Impressive Editing Shortcut with Photolemur
The craze of editing is growing with time as everyone wants to make their picture look impressive. Many photo editing software is available in the market, but very few of them are convenient for use. Photolemur is one of such editing software that is not only convenient for the beginners and advanced users to edit the pictures, but also it is very easy to understand.
With the help of the effects, the whole scenario of a photograph can be changed. To make it more convenient for the uses and attract them towards the social media platforms, even the social media platforms are available with different effects that a user can use while uploading the picture. Using social media effects on your picture can be easy but if you want to make your pictures effective you can make use of advanced effects present in photo editing software.
There are a number of effects present in the different software, but when you are dealing with photo limit, you can adjust the brightness, contrast, sharpness even after applying the effect on photographs.
Aerial perspective
Talking about the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci, they have been one of those paintings which catch our attention because of their tonal perspective. Aerial perspective is all about the colors of objects in images which have to be warm and brighter when they are in close frame and should be cooler and dull when at a distance. There is a tone variation related to distance variation. A person can notice gradual changes in the tone of a painting so aerial perspective can also be called tonal perspective.
Setting contrast
Setting up the contrast of a picture is also important because it put a great impact on the eyes of the viewers. If a person is done with applying effects on a picture uh then also with the help of photolemur application the contrast of a photograph can be adjusted accordingly.


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Sarbanes-Oxley Act
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (often called SOX for short) is a law that was passed in the wake of the Enron and Worldcom scandals. SOX requires public companies to have greater internal controls.
Expanded Definition
SOX is a set of highly controversial regulations imposed by the government to help ensure that the accounting scandals and subsequent failures of Enron and Worldcom aren't repeated. The basic goals of the act were three fold, to increase transparency in the accounting of public companies, to ensure independence in the auditing process of public companies, and to install harsher penalties for violators.
The major changes implemented in the act include-
 - The creation of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board or PCAOB. A new government entity with whom all public companies must register. PCAOB oversees all public accounting firms to ensure accurate compliance with SOX is uniform.
 - Increased responsibility and liability for corporate leadership (CEO, CFO) for accuracy and completeness of financial statements produced by the company. The CEO must now also sign the corporate tax form.
 - Requires stricter and prompter reporting of accounting changes such as off-balance sheet transactions
 - Mandatory disclosure of potential conflict of interest for securities analysts covering public companies. The act also gives the SEC increased power to punish analysts and other securities professionals (such as brokers) who break the law.
 - Increased the severity of specific penalties for and enumerated what constitutes white collar crime and corporate fraud. The act also gives the SEC greater latitude to freeze assets when corporate fraud is suspected. Whistle-blowers are also given greater protections under the act.
 - Authorized research into the nature of the previous fraud occurred.
The act is named after the two congressmen who sponsored it, Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) and Michael Oxley (R-OH).
Criticism and Praise
SOX is highly controversial and it's full effects are still debated.
Critics charge that SOX is far too restrictive, costing companies and consequently taxpayers billions of dollars as well reducing America's competitiveness for attracting and creating new companies. They also claim that SOX is so restrictive that many companies new choose to go private to avoid its scrutiny and that many new up and coming companies decide against going public due to SOX's prohibitive costs. Some critics also contend that SOX is particularly damaging to smaller and foreign companies due the disproportionate time requirements and cost to them.
Proponents argue that SOX provides greater transparency for investors and was necessary to restore confidence in the market after the numerous accounting scandals that occurred at the turn of the century such Enron, Worldcom, Adelphia and Tyco.
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Master Recruiter: What is God Doing in the World?
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In my previous post, I suggested that church leaders need to clarify the idea of a "seeker." Then, I proposed three questions to help define the issue.
 - What is God doing in the world (i.e. the mission of God)?
 - What is the church's role in God's mission?
 - How should the church perform its role?
This post tackles the first question.
What is God Doing in the World?
Praise God, Romans 3:10-11 ('no one seeks for God') is not the end of the story. Scripture provides various accounts of people seeking God:
 - Zacchaeus: Why was the wee little man climbing a tree to see Jesus (Luke 19:1-10)?
 - Nicodemus: Why was this ruler of the Jews willing to risk his reputation to speak with Jesus (John 3:1-21)?
 - The Ethiopian eunuch. Why was he so interested in the Isaiah scroll if he couldn't understand it (Acts 8:26-40)?
If there is "no one [who] seeks for God," how do we explain Zacchaeus, Nicodemus, and the Ethiopian eunuch? Notice the common theme in each story:
An angel of the Lord directed Philip to the Eunuch (Acts 8:26). Jesus told Nicodemus that "The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit" (John 3:8). And after Zacchaeus was converted, Jesus explained, "The Son of Man came to seek and save the lost" (Luke 19:10).
In every episode, God was seeking the sinner before the sinner was seeking God. It is by the Holy Spirit that hearts are convicted of sin and drawn to Christ. That's why we pray for the lost!
The mission of God, therefore, is to seek and save those who are lost, multiplying disciples around the world for His own glory (Genesis 1:27-28, Matthew 28:18-20, Acts 1:8). Keeping with the previous post's analogy, God is the master recruiter.
If God is seeking sinners, what role does the church play in evangelism? That's the topic of my next post.
This series of posts attempts to clarify a biblical approach to "seekers." Click here to read the article in its entirety.
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King Solomon was not the only one to produce a judgment to determine the true mother of a disputed child. A similar story can be found in Korean history with Son Byeon, a minister from the Goryeo period. When he was the governor of Gyeongsang, he presided over a dispute between a brother and a sister. When the parents passed away, they passed on the entire fortune to the older sister. The youngest son was left with a black hat, a set of black clothing, a pair of shoes and an empty note. When he grew up, he sued his sister to claim his share of the estate.
Son Byeon studied the case and produced a wise decision: "The parents must have thought that the daughter would be the only one left to care for the young son, and they were worried that had they divided their assets equally, the sister would not have enough funds to raise the brother. So they figured that the son would someday grow up and dress properly, prepare a suit and ask for judgment." Upon hearing the decision, the brother and the sister embraced each other and cried, and Son Byeon ruled that they would have an equal share of the fortune from their parents.
The episode is recorded in Lee Jae-hyun's "Yeokongpaeseol," which remains as a valuable historic document about the inheritance system of the Goryeo Dynasty. If the parents hadn't had the confidence that the judicial authority would produce a righteous decision, they wouldn't have taken such a risk.
The justice system cannot earn such trust with only a few right decisions. It is a product of accumulation of countless rulings that could almost be considered trivial. That's why I agree with what Justice Lee Han-joo of the Seoul High Court said. "The freedom of speech for an individual judge should be respected, but we should also consider how what each judge says affects the overall honor and trust of the judiciary."
At the final round of the World League of Volleyball in 2006, a French player spiked the ball, which was blocked by a Brazilian before landing outside the court. But the referee declared a score by Brazil. The spectators were upset, but the French attacker admitted that the ball had hit him before landing. The spectators gave applause as a sign of trust for the referee. Referee Kim Geon-tae is known for his fair decisions. The French team could have doubted his ruling, but the players trusted his fairness. The judges in Korea may want to closely examine how he has earned such trust.
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Paper Whistle
Introduction: Paper Whistle
Okay, so this is probably the easiest, cheapest and yet working whistle! Enjoy! :)
Step 1: Materials
All you need is:
A piece of paper (scrap, colored, anything, an it doesn't have to big either)
Scissors, for the obvious reason of cutting paper. You can do the fold-and-rip method if you wish.
Step 2: Cut Out a Rectangle
Just cut out a rectangle.
The measurement doesn't really matter, but it must be a rectangle, not square. If you want to be sure, the length of the side should be somewhere between 2 to 3 times the length of the width.
Step 3: Fold in Half
First fold the paper in half (one width should touch the other width)
Step 4: Fold in Fours
Fold the paper now into fourths.
These folds should be in the opposite direction to the fold you made for the halves.
Step 5: Cut a Triangle
On the first fold you made (the half), cut a small triangle. It should be at the center of the fold.
In the photo, the triangle is colored in with black for your convenience to see.
Step 6: Blow
Place your lips on the other side of the triangle and blow. You will need to hold onto the paper no both sides.
The picture shows in red the area your lips should be.
Hope this helped! :)
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This is a clicker training video on how to teach your dog to cross their paws. If you don't have a clicker you can always use some other noise maker like a clicking pen, or just a word like "yes!"
There are many ways to teach this behavior. Another being, holding out your hand and asking the dog to "Shake" and then whipping your hand away so that the dogs foot lands on top of the other foot. There is also another way, where the trainer can lure the dog to the left or right when they are in the down position and the dog will naturally cross their paws to reach the treat, which you can use your clicker to capture.
Some dogs are easier than others! Kiko with her match stick legs (who NEVER crosses her paws hardly ever) was a challenge!
Also pay attention to the way your dogs hips are laying. If they lay with their hips to one side, then it might be easier for them to cross their paws in one direction better than the other. If they are lying like a lion then they will be able to cross both ways with the same ease.

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Given (arbitrarily):
CGRect frame = CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 100.0f, 30.0f);
What's the difference between the following two code snippets?
 UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
 button.frame = frame;
 UIButton *button = [[[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:frame] autorelease];
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I think they're equivalent. Haha! Trick question you sneaky little punk!
 1. -buttonWithType: returns an autoreleased UIButton object.
 2. +[NSObject alloc] defaults scalar instance variables to 0, so buttonType should be 0, or UIButtonTypeCustom.
Pros & Cons
 1. You could argue that it's clearer to use -buttonWithType: and set buttonType explicitly and that it's safer in case Apple changes UIButtonTypeCustom to be 1 instead of 0 (which will most certainly never happen).
 2. On the other hand, you could also argue that it's clear & safe enough to use -initWithFrame. Plus, many of the Xcode sample projects, such as "TheElements" & "BubbleLevel," use this approach. One advantage is that you can explicitly release the UIButton before the run loop for your application's main thread has drained its autorelease pool. And, that's why I prefer option 2.
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+1 for internal dialog. – glenstorey Aug 22 '12 at 17:54
"-[NSObject init] defaults scalar instance variables to 0" No, it's actually +alloc that sets instance variables to 0. "so buttonType should be 0" No, this depends on what -[UIButton init] (if there is such a method) does. Sure, it might currently set it to 0 or doesn't set it (in which case it would be 0); but since that method it not documented, they could change its behavior in the future. You have no guarantees on what it does. – user102008 Aug 27 '12 at 21:06
I know this is old but I have noticed you have to use [UIButton buttonWithType:] are your button type never gets set. Also you've written -buttonWithType as an instance method it should be a class method so you need to replace - with +. – Popeye Mar 28 '13 at 15:57
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I would strongly suggest using the first approach (+buttonWithType), because that's the only way to specify the button type.
If you +alloc and -initWithFrame:, the buttonType is set to some standard value (not sure which, and this could change in later versions of the SDK) and you can't change the type afterwards because the buttonType property is read only.
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The main (maybe the only) difference is in memory management: as you said, buttonWithType returns an autoreleased UIButton. This way you don't have to worry about releasing it. On the other hand, you don't own it, so you cannot release it when you want to (except, of course, if you drain the autorelease pool).
Calling explicitly [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:frame], instead, you dynamically alloc your button, so you own it and you're responsible for releasing it.
If you plan to retain your button for some reason then maybe you should consider the second solution, but if, as in this case, you are autoreleasing it immediately, there's no big difference between the two way of creating a button...
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Two options are the same but I prefer option 2 because it can handle memory management
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You can use the first and do "[button retain];", so you will never lose the pointer.
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The deepest cave in the world found up to 1992 is in France, the Reseau Jean Bernard.
Its total depth, not just the length of its shaft, is 5,256 feet, almost a mile straight down.
The longest system of underground passageways in the world is the Mammoth Cave system in Kentucky.
The numbers change with new exploration, but as of June 1991, the sum of all known passages was 340 miles.
The deepest cave known in the United States is a new discovery, Lechuguilla Cave, in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.
Its depth is 1,565 feet.
A large part of the United States is underlain by cavernous limestone aquifers.
The Mammoth Cave National Park system was basically formed by the solution of limestone. As water falls on the surface of the earth, it mixes with organic matter and forms a weak solution of carbonic acid, like weak Coca-Cola.
Given sufficient time, perhaps millions of years, the solution feeds into the cavities of the limestone and gradually creates a cave, a little like tooth decay.
Amateur exploration of caves is an important source of knowledge about them and can be safe if undertaken by properly trained and supervised people.
For example, from the standpoint of structural stability, caves are relatively much safer than mines.


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This paper presents a case study on distance teaching in a school in Greenland. Data from work on Grounded Theory is used to investigate ways of utilizing distance teaching in the school. The analysis draws on a prevalent perspective on distance teaching as providing access to education. The perspective combines with Michel Foucault's concept of "governmentality".
I will show how progressive possibilities are not necessarily to be found in ICT-driven distance teaching. Pedagogical drivers operate behind the choices of ICT equipment and ICT solutions which, in this case, brings ICT under the command of a less progressive pedagogical agenda.
As I will show, the commitment from the municipality and from the teachers was to use distance teaching and ICT for conventional schooling. The case lays the ground for a discussion on the progressivity of distance teaching and the use of advanced ICT solutions in schools. My aim with the paper is to add to the understanding of the scope of distance teaching in schools. Does ICT and distance teaching serve progressive ends per se? What do we learn about distance teaching from this setup in the school in Greenland?
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Many learners in remote regions face communicative barriers to Vocational Education and Training (VET). The barriers can be such as geographical distance, cultural challenges and language.
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Find the error, its impossible
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Find the error, its impossible:
Did you know that 80% of UCDS students could not find the error above?
Forward this to at least 5 people with the title 'Find the error, it's impossible',
and when you click 'Send', the answer will be right in front of your eyes!
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34 Responses to "Find the error, its impossible"
 1. Misy says:
 What is the answer?
 2. Laurence says:
 Okay, the fact that you said that 20% of the students solved it contradicts the fact that you said the error is impossible to find. If someone found the error, then it's not impossible.
 I have a hint that this question is just another way for someone to chain posts.
 There are some riddles like these that do have answers, but I believe this is just another one that's a waste of time.
 3. Barbara says:
 Only error I see is there's no ' in the word it's in "its impossible"…
 4. Shego13524 says:
 Also, I think there should be a semicolon instead of a comma… But I agree with the fact that it's not impossible due to the 20% of people who did find it… Although that data wasn't in the version they got, was it?
 5. max field says:
 There are a few errors, depending upon what kind of problem for which one is looking. One is that the series of numbers should begin with zero. Another is that there should either be a period or a semicolon where the first comma is. I use periods after "error" and after "impossible." Another problem is that "its," as used in the sentence should is "it is," so there should be an apostrophe as in "it's." Those UCDS students aren't very bright, are they?
 6. Colter says:
 The answer is "impossible"
 It says to find the error above; when you look above you'll notice it states "Find the error, ITS IMPOSSIBLE". The numbers are all in chronological order so there is no error there, and the data referring to the UCDS students is worthless. It's one of those trick questions were learn to solve in grade school. Hope this helps, happy holidays!
 7. Ashley says:
 The answer is NOTHING…because when you click SEND, NOTHING is right in front of your eyes!!!
 8. Josh says:
 The answer is its (its impossible). It should be it's. The error is an error of grammar. If you look closely in the text for what title to use when forwarding this on to 5 people, the apostrophe is present on the it's. Therefore being right in front of your eyes when you email it.
 9. nidger says:
 Find the error, its IMPOSSIBLE..
 the answer is IMPOSSIBLE.. nothing to do with the numbers..or how its spelt..
 it is or it's must be a statement..!!!
 10. Pretty Boy says:
 The "Error" here is that the numbers do not start from '0′ but from the number '1′… '0′ (Zero) is a number too and it must be the first in the row… simple… :)
 11. David says:
 The error is in grammar. supposed to be IT'S instead of ITS.
 12. Robert Wakeford says:
 I've been looking on the web for the answer to this and it seems about 50/50 as to whether the answer is 'grammer' or 'nothing'.
 Personally I like the grammer answer.
 13. Jeff says:
 Its simple…There is no "0″ to start…The row of numbers should start with "0″.
 14. Jeff says:
 Its simple…There is no "0″ to start…The row of numbers should start with "0″. Also meaning Nothing..which stats about seeing it when u forward. You see nothing or zero.
 15. Jeff says:
 Error #2
 The answer has NOTHING to do with the numbers, and it isn't a grammatical or punctual error. The error itself is in syntax. The title states that it is impossible, yet it says 80% of UCSD students could NOT solve it. Therefore, 20% HAVE solved it, meaning it is in fact NOT impossible. There's the error.
 16. jb says:
 well email says it's "ALMOST" impossibleso therefore the answer does not have anything to do with the wording. If there is an error it has to be something else. It may be the apostrophe that's missing from the word (it's).
 17. keeks says:
 totally agree with Jeff… the error in the mail is inconsistency when it says it's impossible at first and then that 20% people could find the error :)
 18. MCFLeetwood says:
 Hi – Actually if done correctly using a font where the lower case L looks like the number one, then when you forward and click send it goes from reading l23456789l0l1l2l3l4l5l6l7l8l920
 to L23456789L0L1L2L3L4L5L6L7L8L920
 I have tried this several times changing fonts, but never got the JEST behind it. I must be amoung the 20% with bad Grammer lol – MC
 19. mojorisin1970 says:
 There is NO error in the sequence of numbers, its not impossible. Therefore, it is possible. Hope this helped
 20. Alex says:
 The answer is in the first sentence..
 The error is stating that Its (It's) impossible. The fact that it has been solved by any percentage, means that it is possible. If the problem was impossible, then it would be 100% of the students.
 Find the error, its impossible..
 error = impossible
 21. david l says:
 LOL!! Ya'll should try looking up UCDS!! LOL!! The whole idea is to make everyone think as hard as all of you did and completely miss the obvious.
 22. Melanie says:
 A lot of you are right, but just not completely. See above website for Wikianswers.
 23. Jim says:
 the answer is very simple :find the error ….the word error is all you have to find….thats it…
 24. Jim says:
 said another way…..find waldo….what do you do…you look for waldo hidden somewhere on the page…
 25. gigi says:
 The Error is the the sentence of:
 "Find the error, its impossible"
 there are some reasons why they are:
 #1 after error there is suppose to be a period
 #2 Its should be "It's" and therefor It's would have to be capital
 #3 theres no period
 #4 impossible is suppose to be capital
 26. Michael B says:
 I guess it is impossible to find an error where no error exists. Interesting that 20% of the students found an error. Is this the 20% that failed?
 27. Clark says:
 Not sure where most of you went to school but, in Ohio, we studied GRAMMAR, not 'grammer' and the challenging sentence does, indeed, contain errors in GRAMMAR and punctuation.
 28. Alex says:
 Find the error. "It's impossible".
 29. eddie says:
 The error is the actual words "The Error". That's what they are looking for here.
 30. GRoblich Magflurg says:
 It's grammatical it should read Find the error. It's impossible. Use of full stops.
 31. Andrew says:
 The answer is rather overlooked, and would not be very obvious to anyone who did not attend the school. (or were overly obsessive, as I am.)
 Most look to the grammatical error as the 'all in all error' but one other thing struck me. I asked myself 'who's this 80%' and did a Google search for UCDS… it's a developmental school, where as UCSD is a highly prestigious school. Now if you think about this being delivered to people attending the University of California San Diego, not noticing the error in the school's initials sounds a lot more of a 'Ohhhhhhh, dang it!' than "oh, 'its' should have an apostrophe."
 The likely hood of someone mistyping UCSD as UCDS is far less likely, as it has a fairly large connection to most people, far more than its versus it's.
 Of course, with how often this has gone around the internet it's been changed over and over again. I tried to look to the earliest I could find, and all of them had UCDS. Which was later corrected. Thought it was odd that no one has pointed that out.
 Of course, I'm not always right, so it could be grammatical, I simply see it more likely being a misspelling of the school.


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In regards to the end of the emergency state in which we were until 14.05.2020, the Romanian Border Police continues to apply measures for prevention and control of the spread of the SarsCov-2 virus in the border crossing points, together with the other authorities with responsibilities in the field.
The following categories of persons are exempted from these measures:
- drivers of vehicles transporting goods with a maximum authorized capacity of more than 2.4 tons;
- Members of the European Parliament, parliamentarians and staff belonging to the national system of defense of public order and national security;
- aircraft pilots and flight crew;
- locomotive drivers and railway staff;
- seafarers disembarking from inland waterway vessels sporting the Romanian flag,in a Romanian port, and not showing symptoms associated with COVID-19, provided that the employers provide the certificate for international transport workers and t personal protective equipment against COVID-19, while traveling from the ship to the location where they can be contacted between voyages;
- cross-border workers who, upon entering Romania from Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia, Ukraine and Moldova do not show symptoms associated with COVID-19;
- employees of the Romanian economic operators who perform works, according to the concluded contracts, outside the Romanian territory, upon returning to the country if they do not show symptoms associated with COVID-19 and prove the contractual relations with the beneficiary outside the national territory;
- the representatives of the foreign companies that have subsidiaries / branches / representations on the national territory, if at the entrance on the Romanian territory they do not present associated symptoms COVID-19 and prove the contractual relations with the economic entities on the national territory;
- persons entering Romania for the provision of activities of use, installation, commissioning, maintenance, service of medical equipment and technology, as well as equipment in the fields of science, economics, defense, public order and national security, if they do not show symptoms associated COVID-19 and prove the contractual relations with the beneficiary / beneficiaries on the Romanian territory.
- members of diplomatic missions, consular offices and other diplomatic missions accredited in Bucharest, holders of diplomatic passports, staff assimilated to diplomatic staff, as well as members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps of Romania and holders of diplomatic and service passports, if upon entering Romania shows no SARS-CoV-2-associated symptoms.
- employees of the national system of public order defense and national security who return to Romania from missions performed abroad, if at the entry into Romania they do not show symptoms associated with SARS-CoV-2.
A cross-border worker is a person who proves that he or she lives and works within a radius of 30 km on either side of the state border, calculated from the nearest border crossing point open to person traffic, and who return home at least once a week.
Furthermore, it is forbidden to enter the territory of Romania, through the state border crossing points, of foreign citizens and stateless persons. The following foreign nationals are exempt from these provisions:
- family members of Romanian citizens;
- family members of citizens of other EU member states. or of the European Economic Area or of the Swiss Confederation, with residence in Romania;
- persons holding a long-stay visa, a residence permit or a document equivalent to a residence permit issued by the authorities, or a document equivalent to them issued by the authorities of other states, according to EU law;
- persons traveling in the professional interest, proven by visa, residence permit or other equivalent document;
- diplomatic or consular personnel, personnel of international organizations, military personnel or personnel who can provide humanitarian aid;
- passengers in transit, including those repatriated as a result of the granting of consular protection;
- passengers traveling for imperative reasons;
- people in need of international protection or other humanitarian reasons.


text: 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data let f:[0,oo) -> R be given by f(x) = sin(x) / x for x>0 and f(0) = c. Prove that f is improper riemann integrable without computing the integral explicitly 3. The attempt at a solution I've attempted to find a upperbound for f(x) such that the integral does not diverge. The most simple one is to use the fact that sin(x) <= 1 for all x, but this gives a divergent integral. I've already proved that f is Lebesgue measurable for every c in R. So I could turn the integral [tex]\int_0^R f(x) dx[/tex] into a Lebesgue integral and then use one of the convergence theorems to try to show with them that the integral does not diverge. But I haven't succeded in doing this :( Can anyone help me out?


text: Limits of sensitivity and spectral resolution currently restrict the application of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in plant metabolism. This study shows that these limits can be substantially expanded through the application of heteronuclear singleand multiple-quantum two-dimensional (2D) spectroscopic methods using pulsed field gradients both in vivo and in extracts. The course of metabolism in approximately 0.2 g of maize (Zea mays L.) root tips labeled with [1-13C]glucose was followed with 1 min time resolution using heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence (HMQC) 13C-1H spectroscopy in vivo. The timing of alanine, lactate, and ethanol synthesis was followed during the transition from normal to hypoxic conditions. In extracts of labeled maize root tips, 13C-1H heteronuclear single quantum coherence and heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence (HMBC) spectra acquired in 2-3 h allowed the detection and assignment of resonance that are not seen in one-dimensional (1D) 13C NMR spectra of the same samples taken in 12 h. In root tips labeled with 15NH4+, 15N-(1)H HMQC spectra in vivo showed labeling in the amide of glutamine. In extracts, 15N labeling in amines and amides was detected using 15N-1H HMBC spectra that is not seen in 1D 15N spectra of the same sample.


Livingston Brain Data
A WebGL demo using Robert B. Livingston's 0035 brain data from the 1970's.
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WebGL Brain demo To view this demo, you'll need a WebGL-enabled browser. Click on the link or the screenshot above to go to the demo, it will take a while to load (the dataset contains 80,000 polygons and is about 21 Mbytes of XML).
The data shown here were acquired by Robert B. Livingston at UCSD in the 1970's. RBL had studied many brains using a process he called "cinemorphology": the tissue was infused with paraffin and successive layers were shaved off the block and photographed. He chose a particularly "average" specimen (#0035) to digitize by hand, producing contours like a topographic map, spaced about a millimeter apart. He also segmented the contours into the distinct anatomical structures shown in the demo. I've cleaned up the data a lot but it's essentially still the same coordinates RBL digitized 35 years ago.
This is the same data that was used to create imagery of Spock's brain in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (about 99 minutes into the film): Still frame from Star Trek: the Motion Picture showing use of Livingston's brain imagery


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Consider four vectors ~ F1, ~ F2, ~ F3, and ~ F4, wheretheir
magnitudes are F1= 43 N, F2= 36 N, F3 = 19 N, andF4 = 54 N.Let
θ1 =120o, θ2 =
−130o,θ3 = 200, and θ4 =
−67o, measured from thepositive x axis with
the counter-clockwiseangular direction aspositive.
What is the magnitudeof the resultant vector ~F, where ~F = ~
F1 +~ F2 +~ F3 +~ F4? Answer in units of N. What is the direction
ofthis resultant vector~F?
Note: Give the anglein degrees, use counterclockwise as the
positiveangular direction, between the limits
from the positive
xaxis. Answer in units ofo
I worked out the first part of thequestion by using
trigonomic rules. My X value=-5.68671and my Y
value=-33.5474. The magnitude came out to 34.026N. I tried
finding the direction by usingθ=tan-1(y/x) but i
cant get the rightanswer.

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Dr. Kent Palmer recently presented his research on developing a Cloud-based Cyberlearning Environment for Introductory Computing Programming Education at the International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies. Dr. Palmer's research focused on using the Google App Engine to develop cyber learning objects that would be hosted in the cloud. Apps were developed for teaching both Python and Java programming. This research was done in collaboration with researchers at Southern Polytechnic State University, University of Cincinnati, and Albany State University.
The cloud based learning objects allow students to engage in class activities from nearly any location and at anytime. Since the objects are hosted in the cloud and ran on remote severs, students are able to work on nearly any device that supports a web connection. So a student can engage in class activities from their smart phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer. As long as they have a web browser they do not need to install additional software. Normally to learn programming students need to install compilers to compile their code and an editor to write their software. On personal computers this sometimes created a difficulty for new students that did not know how to install and configure the software and may not have been possible on mobile devices such as tablets and phones. The learning objects developed by these researchers overcame these difficulties and allowed students to focus on learning how to program.


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This is a discussion on A Little Help within the C++ Programming forums, part of the General Programming Boards category; Hey Everybody I am a student at a University in St. Louis and was woundering if someone coudl take a...
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 Hey Everybody I am a student at a University in St. Louis and was woundering if someone coudl take a look at this program and tell me what is wrong. The program ask you to enter a number which becomes the size of the array. You then enter that many numbers. The program sorts and averages the numbers and is suppossed to find the median number. It all works except the median function. I have pasted a copy of my program if someone has some advise would really appreciate it. Thanks
 float sortarray(float array[], int elems); //Decleares sort function
 float median(float *a, int count); //Declares Median Function
 float average(float[], int scores); //Decleares average function
 void main(void)
 float *test; //Holds amount of each test scores (array)
 int scores; //Holds number of test scores
 cout << "How many test scores do you wish to enter: " << endl;
 cin >> scores; //Enters test scores
 test = new float[scores];
 if (test == NULL) //Tests for memeorey allocation
 cout << "Error allocating memory!\n";
 cout << "Memory Allocated!" << endl;
 cout << "The beginning address is: " << &test << endl; //Shows beginning address of test
 cout << "Enter the test scores below.\n";
 for (int count = 0; count < scores; count++)
 cout << "Test " << (count +1) << ": ";
 cin >> test[count];
 cout.setf(ios::fixed | ios::showpoint);
 cout << "This Program sorts the scores and drops the lowest!" < array[count +1])
 temp = array[count];
 array[count] = array[count +1];
 array[count + 1] = temp;
 swap = 1;
 }while (swap!= 0);
 for (int count = 1; count < elems; count++) //Drops Lowest Score
 cout << array[count] << " ";
 return array[count]; //Returns sorted array.
 float average(float test[], int scores) //Calculates average
 float total = 0;
 for (int count = 1; count < scores; count++)
 total += test[count];
 float a = total / (count - 1);
 return a; //Returns average with a value of 'a'
 float median(float a[], int count) //Finds Median Value
 int index;
 if (count == 0)
 index = count / 2;
 return index; //Returns Median Value of odd number arrays
 index = count % 2;
 return ((a[count - 1] + a[count])/2); //Returns Median Value of even number arrays
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 I just compiled it and got:
 warning C4244:'return' : conversion from 'int' to 'float', possible loss of data
 That is the return from the median function. You divide into an int then return it. But the function says it should be returning a float.
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 You're also dividing zero by 2 when index equals 0 (index = count/2). I don't think that's correct.
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 I don't know what you'd like to do, but your median functions
 seems to be totally off. I can see at least one fatal error and
 your comments do not match your code. I'm sure
 that we can fix it together, if you provide a plain english
 description, what exactly your median function should return.
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The Procusini 3.0 is a 3D food printer, recently launched in its third and revised generation with NTC temperature probes from Variohm EuroSensor. The manufacturer, Print2Taste, was founded in 2014 as a spin-off company of the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences in Freising. Aimed at catering professionals, event-gastronomy and hotels, as well as specialist bakery and confectionery producers, the complete plug-and-play system consists of a printer, a portfolio of printable foods, a template library and the world's first fully integrated 3D food printing web platform. At its heart, exacting temperature control plays a crucial role in the shaping of customised small batch food items or individual text and decorative 3D objects.
The NTC temperature sensor from Variohm EuroSensor is used as part of the Procusini's temperature control throughout the printing process. The foodstuffs are supplied in cartridges as solid materials and melted in the machine's heating block by precise pre-set temperature regulation to maintain a constant temperature during printing. This process is fundamental to the Procusini 3D food printer, as the ideal combination of temperature and the various food formulas used ensures that the food is fluid and can be delivered through the print head. To maintain stability of the three-dimensional shape produced, the material assumes a solid consistency at room temperature.
Variohm's series II epoxy-clad NTC thermistors function as NTC resistor-based thermistors, with resistance decreasing as temperature increases. Particularly suitable for temperature control and temperature measurement in electronic circuits, the thermistor accurately and proportionately tracks temperature variation. As part of its custom design service Variohm modifies its standard NTC thermistors for Print2Taste by extending and isolating the lead wires. With a measuring range of -40° C to + 125°C, they operate in a wide and practical bandwidth for the food industry.
A dual print head version has also been recently introduced by Print2Taste offering the possibility to produce two personalised food items at the same time. The dual version is also equipped with temperature sensors from Variohm EuroSensor as part of its core tasks. Both machine variants offer automatic operation for efficient production without high personnel costs. Self-developed or stored objects in the data library can be sent directly to the printer with the customer integrating the smart device in their own Wi-Fi network.


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Finding the Difference of the Cubes of Two Numbers
Date: 9/29/95 at 21:57:3 From: Anonymous Subject: Solve for x^3 - y^3 Here's the problem : The difference of two numbers is 1. The product of the two numbers is also 1. What is the difference of the cubes of the numbers?
Date: 9/30/95 at 1:52:37 From: Doctor Andrew Subject: Re: Solve for x^3 - y^3 Let x be the bigger number and y be the smaller. Then we know that x - y = 1. We also know that x * y = 1 So we know two things: x - y = 1 x * y = 1 If you want to solve this algebraically, pick one of these equations and use it to solve for either x or y in terms of the other variable (y or x, respectively). Then substitute that expression for x or y into the equation you didn't use. You will get a quadratic expression (that means you'll have a term raised to the second power) so you can use the quadratic formula to solve it. If you're not familiar with the quadratic formula, you can read about it here: _URL_ Once you've found values for x and y, you can cube them and subtract to get the difference. -Doctor Andrew, The Geometry Forum
Date: 9/30/95 at 14:54:47 From: Doctor Ken Subject: Re: Solve for x^3 - y^3 Hello! Let me offer another way you could approach this problem. I'll give you an example of a different but similar problem: x - y = 2 xy = 7 What is x^2 + y^2? Well, since x-y = 2, squaring both sides gives x^2 - 2xy + y^2 = 4. Since xy = 7, we can add 2xy to both sides (it will get rid of the middle term on the left, and add 14 on the right). That gives us x^2 + y^2 = 18. Now do you see how you could do your problem? -Doctor Ken, The Geometry Forum
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Phononic stop bands are formed for materials with periodic elastic properties. The material does not need to be a crystal.
The basis of phononic crystals dates back to Newton who imagined that sound waves propagated through air in the same way that an elastic wave would propagate along a lattice of point masses connected by springs with an elastic force constant E. This force constant is identical to the modulus of the material. Of course with phononic crystals of materials with differing modulus the calculations are a little more complicated than this simple model.
Based on Newton's observation we can conclude that a key factor for acoustic band-gap engineering is impedance mismatch between periodic elements comprising the crystal and the surrounding medium. When an advancing wave-front meets a material with very high impedance it will tend to increase its phase velocity through that medium. Likewise, when the advancing wave-front meets a low impedance medium it will slow down. We can exploit this concept with periodic (and handcrafted) arrangements of impedance mismatched elements to affect acoustic waves in the crystal – essentially band-gap engineering.
The position of the band-gap in frequency space for a phononic crystal is controlled by the size and arrangement of the elements comprising the crystal. The width of the band gap is generally related to the difference in the speed of sound (due to impedance differences) through the materials that comprise the composite.
- "Sound ideas". Physics World (2005-12-01). Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
- G.P Srivastava (1990). The Physics of Phonons, CRC Press. ISBN _PHONE_.


Definition of Comprehensive Insurance
What is comprehensive insurance? What is the definition of the term comprehensive insurance?
There are two types of physical damage coverage that you can buy for your car - collision and comprehensive insurance.
Comprehensive covers your vehicle for any damage that may occur other than from a collision.
Definition and Illustration of Comprehensive InsuranceComprehensive insurance may vary from company to company, but it usually covers you for the following:
-Malicious Damage (somebody slashing your tires, etc)
Comprehensive insurance is usually subject to a deductible.
Let's say that the deductible on your comprehensive insurance is $200, and let's say that your vehicle is stolen.
The insurance company determines that you are entitled to receive $10,500 for your stolen vehicle, minus the deductible. This would mean that you would be left with a check of $10,300 to try and buy a replacement vehicle.
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A Review of the Economic Costs of the Conflict in Northern Ireland
We review the existing literature which is pertinent to the study of the economic effects of terrorism in Northern Ireland.
Chapters 2-4 broadly set the scene for the study of terrorism and economic activity in Northern Ireland. Chapter 2 begins by mapping out the chronology of major events relating to the conflict, dating back to the first civil rights march in 1968 and extending forwards to the present. This chronological summary is accompanied by a detailed discussion of the background to the conflict and of the actions of the various participant groups. Chapter 3 then builds upon this ethnographic account by presenting a detailed description of the patterns of violence between 1969 and 2009. The nature, volume and duration of violence are each explored through reference to quantitative data describing different manifestations of the conflict. Chapter 4 alters the perspective to consider the development of the Northern Ireland economy since 1945. A major contribution of this chapter, which is relevant to the empirical analysis which comes later in the report, is to highlight the fact that Northern Ireland was a relatively poor region even prior to the outbreak of violence in the late 1960s.
With the broad context to the study firmly established, Chapters 5 and 6 then follow on to consider the relevant literature on the more direct issue of the economic costs of terrorism. Chapter 5 first discusses the theoretical mechanisms by which terrorist activity might affect economic activity within a region or country, outlining the possible direct and indirect effects of a terrorist campaign. The chapter then goes on to summarise some of the existing studies which Ð in common with the present study Ð seek to apply econometric techniques to estimate the economic effects of terrorist activity. Few of these existing econometric studies cover Northern Ireland. There are, however, a number of existing attempts to quantify the economic costs of the conflict to the Northern Ireland economy; these are both summarised and critically assessed in Chapter 6.


text: This paper reports the results of investigations carried out to determine the microstructure and magnetic properties of some praseodymium-based magnets represented by the formula Pr14Fe63.9-xCo16B6Nb0.1Mx. Bonded magnets were prepared the annealed alloys using the hydrogenation, disproportionation, desorption and recombination (HDDR) process. The HDDR powders were isostatically pressed and bonded with cyanoacrylate adhesive to form permanent magnets. The effect of addition element content on the magnetic properties of these magnets was investigated. The amount of addition has a significant effect on the magnetic behaviour of these bonded magnets.


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Detect vehicles using Faster R-CNN
detector = vehicleDetectorFasterRCNN returns a trained Faster R-CNN (regions with convolution neural networks) object detector for detecting vehicles. Faster R-CNN is a deep learning object detection framework that uses a convolutional neural network (CNN) for detection.
The detector is trained using unoccluded images of the front, rear, left, and right sides of vehicles. The CNN used with the vehicle detector uses a modified version of the MobileNet-v2 network architecture.
Use of this function requires Deep Learning Toolbox™.
The detector is trained using uint8 images. Before using this detector, rescale the input images to the range [0, 255] by using im2uint8 or rescale.
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Detect cars in a single image and annotate the image with the detection scores. To detect cars, use a Faster R-CNN object detector that was trained using images of vehicles.
Load the pretrained detector.
fasterRCNN = vehicleDetectorFasterRCNN;
Use the detector on a loaded image. Store the locations of the bounding boxes and their detection scores.
I = imread('highway.png');
[bboxes,scores] = detect(fasterRCNN,I);
Annotate the image with the detections and their scores.
title('Detected Vehicles and Detection Scores')
Figure contains an axes. The axes with title Detected Vehicles and Detection Scores contains an object of type image.
Output Arguments
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Trained Faster R-CNN-based object detector, returned as an fasterRCNNObjectDetector object.
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What does KSF mean in British Medicine?
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Marengo's longitude and latitude coordinates
in decimal form are 41.797227, -92.069550.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.6 km²), of which, 2.1 square miles (5.4 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (2.78%) is water.


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Serving up smashing spudsNDSU researchers see great potential in colorful potatoes Among the hundreds of potato varieties that North Dakota State University researchers work with, some are certainly eye-catching.
By: Kristen Daum,
Among the hundreds of potato varieties that North Dakota State University researchers work with, some are certainly eye-catching.
Donning vibrant hues of blue, purple and red, specialty spuds stand out from more mainstream varieties like the Russets or Yukon Golds typically found in grocery store displays.
NDSU's potato breeding program began in 1930 with the goal of establishing superior varieties that meet the needs of regional producers in the potato industry.
That includes everything from growing diseaseand pest-resistant varieties to evaluating different types for use in the commercial marketplace, said Asunta "Susie" Thompson, a potato breeder and associate professor at NDSU.
Potato breeders at the university create hybrid varieties by crossing two parent versions, but there's no genetic engineering involved at this time, she said.
The color of a potato's skin and its interior flesh stems from complex genetic coding that's influenced by a specific makeup, she said.
For instance, the purple color means the potato is high in anthocyanins, which are involved in the formation of antioxidants.
Few of the specialty varieties can be found in local grocery stores because widespread availability is still increasing, Thompson said.
Instead, the unique varieties are more easily found in summertime farmer's markets or from specialty growers in the Red River Valley, she said.
The colorful potatoes can also make for festive cooking in the kitchen, no matter how they're served.
"It can really make your plate pop with color and make it fun," Thompson said.
Just don't peel and boil them, Thompson advises.
That can cause the blue or red potatoes to lose their color on the inside, and the food product could potentially turn gray. Instead, the potatoes can be steamed in the microwave to retain the color.
Potatoes are high in nutrients such as vitamin C, potassium, fiber and protein, so the vivid varieties can be helpful alternatives when trying to entice children to eat vegetables.
"It's a great vegetable to have, and kids might be more interested in eating them if they're bright and cheery and colorful," Thompson said.


Hierarchical Matrices
HLib Package
What is HLib?
HLib is a program library for hierarchical matrices and H2-matrices. It provides
 - routines for the construction of hierarchical matrix structures (i.e., of cluster trees, block cluster trees, low-rank matrices and block matrices),
 - discretization functions that fill these structures by approximations of FEM or BEM operators,
 - arithmetic algorithms that perform approximative matrix operations like addition, multiplication, factorizations and inversion,
 - conversion routines that turn sparse matrices and dense matrices into H-matrices and H-matrices or H2-matrices into H2-matrices and
 - service functions that display matrix structures, perform numerical quadrature or handle files.
The library is written in the C programming language and requires BLAS and LAPACK to perform lower-level algebraic operations (like performing dense matrix-matrix multiplications or solving eigenvalue problems).
On Unix-type systems, we use Autoconf, Automake and Libtool in order to provide the user with a fully automatic build process.
If GTK+, OpenGL and GTKGLArea are installed, a visualization program for surface meshes and cluster trees is provided that can be quite useful for debugging BEM applications. We are currently working on a comprehensive GUI that will offer the more interesting functions of the library.
Since HLib was developed (at least partially) at the Max-Planck-Institut Leipzig, we cannot use an open source license and turn it into free software. But we can give it away for free to scientist interested in doing research if they sign an appropriate license agreement.
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1909 December, DEGANIA (Eretz Israel)
The first kibbutz or collective colony was founded in Eretz Israel. Aaron David Gordon (_PHONE_), one of its founders, was considered to be the "Apostle" of the kibbutz movement. Each colony was independent and democratically governed. Membership was voluntary and all earnings and expenses were shared.


correlation after establishing the presence of cointegration. The conditional version of the ARDL model order ( m, n 1, n 2, n 3 ) is presented below;
The lag length of the variables was selected based on the Schwarz Bayesian criterion.
The short run dynamics is employed by the error correction model. This is the final stage of the ARDL model estimation. The model is as follows;
Δ G D P t = ω 0 + ω 1 i Δ ln I N F t 1 + ω 2 i Δ ln E X R t 1 + ω 3 i Δ ln M S t 1 + ω 4 i Δ ln I R t 1 + θ E C M t i + μ t (5)
where ω i is the short run coefficient of model's dynamic adjustment to equilibrium. E C M t 1 term is Error Correction factor. It portrays the estimate of short run disequilibrium adjustment of the long run equilibrium error term. θ measures speed of adjustment to ascertain equilibrium is the problem of shock.
4. Empirical Analysis
This section of the paper consists of analyzed estimation of different tests. Figures 1-4 display the trends of the variables. Table 1 portrays the descriptive statistics of the various variables used for the study. In Table 2, the result of Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) unit root test is displayed this is followed by the estimation result of ARDL Bound Test in Table 3. Respectively, Table 4 and Table 5 portray the outcomes of long-run model and the short-run Error Correction Model.
Figure 1. The trend of the variables used in the study.
Figure 2. Jarque-Bera Test. Source: Eviews 9 software generated results.
Figure 3. Plot of cumulative sum of recursive residuals.
Figure 4. Plot of cumulative sum squares recursive residuals. Source: Eviews 9 software generated results.
Table 1. Descriptive statistics.
Source: By Authors, 2019.
Table 2. Results of augmented Dickey-Fuller unit root test.
Source: By Authors, 2019. ***at 1 percent level of significance **at 5 percent level of significance *at 10 percent level of significance.
Table 3. Result of ARDL bound test.
Table 4. Long run model result.
Source: By Authors, 2019.
Table 5. Shor run error correction result.
Source: Eviews 9 software generated results.
4.1. Descriptive Statistics and Graphical Analysis
Table 1 portrays the mean, median, maximum and minimum values coupled with the standard deviation for the variables employed in the study. The average value of LGDP as at 2017 was 2.639057 and a minimum of 1.193922 as at 1982. The average of LBroad_Money as at 2017 was 3.540959 and a minimum of 2.468100 as at 1982. Figure 1 also displays the trends in the variables over the period of 1982 to 2017 in Ghana. The figure displays a gradual decrease in GDP from 1985 to 1994 and then main a slow upwards increment between 1995 to 2006. GDP from 2007 begins to see upward and downward movement until 2011 where it drops down drastically and begin to rise again. The rest of the variable also had similar inconsistency movements. The inconsistency in the movement of the variable could be as a result of various monetary policies created.
4.2. Test for Stationarity
Table 2 displays the results of the Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) test and Philip Perron (PP) unit root tests as it is essential to check the order of integration of the variables being studied. The stationarity status of the variables specified for the study was determined prior to the long run relationship between GDP and its dynamic regressors. GDP, and Inflation are stationary at level while Broad Money, Exchange rate and Interest rate are stationary at 1st difference. Results of the ADF displayed GDP and Inflation (consumer price index) are integrated in order (0). Broad Money, Exchange rate and Interest rate are integrated in order (I). As a result of the different integration order of the variables, the ARDL method was preferred to be the best method for the study.
4.3. Test for Long-Run Relationship
The null hypothesis of the long run relationship could not be rejected because of the decision criteria which states that, the null hypothesis can be rejected when the F-statistic is lower than the lower bound. Evidence from table three indicates that the F-statistic which has it value as 3.642379 is greater than the upper bound value of 3.52 at 10% significant level. Based on this evidence, the null hypothesis of no co-integration is rejected. These results display that there is robust relationship amongst the variables such as GPD, Inflation, Broad Money, Exchange rate and Interest rate.
4.4. Long Run Results
The results in Table 4 portray the long run relationship between GDP as the dependent variable and as a proxy for economic growth and its respective exogenous variables.
In the long-run, it was revealed from Table 4 that the coefficient of interest rate and inflation revealed a negative impact on economic growth with interest rate having a significant influence on economic growth in the long run whereas inflation does not influence economic growth in the long run. This discovery falls in line with previous studies including Taiwo [32], Ogunmuyiwa [33] and a most recently Gatawa, Abdulgafar and Olarinder [34]. The implication of this revelation is that inflation does not encourage economic growth in the long run. Inflation in the long-run creates distortion and also serve as a threat to economic growth since there is a deteriorating impact on value of money. Inflation may make it increasingly troublesome for families and firms to settle on right choices in light of the signs from market price. Thus, when inflation continues to increase in the long run there will be similar rise in most prices as well since inflation is the rise in price of commodities in terms of definition, and particularly in the event that households and firms are unstable. In the case of interest rate, the negative impact implies that a high rate of interest will discourage borrowing among households and firms since interest rate is an imperative factor to borrowing; thus, increasing the cost of borrowing. A higher interest rate has the tendency to restrained economic growth and inflationary pressures. In relation to exchange rate, the long run result indicates a negative coefficient coupled with insignificant statistics. Exchange rate portrays a negative impact on economic growth of the Ghanaian economy in the long run. This implies that, 1% increase in the exchange rate of the Ghanaian economy will lead to a rise in relative prices for selling outside the country. Firms that export may choose to reduce their prices in order to reduce output when there is slow growth in exportation. Finally, the variable broad money as a proxy for money supply also indicates an insignificant negative impact on economic growth. The finding is in line with Adusei [35] who found that financial development (including money supply) weakens economic growth. Gatawa, Abdulgafar and Olarinde [34], also posit in their study that broad money supply is negatively related to economic growth. In the works of Ihsan and Anjum [36], they discovered statistically insignificant and negative impact of money supply on economic growth.
4.5. Short Run Error Correction Results
The outcomes of the short run estimates of this study are not that different from the long run estimates in exception of one variable. Thus, the exchange rate portrayed a significant influence on the economic growth but in negative direction. This implies that a unit increase in foreign exchange rate will cause a decrease in the economic growth of the country and in the inverse is also true, ceteris paribus. The short run effect of inflation on economic growth is inverse and insignificant as reveled in the long run analysis. By implication, a unit increase in inflation will cause a decrease in the economic growth of the country. Theoretically, Awan and Asalam [26] opined rise in inflation is evidence to hinder economic growth of most countries especially African countries. Interest rate which has a negative impact but significant in the long run analysis maintain the negative impact but was however insignificant in the short run. In relation to macroeconomic hypothesis, an expansion in the supply of money should lead to a reduction in interest rate in the economy, prompting consumption, borrowing and lending. In the short run, this should, yet does not constantly, link to an expansion in total output and spending and, apparently, GDP. Hence, inflation, interest rate, and broad money insignificantly affect economic growth negatively and do not influence economic growth in the short run. The error correction coefficient (CointEq (−1)) was negative and statistically significant at −0.906475, suggesting that a change in the process of the system or monetary policy would restore equilibrium quickly and effectively. Therefore, it will take 91% of any shock on the dependent variable caused by the independent variables to be corrected within a year and based on the figure attained; the convergence to equilibrium would be fast to ensure long run equilibrium.
4.6. Diagnostic Test of ARDL Model
From Table 6 and Figure 2, the ARDL model employed for the paper has passed all necessary diagnostic tests. The results of the diagnostic test propose that there is absence of model correlation, non-normality and heteroskedasticity errors in the residuals. Again, the CUSUM and CUSUMQ portray the stability of the ARDL model at 5


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1. Why does the qr// operator accept the /o midifier?
So that you can create a'static' compiled regex object that can be interpolated in to more complex patterns subsquently in the program.
2. If you combine one or more parts defined with qr// in a regex with some non-precompiled stuff, do you still get the advantage of precompilation?
The discussion on p194 of Camel 3rd Ed. states that you can 'chain' qr// operaters into one pattern to prevent re-compilation, so the answer would appear to be 'no'.
3. If there was a non-compiled var reference in the above m//, do I still get any benefit from pre-compiling the other parts?
No; again, according to the reference above, the pattern would be re-compiled.
4. What happens if I add a /o modifier to the m// above?
You'd get a once-only compilation of the pattern.
5. If one or more of the per-compiled parts (and/or the non-precompiled parts) contains capture brackets, was there any benefit (in performance terms) from pre-compiling some parts?
I doubt that the presence or absence of capture brackets makes much difference to whether or not precompilation provides any benefit.


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Michael Schober, Frederick G. Conrad, and Scott S. Fricker (1999) "When and How Should Survey Interviewers Clarify Question Meaning?" Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, 1999. American Statistical Association.
Conversational interviewing, in which interviewers and respondents work together to make sure questions are understood as intended, can help respondents answer more accurately than strictly standardized interviewing. It takes longer and can be costly. Here we measured response accuracy and interview length for three kinds of partially conversational interviewing, which resemble current practice in some organizations. Census Bureau interviewers telephoned paid laboratory respondents, who answered factual questions from ongoing government surveys on the basis of fictional scenarios. Interviewers either (1) read scripted definitions of question concepts when respondents explicitly asked for clarification; (2) used their own words to present official definitions of question concepts when respondents explicitly asked for clarification; (3) presented scripted definitions whenever they deemed it necessary, even if respondents hadn't explicitly requested clarification. For all three partially conversational techniques responses were reliably more accurate than for strictly standardized interviews, and interviews took reliably longer; compared to more fully conversational interviews (in which interviewers could present definitions in their own words whenever they thought this might help) responses were less accurate and interviews shorter. Results suggest that response accuracy improves whenever respondents get help, whether or not they ask for it explicitly; but if it is left only up to respondents to ask for help, they often won't.
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3. talk about e-commerce in general, especially in B2B, implication in China, culture context, culture scale.
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Main article: History of Samoa
The Mau was a non-violent movement for Samoan independence from colonial rule during the early 1900s. Mau means 'opinion,' 'unwavering,' 'to be decided,' or 'testimony' denoting 'firm strength' in Samoan. The motto for the Mau were the words Samoa mo Samoa (Samoa for the Samoans). Similarly in Hawaii'an Mau means to strive or persevere, and is often linked with Hawaii'an poetry relating to independence and sovereignty struggles.
The movement had its beginnings on the island of Savai'i with the Mau a Pule resistance in the early 1900s with widespread support throughout the country by the late 1920s.[1] As the movement grew, leadership came under the country's chiefly elite, the customary matai leaders entrenched in Samoan tradition and fa'a Samoa.[2] The Mau included women who supported the national organisation through leadership and organisation as well as taking part in marches. Supporters wore a Mau uniform of a navy blue lavalava with a white stripe which was later banned by the colonial administration.[3]
The Mau movement's efforts would ultimately culminate in the political independence of Samoa in 1962 but the height of the movement's activity in the Western Islands occurred in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Raising the flag of German Samoa at Mulinu'u, 1900. (photo by AJ Tattersall).
Broadly, the history of the Mau movement can be seen as beginning in the 1800s with European contact and the advent of Western powers, Britain, United States and Germany, vying for control of the Pacific nation. The country became German Samoa (1900–1914) followed by New Zealand colonial rule during which the Mau gathered national support.
The dispute led to the eventual formation of a resistance movement called Mau a Pule on Savai'i by Lauaki Namulauulu Mamoe, one of the Samoan leaders from Safotulafai who was deposed by the German Governor of Samoa, Wilhelm Solf. As well as deposing members of the Malo o Samoa, Solf called in two German warships as a show of strength. Faced with this demonstration of military force, and with the movement divided, Lauaki surrendered. In 1909, Lauaki and the other senior leaders of the Mau a Pule were exiled to the German colonies in the Marianas (North West Pacific) where they were to stay until 1914, when New Zealand took over Samoa as part of its Empire duties at the outbreak of World War One. Many of those exiled died before returning to Samoa. Lauaki died en route back to Samoa in 1915.
Influenza epidemic[edit]
SS Talune in Port Chalmers graving dock in New Zealand c. 1890s
This catastrophic event was to lay a new foundation for discontent with an administration already perceived as incompetent and dishonest by many Samoans. The clumsy handling of Samoa's governance, the slow and deliberate erosion of traditional Samoan social structures by successive administrators, and a general failure to understand and respect Samoan culture also sowed the seeds for a revitalised resistance to colonial rule. Logan was replaced by Colonel Robert Tate.
Mau leadership[edit]
Mau prisoners being transported in the capital Apia
The groundswell of support among Samoans for the Mau came from the leadership of Samoan matai, the heads of families in Samoa's traditional socio-political structure. Family and chiefly title connections, a central part of Samoan culture, were used to harness support. The success of the Mau in gathering national support showed that fa'a Samoa was still strong [2] despite colonialism.
Olaf Frederick Nelson, one of the leaders of the new Mau movement, was a successful merchant of mixed Swedish and Samoan heritage. Nelson was the richest man in Samoa at the time and well-travelled. He was frustrated by the colonial administration's exclusion of native and part-Samoans from governance. Notably, he was one of many who had lost a child to the influenza epidemic of 1919 in addition to his mother, sister, only brother, and sister in-law. Although classified as a European, he considered himself Samoan "by birth blood and sentiment."
New Zealand sailors removing the white strip from lava-lava, the Mau uniform, circa 1930
In reality, however, the Mau was built upon the traditional forms of Samoan political organisation. In each village that joined the movement, a committee was formed, consisting of the chiefs and "talking men". These committees formed the basic element of an alternative system of governance, and the tendency of Samoans to unite under traditional leadership meant that by the midto late 1920s, around 85% of the Samoan population was involved in open resistance.
Following another visit to New Zealand to petition the Government, Nelson was exiled from Samoa along with two other part-European Mau leaders. The petition, which lead to the formation of a joint select committee to investigate the situation in Samoa, quoted an ancient Samoan proverb: "We are moved by love, but never driven by intimidation."
Civil disobedience[edit]
As the select committee was forced to admit, "a very substantial proportion of Samoans had joined the Mau, a number quite sufficient, if they determined to resist and thwart the activities of the Administration, to paralyse the functions of government."
With his attempt at repression turning to ridicule, Richard offered pardons to all those arrested; however, arrestees demanded to be dealt with by the court, and then refused to enter pleas to demonstrate their rejection of the court's jurisdiction.
Black Saturday, 28 December 1929[edit]
Mau demonstration in Apia, 1929
New Zealand police in Samoa during the Mau movement
As he lay dying, Tamesese III made this statement to his followers;
Grave of Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III in Lepea village with inscription of his last words in the Samoan language.
Following the massacre, male Mau members fled to the mountains, the traditional retreat of those defeated in war. The resistance continued by other means, with the emergence of a women's Mau to continue the councils, parades and symbolic protests that the men now could not. For the women's movement, even the game of cricket represented an act of defiance inviting official harassment.
Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III lying in state at Vaimoso village, 1930.
Moving towards independence[edit]
High chief Mata'afa Faumuina Fiame Mulinu'u I, a leader of the Mau who became President of the Mau following Tamasese's death, circa 1930.
The leaders of the women's Mau; Mrs Tuimaliifano, Mrs Tamasese, Mrs Nelson, Mrs Faumuina, ca 1930, (photo by Alfred John Tattersall).
1962 independence[edit]
Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu'u II (1921–1975), the son of another high chief and Mau leader Mata'afa Faumuina Fiame Mulinu'u I, became the first Prime Minister of Samoa.
In July 1997, the Samoa Constitution was amended to change the country's name to Samoa, and officially the Independent State of Samoa.[6]
New Zealand apology to Samoa[edit]
In 2002, Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand made an unprecedented move and apologised to Samoa for New Zealand's treatment of Samoans during the colonial era.[7] Clark made the apology in the capital Apia during the 40th anniversary of Samoa's independence. The apology covered the influenza epidemic of 1918, the shooting of unarmed Mau protesters by New Zealand police in 1929 and the banishing of matai (chiefs) from their homes.[8]
An American Samoa Mau[edit]
The Mau had manifestations in both the Western and Eastern Samoan island groups. The Mau movement emerged as an articulated of an indigenous response to the U.S. annexation of the eastern Samoan islands in 1899. It featured the signing of petitions in efforts to enact political transformation vis-a-vis American colonial government, and included effort to resist taxation of copra.
There was an American Samoa Mau that took place in Tutuila in American Samoa in the 1920s. It emerged as a result of fluctuating prices of copra and represented an open affront to the American Navy and its patterns of treatment of the indigenous Samoan people and failure to respect Samoan customs, conceptions of self-government and the Samoan way of life. This movement received a lot of press in the United States, both favourable and unfavourable. The leader of the movement, Samuel Ripley of Leone, Tutuila, was in effect exiled from American Samoa, when he was barred by the US Navy authorities from disembarking from a ship returning to Pagopago from California, and he was never allowed to return to his homeland. He eventually became the mayor of Richmond, California. The United States sent a committee to American Samoa in 1930, including US citizens from Hawaii who had a prominent role in the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom and Queen Lili'uokalani. Their report, favourable to the


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christmas_ornamentChristmas in Poland is celebrated in a traditional and very festive way. One of the indispensable elements being found in every house during this special time is a Christmas tree decorated with various ornaments and illuminated by shining lights. Colorful and bright Christmas tree balls are one of the most common decorations. However, common does not always mean ordinary.
The history of the balls dates back to the 19th century. First Christmas tree balls were invented and produced in Germany. Soon they were introduced to Poland and nowadays Poland has become a leading producer of these ornaments in the world. They are being exported to the USA, Japan, Canada, Great Britain, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand and the Republic of South Africa.
Christmas tree balls are usually made of thin glass. They are often handcrafted and silver-plated from the inside. They come in various shapes, forms and colors, from simple round balls to highly artistic designs.
Polish Christmas tree balls are being manufactured mostly in small family-run factories. Some of them open their doors for visitors and even invite them to join in and create their own balls. Finely decorated beautiful Christmas balls are genuine little works of art and are a great and original idea for a gift.


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Temporary guardianships in Massachusetts
Many different things can happen during the course of guardianship proceedings. For example, in some guardianship cases, a court will decide to appoint a temporary guardian for an individual to serve while the guardianship petition regarding the individual is being considered by the court.
When can a Massachusetts court appoint a temporary guardian for a person that there is a pending guardianship petition for? Under state law, it can do so when all of the following circumstances are met:
 - There is an emergency situation present.
 - This emergency situation is likely to lead to the welfare, health or safety of the individual a guardianship is being requested for being harmed in a substantial and immediate manner.
 - An appropriate motion has been submitted.
 - There is no guardian currently in place for the person.
 - There is no other individual that appears to have the authority to take action in regards to the situation.
How long does a temporary guardianship last? While the length of such a guardianship can vary, there are some general limits placed on Massachusetts courts regarding how long a temporary guardianship they put in place can go. Generally, the maximum length of a temporary guardianship here in Massachusetts is 90 days. There are some exceptions to this limit. A court can extend a temporary guardianship out for additional 90-day periods beyond the first 90-day period if it finds that there is good cause to do so. Also, a court can order a temporary guardianship to last for a set time longer than 90 days if it finds that extraordinary circumstances are present.
As this shows, temporary guardianships are subject to a rather complex set of rules. Thus, temporary guardianship issues in guardianship proceedings have the potential to be quite complicated. Attorneys can provide families with assistance when complex matters, such as temporary guardianship issues, come up during the course of efforts to request a guardianship for an incapacitated loved one.
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"Using sumptuous illustrations and clear, matter-of-fact descriptions, Dr. Gray unleashed a classic on the world more than 100 years ago," noted a review of one of the most recognized medical books of all time: "Gray's Anatomy." Henry Gray published the first edition of the book as, "A Systemic Treatise on Anatomy," on this date in 1858. The respected British lecturer on anatomy spent much of his career writing anatomical essays on various parts of the body. The book was a culmination of all his previous works. Unfortunately, Gray's career was cut short by smallpox. He contracted the disease shortly after being appointed assistant surgeon at St. George's Hospital in London and died in 1861 at the age of 34. The book's title was changed in 1887 to "Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical." Gray's Anatomy has been known as "Anatomy of the Human Body" since 1943 and is still popular even after 38 editions.
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本文推介常態凝固類比計算機之設計及操作方法。其原理乃利用一排垂直錠管中之液位高度，來模擬固化錠棒中之溶質濃度，而每一錠管代表固化錠棒上之位置。模擬之結果與分析解甚吻合，因此本模擬方法可推展至處理分析解無法獲得之較複雜困難之問題，例如分佈係數隨濃度而變及錠棒截面積不均勻等問題。 The design and operation of the analog computers for normal freezing have been introduced to simulate the solute concentration in the freezing solid by the heights of liquid level in an array of vertical ingot tubes. Each tube represents a discrete length of the freezing ingot. The simulation was confirmed pretty well with the analytical solution. The main contribution of present paper is to introduce the method of adjusting (decreasing) the cross-section area of the liquid-zone tube during operation for simulating the decreasing in unfrozen zone. This simulation can further be applied to the problems in which the distribution coefficient varies with the solute concentration, or to the zone-refining problems with variable zone length, if the cross-section area of the liquid-zone tube is adjusted (decreased) appropriately during the simulation operation, while the analytical solutions to the problems of variable distribution coefficient and variable zone length are difficult to achieve.
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*Purpose: The field of upper rxtremity (UE) Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) continues to advance with more patients undergoing the informed consent process each year. However, the informed consent process for UE VCA has not yet been standardized, and has not been empirically examined for its adequacy. Consequently, the amount, type, and personalization of information provided to patients about UE VCA likely varies. Such variation may potentially contribute to UE amputees being inadequately informed, under-prepared, and feeling undue pressure when considering this option.
*Methods: This paper examines the little known topic of UE amputees' and VCA candidates', participants', and recipients' perceptions of the informed consent and decision-making processes about UE VCA, as part of a broader Department of Defense-funded study. Patients' narratives have been an underutilized resource in shaping the informed consent process.
*Results: We will have conducted in-depth interviews among UE amputees, UE VCA candidates, participants, and UE transplant recipients (n=5-20) at three geographically distinct transplant and/or rehabilitation centers. Interviews will focus on participants' information needs, comprehension of information disclosed, perceptions of undue influence, and psychosocial factors affecting decision making for UE VCA. This paper will highlight informed consent elements distinct to UE VCA, as compared to other VCA organs and to solid organs.
*Conclusions: UE amputees' insights can enable the informed consent process for UE VCA to become more patient-centered, and thereby help VCA candidates and participants become better prepared to undergo UE VCA. Our findings will be used to develop educational resources (e.g., a website, videos), which will provide comprehensive, standardized information to help potential recipients, their families, and the general public learn about UE VCA. Future research should assess differences in the informed consent and decision making processes across VCA organs.
To cite this abstract in AMA style:Kuramitsu B, Berumen C, Ferzola A, Sung H, Kim C, Scarton D, McHugh T, Schultheis A, Riggleman T, Taylor J, Henderson M, Brandacher G, Tintle S, Gordon E. Informed Consent and Decision Making for Upper Extremity VCA [abstract]. Am J Transplant. 2020; 20 (suppl 3). _URL_ Accessed September 27, 2021.
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Interesting Facts about Detergents
In the modern household context, detergents represent a useful cleaning substance that is used in cleaning laundry, dishes and other home surfaces. However, during its long history, detergents were usually referred specifically for laundry, and they gained their powder and liquid form only after the rise of technology and chemistry of early 20th century. Before those inventions, cleaning of clothes was conducted either with pure water or with the help of many types of soaps. Starting with the ancient civilization in Babylon over 4800 years ago, soap spread across the then known world and became very popular in Egypt and Ancient Rome (ancient Greeks however preferred to clean themselves in clean water, soak in oils, and then scraped that oil with a metal instrument). After the fall of Roman Empire in 5th century AD, Europe lived through a 1000 year long period in which personal hygiene and cleaning of clothes was almost totally abandoned. This led to the wide occurrences of diseases and plagues, which was only stopped with the arrival of renaissance and technological progress of late 16th and 17th century.
Industrial manufacture of detergents started after the First World War. Countries of Germany and US were leaders in innovation and implementation of new types of industrial detergents. After 1950s and 60s, when automated washing machines became widely available, worldwide industry of detergents suddenly expanded and became extremely profitable and successful. As each decade went on new products and techniques of washing emerged, creating the modern environment where detergent became integral part of maintaining our hygiene.
Here are some of the most important facts surrounding long and interesting life of detergents:
 - Detergents works as an emulsifier, it bridges the water and oil particles that enable the dirt to become captured in oil, and thus extracted from clothes.
 - First synthetic detergents were experimentally produced in mid-19th century France.
 - Organized industrial production of industrial detergent started during WW1 in Germany, after the war prevented the production of traditional soaps.
 - Perfection of detergent production process started during 1930s with the discovery of fatty alcohols.
 - One of the most famous brands of detergents "Tide" was created in Procter & Gamble facilities during 1920s, but entered mass production in 1943. It was regarded as one of the best detergents that can clean even heavily soiled clothes.
 - Widespread use of detergents happened during 1950s and 1960s.
 - First washing machine in USA was produced during 1940s.
 - Semi-automatic machine with frontal door was invented in 1954.
 - 1963 saw the first appearance of fully automatic washing machine that used spinning drum.
 - Wash dryer was introduced in 1965.
 - By 1953, sales of detergent in United States surpassed those of soap.
 - Liquid hand soaps were created during 1970s.
 - Famous modern brand Colgate-Palmolive was formed in 1953 after merging of two old companies created by WilliamColgate in 1806 and Caleb Johnson in 1864.
 - Detergent industry had a big impact on environment between 1940s and 1970s. Modern day manufactures optimized their production to be more environment friendly, reduce pollution, and provide biodegradability in all detergents.


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What Is Neo-Black Society?
October 18, 1968
Ada Fisher was a student at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and contributor to The Carolinian in 1968.
This October 18, 1968, article from The Carolinian, the student newspaper of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) introduces the Neo-Black Society (NBS), a new student organization on the UNCG campus. The article, possibly written by a member of the organization, explains that NBS is not a racist or separatist organization, and lists as its goals to help with voter registration, to work with the university's tutoring service for low-income youth, and to establish an Afro-American history course at UNCG.
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One of the most useful colors in an artist's palette is one of the last colors anyone else would think. Only its spooky name would incline your attention towards it. Caput mortuum, which means dead head or death head, is made of haematite–iron oxide (in fact there are several extremely similar colors made of the same pigment but with slightly different hues and names–particularly mars violet and Indian red—but we will stick to talking about caput mortuum because that's the variation I use). This unpromising rust color possesses a protean mutability–it could be red, brown, orange, or violet depending on the context. Although it can stand on its own as a focus of attention, caput mortuum is very easy to paint into a network of subtle shadows: many painters use it for shadowed flesh or as land cast in darkness (after all a person's flesh and the red clay of a landscape both take their ruddiness from iron).
Though not a flashy color, caput mortuum has a dignity and a beauty to it. In the middle ages and Renaissance, painters used it to paint the robes and clothing of eminent monastic religious figures and of patrons & donors (ie the people actually paying for the painting). Oftentimes when looking at a religious painting, a viewer will notice that Jesus, Mary, and Saint Peter–resplendent in gold, white, blue, and red—are joined by an unknown pair of merchants wearing caput mortuum. These two often have the most realistic and beautifully painted faces in the painting–it is difficult to say what Jesus really looked like but even the most money grubbing burgher knows his own face!
Although there is something somber about the deep color of caput mortuum, its name does not come from an obvious association with blood and corpses. In addition to meaning "dead head" the Latin phrase also means "worthless remains" and it was used by alchemists to describe the inert residue left over from a chemical reaction. Apparently this by-product was often a rusty violet color. Alchemists used a (very) stylized skull to denote the oxidized left-overs.
However it's more evocative to imagine the pigment being named after a death's head. The concept lends art a much needed touch of operatic dark magic.


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