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Assessing the ecological importance of clouds has substantial implications for our basic understanding of ecosystems and for predicting how they will respond to a changing climate. This study was conducted in a coastal Bishop pine forest ecosystem that experiences regular cycles of stratus cloud cover and inundation in summer. The study concludes that clouds are important to the ecological functioning of these coastal forests, providing summer shading and cooling that relieve pine and microbial drought stress as well as regular moisture inputs that elevate plant and microbial metabolism.
Mariah S. Carbone, A. Park Williams, Anthony R. Ambrose, Claudia M. Boot, Eliza S. Bradley, Todd E. Dawson, Sean M. Schaeffer, Joshua P. Schimel, Christopher J. Still
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If any parts cannot be centred on the lathe for various reasons (hole through spindle too small, part too heavy, etc.), the centre square, centre bell or height gauge may be used depending on the specific application.
The part is machined on the end face which should be as plane and as flat as possible to avoid canting of the tools.
- Centring with the centre square
Fig. 20 shows how this is done:
The centre square is to be located at the workpiece diameter and a scribed marking of crossing lines to be applied by means of the scriber.
Figure 20 Centring with centre square
The point of intersection of the crossing lines defines the centre of the workpiece and of its diameter and is to be punch-marked as per Fig. 21 with the centre punch to be applied in the centre point.
Figure 21 Punch-marking of the central position
- Centring with the centre bell
When using the centre bell, scribing is not necessary. The centre of the workpiece is defined by the central position of the centre punch.
The centre bell is to be attached and applied as per Fig. 18 in section 3. It is held by one hand while punching is done with the other hand.
The diameter of the workpiece must be smaller than the diameter of the bell; otherwise the central position cannot be clearly defined. The centre bell must not be canted; otherwise the centre will be misplaced.
- Centring with the height gauge
The workpiece is to be inserted into a Vee. The point of the scriber (section 3, Fig. 19) is to be lined up with the highest point of the workpiece and to be lowered by d/2.
Figure 22 Workpiece in Vee
The scribe-marking is applied in each 180° position.
The workpiece is to be punch-marked.
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Creating a marketing website for a healthcare agency can prove to be challenging. It is a bit different from marketing for other businesses or industries, but that doesn't mean it is impossible. You just need to understand why website design in healthcare advertising is difficult and what you can do to ensure you still receive the highest level of visitor traffic possible.
1. Everyone Needs it But Different Demographics
Everyone needs healthcare and medical services. However, not everyone needs the same kind of service. Due to this, there are all sorts of demographics incorporated into the services you offer, yet each demographic is going to require something different. Someone who is in their early 30s is likely going to require different kinds of medical services than someone in their 60s. Unlike other companies with a more specific demographic, yours covers several. This can make it a challenge during the design process. Due to this, you need to make your website easy to read, yet unified over every page so it maintains a conformed, continual look. Also, always make sure to take advantage of a responsive website design so it properly displays on every kind of Internet connected device.
2. What Information to Post?
You are in the business of helping people. Your services are designed to assist patients and clients, but what kind of information should you post? After all, you want to make the website easy to read and navigate, but you don't want to burden it down with material making it hard to read. Instead, you can provide the basics on main pages and provide more comprehensive information on supplemental pages. Never attempt to diagnose someone's illness, injury or other medical condition online. This can lead to panic (which websites like WebMD and the Mayo Clinic already do enough of), not to mention the potential for lawsuits if someone does something based off of "medical advice" they derived from your site. Instead, you can point out conditions for when to come into the office or similar material, but never provide anything that can be seen as diagnosis material.
3. Keep the Interest
When creating a website, it is all about maintaining an interest level with your visitors. While you are providing an important service related to the healthcare field, you need to keep the individual engrossed and connected to the website. This means not simply providing paragraph after paragraph of text. You still need to follow through with the same rules of website design. Instead, you need to take advantage of photographs, possible video marketing (such as interviews with the doctors or other medical staff) and other helpful content that proves helpful and also maintains a level of engagement you wouldn't receive with nothing but blocks of text. While healthcare advertising and website design does require you to follow a fine line, it is still possible. You just need to take advantage of these individual steps and incorporate each into the development and creation of your medical website.

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A frontal detection algorithm is developed with the capability of detecting significant frontal segments of sea surface temperature (SST) in the high-resolution South China Sea Operational Forecasting System (SCSOFS). To effectively obtain frontal information, a gradient-based Canny edge detection algorithm is improved with postprocessing designed for high-resolution numerical models, aiming at extracting primary ocean fronts while ensuring the balance of frontal continuity and positioning accuracy. Metrics of frontal probability and strength are used to measure the robustness of the results in terms of mean state and seasonal variability of frontal activities in the South China Sea (SCS). Most fronts are found in the nearshore and form a strip shape extending from the Taiwan Strait to the coast of Vietnam. The SCSOFS is found to reproduce strong seasonal signals dominating the variability of the frontal strength and occurrence probability in the SCS. We implement the algorithm on the daily averaged SST derived from two other SST analyses for intercomparison in the SCS.
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A body was projected vertically upwards at 9.1 meters per second. Determine the time taken to reach the maximum height. Take 𝑔 equal to 9.8 metres per second squared.
In order to solve this question, we will use one of the equations of motion or SUVAT equations: 𝑣 equals 𝑢 plus 𝑎𝑡, where 𝑢 is the initial velocity, 𝑣 is the final velocity, 𝑎 is the acceleration, and 𝑡 is equal to the time. The body is projected vertically upwards at 9.1 meters per second. This means that 𝑢 is equal to 9.1. At the maximum height, the velocity of the body is zero metres per second. Therefore, 𝑣 is equal to zero. As gravity is working against the body, 𝑎 is equal to negative 9.8 metres per second squared. And finally, 𝑡 is the value we're trying to calculate.
Substituting in these values into the equation 𝑣 equals 𝑢 plus 𝑎𝑡 gives us zero is equal to 9.1 minus 9.8𝑡. Rearranging this equation gives us 9.8𝑡 is equal to 9.1. Dividing both sides of the equation by 9.8 gives us a value for 𝑡 of 9.1 divided by 9.8. This is equal to 13 14ths of a second or 0.93 seconds to two decimal places.
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Looking at the definitions of again and wieder we're able to figure out which meanings are identical and which are different.
1 one more time; on another occasion
1 drückt eine Wiederholung aus; ein weiteres Mal, wie früher schon einmal; erneut
2 showing that somebody/something is in the same place or state that they were in originally
2 drückt eine Rückkehr in einen früheren Zustand aus; drückt aus, dass etwas rückgängig gemacht wird
3 added to an amount that is already there
4 used to show that a comment or fact is connected with what you have just said
5 (then/there again) used to introduce a fact or an opinion that contrasts with what you have just said
3 gleichzeitig, andererseits [aber auch]
6 used when you ask somebody to tell you something or repeat something that you think they have told you already
6 (noch, doch) drückt in Fragesätzen aus, dass der Sprecher nach etwas Bekanntem fragt, was ihm im Moment nicht einfällt
As you can see there are two meanings of again that aren't represented by wieder. In the following sentence you can't use wieder in German.
The cost is about half as much again as it was two years ago.
And again, we must think of the cost.
Side note: There are also definitions of wieder that aren't covered by again; hence, you can't translate wieder to again in every case.
Last but not least: in some sentences German natives would tend to use a synonym like nochmals where again is used in English.
Could you say it again, please? - Kannst du das bitte nochmals sagen.
The last definition is taken from the entry of doch.


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By Molly Michelson
Just like humans, some birds have better luck than others. From city life to dance moves to penises, the natural endowments of birds vary in so many ways! Several recent science publications demonstrate diversity in the bird world, so we thought we'd provide a sampling for you…
A study last week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B determines that city birds keep much longer hours than their forest-dwelling brethren. Researchers studied European blackbirds (Turdus merula) in different environments in Germany and discovered that the artificial lights and noises of the city mean the blackbirds start their activities earlier in the day and keep on going later in the evening.
In fact, studies in the lab revealed that the city birds' biological clocks were sped up compared to the forest birds'. And the authors are convinced that birds aren't the only animals affected by city life. From the abstract:
Urban environments can significantly modify biologically important rhythms in wild organisms.
City dwellers, take note!
Australia's superb lyrebird males possess some of the most brilliant plumage in the avian world, and researchers have now determined that the feathered creature is also a brilliant song-and-dance bird. Scientists found that the birds have a distinct dance for each of four distinct songs. Wired posted a short video of a male lyrebird strutting its stuff that you have to hear and see to believe!
This mating ritual demonstrates that "the coordination of independently produced repertoires of acoustic and movement signals is not a uniquely human trait," according to a recent publication in Current Biology.
Maybe the male lyrebirds song-and-dance routine makes up for the fact that these males have no penises. 97% of birds simply lack the organ, using an opening called the cloaca instead. Originally, all birds had penises, but along the evolutionary path, most birds lost them. There are theories for why the organ was no longer needed (lighter for flight, more female control over mates), but the reason is still not known.
However, a new study, also in Current Biology, uncovers the mechanism behind the loss. Researchers compared embryos of the well-endowed Pekin duck (it has a corkscrew penis that can grow the entire length of its body) to those of the cloaca-ed rooster and found that both embryos begin to form penises, but around day eight or nine, the roosters' stop growing. The scientists determined that one gene, Bmp4, caused the rooster embryo's penis to stop growing.
Carl Zimmer, writing in the New York Times, explains why this research not only paints a bigger picture of bird evolution, but also illustrates how understanding these genetic mechanisms can help humans, too.
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An environmental group says power generation from Maine wind farms is eliminating more than 400,000 metric tons of carbon pollution a year.
Environment Maine on Wednesday released a report that analyzes data from the U.S. Department of Energy and the wind industry to measure the environmental benefits from wind turbines operating in Maine.
The report says the turbines reduce carbon dioxide output by 403,000 metric tons a year, equivalent to the pollution from 79,000 vehicles. It further says the wind farms also reduce the output of smogand soot-forming pollutants, while saving 155 million gallons of water annually.
The group released the analysis to support its position in favor of extending federal tax credits for wind energy that are set to expire at the end of the year.


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I know the result that says "There is a bijection between distribution functions and characteristic functions".
So I was wondering if there are necessary or sufficient conditions on the characteristic functions so that it is a char. function of a valid random variable. I need conditions that are easy to verify.
For instance, is $\varphi_{X_1,X_2}(x_1,x_2) = (1 + |x_1 x_2| e^{-\frac{(x_1^2 + x_2^2)}2 \sigma^2} )$ a valid characteristic function?
Thank you.
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You might find this interesting – Sasha Sep 29 '11 at 5:16
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Bochner's theorem characterizes if a characteristic function corresponds to the random variable, but it's not an easy criterion.
It says that for all $x_1, \ldots, x_m \in \mathbb{R}^2$ and $c_1,\ldots,c_m \in \mathbb{C}$ the characteristic function $\phi$ should verify $$ \sum_{i=1}^m \sum_{j=1}^m \bar{c}_i c_j \phi(x_i - x_j) \ge 0 $$
For the characteristic function in question, choose $m=2$, and $c_1 = -1$, $c_2=1$, and $x_1 = \{1, \frac{1}{2}\}$ and $x_2 = \{ \frac{1}{2}, 1 \}$. Then the resulting sum is $-\frac{1}{2} \exp(-\frac{\sigma^2}{4} )$.
Here is Mathematica code:
In[210]:= \[Phi][{w1_, w2_}] :=
 1 + Abs[w1*w2]*Exp[(-(w1^2 + w2^2)/2)*sigma^2]
In[211]:= With[{cvec = {-1, 1}, xvec = {{1, 1/2}, {1/2, 1}}},
 Conjugate[cvec]. Outer[\[Phi][#1 - #2] &, xvec, xvec, 1]. cvec]]
Out[211]= -(1/2)/E^(sigma^2/4)
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Thank you. I wanted to make a pair of r.vs that are marginally Normal but not jointly Normal. I know there are standard examples, but I wanted to fabricate one through char functions. Anyway the positive definite condition in Bochners theorem is one hard nut to satisfy :( – Isomorphism Sep 29 '11 at 5:36
_USER_, try $\varphi_{X_1,X_2}(x_1,x_2)=\mathrm e^{-(x_1^2+x_2^2)/2}\cosh(x_1x_2)$. – Did Sep 29 '11 at 5:59
_USER_: Thanks! I was looking for that :) – Isomorphism Sep 29 '11 at 19:28
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static BOOL ClearBinaryName( const TCHAR* pszName ); static BOOL ClearBinaryName( const TCHAR* pszWorkbook, const TCHAR* pszWorksheet, const TCHAR* pszName );
The name of the invisible range to add to the worksheet. The name must conform to Excel range name rules.
Name of target workbook.
Name of target sheet.
The function returns TRUE if the name is deleted (or if it does not exist), or FALSE if the operation fails.
Binary names are invisible Excel named ranges, accessible only to the add-in programmer, not to the user. They differ from visible ranges in that you cannot us them for Excel data types, only for buffers of binary data.
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Subject Re: st: Interaction effect or running seperate models
Date Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:49:13 +0100
Quang Nguyen wrote:
> Suppose, I had a simple model: Y = Ao + A1*X1 + A2*Z + u, where A2 is
> a categorical variable e.g., ethnicity. If I wanted to see how
> different ethnic groups may have different effect on Y, I can use an
> interaction term: X1*Z or I can run seperate equations fro each
> ethnicity. Can you tell me the advantage of each method?
Jaccard (2001: 17) provided a very good reason to prefer the
single-model analysis in the case of logistic regression. I don't
believe it would be any different for OLS regression:
"It is not uncommon for researchers [to calculate] seperate logistic
regression equations for males and females and then examining whether
the logistic coefficient for X is "statistically significant" (i.e.,
has an associated p value less than 0.05) in both analyses. If the
coefficient is statistically significant in one group but not in the
other, then the conclusion is that X is more important for the one
group than for the other. This logic is flawed because the researcher
never performs a formal statistical test of the _difference_ between
the logistic coefficients for the two groups."
You will, of course, note that is there is now a substantial research
literature that has called into question the practice of using
interaction terms in LR models (much of which has been discussed on
this list), but I hope this helps to answer the original question.
Clive Nicholas
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Jaccard J (2001) "Interaction Effects In Logistic Regression", QASS
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Youth, Gender and Pornography in the Nordic Countries
During recent years, pornography has become increasingly more visible in the media. The phenomenon is usually referred to as "pornophication of public space" and has created a fierce debate in the Nordic countries, as well as concern among parents and teachers on what effects the increasing - and not always voluntary - exposure to pornography might have on children and teenagers. The study's primary focus is the increased spread of pornography, and what effects this might produce on young girls' and boys' interpretations of gender. The study aims at revealing possible connections between teenagers' exposure to pornography and their attitudes towards gender and power.


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Former Chancellor of Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Highlights Packback as One Way to Encourage Stimulating Remote Learning
In a recent article for The EvoLLLution, John Cavanaugh writes about best practices for stimulating student curiosity in the age of remote learning. The key? Implementing solutions that encourage students to challenge themselves through critical analysis. Cavanaugh points out Packback's "thoughtful, creative approach to online learning" as one effective approach for engaging students.


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Shape-shifting material switches between forms in response to heat and light
If you ever wanted to stick a square peg in a round hole, it may soon be easier than you think. Researchers at the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder are working on a new material that responds to light and heat by shifting between complex, pre-programmed shapes. Not only will it allow you to cheat at peg board tests, but it also holds promise in many applications, including manufacturing, robotics, biomedical devices, and prosthetic muscles.
Developed by a team led by Christopher Bowman, a Distinguished Professor in CU Boulder's Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE), the new material is designed to overcome the limitation of other shape-shifting materials that change their form or texture. These have had a certain degree of success, but CU says they have been limited in terms of size or the extent that they could change or regain their original shape.
The new material overcomes this by using liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), which are slightly cross-linked liquid crystalline polymer networks that posses both the elasticity of an elastomer and the self-organization of the liquid crystal. They are also sensitive to heat and light, allowing the CU team to program the material at the macroscopic level.
This is achieved by incorporating a light-activated trigger into LCE networks. This trigger responds to specific wavelengths of light, causing the molecular structure to rearrange itself, Once the object changes shape, the trigger locks. When reactivated by a corresponding heat stimulus, the object reverts to its original form.
One simple example provided by the team is an origami swan that turns into a flat sheet when heated to 200° F (93° C). As it cools, it returns to its swan shape.
"The ability to form materials that can repeatedly oscillate back and forth between two independent shapes by exposing them to light will open up a wide range of new applications and approaches to areas such as additive manufacturing, robotics and biomaterials," says Bowman.
The findings were published in Science Advances, and the video below shows various versions of the new material shape-shifting.
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Position: Principal (Grades 9-12)
Reports to: Managing Director of Schools
Location: STRIVE PrepExcel – NW Denver
Do you want to inspire a shared vision that rallies STRIVE Prep – Excel's school community to co-create a high performance, inclusive culture that leads to breakthrough results for each student, and improves the school's School Performance Framework rating within 3 years?
OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE
STRIVE Prep is a Denver-based community of K-12 public charter schools, that challenges every student to discover and develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence necessary to succeed in college and beyond.
STRIVE Prep – Excel serves brilliant 9th- 12th grade students in the Northwest Denver community, including emerging bilinguals and students with varying special needs. The Principal of STRIVE Prep – Excel will be the cultural and instructional leader of the school and will lead the team effectively to create exceptional outcomes for each student by inspiring a clear vision and accountability for success. The Principal will build deep relationships with and leverage the strengths of students, families, staff, and community to co-create and implement: 1) A school climate that fosters safety and learning, respects and supports the cultural identity of students and families, and accelerates existing restorative practices school-wide for both student and adult culture that reflects the pride of an Excel Lion; and 2.) An aligned academic plan that makes it possible to lead the school from a yellow to a blue rating in three years, and enables the lifelong success of each of our students and 40 team members who are committed to achievement, justice, and perseverance.
THE MUST HAVES
Do the following must haves resonate with how you are wired and demonstrable in your unique talents and experiences? If so, we invite you to apply and can't wait to learn more about you!
- You find fun in doing the impossible: You have an unyielding belief and trust in the brilliance of each student and team member which enables you to collaboratively set high standards of excellence with clear expectations for achieving them. You make these standards a reality daily through a disciplined approach to execution that focuses and holds students and staff accountable to a narrow set of the most important goals and initiatives. You generate high and contagious energy throughout the school because everyone knows routinely whether or not we're winning and collaborates to course correct when we're not.
- You prioritize social justice AND academic excellence: Your experience in education shows a history of moving students and/or staff to transformational academic gains. You are also a champion of social justice and restorative practices, knowing that they are integral in ensuring strong academic results, student agency, and for preparing students to be agents of change. You treat each student as if they are your own and expect your teammates to do the same. You know this is key to building and fostering an inclusive, high-performance environment where students and staff are known, empowered, and trusted to be active collaborators to ensure each student's success.
- You are a people whisperer with a strong lens on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI): Your experience has shown you that investing in people and culture leads to transformative change in a school. You value diverse perspectives, seek feedback to inform the work, and innately keep those on the margins top of mind, which enables you to truly maintain an inclusive school environment. You proactively build meaningful and authentic relationships with your Managing Director, teachers, support staff, parents, students, & community members. You bring a deep belief in equity and action-oriented commitment to advancing DEI work, and you galvanize others to do the same.
With the must haves driving your daily approach to the work, the successful Principal will manage a school leadership team of six that supports a staff of 34 overseeing instruction, operations, culture, and student services. The Principal will collaborate with their supervisor, the Managing Director of Schools, to identify strategic priorities for year one and beyond :
- Lead an effective, student achievementfocused administration team of six people.
- Implement a rigorous, comprehensive, standards-based curriculum, ensuring teachers have internalized and are prepared each day to deliver the rigorous, comprehensive, standards-based curriculum in alignment with Common Core State Standards.
- Lead and oversee a rigorous system for student assessment, data tracking, and appropriate student interventions.
- Model and ensure high-quality observation/ feedback cycles, student work analysis protocols, and real-time coaching.
- Oversee all supporting logistics for the academic program, including staffing structure and schedule.
- Design and deliver comprehensive professional development throughout the school year and during summer training.
- Partner with the network team to recruit and select high-quality teachers and staff.
- Set, model, maintain, and monitor a vision for strong student culture.
- Build and sustain rituals, systems, and structures that prioritize and promote college access and preparation.
- Implement network-wide systems to support student conduct and discipline.
- Lead community gatherings that set the tone for the academic program.
- Oversee extracurricular activities, including sports, arts, partnerships with outside providers, and other areas of interest.
- Model and hold adults accountable for excellence.
- Care for and empower staff members.
- Model professionalism at all times.
- Own and prioritize staff retention.
- Oversee evaluation of all staff members twice annually
- Regularly collaborate with the Talent Team on hiring strategies and cultivation of quality candidates.
- Collaborate with Talent Team to determine hiring competencies for each role upon posting.
- Prioritize recruitment within your school and leveraging the staff for referrals.
- Designate time within weekly schedule for in-person interviews, candidate follow up, and recruitment.
- Ensure excellent parent engagement and satisfaction based on intentionally building meaningful relationships with families and students that respects and values their social and cultural identities..
- Ensure high levels of student attendance.
- Engage external partners to add value to the students' experience of the school, especially in the areas of extracurricular activities.
- Regularly collaborate with other principals and Central staff.
- Be a network leader, always considering the needs of the network and the needs of the campus.
- Effectively implement network programming.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS (OR PREFERENCES WHERE NOTED)
- Proudly hold at least a bachelor's degree (required), and preferably an advanced degree.
- Understand, appreciate and can pull from at least 3 years of teaching experience and a minimum of 1 year of instructional coaching, with an emphasis on data-driven instruction and demonstrable gains in student achievement (required).
- Understand, appreciate and can pull from experience teaching in an urban setting (strongly preferred).
- Speak Spanish and/or have experience working with bilingual students (strongly preferred).
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
- Competitive compensation package with annual performance-based raises.
- A robust, year-long professional development program.
- A cohort experience with principal fellows and coaches at varying levels on their path to school leadership.
- Participation in Colorado's PERA retirement program, including a 401k contribution option.
- Funding of 100 percent of individual medical benefits and a wide range of insurance plans.
- Approximately three weeks of summer vacation, approximately four weeks of school holidays and vacations, and eight days of paid time off annually.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION
STRIVE Prep works to make a college prep education for all students in our community the norm, rather than the exception. We are committed to building and sustaining a diverse team by maintaining hiring and recruiting processes that are free from bias and seek to provide each candidate with a unique and equitable opportunity for employment. STRIVE Prep is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds.
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To help the U.S. Department of Transportation promote a safe, economically efficient, and environmentally sustainably freight transportation system, the Department's National Freight Advisory Committee (NFAC) will provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary on matters related to freight transportation in the United States including:
- implementation of the freight transportation requirements of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (P.L. 112-141);
- establishment of the National Freight Network;
- development of a National Freight Strategic Plan;
- development of strategies to help States implement State Freight Advisory Committees and State Freight Plans;
- development of measures of conditions and performance in freight transportation;
- development of freight transportation investment, data, and planning tools; and
- legislative recommendations.


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The 2020 Azerbaijan-Armenia War: A Milestone in Military Affairs
The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War has become a milestone in military warfare affairs.
The recently concluded six-week-long Second Nagorno-Karabakh War fought by Armenia and Azerbaijan was a milestone in military affairs, as it was the first conflict in which unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) won a war from the air.
Azerbaijan's UAVs obliterated Armenia's formidable array of ground-based air defenses, after which they systematically decimated Armenia's ground force matériel, including tanks, artillery pieces, and supply trucks. This onslaught forced Armenia to accept a humiliating ceasefire imposed by Russia.
It is not entirely clear at this time how this feat of arms was achieved, but it appears that the key to the spectacular victory of Azerbaijan's unmanned air power may have been electronic warfare that blinded Armenian radar, thus facilitating the destruction of its air defense batteries.
The war offered a glimpse of future battlefields on which unmanned weapons and electronic warfare might predominate. Countries such as the United States and Israel should learn the lessons offered by this war and prepare their ground-based air defenses as well as their combat aircraft forces accordingly.
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Today at ION GNSS+ 2016, NovAtel Inc. (NovAtel), the world's leading supplier of high precision OEM Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning technology, unveiled its new OEM7 positioning engine. Leveraging previous generations of precise positioning know-how, the OEM7 incorporates new innovative capabilities and features that significantly enhance GNSS-based positioning reliability, accuracy and availability.
The OEM7 family expands the receiver options open to system integrators, making it easier than ever to match customer application requirements to the optimal positioning solution. Five GNSS receiver cards are available, including the new OEM7600, the company's smallest, lightest dual-frequency receiver card ever developed. All cards have 555 available channels, are multi-constellation and multi-frequency and provide new advanced interference awareness and mitigation capabilities. Additionally, every OEM7 card can receive satellite-based TerraStar correction signals, making centimetre level positioning globally available. A new compact enclosure, the PwrPak7™, houses OEM7 receiver technology, plus offers 16 GB onboard data storage, built-in Wi-Fi and serial, USB, CAN and Ethernet for ease of integration.
A cornerstone of the OEM7 platform is the Interference Toolkit™. The Interference Toolkit is used to detect sources of interference and intentional and unintentional jamming, and then mitigates such occurrences using proprietary NovAtel filters. Integrators can take advantage of a spectrum analysis function that identifies which GNSS frequency is experiencing the interference. Further, it can also detect electromagnetic interference caused by other components in an integration project, allowing developers to implement the filter and eliminate the problem.
"As we see more complex positioning systems being developed, for autonomous vehicles for example, GNSS positioning accuracy and availability needs to be more reliable than ever," states Pat Fenton, VP Technology & Chief Technology Officer for NovAtel. "This means our technology must be able to not only identify when interference and jamming is occurring, but also address and eliminate instances of inaccurate or unavailable positioning. The OEM7 does this."
L-Band functionality on every OEM7 receiver enables satellite delivery of Precise Point Positioning (PPP) correction data directly to the receiver. Utilizing correction data from the TerraStar network, this satellite delivery method means centimetre level positioning is possible to a broader range of applications, particularly in more complex positioning environments where setting up a Real Time Kinematic (RTK) correction network may be difficult or impossible. With 80 ground reference stations, and triple system redundancies built in, TerraStar offers users at least two satellite beams, anywhere on the planet.
NovAtel's market leading SPAN® technology is supported on every OEM7 receiver, adding to the reliability of the positioning solution. SPAN tightly-couples NovAtel's GNSS technology with a number of available Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) to provide robust, continuous 3D positioning, velocity and attitude, even through periods of blocked or unavailable signal reception.
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Can You Melt Steel At Home?
Can I melt silver at home?
Put the silver in the crucible and keep the temperature in the oven until it melts.
To melt silver it must be heated to 1763 degrees Faringit (962 degrees Celsius).
Take the crucible with heat-resistant forceps and while the silver is still liquid, pour it into the mold prepared in advance..
Is stainless steel wool flammable?
To reduce the chance of fire and lessen friction, the slicing tool is kept cool with oil, but this means the steel wool itself contains some oil, which makes it highly flammable and likely to spontaneously combust later on.
Can you melt down sterling silver?
If you melt it down, you destroy all except the metal value, and you even destroy that because you will obliterate the hallmark stamp showing that is is sterling silver. In the case of silver, even a simple cup may have a value at least double that of the metal. The melted metal will not be more transactable.
How can I heat steel at home?
Put on heavy gloves and safety glasses before heating the steel. Have your container of room-temperature oil or water available for cooling. Hold the metal with a pair of metal tongs. Apply the heat, either by putting the metal into the forge or oven, or by heating it with the torch.
What is the easiest way to melt metal at home?
The easiest way to melt metal into liquid is to heat it in a small, enclosed vessel that is heated from below. You can make your own using a small empty propane tank or metal bucket, plaster of paris, sand, metal pipe, charcoal briquettes, and a steel can.
What acid can melt steel?
nitric acidSteel can be dissolved with a diluted solution of nitric acid and water. The chemical make up of nitric acid reacts to the iron in steel, producing iron nitrate and hydrogen gas. As this chemical reaction takes place, the steel begins to dissolve.
Is stainless steel fire rated?
Stainless steel has many qualities that make it ideal as a construction material. One of these is its inherent oxidation resistance and continued strength at elevated temperatures. … Stainless steels do not have an intrinsic 'fire rating' and so their fire resistance is tested on specific fabrications.
Can I melt down pennies and sell the copper?
As a result, with only a few wartime exceptions, any penny from 1981 or earlier — and some made in 1982 — have a high copper content. At current copper prices, the melt value of older pennies is well over two cents. Melt values are theoretical because actually melting down pennies is illegal.
How do you make steel on little alchemy?
How to make steel in Little Alchemy 2?ash + metal.charcoal + metal.coal + metal.metal + mineral.
Can you melt stainless steel at home?
The melting point of stainless steel is 1510°C (2750°F) so you need an induction furnace that can handle this temperature. The furnace will be charged vibratory conveyor. … Depending on the amount of stainless steel that needs to be melted, an accurate amount of charge will be needed to accomplish the melting process.
Can hydrochloric acid melt steel?
Hydrochloric acid dissolves the less active metals, such as zinc and magnesium, easily. It dissolves the more-resistant iron, copper and related metals less easily, or not at all. Other chemicals, such as nitric acid, will dissolve some metals that hydrochloric acid will not.
Is steel stronger than iron?
Steel is roughly 1,000 times stronger than iron in its purest form, and it can be recycled without loss of strength. Steel is the main material used in delivering renewable energy like solar, hydro, and wind power.
What is it called when you melt metal together?
Welding is a way of tightly bonding two metals by melting them where they meet, while soldering involves making a joint between components in an electric or electronic circuit. …
Can I melt copper at home?
If you want to melt copper at home, you'll be pleased to know you don't need an industrial induction furnace to do it. If you're only melting small amounts of copper, you can do it with a blowtorch or on a stovetop. You may use it for home crafts or melt it into ingots for storage.
What's the easiest metal to melt?
Will stainless steel melt in a fire?
A small flame can erupt into a larger fire or even an explosion. … Since stainless steel cannot catch fire. It will not aid in the propagation of spreading flames in the case of a standard structural conflagration. Stainless steels are also selected for their oxidation resistance at high temperatures and their strength.
Can stainless steel be burned?
Therefore, the answer is yes: fire can corrode stainless steel. If your stainless steel is a big solid block rather than a super-high-surface-area pad of steel wool, the process will be a lot slower, but it will still happen over time.
Can acid destroy a diamond?
No, acids cannot dissolve diamonds, for the simple reason that a diamonds carbon atoms are too tightly packed together for the Hydrogen ions to be able to dissolve the substance. Hope this has been helpful!
What is the most powerful acid?
fluoroantimonic acidThe world's strongest superacid is fluoroantimonic acid. Fluoroantimonic acid is a mixture of hydrofluoric acid and antimony pentafluoride. The carbonane superacids are the strongest solo acids.
Can I melt silver with a propane torch?
The typical propane "plumber's torch" can be used for melting silver for jewelry-making. … Melt down bits and pieces of silver wire, filings, old earring wires and even whole pieces of sterling silver jewelry, using a propane torch.


Autostrade of Italy
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"Autostrada" redirects here. For roads called "Autostrada" in other countries, see Roads and expressways in Romania. For the same name, see Roads and expressways in Poland and Transport in Albania.
Autostrada sign
The Autostrade are the Italian national system of motorways. The total length of the system is about 6,661 km. In North and Central Italy this is mainly as tollways, with the biggest portion in concession to the Atlantia group which operates some 3,408 km. Other operators include ASTM and ATP in the north-west, Serenissima and Autovie Venete in the north-east, SALT and Autocisa in the center, all under the control of the state-owned ANAS.
A4 Turin - Trieste
Italy was the first country in the world to build motorways, i.e., fast roads, reserved for motor vehicles.[citation needed] The Milano-Laghi motorway (connecting Milan to Varese) was devised by Piero Puricelli, a civil engineer and entrepreneur. He received the first authorization to build a public-utility fast road in 1921, and completed the construction (one lane each direction) between 1924 and 1926. By the end of the 1930s, over 400 kilometers of multiand dual-single-lane motorways were constructed throughout Italy, linking cities and rural towns.
Italy's autostrade have a standard speed limit of 130 km/h (81 mph) for cars. Limits for other vehicles (or during foul weather and/or low visibility) are lower. Legal provisions allow operators to set the limit to 150 km/h (93 mph) on their concessions on a voluntary basis if these conditions are met: three lanes in each direction and a working SICVE, or Safety Tutor, speed-camera system.
List of current Autostrade[edit]
Map of the Italian motorways
Until 1990, the designation A1 referred only to the Milan-Rome section of the current A1; the Rome-Naples section was known as A2. After a link was built bypassing Rome, the designation A2 was withdrawn and now the A1 designation refers to the whole route. The residual connections to the "Grande Raccordo Anulare" (Great Ring Road, around Rome) were designated as raccordi (see later). Until 1973, the designation A17 referred to the current A16, and the section Canosa-Bari of the current A14.
List of tangenziali (bypass roads around big cities)[edit]
This is a list of tangenziali classified as autostrada.
List of bretelle and raccordi autostradali[edit]
Some autostrade are called bretelle, diramazioni or raccordi because they are short and have few exits.
Bretelle, diramazioni or raccordi are generally connections between two motorways, or connections between motorways and important cities without a motorway.
They have the same number (sometimes with the suffix dir) as one of the two autostrade linked, a combination of the numbers of the two autostrade linked, or the number of the main autostrada.
Number Name (length) Connection
A1 Raccordo Milano-Piazzale Corvetto (2 km) A1 - Milano Piazzale Corvetto
A1 Diramazione Capodichino (3 km) A1 - Aeroporto di Capodichino - A56
A1dir Diramazione Roma nord (23 km) A1 - GRA
A1dir Diramazione Roma sud (20 km) A1 - GRA
A4 Raccordo Chivasso (6 km) A4 - Verolengo
A4/A5 Raccordo Ivrea-Santhià (23,6 km) A4 - A5
Raccordo Aosta-Gran San Bernardo (7,9 km) A5 - SS27
A6 Diramazione per Fossano (6,6 km) A6 - Fossano
A8/A26 Diramazione Gallarate-Gattico (23,2 km) A8 - A26
A11/A12 Diramazione Lucca-Viareggio (20 km) A11 - A12
A12 Diramazione per Livorno (4,5 km) A12 - Livorno
A13 Diramazione per Padova sud (4,3 km) A13 - Padova
A13 Diramazione per Ferrara (6,3 km) A13 - Ferrara - RA8
A14 Raccordo per Tangenziale di Bari (4,6 km) A14 - Tangenziale di Bari
A14dir Diramazione per Ravenna (29,8 km) A14 - Ravenna
A15 Diramazione La Spezia-Santo Stefano di Magra Santo Stefano di Magra - A15 - La Spezia
A18dir Diramazione per Catania (3,7 km) A18 - Catania
A19dir Raccordo A19-Palermo (5,2 km) A19 - Circonvallazione di Palermo
A21dir Diramazione per Fiorenzuola (12,3) A1 - A21
A4/A26 Diramazione Stroppiana-Santhià (29,7 km) A4 - A26
A26/A7 Diramazione Predosa-Bettole (17 km) A7 - A26
A29dir Diramazione Alcamo-Trapani (36,9 km) A29 - Trapani
A29dirA Diramazione per Birgi (13,1 km) A29dir - Aeroporto di Trapani-Birgi
A29racc Bretella aeroporto Falcone e Borsellino (4 km) A29 - Aeroporto di Palermo
A29racc bis Raccordo per via Belgio (5,6 km) A29 - Circonvallazione di Palermo
A55 Diramazione per Pinerolo (23,44 km) A55 - Pinerolo
A55 Diramazione per Moncalieri (6,18 km) A6 - Moncalieri
A55 Raccordo della Falchera (3,13 km) A55 - A4 - SR 11
A57 Bretella/raccordo aeroporto (6,73 km) A57 - Aeroporto di Venezia
Trafori (T)[edit]
Important alpine tunnels ((Italian) trafori) are identified by the capital letter "T" followed by a single digit number. Currently there are only three T-classified tunnels: Mont Blanc Tunnel (T1), Great St Bernard Tunnel (T2) and Frejus Road Tunnel (T4). Tunnels that cross the border between Italy and France (T1, T4) or Switzerland (T2), are treated as motorways (green signage, access control, and so on), although they are not proper motorways. The code T3 was once assigned to the Bargagli-Ferriere Tunnel in Ligurian Appennines before it was reclassified as SP 226.
T1 Traforo del Monte Bianco
T2 Traforo del Gran San Bernardo
T4 Traforo del Frejus
Raccordi autostradali (RA)[edit]
RA stands for Raccordo autostradale (translated as "motorway connection"), a relatively short spur route that connects an autostrada to a nearby city or tourist resort not directly served by the motorway. These spurs are owned and managed by ANAS (with some exceptions, such as the RA7 that became A53 when assigned to a private company for maintenance). Some spurs are toll-free motorways (type-A), but most are type-B or type-C roads. All RA have separate carriageways with two lanes in each direction. Generally, they do not have an emergency lane.
Symbol Number
Italian traffic signs - raccordo autostradale 1.svg RA1 A1 - A13 - A14
(Tangenziale di Bologna)
Italian traffic signs - raccordo autostradale 2.svg RA2 A3 - Avellino
Italian traffic signs - raccordo autostradale 3.svg RA3 A1 - Siena
Italian traffic signs - raccordo autostradale 4.svg RA4 A3 - Reggio Calabria - SS106
Italian traffic signs - raccordo autostradale 5.svg RA5 A3 - Potenza
Italian traffic signs - raccordo autostradale 6.svg RA6 A1 - Perugia
Autostrada A53 Italia.svg A53 (o RA7) A7 - Tangenziale di Pavia
Italian traffic signs - raccordo autostradale 8.svg RA8 A13 - Ferrara - Porto Garibaldi
Italian traffic signs - raccordo autostradale 9.svg RA9 A16 - Benevento
Italian traffic signs - raccordo autostradale 10.svg RA10 Tor


Global Functions - Useful JavaScript Functions (BIRT)
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Global Functions - Useful JavaScript Functions (BIRT) This example does not have a Bugzilla ID all code entered on the page.
Basic JavaScript is a good language but there are significant bits of function that are not supported. This page contains examples of useful JavaScript functions that can assist with report development.
BIRT Version Compatibility
This example was built using version 2.2 M5.
Example Files
Rather than enter these examples as functions. Each example is just pasted here in the code.
Creating Global Functions
In order for these functions to be globally accessible the function needs to be added as a global. The recommended procedure here is to use the reportContext.setPersistentGlobalVariable(name, value) function. So lets imagine that we want to create a global logging function. We would want to add the following code to any Script handler that has access to the reportContext.
function log ( str ){
reportContext.setPersistentGlobalVariable("log", log);
From that point forward, any other expression or script can access logging by just calling log("message");
The most logical place to add the creation of your global functions is the initialize method of the Report component (the top component in the outline view). Alternately, you may want to add the function to a template.
The following is the collection of useful global functions.
UCWord (upper case first letter)
Sometimes you want to be able to have just the first letter of word capitalized, at the start of a sentence for example. This function does that for you.
function UCWord(str){
// split string
firstChar = str.substring(0,1);
remainChar = str.substring(1);
// convert case
firstChar = firstChar.toUpperCase();
remainChar = remainChar.toLowerCase();
return firstChar + remainChar
// Make function globally available reportContext.setPersistentGlobalVariable("UCWord", UCWord);
UCWord("ALLCAPS"); = gives => Allcaps
UCWord("alllower"); = gives => Alllower
UCWord("MiXeDuP"); = gives => Mixedup


and demand in week 1. We use this formula to calculate revenue for each value of demand in week 1: =UnitPrice*MIN(C29,InitInv) Calculating Mean Revenue - Week 1 -- continued: Calculating Mean Revenue - Week 1 -- continued Given these values we can calculate the mean revenue in week 1 by entering the formula =SUMPRODUCT(Revenues1,Probs1). Calculating Mean Revenue - Week 2: Calculating Mean Revenue - Week 2 The revenue in week 2 is the unit price multiplied by the number of units sold in week 2, and this latter quantity is the smaller of the beginning inventory in week 2 and the demand in week 2. The complex portion is that the inventory in week 2 depends on the demand in week1, because this demand determines how much (if any) is left at the end of week 1 and whether an order was placed. The analysis breaks down into three cases in which I0, D1 and RP denote beginning inventory in week 1, the demand in week 1, and the reorder point. Calculating Mean Revenue - Week 2 -- continued: Calculating Mean Revenue - Week 2 -- continued One of following occurs: If I0 -D1 < 0, the ending inventory in week 1 is 0, and an order is placed. This brings the beginning inventory in week 2 up to the 400 units (the order quantity). If 0< I0 -D1 < = RP, then positive inventory is on hand at the end of week 1, but demand in week 1 is large enough to trigger an order. Therefore, beginning inventory in week 2 is I0 -D1 plus the order quantity. If I0 -D1 > RP, no order is triggered, so the beginning inventory in week 2 equals the ending inventory in week 1, I0 -D1. Calculating Mean Revenue - Week 2 -- continued: Calculating Mean Revenue - Week 2 -- continued Putting all this together we can calculate the revenue in week 2 for each combination of week 1 and week 2 demands. The following formula should be copied into the range C37:G41 =UnitPrice*MIN($B37,IF(InitInv-C$36<=0,OrderQuan, IF(IntiInv-C$36<=ReorderPt,InitInv-C$36+OrderQuan,InitInv-C$36))) This formula is complex but it simply implements the logic on the previous slide with nested IF functions. Calculating Mean Revenue - Week 2 -- continued: Calculating Mean Revenue - Week 2 -- continued Next, we calculate the mean revenue in week 2 in the usual way, as a sum of products of possible revenues and their probabilities with the formula: =SUMPRODUCT(Revenues2,JtProbs) The one advantage to doing all this work is that now we can change any of the inputs in the shaded cells and the mean revenues will be recalculated automatically. Slide81: Weighted Sums of Random Variables INVEST.XLS: INVEST.XLS An investor has $100,000 to invest, and she would like to invest it in a portfolio of eight stocks. She has gathered historical data on the returns of these stocks and has used the data to estimate means, standard deviations and correlations for the stock returns. This file contains summary measures obtained from historical data. She believes they are also relevant for future returns. INVEST.XLS -- continued: INVEST.XLS -- continued The investor would like to analyze a portfolio of these stocks using certain investment amounts. What is the mean annual return from this portfolio? What are its variance and standard deviation? Input Data: Input Data Solution: Solution This is a typical weighted sum model. The random variables, the X's are the annual returns from the stocks; the weights, the a's are the dollar amounts invested in the stocks; and the summary measures of the X's are given in rows 12,13 and 17-24 of the input data. We can obtain the mean return from the portfolio in cell B49 by using the formula =SUMPRODUCT(Weights, Means) Solution -- continued: Solution -- continued We are not quite ready to calculate the variance of the portfolio return. The reason why is because we do not currently know the Var(Y). But these are related to standard deviations and correlation by Var(Xi) = (Stdev(Xi))2 Cov(Xi, Xj) = StDev(Xi) X Stdev(Xj) X Corr(Xi,Xj) Solution -- continued: Solution -- continued To calculate these in Excel, it is useful to create a column of standard deviations in Column L by using Excel's TRANSPOSE function. To do this highlight the range L12:L19 and type the formula =TRANSPOSE(Stedevs) and press Ctrl-Shift-Enter. Next we form a table of variances and covariances of the X's i the range B28:I35, using the formula =$L12*B$13*B17 in cell B28 and copying it to the range. Solution -- continued: Solution -- continued Finally, we need to calculate the portfolio variance in cell B50. To do this we form a table of terms needed and then sum these terms as in the following steps. Row of weights Enter the weights in row 38 by highlighting the range B38:I18 and typing the formula =Weights and pressing Ctrl-Enter. Column of weights Enter these same weights as a column in the range A39:A46 by highlighting the range, typing the formula =TRANSPOSE(Weights) and pressing Ctrl-Shift-Enter. Solution -- continued: Solution -- continued Table of terms Now use these weights and the covariances to fill in the table of terms required for the portfolio variance. To do so, enter the formula =$A39*B28*B$38 in cell B39 and copy it to the range B39:I46. Portfolio variance and standard deviation Calculate the portfolio variance in cell B50 with the formula =SUM(PortVarTerms). Then calculate the standard deviation of the portfolio return in cell B51 as the square root of the varince. The results are shown in the calculation on the next slide. Solution -- continued: Solution -- continued The standard deviation of approximately $11,200 is sizable. The standard deviation is th a measure of the portfolio's risk. Investors always want a large mean return, but they also want low risk. They realize though that often time the only way to obtain high men returns is to assume more risk.
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Tudor HouseHanworth Park
Next door to St. George's Church lies Tudor House, built on the original site of the Manor House hunting lodge often referred to as Tudor Palace.
The manor house, which had become the royal hunting lodge, played host to a score of Kings and Queens including: Henry VII, Henry VIII, Queen Anne Boleyn, Queen Catherine Parr, Queen Mary Tudor (as princess) and Queen Elizabeth (as princess and Queen).
In July 1532, the park was granted with the manor house to Anne Boleyn.
Although the original building burnt down in 1797, a number of treasures still survive. Two terra-cotta heads of the Caesars from the Holbein Gate in Whitehall line the drive to Tudor House. These originally belonged to Cardinal Wolsey. Lines of parallel yew trees planted by Princess Mary and Princess Elizabeth still partially exist. A set of marble steps used by Princess Elizabeth to mount her pony can also be found here.
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The Fifth Elephant 2012
Finding the elephant in the data.
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Understanding the challenges in building scalable fault tolerant system from first principles.
There is lot of hype created about noSQL, eventual consistency etc. What does these actually mean? Are there any reason why they work the way they do?
In this lecture let us discuss about the meaning of the following
Eventual consistency and its various models.
What are the consequences of these theorems.
I will try to give theoretical background about why is it so hard build a scalable fault tolerant system. What are the challenges involved.
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Vivek YS leads the kernel layer for the Data Platform team at Flipkart he has led the overall caching and distributed caching layers at Flipkart. He is also the resident expert for all Linux and kernel issues.
Vivek has also worked on Fault tolerant system in telecom industry and also built a realtime OS.
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Candles In The Victorian Age: Looking Back To Look Forward
As an extension of our recent guide to scented candle manufacturing, we thought we'd dig a little deeper into the rich history of candle making and provide a comprehensive overview of candle use in the Victorian era. With candle manufacturing becoming an increasingly competitive and profitable industry, we feel studying the past is the best way to pave new and innovative paths forward.
Whether it's candles or taking reed diffuser systems to their next level, there's always something to learn when stepping forward by first looking back. In the words of Machiavelli, "Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past", and as one of the leading manufacturers of fragrances for scented candles and reed diffusers, we take every step to provide every competitive edge for our clients, suppliers and distributors.
The Use of Candles in the Victorian Age
Candles were a necessity of Victorian daily life as there was no electric lighting until a few decades later at the dawn of the 20th century. Candlelight was used for most ordinary activities throughout the era, from dining and playing cards to cooking. The popularity of all kinds of candles is evidenced by the wealth of antique votives; sconces; candleholders; snuffers and candle-a-bras that are still found today in finer antique shops and fairs. Some favorite scents were delicate, understated and totally feminine such as violet, lavender, jasmine roses and honeysuckle. Scented candles were often used in funeral ceremonies, as along with flowers, they masked any unpleasant odors that might have lingered in a room where a "wake' was in progress.
Victorian Social Mores
Steeped in a world of rigid etiquette and stringent propriety that today seems ludicrous even by the most conservative standards, Victorians lived in a colorful but tormented cosmos marked by strict decorum, smoky parlors, ornate flourishes, calling cards, whalebone corsets and repressed sexuality. Unmarried lovers were forced to love in secret shadows, communicating via furtive glances and messages hidden in gloves, stationery, fans, parasols and flowers.
Scents Relayed Those Feelings That Could Not Be Spoken Out Loud
Sexual affairs were shameful and clandestine, lustful thoughts forbidden (only for unmarried women) and the discussion of natural sexual desire considered impolite, unspeakable and repugnant. Scents of all kinds were used to allure the opposite sex, but they still kept things at a distance because they were never applied directly to the skin. These fragrances were often incorporated into the accessories of the day, such as: handkerchiefs, parasols, fans, gloves, clothing and cosmetic products like hair pomade or lip salve.
Messages of love were discrete and often secret
The manner in which women positioned their fans in public places indicated whether or not an admirer's advances were welcome. Supposedly, they had a secret language all their own, as did handkerchiefs, gloves and parasols, which also communicated messages to any Victorian gentleman seeking to approach a lady. It is unclear how a young Victorian man could possibly learn how to decode all of these secret messages. Floriography, the language of flowers, denoted differing sentiments of interest, affection, passion and love when delivered to a lady's parlor enclosed with a calling card.
Candles were costly and available only to Victorian upper classes
Every upper class Victorian household used candles and their accessories. Those with elegant homes with drawing and dining rooms used candelabra placed in front of long and tall glass mirrors. Sconces decorated walls, and oil lamps were usually on tables as were candlesticks. Gasolier chandeliers hung from ornately decorated ceilings. There were a variety of candles used during this period. Some had shades; others were frilled or tasseled and still others were either plain or made of paper.
Candles soon gave way to the more practical use of electrical lighting
Queen Victoria reigned for 63 years from 1837 to 1901. During that time span many technological advancements transformed the average English household. These included: flushing toilets, plumbed-in baths and showers, regular postal deliveries and towards the end, light fittings capable of illuminating entire rooms at the same time.
At the onset of the Victorian period, however, candles and oil lamps provided the lighting in most homes. Interiors were often fitted with chandeliers suspended from the ceiling and sconces fixed to the wall, but these were mostly used on special occasions. After dark, typical light sources were the light of a fire and portable sources such as candles, candelabras and oil lamps. By the end of the era, gas lighting illuminated many urban homes and electricity was slowly being introduced into many.
Candle-making in the 19th century
With the advent of the Industrial Revolution and breakthroughs in science and technology, many 19th century developments impacted the candle making industry, making them affordable to the lower echelons of English society. In the 1820s, Michel Eugene Chevreux discovered a method to extract stearic acid from animal fatty acids. This led to the creation of a new stearin wax, which was very durable and burned cleaner than any ever used before. To this day, stearin candles are made and sold throughout Europe.
In 1834, a new machine was invented that transformed candles from costly commodities to products now available to everyone. Joseph Morgan of Manchester, England, mechanized the production of candles with his Candle Mould Maker, which was a machine cylinder with movable piston machine that allowed for the continuous production of molded candles.
Paraffin wax was an added boon to candle production
Patented in 1850, paraffin wax was created after chemists in Battersea, UK, discovered how to efficiently separate this natural byproduct of petroleum and refine it. Odorless and bluish-white in color, it is created when crude oil is refined into gasoline. Paraffin greatly improved the candle-making process for a number of reasons. It burned cleanly and was the most economical of all the other candle fuels of the day.
The one disadvantage associated with the use of paraffin was that it had a low melting point. This was easily overcome with the addition of the more durable stearic acid, which was widely available. Paraffin wax enjoyed a heyday but began to decline after 1879 with Thomas Edison's invention of the ubiquitous light bulb.
Victorians celebrated Christmas with candles
The custom of using candles for Christmas was first noted in 1848 when the Illustrated London News published a drawing of the royal family celebrating the holidays surrounded by a Christmas tree adorned with candles, sweets, fruit, homemade decorations and small gifts. It was also customary to place lighted candles in windows as a sign that anyone passing by was welcome to enter for food and shelter. Also, tradesmen often gave their loyal customers candles as holiday gifts.
What kind of candles did the Victorians use?
In the earlier years of the Victorian era, three types of candles were popular: tallow, spermaceti and beeswax. The cheapest of the three were the tallow, which were made from animal fat. They smelled badly and burned with a smoky flame, which little by little, produced less and less light. Spermaceti wax was the most durable of the three varieties and was the least likely to soften during the warmer months of the year. Beeswax candles were used in everyday Victorian life, but making them was extremely tedious and time-consuming.
Improvements in wicks, particularly plaited wicks, curled out the flame as it burnt, eliminating the need for constant trimming, which earlier candles demanded. By the end of the 19th century paraffin wax supplanted in popularity the other three candle varieties.
Candles as fire hazards in Victorian times
The exposed flame of any candle can be dangerous, and Victorians were fearful of fire. They were well aware of the precautions they needed to take, such as keeping candles always far away from the reach of children, preferably on a high mantle-piece. Candle guards or shields helped to reduce accidents, as the candle sat in the guard, which was filled with water. If the candle burned down, it would be quickly extinguished even if no one noticed it.
Today's dependency on artificial light could never have been envisioned in the minds of the average Victorian. In this era before electricity, people were accustomed to moving around their homes after darkness fell, relying on the light from the fire, candles and their sense of touch. By 1901 when Queen Victoria died, electric lighting was still in its infancy. In cities and larger towns and villages, gas lighting supplemented by candles and oil lamps was commonplace. In rural areas, however, candles and oil lamps were the exclusive sources of light.
In Conclusion
Candles have come a long way and their rich and colorful history down through the centuries shines a light all its own, both on past trends in scented candle manufacturing and future — in fact, if you look closely you can see whiffs of inspiration in our vast repertoire of fragrances. And if you're a distributor, supplier or an entrepreneur looking to enter the candle manufacturing industry, speak with our team today.
Final thoughts about the Victorian Age: There are two ways of spreading light: To be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ~ Edith Wharton
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Lou Marais (NMI), Michael Wouters (NMI) and Professor Erik Streed next a timing stations.
Lou Marais (NMI), Michael Wouters (NMI) and Professor Erik Streed next to one of the timing stations with atomic clocks. (image credit: ANSTO)
Do clocks run slower the closer they are to a nuclear reactor? Griffith University researchers are aiming to find out as they test a revolutionary new theory that may overturn how time and space is viewed.
Working with atomic clocks from the National Measurement Institute (NMI) and anti-neutrinos from Australian Nuclear Science and Technology's (ANSTO) research reactor, Associate Professor Erik Streed from the Centre for Quantum Dynamics, will test colleague and theoretical physicist Professor Joan Vaccaro's quantum theory of time.
The theory allows for a possible universe that is static and unchanging. It proposes that the fact that we do see things change over time is not a built-in feature of nature, but rather is caused by a fundamental break in time reversal symmetry, called 'T violation'.
"If correct, it will overturn the way we think about time and space as well as fundamental laws, such as the conservation of mass,'' Professor Vaccaro said.
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The theory predicts the time accumulated by a clock depends on the amount of T violation in its local region. A local source of T violation at the quantum scale could contribute to the net amount of T violation and therefore modify dynamics locally.
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A clock placed near the reactor core is predicted to lose synchronicity with a more distant clock. This means that one of the test clocks near the reactor may show some time dilation, or difference in elapsed time, when compared with a clock even a short distance further away from the reactor.
"The reason for the effect is purely quantum in nature and it arises from the T violation of the anti-neutrinos emitted by the reactor core, hence the time-slowing effect is greater closer to the core,'' Professor Vaccaro said.
In December Associate Professor Streed and his colleagues at NMI travelled to the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering at ANSTO's Lucas Heights facility in Sydney to install two timing stations with atomic clocks in proximity to the reactor, where they will collect data for the next six months.
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The Battle of the Kentish Knock (also known as the Battle of the Zealand Approaches) was a naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War fought on 8 October 1652 near the shoal called the Kentish Knock in the North Sea about 30 km from the mouth of the river Thames.
Dutch Admiral Maarten Tromp had been suspended after his failure to bring the English to battle off the Shetland Islands in August, and replaced by Admiral Witte de With, who saw an opportunity to concentrate his forces and gain control of the seas. He set out to attack the English fleet at anchor at the Downs near Dover on 5 October 1652, but the wind was unfavourable.
When the fleets finally met on 8 October, the United Provinces had 57 ships; the Commonwealth of England 68 ships under General at Sea Robert Blake. Action was joined at about 17:00. The English ships were larger and better armed than their opponents and by nightfall two Dutch ships had been captured and about twenty — mostly commanded by captains from Zeeland who resented the domination of Holland — had broken off the engagement. De With withdrew the rest of his force with many casualties.
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From: Joachim Ziegler
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as a computer scientist i'm used to think in algorithms, and reading this
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understanding the transformation means understanding this algorithm.
unfortunately you do not give the exact algorithm, you only give a rather
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English Synonyms and Antonyms, by James Champlin Fernald
Dogmatic is technically applied in a good sense to that which is formally enunciated by adequate authority; doctrinal to that which is stated in the form of doctrine to be taught or defended. Dogmatic theology, called also "dogmatics," gives definite propositions, which it holds to be delivered by authority; systematic theology considers the same propositions in their logical connection and order as parts of a system; a doctrinal statement is less absolute in its claims than a dogmatic treatise, and may be more partial than the term systematic would imply. Outside of theology, dogmatic has generally an offensive sense; a dogmatic statement is one for which the author does not trouble himself to give a reason, either because of the strength of his convictions, or because of his contempt for those whom he addresses; thus dogmatic is, in common use, allied with arrogant and kindred words.
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