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What is the difference between an Emir and a Sultan? Are they both Sheik?
For instance, OALD defines:
Emir: the title given to some Muslim rulers
Emirate: an area of land that is ruled over by an emir
Sultan: the title given to Muslim rulers in some countries
Sultanate: an area of land that is ruled over by a sultan
While OAAD defines (there is no entry for Sheik on OALD, why?):
1 an Arab prince or leader; the head of an Arab family, town, etc. / 2 a leader in a Muslim community or organization
Could we say that "Emperor":"King"="Emir":"Sultan"?

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PLIDAM is a research team whose area of research is a pluridisciplinary field that borders on applied linguistics as it relates to the dissemination, learning and teaching of languages and literature.
Its research sheds light on the process of globalization, the acceleration of European integration and French as a world language. Its activities are structured around six main themes:
- Language policies, multilingualism and representations;
- Language skills: construction and evaluation;
- Lexicon and translation: what didactics?;
- Literature and culture in language didactics;
- Designing educational tools in a multilingual perspective;
- SemioMed "Semiotics, multimedia corpus and uses".


Boating Under the Influence In South Carolina
The BUI Laws in South Carolina
Boating while impaired by alcohol or drugs is illegal in South Carolina just as it is illegal to drive a car while drunk. Section 50-21-112 of the South Carolina statutes specifies "operation of moving motorized water device or water device under sail while under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol to the extent that the person's faculties are materially and appreciably impaired." The statute also clarifies that a "drug" may be legal or illegal, or may be a combination of alcohol and a legal or illegal drug.
What are the Open Container Laws in South Carolina?
Be safe and avoid boating under the influence on South Carolina lakes and rivers
While the law is clear in regard to operating a boat while impaired, that still leaves questions related to the use of alcohol and the presence of open containers on boats. Specifically:
 - Can you have open alcohol containers on a boat in South Carolina?
 - Can you drink while boating on a South Carolina lake?
We've previously addressed this topic in a blog post and noted:
"South Carolina law doesn't expressly prohibit open containers of alcohol on boats within the state. Presumably, this means that the occupants of a boat can enjoy a beer as they enjoy cruising on a lake or river.
[However], just because a person might be able to have an open container of alcohol on a boat doesn't mean that drunk driving laws don't apply. Much like the laws that apply to drivers on land, boat operators face a legal blood-alcohol content limit of 0.08 percent.
Always be responsible and stay safe while having fun on the water."
Penalties & Consequences of Boating Under the Influence in South Carolina
Penalties for boating under the influence in South Carolina
If you have been charged with boating under the influence (BUI) of drugs or alcohol in South Carolina and are convicted, you face:
 - First offense: A fine of $200 or imprisonment for 48 hours or more. Public service can take the place of imprisonment.
 - Second offense: Penalties rise to $2,000 to $5,000 and imprisonment between 48 hours and one year. Ten days or more of public service may take the place of imprisonment.
 - Third offense: These subsequent convictions may result in fines of $3,500 or more and imprisonment lasting 60 days to three years.
A conviction on drunk boating charges can also have the same types of devastating long-term effects as a drunk driving conviction. These include:
 - Driver's license suspension
 - Difficulty obtaining employment or housing
 - Potential professional discipline or loss of professional licenses
 - Stigma and shame
 - Long-lasting negative consequences to career and other areas of life
If you've been arrested on suspicion of BUI, know this: you have options, and we can help. At Drennan Law Firm, we are prepared to take up the fight on your behalf. We have experience handling all types of difficult DUI/BUI cases in the Charleston area, and have helped clients throughout the region keep BUI charges from ruining their lives.
Know How Alcohol Affects Your Boating Abilities
A man who knows not to drink and boat
When you are out on the water, you might want to have a few drinks with your friends. Before you do that, you should know that you can face criminal charges for boating under the influence. You should also know that just because you can usually have a specific number of drinks and are fine, that might not be the case on the water because alcohol can affect you differently when you are out on the lake in a boat.
The natural effects of being on a boat can induce fatigue, which is also known as boater's hypnosis. The vibration of the boat, motion of the waves and exposure to the sun can all have these effects. Alcohol will intensify these effects, so you likely won't be able to consume as much alcohol as you would on land before you start to become impaired.
Your reaction time is likely going to be slower after you have been drinking. As you know, it isn't possible to stop your boat on a dime in the water. You need to have as much time and mental capacity as possible if you have to make an evasive maneuver while driving the boat.
Alcohol can also affect your balance, which could mean that you are at an increased risk of falling overboard. It can also affect your judgement, which could cause you to take risks you would normally avoid.
All of these are very good reasons to save the alcohol for a time after you dock your boat and won't have to drive anywhere. If you end up facing drunk boating charges, be sure to explore all of the options you have for a defense.
3 Reasons to Avoid Boating Drunk
Avoid boating under the influence in Charleston Harbor
Just about everyone loves to head out on the water in the summer months. The breeze is fantastic, and it's a great time to spend an afternoon with your family and friends. Perhaps you like to go out on your own and go fishing or prefer to take a tour in the evening to go dolphin watching. Whatever it is you like to do when boating, this is the season to enjoy it.
One problem with boating is that some people believe it's safe to drink alcohol and drive a boat. That could not be further from the truth. The reality is that much like any other vehicle, a boat has the potential to crash and malfunction. A driver who is impaired won't be able to respond to an emergency in the way he or she should, and could cause a serious crash on the water. Here are three other reasons to avoid getting drunk while at sea or on a lake.
1. You'll Get Dehydrated Quickly
If you're not drinking water and are spending time in the sun, it's more likely for you to become dehydrated. Combined with the risk of intoxication, you're more likely to suffer symptoms like headaches or disorientation, which could put you in danger.
2. You Could Cause a Crash
This is a serious reason never to drink behind the wheel of a boat. When you're boating, you're not alone on the water. Even though the waterways are more freeing and have more space to travel, it's likely that you'll come across other boaters. Some will have larger vessels, and others will have small, personal vessels. The last thing you want to do is to hit someone or to have someone hit you. By avoiding alcohol, you'll be in a better position to avoid causing or becoming part of a crash.
3. You Could Lose Your License (and Suffer Penalties)
Finally, remember that a boat is still a vehicle, so you can get a BUI if you drive drunk. Boating under the influence is a crime similar to driving under the influence. Boating while intoxicated increases the risk of fatalities by up to 34 percent, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, so you can be penalized for doing so with fines or the loss of your boating license. You could even go to prison if a crash results in a person's death.
Avoiding alcohol when you're boating is a good idea. By playing it safe, you'll enjoy time on the water without the fear of repercussions.
Boating Under the Influence Defense Strategies
The boating under the influence defense strategy you choose can have a big impact on your case. Our lawyers can help you to look into the options that you have so that you know what you might do.
Decide on the Purpose
Our South Carolina boating under the influence lawyers need to determine the purpose of your defense. This can be challenging but it is a crucial part of your plan. If you know for a fact that you weren't drunk while you were boating, you might work to prove that you were innocent. If you know that you were drunk, your focus might be to minimize the penalties. In either case, you should make sure that you aren't delaying your defense by putting off getting started.
Look into the Circumstances
A look into the circumstances surrounding your arrest can let you know how you are going to proceed. You need to try to find points in the prosecution's defense that you can question. Each question you raise might put you one step closer to the goal of your case. Remember that you have to be convicted beyond a reasonable doubt, so raise all the doubt you can.
We know that you might need to get some questions answered. We can answer your questions, help you to learn what options you have for your defense, and develop a strategy for your drunk boating defense case.
Contact a Charleston BUI Attorney for a Free Initial Consultation
Stop worrying about what to do and get your boating DUI case underway as soon as possible. Contact us by phone or email to request a FREE initial consultation with a Charleston, South Carolina boating under the influence lawyer with no further obligation.


Organization of the Fono
The Fono is administered entirely by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House.
The Senate: The Senate is presided over by a president who is elected by the senators from among themselves. The senators also elect a president pro tempore who takes over the responsibilities of the president in the president's absence. Each serves one legislative term and is eligible for re-election.
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Territorial Legislature of American Samoa
This article will provide the reader with basic information about the Territorial Legislature of American Samoa. To fully appreciate the status of the Legislature at present, an understanding of American Samoa's "political marriage" to the United States of America is necessary.
American Samoa became a territory of the United States in 1900.
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History of the FONO
Up to 1900: Legislative functions were "fa'a-Samoa" (the Samoan way or in the traditional manner) by the village, county and district councils.
1900: On April 17, Chiefs of Tutuila and Aunu'u ceded their islands (Manuan's ceded theirs four years later) to the United States. The Department of the Navy was assigned to administer the islands, and the Commandant of the Naval Station, Fagatogo, was authorized as the sole executive, legislative, and judiciary authority. The commandant was advised on matters pertaining to local government by the Secretary of Samoan Affairs as well as the district governors who submitted to the commandant recommendations for legislative action and/or improvement of government operations from their respective district councils. The district governors kept the district councils informed of decisions and activities of government.
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American Samoa Politics
The American Samoa Legislature Fono building in Utulei
American Samoa is governed by the United States Department of the Interior. It is classified as an unorganized and unincorporated territory. American Samoans adopted a constitution in 1960 and they elected a governor to a four year term. American Samoan has a legislature with a Senate and a House of Representatives. The Senate has eighteen members chosen by the county councils to service two to four year terms. The House has twenty members elected by the people to two year terms. Samoans who are eight years old or older may vote in the elections. American Samoans elect a delegate to the United States House of representatives and that delegate may only vote on House committee issues. While American Samoans are considered to be United States nationals, they are still not citizens of the United States. As United States nationals, American Samoans have freedom of entry into the United States and may apply for United States citizenship. However, Samoans are no longer permitted to move freely between American Samoa and the Independent State of Samoa.Like most Unites States states and territories, the government of American Samoa is divided into three branches, the executive branch, the legislative branch and the judicial branch. The governor and lieutenant governor are elected for four-year terms. The legislature, called the Fono, has two sections, the senate and the House of Representatives. There are eighteen senators, each elected from local chiefs to a four-year term. The house has twenty-one members and twenty of those are elected for two-year terms. The other one seat is appointed as a nonvoting delegate from the privately owned Swains Island.
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Harambee Social Projects and the Beatification
Harambee Africa International, in conjunction with the organizing committee for the beatification of Alvaro del Portillo, is inviting people to assist four African social and educational initiatives begun by Bishop Alvaro del Portillo.
For the the beatification of Bishop Alvaro del Portillo, Harambee Africa International is inviting people to contribute to four social initiatives begun under the direct impetus of the first successor to Saint Joseamaria at the head of Opus Dei.
Both those attending the beatification and all those who want to help out are being invited to give a donation to assist the following projects:
1. The creation of a new wing for mothers and children at the Niger Foundation Hospital and Diagnostic Centre (Enugu, Nigeria);
2. The expansion and improvement of three medical clinics and the training of new nurses at the Monkole Hospital and the Institut Superieur en Sciences Infirmières (Kinshasa, Congo);
3. The development of a program to fight infant malnutrition by the Ilomba Rural Centre (Bingerville, Ivory Coast);
4. Raising scholarships for African priests and seminarians who study at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome, Italy).


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Breckenridge to take water from Miner's Creek to replace Blue River water used higher in the basin
By Bob Berwyn
SUMMIT COUNTY — While the big trans-mountain water diversions to the Front Range tend to get most of the attention, Summit County's hillsides are also laced with smaller ditches and channels that move water out of their natural drainages for agriculture, municipal use or snowmaking.
Some of these diversions are more than 100 years old, dating back to the mining era. Last week, the town of Breckenridge got the Forest Service OK to divert water from Miner's Creek, a Frisco-area stream, up to the North Barton Gulch drainage, where it will flow into the Upper Blue to make up for water that's used elsewhere in the basin.
Blue River resident Robin Theobald discovered the old diversion ditch more than 10 years ago and notified the town, which decided to take advantage of that flow to enhance its own water portfolio.
The water would be shunted about 2,400 feet from Miners Creek to North Barton Creek and back into the Blue River. The diversion would enable Breckenridge to take more water from the Blue River upstream while still meeting minimum stream flow requirements in the Blue River between the town and Dillon Reservoir.
The historic ditch has been carrying water from Miners Creek to Barton Creek since the mining era, but the flow is not formally controlled or measured.
When Breckenridge first applied for formal water rights to the Miner's Creek flows, it raised some hackles with a group of residents in the Bill's Ranch neighborhood. They were concerned that the diversion could affect trout in Miner's Creek, as well as ditches and ponds in their neighborhood.
Since then, a settlement agreement limited the amount of water Breckenridge can divert while maintaining a minimum stream flow in Miner's Creek.

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Integrative Organismal Biology
Beginning with grounding theory highlighting the role of the individual in evolutionary and ecological processes, the book covers theory and mechanism from both classic and modern perspectives. Chapters explore concepts such as how genetic and epigenetic variation becomes physiological and phenotypic variation, homeostasis, gene regulatory networks, physiological regulatory networks, and integrators. A concluding section illustrates these concepts through a series of case studies of life processes such as aging, reproduction, and immune defense.
Written and edited by leaders in the field who are actively engaged in teaching and research, Integrative Organismal Biology will be an important advanced textbook for students and researchers across the numerous subdisciplines of integrative biology.


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Q. What is Dermatoglyphics?
A. Dermatoglyphics is the study of fingerprint and hand patterns. These patterns are unique and are connected with one's genetic composition and are directly related to our nervous system. In other words, Dermatoglyphics can reveal out innate qualities and talents. Dermatoglyphics has been studies for years in the medical fields, especially when it comes to genetically-linked diseases. The formation of the hands begins very early on in fetal development and fingerprints are also used to identify criminals, and because fingerprints stay for long, scientists have even successfully taken fingerprints from mummies by carefully rehydrating the skin.
Q. Can Dermatoglyphics test help me?
A. Ever child has different qualifications and potential, but often parents are not able to understand the child's talents. Dermatoglyphics tests can help parents in understanding their children mind and brain cells, child's unique qualities, and develop them as soon as possible. Apart from these, you can also learn how to provide a congenial environment to the children according to their personalities and characteristics.
Dermatoglyphics test help in understanding people on the basis of the following:
- The structure of the superior order of brain function
- Learning how to operate a keen ability
- Visual, auditory, somatosensory learning the proper
- Fourth, learning and education, communication
- Eight multi-intelligence potential
Q. Is Dermatoglyphics testing scientific or Medical basic?
A. Both. Dermatoglyphics is based on many scientists likewise "genetics", "Embryology", "brain science", and the other science-based and the use of observation combined with clinical experience.
Q. Is Dermatoglyphics testing Palm Reading or Palmistry?
A. No. The dermatoglyphics tests are based on the most novel scientific medical research as a root. Dermatoglyphics tests refers to the growth in human hands, ridges on the soles of the feet, which is constant whole lifetime; and palm readers are targeted at handheld staff recessed lines which are subject to change from time to time.
Q. Is Dermatoglyphics test is not an IQ test?
A. Dermatoglyphics test is not an IQ test. DMIT is broadly defined definition of varied tests of multiple intelligences that include logical and mathematical intelligence, body - kinesthetic intelligence, linguistic intelligence, spatial intelligence, body, musical intelligence, interpersonal intelligence, and last but not the least naturalist intelligence which is included in the eight intelligence. IQ test is a simple test which takes into consideration only logical and mathematical intelligence test.
Q. What specific help can be given?
A. With the help of dermatoglyphics, we can find out:
- Find out the most appropriate way of teaching and communication
- The learning barrier because from the inappropriate stimulation and teaching
- Why are the children always opposing to your
- Why are the children not interested in their learning?
- Why are the children so active, so stubborn, or why can they concentrate or sit still?
Q. How accurate is the dermatoglyphics multiple intelligences test?
A. Dermatoglyphics combines genetics, embryology and neurobiology. Fingerprint patterns are not random; rather they are arranged as per the individual genetic makeup. Dermatoglyphics multiple intelligence tests is proven scientifically. In addition, data acquisition is computerized. Therefore, achieving an accuracy of 90% is not a tough job. Howard Gardner proposed the theory of multiple intelligence and identified the brain structures are in charge of the intelligence area. So, therefore sooner the child understands the situation of dermatoglyphics, we can motivate and help the child in developing multiple intelligence as soon as possible.
Q. How Will a Dermatoglyphics Assessment Benefit Me?
A. Every child has distinct qualities and potential. If through scientific methods, we can understand a child's inner talents, we can teach them better and properly. If a child is already strong, with more clarity and guidance, he would get stronger. However, if a child is naturally weak and then is not developed in later life/stages he may lose that ability. So, it becomes important to give the precise and correct inspiration as soon as possible to avoid the wastage of valuable ability.


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I always assumed $10$ was pronounced "ten" regardless of whether it's binary, decimal, or another system, just like how 5 is "five" in all systems that the digit exists exists. But someone told me that, if it's not base-10, it should be pronounced "one-zero", and that "ten" is the name of the number, not the ordered group of digits. I see no reason why it should, as taking that logic to hexadecimal, a should be called "ten", b "eleven" and so on. To me, that sounds like it would create more confusion. However, I have nothing to support (or refute) my view (neither does he, so far).
So, what is it, really? Or is it personal preference?
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If in hex you call 10 "ten", what would you call 1F? – Rahul Sep 19 '11 at 10:17
I would pronounce it 'two'. In order to remove potential for ambiguity, names for numbers should refer to their value and not to their representation in a particular notation (even though we derived the names from our experience with a base-10 system). Therefore '10' in binary notation is 'two' and '10' in decimal notation is 'ten' and '10' in hexadecimal is'sixteen'. Similarly 'a' in hex is 'ten', 'b' is 'eleven' et cetera, just as you guessed. To fully remove ambiguity you can subscript the notation with the base, as in '$10_{10}$' for ten (in decimal) and '$11_2$' for 'three' (in binary). – Chris Taylor Sep 19 '11 at 10:27
_USER_, i propose fteen :) – Mike Sep 19 '11 at 10:27
See the Schoolhouse Rock video on "Little Twelvetoes", and how he counts. youtube.com/watch?v=Myu_5eNdSJo&hd=1 – GEdgar Sep 19 '11 at 14:06
_USER_: In hex, you call $10$ "sixteen". In hex, $\mathrm{A}$ is "ten". $1\mathrm{F}$ is "thirty one" or "one-F base sixteen". – robjohn Sep 19 '11 at 20:49
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As a professor who faces this issue every time I teach (cryptography and algorithms both tend to run into non-decimal bases), I have the following policy:
 - If decimal, just say the number (with the word "decimal" if we're mixing contexts)
 - If any other base, read the digits and say the name of the base
So I might say, "therefore the answer is one-zero-one binary, or 5 decimal."
I would never call 10 hex "ten". Nor would I call 10 binary "two."
The confusion here reminds me of this T-Shirt:
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That joke could be one of the reasons I thought about it the way I did in my question. To say the joke out loud, you basically have to call it "ten". But beyond that, it seems my view is the wrong (or at least, less popular) one. – AlbeyAmakiir Sep 19 '11 at 23:04
_USER_: The joke doesn't work so well when said out loud; I think it's doomed to be a T-Shirt (or bumper-sticker or email sig, etc) identifying the wearer as a huge nerd. :) – Fixee Sep 20 '11 at 0:12
It works perfectly when said out loud. You pronounce it the normal way it would be pronounced -- "one zero". – David Schwartz Dec 21 '11 at 23:08
"There are 10 types of people: those who understand ternary, those who don't, and those confuse it with binary". And so on, extending it to other bases. :-) Because of course, every base is base 10. – ShreevatsaR Dec 22 '11 at 8:06
_USER_: If you say it out loud as "one zero", then it doesn't "work perfectly" in the sense that it's no longer a joke, because it's not as unexpected. The "joke" in the written version is that you naturally read "10" as "ten", and then only when you encounter the word "binary" (or reach the end of the sentence) do you to reinterpret what "10" meant. With "one zero", the interpretation is held in abeyance until explanation is given... a listener doesn't automatically interpret "one zero" as "ten" the way a reader interprets "10" as "ten". – ShreevatsaR Dec 22 '11 at 10:09
I'd say "two"... A professor at my university said that you should call it with its actual "value", so 10 in binary is "two" in value. "Ten" means 10 units (in decimal), or 1010 in binary. Anyway I think it's just his own opinion.
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one plus one is two in any base, whether it is binary or decimal. ** is two asterisks, not "ten base two". "binary ten" or "ten base two" would be the binary representation of ten, which is $1010_{two}$, not $10_{two}$ which is two.
$10$ when it's in binary is two.
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If you are thinking of these numbers as just strings of digits then, when speaking, I would just list the digits. Otherwise I would say "binary ten." If, after some conversation in which every number mentioned is a binary number I would suggest we simply drop the word "binary." If this is written I would use the notation Chris Taylor describes.
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May I request you change the phrase "binary 10" to use only letters and not digits? – MartianInvader Sep 19 '11 at 19:59
Made the change – Jay Sep 19 '11 at 20:02
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text: Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve is a nature park and UNESCO World Heritage Site (inscribed in 1983) located on the island of Praslin, Seychelles. It consists of a well-preserved palm forest made up of the endemic Coco de Mer species, as well as five other endemic species of palm. These palms have the largest seeds of any plant in the world. The trees' leaves grow up to 6 metres wide and 14 metres long. Also unique to the park is its wildlife, which includes endemic birds, mammals, crustaceans, snails, and reptiles.


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GSCE Maths: Proofs of Pythagoras' therom lesson
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Although presented as a demonstration, the key point of the geometric exercise is that pupils construct their own copy with paper, pencil and a pair of scissors.
They should also be invited to discuss and construct the algebraic proof, preferably in pairs or small groups.
A 'click and watch& More…#39; approach will not enable pupils to gain a deep understanding of either proof.


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For service members, veterans, and their families grappling with immigration issues in the Sunshine State, a Florida-based military immigration lawyer serves as an invaluable ally, offering tailored support and guidance through intricate legal landscapes. Let's explore how these legal professionals play a pivotal role in ensuring the rights and smooth transitions of those serving in the military.
Immigration lawyers can assist military service members with various aspects related to immigration law. Some of the practice areas where they can provide help include:
- Naturalization and Citizenship: Assisting service members in applying for U.S. citizenship through military service.
- Family-Based Immigration: Helping with petitions for family members, including spouses, children, and parents, to enter or remain in the United States.
- Adjustment of Status: Guiding service members through the process of adjusting their immigration status, especially if they're marrying a foreign national or have other eligibility grounds.
- Defense from Deportation: Representing service members facing deportation or removal proceedings due to immigration issues.
- Special Immigration Programs: Assisting with special immigration programs available to military personnel, such as the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI) program.
- Visas and Extensions: Helping service members obtain or extend visas, including temporary or permanent visas for themselves or their family members.
- Legal Assistance for Military Families: Providing legal advice and assistance to military families facing immigration-related challenges or issues.
- Benefits and Protections: Advising service members on immigration-related benefits and protections available to them due to their military service status.
Understanding the Unique Challenges
Military personnel and their families can grapple with unique immigration obstacles owing to the nature of their service. For non-citizen service members, the pursuit of citizenship involves navigating a labyrinth of regulations. This process is particularly daunting during deployments or stationed periods abroad. The challenges intensify due to the stringent criteria and intricate procedures involved in obtaining citizenship while actively serving the country in various global locations.
Furthermore, the complexities extend to military families as they encounter hurdles in maintaining legal residency status or securing visas for their family members. This necessitates a comprehensive understanding of both immigration laws and the intricate web of military regulations. These families often face the challenge of staying together and ensuring legal status for all members, especially when deployed overseas where regulations might differ from those in their home country.
Expertise in Military-Specific USCIS Immigration Matters
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Hint: Let the lead coefficient be $a_n\ne 0$ and let the constant term be $a_0\ne 0$. Then the usual Rational Roots Theorem tells you that the list of candidates is limited to numbers of the form $c/d$ where $c$ divides $a_0$ and $d\ge 1$ divides $a_n$. To use it, one then, at least in principle, tests every candidate.
In your situation, the result is exactly the same. The list of candidates is limited to numbers of the form $ci/d$, with the same conditions on $c$ and $d$.
Remark: Breaking up into real and complex parts is very often a more efficient way of ruling out candidates. The point of the above answer is that the procedure provided by the Rational Roots Theorem can be word for word extended to our new situation. The proof is essentially the same as the usual proof of the Rational Roots Theorem.


Reduce data transfer time with Basic Redirected Folders
With the Basic Redirected Folders setup in Windows, admins can build OUs to reduce data upload and download wait time for employees.
Creating the Secure Managed Desktop
By Jeremy Moskowitz
Basic Redirected Folders works best in two situations:
 - Smaller environments -- such as a doctor's office or storefront -- where all employees sit under one roof
 - In an organization's OU structure that was designed such that similar people are not only in the same OU but are also in the same physical location
The reason these simple scenarios make a good fit with the basic option is that such situations let you redirect the users affected by the policy setting to a server that's close to them. That way, if they do roam within their location, the wait time is minimal to download and upload the data back and forth to the server and their workstation.
In the following example, I've created an OU called LikeUsers who are all using the same local server, DC01. Setting up a basic Redirected Folders for My Documents is a snap. It's a three-step process:
 1. Create a shared folder to store the data.
 2. Set the security on the shared folder.
 3. Create a new GPO and edit it to contain a policy setting to redirect the Documents/MyDocuments folder.
To create and share a folder to store redirected Documents/My Documents data, follow these steps:
 1. Log onto DC01 as Administrator.
 2. From the Desktop, double-click My Computer to open the My Computer folder.
 3. Find a place to create a users folder. In this example, we'll use D:DATA. Once you're inside the D: drive, right-click D: and select the Folder command from the New menu, then type in Data for the name.
 4. Right-click the newly created Data folder, and choose "Share…" which opens the Properties of the folder, focused on the Sharing tab. Pull down the drop-down menu and select Everyone, and then click Add. Note that Windows Server 2003 and 2008 will default such that the share is Everyone:Read. Click "Share" and ensure that the share is set so that Everyone has Coowner permissions, as seen in Figure 3.3. Keep the rest of the defaults, and click OK. (Note that Co-owner rights are almost the same as the "Full Control" rights of yore.)
Figure 3.3
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You can substitute any name for Data. Some use DOCS, MYDOCS, or REDIRDOCS. Some administrators like to use hidden shares, such as Data$, MYDOCS$, or MYDOCUMENTS$. This works well, too.
Be sure that the NTFS permissions allow write access for the users you want, as well. In other words, both the Share level and NTFS permissions must allow the user to write.
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Characterization of distributed performance of polymer electrolyte fuel cells under low humidity conditions
Abstract (Summary)iii Low humidity operation is helpful to restrain flooding within polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs), as well as to reduce system overhead. However, low humidity operation also brings challenge on membrane hydration. In order to better understand the water transport in PEFCs under low humidity condition, as well as provide detailed experimental validation for development of advanced modeling of PEFCs, an experimental study combining simultaneous current, resistance and species distribution measurements was conducted, and a quasi-two-dimensional mass transport model was developed to analyze the effect of transport properties of fuel cell materials on water management for low humidity operation. Two segmented fuel cells with very different flow field configurations and thermal boundary conditions were designed and developed for this study. The actively control on the backing plate temperature of the improved design enables an isothermal boundary condition. Two new techniques for in-situ species measurement, a Micro Gas Chromatograph (Micro GC) and a Real Time Gas Analyzer (RTGA), have been applied with the ability to measure up to saturated levels in the flow stream. Typical PEFC steady-state and transient behaviors under low humidity operating conditions were investigated respect to various operation parameters, including inlet humidity, reactant stoichiometry, temperature, and pressure. The results show that, under reduced humidity conditions the anode water content has dominating effect on current density profile. The current distribution curves look qualitatively similar to water mole fraction in the anode curves, and the inverse of the high frequency resistance (HFR) profiles. Based on these experimental results, a characteristic profile of current density, species, and HFR distributions is proposed for low humidity operation. The change of thermal boundary does affect the distributed performance, although the essential distribution profiles are maintained, reaffirming the importance of thermal management on water management. The dynamic response of fuel cell performance to step change in voltage is heavily affected by humidification condition. For a dry cathode condition, the anode iv water content adjusts relatively slowly from high to low current, while for a dry cathode condition, the adjustment is relatively fast. For both cases, the current density adjustment time corresponds to the time of mass adjustment in the anode side, not the cathode side, indicating a non-linear water content profile in the electrolyte membrane. With low inlet humidities, the fuel cell performance is more limited by insufficient electrolyte hydration instead of depletion of oxygen. In general, the higher overall input relative humidity results in the higher bulk cell performance, despite very different local distributions. The humidifying effect from water production on the cathode catalyst layer is another critical factor for the performance PEFCs under low humidity condition. Higher cathode stoichiometry, elevated cell temperature, and lower exit pressure can all increase the amount of water required for humidification and reduce the humidifying effect of water production, resulting in lower cell performance. However, a high overall inlet relative humidity can negatively impact the cell performance under the combination of high temperature and low pressure due to the extremely low oxygen concentration. A mass transport model was developed to examine the transport properties of Gore SELECT® MEAs, as well as be a tool to look at ideal low humidity operation design. The mass transport model found that the water diffusion coefficient in Gore SELECT® reinforced membrane roughly equals the coefficient in Nafion® membrane. It was also detected that the mass transport resistance of porous gas diffusion media can create considerable water activity difference between the gas flow channel and the catalyst layer, which boosts the humidifying effect of generated water. The relatively high binary diffusion coefficient of H2O/H2 in the anode compared to the air cathode contributes to the dominating effect of local anode water profiles on local cell performance. These findings also provide direction to the development of MEA for low humidity operation.
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Writing to Your Car: Handwritten Text Input While Driving.
For in-car navigation, information and entertainment systems, text input is increasingly important. We investigate handwriting as a text input modality and assess where to best position the input surface and how to provide feedback. For this purpose, we created different prototypes that allow text input on the steering wheel and in the central console, as well as visual feedback on the input surface and on the dashboard. The results of the study indicate that handwritten text input on the steering wheel is wellreceived by the users and that the visual feedback should be presented in the dashboard area or on the steering wheel. We also observed that the number of corrective actions and the remaining errors were significantly smaller (25% less) on the steering wheel than in the central console and that entering text while driving made people drive slower.
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— Nicole Scholet Share Your Story Flag as offensiveThe Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society had memorable visits to National Park sites for several events as part of our... read more
Christiansted National Historic Site
Christiansted National Historic Site was established in 1952 through the initiative of concerned local citizens. The park preserves the historic structure and grounds within its boundaries and interprets the Danish economy and way of life here between 1733 and 1917.The wharf area of Christiansted once played an important role in the mercantilist system that linked Europe, West Africa, the West Indies, and North America. From 1734 until 1803, it was part of the infamous Triangular Trade. Slaves were acquired for cheap manufactured goods at ìfactories,î or slaving forts, along the Guinea Cost of West Africa, and shipped to the West Indies via the inhuman ìMiddle Passage.î At Christiansted, the slaves were auctioned off, and the ships cargoes replenished with local exports bound for Europe and North America.Building materials, agricultural supplies, household furnishings, livestock, and foodstuffs were imported to help St. Croix meet the needs of its vigorous plantation economy. In turn, the island exported sugar, molasses, rum, cotton, and tropical hardwood. Especially between 1760 and 1820, wealth derived from sugar, rum, and slaves enabled an extravagant life style among the upper class of St. Croix society.The United States market accounted for approximately 75% of St. Croixís agricultural exports by 1830. The sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States in 1917 only formalized an economic relationship that had long existed between the Virgin Islands and the mainland.


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Abstract The peptide lactoferricin (Lfcin) can be released from the multifunctional protein lactoferrin (LF) through proteolysis by pepsin under acidic conditions, a reaction that occurs naturally in the stomach. Lfcin encompasses a large portion of the functional domain of the intact protein, and in many cases it not only retains the activities of LF but is more active. Lfcin possesses strong antimicrobial and weak antiviral activities, and it also has potent antitumor and immunological properties. This review covers the current state of research in this field, focusing on the many beneficial activities of this peptide. Throughout we will discuss the breadth of Lfcin activity as well as the mechanism of action. Many recent studies have drawn attention to the fact that the main site of action for the peptide may be intracellular. In addition the results of structural and dynamic studies of Lfcin are presented, and the relationship between structure and activity is explored.
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Too much residual starch in bran means foregoing profit for millers. Bühler offers two ways out of the 'residual starch dead end' with its online measuring technology: the NIR Multi Online Analyzer MYRG or the Online Color and Speck Measurement MYHB. Both methods measure and report an increase in residual starch without loss of time making prompt correction possible.
Bühler AG – Grain Milling
In the grain milling industry the term extraction rate describes the amount of flour that can be made from 100 kg of grain. In modern milling operations, yield calculators continually monitor production and determine the degree of extraction. The goal of every miller when producing white, low-ash flour is to separate as much of the endosperm from the husk (bran) as possible. Bran is considered a by-product in milling and can be used as an additive for feed or sold as is.
OPTİMUM EXTRACTION RATE
Flour particles that stick to the bran as residual starch in the separation process are considered a loss by the miller. The higher the extraction rate, the higher the yield and thus also the miller's profit. However, it should be noted that as the extraction rate increases, more edge and husk particles are released from the grain along with the flour starch. With a higher extraction rate, the flour becomes darker and has a higher ash content. Millers will do everything they can to achieve the optimal extraction rate based on the desired type of flour and customer requirements. This includes trying to avoid too high of a residual starch content in the bran which means lower yields. Of course, other parameters which influence the baking properties must also be taken into consideration.
But how can the miller determine whether 'his' bran has too much residual starch? An initial indication is that yield drops or the ash content in the flour is low. If the miller determines this is true, he can use polarimetric starch determination according to Ewers (ISO 105020:1997) in the lab to determine the residual starch content in the bran. This method dissolves the raw starch in the test sample in hot, diluted hydrochloric acid. After precipitation of the spurious substances, the optical rotation of the raw starch solution is polarimetrically measured and the starch content is calculated based on the rotation angle. This is an old method and has its pitfalls: A conventional value results because other optically active carbohydrates (particularly water soluble ones) can be detected as well. It is also time-consuming and requires chemicals which is why very few millers use this method regularly. Sometimes the samples are sent to an external laboratory. The reverse way is also a possibility: The ash in the bran is measured. Most millers simply eyeball whether there is too much starch in the bran - the lighter it is, the more residual starch it contains.
CHANGING THE GRINDING GAP
What should the miller do when he determines that there is too much residual starch in the bran? An immediate measure is to check the back passages in the grinding process and see if the rollers are too high and thus the grinding gap too large. If that is not the case, the overall settings for the passes are not right. For instance, if the grinding gap in the front passes is too big, then the back passages are overloaded. They will not be able to loosen the remaining residual starch. In this case, checking the overall settings of all roller mills becomes inevitable.
ONLINE MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY
Bühler offers two ways out of the 'residual starch dead end' with its online measurement technology: the NIR Multi Online Analyzer MYRG or the online color and specks measurement MYHB. Both online methods are suitable for determining the residual starch in bran. The quantitative NIR method aims for a high degree of conformity with the official reference method ISO 105020:1997. Its use is particularly recommended if a NIR Multi Online Analyzer MYRG is already present in the mill. In this case, an additional NIR sensor is sufficient. The color and specks measurement MYHB is used when there is no MYRG system available. It can be a cost-effective alternative to qualitative monitoring of the bran.
How much can the yield be increased if the residual starch in the bran is permanently monitored online? Statistics show: For a well-managed mill, yields can be increased by about 0.5%. For a poorly managed mill, improvements in yield can be up to 3%.
What does that mean from a financial point of view? Let's assume that the mixing bran has a residual starch of 19%. With proper intervention, this can be reduced to 16%. The 3% residual starch recouped corresponds to a total yield of 0.66% at a bran yield of 22%.
If a ton of wheat is ground, the final measurement is an additional 6.6 kilograms. These 6.6 kilograms, as part of the bran, have a value of 0.60 euros but, as flour, it can be sold for 2.64 euros. The difference for the miller is 2.04 euros per ton. If the mill capacity is 220 t/24 hrs., that is an additional revenue of 450 euros per day or 160,000 euros per year.


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New York Environmental Leaders (NYEL) Guidance Document
Table of Contents
- Compliance Screening
- Components of an Acceptable EMS
- Multi-Facility Option
- Environmental Performance Indicators and Categories
This program guidance supplements Commissioner's Policy 40 : NY Environmental Leaders (CP-40). While CP-40 sets forth the general approach the Department will take in implementing NY Environmental Leaders (NYEL), this guidance will provide information that applicants can use when evaluating their own environmental management efforts in relation to what is required of NYEL members. Further, this guidance will provide the Department with more specific criteria to use when evaluating potential candidates for the program.
To qualify for participation in New York Environmental Leaders, applicants must demonstrate a commitment to compliance with environmental requirements as defined in CP-40. The following sections, A through E, outline the process for determining whether an applicant meets the compliance requirements of the program.
Upon receipt of applications, the Pollution Prevention Unit will ask that the appropriate DEC Program/Regional Representatives conduct compliance screens for applicants in their region. The DEC Program/Regional Representatives shall do the following:
- Review the applicant's completed record of compliance form.
- Assess existing compliance data sources and document any violations that may prevent the applicant from being accepted to the applicable tier.
- Regional office staff shall check with regional programs to assess compliance with any existing environmental requirements, and any enforcement action being undertaken or contemplated.
The information gathered shall be transmitted to the Pollution Prevention Unit as soon as it is available.
If there is not enough existing information to assess the applicant's record of compliance, the Pollution Prevention Unit will request that the applicant allow the Department to conduct a multi-media compliance assessment. If the applicant agrees, then the DEC Regional Representative will take the lead in coordinating this effort. Violations discovered during this compliance assessment will be handled in accordance with the NYEL Enforcement Response Procedure in CP-40. If the applicant does not agree to this compliance assessment they will not be considered for entrance to NYEL.
C. Detecting Patterns of Neglect or Non-Cooperation Regarding Compliance with Environmental Requirements
To make this determination, the following will be considered:
- scope and magnitude of the applicant's operations
- trend over time in the instances of non-compliance and facility response
- prior willfulness and/or negligence regarding compliance with environmental requirements
- lack of good faith efforts to resolve issues
CP-40 excludes applicants to the Leadership Tier if they have three or more significant violations within the past three years. Those violations that meet USEPA criteria for Significant Non-Compliance (SNC) and High Priority Violation (HPV) will be considered significant for this purpose, as will any violations that are significant to affected Department programs.
SNC and HPV are terms defined by the USEPA to describe compliance status related to violations of environmental requirements that are deemed the most serious and may pose a more severe level of environmental threat. Each EPA program uses its own program specific criteria to determine if a facility is currently in SNC or HPV status. The EPA documents that set forth the program specific criteria are referenced below.
- Air Program HPV Definition - December 22, 1998 memo: Issuance of Policy on Timely and Appropriate Enforcement Response to High Priority Violations (see _URL_
- Clean Water Act SNC Definition - December 12, 1996 EPA guidance document: A General Design for SNC Redefinition Enhancement in PCS
- RCRA SNC Definition - December 2003 Hazardous Waste Civil Enforcement Response Policy (see _URL_
In certain circumstances the Department may consider specific factors, other than simply the number of violations, for entrance to the State option of the Leadership Tier. Basic compliance requirements for State Leadership Tier entry currently allow for no more than two significant violations in the last three years. If there are more than this number, however, the Department may also consider the following factors as exceptions:
- The number of violations is deemed reasonable considering the complexity of the organization's operations, and the number of opportunities for non-compliance
- The overall trend in the applicant's record of compliance demonstrates improvement
- The applicant has been cooperative in the resolution of violations
- Violations that are part of the applicant's record of compliance have been corrected in a timely and appropriate manner
- Violations were self-reported by the applicant
- The applicant demonstrates that their EMS will prevent future violations
CP-40 defines several options available to demonstrate the suitability of an organization's EMS. These include that the EMS:
- is a third party certified ISO 14001 EMS, or
- satisfies the requirements of the NEPT and has been independently audited, or
- satisfies a standard adopted by a trade association or other group that the DEC determines to be satisfactory, or
- has been deemed satisfactory after on-site assessment by DEC staff, or a NYEL peer that is acceptable to the Department.
For the purpose of evaluating a trade association EMS standard, or an EMS at an individual facility, the Department will look for the following elements.
Establishment of a clearly documented written policy that communicates management commitment to the environment and includes commitments for:
- Maintaining compliance with Legal Requirements,
- Continuous improvement in environmental performance, including areas not subject to regulation,
- Pollution prevention and source reduction,
- Continuous reduction of environmental risks, and
- Adequate personnel and resources for the EMS.
- Identification of the environmental aspects of the facility's products, activities, and services and the environmental requirements (as defined in CP-34 and CP-40) associated with each of them.
- Evaluation of the environmental aspects to determine those that could have a significant impact on the environment.
- Establishment of specific performance objectives and targets to: meet the facility's environmental policy, comply with Environmental Requirements, and reduce the facility's significant environmental impacts. In setting the objectives and targets, the facility focuses on:
- preventing non-compliance
- preventing pollution at its source
- minimizing cross-media pollutant transfers
- improving environmental performance (e.g., the provision of public health or environmental benefits that exceed any benefits that may be otherwise obtained through compliance with applicable Environmental Requirements)
- Development of programs to achieve the established objectives and targets. This includes identifying:
- The means to achieve the established objectives and targets,
- The time frame for meeting established objectives and targets, and modifying and updating these as Environmental Requirements change or modifications in operations occur,
- Those who are responsible for seeing that the established objectives and targets are achieved.
- Development of a program for ongoing community education on the facilities' environmental management, consistent with facility capabilities and community interest.
- Establishment of a clear specification of organizational duties, roles, responsibilities, and authorities in implementing and maintaining the EMS. This shall include:
- Organizational charts that identify staff having environmental performance and regulatory compliance responsibilities,
- A description of how staff and management will be held accountable for achieving and maintaining compliance,
- Establishment of programs to:
- Communicate to both internal and external individuals and groups, including:
- Communicating to employees, on-site service providers, and contractors about requirements pertaining to environmental performance and to Environmental Requirements compliance,
- Communicating routine requirements for sampling, monitoring, and reporting data required by law, regulation, and permit,
- Communicating practices for responding to changes in Environmental Requirements that could require modification of operating procedures,
- Responding to concerns from the community and communicating to the community relevant EMS and environmental performance information,
- Ensure that all personnel have been trained and are capable of carrying out their responsibilities in ensuring compliance with Environmental Requirements and implementation of the EMS, including:
- Identifying specific education and training required for personnel, as well as a process for documenting training,
- Ensuring that facility employees are aware of the facility's environmental policies, procedures, and Environmental Requirements, and their roles and responsibilities within the EMS,
- Ensuring that personnel responsible for meeting and maintaining compliance with Environmental Requirements are competent on the basis of appropriate education, training, and/or experience,
- Identify operations and activities where documented standard operating procedures are needed to prevent and control releases, ensure environmental protection, and maintain compliance with Environmental Requirements,
- Develop, approve, implement, and control the distribution of all EMS documents,
- Prepare, maintain, revise, and test an emergency response plan.
- Communicate to both internal and external individuals and groups, including:
Establishment of programs to:
- Conduct a periodic audit of the organization's compliance with Environmental Requirements and immediately correct any identified violations. In addition, a root cause analysis assessing why the violation occurred shall be conducted and the resulting conclusions shall be used to improve the EMS
- Conduct a periodic audit of the organization's EMS. Instances of nonconformance shall be investigated in order to understand the root cause and the EMS shall be appropriately corrected.
- Evaluate attainment of performance objectives and targets that had been developed through the EMS planning process and correct any identified impediments to achieving these objectives and targets.
Development and implementation of a program to ensure that top management conducts an annual review of the facility's performance against established objectives and targets, the results of the Environmental Requirements and EMS audits, and the general performance in meeting the intent of the environmental policy.
NYEL will have limited opportunities for multiple facilities within the same organization to participate in the State option of the Leadership Tier under a single NYEL agreement. Participating in NYEL in this manner will require prior approval from the Department. Those seeking to participate in this multi-facility arrangement will be required to demonstrate the following prior to submitting a multi-facility agreement:
- that the management structure at the organization is arranged in such a manner that a multi-facility agreement should be considered
- that there are significant benefits to the organization participating in NYEL under a multi-facility


learnyounode Lesson 12 – HTTP Uppercase
For this lesson we need to create an HTTP server that only accepts POST requests. The POST body should be converted to an uppercase string and returned to the client via the server response. Like the previous lessons, the server should listen on the port provided as the first argument to the program (process.argv[2]).
In the previous lesson we learned a little bit about piping and streaming. Although it is not required, the use of the request and response streaming APIs will make this lesson much easier. In addition the, we can use node modules to help us, such as through2-map, which can be used to transform stream data.
My Solution
var http = require('http')
var map = require('through2-map')
var port = process.argv[2]
http.createServer(function (request, response) {
 // check to see if request method is POST
 if (request.method === 'POST') {
 // write request status and content type to resposne head
 // stream request to through2-map with pipe()
 request.pipe(map(function (chunk) {
 // convert request to uppercase string
 return chunk.toString().toUpperCase()
 // stream result to response with pipe()
 } else {
 // write method not allowed error to response header if method not POST
}).listen(+port, function () {
 console.log('Server listening on http://localhost:%s', port)
In the solution above, we are assigning the http and through2-map modules to the variables http and map. We are also assigning the first argument to our program to the variable port.
Next, we a create a server and pass a callback function which accepts a request and response as arguments. Inside of our callback, we are checking to see if the method of the request (request.method) sent to our server is equal to POST. If it is, we are writing status 200 and the content type to the response head and piping the request to the map() method.
The map() method is passed a callback which accepts chunk as an argument. Inside of this callback are returning the value of our chuck, which is converted to an uppercase string with the toString() and toUpperCase() methods. Then we are pining the returned value to the response with the pipe() method.
If the request method is not equal to POST, we are writing status 405 to the response head. Error code 405 is the error code used if a method is not allowed, such as GET.
Finally, we are listening for the port passed as the first argument to the program, coercing the port to a number using the unary + operator, and logging the server location to the console.
For comparison, the official solution is pasted below.
Official Solution
var http = require('http')
var map = require('through2-map')
var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
 if (req.method!= 'POST')
 return res.end('send me a POST\n')
 req.pipe(map(function (chunk) {
 return chunk.toString().toUpperCase()
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from both sides" is attested from 1530s and is the earliest form of the word in Eng.; its sense of "one who uses both hands equally well" appears by 1590s.


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- mustard (n.)
- late 13c. (late 12c. as a surname), from Old French mostarde "mustard, mustard plant" (Modern French moutarde), from moust "must," from Latin mustum "new wine" (see must (n.1)); so called because it was originally prepared by adding must to the ground seeds of the plant to make a paste. As a color name, it is attested from 1848.
Mustard gas, World War I poison (first used by the Germans at Ypres, 1917), so called for its color and smell and burning effect on eyes and lungs; chemical name is dichlordiethyl sulfide, it contains no mustard, and is an atomized liquid, not a gas. To cut the mustard (1907, usually in negative) is probably from slang mustard "genuine article, best thing" (1903) on notion of "that which enhances flavor."
I'm not headlined in the bills, but I'm the mustard in the salad dressing just the same. [O.Henry, "Cabbages and Kings," 1904]


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GRA provides a preliminary assessment of historic sensitivity to guide strategies and recommendations.
GRA is located within easy reach of several major archives of historic documents relating to the early history of the New York Metropolitan area, as well as those in New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. We conduct specialized historical research to contextualize archaeological finds and preserved surfaces. Our historic archeologists examine maps, deeds, surveys, and census records. This allows the team to determine how intact a site is. It also allows a determination of significance, by linking materials and landforms to historic structures and individuals.


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How likely is it that Amesbury novichok is from Skripal batch?
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The latest novichok case raises the question of whether the British couple Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley were exposed to the same source of the nerve agent that poisoned the Russian former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March.
There has been no official comment on this question, but it is scientifically plausible that the agent might persist for long enough, particularly if it was contained in some way.
Novichok is not a single chemical, but a family of nerve agent compounds that the Soviet Union developed in the 1970s and 80s from chemicals normally used for insecticides and other non-military purposes. Like sarin and mustard gas, their exact chemical structures and properties are considered classified in the UK, the US and other countries.
"How long they take to degrade is certainly not data that is publicly available, but from discussions with people at [the defence laboratory] Porton Down, I understand they are slow to degrade," said Alastair Hay, an environmental toxicologist at the University of Leeds who investigated the use of chemical weapons against Iraqi Kurds in Halabja in 1988. "This is one of the reasons the Skripals were unconscious for so long – it doesn't break down readily in the body."
Novichok chemicals left in the environment would degrade in two main ways: through hydrolysis – being broken down by water – and evaporation. Traditional nerve agents such as sarin are relatively susceptible to these processes. The fact that sarin evaporates quickly means people are rapidly exposed through breathing it in during a chemical attack.
Novichok agents are understood to evaporate far more slowly. "They've been deliberately designed by chemists to be more robust and hang around for longer," said Andrea Sella, a professor of inorganic chemistry at University College London.
The flip-side is that they pose a lower risk to people in the vicinity of a contaminated area. Hay said: "Direct contact is the most likely route of exposure."
The authorities are now engaged in an urgent and expanded cleanup operation. They will also be hunting for forensic evidence that might be relevant for both cases. Access to a bulk sample would give scientists far more information than what they have been able to ascertain so far from blood samples from the Skripals and trace samples from their front door.
"There's the feeling that there's a little crock of forensic gold out there," Sella said. "That would give them a real chemical fingerprint which would give you far more information."
This article was amended on 10 July 2018 because an earlier version referred to mustard gas as an organophosphate compound. This has been corrected.


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Carbonate Fuel Diagnostics
Methods of Diagnostics of Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells.
Tech Area / Field
- NNE-MEC/Miscellaneous Energy Conversion/Non-Nuclear Energy
8 Project completed
Senior Project Manager
Komarkov D A
VNIIEF, Russia, N. Novgorod reg., Sarov
- International Fuel Cells, USA, CT, South Windsor\nArgonne National Laboratory (ANL), USA, IL, Argonne
Project summaryFuel cell industrial technology mastering demands the manufacture to be equipped with control and measurement means. They are necessary for manufacturing and maintenance of operating fuel cells and fuel cell stacks. The expertise in development of the electrochemical generator with molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFC) at the Russian Federal Nuclear Center (RFNC) also justifies to this.
Electrochemical impedance method is one of the most informative and one of the most available methods to achieve these goals. The analysis of MCFC impedance characteristics permits to determine the limiting stages of the electrochemical reaction, to define the matrix-electrolyte plate state, to control important fuel cell parameters, such as electrolyte resistance, the rate of current-generation reaction and value of the electrodes exchange current. Conduction of measurements in different fuel cell modes gives an opportunity to control the pores flooding with electrolyte and to check the condition of the three-phase "gas-electrolyte-metal" interface. All these methods may become the base for the development of diagnostic methods for fuel cells and fuel cell stacks.
The impedance measurements, especially in the infra-low frequencies areas, are used actively in such important electrochemical sphere, as laboratory researches and development of chemical current sources. But during series industrial research work on current sources, and especially research work on electrochemical systems with molten electrolytes, impedance measuring devices are to meet the requirements of operability with very low Ohm electrochemical objects. For example, the value of MCFC impedance module with ordinary 1m2 active area electrodes is 0.0001-0.001 Ohm. While measuring electrochemical impedance of such objects, the demanded value of current, flowing through it, is 10-100 A. Besides, for MCFC diagnostics under industrial conditions appropriate electro-measuring equipment must have high resolution during measuring electrochemical impedance during one or two periods of influence of object harmonic polarization. The known impedometers for electrochemical researches in infra-low frequencies, such as the measuring complex "Electrochemical interface 1286" and "Analyzer of frequency characteristics 1250" of Schlumberger Electronics Corp. don't provide performance to meet the above mentioned demands.
RFNS's specialists consider that they can realize the development of diagnostic methods of electrochemical properties and technical characteristics of fuel cells and their components. So, to achieve this goal, it is necessary to create a complex of electro-measuring equipment to work with operating electrochemical powerful-current devices in "in situ" mode. Complex being designed is the automated informative measuring system (AIMS), including two basic sets. The first set is a fast-operating precision measuring convertor, which converts research object's impedance into the electric voltage signal. The second set is the vector-scalar reformer for selection the parameters being searched out from the information complex signal. That reformer uses the analogue-to-digital conversion of the measured signal and correlation methods of procession the results of measurements using the programmed mode. Electro-measuring equipment being designed will have the necessary technical characteristics and meet the above mentioned diagnostic complex requirements.
The impedance measurements on the base of AIMS being designed can be also used while analyzing operability of separate MCFC components:
- for control of porous electrodes structure;
- to determine the degree of burning out the pore-maker during the electrodes production;
- for express-diagnostics of the structure changes in porous electrodes;
- for control of the binding material burning-out degree, ions and electrons conductivity of the matrix-electrolyte plate (МЕР), МЕР homogeneity, and it's structure changes in the course of manufacture and technological starting-up of electrochemical generator.
As a result of this project realization a diagnostic system within a measurement complex will be created and introduced for conduction of impedance research on fuel cells, and methodical software for obtaining information on electrochemical properties and technical parameters of MCFC will be created.
The team includes highly qualified specialists in theoretical and experimental electrochemistry, specialists in sphere of development of measurement methodics of electric values, specialists in electronics and development of software.
While working on the project, it is supposed to discuss technical issues and exchange technical information with collaborators. Conduction of joint research is possible.
There is a preliminary agreement on collaboration with:
1. Dr. Alan P. Sylvester
Manager of the Applied Energy Program
Technology Integration Department
Sandia National Labs
Albuquerque, NM 87185-0749
Phone _PHONE_
Fax: _PHONE_.
2. Richard Goldstein
Fuel Cell Program
Generation and Storage Division
3412 Hillwiew Ave.,
Porlo Alto, CA 94303 USA
Fax [41 5] _PHONE_.
3. Vince Petraglia
Director of Operations
M-C Power Corporation
8040 S.Madison Street
Burr Ridge, Illinois 60521-5808
Fax 986-8 153
Phone _PHONE_.
The International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) is an intergovernmental organization connecting scientists from Kazakhstan, Armenia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Georgia with their peers and research organizations in the EU, Japan, Republic of Korea, Norway and the United States.
ISTC facilitates international science projects and assists the global scientific and business community to source and engage with CIS and Georgian institutes that develop or possess an excellence of scientific know-how.


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The utility is capable of measuring the data speed rates of various data types including the incompressible data types for the selected SSD. Further, the utility provides various types of SSD tests for the user that includes the Copy-benchmark test, the Compression-benchmark test, the 4K test, and the Seq test.
The Copy-benchmark test checks for the speed of the SSD drive to copy the files.
The Compression-benchmark tests checks for the speed of the SSD drive to compress the data.
The 4K tests the speed of the SSD drive to read/write a random 4K blocks of data.
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CSS3 Transitions and Transforms in Gmail for the iPad
The Mobile Gmail team recently announced a new stacked cards interface for the iPad. In this interface we make use of CSS3 transitions and transforms to provide a more intuitive interface that has a look and feel that is similar to native applications. In this post we will describe CSS3 transitions and transforms and how they were used to develop this interface. All of the CSS and JavaScript examples currently work only in WebKit-based browsers, such as Safari on the iPad. However, Mozilla-based browsers have their own versions of WebKit-based extensions that use the '-moz' prefix, and that should behave similarly.
CSS3 Transitions
CSS3 transitions allow the browser to animate the change of a CSS property from an initial value to a final value. A transition is configured by setting four CSS properties on an HTML element:
 - -webkit-transition-property
 - -webkit-transition-duration
 - -webkit-transition-timing-function
 - -webkit-transition-delay
The -webkit-transition-property property identifies the CSS properties where changes to the property will trigger a transition between the old value of the property and the new value. The -webkit-transition-duration property specifies, in milliseconds, the length of time over which the transition should take place. The -webkit-transition-timing-function property describes the speed at which the transition progresses over the duration of the transition. For example, -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease-in-out describes a transition that will proceed slowly at the beginning and the end of the transition, but that will proceed quickly during the middle of the transition. You can also provide a custom, cubic-bezier function for a higher degree of control over the timing. The -webkit-transition-delay property specifies a delay, measured in milliseconds, before the transition begins.
The transition properties can also be set simultaneously using the -webkit-transition property, by simply specifying them in the above order. Once the transitions properties are set and up to the point where the value of -webkit-transition-property is changed, all modifications of the specified CSS properties will trigger transitions.
CSS3 Transforms
CSS3 transforms allow the rendering of an HTML element to be modified using 2D and 3D transformations such as rotation, scaling, and translations. Transforms are applied by setting the -webkit-transform CSS property with the desired list of transforms. Each transform takes the form of a transformation function, such as translate3d or rotate, and a list of parameters enclosed in brackets. For example, to move an object to the right by 100 pixels and rotate it by 45 degrees you can use the -webkit-transform property:
-webkit-transform: translate(100px, 0) rotate(45deg);
Using -webkit-transform as the transition property when moving an element is advantageous relative to using the standard top and left properties because transitions using -webkit-transform are hardware-accelerated in Safari. An exception here is that it seems that 2D translations are not hardware-accelerated. But, since any 2D translation is equivalent to a corresponding 3D translation with the same translations in the x and y and no translation in the z axis, it is easy to use a hardware accelerated translate3d(x, y, 0) transform instead of a non-hardware accelerated translate(x, y) transform.
There are a few terms here that begin with 'trans,' and they can easily be confused if you are not familiar with them. Here they are again:
 - Transition: An implicit animation of CSS properties between an initial and a final value.
 - Transform: A modification to the appearance of an HTML element by manipulating it in a 2D or 3D space.
 - Translation: A particular type of transformation that moves the HTML element in 2D or 3D space.
Stacked Cards Interface
In the stacked cards interface, cards representing selected conversations transition onto the screen when their corresponding conversation is selected, and transition off of the screen when it is deselected.
When cards are selected, they are transitioned out from underneath the conversation list on the left side of the application into the selected conversation area on the right side of the application. To move the card onto the screen, we set an initial transform, configure the transition, and finally apply the desired final transform to the element.
To simplify the layout, the un-transformed position of each card is its normal position in the selected conversation area. This allows the card to have no translation applied when in this position, although it will need a translation to animate the movement. Initially the card has a transform that translates it to the left. The z-index property is used to ensure that the card will render underneath the conversation list. The rotation of the card is also initially applied, since we chose not to have the card rotate as it transitions onto the screen.
card.style.WebkitTransform =
'translate3d(-700px, 0, 0) rotate(5deg)';
Since the particular translation and rotation can vary, we chose to apply this property using JavaScript rather than including it in the CSS class applied to the card. It is important that the CSS3 transition is not yet applied because we do not want this transform to be a transition. Moreover, it is important that the card is rendered at its initial transform before the transition is configured and the destination transform is applied. This is easily achieved by wrapping these next steps in a call to window.setTimeout with a timeout of 0 ms.
window.setTimeout(function() {
card.style.WebkitTransition =
'-webkit-transform 300ms ease-in-out';
card.style.WebkitTransform =
'translate3d(0, 0, 0) rotate(5deg)';
}, 0);
Completion of the Transition
It is useful to know when the transition is complete. In the stacked cards interface, we use this to improve performance by setting display:none on obscured cards so that they do not need to be rendered. Adding an event listener allows the application to be notified when the transition has completed.
element.addEventListener('webkitTransitionEnd', listener, false);
Interrupting a Transition
In some cases, you may want to change a transition while it is in progress. For example, if the user unselected a conversation while the corresponding card was still animating onto the screen, we might apply a new transition to send the card back off of the screen again. When you apply a new CSS value while a transition is already in progress, a new transition will occur between the current value of the property in the transition and the new value that you apply. For example, suppose a card is halfway through it's transition onto the screen, and we apply this CSS transform:
card.style.WebkitTransform =
Since the transition properties are still configured, a new transition will occur. The initial value for the transition will be the halfway point - approximately translated3d(-350px, 0, 0) rotate(5deg). The final value will be translate3d(-700px, 0, 0) rotate(5deg). The full duration of the transition will still apply, so the card will move about half as quickly as it usually does. It is possible to determine the current transform applied to an HTML element using the WebKitCSSMatrix and to use this to recalculate more appropriate transition parameters, but this is outside the scope of this post.
I hope that this introduction to CSS3 transitions and transforms has been useful, and that the insight into the implementation of Mobile Gmail on the iPad has been interesting. Based on positive feedback, the Mobile Gmail team is looking forward to making more use of transitions and transforms in the future.
 1. It would be nice to see some of these new CSS3 and HTML5 features in the regular webmail. I remember a tech demo of offline storage with the HTML5 client database, but GMail still requires Gears.
 For those of us on 64-bit Linux Chrome and without the ability to use Gears, it would be wonderful to see these improvements be merged back for non-iPad users :)
 2. Very nice guys.
 However what I'd really, really like is an option to pin the floating toolbar (when reading messages) in the iPhone Gmail web interface. It's so very, very annoying. Since we can scroll to the top of the conversation via tapping on the status bar there's absolutely no reason why the toolbar can't be pinned to the top. Otherwise the Gmail mobile interface is great. Fingers crossed...
 3. Beautiful interface. I was surprised when I opened Gmail on my iPad and it looked like an iPad app! The scroll on the left even scrolls the same way: smooth and responsive. Wondering how you achieve the scroll effect in the stacked deck (or list of emails). Thanks - I develop martial arts software and I'm looking at implementing a solution like this for mobile users. Thanks - and beautiful work!


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The notion of limiting sum cannot be expressed as a signature. There is no notion of approximation with signatures, arbitrarily close rational numbers can have arbitrarily different signatures. Consequently, under our present knowledge of signatures, it does not appear possible to compute signatures of definite integrals, definite sums, limits and similar operations. Additionally, integrals or summations with infinite limits are completely outside the reach of signatures for an even stronger reason.
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