"Humming is good for your health and fun to do. We all love to hum along to music so try this exercise of humming with your kids."
Here is a humming exercise that is more engaging as it is an activity, one you have likely done many times although were not conscious of the resonance of the sound while you were doing it.
Take a few deep natural breaths releasing any stress or tension in your body.
Begin to hum a song. It can be any song or part of a song e.g. children's nursery rhyme, song from a musical, or any song that you like and catch yourself humming along too. You can also create your own song humming, a catchy tune that you like. What is important is to feel the difference in the resonance as you hum.
Hum the song for 5 minutes and at end of this time, check and see how you are feeling. Relax and enjoy the space you are in.
Allow another 5 minutes to ground yourself by bringing your awareness to your environment and feeling grounded in your body by doing a grounding yoga pose, e.g. tree pose, mountain, cat/cow.
In summary, when you bring your attention to the vibrations of your humming, you start to develop a new awareness of your body and its relationship to sound. Now you can understand more clearly how various notes in a song can vibrate different parts of your body bringing reharmonization and healing.
Stay tuned for Part 5 Humming series in HSY June newsletter, that will focus on "Power of Intention" with a sense of gratefulness to resonate a part of the body that needs healing.
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Smoking mint instead of tobacco from Fairfield CA
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Date: Saturday - March 23, 2013
From: Fairfield, CA
QUESTION: I realize this is a stupid question, but i am a little curious about this. Anyway I heard more people are smoking mint leaves to help cure their addiction to tobacco and i was wondering if it is safe? I know that smoking in general is bad, but i want to know if there is anything specific in mint that can harm the lungs.
There are several reasons why this question falls out of Mr. Smarty Plant's expertise. Our focus is on the growth, propagation and protection of plants native not only to North America but to the area in which those plants grow naturally. There are170 plants in the Lamiaceae (mint) family native to North America, but you are probably asking about the mints native to the Meditteranean area of Europe, widely used for fragrance and food flavoring. So that's the first reason we wouldn't be able to answer questions about smoking it. The second reason is that our first name is "Smarty," which precludes our making any comment at all on the wisdom of sticking any burning plant in our mouth and inhaling the fumes.
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I am trying to create a programming editor using a rich text box in vb.net. It should change the color of text according to that text. For example, the keywords should be displayed in red, and numbers in blue. I can't find how to retrieve word by word from a rich text box.
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what have you tried? – codingbiz Oct 3 '12 at 10:53
Show attempted solutions, and why they didn't work. – cpp_prog Feb 19 at 17:44
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I would do the following:
Dim txt as String = RichTextBox1.Text
Dim arr as String() = txt.Split(" "c) REM split along the whitespace character
For Each i In arr
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Next i
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You can use regular expressions to find the words, and another one for numbers. Try this website that well help you create your desired regular expressions _URL_
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I would just take the rich textbox text field and do a string split by space.
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If you don't have to roll-your-own, the editors from SharpDevelop are easily extendable.
SharpDevelop3 uses SharpTextEditor(WinForms). SharpDevelop4 uses AvalonEdit (WPF)
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Mandatory life sentences for cop killers
James Leaver
New South Wales
On 23 June, the Crimes Amendment (Murder of Police Officers) Act 2011 (NSW) commenced, inserting a new s 19B into the Crimes Act 1900. Section 19B(1) of that Act now provides that a court must impose a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the murder of a police officer if the murder was committed:
(a) while the police officer was executing his or her duty, or
(b) as a consequence of, or in retaliation for, actions undertaken by that or any other police officer in the execution of his or her duty,
 and if the person convicted of the murder:
(c) knew or ought reasonably to have known that the person killed was a police officer, and
(d) intended to kill the police officer or was engaged in criminal activity that risked serious harm to police officers.
The provision does not apply to offenders under 18 years of age or suffering a significant cognitive impairment (not being temporary self induced impairment) at the time of the murder.
There was strong opposition to the introduction of the legislation, with the NSW Bar Association and Law Society both purportedly rejecting it. These positions were outlined by Paul Lynch MP in debate in the Legislative Assembly on 2 June 2011, where he described the scheme would lead to unjust outcomes, breach basic principles of justice, that it removed any incentive for offenders to plead guilty and for co-accused to cooperate with police. The Law Society further argued the Bill may cause suspects to take desperate steps to avoid apprehension.
The government's stated reason for introducing the legislation was an apparent need to provide a greater deterrent to people who may consider harming a police officer.
It is questionable whether such a deterrent is necessary, given the pre-existing scheme. Under s 19A(1) of the Crimes Act 1900, people convicted of murder are already liable for life imprisonment, and pursuant to s 61(1) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, that sentence is mandatory where the court is satisfied that the level of culpability in the commission of the offence is so extreme that the community interest in retribution, punishment, community protection and deterrence can only be met through the imposition of that sentence.
Further, the same act already provided for a 25-year standard non-parole period for murder of a police officer (Part 4, Division 1A) and provides that where a victim of an offence is a police officer that is an aggravating factor to be taken into account on sentence (s 21A(2)(a)).
If the proper and sole function of our criminal justice system is to deal harsh penalties to people who transgress the bounds of acceptable behaviour, then mandatory sentencing would do that well. Our criminal justice system, however, does not aspire to such a draconian regime. In Palling v Corfield (1970) 123 CLR 52 at 58 Barwick CJ said:
It is both unusual and in general, in my opinion, undesirable that the court should not have a discretion in the imposition of penalties and sentences, for circumstances alter cases and it is a traditional function of a court of justice to endeavour to make the punishment appropriate to the circumstances as well as to the nature of the crime.
NSW has removed the ability of the Court to make that endeavour for people convicted of a very serious crime.
JAMES LEAVER studies law at the University of Technology, Sydney, though he is more often found on Twitter masquerading as _USER_.
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How to Deal with an Employee who is Always Late for Work
How to Deal with Someone who is Chronically Late,Excuses for Being Late to Work
You might be asking why my employee is always late? Well, it is because the consequences are not significant enough for the employee to stop the habit. If your employee not once or twice, but is frequently late for work, that is a problem you cannot ignore. As a boss, it falls to you first and foremost to deal with an employee who is always late for work before it becomes a big issue.
Be aware that most employees who are habitually late for work know that what they are doing is wrong. They also understand that eventually the boss is going to have a word with them but they simply don't care.
People who are chronically late don't have basic respect for their colleagues. Not only that, but it also frustrates other employees who already at work, particularly when parts of their job depend on the person who comes in late.
They might have to change their workflow and multitask or take on extra work while they wait for their colleague to arrive. If perpetual late employees really care about the job, they should adhere to its normal working hours.
How to Deal with an Employee Who is Always Late for Work?
Set Clear Expectations
You are the boss, so it falls to you first and foremost to set expectations and ensure that they are clearly communicated across all employees. Every person should understand what the consequences will be if they don't meet your expectations.
If there is an issue that prevents an employee to turn up for work on time, evaluate it, and make a fair decision. Your company should have an enforceable employee conduct policy that deals with issues such as lateness.
Evaluate each issue even when an employee gives what seems like a good excuse for being late for work.
Stop Putting Faith in a Chronically Late Employee
Don't keep giving an employee who is chronically late the benefit of the doubt. No matter how you regard someone and how long the person has been with the company, you still have to deal with them when they start coming in late every day for work.
You can have faith in someone without allowing the person to overstep the boundaries. The benefit of the doubt you keep affording an employee who is habitually late is undeserved.
So, start telling your employees what must happen, what is expected, what the consequences will be when they fail and enforce them going forward.
Have a Tough Conversation with the Employee
Sit the employee down and say you continue coming to work late and failing to live up to expectations, so you are documenting the issues.
Sometimes that will fix the issue, but with the documentation, you now are building a case for disciplining the person or even getting rid of them.
When you start having formal conversations with the employee and document all issues about their lateness, they will take you seriously.
Don't Allow Exceptions
Don't take a middle line by allowing exceptions for some employees and then dealing with others when they arrive late. Yes, some jobs don't have flexibility, therefore the time an employee turns up matters for valid work-related reasons.
Related: How to Deal with Employees Who Don't Follow Instructions
However, when an employee accepts a position, they are committing themselves to the job requirements — including the normal working hours a manager and the employee agreed upon. If the person cannot meet the obligation, they should not take the job.
So, it doesn't matter whether the job has flexibility, the employee still turns up when they feel like rather than when co-workers expect them. It can be equally annoying and demotivating for employees who always turn up for work on time.
Break the Pattern
Treating everyone as equal at work is not always fair, because some people do different things or contribute more than the others.
Someone who completes assignments and meets deadlines when they are at work is not always a burden to the team when they occasionally come in a few minutes late.
But once you see a pattern and don't respond to it, the employee will feel they have the upper hand to come in anytime. If you don't disrupt the pattern, other employees will also start arriving late.
Don't Be Diplomatic
It is important that you approach the issue of perpetual lateness from a place of concern for a better outcome. There is no point in trying to be diplomatic because you don't want to upset your employee.
Upsetting a member of your staff is nothing compared to the ill-feeling their bad behaviors can cause within the team.
While there is nothing wrong with being nice to your employees, it can sometimes stop you from solving issues that affect the team. You don't have to cajole them when they are wrong — even when it means annoying one of your best employees, but keeps the rest of your team happy.
In other words, you should not waste be worrying about what the person will think because the team is more important than the feelings of one employee.
In conclusion, dealing with an employee who is always late for work can be frustrating for most managers. The situation may be further complicated if the person is a higher performer who consistently meets all the demands of their job.
However, it is an issue that must be sorted out quickly, particularly if it is causing morale issues or challenges with the overall workflow.
Failing to deal with the situation, you will be sending the rest of your employees the message that anyone can arrive late to work. Even worse, you could be accused of favoritism or preferential treatment.
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The purpose of this note is to provide a more sophisticated understanding of the value of the Creative Industries and Economy by producing GVA estimates which are consistent with Nesta's 'Dynamic Mapping' employment estimates.
This paper provides an exploratory study of how rewards-based crowdfunding affects business model development for music industry artists, labels and live sector companies. The empirical methodology incorporated a qualitative, semi-structured, three-stage interview design with fifty seven senior executives from industry crowdfunding platforms and three stakeholder groups. The results and analysis cover new research ground and provide conceptual models to develop theoretical foundations for further research in this field. The findings indicate that the financial model benefits of crowdfunding for independent artists are dependent on fan base demographic variables relating to age group and genre due to sustained apprehension from younger audiences. Furthermore, major labels are now considering a more user-centric financial model as an innovation strategy, and the impact of crowdfunding on their marketing model may already be initiating its development in terms of creativity, strength and artist relations.
This article addresses crowdfunding, a relatively new form of informal financing of projects and ventures. It describes its principle characteristics and the range of players in this market. The different business models of crowdfunding intermediaries are explored and illustrated. A first attempt is made to classify the different forms of funding and business models of crowdfunding intermediaries. Based on the available empirical data the paper discusses the economic relevance of crowdfunding and its applicability to start-up financing and funding creative ventures and research projects.
A study of the application of international business strategies in the film industry: the case of Norway
Oppgaven analyserer norske produksjonsselskaper/filmer i forhold til konkurranse på det internasjonale markedet. Studien er basert på intervjuer med et utvalg produksjonsselskaper og på dokumentanalyser.
Finding ways to understand the nature of social change and social order—from political movements to market meltdowns—is one of the enduring problems of social science. This book draws together far-ranging insights from social movement theory, organizational theory, and economic and political sociology to construct a general theory of social organization and strategic action. This book proposes that social change and social order can be understood through what the book calls strategic action fields. It posits that these fields are the general building blocks of political and economic life, civil society, and the state, and the fundamental form of order in our world today. Similar to Russian dolls, they are nested and connected in a broader environment of almost countless proximate and overlapping fields. Fields are mutually dependent; change in one often triggers change in another. At the core of the theory is an account of how social actors fashion and maintain order in a given field. This sociological theory of action, what they call "social skill," helps explain what individuals do in strategic action fields to gain cooperation or engage in competition. To demonstrate the breadth of the theory, the book makes its abstract principles concrete through extended case studies of the Civil Rights Movement and the rise and fall of the market for mortgages in the U.S. since the 1960s. The book also provides a "how-to" guide to help others implement the approach and discusses methodological issues.
Using the Work Systems Risk Framework, authors analyze main risks in three equity crowdfunding platforms: Crowdfunder, AngelList and Seedrs. Their findings indicate that operational risk, project management risk, cognitive skill risk, IP risk, quality risk, legal risk and vendor relationship risk factors to be important to crowdfunding platforms. Findings from this study are relevant to platform owners and regulators in assessing the risks of crowdfunding platforms.
Access to the learnable: Music education and the development of strong learners within informal arenas
This paper analyses the substantially growing markets for crowdfunding, in which retail investors lend to borrowers without financial intermediaries. Critics suggest these markets allow sophisticated investors to take advantage of unsophisticated investors. The growth and viability of these markets critically depends on the underlying incentives. The document provides evidence of perverse incentives in crowdfunding that are not fully recognized by the market. In particular it looks at group leader bids in the presence of origination fees and finds that these bids are (wrongly) perceived as a signal of good loan quality, resulting in lower interest rates. Yet these loans actually have higher default rates. These adverse incentives are overcome only with sufficient skin in the game and when there are no origination fees. The results provide important implications for crowdfunding, its structure and regulation.
In this document it is conducted a follow-up survey of large design, technology, and video games projects that attempted to raise money using crowdfunding before mid-2012. It is found that reward-based crowdfunding appears to be able to lead to and support traditional entrepreneurship. A very high percentage (over 90%) of successful projects remained ongoing ventures 1-4 years after their campaign. It is found that 32% of all these reported yearly revenues of over $100,000 a year since the Kickstarter campaign, and added an average of 2.2 employees per successful project. The survey also suggested that crowdfunding provided many potential benefits beyond the crowdfunded money itself to successful creators; including helping provide access to customers, press, employees, and outside funders. Consistent with other research, many projects were delayed for a variety of reasons, and 37% went over budget. It is also analyzed the factors that lead to longer-term crowdfunding success.
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Bicycle pumps work through the manipulation of air pressure with a piston inside a cylinder. When the lever is pulled up, the air is drawn into the cylinder. When the lever is pushed down, the air is expelled, usually into the tire, assuming it's attached. The system of one-way valves ensure this happens correctly.
Most floor pumps generally have a gauge to allow the monitoring of air pressure within the tire as it's inflated. Various tires have different pressure maximums, although tires with Schrader valves (the thicker ones) max out at about 50 psi for mountain tires and 70 psi for hybrid tires, while Presta valves go higher for road tires, up to about 130 psi. When a new tire is bought, the packaging will usually indicate the air pressure limits for that tire, but when the bicycle already has tires on it, the air pressure maximum appears on the side of the tire. Going outside the suggested range of the tire often leads to tire damage, often at the worst time, with blowouts happening during a ride. Using tires designed to avoid flats and tubes that resist punctures make it easier to keep going without a flat. Riders should keep a hand pump attached to the bicycle frame or a couple of CO2 cartridges to inflate road tire tubes to full pressure easily.


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Microsoft Visual Studio uses The PCH file extension. Visual Studio contains a set of tools and processes that are used to build programs from source code written in programming languages. It can be used to create GUIs (Graphic User Interfaces), consoles, web sites, Windows Forms tools, web applications and web service functions. The program can support several programming languages such as C, C++, VB.NET, and C#. The program includes a code editor, a debugger, a designer for GUI software, class designer for creating object blueprints, a designer for database structures and a web designer. There are also several add-ons and plug-ins available that can be added to the program to provide additional functions. The program has language specific versions, particularly Microsoft Visual C++.
The Microsoft Visual C++ version of the program is a compiler program for the languages C and C++. Compilers are used to create source code files out of written program script. The program includes all the tools of the generic program, except they are specifically designed for the C and C++ programming language. This version of the program uses the PCH file extension. The file extension.pch is attached to header files. Header files with the.pch file extension are attached to source code files that are compiled by the program. Source code files contain programming scripts, which are used to create processes or objects. Source code files can then be run by a debugger program to check for errors in the script, linked together to form a library, DLL (Dynamic Link Library) or an executable file.
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This is the problem: Find non-trivial example of (linaer connected) space X so that cone over X is homeomorphic to cylinder over X. Trivial examples are one point set and empty set. I have absolutely no idea.My friend says it's an interval, then cone is triangle and cylinder is a rectangle, but I don't agree that they are homeomorphic. Am I wrong?
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So the cylinder is $X \times I$ while the cone is $(X \times I )/ (X \times \{0\})$. – john mangual Oct 9 '12 at 15:10
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For a closed interval, the cone and cylinders are a closed triangle and rectangle, and those are homeomorphic because either is homeomorphic to a closed disk.
For an open interval, however, you get into trouble. Then then the cone contains an isolated boundary point but the cylinder doesn't.
For a half-open interval there's still trouble, because the boundary of the cone is a half-open interval but the boundary of the cylinder is a closed interval.
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and since sa^3=constant, then s\propto T^3. Thus,
\dfrac{dY}{dt}=T^3\langle \sigma v\rangle \left( Y_{EQ}^2-Y^2\right)
Now, we can introduce a new time variable, say
Then, we calculate
For a radiation dominated (RD) Universe, \rho\propto T^4 implies that H\propto T^2 and H(x)=-\dfrac{H(m)}{x^2}
In this case, we obtain
with \lambda=\dfrac{m^3\langle \sigma v\rangle}{H(m)}
The final freeze out abundance is got in the limit Y_\infty=Y(x\longrightarrow \infty). Typically, \lambda >>1, and when Y_{EQ}\sim 1 and Y\approx Y_{EQ}, for x>>1, and there, the yield drops exponentially
\dfrac{dY}{dx}\approx \dfrac{\lambda Y^2}{x^2}
\dfrac{dY}{Y^2}\approx \dfrac{\lambda dx}{x^2}
Integrating this equation,
\displaystyle{\int_{Y_f}^{Y_\infty}\dfrac{dY}{Y^2}=\int_{x_f}^\infty \dfrac{\lambda}{dx}{x^2}}
and then
Generally, Y_f>>Y_\infty and the freeze out temperature for WIMPs is got with the aid of the following equation
Indeed, n\langle \sigma v\rangle= H\longrightarrow x_f\sim 10
A qualitative numerical solution of the "WIMP" miracle (and its freeze out) is given by the following sketch
DMyieldWIMPmiracleThe present abundance of heavy particle relics gives
\rho_X=mY_\infty T_0^3\left(\dfrac{a_1T_1}{a_0T_0}\right)^3\approx \dfrac{mY_\infty T_0^3}{30}
and where the effect of entrpy dumping after the freeze-out is encoded into the factor
\left(\dfrac{a_1T_1}{a_0T_0}\right)^3 with \left(\dfrac{g_\star (0)}{g_\star (f)}\right)^3\approx \dfrac{1}{30}
Moreover, the DM energy density can also be estimated:
\Omega_X=\Omega_{DM}=\dfrac{x_f}{\lambda}\dfrac{mT_0^3}{30\rho_c}=\dfrac{H (m) x_fT_0^3}{30m^2\langle \sigma v\rangle\rho_c}
\Omega_X=\left[\dfrac{4\pi^3Gg_\star (m)}{45}\right]^{1/2}\dfrac{x_fT_0^3}{30\langle \sigma v\rangle \rho_c}=0\mbox{.}3h^{-2}\left(\dfrac{x_f}{10}\right)\left(\dfrac{g_\star (m)}{100}\right)^{1/2}\dfrac{10^{-39}cm^2}{\langle \sigma v\rangle}
The main (current favourite) candidate for WIMP particles are the so called lightest supersymmetric particles (LSP). However, there are other possible elections. For instance, Majorana neutrinos (or other sterile neutrino species), Z prime bosons, and other exotic particles. We observe that here there is a deep connection between particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology when we talk about the energy density and its total composition, from a fundamental viewpoint.
Remark: there are also WISP particles (Weakly Interacting Slim Particles), like (superlight) axions and other exotics that could contribute to the DM energy density and/or the "dark energy"/vacum energy that we observe today. There are many experiments searching for these particles in laboratories, colliders, DM detection experiments and astrophysical/cosmological observations (cosmic rays and other HEP phenomena are also investigated to that goal).
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Increased nutrient inputs is one of many global change factors predicted to affect the composition and ecosystem function of plant communities. In general, nitrogen deposition decreases diversity and increases productivity. The effects of phosphorus addition have received less attention, however, and the interactive effect of both nutrients is likely to exacerbate diversity loss over time. Here we addressed whether chronic nutrient additions changed community structure and ecosystem productivity of a native tallgrass prairie.


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White-tailed sea eagles ( H. albicilla), native to Europe, southwestern Greenland, the Middle East, Russia (including Siberia), and the coastlands of China, had disappeared from the British Isles by 1918 and from most of southern Europe by the 1950s; however, they began to recolonize Scotland by way of Norway in the 1950s and '60s. By the early 21st century, more than 5,000 breeding pairs...
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Definitions for ultra-gaseous matter
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Gas so rarefied that its molecules do not collide or very rarely do so. Experiments of very striking nature have been devised by Crookes and others to illustrate the peculiar phenomena that this matter presents. The general lines of this work are similar to the methods used in Geissler tube experiments, except that the vacua used are very much higher. When the vacuum is increased so that but one-millionth of the original gas is left the radiant state is reached. The molecules in their kinetic movements beat back and forth in straight lines without colliding, or with very rare collisions. Their motions can be guided and rendered visible by electrification. A tube or small glass bulb with platinum electrodes sealed in it, is exhausted to the requisite degree and is hermetically sealed by melting the glass. The electrodes are connected to the terminals of an induction coil or other source of high tension electrification. The molecules which come in contact with a negatively electrified pole are repelled from it in directions normal to its surface. They produce different phosphorescent or luminous effects in their mutual collisions. Thus if they are made to impinge upon glass, diamond or ruby, intense phosphorescence is produced. A piece of platinum subjected to molecular bombardment is brought to white heat. A movable body can be made to move under their effects. Two streams proceeding from one negative pole repel each other. The stream of molecules can be drawn out of their course by a magnet. The experiments are all done on a small scale in tubes and bulbs, resembling to a certain extent Geissler tubes. [Transcriber's note: These effects are caused by plasma--ionized gas and electrons.]
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Ornan's Dark Plate is a powerful artifact that used to belong to a zealotic warlord, worshipping a God lost to history.
Age of Rifts II
Aside from its owner, it is unknown who forged this ancient armor or how it was imbued with the powerful dark magic that still courses dimly through its interlocking chains. This mail was able to set the leathers of adventurers into a blaze, or superheat a knight's armor to fuse with their own flesh. At the same time, granting the wearer the ability to resist its radiant light. During the Second Age of Rifts however, or some time prior, Ornan was killed by a worshipper of Urgathoa. Their slayer donned the mail, and it became a staple of the legends that made many fear their presence.
Age of Order
After the Age of Exile, this worshipper seemingly vanished from the Ancient World, entrusting various bits and pieces of his legacy to various friends, for a time this plate rested in the hands of a long lasting group known for its vast wealth of other numerous artifacts. They locked it away in the deepest reaches of their vaults, hoping to have the worshippers legacy archived forever.
Age of Ruin
The mail was retrieved from its vault by an unknown interloper, and found a new owner. Its current whereabouts are unknown.


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| Lesson 7 || Selecting records based on user input |
| Objective || Use parameterized queries to select records based on user input values. |
Selecting Records based on User Input
Practically all Web sites today have some level of search capability. The typical scenario includes a search page in which the user selects a search criterion, such as author or title, enters a search term or phrase, and finally clicks a button to submit the search to the Web server.
In the scenario just described, the search criterion and term or phrases are not known at design time.
Rather, the complete search definition isn't known until runtime. At runtime, the SQL query is built dynamically after the user submits the search. There are generally two ways to implement runtime dynamic searches.
- Design time: The mode of operation when the application is being written.
- runtime: The mode of operation when the application is running.
- Stored procedures: SQL statements stored in a database
- Parameterized queries: SQL query that uses dynamic parameters
Parameterized queries use a SQL statement with a placeholder. A placeholder is simply a character, such as a question mark, that will be replaced at runtime with the values the user entered. Using placeholders, your application can build SQL queries dynamically at runtime. The following SQL statement shows a placeholder for the book status value.
SELECT ItemNo, Title, Author, Retail FROM BookTable
WHERE Status =?
You can implement parameterized queries in PHP using several of the database products you read about in the ealier Module on database concepts.
The VirtualBookShelf.com database used in this course is a Microsoft Access database. Unfortunately, PHP doesn't support parameterized queries in Microsoft Access. The simulation in this lesson uses a Microsoft SQL Server database. You use the Recordset DTC to create a parameterized query.
The control is bound to a SQL query, which will have one or more placeholders for user-entered values.
The following simulation demonstrates how to create an HTML page that lets the user enter a state abbreviation as the search term.
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, it is sometimes useful to represent a vector in matrix notation as
Then, in appendix 2 of post 17.13 we could write
The dot product v.r is then given by vTr = vxrx + vyry + vzrz that is a scalar.
The cross product of the two vectors a and b in post 17.37 is given by the determinant
which could be represented by the column matrix
Now let's look again at equation 2. We would get the same relationship between stresses and strains if we wrote it as
Now we are representing the stresses and strains by a 3 × 3 matrix in which are the non-diagonal elements are zero; this is an example of a diagonal matrix. The off-diagonal elements are zero because, the strains resulting from application of the stress σx do not depend on σy or σz. In general, the state of strain in an isotropic material may be more complicated so that the strain induced by σx may components in the y and z directions that are not so simply related to σx. In other words, the strain depends on direction but strains in the x, y and z direction are not independent. Then the strain in the object is represented by a tensor instead of by a vector (post 20.2). We can represent this tensor by the a 3 × 3 matrix
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When remotely connecting to my server using Windows' Remote Desktop Connection application, I can save Connection settings in an RDP file and then easily edit it right clicking and selecting "edit".
Also I can create an RDP file for a RemoteApp program in a RemoteApp Manager of my server. But it is impossible to edit the settings of the RDP file in the way as for the RDP file created from Remote Desktop Connection application.
Why is that? What is difference between these two types of RDP files and what is the difference between these two types of remote desktop sessions? Is there any way to change the IP address of the Computer parameter of the RDP file, created from a RemoteApp Manager?
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RDP files are (or at least used to be) plain text files. Try opening one in Notepad or your favourite text editor.
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Thanks! Your info is really helpful. I easily opened both files with Notepad and so was able to edit any parameter. Additionally, I can see all parameters, RDP file consists of, and google them. +1 – rem Jul 9 '10 at 5:03
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Define $X_{n+1} = (aX_n + c) \bmod m$ where $a$ is chosen uniformly at random from $\{1,\dots, m-1\}$ and $c$ is chosen uniformly at random from $\{0,\dots, m-1\}$ and $m$ is a fixed prime. Take $X_0$ to be some arbitrary value from $\{0,\dots, m-1\}$. What is the mean cycle length?
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$X_n = c/(1-a) + (X_0 - c/(1-a)) a^n \mod m$. The period is the order of $a$ mod $m$. For each $t$ dividing $m-1$, the number of $a$ with order $t$ is $\varphi(t)$. So the mean period is $$\frac{1}{m-1} \sum_{t | m-1} t \varphi(t)$$ See _URL_ for that sum.
EDIT: This doesn't count the case $a=1$ properly: there we have $X_n = X_0 + c n$ and the period is $m$ (unless $c=0$ in which case the period is $1$). So the mean period for the case $a=1$ is $m - 1 + 1/m$ instead of $1$, and the correct mean period is $$ \frac{m-1}{m} + \frac{1}{m-1} \sum_{t | m-1} t \varphi(t)$$ Thus for $m=7$, where $\sum_{t | 6} t \varphi(t) = 21$, the mean period is $\dfrac{6}{7} + \dfrac{21}{6} = \dfrac{61}{14}$.
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You must be doing something wrong. For $m=2$ there are just two cases: $a=1, c=0$ (period $1$) and $a=1,c=1$ (period $2$). So the mean period is $1.5$. You can't possibly have a period greater than $2$ when there are only two possible values. – Robert Israel Feb 6 '13 at 2:35
_URL_ has a complete enumeration of the $m=7$ case which gives the mean as exactly $4$. (The variable $b$ is the same as $c$ in the question.) Do you see why there is a discrepancy? – user59560 Feb 8 '13 at 19:18
Yes, the problem is that I was taking the period of the function as a whole, neglecting the fact that (for $a \ne 1$) there is a fixed point $X_0 = c/(1-a)$. Taking this into account, the end result is that the mean period is $$1 + \frac{1}{m} \sum_{t | m-1} t \varphi(t)$$ This agrees with your results: $3/2$ for $m=2$, $2$ for $m=3$, $3.2$ for $m=5$, $4$ for $m=7$. – Robert Israel Feb 8 '13 at 21:02
Perfect, thanks! – user59560 Feb 8 '13 at 21:29
it is not a mean, it is a fixed number. there are many papers on this field
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We apply the Wigner function formalism to partial Bell-state analysis using polarization entanglement produced in parametric down conversion. Two-photon statistics at a beam-splitter are reproduced by a wave-like description with zeropoint fluctuations of the electromagnetic field. In particular, the fermionic behaviour of two photons in the singlet state is explained from the invariance on the correlation properties of two light beams going through a balanced beam-splitter. Moreover, we show that a Bell-state measurement introduces some fundamental noise at the idle channels of the analyzers. As a consequence, the consideration of more independent sets of vacuum modes entering the crystal appears as a need for a complete Bell-state analysis.


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The Argentine Breakfast
Generally, Argentine breakfasts are small meals of medialunas (croissants,) jam and coffee. A cortado is coffee with a little bit of milk; cafe con leche, as the name suggests, has more milk in it; and a cafe chico is usually a small cup of thick coffee.
The Argentine Lunch
Midday lunch is a considerably larger meal, often with pastas or meats as main courses. Just about every restaurant prepares fresh juices, licuados, blended with water or milk. Businesses in many cities across the country close for lunch, as people go home to eat a long meal with their families. Popular sandwiches include:
The Argentine Mid-Afternoon Snack (merienda)
In the late afternoon, Argentines have a snack or sandwich to keep their hunger at bay until dinner, which is typically not eaten before 9 or 10 p.m., especially during the hotter months. This tea time tradition, known as merienda, can be traced back to the 1800s, when British immigrants arrived in Argentina. Often merienda consists of the same medialunas that are eaten for breakfast, with either tea, matÃ©, or coffee.
Dinner takes place quite late, and many restaurants in Argentina stay open and are packed past midnight. Cuisine of Argentine stems from mainly Italian and German culinary traditions, so pastas or meat and potatoes are the most common Argentine food items. Argentines in general and PorteÃ±os in particular (residents of Buenos Aires) are night owls, and itâ€™s common to eat late and go out even later, only to wake up a couple of hours later for a small breakfast and a long day of work.
Here are some related tips to help plan your trip to Argentina: Bodega La Caroyense, Patagonian Food, Food in Buenos Aires, Tips For Taking Tea In Gaiman, Vegetarian Survival in Argentina, Argentina Food and Drink and An Argentine Meat Feast.


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PSP stands for Pathways to Success Program (various organizations)
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Jr. Analytical Grammar is a program intended to introduce the ideas of English grammar to younger students. It is designed to be taught in an eleven-week grammar "season" in either 4th or 5th grade. Created in response to parent requests for grammar materials for younger students, it covers the same material found in the first ten units of Analytical Grammar, but the exercises are shorter and the reading level is lower. It is also more "interactive" as far as the parent is concerned. Rather than the student reading notes, the "notes" are really a series of questions and activities designed to help the child understand the grammatical concepts.
The program is divided into eleven units; each taxes about a week to go through. Each unit builds on the one before, so students use what they've already learned to master the next concept.
Our junior version is a gentle, easy introduction to the concepts of English grammar. It is straightforward to teach and fun for both teacher and student.
Jr. Analytical Grammar covers:
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We're Working To Make Kids Healthier
Jump Rope For Heart is a national education and fundraising event sponsored by the American Heart Association and the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. This event engages elementary school students with jumping rope while empowering them to improve their health and help other kids with heart health issues. This program is a great way to satisfy physical education standards as determined by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education and the American Association for Health Education.
Jump Rope For Heart Helps Students Grow
- Kids learn the value of community service and become empowered to contribute to their community's welfare.
- Children join together in helping other kids with special hearts.
- Students learn how to develop heart-healthy habits while being physically active.
- Participants learn jump rope skills they can use for the rest of their lives.
With your support, we can help protect and improve children's health. Educating our students and raising funds for research and outreach are vital to improving kids' lives!
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Paragraph and essay writing assignment for middle school, junior high and high school students. Satisfy your curiosity and write your own ideas about an assigned topic. This activity helps students communicate their ideas, observations and opinions regarding artwork featuring fish subjects. One of many focused and fun creative writing offerings based on the Fish of the Animal Kingdom PowerPoint presentation found in the Living on Planet Earth Series.
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spherical fibration
Homotopy theory
homotopy theory, (∞,1)-category theory, homotopy type theory
flavors: stable, equivariant, rational, p-adic, proper, geometric, cohesive, directed
models: topological, simplicial, localic, …
see also algebraic topology
Paths and cylinders
Homotopy groups
Basic facts
A spherical fibration is a fiber bundle of spheres of some dimension (a sphere fiber bundle). Typically this is considered in homotopy theory where one considers fibrations whose fibers have the homotopy type of spheres; and this in turn is often considered in stable homotopy theory after stabilization (hence up to tensoring with trivial spherical fibrations) which makes spherical fibrations models for (∞,1)-module bundles for the sphere spectrum regarded as an E-∞ ring.
Every real vector bundle becomes a spherical fibration in the sense of homotopy theory upon removing its zero section and this construction induces a map from vector bundles and in fact from topological K-theory to spherical fibrations, called the J-homomorphism.
This is closely related to the Thom space/Thom spectrum construction for vector bundles.
In components
For XX (the homotopy type of) a topological space, a spherical fibration over it is a fibration EXE \to X such that each fiber has the homotopy type of a sphere.
Given two spherical fibrations E 1,E 2XE_1, E_2 \to X, there is their fiberwise smash product E 1 XE 2XE_1 \wedge_X E_2 \to X.
For nn \in \mathbb{N}, write ϵ n:X×S nX\epsilon^n \colon X \times S^n \to X for the trivial sphere bundle of fiber dimension nn. Two spherical fibrations E 1,E 2XE_1, E_2 \to X are stably fiberwise equivalent if there exists n 1,n 2n_1, n_2 \in \mathbb{N} such that there is a map
E 1 Xϵ n 1E 2 Xϵ n 2 E_1 \wedge_X \epsilon^{n_1} \longrightarrow E_2 \wedge_X \epsilon^{n_2}
over XX which is fiberwise a weak homotopy equivalence.
One consider the abelian group
Sph(X)Ab Sph(X) \in Ab
to be the Grothendieck group of stable fiberwise equivalence classes of spherical fibrations, under fiberwise smash product.
Classifying space
There is an associative H-space, G nG_n, of homotopy equivalences of the (n1)(n-1)-sphere with composition. Then BG nB G_n acts as the classifying space for spherical fibrations with spherical fibre S n1S^{n-1} (Stasheff 63).
There is an inclusion of the orthogonal group O(n)O(n) into G nG_n.
Suspension gives a map G nG n+1G_n \to G_{n+1} whose limit is denoted GG. Then BGB G classifies stable spherical fibrations.
As (,1)(\infty,1)-module bundles
Adams conjecture
The Adams conjecture (a theorem) characterizes certain spherical fibrations in the image of the J-homomorphism as trivial.
Gysin sequence
The long exact sequence in cohomology induced by a spherical fibration is called a Gysin sequence.
Rational homotopy type
See Sullivan model of a spherical fibration.
An original reference is
Treatment of the classifying space for spherical fibrations is in
 - James Stasheff, A classification theorem for fibre spaces, Topology Volume 2, Issue 3, October 1963, Pages 239-246.
Reviews include
 - Raoul Bott, Loring Tu, Chapter 11 of Differential Forms in Algebraic Topology, Graduate Texts in Mathematics 82, Springer 1982 (doi:10.1007/BFb0063500)
 - Howard Marcum, Duane Randall, The homotopy Thom class of a spherical fibration, Proceedings of the AMS, volume 80, number 2 (pdf)
 - Per Holm, Jon Reed, section 7 of Structure theory of manifolds, Seminar notes 1971pdf
 - Oliver Straser, Nena Röttgens, Spivak normal fibrations (pdf)
 - S. Husseini, Spherical fibrations (pdf)
In rational homotopy theory
Discussion in rational homotopy theory (for more see at Sullivan model of a spherical fibration):
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Internal Beauty
Despite its message to clients to slow down and adopt a more leisurely pace, the spa industry is faced with the daunting and contrary task of fulfilling the expectations of spa-goers who crave instant gratification. Although there is no magical quick-fix beauty pill, supplements and vitamins are emerging as a viable way to treat the skin from within.
According to Dee Deluca-Mattos, vice president of Avancé and president of the Medical Spa Society, supplements and vitamins are hardly new. What is new, however, are their delivery systems, which are much more effective than ever before. "Supplements, vitamins, and, in particular, enzymes play a significant role in wellness services today," says Deluca-Mattos. Although the industry has traditionally focused on topical applications to treat the skin, in recent years, there has been a shift in thinking. "In order for the skin to look and feel its best, it needs to be treated both internally and externally," says Janet Ralston, vice president of marketing for Prothera, a nutraceutical manufacturer. "Supplements help repair and nourish all elements relating to the skin, including collagen, structure, and resilience. This comprehensive approach is a great addition to common external applications that often have a narrow focus on only one component of the skin."
It's common knowledge that a variety of factors play a role in determining healthy skin. "A poor diet and the lack of essential nutrients contribute to many types of skin problems, including acne, eczema, psoriasis, and more," says Josh Bowman, director of research and development at The M'lis Company. As a result, oral supplements have emerged as an ideal complement to topical solutions when developing skincare regimes.
Supplements in the Spa
The long-term health benefits that supplements offer are becoming increasingly apparent. "As the general population becomes more educated on the importance of dietary supplements, there will be a greater demand for them from healthcare professionals," says Ralston. "At this stage, it is important for spas to keep up with this evolving trend and integrate supplements into their practices."
With a primary focus on wellness and the promotion of a healthy lifestyle, spas are well positioned to tap into the supplement and vitamin market. "The current and predicted trend for spas and beauty centers is to truly make a difference in people's lives," says Bowman. "This has evolved from simple pampering and beauty treatments to total programs that improve the way individuals eat, how they manage stress, and their overall health. Vitamins and supplements certainly play a role in this, as it is very difficult to achieve one hundred percent nutrition and avoid harmful additives and chemicals in the diet in today's society." As a result, spa-goers are looking to preventative treatments and programs in increasing numbers. "Spas that provide treatment-specific supplements to their clients elevate their credibility as a wellness center," says James Beck, president of Mountain View Labs, LLC, manufacturer of Trielements nutritional supplements. In addition, they benefit from creating a new source of retail revenue.
There's also the opportunity to private label. "An increasing number of spas are using private labeling to gain customer loyalty and long-term business," says Ralston. "Customers are given a sense of confidence when they use a supplement distributed from those same professionals they know and trust."
Supplemental Skincare
Supplemental Skincare
New and Noteworthy
Today, a growing number of skincare companies are utilizing supplements to treat the skin. Many focus on common skincare concerns, such as acne, cellulite, wrinkles, and more. Some of the most popular and effective supplements include alpha lipoic acid, Coenzyme Q10, fish oil, grapeseed extract, gamma tocopherol, green tea extract, hyaluronic acid, and lycopene. Fish oil, in particular, has received a fair amount of attention in regards to promoting healthy skin. Rich in omega-3 fatty acids, it is reputed for its numerous health benefits, such as strengthening hair and nails, supporting the immune system, and regulating inflammation.
Howard Murad, M.D., founder of Murad, considers formulas that improve the cell membrane and promote hydration within the cell and connective tissue as being the biggest trend in supplements today. Another growing trend relates to metabolism. "As individuals begin to recognize how foods and supplements affect their blood sugar, they can gain control of their health in ways never before seen," says Bowman. "The glycemic index/load quantitates a numerical value to how a specific food or supplement drops or raises blood glucose levels. This affects everyone and particularly those looking to maintain a healthy weight, sustain energy levels, and prevent blood sugar imbalances specific to diabetes or hypoglycemia, as well as help those with chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia toward wellness."
As in any treatment, spa-goers are seeking tangible results. "Marketing trends indicate that consumers are looking for supplements that have a measurable effect on the skin," says Jan Marini, founder of Jan Marini Skin Research. "This probably reflects society's attraction toward products that provide results with very little commitment from the user." There's no denying that supplements provide an easy fix—it's simple enough to pop a pill. However, the question of quickness is another thing.
The Lowdown on Supplements
According to Ralston, there is a misconception that supplements produce immediate results, when in fact, the benefits are actually long-term and don't happen overnight. This in itself can be advantageous to the spa industry in that supplements are designed to be used regularly, making them a boon to retail sales. Another common misconception is that they are unsafe and unregulated. According to Beck, their safety record is actually better than that of over-the-counter and prescription drugs, and even foods. "The fact is, they are regulated by the Federal Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission as well as government agencies in all fifty states," says Beck. "The FDA has regulatory authority under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, a 1994 amendment to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act that was passed by unanimous consent in both the House and Senate."
Another thing to keep in mind is that all supplements are not created equal. "People often believe all supplements are the same, so they opt for the cheapest brand," says Ralston. "However, supplements can vary greatly in quality, potency, and formulation." Bowman points to three factors that need to be considered: quality, the natural source of the raw material; synergy, the harmony between ingredients; and utility, the breakdown, absorption, and assimilation of ingredients.
"In order for supplements to be most effective, you can't focus on just one nutrient," says Ralston. "Supplements are designed to work with one another to provide a comprehensive treatment. Each nutrient can be complemented and/or enhanced with a specific combination of other nutrients. The effectiveness and requirement of each supplement varies from person to person."
According to Deluca-Mattos, many people mistakenly believe enzymes, supplements, and vitamins are a cure for poor eating habits. "All successful wellness programs begin with proper diet, hydration, and exercise," she says. "Supplements, vitamins, and enzymes aid a well-running system to achieve maximum potential."—Heather Mikesell
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3.save the text file as agecalc.cpp and select file type all with in the text file.
4.paste this file inside your bin folder where the Turbo C resides.
5.Open turbo C and do File->Open->Agecalc.cpp
6.press F2 to save and F9 to compile.
7.press ctrl+F9 to run the program
8.once you have compiled the program search for agecal.exe in your bin folder


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Android 9 introduced API support for multi-camera devices through a new logical camera device composed of two or more physical camera devices pointing in the same direction. The logical camera device is exposed as a single CameraDevice/CaptureSession to an app allowing for interaction with HAL-integrated multi-camera features. Apps can optionally access and control underlying physical camera streams, metadata, and controls.
Multi-camera support
Figure 1. Multi-camera support
In this diagram, different camera IDs are color coded. The app can stream raw buffers from each physical camera at the same time. It is also possible to set separate controls and receive separate metadata from different physical cameras.
Examples and sources
Multi-camera devices must be advertised with the logical multi-camera capability.
Camera clients can query the camera ID of the physical devices a particular logical camera is made of by calling getPhysicalCameraIds(). The IDs returned as part of the result are then used to control physical devices individually through setPhysicalCameraId(). The results from such individual requests can be queried from the complete result by invoking getPhysicalCameraResults().
Support checklist
To add logical multi-camera devices on the HAL side:
For devices running Android 10 where the camera HAL device version is 3.5 or higher, the camera device must support isStreamCombinationSupported for apps to query whether a particular stream combination containing physical streams is supported.
Stream configuration map
For a logical camera device supporting RAW capability with physical sub-cameras of different sizes, if an app configures a logical RAW stream, the logical camera device must not switch to physical sub-cameras with different sensor sizes. This ensures that existing RAW capture apps don't break.
To take advantage of HAL-implemented optical zoom by switching between physical sub-cameras during RAW capture, apps must configure physical sub-camera streams instead of a logical RAW stream.
Guaranteed stream combination
Performance and power considerations
 - Performance:
 - Power:
 - HAL's power optimization continues to work in the default case.
You can customize your device implementation in the following ways.
 - The fused output of the logical camera device depends entirely on the HAL implementation. The decision on how fused logical streams are derived from the physical cameras is transparent to the app and Android camera framework.
 - From Android 10, the HAL can reduce the number of cameras that can be directly opened by an app by electing not to advertise some or all PHYSICAL_IDs in getCameraIdList. Calling getPhysicalCameraCharacteristics must then return the characteristics of the physical camera.
Logical multi-camera devices must pass camera CTS like any other regular camera. The test cases that target this type of device can be found in the LogicalCameraDeviceTest module.
Best practices
To fully take advantage of features enabled by multi-camera while maintaining app compatibility, follow these best practices when implementing a logical multi-camera device:
 - (Android 10 or higher) Hide physical sub-cameras from getCameraIdList. This reduces the number of cameras that can be directly opened by apps, eliminating the need for apps to have complex camera selection logic.
 - (Android 11 or higher) For a logical multi-camera device supporting optical zoom, implement the ANDROID_CONTROL_ZOOM_RATIO API, and use ANDROID_SCALER_CROP_REGION for aspect ratio cropping only. ANDROID_CONTROL_ZOOM_RATIO enables the device to zoom out and maintain better precision. In this case, the HAL must adjust the coordinates system of ANDROID_SCALER_CROP_REGION, ANDROID_CONTROL_AE_REGIONS, ANDROID_CONTROL_AWB_REGIONS, ANDROID_CONTROL_AF_REGIONS, ANDROID_STATISTICS_FACE_RECTANGLES, and ANDROID_STATISTICS_FACE_LANDMARKS to treat the post-zoom field of view as the sensor active array. For more information on how ANDROID_SCALER_CROP_REGION works together with ANDROID_CONTROL_ZOOM_RATIO, see camera3_crop_reprocess#cropping.
 - For multi-camera devices with physical cameras that have different capabilities, make sure the device advertises support for a certain value or range for a control only if the whole zoom range supports the value or range. For example, if the logical camera is composed of an ultrawide, a wide, and a telephoto camera, do the following:
 - If the active array sizes of the physical cameras are different, the camera HAL must do the mapping from the physical cameras' active arrays to the logical camera active array for ANDROID_SCALER_CROP_REGION, ANDROID_CONTROL_AE_REGIONS, ANDROID_CONTROL_AWB_REGIONS, ANDROID_CONTROL_AF_REGIONS, ANDROID_STATISTICS_FACE_RECTANGLES, and ANDROID_STATISTICS_FACE_LANDMARKS so that from the app's perspective, the coordinate system is the logical camera's active array size.
 - If the wide and telephoto cameras support autofocus, but the ultrawide camera is fixed focus, make sure the logical camera advertises autofocus support. The HAL must simulate an autofocus state machine for the ultrawide camera so that when the app zooms out to the ultrawide lens, the fact that the underlying physical camera is fixed focus is transparent to the app, and the autofocus state machines for the supported AF modes work as expected.
 - If the wide and telephoto cameras support 4K @ 60 fps, and the ultrawide camera only supports 4K @ 30 fps, or 1080p @ 60 fps, but not 4K @ 60 fps, make sure the logical camera doesn't advertise 4k @ 60 fps in its supported stream configurations. This guarantees the integrity of the logical camera capabilities, ensuring that the app won't run into the issue of not achieving 4k @ 60 fps at a ANDROID_CONTROL_ZOOM_RATIO value of less than 1.
 - Staring from Android 10, a logical multi-camera isn't required to support stream combinations that include physical streams. If the HAL supports a combination with physical streams:
 - (Android 11 or higher) To better handle use cases such as depth from stereo and motion tracking, make the field of view of the physical stream outputs as large as can be achieved by the hardware. However, if a physical stream and a logical stream originate from the same physical camera, hardware limitations might force the field of view of the physical stream to be the same as the logical stream.
 - To address the memory pressure caused by multiple physical streams, make sure apps use discardFreeBuffers to deallocate the free buffers (buffers that are released by the consumer, but not yet dequeued by the producer) if a physical stream is expected to be idle for a period of time.
 - If physical streams from different physical cameras aren't typically attached to the same request, make sure apps use surface group so that one buffer queue is used to back two app-facing surfaces, reducing memory consumption.


business of selling consumables. Giving customers the ability to sample products before they buy is the equivalent of letting people try on clothes. This practice is highly effective and you should use it.
11. Light your display like it's important
Light is something that you cannot ignore while carrying out visual merchandising. If you have particularly dark display with no way to highlight it from above, consider moving it to an existing light source or light form below with small spot lights. Remember, light makes the merchandise pop.
Lighting shapes the overall atmosphere of your store and helps draw a shopper's attention to a particular item in a display. Like signage, it can elegantly guide the shopper to the areas of the store you want to highlight. There are three techniques in lighting composition — primary lighting, accent lighting, and ambient lighting.
Primary lighting is the overall illumination of your store. Accent lighting draws the shopper's focus to a specific display. Ambient lighting tends to be more dramatic in that it plays light off of shadow to create an intriguing effect.
A recent field study looked at lighting's impact on customer behavior. The research found that customers spent more time in areas of the store that had warmer lighting and that the average sales per customer increased by 1.93% when a dynamic lighting installation was introduced. Be careful not to set your primary lighting too dim, as it makes the largest overall impact and can affect the customer experience. Contrast makes perception easier.
Accent lighting should be used sparsely to avoid cannibalizing its effect. Be thoughtful about which products you want to highlight. For example, consider using accents on the lower levels of a shelving unit which might not naturally attract a shopper's gaze.
12. Use the pyramid principle
Contrasting heights and depths grab customer interest. Varying heights can fuel interaction among shoppers and products. For instance, spread out items on tables at hip level. Put baskets can on the floor and fill them with items easy to sort through. Large lights can hang from the ceiling in precarious manners. Position props or plants on high podiums, and racks can be strategically placed.
From the ground up there is room for the eye to wander and pique interest. Use the pyramid principle if you're struggling with creating a visual hierarchy. The pyramid principle makes items look like they are cascading in the line of vision.
13. Create a Focal Point
For you to create an effective visual display, you need to create a focal point in your display. Where does the viewer's eye focus on your display? Do their eyes move toward a specific location on the display? Or are they confused about where to look? Note that you must have to create a focal point because hotspots can increase sales by 229 percent.
Examine your display from the customer's point of view: the top, the floor, both sides. Often the focal point is positioned too high for the customer to see. Always check your displays to ensure customers can easily view the hotspots and merchandise. Remember, the hotspot is the product, not a visual element you use to add to the story.
14. Expose Customers to as much merchandise as possible
A well-designed, impactful display exposes the customer to as much merchandise as possible while avoiding confusing the customer. The more products customers see, the more they buy.
Consider using a circular store layout, which many retailers use. It is powerful because it exposes customers to more merchandise than traditional aisles. Where your store does use aisles, place a display in the dead center so customers are forced to stop and look at the products.
Have as many displays as possible, and present as much merchandise as possible. But keep displays clean and sharp, and ensure aisles are spacious and barrier-free to prevent deterring customers from products.
15. Use Empty Space Wisely
It is a fact that there is always a space in all retail stores that is the most underutilized. It is the section between the displayed merchandise and the ceiling. If this space in your store is empty, you need to start using it. You can use this space for many different things, like signage providing information about products or brands. You could display customer testimonials with the customer's name and picture. You could profile a designer or supplier.
You could also display lifestyle graphics that help customers make associations with your products. For example, a furniture store could display an image of a family cozied up on a couch, emitting those warm, fuzzy feelings that put shoppers in a good mood. A jewelry store could display a woman at a fine dining restaurant wearing a bracelet, creating an association between the store's jewelry and a luxurious lifestyle.
16. Change your displays from time to time
Holidays and seasons only last so long, and promotional goods have a short shelf life as new arrivals are always on the way to replace them. If you ordered a merchandise that is meant to go together, keep it together. You don't want its first appearance to be diluted. Later, the few items that may be left can be grouped with new arrivals to give them a new look.
If you ordered red Valentine candles from one vendor, mugs from another, and teas from another, wait for them all to arrive. If you put the candles out first as a sole item and you can lose the potential add-on-sales you would have gotten from the whole display.
17. Group Like with Like
Grouping products with other similar items will give your customers additional reasons to buy more items from you. But grouping products also has a more utilitarian justification: it saves shoppers time. They don't need to wander around your entire retail store trying to mix and match things. It's one of the reasons grocery stores will put dips right beside their chips, or peanut butter with jams.
You can also think of it as creating categories. But you don't need to limit your creativity there: you can also create "groupings" within categories. That means having merchandise that might be the same color, price, size, or type together. Depending on what you have in stock, you can make various groupings from seemingly ordinary items. Just channel your inner creativity.
18. Offer creative Places To Sit
Many times shoppers come into your store with someone else. This is a fact that has been noticed especially in stores that are gender selective. The more uncomfortable shopping partners get, the less time the main shopper is likely to devote to browsing your merchandise.
Give those shopping 'guides' somewhere to sit, either a seat, a bench, or a couch, and make sure that it is creatively designed to send the right message. For example, if you are a lingerie shop, you can design a sort of man cave for men that accompany their partners to the shop.
19. Unleash the power of storytelling
Use stories to spark imagination, inspire new styles and trigger emotions. Retail storytelling is one of the most critical factors in creating a great experience for your shoppers. Stories that form an emotional connection with the customer can have a long-lasting effect on the in-store shopper journey.
They give your brand a voice and move it away from being "just" a retail store. Giving your brand a personality ignites a human element and allows customers to connect on a more personal level.
A great place to start your offline storytelling is at your window displays. Often window displays are the first point of non-digital interaction with your brand. If you are looking for inspiration and creative ideas, don't forget to use free online tools such as Pinterest.
Consider setting up your product displays in a way that shoppers can envision your items in their own home (or wearing them, in the case of apparel). Examine your floor layout with a fresh set of eyes to see how you can utilize in-store branding and fixtures to communicate your message.
20. Use symmetry in your displays
When creating visual merchandising in your retail store, you need to make good use of symmetry. Repeating the way your products are folded, stacked, hung and styled in symmetrical ways can elevate your store's visual feeling. When repeating products around a focal point and using symmetry in styling your display, you can also look to incorporate different colour balancing techniques to deliver an even more striking look.
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Survive the Amazon Rainforest in a Heart-Pumping Adventure with Green Hell - the Ultimate Survival Game. Immerse yourself in the Wild and Unforgiving World of the Amazon, where every decision counts. The game is available for free download and can be installed on supported Windows versions and hardware mentioned below.
Green Hell Overview
Green Hell is a survival game that takes place in the Amazon rainforest. Developed by Creepy Jar, the game was released in 2019 for PC and later for other platforms. In Green Hell PC download, players take on the role of a man named Jake Higgins, who has been stranded in the jungle and must survive the harsh conditions while uncovering the mystery behind his wife's disappearance.
The premise is survival, as players must scavenge for food, water, and resources to maintain their health and well-being. The game also features an environmental hazard system that adds a layer of challenge to the gameplay. Its genre is a first-person survival game with elements of exploration, crafting, and resource management.
Green Hell's gameplay is focused on survival and exploration. Players must navigate the jungle and manage their resources to stay alive. The game features several mechanics contributing to the survival experience, such as hunting, crafting, and building shelters.
Hunting is an essential part of the game, as players must kill animals to obtain food and materials for crafting. Players can craft weapons and tools using resources in the jungle, such as stones, sticks, and plant fibers. Building shelters is also important for survival, as players need a safe place to rest and recover from injuries.
The environmental hazard system adds an extra layer of challenge to the gameplay. Players must contend with dangerous animals like snakes and jaguars and environmental hazards like disease and infection. It has a sanity meter that decreases when players experience traumatic events, such as encountering dangerous animals or being injured.
Green Hell Story
The story of Green Hell free download, follows Jake Higgins as he searches for his missing wife in the Amazon rainforest. The narrative structure primarily focuses on exploration and discovery, as players uncover clues about Jake's wife's whereabouts and the reason for her disappearance.
The game's themes revolve around the dangers of the jungle and the consequences of human impact on the environment. The story also touches on mental health and the toll survival can take on a person's psyche.
Graphics and Sound
Green Hell's visual design is impressive, featuring realistic and detailed environments that accurately depict the Amazon rainforest. The graphics are particularly impressive in terms of lighting and shadow effects, which add to the immersive atmosphere.
The game's sound design and music also contribute to the overall experience. The sound effects are realistic and help to create a sense of immersion in the jungle environment. The music is minimalistic, consisting of ambient sounds that enhance the atmosphere. Regarding graphics and sound, Green Hell PC download compares favorably to survival games like The Forest and Rust. However, the emphasis on realism and immersion sets it apart from other survival games.
Green Hell is a thrilling survival experience that immerses players in the harsh realities of the Amazon rainforest. The game's survival mechanics and environmental hazard system add a layer of challenge to gameplay, making it a rewarding experience for players who enjoy survival games. The emphasis on immersion and realism sets it apart from other survival games and has influenced the genre.


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REPORTING ENRICHMENT FORMS
Production reporting can be time-consuming. Our Reporting Enrichment Forms (REF) eliminates the need to spend hours filling in spreadsheets by capturing data automatically from web-based forms and your Fleet Management System. Managing business targets, shift handover notes and machine configurations has never been easier.
Example Use Cases
REF is a versatile tool which can be easily customised to meet your business needs. Example uses include:
Asset Groupings: Assigning multiple assets to a single piece of equipment - for example, a drill rig with multiple engines operating in a region under a single fleet manager. Aggregated reports can then be created based on these hierarchy levels as desired.
Recommended Actions: Creating action lists based on specific operating parameters. This helps to keep your fleet management organised, and in particular, can help less experienced personnel manage the fleet.
Asset Configurations: Adjusting equipment configurations such as tonnage capacity, enabling more realistic and meaningful reporting.
Production Targets: Setting up target production tonnes per shift to compare to actual tonnes produced, making clear where targets are and aren't being met.
Shift Notes: Adding comments to a shift to provide context for performance, allowing you to note factors such as adverse weather conditions, accidents and poor loading conditions
How it works
REF allows you to input data on-site targets, limits, grouped assets etc. into customisable web-based forms. The form-entered information is then captured in a database alongside data from your Fleet Management System and other automated sources. This allows you to easily generate reports through software such as SAP BusinessObjects. Multiple linked pages can be quickly generated through REF for each business use.


Maori Poi Dance, New Zealand 1913
Maori, Poi, Dance, Tribal, Tribe, New Zealand, folk costumes, dress, ritual, ancient weapons
Maori Poi Dance, New Zealand 1913
Maori Poi Dance, New Zealand 1913.
"Poi" as an art form originated in the Māori in New Zealand.
The origin of Poi itself is relatively little studied, mainly because oral traditions are known. The Ur-Poi were an invention of Maori women and consisted of two equally long branches that were connected at their ends with flax. The other ends are put into the fire and brought it to burn in order to achieve an effect in the dark.
The Poi dance was originally used by the Maori women to maintain flexibility of their hands, and of the men in order to promote the necessary strength and coordination in a fight. Poi were also used as a training tool for other ancient weapons like Mere or Patu.
Poi spinning is kinesthetic related to staff rotation or pen spinning, since crossing the manipulation of a rotating object to be kinetic center, stands in front of and adjacent to both sides of the body and not on throwing and catching objects. The traditional Poi game is about a thousand years old and is regarded by the descendants of the original inhabitants of New Zealand today as a cultural tradition.
Source: Picturesque New Zealand (1913) by Paul Gooding. Photography by Muir & Moodie; and Josiah Martin.


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Archaeologists working at Royal Oak discovered evidence of a prehistoric landscape centred on the upper reaches of the Westbourne river. The Westbourne once flowed from Hampstead in the north, south to the Thames.
The river channel dates back 68,000 years. Pollen sampling indicates that the valley would then have been open and treeless, dominated by grasses and herbs. About 100 fragments of animal bone were recovered and have been identified as bison and reindeer. Gnawing marks on three of the bison bones indicate the presence of carnivores, such as wolves or bears, in the area.
The remains included those of the Auroch, a large ancestor of modern cattle. Bison and deer were also found within soils that have filled in a Pleistocene river channel.
The soil sequence shows that the river channel filled up with fine grain soils during a warm period during the last ice age. Erosion is likely to have washed the animal remains into the channel from a nearby bank, preserving them for thousands of years.
The rare find was of major scientific importance. Assistance was also provided by Oxford Archaeology and specialists from the Natural History Museum. The bones are now being cleaned and studied before they are incorporated into the Natural History Museum's permanent collection.
Prehistoric West London
About 100 fragments of animal bone were found, including three bison bones and a fragment of reindeer antler. The earliest dated sediments at the site date to about 88,000 years ago, with the animal bone layer probably around 68,000 years ago.
Analysis of the bones indicates that the animals had died near the site. Their carcasses had been scavenged by carnivores, such as wolves and bears. The antler fragments came from male reindeer and had been naturally shed, indicating that reindeer were spending the autumn and winter months at the site.


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Project 2: the Story of Stuff Inspired Infographics
Here is a series of information design posters based on improving the environment. The students had to go to the Story of Stuff website, select a topic like "how plastic water bottles are poisoning our environment".
Project 1 – The Roswell Incident Inforgraphic
Objective: The idea is to tell a story without using words.
Process: This is the first project that the students are assigned. They are given the synopsis of the of the alleged flying saucer crash in Roswell, NM in 1949. They must research the story and develop an infographic in order to tell the story without words.


Problem 37.1: Illumination pattern
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Two sources of light waves of equal frequency and amplitude are shown. The magnitude of the electric field is represented by the light and dark areas. The lighter the spot, the greater the magnitude of the electric field at that spot. A blue screen is shown on the right-hand side of the animation (position is given in arbitrary units). Restart.
 1. What illumination pattern appears on the screen?
 2. Does the appearance of the screen change with time?
This applet calculates seven frames and then runs continuously. For a large number of sources, or for very small wavelengths, this calculation can take some time, so let the applet finish calculating all seven frames.
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Intercultural and Interreligious Pastoral Caregiving: The SIPCC _PHONE_: 20 Years of International Practice and Reflection
Worldwide, in theory formation and the practice of pastoral caregiving, intercultural and interreligious aspects receive a growing attention. Since its formation in 1995, the "Society of Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling" (SIPCC) has been at the forefront of this development, providing initiative and space for learning and reflection. The essays collected in this publication are a result of this work. Written both by practitioners and by specialists, they reflect challenges and open perspectives for an inclusive ethics of caregiving in the 21st century.
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code. CVS will tell you who last changed each line of code, and when they did it. The commit comment (hopefully) tells you why.
A commit message should contain, in order:
 - A couple of words indicating which part of moodle this change affects. For example 'forum backup', 'quiz attempting' or 'weblib'.
 - A tracker issue id like MDL-12345. (If necessary, create an issue before committing, the only exception is for very minor typos.)
 - A brief description of the problem you are fixing. (If you are feeling lazy, you may be able to get away with copying and pasting the issue summary from the tracker.)
 - If it is not immediately obvious, a brief summary of why this change fixes the problem. If a longer description is necessary, you may also want to add more information to the tracker issue, or Moodle Docs, but the code changes + commit message should provide enough clues to how the fix works on their own.
Here is an example of a commit message from a simple change:
user selection: MDL-17072 Polishing the role assign page: Do processing
before print_header in line with best practice.
Actually, the ideal commit message would be a bit shorter than that. It is good if the first three items (area of Moodle, tracker id and brief description) will fit in the subject line of an email message.
Here is an example from a bigger commit (would it have been better if this could have been done as several smaller commits?):
role overrides: MDL-17070 Improve override roles page to match the recent
usability improvements on the assign page.
MDL-11529 When assigning/overriding roles, the dropdown for switching to
another role should have a number in brackets
MDL-16549 Should not be able to edit the permission associated with
moodle/site:doanything on any role.
Here is an example of a commit (from a while ago, which is why the issue number is in the wrong place) with some explanation of the change:
accesslib: get_user_by_capability() - Handle complex rolecap resolution
With this patch, get_user_by_capability() can handle the cases where
users have multiple role assignments to the same course, and PREVENTs
and PROHIBITs affect the rolecaps of this course.
Without stored procedures we cannot resolve this entirely on the
server side - so in the complex cases we do as much as we can on SQL,
and post-process the data on the PHP side, including SQL-style
The CVS commits email list
You can subscribe at to this email list. You will then get an email every time someone commits a change to Moodle. This is a good way to keep track of what is going on, and also a good way to learn best-practice for CVS commit messages.
You probably want to set your mail client to automatically move messages from this list into a separate mail folder. You may not want to remain subscribed all the time, but when you are new to the project, it is a great way to do a bit of social-constructionist peer learning about our use of CVS.
Working with branches
This diagram shows how the main moodle module branches into different versions over time.
CVS tree
To see all the current tags and branches that are available, use this command on any old file (such as index.php in the top moodle directory):
 cvs status -v index.php
Some tagging guidelines:
 - Tag and branch names should always be all upper-case.
 - Tags and branches should ALWAYS be applied to the entire module (all of Moodle). Don't tag individual files or directories.
 - We don't allow renaming of tags because people may be relying on them, so get them right the first time!
Trunk development
The Trunk of CVS is the main development version of Moodle. In CVS it is also known as the HEAD, or default branch.
Moodle developers try to keep this stable as possible, but as it usually contains new code it probably has bugs and small instabilities.
Every now and then we decide the product has enough features to make a release. At this time, the trunk is tagged with a MOODLE_XX_BETA tag (in case we ever want to roll back to that point) and a new branch is formed for the release, called MOODLE_XX_STABLE.
A Beta package is also released at this point - it's for testers who don't use CVS but want to test the latest features and report bugs.
Stable branches for each release
As soon as the stable branch MOODLE_XX_STABLE is created, development efforts will fork into two streams for a while. Some people may continue working on new features in the trunk for the next release, but most developers should be concentrating on using the current STABLE branch and fixing bugs that are found in it.
You can switch your local copy of Moodle to the STABLE version using the following command in Unix from the root directory:
 cvs update -dP -r MOODLE_XX_STABLE
After that, all the commands described above will apply to that stable version. To return to the trunk version just issue:
 cvs update -dPA
On Windows clients you should have a menu from which you can choose the branch.
Once the new STABLE branch really stabilises, a release can be declared. Packages are created for distribution and the branch will be tagged (by Martin Dougiamas) with a tag named: MOODLE_XXX
Merging fixes
All bug fixes in any STABLE branch should be merged back into the trunk so that they become available in future versions of Moodle. A floating tag called MOODLE_XX_MERGED needs to be maintained to keep track of the last merge. The procedure for such a merge is as follows (I'm using CVS on the Unix command line but the steps are the same for any CVS client):
This diagram summarises the process
1. I highly recommend keeping one checked out copy of each stable branch and the trunk/head version locally to make it easier to jump between them. Set them all up as virtual web sites on your development machine. I use directories like /moodle/18, /moodle/19 /moodle/dev etc.
2. Update to the latest stable version (I'll use XX in the example but it could be 18, 19 etc) for the relevant files, and do a cvs diff just to double-check exactly what you are checking in. Note you only need to update the files/directories you are working in, but sometimes it help to update everything anyway just to do a final check on the functionality using the web.
 cd /moodle/XX/user
 cvs update -dPA
 cvs diff -c file1.php file2.php
3. If all looks OK, check in the fix to the stable branch. Make sure that the commit message contains the bug tracker ID (eg MDL-1111) and a decent description of your thoughts on the fix. If you don't specify a message in the command line, you'll be put into an editor to type one.
 cvs commit -m "MDL-1234 Corrected a small typo in the user name field" file1.php file2.php
4. Go to the very latest trunk version and make sure it's up-to-date.
 cd /moodle/dev/user
 cvs update -dPA
5. Merge everything into your local copy of the trunk from your stable branch since the last merge. You can use the same sequence of (4) and (5) to merge the changes into other stable branches too (to backport the fix to the previous stable versions).
 cvs update -kk -j MOODLE_XX_MERGED -j MOODLE_XX_STABLE file1.php file2.php
6. Carefully watch the update logs for conflicts, and fix every file that you see with a conflict. Afterwards, it may help to just run a diff to make sure the result is what you expected:
 cvs diff -c file1.php file2.php
7. Check your merged local copy back into CVS trunk version
 cvs commit -m "MDL-1234 Corrected a small typo in the user name field, merged from XX" file1.php file2.php
8. Go back to your branch version
 cd /moodle/XX/user
9. Update the floating merge tag for the affected files (so that it matches MOODLE_XX_STABLE) so that this process can be repeated next time
 cvs tag -F MOODLE_XX_MERGED file1.php file2.php
Finally, the values for $version in all the Moodle version.php files within the stable branch should not be updated at all if possible (except the last digit if absolutely necessary). The reason is that someone updating from a very stable version to the next very stable version could miss database upgrades that happened on the trunk.
In other words, if you have changes to the database schema to commit to a stable branch, please check with Martin Dougiamas, or one of the other core Moodle developers.
Sometimes you fix something in a branch that needs to be "backported" to an earlier branch. This is often the case with security fixes. The procedure is exactly the same as described above, except you apply your changes backward instead of forward (to previous versions instead of HEAD). Here is a summary, using the steps described above. The scenario is that you have a fix in MOODLE_19_STABLE that needs backporting to MOODLE_18_STABLE, but NOT to HEAD (the problem you are fixing


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It's something we've all been through. You and your roommate have been living together for 36 hours and it's become almost impossible to ignore the massive elephant in the room. You killed as much time as you could by talking about the admitted students' days at other colleges you were accepted to, stripping naked and comparing the sizes of your Intel Science Fair trophies, etc. But it's been eating you up inside, and finally you just have to ask: is your roommate also a valedictorian? Here are some tips on how to navigate "The Talk."
- Make sure you are both comfortable enough with each other to have "The Talk." It's important to you show your roommate you have a vulnerable side before revealing the full extent of your megalomania. Try telling them about some bullshit time when you experienced failure and how you pretended to learn from it, like when you were doing a group presentation and realized you couldn't do it all by yourself because your group was greater than the sum of its parts but also because everyone was required to present at least one slide so you stood in the back of the room with phonetic cue cards and hoped that Brett wouldn't butcher the pronunciation of "momentous" as badly as he did in rehearsal. See – social interaction isn't all that different from writing your application essays!
- Read the room(mate). You might be able to gauge whether your roommate was a valedictorian just from context clues. For example, tell them your favorite song is "Pomp and Circumstance" and that you need to listen to it every night in order to fall asleep. If your roommate does not immediately echo this sentiment and don their graduation robes as pajamas, chances are they weren't a valedictorian. You can tell for sure by staying awake and listening to see if they recite their valedictory address in their sleep. If they don't, either they're not a valedictorian or Pavlov was full of shit!
- Play it cool. While saying something like "Please tell me you were worthwhile enough as a human being to be your high school valedictorian, like me" seems polite because you said "Please," such direct phrasing might come off as rude. Instead, try saying something a bit more passive, like "Hey. Just wondering if you felt like telling me if you were valedictorian or not. Okay, never mind. I'm sorry I even asked." The best way to be polite is to always apologize in advance for everything.
Now here's the difficult part: what if your roommate isn't a valedictorian? Well, first off, you can always hope they went to one of those wishy-washy snowflake high schools that don't have ranks or valedictorians because they are worried about "anxiety" and "depression." But even then, you'll have no way to assure that they would've been valedictorian if their school did have them. Worst comes to worst, remember that being valedictorian isn't everything. Because at the end of the day, if they're not a valedictorian, it means their parents have a lot of money. And isn't that what matters most of all?
– H. Rubin