Mascot Concepts
The ideas that follow are initial concepts only that have not yet been fully developed. Some of the ideas are merely pieces or elements that may be included in a final mascot idea. We want your reaction to all of these elements so we can decide which concepts to pursue further. They will evolve based on your input, and the final, fully-developed mascot concepts may even incorporate several of these elements. When we have fully developed a few of the strongest concepts into final proposals, we will again seek your input.
Because we are seeking your input at the earliest stages, some issues are not yet resolved that could affect the viability of some these concepts, like trademark approvals or other practical concerns or limitations (like keeping live animals).
Nothing says Ole Miss like these two words… "Hotty Toddy." They embrace the culture at Ole Miss like nothing else. Southern charm, hospitality, pride, tradition… "Hotty Toddy" means all of that and more. Among the Ole Miss family, these words have become a familiar greeting, a way of connecting with others through a shared love of Ole Miss. University historians have searched for the origins of these words and the familiar cheer for years to no avail, but they are as much a part of Ole Miss as the Grove or the Lyceum. This mascot concept would bring those words, and the emotions connected to those words, alive in a pair of lovable characters. The pair may be animals or original "muppet-like" characters, but completely unique to Ole Miss. They can get as spirited and excited as any Rebel fan, and they love to pump up the crowd. And once we win the game, they will gladly be gracious hosts, inviting the other team to come back for more!
In Mississippi, many stories that have been shared for generations center around our native black bear. The legend of the "Teddy Bear" originated in our state when President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a defenseless bear on a Mississippi hunt. Additionally, William Faulkner's "Old Ben," a formidable black bear, was the focal point of his renowned short story The Bear. In the story, the bear is a symbol of pride, strength and toughness. Our black bear would stare down the Ole Miss opponents as it prowls the Rebel sidelines. With a growl that would intimidate any opponent, our bear would be a real source of spirit. Off the field, "Rebel" would be a real Ole Miss ambassador… full of pride and welcoming any opportunity to spread the joy of being a Rebel.
The Blues, a musical tradition birthed right here in Mississippi, is loved the world over. And Ole Miss is the keeper of that tradition. The University maintains the world's largest blues collection in the Blues Archive; the University also publishes Living Blues, the standard bearer for the uniquely Mississippi musical genre. The most influential blues musicians have all come from Mississippi, and this cultural legacy has led to our state's brand identity — "Mississippi – the birthplace of America's music." Blues legend W.C. Handy composed "Ole Miss Blues" almost a century ago, and Indianola's B.B. King recorded his live album, "Now Appearing at Ole Miss" thirty years ago. The Rebel Blues Musician, a larger-than-life costumed personality, embodies that tradition and its spirit of triumph, respect and entertainment. The Rebel Blues Musician can excite and unify an athletics crowd just as the actual musician excites an audience. There would be endless opportunities for interacting with the crowd, and the Rebel Blues Musician would provide broad appeal at a variety of Ole Miss events.
The Cardinal Club is a venerable campus organization dating back to the 1930's. This student spirit group is tasked with rallying the Ole Miss Family at athletic events and bringing excitement to the games. Historically, the Cardinal Club members have also served as game day hosts, welcoming the visiting team. The cardinal concept would marry the Ole Miss school color, cardinal red, with the strong Rebel spirit and tradition of our students and fans. The Ole Miss Cardinal would fit in perfectly in the grove on game days, and would reflect the pride and tradition of the Ole Miss Rebels.
From setting-up Grove tents twenty-four hours before kick-off to our students in right field hours before a baseball game, Ole Miss fans go to extremes to support the Rebels. With that in mind, envision a creative and original character (think Jim Henson, muppet-like creation) that embodies the fanaticism of the Ole Miss faithful. "Fanatic" characters are a whole new mascot genre and are among the most effective and popular mascots among professional and college teams. As Hotty Toddy echoes throughout the Grove and the stadium, the Rebel Fanatic would lead the charge. This one-of-a-kind character would generate fan support through skits, stunts and an endless supply of creative accessories. Fun and spirited, this mascot would endear children and adults alike through a larger-than-life personality reflecting the unique and passionate qualities of Ole Miss.
Rebels, more than anything, are free spirits. Rebels lead the charge with strength and confidence. Nothing portrays this sense of Rebel freedom, strength and confidence like a charging stallion. When the University of Mississippi was formed in 1848, the charter was delivered by horse. The first students arrived on campus by horse. Mischievous Ole Miss students frustrated early faculty by riding horses through the Lyceum. A costumed horse character would capture this history and the essence of the Ole Miss spirit. This concept could potentially be enhanced with a live horse leading the team onto the field at Vaught-Hemingway with our colors flying on a huge "Ole Miss" flag proudly held by its rider or leader. A new place of honor could potentially be established for those students selected to be a Rebel caretaker or rider. Rebel would portray an image full of Southern charm and dignity at any Ole Miss event.
The Rebel Land Shark concept is based on a tradition begun by the late Rebel football player Tony Fein, whose "Fins Up" hand motion has already caught fire with Rebel fans. The Rebel Land Shark would be a living embodiment of this tradition, complete with a shark head and fin. The Land Shark is a result of an organic movement on campus and would be unique to the Ole Miss Rebels. The Rebel family has already embraced the Land Shark, making it a big part of the football game-day experience, and the Land Shark has begun to spread to other sports, too. The Rebel Land Shark loves to wear the Rebel "red & blue" and when any Ole Miss team has a big play, the Land Shark enjoys dancing to the "Jaws" theme song. He is a very friendly character – except when someone challenges any Rebel athletics team.
The Pride of the South, already the moniker for the Ole Miss Band, best sums up the intense emotion Ole Miss fans have for all things Ole Miss. Within the animal kingdom, pride is most strongly associated with the Lion, the "King of Beasts" and a fierce and heroic animal. The Rebel Lion concept is rooted in the pride we all feel for Ole Miss. Strong, courageous and regal, the Rebel Lion would also appeal to children as a playful and entertaining personality. Put the two words "Rebel" and "Lion" together, and our lion could be named "Rebellion", the leader of the Ole Miss Pride. An ancient African proverb reflects the dominance of this leader among animals: "The Lion does not turn around when a small dog barks."
A mascot is a team's good luck charm, a talisman of sorts. But there is another word with a similar meaning and with its roots deep in the cultural soil of Mississippi – MOJO. This concept celebrates Mississippi culture and our love for all things Mississippi. When someone has his "mojo working," everything is going right for him. When someone "gets his mojo back," it means he has returned to top form, that he is working his magic on the stage, court or playing field. Mojo would tap into that part of Mississippi's mystic cultural heritage that is beloved around the world – our music. Mojo would work his magic on the field, providing an organizing theme and strengthening our game-day experience, allowing us to develop traditions, cheers, music, dances, and skits around a Mississippi theme, with Mojo as the centerpiece. The Rebels don't just need a mascot, like any other team. We are here in Mississippi. The Rebels need their Mojo.
Nothing represents the lifeblood of our state like the Mississippi River. The "Father of Waters" is a symbol that has long been a source of Mississippi cultural inspiration in our literature, music and art. Once called the Mississippi Flood, Ole Miss teams have now harnessed the power of the rolling river. This mascot concept brings all of the Southern charm and strength of the "Mighty Mississippi" to our campus. At the helm of the "Ole Miss" riverboat (a miniature landroving sternwheeler), the Riverboat Pilot would navigate Vaught Hemingway and incite the crowds to feverish levels. He is always ready to hoist the Ole Miss colors and lead the charge into the stormy waters of athletic competition. Without any doubt, Rebel foes would know they are in for a fight when they hear


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Known as the most important Artifact ever to have arrived on New Zealand shores...the "Pompallier Madonna" was brought out here in the mid 1800's by a French Missionary.
Rumours persist that their was secret Vatican involvement after the original Byzantine Parchment was stolen from a local High School in Wellington NZ in the 1960's. There are also rumours that the next day it turned up in a secondhand shop window but as the original has never been found it is a true Unsolved Mystery!!
Given to the Pope Pius IX in 1846 as a Coronation Gift by The Sisters of the Campus Martius. He later gave it to Bishop Jean Baptiste Francois Pompallier in Rome in 1847 - to bring the ancient small painting to New Zealand to establish the Catholic Church in New Zealand. Pope Pius IX (_PHONE_) he proclaimed the dogmas of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin in 1854 his pontificate was the longest in history. Henceforth the Virgin Icon representing his vision of the Catholicism. Interesting it wasn't Christ at the centre of the faith.
In 750AD, The Sisters of the Immaculate Conception took it from Byzantine to Rome during a time of iconoclastic persecution in the East.
Mine is a Lithograph Reproduction of the Original and the same size. It has golden gilt? on it. The original was in an oval frame as shown in the reproduction.
I hope one day to stumble upon the original if it is still in NZ.
I am unsure as to HOW MANY LITHOGRAPHS EXIST??? Would anybody know???
An interesting article on this Icon in NZ Newspaper - (i stole bits :-)
A REAL LIFE DA VINCI CODE - who can crack this?

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← Quest for Fire Began Earlier Than Thought
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Comment 8 by katy Cordeth
Isn't it quite probable that the first cooked food that early man ate on a regular basis would have been prepared by immersing raw meat into hot springs - boiling it rather than broiling it?
It is possible to use hots springs, but there are serious limitations.
1. They are often heavily contaminated with chemical minerals.
2. A flowing spring washes away the nutrients.
3. A small fixed pool cannot be cleaned after earlier meals.
4. Hot water is difficult to transport without modern containers, and cools rapidly.
Naturally occurring volcanic springs would have provided a much more reliable and permanent source of heat and wouldn't have required him to sit around twiddling his opposable thumbs waiting for a forest fire or a lightning strike to occur.
Where there are hot springs, there are usually volcanic sources of fire, which will start natural fires, and from which burning material can be moved to a safe distance.
On the link I give _USER_ they actually run a barbecue directly from the volcanic heat, without combustible material being used at all.
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[libvirt] [RFC] Memory controller exploitation in libvirt
 Subject: [RFC] Memory controller exploitation in libvirt
 Memory CGroup is a kernel feature that can be exploited effectively in the
 current libvirt/qemu driver. Here is a shot at that.
 At present, QEmu uses memory ballooning feature, where the memory can be
 inflated/deflated as and when needed, co-operatively between the host and
 the guest. There should be some mechanism where the host can have more
 control over the guests memory usage. Memory CGroup provides features such
 as hard-limit and soft-limit for memory, and hard-limit for swap area.
 Design 1: Provide new API and XML changes for resource management
 All the memory controller tunables are not supported with the current
 abstractions provided by the libvirt API. libvirt works on various OS. This
 new API will support GNU/Linux initially and as and when other platforms
 starts supporting memory tunables, the interface could be enabled for
 them. Adding following two function pointer to the virDriver interface.
 1) domainSetMemoryParameters: which would take one or more name-value
 pairs. This makes the API extensible, and agnostic to the kind of
 parameters supported by various Hypervisors.
 2) domainGetMemoryParameters: For getting current memory parameters
 Corresponding libvirt public API:
 int virDomainSetMemoryParamters (virDomainPtr domain,
 virMemoryParamterPtr params,
 unsigned int nparams);
 int virDomainGetMemoryParamters (virDomainPtr domain,
 virMemoryParamterPtr params,
 unsigned int nparams);
 Parameter list supported:
 MemoryHardLimits (memory.limits_in_bytes) - Maximum memory
 MemorySoftLimits (memory.softlimit_in_bytes) - Desired memory
 MemoryMinimumGaurantee - Minimum memory required (without this amount of
 memory, VM should not be started)
 SwapHardLimits (memory.memsw_limit_in_bytes) - Maximum swap
 SwapSoftLimits (Currently not supported by kernel) - Desired swap space
 Tunables memory.limit_in_bytes, memory.softlimit_in_bytes and
 memory.memsw_limit_in_bytes are provided by the memory controller in the
 Linux kernel.
 I am not an expert here, so just listing what new elements need to be added
 to the XML schema:

 * Support all the tunables exported by the kernel
 * More tunables can be added as and when required
 * Code changes would touch various levels
 * Might need to redefine(changing the scope) of existing memory
 API. Currently, domainSetMemory is used to set limit_in_bytes in LXC and
 memory ballooning in QEmu. While the domainSetMaxMemory is not defined in
 QEmu and in case of LXC it is setting the internal object's maxmem
 * Later on, CPU/IO/Network controllers related tunables can be
 added/enhanced along with the APIs/XML elements:
 * libvirt-cim support for resource management
 Design 2: Reuse the current memory APIs in libvirt
 Use memory.limit_in_bytes to tweak memory hard limits
 Init - Set the memory.limit_in_bytes to maximum mem.
 Claiming memory from guest:
 a) Reduce balloon size
 b) If the guest does not co-operate(How do we know?), reduce
 Allocating memory more than max memory: How to solve this? As we have
 already set the max balloon size. We can only play within this!
 * Few changes
 * Is not intrusive
 * SetMemory and SetMaxMemory usage is confusing.
 * SetMemory is too generic a name, it does not cover all the tunables.
 * Does not support memory softlimit
 * Does not have support to reserve the memory swap region
 * This solution is not extensible
IMO, "Design 1" is more generic and extensible for various memory


Bizarre Foods in Spain
V. L. Hamlin, Leaf Group
Many countries serve up foods that people from other areas may not consider edible, let alone to be gastronomical delights. Spaniards enjoy certain oddities and even offer them on menus of eateries throughout the country. Outside of Spain, some such foods, like animal organs, generally go into the trash, while other items are ignored.
Chefs prepare angulas--baby eels only a few weeks old--by first skinning, then frying or sauteing them. Angulas appear on restaurant menus in salads, with pasta or even alone in a vinaigrette marinade.
Criadillas, also known as bull fries, are made floured and breaded bull testicles, fried and served with a spicy wine sauce. Occasionally, criadillas contain testicles of other animals, such as pigs. Some in Spain suggest that eating the testicles of prized bulls boosts the eater's bravery and masculinity.
Pulpo de Gallego
Pulpo de Gallego, Galician octopus, is usually frozen before cooking to get rid of the rubbery texture. The chef then boils the meat in the same manner as other seafood, and usually serves it with boiled or roasted potatoes.
Rabo de Toro
Rabo de Toro, a dish said to have originated in Cordoba, originally consisted of the tail of a bull, cooked just as you would a prepare a stew--boiled with onions, vegetables, tomatoes and stock as well as spices and a bit of wine. However, because it's become difficult to find the tail of a bull, oxtail (a tail of a cow) often substitutes for the bull tail.


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MENTION ABOUT ONE PERSON COMPANY.
ONE PERSON COMPANY
One Person Company is the company which mentions about single proprietorship, it also mentions all the business are carried out in an individual manner, it is categorized into two types they are private limited company and public limited company. OPC can convert itself into either public limited or private limited company. The private company mentions about 2 directors minimum and members are required, whereas in public limited company mentions a minimum three directors and minimum 7 members. One Person Company has been introduced by the company Act 2013.
STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED:
- The digital signature mentioned by One Person Company is essential, get the digital signature's certificate from the concerned person.
- Get Director Identification number from the concerned person.
- Add an appropriate company name and create an application which mentions all details to the Ministry of the corporate office which mention for name availability.
- A document should contain the memorandum of association which also mentions articles of association.
- Put a signature and various documents to be filed should include MOA/AOA with the registrar of companies electronically.
- One Person Company mentioned about requisite fee payment to the ministry of corporate affairs, and also Stamp duty
- Mention detailed information of documents at the registrar of companies.
- Receipt of Certificate of Registration/Incorporation from ROC.
TERMS AND RESTRICTIONS:
- There is no eligibility to incorporate more than a one-person company mentioned or to become a nominee in that company more than once.
- Minor cannot become a nominee or member of the one person company or can hold the share with beneficial interest.
- An OPC is not allowed to be incorporate or converted into a company under section 8 of the Act.
- An OPC is not allowed to take up non-banking financial investment activities including investment in securities of any body corporate.
- An OPC is not allowed to convert any kind of company unless two years have expired from the incorporation date of one person company excluding threshold limit( paid-up share capital) is increased exceeds Rs 50 lakhs or its average annual turnover during the relevant period is more than Rs 2 crores i.e., if the paid-up capital of the company exceeds Rs. 50 lakhs or the average turn-over during the relevant period is more than Rs 2 crore, then the OPC has to invariably file forms with the Return on capital for conversion into a Public or private company within six months period on the above threshold limits breaching.
PRIVILEGES FOR OPC WHICH OPC MENTIONS:
- The most important reason for shareholders to incorporate the single-person company is the limited liability desire.
- Currently, the businesses that were running under the proprietorship mentions a model that could get converted into OPCs without any difficulty.
- Necessary rotation of auditor mentions after the expiry of the maximum term is not applicable.
- Single Person Company mentions and needs to have one-director minimum and it can have the director's maximum up to 15 that also can increase by passing a special resolution as in the case of any other company.
- The provisions of section 98 and section 100 to 111 relating holding of general meetings, shall not apply to a One Person Company.
- Minimum authorized share capital needed for One Person Company which mentions with the share capital of Rs. 1, 00, 000.
- The minimum number of members of One Person Company is one and the maximum number of members of One Person Company is also one.
- One person Company mentions about the Shares. Shares are not allowed to transfer to anyone else.
- In order to subscribe to the securities of the company from giving any invitations to the public, an OPC should be prohibited.
- No OPC can convert into any other kind of company voluntarily within two years from the date of incorporation of one person company except when the threshold limit of paid-up capital being fifty lakhs is crossed or its annual turnover exceeds two crore rupees during the relevant period.
- Under section 8 an OPC cannot convert into a registered company.
- An OPC is needed to give a legal identity by declaring a particular name under which the activities of the company can be carried on. The words One Person Company must be specified below the company name, wherever the name is used, fixed or engraved.
The advantages of one Person Company are as follows
- Separate legal entity.
- 100% control on the company
- Less compliance as compared to the private limited company.
- Funding is easy.
- Limited liability, more opportunities.
- Benefits of being a small-scale industry.
- Single owner.
- Credit rating.
- Benefits under Income tax law.
- Increased prestige and trust.
- General points.
An OPC is subject to the same taxes as a private limited company.
An OPC mentions and increases the individuals borrowing capacity. Banks and Investors chose to give funds to the companies rather than the partnerships and proprietorship.
When an OPC limited by guarantee or shares involves into the contract with the company sole member, who is also the company director mentions the contract terms or offer must be recorded in writing or included in the memorandum. Or recorded in the minutes of the board meeting held next after entering into the contract OPC must inform the registrar which mentions about all contract entered into by the company that also mentions with the company sole member within a fifteen days period from the approval date
1. A boost in the country's economy is seen due to many opportunities and less hassle, given by the one person Company. An OPC mentions about many sole proprietorships. Many sole proprietorships, are converting themselves due to these very same reasons.
2. The registration is easy comparatively, and not much compliance is to be maintained. Requires minimum paperwork, this makes the company all more desirable.
3. As per BSE, One Person Company can act as a sub-broker or as a stock. Apart from all these features, one person companies are helping tremendously in increasing overall India's overall economy. More and more entrepreneurs are coming up for their business set up. No intervention from any third party is seen since that makes highly beneficial.
- Is not possible to mention or to add partners.
- Nearby cost is similar with the private limited company.
Other than most of the companies are using this One Person Company.
The United Kingdom is leading one which mentions One Person Company. A newly introduced concept is the One Person Company which mentions complete details, that is possible to One Person Company precedent set.
A company is formed with one or more persons under this act.
- It mentions and subscribes to the memorandum of association names.
- For an unlawful purpose, a company may not be formed.
Based on the one member company rules, 2003 of Pakistan mentioned and provide for single-member company incorporation
The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
In several states of the USA grants and mention the formation of single-member Limited Liability Company.
One Person Company is identified and mentioned by UAE.
Under the Amendment Act of 2004, Singapore allows and mention about single-member formation Limited liability Company.
In 2005 China introduced and mentioned One Person Company.
CONCEPT WHICH ONE PERSON COMPANY MENTIONS:
Information Technology plays a major role which mentions one person company entrepreneurs are allowed to take part in economic activity. It also mentions that every entrepreneur who creates the idea of their own and participate in the marketplace. The individual can operate in the economic domain and should mention about effective contribution.

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Asked by: Ranae Eeckman
automotive auto parts
How does a blinker circuit work?
Last Updated: 7th March, 2020
When you push the turn-signal stalk down,thethermal flasher connects to the turn-signal bulbsbyway of the turn-signal switch. This completesthecircuit, allowing current to flow. Initially, thespringsteel does not touch the contact, so the only thingthatdraws power is the resistor.
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Hereof, how does a turn signal circuit work?
How Car Turn Signals Work. Turnsignalsrequire electrical power in order to illuminate theturnsignal light bulbs. When the turn signal leverisactivated in either direction, a circuit is completedthatallows power to flow to the front and rear turnsignallights on the selected side.
Subsequently, question is, what does a turn signal relay do? We call the electrical apparatus that dictatesturnsignal a turn signal relay or hazard. Themajority ofturn signal lights on road working vehicles arecontrolledby a flasher, also called a relay which isanelectrical component that severes the lights to flash onandoff.
Hereof, how does a 3 pin flasher relay work?
 1. Power Demands. A flasher relay is powered off oftheautomobile's 12-volt DC main. It is grounded (positive ornegativeground) to match the rest of the car's electricalsystem.
 2. Relay. The heart of the flasher is the relay.
 3. Flasher. The flasher is a thermostatic switch designed topoweron and off at a set rate.
How does a car signal flasher work?
Late model vehicles use an electronic flasherwithno mechanical parts. The flasher measure the amountofcurrent flowing to the turn signal bulbs. If thecurrentdraw is in the expected range, a solid state timingmechanism and atransistor turn power on and off to the turnsignalbulbs.
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Ihor Hutwalker
How do you test a turn signal flasher?
To test the conventional type offlasherunit, use a circuit tester between theterminal marked B onthe unit and the earth. Turn on theignition. If the supplyside of the unit is working, the bulbshould light. If it does not,look for a break in the wiring betweenthe unit and the fusebox.
Arantxazu Larrinoa
How do I know if my turn signal relay is bad?
The good news is that all of these symptomspointto two possible issues, a bad turn signal relay oradead bulb. If the signal blinks really fast, youhavea bulb out on that side. If it doesn't come on atall ordoesn't blink, you'll need to replace your turnsignalrelay.
Banessa Moranta
What makes a turn signal blink?
You typically can't see your turn signallightswhen you're inside your car. When the bulb burns out,theresistance changes, which causes the turnindicatorin your dashboard to blink faster. This is a quickway toknow whether your light needs to be changed without gettingout ofyour car.
Vergie Heintzsch
What is a flasher relay?
The hazard and turn signal lights found on thevastmajority of road going vehicles are controlled by aflasher,which is commonly referred to as a relay. Theflasheris an electrical component that serves as the switchthat allowsthe lights to flash on and off.
Toshko Urrutia
How do you use turn signals?
First, put your turn signal on in thedirectionyou wish to go. To move into the right lane, push yourturnsignal up to let others know you wish to move to theright. Tomove into the left lane, push your turn signallever down toindicate that you wish to move into the leftlane.
Beulah Mihailovich
What is a thermal flasher?
Flasher units are designed to control theflashrate of vehicle directional indicators; this is achievedbyproviding regular interruption of the electric current intheindicator circuit. Thermal flasher units do not conformtoADR13 and are only suitable for vehicles manufactured priorto1990.
Kattalin Erusalimchik
How do you check a relay?
Listen for a click when the relay isenergized.Check the energized condition of the relaycontacts.Use a digital multimeter (DMM) to test theresistancebetween each pole of the relay and thecorresponding NC andNO contacts for that pole. All NC contactsshould read infiniteresistance to the correspondingpole.
Uma Hartwich
What is a flasher on a car?
Emergency flashers or hazard lights are activated whenadriver pushes the hazard light button/switch. The lights warnotherdrivers of an emergency situation you may be in or thatyourcar is parked on the side of the road. All four turnsignallights turn on when you activate youremergencyflasher.
September Rusev
How does a relay work?
Relays are switches that open and closecircuitselectromechanically or electronically. Relayscontrol oneelectrical circuit by opening and closing contacts inanothercircuit. As relay diagrams show, when a relaycontactis normally open (NO), there is an open contact whentherelay is not energized.
Dolores Loeveling
Is there a fuse for turn signals?
Blown fuse: Fuses provideovercurrentprotection for electrical units. Like all of thelights onand in a vehicle, turn signals rely on afuse. Whenthe fuse blows, electric power to theturn signalswill be shut off entirely. Burnt out bulbs: As withall lightbulbs, turn signal lights can burn out anddie.
Katheleen Cassen
Why do my hazards work but not my turn signals?
Turn signals only work when the ignitionison; hazard lights work whether the ignition is onornot. The two systems have separate power supplies, sotheyhave separate fuses. You may have a blown fuse. The faultcould be afuse, turn signal switch, hazard switch,flasher unit,or a broken wire or connection.
Zhao Dotes
How do I fix a fast blinking turn signal?
Ways to Fix the Turn Signal Blinking Fast
 1. Check for Bad Grounds. For this, trace the ground wire tothetermination point from the bulb housing.
 2. Change the Turn Signal Relay. One of the easiest repairsever,you can also do it on your own (if aware of the system).
 3. 3 Further Electrical Troubleshooting.
Luftolde Kalinov
How much does it cost to replace a turn signal relay?
Know what price you should pay to get yourvehiclefixed.
The average cost for a signalflasherreplacement is between $101 and $114. Labor costsareestimated between $36 and $47 while parts are priced between$65and $67.
Annemieke Holdt
How do you change a turn signal switch?
How to Replace a Turn Signal Switch
 1. Materials Needed.
 2. Step 1: Disconnect the battery.
 3. Step 2: Remove the driver's side airbag.
 4. Step 3: Remove the steering wheel.
 5. Step 4: Remove the steering column trim.
 6. Step 5: Remove the clockspring.
 7. Step 1: Remove the turn signal switch.
 8. Step 2: Disconnect the harness.
Haywood Pinero
Does turn signal switch control brake lights?
On vehicles that use the same lightsforbrakes and turn signals, a badturn-signalswitch can cause the lowerbrake-lights not towork. With a badturn-signal switch, thethird-light shouldstill function. On this type system, theturn signals andbrakes use the samecircuit.
Zuria Hauguel
Where is the turn signal flasher?
The hazard / turn signal flasher is asmall,electrical device that causes the lights on your vehicle toflashin a rhythmic, steady fashion. It is usually located underthedriver's side of the dash, and is wired in-line with theturnsignal lever and hazard switch buttons.
Ilya Rivillo
Why do my turn signals blink fast with LED lights?
Hyperflashing is when the turn signalsblinkfaster than your stock incandescent bulbsdid.This happens because your new LED bulbsdraw suchlittle power that your turn signal relay sees thebulbs asbeing out.
Iset Hlaczik
How much does a turn signal switch cost?
The average cost for a turn signalswitchreplacement is between $208 and $238. Labor costsareestimated between $68 and $87 while parts are priced between$140and $151.


7 Things You May Not Know about Caviar
7 Things You May Not Know About Caviar
Aside from being one of the world's most luxurious foods, caviar has facts and health benefits that you may not have heard of. Here are a few things you may not know about these exquisite fish eggs.
1. Caviar is a highly concentrated source of nutrients. Caviar is packed with vitamins and minerals (Omega 3) and is high in protein. One serving of caviar has an adult's daily requirement of B12, as well as vitamins A, E, B6, iron, magnesium and selenium.
2. It lasts longer than one day. As caviar is essentially a cured fish, it has a very good shelf-life, even after it has been opened. When it is stored in the coldest part of a refrigerator, usually the bottom section, it should stay as fresh and as tasty as the day it was opened for up to 5 days.
3. The word "caviar" didn't originate in Russia. The most popular legend has it that the word caviar originally came from the Persian "khav-yar", meaning 'cake of power' as ancient Persians widely believed it to have medicinal powers.
4. Caviar can be heard! You can hear the friction when you rub fish eggs together, with a clearly distinguishable sound like a cat's purr.
5. Caviar is one of the oldest delicacies. Kings and the aristocracy in ancient Greece, Rome and Russian were all known to feast on caviar, before oysters, truffles, and Champagne had even been discovered.
6. The world's most expensive caviar comes from a 100 year-old sturgeon. Almas caviar is created from the eggs of a 70-100 year old huso huso sturgeon (which produces beluga caviar). It is sold for around £35,000 per kilo, which means it can be more than £1,000 for a 30g tin.
7. Caviar is incredibly versatile. Although traditionally caviar is served on blinis or toast, it's actually a very versatile delicacy. Early Russian caviar lovers preferred to have their fish eggs served on a baked potato. Nowadays, you can find caviar served with just about anything, from quail eggs Benedict to gourmet burgers and lobster mousse!
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- Choice of truck components
- Basic maintenance knowledge
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- Professional drivers
- Fleet owners
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Of Saints and Sharifian Kings in Morocco: Three Examples of the Politics of Reimagining History Through Reinventing King/Saint Relationship
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The relationship between sainthood and the sharifian monarchy in Morocco has attracted much attention from researchers within the area of Moroccan studies. The analysis of this relationship can offer invaluable insights into the dynamics of Moroccan history because the king and the saint are widely regarded as the two most salient actors in this history. Yet, the study of the relationship between these two figures has suffered a tendency towards downplaying its historically dynamic nature, and essentializing the cultural constructs upon which it is predicated. In this thesis, I offer a revisionary reading of king/saint relationship through analyzing three examples from the 'Alawite dynasty. I argue that this relationship has been highly dynamic, and has capitalized on baraka and sharifism as versatile cultural constructs. More significantly, the dynamics of king/saint relationship in Moroccan culture allows the strategic reinvention of history in order to meet the demands of changing historical contexts.


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Adena Springs won't cause harm to springs or aquifer
Published: Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 6:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, May 18, 2012 at 8:21 p.m.
North and Central Florida are experiencing drought ranging from severe to exceptional. This is one of the periodic irritating — sometimes devastating — ironies of Florida weather. We know spring months will be dry. But when a dry spring combines with a really bad drought, the lack of rain for extended periods can lead to reduced water levels in our lakes, rivers, springs and even the aquifer.
It is, therefore, probably not the most psychologically advantageous time for a Marion County rancher to be asking the St. John's River Water Management District (SJRWMD) to approve a new groundwater withdrawal of up to 13.2-million gallons a day from his property, Adena Springs Ranch.
However, the one thing we know about Florida weather is that it is unpredictable. As many of us recall, an even more severe drought in 2001-02 was followed by a year of unprecedented hurricanes and tropical storms in 2004.
Water-use permit applications like Adena Springs Ranch must be judged on their long-term impact on water resources and not on current climatic conditions. It would make no more sense to permit Adena Springs Ranch during a period of extreme flood than it would to reject the permit application during a period of drought.
Also, on a map, the ranch appears to be located close to several lakes, and at least a half a dozen natural springs, one of which is the already stressed Silver Springs, one of Florida's greatest natural wonders. Predictably, some individuals and environmental groups forecast disaster if SJRWMD approves the water-use permit for Adena Springs Ranch. They argue a withdrawal of 13.2 mgd will lead to certain damage, perhaps even destruction of Silver Springs and other natural springs in the area, as well as dropping levels in area lakes. It is an emotional, and sometimes politically effective, argument.
But emotional and effective don't add up to factual.
A highly regarded environmental engineering firm from Sanford, Fla., used a peer-reviewed, hydrologic model developed by the SJRWMD to assess the impact of the proposed withdrawal on environmental features and private wells surrounding Adena Springs Ranch. The results of this model are that the proposed withdrawal will have virtually no impact on Silver Springs, other natural springs, lakes and private wells.
Adena Springs Ranch is proposing to withdraw water from the Floridan aquifer, which is one of the largest, most prolific aquifers in the world stretching from Southern Georgia to the southern tip of Florida. It is estimated the Floridan aquifer contains more than a quadrillion (that's 1 followed by 15 zeros, i.e., 1,000,000,000,000,000) gallons of water, equivalent to all the Great Lakes combined.
The Floridan aquifer isn't a bathtub, all of which drains toward the same outlet as the water level falls evenly. Rather, it is a massive layer of irregularly contoured limestone about 2,000 feet deep in this part of Florida, with widely varying water storage and transmissive properties. In some areas of the aquifer, the effects of water withdrawal can be felt many miles away, while in other areas, the effects dissipate quickly.
The environmental engineer who studied the permit application found that the effect of the withdrawal of water from the Adena Springs Ranch dissipates before it reaches Silver Springs, other springs, lakes and private wells.
Therefore, the impact on these environmental features is virtually nonexistent. For example, the predicted decline of the Floridan aquifer at Silver Springs due to the proposed withdrawal will be about an inch. This impact is so small that it could not be measured even with the most sophisticated monitoring equipment available to modern science, and will not perceptibly impact the Spring flow.
To provide an even greater level of assurance concerning the impact of the proposed withdrawal on the Floridan aquifer, Adena Springs Ranch was requested by the SJRWMD to perform a pump test on its property to verify the results of the hydrologic model performed by its environmental engineer. That test consists of pumping water from a production well like the ones that will be used on the property and measuring the actual change in water levels in surrounding monitor wells. Adena Springs Ranch has completed this test and will soon be reporting the results to the SJRWMD.
Opponents of the permit also claim the aquifer and the natural springs in the area will be polluted with nutrients through over-fertilization and other cattle-ranching activities. However, it has always been Adena Springs Ranch's intent to only use the minimum amount of fertilizer necessary that can be absorbed quickly by the plants, while maintaining sufficient growth to supply the forage needs of the cattle, and to spread the cattle manure so the nutrients therein will not leach into groundwater. The process will be in accordance with recommendations from a certified agronomist and best-management practices approved by Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. In fact, Adena Springs Ranch is developing a state-of-the art nutrient management plan and irrigation plan to ensure that no additional nutrient loading will occur on the property as a result of the proposed cattle-ranch activities.
Ed de la Parte is a Tampa water-use permitting attorney working for Adena Springs Ranch.
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Question: Is there a certain safe level for blood sugar for a person that has diabetes?
I know a high blood sugar level affects being able to drive safely. Is there a certain level where a ticket will be written if known by the State Patrol?
Answer: There is no level where a ticket would be written by the Minnesota State Patrol.
Of course, I am not a doctor, but I do know that the blood sugar concentration or blood glucose level is the amount of glucose (sugar) present in the blood.
Blood glucose monitoring is the main tool you have to check your diabetes control. This check tells you your blood glucose level at any one time.
Even though there is no blood sugar level where a ticket would be written, if an incident or a crash occurs involving a diabetic loss of consciousness or voluntary control and a trooper or any law enforcement officer investigates, a request for an examination of the driver can be submitted to the Driver and Vehicle Services – Driver Evaluation Unit.
This can be a very serious matter, and the best advice is to ask your healthcare provider what your blood sugar levels should be. Some other reasons for a driver's re-examination can include:
- General physical/health problems.
- Vision problems.
- Lack of physical driving skills.
- Mental or emotional problems (road rage, memory loss, etc.).
- Loss of consciousness (seizures).
- Lack of knowledge of traffic laws.
- And others.
Thanks for asking, and let's all work together to create a traffic safety culture in Minnesota.
Remember also to slow down, buckle up, drive sober and pay attention!
If you have any questions for future columns concerning motor vehicle traffic in Minnesota, send them to: Sgt. Curt S. Mowers MN State Patrol P.O. Box 644 Brainerd MN 56401. Email questions to _EMAIL_ with "Ask a Trooper" in the subject line. Questions are edited.


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REDEMPTION AND THE SACRIFICE
In order to redeem the people and at the same time reveal how deeply He loved them, Kinoingan sacrificed His own beloved daughter Ponompuan. It was a painful decision but it was necessary in order that the people will never again forget how much He loves them, and that they will be reminded even while they toil, plant, harvest, eat and drink, that He is always with them.
In the Kadazandusun story of redemption, Kinoingan sacrificed His only daughter Ponompuan and planted the various parts of her body in the fields as though they were seeds. The people who came to ask Kinoingan for crop seeds could not understand why Kinoingan killed His beloved Daughter, cutting her body into pieces and planting them.
They could only watch and ponder. Upon leaving Kinoingan did not utter a word and no seeds were given to the people fro planting. So they all went back puzzled.
In another version of the story, Ponompuan entreated her Father's mercy upon the dying earth, conveying to him the peoples' act of repentance.
Kinoingan thus took Ponompuan for a walk before He unfolded to Her His plan to redeem the dying world, and His wish that Ponompulan be the symbolic sacrifice of the greatest love of all. For the love of Her Father and the world, Ponompulan thus willingly became the Saviour of the world. Through the miraculous power of her Mother Sumundu, Ponompuan's wishes were granted — that her body parts be transformed into the food resources of the world and that her Spirit be the Bambarayon spirit of the staple food rice.


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What Is A Protocol?
A protocol gives a set of rules and steps to follow before court proceedings. The UK Courts have created protocols for each type of claim. Some examples of these are:
- The Housing Disrepair Protocol
- The Personal Injury Protocol
- The Professional Negligence Protocol
Each protocol sets out what the court expects the parties to achieve before the claim is brought before the Courts.
What Does A Protocol Cover?
As a Claimant, you must follow the relevant protocol. The Court can impose sanctions or costs penalties if you don't.The protocol for each type of claim is different. But, they usually have some common elements:
- You as a claimant must send a detailed letter of claim to the defendant. This letter will start the claim, say what type of claim it is, and the letter will start the protocol.
- The Defendant must acknowledge the claim in writing.
- The Defendant is then given a set period to investigate the claim. This can be problematic as sometimes the investigation periods can be quite lengthy.
- By the last day of the investigation period, the Defendant will send a detailed letter of response. In that letter the Defendant must either admit or deny the claim.
- If the Defendant admits the claim, both parties will then attempt to agree a settlement. This would not need court action.
- If the Defendant denies the claim, they are usually required to do something called Disclosure. This means they share copies of all documents in their possession which might be relevant to the claim. This should to include all relevant documents, including those which are unhelpful to the Defendant. But, defendants don't always follow this rule. So, we are sometimes required to make a court application to enforce full disclosure.
What Happens to Your Claim?
Many claims are settled by negotiation during the protocol period. If so, then the claim ends and the case is closed.
If the claim is not settled, you will have to decide what to do next. After considering all the disclosure and evidence we have gathered, the claim will be closed if it no longer appears to be a good one. But, if we still consider it to be a good claim, you will have to decide what to do next if you still wish to assert your rights.
Still Have Questions?
If you still have questions, please feel free to get in touch with Chris Rudd Solicitors.


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Transference And Counter Transference
you were asked to analyze the role of transference and counter-transference in relation to psychodynamic/relational therapy approaches, specifically the Interpersonal Psychotherapy approach, to help you better understand the role of, and its use in therapy.
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· Explain interpersonal psychotherapy's theoretical underpinnings regarding and its use in therapy.
· Explain the types of interventions from an interpersonal psychotherapy approach that are being used to address in therapy.
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Cannabis Analysis Cannabis Under (Moisture) Control
The determination of moisture in cured cannabis is an indicator of microbial contamination, a key variable used to calculate other constituent results on a dry basis and required for the pressing process of extracting CBD oil from cannabis. Thermogravimetric moisture determination can provide valuable services here.
Moisture determination in plant and food products plays a vital role as a basic parameter for the analysis in a modern laboratory. As an example, the determination of moisture in cured cannabis is discussed here. Besides being an indicator of microbial contamination, it is a key variable used to calculate other constituent results on a dry basis. Additionally, determination of moisture content of cannabis is also required for the pressing process of extracting CBD oil from cannabis. Measurement of moisture using a gravimetric oven drying technique is difficult due to the influence of constituent properties of cannabis including, but not limited to, terpenes, cannabidiols, and THC, which may have low temperature volatility or sublimation.
According to many standards, the moisture content in plants is determined as LOD (Loss on drying) which is performed at temperatures of 105° C. There is a threat that oven drying of plant matter may result in thermal decomposition of the plant tissue resulting in a false high value for moisture content when higher temperatures (such as 105 °C) are used. Importantly a false high value for moisture determination will yield a false high value for any subsequent analytical determination. As a result, it is very important that the proper temperature for moisture determination is selected. In addition, LOD incorporates all the components lost for a given set of conditions, including moisture and the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are the result of thermal decomposition or sublimation.
The TGM800 is a thermogravimetric moisture determinator designed to indirectly determine moisture content of materials using a mass loss-on-drying technique. Mass loss of the sample is measured as a function of the oven temperature by controlling the atmosphere and ventilation rate. The instrument consists of a computer, an integrated four-place balance, and a multiple sample oven that allows up to 16 samples to be analyzed simultaneously with a maximum temperature of 175 °C.
Some key features:
- Supports 1.5 in diameter aluminum foil crucibles.
- Supports 2.4 in diameter aluminum foil crucibles.
- Analysis can be performed in air or nitrogen atmosphere.
- Automated crucible and sample mass recording
- Optional fixed time or constancy method parameters.
Moisture determination in cannabis can be a critical factor in expressing accurate analytical results for other constituents on a dry basis. However, due to the presence of low temperature VOCs, obtaining a true moisture value becomes more complicated. Utilizing a special water/carbon determinator (Leco RC612) water can be determined directly and simultaneously with carbon allowing for the comparison of moisture and evolved VOCs. The Leco RC612 is able to perform the analysis at multiple temperatures, starting at a lower temperature and ramping to a higher temperature. This allows for the determination of the proper temperature to optimize moisture determination and minimize VOC evolution.
The data presented in Figure 3 illustrates that the evolution of carbon attributed to VOCs at 80 °C is minimal compared to the carbon at 105 °C for both recreational cannabis and hemp. The water peak at 105 °C is attributed to hydrogen in the VOCs combusting to form water as the water peak coincides with the carbon peak. These plots indicate that the determination of moisture at 80 °C represents a closer approximation to the true moisture content of cannabis.
The dry (cured) cannabis samples were ground using a hand tobacco grinder, and a knife mill was utilized for the wet (uncured) samples. The wet samples were prepared immediately prior to analysis to minimize moisture loss during sample preparation. The following table display the results from the Leco TGM800 determining moisture at 80 °C and 105 °C until constant mass is obtained.
From the methodology and subsequent information obtained for the analysis of cannabis on the Leco RC612, a precise, close approximation of the true moisture in cannabis flower and plant tissue may be obtained using thermogravimetric analysis. Analysis of cannabis above 80 °C results in the evolution and decomposition of VOCs contributing to a high moisture bias as shown in the data table above. The Leco TGM800 is able to analyze up to 16 samples simultaneously, resulting in high throughput with accurate and repeatable results. Furthermore, utilizing the TGM800 mass constancy option the analysis time is reduced from five hours, as stated in standard methods, to approximately two hours.
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that moisture determination in plant material can be performed using a modern thermogravimetric determinator, such as the Leco TGM800.


to ensure that their application is rendering at the 'native' size for the device. To do this the developer can query the scale factor that should be passed during layer creation with the XRWebGLLayer.getNativeFramebufferScaleFactor() function. (Note that in some cases the native scale may actually be less than the recommended scale of 1.0 if the system is configured to render "superscaled" by default.)
function setupNativeScaleWebGLLayer() {
 return gl.makeXRCompatible().then(() => {
 // Create a WebGL layer that matches the device's native resolution.
 let nativeScaleFactor = XRWebGLLayer.getNativeFramebufferScaleFactor(xrSession);
 let glLayer = new XRWebGLLayer(xrSession, gl, { framebufferScaleFactor: nativeScaleFactor });
 xrSession.updateRenderState({ baseLayer: glLayer });
This technique should be used carefully, since the native resolution on some headsets may be higher than the system is capable of rendering at a stable framerate without use of additional techniques such as foveated rendering. Also note that the UA's scale clamping is allowed to prevent the allocation of native resolution framebuffers if it deems it necessary to maintain acceptable performance.
Framebuffer scaling is typically configured once per session, but can be changed during a session by creating a new XRWebGLLayer and updating the render state to apply that on the next frame:
function rescaleWebGLLayer(scale) {
 let glLayer = new XRWebGLLayer(xrSession, gl, { framebufferScaleFactor: scale });
 xrSession.updateRenderState({ baseLayer: glLayer });
Rescaling the framebuffer may involve reallocating render buffers and should only be done rarely, for example when transitioning from a game mode to a text-heavy menu mode or similar. See Dynamic viewport scaling for an alternative if your application needs more frequent adjustments.
Dynamic viewport scaling
Dynamic viewport scaling allows applications to only use a subset of the available framebuffer. This is intended for fine-grained performance tuning where the desired render resolution changes frequently, and can be adjusted on a frame-by-frame basis. A typical use case would be rendering scenes with highly variable complexity, for example where the user may move their viewpoint to closely examine a model with a complex shader. (If an application wanted to keep this constant for a session, it should use framebufferScaleFactor instead, see Controlling rendering quality.)
This is an opt-in feature for applications, it is activated by calling requestViewportScale(scale) on an XRView, followed by a call to getViewport() which applies the change and returns the updated viewport:
for (let view of pose.views) {
 let viewport = glLayer.getViewport(view);
 gl.viewport(viewport.x, viewport.y, viewport.width, viewport.height);
NOTE: Dynamic viewport scaling is a recent addition to WebXR, and implementations may not provide the API yet. For compatibility, consider adding a if (view.requestViewportScale) check to ensure that the API exists.
The feature may not be available on all systems since it depends on driver support. If it is unsupported, the system will ignore the requested scale and continue using the full-sized viewport. If necessary, the application can compare the sizes returned by getViewport() across animation frames to confirm if the feature is active, for example if it would want to use an alternate performance tuning method such as reducing scene complexity as a fallback.
For consistency, the getViewport() result for any given view is always fixed for the duration of an animation frame. If requestViewportScale() is used before the first getViewport() call, the change applies immediately for the current animation frame. Otherwise, the change is deferred until getViewport() is called again in a future animation frame.
User agents can optionally provide a recommendedViewportScale attribute on an XRView with a suggested value based on internal performance heuristics. This attribute is null if the user agent doesn't provide a recommendation. A requestViewportScale(null) call has no effect, so applications could use the following code to apply the heuristic only if it exists:
Alternatively, applications could modify the recommended scale, i.e. clamping it to a minimum scale to avoid text becoming unreadable, or use their own heuristic based on data such as current visible scene complexity and recent framerate average.
Controlling depth precision
The projection matrices given by the XRViews take into account not only the field of view of presentation medium but also the depth range for the scene, defined as a near and far plane. WebGL fragments rendered closer than the near plane or further than the far plane are discarded. By default the near plane is 0.1 meters away from the user's viewpoint and the far plane is 1000 meters away.
Some scenes may benefit from changing that range to better fit the scene's content. For example, if all of the visible content in a scene is expected to remain within 100 meters of the user's viewpoint, and all content is expected to appear at least 1 meter away, reducing the range of the near and far plane to [1, 100] will lead to more accurate depth precision. This reduces the occurrence of z fighting (or aliasing), an artifact which manifests as a flickery, shifting pattern when closely overlapping surfaces are rendered. Conversely, if the visible scene extends for long distances you'd want to set the far plane far enough away to cover the entire visible range to prevent clipping, with the tradeoff being that further draw distances increase the occurrence of z fighting artifacts. The best practice is to always set the near and far planes to as tight of a range as your content will allow.
To adjust the near and far plane distance, depthNear and depthFar values can be given in meters when calling updateRenderState().
// This reduces the depth range of the scene to [1, 100] meters.
// The change will take effect on the next XRSession requestAnimationFrame callback.
 depthNear: 1.0,
 depthFar: 100.0,
Preventing the compositor from using the depth buffer
By default the depth attachment of an XRWebGLLayer's framebuffer, if present, may be used to assist the XR compositor. For example, the scene's depth values may be used by advanced reprojection techniques or to help avoid depth conflicts when rendering platform/UA interfaces. This assumes, of course, that the values in the depth buffer are representative of the scene content.
Some applications may violate that assumption, such as when using certain deferred rendering techniques or rendering stereo video. In those cases if the depth buffer's values are used by the compositor it may result in objectionable artifacts. To avoid this, the compositor can be instructed to ignore the depth values of an XRWebGLLayer by setting the ignoreDepthValues option to true at layer creation time:
let webglLayer = new XRWebGLLayer(xrSession, gl, { ignoreDepthValues: true });
If ignoreDepthValues is not set to true the The UA is allowed (but not required) to use depth buffer as it sees fit. As a result, barring compositor access to the depth buffer in this way may lead to certain platform or UA features being unavailable or less robust. To detect if the depth buffer is being used by the compositor, check the ignoreDepthValues attribute of the XRWebGLLayer after the layer is created. A value of true indicates that the depth buffer will not be utilized by the compositor even if ignoreDepthValues was set to false during layer creation.
Changing the Field of View for inline sessions
Whenever possible the matrices given by XRView's projectionMatrix attribute should make use of physical properties, such as the headset optics or camera lens, to determine the field of view to use. Most inline content, however, won't have any physically based values from which to infer a field of view. In order to provide a unified render pipeline for inline content an arbitrary field of view must be selected.
By default a vertical field of view of 0.5π radians (90 degrees) is used for inline sessions. The horizontal field of view can be computed from the vertical field of view based on the width/height ratio of the XRWebGLLayer's associated canvas.
If a different default field of view is desired, it can be specified by passing a new inlineVerticalFieldOfView value, in radians, to the updateRenderState method:
// This changes the default vertical field of view for an inline session to
// 0.4 pi radians (72 degrees).
 inlineVerticalFieldOfView: 0.4 * Math.PI,
The UA is allowed to clamp the value, and if a physically-based field of view is available it must always be used in favor of the default value.
Attempting to set a inlineVerticalFieldOfView value on an immersive session will cause updateRenderState() to throw an InvalidStateError. XRRenderState.inlineVerticalFieldOfView must return null on immersive sessions.
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DeviceOrientation Events
The data provided by an XRViewerPose instance is similar to the data provided by the non-standard DeviceOrientationEvent, with some key differences:
It should be noted that DeviceOrientation events have not been standardized, have behavioral differences between browser, and there are ongoing efforts to change or remove the API. This makes it difficult for developers to rely on for a use case where accurate tracking is necessary to prevent user discomfort.
The DeviceOrientation events specification is superceded by Orientation Sensor specification that defines the RelativeOrientationSensor and AbsoluteOrientationSensor interfaces. This next generation API is purpose-built for WebXR Device API polyfill. It represents orientation data in WebGL-compatible formats (quaternion, rotation matrix), satisfies stricter latency requirements, and addresses known interoperability issues that plagued DeviceOrientation events by explicitly defining which low-level motion sensors are


Human Rights Watch: Defamation Laws Being Used To Silence Critics In Lebanon
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on November 15th titled "There Is a Price to Pay" that explores the recent decline in the tolerance towards free speech in Lebanon.
The 122-page report dives deep into the way defamation and insult laws are being used in Lebanon by the political authority to silence critics and limit criticism.
The report states that powerful political and religious figures in Lebanon have increasingly used the country's criminal insult and defamation laws against opposers of corruption, including demonstrators protesting Lebanon's worsening economic and political situation.
Lebanese citizens charged with defamation and insult towards political figures can face up to 3 years of imprisonment.
Some of these laws have been unaltered since the Ottoman mandate period, and HRW urges the Lebanese Parliament to revoke these laws for their infringement on human rights and freedom of speech and expression.
Statistics in the report show that between January 2015 and May 2019, the Cybercrimes Bureau in Lebanon has investigated 3,599 cases relating to defamation, libel, and slander. Notably, the cases peaked before the May 2019 parliamentary elections.
The report continues that between 2015 and 2019, at least three individuals have received prison sentences.
"One of those individuals received 9 prison sentences in absentia in 9 different criminal cases filed against him by the same politician," as per the HRW report.
Moreover, HRW had interviewed tens of defendants and lawyers in criminal defamation cases, and most of them said that they stopped criticizing the government after being released.
As per the defendants, the reason for the self-censorship was the intimidation they experienced resulting from the defamation cases.
Reporters, activists, and protesters are some of the people most targeted by politicians with criminal defamation and insult laws, due to their vocal opposition to corruption and suspicious political activity.
The latest example of activists being targeted is that of activist and social media figure Khaldoun Jaber, who was arrested during a protest in front of the presidential palace in Baabda and verbally and physically abused while in detention, according to Jaber.
In that regard, we urge all our Lebanese in the diaspora who have been vocal with their support of the revolution, and who intend to return to Lebanon these days, to read this Friendly Warning


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I was talking to someone about puns and she said that it's a play on words, e.g. "those two pears are a pear of green balls" (sorry about the awful example, I couldn't think of any others on the spot).
I argued that this is a pun:
John Lydon looked out of his bedroom window and said, "Ah, how I love country life". (John Lydon stars in a butter advert which has the phrase "country life" in it).
Which is a pun?
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See this good answer for a breakdown of types of puns. – Callithumpian May 20 '12 at 14:14
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"How I love the country life" is a pun, because in that context 'country life' has two meanings — life in the country and the margarine brand.
"Those two pears are a pear of green balls" doesn't look like a pun to me, as nothing in there has two meanings.
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Both qualify as puns. I think you meant to say, "those two pears are a pair of green balls."
 - The first case is an example of paronomasia--wordplay that is based on homophonic or near-homophonic resemblance. The words pear and pair are exact homophones, as are whole and hole, words that sound alike, but are spelled differently and mean different things. A good example of paronomasia based on near homophones is Apple's new slogan for the ipad--Resolutionary (revolutionary).
 - The second case qualifies as a double entendre. The meaning of "country life" turns on two different senses, but not two different spellings.
Based on these remarks, you should now be able to classify this pun. A pun is its own reword.
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All puns are paronomasia - OED:"Wordplay based on words which sound alike; an instance of this, a pun." Two words that sound the same in one sentence doesn't make a pun as there is no double meaning. Looking at the two pears and saying "that is a nice pair/pear" would be a pun. The second is not double entendre. A double entendre is a phrase with two meanings, one of which is usually risque, but the second meaning lies outside the phrase itself. "Children make nutritious snacks" has two possible meanings, but doesn't contain a word/phrase that has a double meaning, as'country life' does. – Roaring Fish May 20 '12 at 15:41
I down voted this question on the basis of what _USER_ had to say – Olly Price May 20 '12 at 15:57
The classic "pear/pair" double-entendre: Buxom young woman holding two watermelons: Can I interest you in these, sir? Man: Why, what a lovely pair! Woman: They're not pears, they're melons. Man: Whatever you call them, they are beautiful. – Andrew Leach May 20 '12 at 17:26
That made me laugh, brilliant. – Olly Price May 20 '12 at 20:29
_USER_: I think the downvote is harsh. I'd regard it as a pun (wordplay), even if it happens to be a rather low-quality pun. Collins defines pun as the use of words or phrases to exploit ambiguities and innuendoes in their meaning, usually for humorous effect; a play on words. Note the word "usually" in that definition. The fact that you misspelled the word "pair" indicates some basic level of punning. Had you said, "Those two apples are a pair of green balls," I'd see no pun at all, but I suspect you chose "pears" for a reason. – J.R. Nov 11 '12 at 12:28
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For people visiting China for the first time or even the first few times, it can be a bit of an adjustment to initially figure things and not getting too lost in the process. One way to help visitors more easily adjust is with sharing a network with them, here are a few examples and benefits you get from doing so:
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Getting into New Orleans at 1 am because of "mechanical trouble" meant that I haven't been at my best so far. But I've already heard one amazing talk today.
Luc Devroye gave the ANALCO plenary lecture on "Weighted Heights of Random Trees", based on work with his students Erin McLeish and Nicolas Broutin. After having sat through many talks with titles like this, I generally approach them with great caution and with a clear escape route. But...
This was an amazing exposition of a topic that could have become dry and terse, and essentially incomprehensible, within a slide or two. He had jokes, (that were funny), a global plan for the material, enough technical material that I went away feeling like I'd learnt something, and intuition galore. And the work itself is very beautiful.
So what was it all about? The problem is really quite simple to state. Suppose I give you a (random) weighted binary tree, where nodes attach to parents randomly, and edges may have weights chosen randomly. What is the maximum height of such a tree?
The standard application for such a tool is in analyzing binary search trees. The height of a such a tree controls the running time of an algorithm that needs to use it. And there's now a vast literature analyzing both the asymptotics of the height distribution (basically it's sharply concentrated around 2 log n) and the specific constants (the maximum height of a random binary search tree is roughly 4.3 log n, and the minimum is around 0.37 log n).
The "master goal" that Devroye described in his talk was this: Suppose I have a general way of attaching nodes to parents (that leads to a general distribution on subtree sizes), and a general way of attaching weights to edges (rather than being deterministically 1 for binary search trees). Such a general model captures the analysis of tries (trees on strings that are very important in text searching), geometric search structures like k-d trees, and even restricted preferential attachment models in social network analysis (Think of the edges as hyperlinks, and the height of the tree as the diameter of a web tree).
Is there a generic theorem that can be applied to all of these different situations, so that you can plug in a set of distributions that describes your process, and out pops a bound on the height of your tree? It turns out that you can (with some technical conditions). The method uses two-dimensional large-deviation theory: can you estimate the probability of a sum of random variables being bounded by some function, while at the same time ensuring that some other sum of random variables (that might depend slightly on the first) is also bounded?
An example of a 1D large deviation result is of course a Chernoff bound. Devroye showed that a 2D large deviation bound for the height of such trees can be expressed in a similar form using the so-called Cramér exponent, something that will probably not be surprising to experts in large deviation theory. After that, the analysis for any tree process becomes a whole lot easier. You have to analyze the corresponding Cramér function for your distributions, and a bound (with a constant; no big-O nonsense here!) pops out.
He also talked about a neat extension of this method to analyzing the "skinnyness" of k-d tree decompositions, showing that for a kind of "relaxed" k-d tree construction, the skinniest cell can be extremely skinny (having a super-linear aspect ratio). It's the kind of result that I imagine would be very difficult to prove without such a useful general theorem.


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Monte Carlo Simulation of Line-of-Sight Distance Measurements
This Monte Carlo simulation of line-of-sight distance measurement is based on the small angle formula (SAF), which has two arguments: (1) measured width of a reference object, and (2) measured angular diameter of the reference object from the standpoint of the observer. In this example, the reference object is 5 feet in diameter; its measurement errors are normally distributed with a mean of 5 feet and 0.95 quantile of feet. The angular diameter of the reference object from the observer's standpoint is ; its measurement errors are triangularly distributed with limits of. One hundred pseudorandom argument sets based on those distributions are mapped to the SAF and scatter-plotted using their 0.9 ellipsoid quantile against a set of SAF results. The correlation plots indicate that these results are loosely correlated with the measured reference object width and highly correlated with the measured angular diameter.


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Rizeh is a Persian word that means "tiny," and our Rizeh robot is very small indeed. Driven by two cellphone vibrators, it's very low-cost to build and implement. The robot is able to perform basic linear and circular motions, and with its infrared detectors it can successfully follow a black line on a white background. To our knowledge it's the smallest line-following vibrobot in the world!
We applied some techniques to minimize the electronics needed to control the robot, which is crucial in building small bots. Instead of a motor driver, our control scheme employs the internal PWM capabilities of the microcontroller itself to control the vibrators. The final robot weighs just 5 grams and measures 19mm×16mm×10mm.
Our line-following test includes curves, lines, and corners, and the robot is able to successfully follow the line. Rizeh won first place at RoboCup IranOpen 2013 in the Demo (Freestyle) League. Here's how you can make it.
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Why do egyptians believe in afterlife?
Egyptians are strong believers in afterlife. This belief can be traced back to the myth of the existence of gods and goddesses, who were believed to control the life of humans on Earth. Because Egyptians believed in the rule of divine kingship, the concept a king's death is attributed to the god of the underworld, Osiris and the concept of proclaiming a new king is attributed to Osiris' offspring, Horus. Their belief system of a soul was that each individual possessed two. One soul, known as ka, accompanied the body throughout life. After death, ka departed from the body and entered into the realm of the dead. The ka could not exist without the body and every effort was made to preserve the corpse through mummification.
However, life after death is not guaranteed, considering the beliefs and myths that Egyptians strongly believe in. Gaining immortality after one's death does not simply go by being judged whether one belongs to heaven or hell. In ancient Egypt, immortality entails proving oneself to be worthy of the life immortal in the land of Osiris. If proven otherwise, one is placed in non existence. Afterlife is one belief that Egyptians strongly and divinely believed in because they were given facts of its ancient history how critical it is to live on Earth in order to live a life after death. Since this belief has been handed down from Egypt's ancient beginnings, it still firmly exists until today.
Because of this concept, Egyptians live their life with the ultimate goal of having an excellent afterlife more than how one's life has been lived on Earth. During their life on Earth until the time of their death, Egyptians engage into practices and behaviors that only praise the god of life.
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 I am an Egyptian, i've lived in Egypt my Whole life and i have never met anyone who believes in the Ancient Afterlife concepts, yes they do believe in afterlife but just like anyone else knows that they'll go to either Heaven or Hell. please correct this because it is very clear that the writer is confused and does not know a thing about Egypt in the 21 first century..
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AL Amyloidosis
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Clinical description
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Epidemiology of AL amyloidosis
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Systemic AL amyloidosis
Table 1 Updated definition of organ involvement in AL amyloidosis
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Localized AL amyloidosis
In some patients, AL amyloidosis is a localized phenomenon, related to deposition of monoclonal LC close to their synthesis by a focal plasma cell clone. Most patients do not have evidence of monoclonal gammopathy. The bladder, urinary tract, tracheobronchial system, lungs, larynx, ocular globe and skin are the main organs or tissues involved in localized AL amyloidosis [15, 18, 19] (Figure 1 G-H).
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Diagnosis of amyloid heart involvement
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Crawford is a county in Missouri. It was formed in 1829 from the following county/ies: Gasconade. Crawford began keeping birth records in 1879–1903, marriage records in 1829, and death records in 1883–91*. It began keeping land records in 1832, probate records in 1832, and court records in 1831. For more information, contact the county at 302 Main Steelville 65565. On the attached map, Crawford is located at F6. *Death records extant for 1883—91 and 1942—43. Courthouse burned 1873, 1884.
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Hole that swallowed a three-storey building
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A giant sinkhole caused by the rains of the storm in Guatemala City.
A giant sinkhole caused by the rains of the storm in Guatemala City.Credit:Reuters
Sinkholes mainly formed where the ground was made up of layered rock, such as limestone, which could be dissolved or washed away with groundwater. Such areas were called karst formations, he said. The Jenolan Caves, three hours' drive from Sydney, are examples of local karst formations.
Bruce Hebblewhite, head of mining engineering at the University of NSW, said it was "highly unlikely" a sinkhole would ever form in NSW.
"There might be very localised areas in this country where we have such limestone but certainly not in urban areas and it's not common," Professor Hebblewhite said.
"If it were to happen it would only be the areas where we have similar geology, which are very few, and we would almost certainly be aware that there was such a development taking place.
"So it's just not on the agenda at all."
Associate Professor Cox said it generally took thousands of years for cracks and caves to form in the Earth's crust.
''But they can be enhanced by removing and pumping out groundwater, or extracting petroleum products in nearby formations,'' he said.
Rainwater seeping into the ground could also erode soluble rocks and further extend the caves. Depressions in the Earth's surface could also occur as a result of the same processes.
Sinkholes could vary in size and depth from a few metres to several hundred metres. They have formed in southern parts of Britain, the US and Europe.
The sinkhole in Guatemala City, which formed below the northern part of the capital city, was probably triggered by tropical storm Agatha, which has devastated the region.
''When you get these heavy storms and cyclones that put a lot of water into the drainage system they might wash into these [caves] and erode the top of the cave,'' Associate Professor Cox said. ''[Then] it propagates upwards to the surface and all falls in.''
A local newspaper reported that only one person was killed.
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