainichi Feb 6 '14 at 2:11
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The character 分 has two different readings. As fen1, it has a range of meanings. As fen4, it can mean a role or part played by a person, a more general part or portion of something, or a component. Fen4 can also be written 份, and dictionaries I consulted from both Taiwan and the mainland don't seem to differ here.
The Far East Chinese-English Dictionary, pretty much the standard bilingual dictionary in Taiwan, has the following: 身分證 or 身份證 shēnfènzhèng 'ID card'.
The Chinese-English Dictionary from the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press is a mainland publication. It has 身分证 or 身份证 shēnfenzhèng 'ID card'. This dictionary does one thing a bit differently – it divides the meanings of fen4 into those which can be written with either character and those which use only 分. In the latter category is 分外 'especially'. But this doesn't affect the term for ID card.
There may be some cross-strait difference in actual usage between分 and 份 in this word, but as I have shown here, according to dictionaries both forms are acceptable wherever you are!
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In simplified, it's 身份证.
In traditional, it's 身分證.
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No it's not... they're pronounced differently as well. – 50-3 Feb 5 '14 at 9:26
Check your traditional link. It's 身份證 (not 身分證) – amateur Feb 5 '14 at 17:46
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"The Girl and the Bicycle" is a picture book for kids. As it has no text, it is good in developing children's creativity and imagination by interpreting the picture on their own.
Book Title: The Girl and the Bicycle
Author/Illustrator: Mark Pett
Central Topic/Theme: money management for kids
A picture book about a girl who wanted to buy a bicycle. Her money was not enough, so she tried to find ways to earn money. She saved up until she had enough amount to buy the bicycle she wanted. But when she went to the store to buy the bicycle, it was not there. Where could her bicycle be? Listen to the story to find out what happened to the bicycle.
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Before the Government takes up a position on the recommendations of a commission of inquiry, its report is referred for consideration to the relevant bodies. These referral bodies may be central government agencies, special interest groups, local government authorities or other bodies whose activities may be affected by the proposals. This process provides valuable feedback and allows the Government to gauge the level of support it is likely to receive. If a number of referral bodies respond unfavourably to the recommendations, the Government may try to find an alternative solution.
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East Meets West: Cross-Cultural Perspective in End-of-Life Decision Making From Indian and German Viewpoints
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Culture creates the context within which individuals experience life and comprehend moral meaning of illness, suffering and death. The ways the patient, family and the physician communicate and make decisions in the end-of-life care are profoundly influenced by culture. What is considered as right or wrong in the healthcare setting may depend on the socio-cultural context. The present article is intended to delve into the cross-cultural perspectives in ethical decision making in the end-of-life scenario. We attempt to address the dynamics of the roles of patient, family and physician therein across two countries from East and West, namely, India and Germany. In India, where illness is more a shared family affair than an individual incident, a physician is likely to respect the family's wishes and may withhold the 'naked truth' about the diagnosis of a fatal disease to the patient. In Germany, a physician is legally required to inform the patient about the disease. In India, advance directive being virtually non-existent, the family acts as the locus of the decision-making process, taking into account the economic cost of available medical care. In Germany, advance directive is regarded as mandatory and healthcare is covered by insurance. Family and the physician appear to play larger roles in ethical decision making for patients in India than for those in Germany, who place greater emphasis on autonomy of the individual patient. Our study explicates how culture matters in ethical decision-making and why the bioethical discourse is necessary in the concrete realities of the socio-cultural context. To explore the possibility of finding a common ground of morality across different cultures while acknowledging and respecting cultural diversity, thus remains a formidable challenge for the bioethicists.
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Do I understand Archimedies principal correctly? If I build a 5'x5'x1' plywood frame (waterproof of course)it would displace 25 cubic feet of sea water @ 64 pounds per cubic foot the vessel would be able to support 2600 pounds total of vessel weight and cargo? Seems way to high? I was too embarassed to ask my daughter.
Your assessment of the situation is correct. The box would displace 25 cubic feet of water at about 60+ pounds / cubic foot. Amazing, but true.
ProfHoff 316
You have the basic principle down correctly. A vessel that displaces 25 cubic feet of seawater can support or float with about 2600 pounds of total weight.
The reason that this seems too high to you is that you could not build a boat of this size and put 26000 pounds of cargo in it, because it would quickly sink.
In a boat, the top is open, so water can spill over the side. In order to support 2600 pounds, the frame would have to be perfectly balanced, the cargo would have to be perfectly balanced, and the water would have to be perfectly calm. In reality none of these situations can be acheived.
If the box had a sealed top, then you the total weight could be 2600 pounds and it would float at or near the surface, depending on the temperature and salt content of the seawater.
But, boats, without a sealed top, have to account for stability under conditions where the load (people and cargo), are not perfectly balanced and are shifting around, and where there are waves and other disturbances in the water.
In fact, with the simple frame you have described, one person could stand in a corner of the boat, and force the corner under the water. Then the boat would fill up with water and sink. So while your frame could (in theory) support over 2000 pounds, you would find that it really would not be safe to attempt more than a few hundred pounds in the frame, and even then you would need to be careful so it did not sink.
I hope this helps.
Eric Tolman
Hi, Tom!!
I did not understand quite well your question and may be you could bring more light on it. But, it seems to me that you will build a 5 ft x 5 ft x 1 ft plywood, right? Its volume reaches V = 5 x 5 x 1 = 25 ft3. If 1 ft3 of seawater has a mass of 64 lb, then it results (25 ft3) x (64 lb/ft3) =1600 lb plus cargo. You mentioned 2600 lb and said it seems way to high.
Is it clear to you now? Or what more do you wish to know? What are you going to do with this vessel?
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Embarassment not necessary, a lot of people do not get this right.
Archimedes principle states that the bouyant force exerted on a body is equal to the force exerted by the mass of the volume of DISPLACED FLUID (say water).
The important point here is this: The volume of the displaced fluid depends both upon the shape and mass of the object. You can see this by doing the following "thought experiment".
Take two identical pieces of aluminum foil. Crumple the first into a ball. Form the second into the shape of a shallow "boat". Place both on the surface of water. The ball sinks, but the boat floats. The reason is the ball does not displace much water, but the boat because of its shape displaces a much larger amount of water even though it has the same mass as the ball.
A side note: The capacity of a ship is often expressed in terms of its "displacement", which is the amount of water the ship displaces. That is why flat barges are used to carry heavy cargo.
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Your initial numbers are correct, but 25 ft^3 x 64 lb/ft^3 = 1600 lb, not 2600. This is still a fair amount of weight. It doesn't mean that your "craft" would be sea-worthy, though. One wave over the gunwales, and the whole thing would go down like a rock if you've loaded it to capacity.
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No, you are absolutely correct (except for one detail -- see below).
These numbers are roughly consistent with my experience building rafts on the Wisconsin River as a young man, although I mostly used waterlogged ties.
Do ask your daughter! I am sure she would be delighted to discuss it with you. You might want to build a diver, as my father did with me and I did for my daughter. Get a wide mouthed bottle and fill it with water. Put in it a small bottle, mouth down, almost filled with water so it is just floating. Then stretch a sheet of rubber or similar across the mouth and secure with a rubber band. Now with a little effort you can make the diver sink by pressing on the rubber and rise when you release it. Why is that?
Detail: But before you discuss with your daughter, note that 25 * 64 = 1600 (not 2600). Have fun!
Best, Dick Plano
You have the concepts right but the answer is incorrect.
I get 25 cubic feet X 64 lbs per cubit foot = 1600 lbs
This, of course, is an upper limit. Any additional weight would sink the craft to the bottom, so a safer approach would be to leave about 6 inches above water, resulting in a maximum "safe" capacity of 800 lbs.
Greg Bradburn
You understand right, but you have a multiplication error.
Tim Mooney
25 * 64 = 1600 lbs, not 2600 lbs Remember that rafts are normally made up of round logs. Say each log is 6" in diameter. A raft that is 25 cubic feet would take be about 8' x 8'. I can imagine that a raft that large would be capable of holding 10 small men.
-Wil Lam
Correcting the calculator error produces a value of 25x16=1600 pounds of vessel weight and cargo. What this does not take into account is the fact that 1600 pounds is just enough to sink the vessel in perfectly calm water. It would push the top of the box down to the water surface. A bug landing on the box would push it under. To accomodate things such as small waves and bouncing, I would recommend limiting it to 800 pounds. This is not unreasonable. A 5'x5' raft of solid wood could easily support six adults.
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What is the origin of the phrase shit-eating grin? How did it come to mean showing smugness or self-satisfaction of an individual's actions?
From the Urban Dictionary:
...these uses are documented in the Oxford English Dictionary no earlier than 1957
There have been similar expressions used quite far back:
In Book XXI of his History of Rome, Livy describes a Carthaginian sect of coprophages, the risus faecivorus, or shit-eating grin, being commonly displayed by its adherents.
Although, its origin is undetermined, they may have been incidents which caused the invention of this phrase. Below is an excerpt:
"1944 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. XCIX. 959 Among demented patients in advanced stages of their illness,..it is not rare to see some of them grasp their own feces, chew them and eat them often with great pleasure and satisfaction (coprophagia).
 - I can recall, about 40 years ago, hearing some nurses who worked at a hospital for mentally disabled discuss various traits of patients, including the eating of feces. So there may indeed be a literal connection. – Hot Licks Mar 6 at 23:07
 - The quote about Livy XXI is pure hogwash -- you shouldn't believe everything you read in the Urban Dictionary! – Gareth Rees Mar 18 at 15:35
The phrase in slang dictionaries
The earliest slang dictionary coverage of the expression that I've been able to find is from Robert Chapman, New Dictionary of American Slang (1986), which offers this entry:
shit-eating grin n phr An expression of satisfaction; a gloating look: Go ahead, sit there with that shit-eating grin on your face—Earl Thompson/ stood there with a smug shiteating grin on his face—Fingered City
Nine years later, Robert Chapman & Barbara Kipfer, Dictionary of American Slang, third edition (1995) changes that basic definition only slightly:
shit-eating (or turd-eating) grin n phr by 1960s An expression of smug satisfaction; a stupid gloating look: [citations omitted]
Jonathon Green, Chambers Slang Dictionary (2008) provides a similar interpretation:
shit-eating grin n. (also cat-eating grin, crud-eating grin, shit-eating smile) {[from] shit-eating [1940s+, "1 a general term of disparagement 2 sly, duplicitous 3 toadying, subservient"} {1950s+} (orig. US) a smug, self-satisfied smile.
On the other hand, Tom Dalzell & Terry Victor, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (2006) counters with this rather different entry:
shit-eating grin noun a broad smile, ingratiating and unctuous US, 1957 [Citations omitted.]
The Earl Thompson quotation in Chapman's 1986 dictionary seems likely to come from his novel A Garden of Sand (1971), while The Fingered City (1975) is a book by Denison Hatch. If these dates are correct, neither instance that Chapman cites is particularly close to the earliest reported occurrences in print of "shit-eating grin."
Early instances of'shit-eating grin' and allied phrases, 1957–1961
The earliest confirmed matches for the phrase that I've been able to find in various database searches are from the period 1957–1961. I think it's worthwhile to consider several less taboo versions of the expression from this same period, since these may be instances of censorship-enforced euphemism. Readers can judge for themselves whether these are in fact euphemisms or simply weakly related (or totally unrelated) similar-looking phrases.
From Len Giovannitti, The Prisoners of Combine D (1957) [combined snippets]:
Both men looked up from their potato-peeling job as Bob Rawlins came into the combine and sat down on the bench opposite. He had a a queer grin on his face and Storch and Zukerman knew he was set to spring the latest rumor. Rawlins was the hottest fighter pilot ever born; he was also from Texas. Everybody knew this two seconds after meeting him; and three seconds after meeting him, everyone knew he was the biggest liar ever born. He loved rumors, good or bad, and spent his days living on each new one he heard or could dream up.
"Okay, what's the shit-eating grin for? What's up now?" Storch asked, winking at Zukerman.
Rawlins kept the grin. "You mean you ain't heard?"
"No, we ain't heard, so tell us before you choke," Storch said.
The expression here could very well mean "self-satisfied grin," although it is not altogether clear what sort of "queer grin" the author actually imagines is playing on the character's face. It seems entirely possible that the aspect of the grin that the author is focusing on in this passage is its artificiality, unnaturalness, or forcedness.
From Gene Brown, The Locust Fire (1957) [combined snippets]:
"'Hold up there, Tom," says Pappy.
"The colonel stops like he's been shot in the back. He's a damn fine figure of a man, especially in the dress pinks, with them squared-off shoulders. 'Well?' he says.
" Old Pappy walks around in front of him. I guess the colonel got a good whiff of the juice, because he kind of sways back on his heels. But Pappy steps up close, with a big dirt-eating grin on his face, and starts running his hands up and down the lapels. Then he flicks a little imaginary dust off the colonel's epaulets and moves back a pace. "That's a real pretty suit, Tom,' he says. 'Ain't it a pity all these poor hungry boys here can't be wearing one just like it?'"
Whatever the "dirt-eating grin" looks like here, a grin of satisfaction or gloating doesn't fit the context particularly well. Pappy is drunk, so his grin may be good-humored in a sloshed way, or it may be simply goofy, or it may be inappropriately familiar. Certainly, his conduct is insubordinate and highly offensive to the colonel.
From Hubert Selby, Last Exit to Brooklyn (1957):
He [Spook] picked up a old police bike for few bucks and fixed it up. You know, threw some paint on it and stole a wildass buddyseat all covered with fur and chrome, and was fulla piss and vinegar ta go. We toldim ta play it cool and relax and celebrate Tommys marriage. But he flipped when someone tried ta get that goddamn hat off his head so we said OK, wed go downstairs and look at his bike. So we looked. Big deal. Yaknow, when the cops is finished with a bike, man, its had it. But it was a bike and it moved. I think that sonofabitch woulda used it even if he had ta push it or pedal it like a kiddy car. So he kicks it over after 5 minutes and we listen to it cough and miss and Spook went puttin off with a shiteatin grin on his face and we went back up stairs and a few minutes later he comes back. Smilin all over the goddamn place and the strap of his hat under his chin. I tellya man, it was a pissa.
This is may be the 1957 quotation that most sources have in mind when they date "shit-eating grin" to 1957, although it is not the only instance from that year (as noted bove). Still, the sense of the phrase aligns reasonably well with the definition in Dalzell & Victor: "a broad smile, ingratiating and unctuous"—with the "broad smile" part, anyway.
From Evan Hunter, Strangers When We Met (1958):
Altar was smiling, but the smile was a crud-eating one, and Larry's years in the service had taught him to recognize the crud-eating grin and to know what it usually preceded. He felt himself stiffening.
"Sit down," Altar said. "Want a drink?"
"No." Belatedly, he added. "Thanks."
"Well, sit down anyway."
"Sure." Larry sat in the easy chair to the left of the bar unit, facing the blue couch upon which Altar still sprawled.
"I don't like to do this," Altar said. "I don't like it when it's done to me, and Christ knows it's done often enough. But I think there's a difference here, and if I'm wrong I'll apologize. Can I talk to you like man, Larry? Or do I have to give you the schmaltz?"
Here, the "crud-eating grin" seems to be a kind of grimace of forced conviviality preceding the imparting of bad news (in this case, the bad news is that Altar thinks that Larry's rough sketches "stink").
From Thomas Williams, Town Burning (1959):
"...A man killed my dog, that's all I know! Daisy, she was the sweetest little dog you ever see. She never hurt nobody, except rabbits. She was all hell on rabbits. Shot forty rabbits front of Daisy one year. I damn near lived on rabbits that year. You ought to heard Daisy on


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Cohabitation Definition and Legal Meaning
On this page, you'll find the legal definition and meaning of Cohabitation, written in plain English, along with examples of how it is used.
What is Cohabitation?
A man and a woman (or in some cases the same sex people) staying together in the same house or at same address for certain long period of time, as if they were married, though not, is known as Cohabitation. The court assumes that they are having a sexual relationship as well as a married couple would. There are certain rights and regulations given by the court to such unmarried couples. There may be several reasons for these couples to stay as a single yet living together as if married to one another. Some states do not allow such relationship and term it as criminal offence under adultery law.


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تجزیه و تحلیل رگرسیونی از نشخوار فکری ناسازگارانه، ادراک بیماری و نتایج عاطفی منفی در بیماران آسیایی مبتلا به اختلال افسردگی
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Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت)
Journal : Asian Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 12, December 2014, Pages 69–76
Although illness perception has been shown to be associated with illness outcomes in various chronic physical diseases, the association of illness perception and rumination are not well elucidated in mental disorders. This study aims to investigate the mediational effects of adaptive and maladaptive rumination in the relationship between illness perception and negative emotions (depression, anxiety and stress) in male and female patients (N = 110) suffering from depressive disorders. The results showed that maladaptive rumination mediated the relationship between illness perception and negative emotions in both male and female depressive patients. However, no mediating effects of adaptive rumination were found in the relationship between illness perception and negative emotion. Maladaptive rumination mediated the relationship between perceived identity, chronicity of illness, consequences of illness and emotional representation of illness and negative emotions in males. It also mediated the relationship between perceived identity and emotional representation of illness and negative emotions in females. The results, possible clinical implications and limitations of this study are also discussed.
Illness perception is the cognitive and emotional representations (Godoy-Izquierdo et al., 2007 and Petrie et al., 2007) that one has to make sense of their illness. It involves a cognitive component that can significantly impair one's ability to manage illness coping strategies and outcomes (Leventhal et al., 1992 and Philip et al., 2009). Illness perception has been shown to be associated with depression in patients with physical and chronic illness (Peterson et al., 1991, Godoy-Izquierdo et al., 2007, Husain et al., 2008 and Le Grande et al., 2012). However, there are limited studies examining the role of illness perception in depressive disorders (Lobban et al., 2002, Fortune et al., 2004 and Philip et al., 2009). Since depression is associated with stressful and negative life events which frequently involve the impairment of multiple domains of one's daily functioning and well-being (Blazer et al., 2005), it is likely that the illness perception of a depressed individual will influence the individual's illness coping style and self-management strategies, which will in turn affect depression outcomes. Rumination is a response coping style that is prolonged and characterized by recurrent negative thoughts and mood that one has about his illness symptoms, causes and consequences (Nolen-Hoeksema, 1991 and Nolen-Hoeksema, 1998). There are many established evidence to show significant association between rumination and depression (Muris et al., 2005, Roelofs et al., 2008, de Jong-Meyer et al., 2009 and Michl et al., 2013). Rumination is reliably associated with vulnerability to depressed mood, onsets of depressive episodes, longer and more severe episodes of depression, as well as various depressive symptoms such as insomnia and suicidal thoughts (Gotlib et al., 1996, Abramson et al., 2002 and Morrison and O'Connor, 2008). While ruminative coping has been indicated to be maladaptive in depressive disorders in general, recent studies have suggested that depressive rumination is a multidimensional construct with both adaptive and maladaptive components (Watkins and Teasdale, 2004, Watkins et al., 2008, Di Schiena et al., 2011, Di Schiena et al., 2012 and Hamilton et al., 2011). Some researchers believe that rumination serves an adaptive function of goal progress by reducing the discrepancy between current negative health state and desired future goal in some patients (Fortune et al., 2004). This concept is based on the premise that these patients are active problem solvers who constructively ruminate about how to improve their health. The coping strategies they select are guided by their interpretation and evaluation of their illness. The outcome of these behaviours is then evaluated and fed back into their model of the illness, and/or used to shape future coping responses. Most research however chose to focus primarily on rumination as a maladaptive process (Yoon and Joormann, 2012). Out of most forms of self-focused attention, rumination was most strongly and consistently linked to depressive symptoms (Mor and Winquist, 2002). Abramson et al. (2002) argued that cognitive vulnerabilities found in depressed individuals make it difficult for them to disengage from the self-regulatory process, thus trapping them in a cycle of ruminative thoughts instead of attaining the desired goal. The debate is still ongoing about whether rumination is an adaptive coping response or a detrimental form of emotional regulation (Nolen-Hoeksema et al., 2008). Maladaptive rumination is characterized by negative inferential or attribution styles, dysfunctional attitudes, hopelessness, pessimism, self-criticism, low mastery, dependency, neediness, and neuroticism (Ciesla and Roberts, 2002, Flett et al., 2002, Lam et al., 2003, Lyubomirsky and Nolen-Hoeksema, 1995, Lyubomirsky et al., 1999, Nolen-Hoeksema and Jackson, 2001, Robinson and Alloy, 2003 and Spasojevic and Alloy, 2001). Engaging in benign and positive distractions such as watching a movie with friends is associated with adaptive rumination coping as it diverts attention away from the negative emotions and reduces negative effect of their disorder (Nolen-Hoeksema, 1991). Women are found to be more likely to ruminate than men (Butler and Nolen-Hoeksema, 1994, Grant et al., 2004, Nolen-Hoeksema and Davis, 1999, Nolen-Hoeksema and Jackson, 2001, Roberts et al., 1998 and Ziegert and Kistner, 2002), and they are more likely to develop major depressive disorders than men (Cyranowski et al., 2000). In addition, women reported higher levels of depressive moods than men (Nolen-Hoeksema, 1994). This may be because women focus more on their own emotions than men (Calmes and Roberts, 2008) and that they are more likely to use maladaptive rumination coping that prevails their negative emotions and symptoms. This leads us to our third hypothesis stated in the following paragraph. Given the recurring and chronic nature of depression, information on illness perception would be highly useful when attempting to improve treatment efficacy, increase medication adherence, and reduce the occurrence of relapse episodes (Brown et al., 2001). In this present study, we aim to examine the relationship between illness perception, rumination and negative emotions in male and female patients with depressive disorders. Specifically, the following hypotheses will be tested: (1) the various dimensions of illness perception will have significant associations with negative emotional symptoms such as depression, anxiety and stress levels; (2) this relationship will be mediated by the patients' ruminative coping responses; and (3) the nature of this hypothesized mediational model will differ for men and women, such that maladaptive rumination emerges as a stronger mediator for women, while adaptive rumination is a stronger mediator for men.


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Type Pudding
Main ingredients Usually stale bread; combination of milk, eggs, suet, sugar or syrup, dried fruit, and spices
Cookbook: Bread pudding Media: Bread pudding
Austin Leslie's Creole bread pudding with vanilla whiskey sauce, from the late Pampy's Restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana
Bread pudding served at QUARTER/quarter restaurant in Harmony, Minnesota
Bread pudding is a bread-based dessert popular in many countries' cuisines, including and not limited to Argentina, Colombia, Belgium, Canada, Cuba, France, Germany, Ireland, Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, Slovakia, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, India (Double ka Meetha), the United Kingdom, and the United States. In other languages, its name is a translation of "bread pudding" or even just "pudding", for example "pudín" or "budín" in Spanish; also in Spanish another name is "migas" (crumbs).[citation needed] In the Philippines, banana bread pudding is popular. In Mexico, there is a similar dish eaten during Lent called capirotada.[1][2]
Bread pudding is made with stale bread and milk or cream, generally containing eggs, a form of fat such as oil, butter or suet, and depending on whether the pudding is sweet or savory, a variety of other ingredients. Sweet bread puddings may use sugar, syrup, honey, dried fruit, as well as spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, or vanilla. The bread is soaked in the liquids, mixed with the other ingredients, and baked.
Regional variations[edit]
In Belgium, particularly Brussels, it is baked with brown sugar, cinnamon, old bread, and raisins or apple.[citation needed]
In Canada, bread pudding is sometimes made with maple syrup.[3]
In Hong Kong, bread pudding is usually served with vanilla cream dressing.[citation needed]
In Hungary it is called 'Máglyarakás' which is baked with whipped egg whites on top of it.[citation needed]
In Malaysia, bread pudding is eaten with custard sauce.[citation needed]
In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, black bread is used to make "black bread pudding" (Schwarzbrotpudding).[citation needed]
In Puerto Rico, bread pudding is soaked over night in coconut milk and served with a guava rum sauce.[citation needed]
In the United States, especially Louisiana, bread puddings are typically sweet and served as dessert with a sweet sauce of some sort, such as whiskey sauce, rum sauce, or caramel sauce, but typically sprinkled with sugar and eaten warm in squares or slices. Sometimes bread pudding is served warm topped with or alongside a dollop of whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
 1. ^ Randelman, Mary Urrutia; Joan Schwartz (1992). Memories of a Cuban Kitchen: More than 200 Classic Recipes. New York: Macmillan. pp. 290–201. ISBN 0-02-860998-0. [page verification needed]
 2. ^ Villapol, Nitza; Martha Martínez (1956). Cocina al minuto. La Habana, Cuba: Roger A. Queralt – Artes Gráficas. p. 254.
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Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system is figuring prominently in the unfolding aerial conflict with Hamas' military wing in Gaza.
Iron Dome is being credited with protecting Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities by blocking some of the rockets fired from Gaza.
Over the past three days, 737 rockets from Gaza were fired upon Israel: 492 landed, but 245 were intercepted by the system, Israel Defense Forces said Saturday.
What is it?
The name Iron Dome evokes an image of a protective bubble over a city. In practice, Iron Dome is a defense against short-range rockets and mortar shells: the system targets incoming rockets and fires an interceptor missile to destroy them midair.
Each battery has a firing-control radar to identify targets and a portable missile launcher. The system is easily transportable, with just a few hours needed to relocate and set up.
The missile is highly maneuverable. It is three meters, or almost 10 feet, long; has a diameter of about six inches; and weighs 90 kilograms, or 198 pounds, according to the security analysis group IHS Jane's.
The warhead is believed to carry 11 kilograms, or 24 pounds, of high explosives, IHS Jane's said. Its range is from 4 kilometers to 70 kilometers -- or 2.5 miles to 43 miles.
What are the origins of Iron Dome?
Israel began developing the ground-based system in 2007.


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a C++ library for parsing and manipulating VCF files.
author: Erik Garrison
license: MIT
The Variant Call Format (VCF) is a flat-file, tab-delimited textual format intended to concisely describe reference-indexed variations between individuals. VCF provides a common interchange format for the description of variation in individuals and populations of samples, and has become the defacto standard reporting format for a wide array of genomic variant detectors.
vcflib provides methods to manipulate and interpret sequence variation as it can be described by VCF. It is both:
 - an API for parsing and operating on records of genomic variation as it can be described by the VCF format,
 - and a collection of command-line utilities for executing complex manipulations on VCF files.
The API itself provides a quick and extremely permissive method to read and write VCF files. Extensions and applications of the library provided in the included utilities (*.cpp) comprise the vast bulk of the library's utility for most users.
vcflib provides a variety of functions for VCF manipulation:
 - Generate haplotype-aware intersections (vcfintersect -i), unions (vcfintersect -u), and complements (vcfintersect -v -i).
 - Overlay-merge multiple VCF files together, using provided order as precedence (vcfoverlay).
 - Combine multiple VCF files together, handling samples when alternate allele descriptions are identical (vcfcombine).
 - Validate the integrity and identity of the VCF by verifying that the VCF record's REF matches a given reference file (vcfcheck).
format conversion
 - Convert a VCF file into a per-allele or per-genotype tab-separated (.tsv) file (vcf2tsv).
 - Store a VCF file in an SQLite3 database (
 - Make a BED file from the intervals in a VCF file (
filtering and subsetting
 - Filter variants and genotypes using arbitrary expressions based on values in the INFO and sample fields (vcffilter).
 - Randomly sample a subset of records from a VCF file, given a rate (vcfrandomsample).
 - Select variants of a certain type (vcfsnps, vcfbiallelic, vcfindels, vcfcomplex, etc.)
 - Annotate one VCF file with fields from the INFO column of another, based on position (vcfaddinfo, vcfintersect).
 - Incorporate annotations or targets provided by a BED file (vcfannotate, vcfintersect).
 - Examine genotype correspondence between two VCF files by annotating samples in one file with genotypes from another (vcfannotategenotypes).
 - Annotate variants with the distance to the nearest variant (vcfdistance).
 - Count the number of alternate alleles represented in samples at each variant record (vcfaltcount).
 - Subset INFO fields to decrease file size and processing time (vcfkeepinfo).
 - Lighten up VCF files by keeping only a subset of per-sample information (vcfkeepgeno).
 - Numerically index alleles in a VCF file (vcfindex).
 - Sort variants by genome coordinate (vcfstreamsort).
 - Remove duplicate variants in vcfstreamsort'ed files according to their REF and ALT fields (vcfuniq).
variant representation
 - Break multiallelic records into multiple records (vcfbreakmulti), retaining allele-specific INFO fields.
 - Combine overlapping biallelic records into a single record (vcfcreatemulti).
 - Decompose complex variants into a canonical SNP and indel representation (vcfallelicprimitives), generating phased genotypes for available samples.
 - Reconstitute complex variants provided a phased VCF with samples (vcfgeno2haplo).
 - Left-align indel and complex variants (vcfleftalign).
genotype manipulation
 - Set genotypes in a VCF file provided genotype likelihoods in the GL field (vcfglxgt).
 - Establish putative somatic variants using reported differences between germline and somatic samples (vcfsamplediff).
 - Remove samples for which the reported genotype (GT) and observation counts disagree (AO, RO) (vcfremoveaberrantgenotypes).
interpretation and classification of variants
 - Obtain aggregate statistics about VCF files (vcfstats).
 - Print the receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) of one VCF given a truth set (vcfroc).
 - Annotate VCF records with the Shannon entropy of flanking sequence (vcfentropy).
 - Calculate the heterozygosity rate (vcfhetcount).
 - Generate potential primers from VCF records (vcfprimers), to check for genome uniqueness.
 - Convert the numerical represenation of genotypes provided by the GT field to a human-readable genotype format (vcfgenotypes).
 - Observe how different alignment parameters, including context and entropy-dependent ones, influence variant classification and interpretation (vcfremap).
 - Classify variants by annotations in the INFO field using a self-organizing map (vcfsom); re-estimate their quality given known variants.
A number of "helper" perl and python scripts (e.g., vcfbiallelic) further extend functionality.
In practice, users are encouraged to drive the utilities in the library in a streaming fashion, using pipes, to fully utilize resources on multi-core systems during interactive work. Piping provides a convenient method to interface with other libraries (vcf-tools, BedTools, GATK, htslib, bcftools, freebayes) which interface via VCF files, allowing the composition of an immense variety of processing functions.
See src/vcfecho.cpp for basic usage. src/Variant.h and src/Variant.cpp describe methods available in the API. vcflib is incorporated into several projects, such as freebayes, which may provide a point of reference for prospective developers. Additionally, developers should be aware of that vcflib contains submodules (git repositories) comprising its dependencies (outside of lzib and a *nix environment).
vcflib includes submodules, so to obtain vcflib you have to use:
% git clone --recursive git://
% git clone --recursive
To build, use Make:
% cd vcflib
% make
Executables are built into the./bin directory in the repository. A number of shell, perl, python, and R scripts already reside there. This makes installation easy, as users can add vcflib/bin to their path, or copy the contained executables to a directory already in their path.
usage: vcf2tsv [-n null_string] [-g] [vcf file]
Converts stdin or given VCF file to tab-delimited format, using null string to replace empty values in the table.
Specifying -g will output one line per sample with genotype information.
usage: vcfaddinfo
Adds info fields from the second file which are not present in the first vcf file.
Uses allele frequencies in the AF info column to estimate phylogeny at multiallelic sites.
usage: vcfallelicprimitives [options] [file]
 -m, --use-mnps Retain MNPs as separate events (default: false)
 -t, --tag-parsed FLAG Tag records which are split apart of a complex allele
 with this flag
If multiple alleleic primitives (gaps or mismatches) are specified in
a single VCF record, split the record into multiple lines, but drop all
INFO fields. "Pure" MNPs are split into multiple SNPs unless the -m
flag is provided. Genotypes are phased where complex alleles have been
decomposed, provided genotypes in the input.
Counts the number of alternate alleles in the record.
usage: vcfannotate [options] []
 -b, --bed use annotations provided by this BED file
 -k, --key use this INFO field key for the annotations
 -d, --default use this INFO field key for records without annotations
Intersect the records in the VCF file with targets provided in a BED file.
Intersections are done on the reference sequences in the VCF file.
If no VCF filename is specified on the command line (last argument) the VCF
read from stdin.
usage: vcfannotategenotypes
annotates genotypes in the first file with genotypes in the second adding the
genotype as another flag to each sample filed in the first file.
annotation-tag is the name of the sample flag which is added to store the
annotation. also adds a 'has\_variant' flag for sites where the second file has
a variant.
usage: vcfbreakmulti [options] [file]
If multiple alleles are specified in a single record, break the record into
multiple lines, preserving allele-specific INFO fields.
usage: vcfcheck [options]
options: -f, --fasta-reference FASTA reference file to use to obtain
 primer sequences
Verifies that the VCF REF field matches the reference as described.
Removes reference-matching sequence from complex alleles and adjusts records to reflect positional change.
usage: vcfcombine [vcf file] [vcf file]...
 -h --help This text.
 -r --region REGION A region


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The Hizb al Kabir in 10 Weeks.
This course offers students the support of a group and the guidance of a teacher to finally memorize the ahzab. The course is purposefully designed to make the memorization as manageable as possible for all types of busy schedules. These remarkable awrad of the Shadhili order are immense in their barakah (blessings) and tawfiq (divine success) for any one who makes them a daily wird (litany). How many years have we waited to finally memorize these blessed adhkar and be able to recite them where we are: in the car, on the train, while cooking a meal, while out for a walk. Capitalize on the moments of your life and infuse these ancient litanies into your heart now.


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The classic depiction of Jesus may actually be a portrait of Cesare Borgia, the illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI!
Borgia was the son of Pope Alexander VI. He is said to have influenced all European art depicting Jesus. It's widely accepted that the classic depiction of Jesus is not accurate, because Jesus would have not have looked like a white European. Many scholars believe that Cesare Borgia was the basis for some depictions of Jesus that eventually became the standard look that is used until today.
At the time, the Pope was allowed to marry. Pope Alexander VI, however, was known for having many mistresses. In 1476, Cesare Borgia was born as an illegitimate child of the Pope.
He was the Pope's favorite son and by 15 years old was the Bishop of Pamplona. He became Cardinal by his 18th birthday. Cesare is said to have had his older brother Giovanni assassinated out of envy.


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Consequences of Population Drift
Consequences of Population Drift
In writing diagnostic criteria, it's easy to forget the implications of making even minor changes. Let's say we have a mental disorder, Disorder A, with XA criteria set. When applied by clinicians in a population of people, let's say the XA criteria set "captures" (identifies) 100 people with Disorder A. What happens to your population capture if you modify the criteria set, like in a revision of the DSM?
It depends, of course, on the empirical effects of the change. Without prior epidemiological research testing the capture effects of the change, one can hypothesize that a more diagnostically restrictive criteria set, such as one that adds exclusion criteria (like "not due to another disorder"), would narrow the population your diagnostic criteria would capture. This effect is graphically represented by Disorder A –> A2. If a revision of a DSM would involve an loosening of criteria, for example, merging 2 previously distinct disorders into a single disorder, one would, of course, expect an expanded population, as illustrated by A3.
What about adding a new disorder? What might that do to epidemiological capture? Depending on the characteristics of the diagnostic criteria set, many possibilities exist. However, consider Disorder B in the Figure. This may be proposed as a distinct disorder but it may resemble other disorders. Indeed, it may represent a group of shared features that are sometimes or even often shared by other disorders, like Disorder A. And we have what the DSM-IV authors called "artifactual comorbidity," that is, people's conditions may be diagnosed as 2 conditions rather than 1, but the 2 conditions are creations—artifacts—of the diagnostic scheme. The relation of the overlapping conditions remains an etiological puzzle.
These kinds of changes potentially occur with every DSM revision. For instance, the merger of Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Dependence into Alcohol Use Disorder for DSM-5 may likely result in an expansion of what used to be either Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Dependence. Looking more carefully at the proposed diagnostic criteria set, one can note that the A criteria currently require 2 (or more) of 11 descriptors. What might be the population capture effect if the requirement was 3, 4, or 5? We might expect:
- the diagnosed population to shrink with every additional demand for minimum criteria met
- the characteristic features of the capture population may change as minimum requirements increase, because each independent criterion may have different capture characteristics; some criteria may capture everyone, others may capture only those with the most mild or most severe symptoms, while still others may capture etiological outliers. (See Figure representations of A2 and A3.) In any of the above cases, the capture changes make for messy implications.
The proposed Hypersexual Disorder poses a potential scenario for a relationship between Disorder B and Disorder A in the Figure. Because Hypersexual Disorder does not currently have many exclusion criteria, ruling out various Paraphilic Disorders in the diagnosis of Hypersexual Disorder (and vice versa), we might expect considerable artifactual comorbidity with the Paraphilic Disorders and perhaps other disorders, such as habit-excess disorders like substance abuse and impulse control disorders.
So are these changes good things or bad things? These judgments require a complex set of value judgments, preferably informed not just by empirical validation of the older DSM criteria sets, but also the draft criteria sets—studies which are very expensive, time-consuming, and difficult to do well. For instance, the discussion of the change to Alcohol Use Disorder is based upon the performance of old DSM-IV criteria—but the question remains unanswered how the Alcohol Use Disorder criteria will perform, and what the characteristics of this new population of people will be.
What are some of the foreseeable difficulties posed by these modifications?
As Dr Allen Frances and others have pointed out, the consequences of even minor criteria changes and category changes must be carefully considered.
1. Longitudinal epidemiological and treatment studies will be completed in an era where the relevance of the findings will bear an unknown relationship to "similar" disorders based upon different criteria sets and therefore different population capture. Such changes dramatically diminish the value of the longitudinal studies for clinical practice and administration. What does DSM-5 Alcohol Use Disorder have to do with DSM-IV Alcohol Dependence as far as treatment prediction goes?
2. Fiscal planning administrators will no longer be able predict program expenditures based upon diagnosis, because the population captured may have "drifted"—expanded, contracted, or even changed in characteristics or severity. Enrollment in clinics and practices may expand, contract, or shift in the kinds of clinical problems posed. Inefficiencies in clinical care are the inevitable result. An unspecified number of patients may "fall through the cracks." Standard treatment regimens may no longer be relevant.
3. Artifactual comorbidity makes for a billing nightmare and continuous revising of reimbursement schemes, shifting mental health care dollars into administration and away from service delivery. If a patient comorbid for Exhibitionism Disorder and Hypersexual Disorder receives treatment, do both diagnoses have any bearing on reimbursement? Guess who pays for the continual readjustment of billing schemes?
Conclusions? The DSM-5 committee should consider their work not just as the scientific classification of mental disorders but—perhaps even more importantly—the de facto development of public policy on the care of the mentally ill. Such policy implications are huge.
Acknowledgement: Thanks to E. Jane Costello, PhD for her insights for this entry.


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After pruning your willow tree, recycle the thin, flexible branches into woven materials. You can use woven willow, also called wattle, to produce sturdy and attractive fences, garden trellises, sculptures, baskets or furniture. Weaving willow branches is an ancient, meditative craft that adults and children can do together.
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Prune your willow tree as normal, using a pruning saw. If making a trellis or fence, set aside long, straight, supple branches for horizontal rows and thicker, sturdier branches for vertical posts. If making a basket, furniture or sculpture piece, only set aside the long, straight, supple branches.
Place the cut ends of the branches in water until you are ready to weave. For best results, weave the willow a week or sooner after pruning.
Strip leaves and secondary branches from your willow branches, using a pocket knife.
Lay out branches parallel to each other at equal intervals until their combined length is as long as you want the woven object to be. If making a fence or trellis, lay out the stout branches. Place the branches as close together or as far apart as you want, depending on how tight you'd like the weave to be.
Weave a thinner branch horizontally over and under the branches laid out in the last step. When starting a second row, weave a branch under and over the vertical branches. Continue adding rows and alternating branches until the weave is complete.
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After you've entered data, you may find that you need another column to hold additional information. For example, your worksheet might need a column after the date column, for order IDs.
Or maybe you need another row, or rows. You might learn that Buchanan, Suyama, or Peacock made more sales than you knew. That's great, but do you have to start over? Of course not.
To insert a single column, click any cell in the column immediately to the right of where you want the new column to go. So if you want an order-ID column between columns B and C, you'd click a cell in column C, to the right of the new location. Then, on the Home tab, in the Cells group, click the arrow on Insert. On the drop-down menu, click Insert Sheet Columns. A new blank column is inserted.
To insert a single row, click any cell in the row immediately below where you want the new row to go. For example, to insert a new row between row 4 and row 5, click a cell in row 5. Then in the Cells group, click the arrow on Insert. On the drop-down menu, click Insert Sheet Rows. A new blank row is inserted.
Excel gives a new column or row the heading its place requires, and changes the headings of later columns and rows.
Click Play to watch the process of inserting a column and a row in a worksheet.
In the practice you'll learn how to delete columns and rows if you no longer need them.


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The Roland TR-505 Rhythm Composer contains a group of samples mixed from both the TR-707 and TR-727, and featured 16 drum tones, with 48 patterns and 6 songs of memory. Basic and affordable, it did not offer tone editing capabilities or individual drum outputs. It did host an extensive MIDI section, making it ideal alongside a computer or sequencer.
The TR-5050 is from the same family as the Roland TR-909, TR-808, TR-707, and TR-626. Released in 1986, the unit can be used to sequence short, punchy, 12-bit samples. The drum kit includes basic rock drum sounds similar to those of the 707, plus a complement of Latin-style drum sounds similar to those of the TR-727, which was similar to the TR-707, but it had Latin instruments instead of rock drums.
The TR-505 features five basic modes, including the following:
 - Track Play - plays whole tracks (arrangements of patterns to form songs).
 - Track Write - sequence patterns into tracks.
 - Step Write - sequence patterns by stepping through each position in the pattern.
 - Tap Write - sequence patterns by tapping drums sounds in real time.
 - Real time - play patterns in real time by tapping the pads.
Time signatures other than 4/4 can be programmed by changing the length of patterns and the scale, which actually refers to the signature ratio/swing.
Midi implementation:
The unit handles MIDI quite capably. Each instrument can be assigned a level/velocity from one to five, a MIDI channel, and a MIDI note number. Individual pads also transmit MIDI data when tapped, although these aren't velocity sensitive. An accent can be applied to any position in a pattern and will affect all instruments triggered at that position by increasing their volume. The memory in the TR-505 can store up to 48 patterns in 6 songs.


You don't have to fit the common criminal stereotype to be charged with a criminal offense. Regular people are arrested everyday, often for a mistake or a misunderstanding. But when you are facing a criminal charge, that's little reassurance. Even a disorderly conduct charge has the potential to change your life in a significant manner; understanding your rights and having an experienced advocate on your side can minimize this impact.
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People find themselves facing Massachusetts disorderly conduct charges everyday. Often these charges are levied when a frustrated police officer gets annoyed or aggravated. But annoyance of one officer is rarely enough for a conviction.
Massachusetts Disorderly Conduct Laws
What is disorderly conduct? Massachusetts law defines a "disorderly person" as one who acts with purpose to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm; or recklessly creates a risk thereof by
 - Engaging in fighting or threatening, violent or tumultuous behavior, or
 - Creating a hazard or physically offensive condition by any act which serves no legitimate purpose.
While annoying an officer or generally being a pain in their but might not win you any points, it certainly doesn't fulfill all of the aspects of this offense. Often an officer will overestimate the risk you create, making it seem as if your behavior has created a hazard or offensive condition. If you attorney can show that the situation was misunderstood and possibly blown out of proportion, there's a good chance the charges can be dropped.
Disorderly Conduct Penalties
If you are convicted of disorderly conduct in Massachusetts, this offense carries up to 6 months in jail.
In some situations, officer misinterpretation isn't to blame for your arrest and charge. Perhaps you did engage in fighting or other actions that could be considered disorderly conduct. If this is the case it is your attorney's job to advocate on your behalf, seeking to show the courts that you deserve mercy and a second chance.
Depending on your criminal record, your attorney may be able to work out a plea agreement with the prosecutor to ensure you don't have to serve jail time. Instead, you may be allowed to serve your sentence within the community while on probation.
The specifics of your potential penalty and the likelihood that you'll walk away with no consequences depend wholly on the facts of your case. Discussing all of the facts of your case with a criminal defense lawyer is the first step in ensuring the most positive result possible.
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The client, leveraged its key technologies such as adhesives and coating and expanded globally across various industries including electronics, automotive, housing, infrastructure, environmental, and medical. The company's R&D centre developed a point-of-care Microalbumin testing device. As part of its overall growth strategy, the client wanted to launch this device in India and in the UAE
The top management requested UC Strategy to "Develop a Market Entry Strategy for the point-of-care testing device" with the following strategic questions to be answered across UAE:
- What is the current physician prescription trends for point of care (POC) testing devices?
- What is the current market segmentation for the POC testing devices?
- What is the prescription behaviour of general physicians and their key purchase criteria or barriers to adoption for the same?
- What is current distribution structure and dynamics for the POC testing devices?
- What is the regulatory landscape governing the POC testing devices?
- What is the competitive landscape for the point-of-care microalbumin testing devices and what are the key success factors for the same?
- What should be its entry strategy in these markets (including route to market, in-house vs outsourced manufacturing, etc.)
In line with the above approach, the UC Strategy team conducted primary research with ~25 respondents in Dubai. Along with interviews with clinicians such as general physicians, diabetologists and specialists, UC Strategy also interviewed with personnel from the regulatory authority, insurance companies, diagnostic laboratories, manufacturers and pharmacies.
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The CVOR is the registration system for operators of commercial trucks and buses on Ontario's road ways.
The Commercial Vehicle Operator's Registration (CVOR) system and the Carrier Safety Rating (CSR) program were developed by the Ministry of Transportation as part of Ontario's ongoing commitment to road safety. Together they promote the safe operation of trucks and buses on Ontario's roadways for operators of commercial motor vehicles.
This includes trucks that have a registered gross weight of over 4,500 kilograms, and buses that can carry ten or more passengers. Owners/operators of these vehicles must apply for, obtain and renew a CVOR certificate.
Every carrier is responsible for monitoring its CVOR record and the performance information it provides, including violation rates, thresholds, audit scores and resulting carrier safety rating. As a result, it is important that you identify and address problem areas in order to improve your commercial motor vehicle safety performance.
The CVOR system is part of the carrier safety rating program. The Ministry of Transportation monitors carriers and assigns each a safety rating based on several factors, including:
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Why You May Need to Use a Telehandler for Your Business
Whether you work in an industrial setting, agriculture or a warehouse, you may need a telehandler at some point. These machines provide a lot of benefits that cannot be overlooked. In general, they are responsible for lifting and hoisting heavy items. Learn more about why you may be interested in a telehandler rental in Chicago.
What Is a Telehandler?
Telehandlers are also often referred to as telescopic handlers. At first glance, they appear to be the same as a forklift. However, there are actually many differences between the two. A telehandler rental in Chicago actually has a boom attached to it. This means that it can perform many of the same operations as a crane. This is the main difference between a telehandler and a forklift.
More About Booms
Booms give the telehandler the ability to hoist items. These attachments are usually able to move in a forward direction. They can also extend upwards for several feet. In addition, the person operating the telehandler can add other attachments to the end of the boom. This makes it a truly versatile tool for use in a wide variety of environments.
Consider the Attachments
As mentioned, there are many ways to add attachments to a telehandler. You may find it necessary to use a lifting jib for carrying jobs. You might also need an earthmoving bucket for heavy items. Finally, you can always rely on fork tines to get the same benefits as a forklift.
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- a word used in communications to represent the letter G.
- to play golf.
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- a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon;
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- the building or rooms occupied by such a group.
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Commerce.AI's Data Engine vs. Medallia's Social Listening—A Simple Guide
Written by
Frederik Bussler
June 11, 2021
Commerce.AI and Medallia are both players in the product data space, but there are some key differences between the two.
Commerce.AI is focused on helping product teams innovate and initiate data-driven digital transformation, and has a range of features that help in this area, centered around the world's largest product data engine. Medallia offers tools that help customers collect and analyze social listening signals.
Let's take a look at the features of each company and how they are used in different industries.
Feature Comparison
Commerce.AI offers a range of features that help commerce companies grow their business through access to massive amounts of high-quality product data.
These features include product and competitive strategy, market intelligence, customer experience, and AI-assisted content for product catalogs. In addition, technical teams can use Commerce.AI APIs and data applications to access product data and insights at scale. Underlying these features is a data engine that has scanned over a trillion product data points from commerce channels like Amazon, Target, and Walmart.
In contrast, Medallia is focused on social data signals, which can include many datapoints from people who never bought a given product, creating more noise than signal.
Industry Comparison
There are also some differences in the industries these solutions are used in.
Commerce.AI's data engine has analyzed over 600 million products and services across 56,000 categories, making it an incredibly versatile tool, with use-cases in any product segment imagineable.
On the other hand, social listening signals are likely to be relevant to a smaller segment of industries.
User Comparison
Commerce.AI is focused on supporting Project Managers and other product-oriented folk, as well as analysts and Consumer Insights teams. In comparison, Medallia is focused on CX Professionals or EX Professionals.
Ultimately Commerce.AI is designed for companies that want a holistic data-driven digital transformation while Medallia is for customers who want to collect social data signals.
Data Engine vs. Social Listening
Commerce.AI and Medallion represent two approaches to understanding what consumers are thinking about your company, product, and competitors (among other areas).
Both systems rely on data, providing insights that allow product teams to disrupt their markets or catch up with them. Data sources are one key difference between the two models - while Commerce.AI brings high-quality product data and insights to you, with Medallia, you have to go out and select social signals, which are often worse quality and less relevant to product teams than verified commerce data.
While they are similar in some ways, Commerce.AI has a high-quality set of artificial intelligence-based systems that analyze truly massive amounts of product data.
Another area of distinction is in scalability: Medallia runs primarily on social data signals. Commerce.AI has a powerful data engine that processes over a trillion data points from over a hundred sources, which is constantly being updated.
The difference between the two analysis models becomes very clear when enterprise commerce teams need large scale, verified data to make decisions.
The bottom line is clear: a model like Commerce.AI's can substantially improve product capabilities by enabling product teams with an understanding of what they would never know otherwise.
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If you have been using Google Contacts (or any other address book*) to store the postal addresses of your friends and colleagues, you can easily create an online Google Map with all these address or even view them inside Google Earth. Here are the steps:
- Make a copy of this Google Sheet in your own Google Docs account.
- From the Google Contacts menu in the sheet, choose Initialize and authorize the script (see source code) to access your Google Contacts.
- Next choose Generate KML under the same menu and the script will send a KML file to your email account.
Go to your mailbox and download the KML file to the desktop. You can double-click this file to directly open it inside Google Earth. You can click the pin /marker to read the full address and name of the contact.
Alternatively, you can upload the KML file to the web and copy-paste the URL of the KML file into the Google Maps Search box as shown below (see a sample map).
Also see: Google Maps Address Lookup
Internally, the Google Apps Script reads the home /work postal addresses of your Google Contacts and then uses the geocoding service** of Google Maps to transform these human-readable address into latitudes and longitude values. These points (or placemarks) are finally put in a KML file that you can open inside Google Earth or Google Maps.[*] If you aren't using Google Contacts, you can still use the script. Export the contacts data from your existing address book (like Hotmail or Yahoo Mail) as a CSV file and import the file into Google Contacts. [**] Google's Geocoding service allows you make 2,500 requests per IP per day.


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(A) Date of entry.
(1) If an opt-in source provided monthly data under rule 3745-103-33 of the Administrative Code, the opt-in source's opt-in permit may become effective at the beginning of a calendar quarter as of January first, April first, July first, or October first.
(B) Prorating by calendar quarter. Where a combustion source's opt-in permit becomes effective on April first, July first, or October first of a given year, the USEPA will prorate the allowance allocation for that first year by the calendar quarters remaining in the year as follows:
Allowances for the first year
(1) For combustion sources that commenced operations before January 1, 1985,
(2) For combustion sources that commenced operations after January 1, 1985,
(3) Under paragraphs (B)(1) and (B)(2) of this rule,
(a) "Remaining calendar quarters" shall be the calendar quarters in the first year for which the opt-in permit will be effective.
(b) Fuel consumption for remaining calendar quarters =
Where unit conversion = 2 for coal
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For other fuels, the combustion source must specify unit conversion;
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Northern Beaches Flood Information Network
A number of rainfall and water level gauges are located across the northern beaches. These provide information on actual rainfall and water levels in the area and will provide an indication if flooding is likely.
Keep an eye out for the following rainfall that will cause localised flooding and start to flood some roads:
- 70mm in 3 hours (approx 20mm / hour) or
- 150mm in 24 hours


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I'm wondering if there's a simple proof that solutions to non-linear differential equations do not satisfy the superposition principle?
Some explicit examples would also be great.
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It depends what your definition of linear is in this case. I think it wouldn't be unreasonable to say "a DE is linear if linear combinations of solutions are solutions" which is pretty much "a DE is linear if it satisfies superposition" – Ben Millwood May 24 '12 at 13:52
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For such cases the simplest example that comes to mind usually works. Consider d.e. $y'=y^2$. It has solutions $y_c(x)=\frac 1{c-x}\,$ for $c\in \mathbb R$. But functions $y_1+y_2$ and $2y_1$ are not solutions.
But it cannot be said that all solutions of any nonlinear equation do not satisfy the superposition principle. Consider, for example, equation $(y'')^2=0$.
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Is there some general proof (barring trivial solutions), or am I looking for something that can't be found? – trolle3000 May 24 '12 at 17:36
_USER_ Proof of that exactly? An example is given in the answer. Also given an example of a non-linear equation all solutions of which satisfy the superposition principle. – Andrew May 24 '12 at 17:44
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