Let it Snow; Why the recent snow, before the record cold set in, was to our benefit.
January 18, 2009, 7:22 pm
Snow provides insulation to the ground by protecting it from the fluctuating air temperatures above; this insulation minimizes the freezing-and-thawing cycle that occurs when the air temperature changes (such as the near-zero temperatures Cape Cod experienced…>


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NSEventWrite (Transact-SQL)
SQL Server 2005
Submits one event to the events table for the event class. You must use NSEventBeginBatchEventClassName to open a new batch and NSEventFlushBatchEventClassName to close the batch. You can submit multiple events before closing the batch.
[ schema_name. ] NSEventWriteEventClassName
 [ _USER_ = ] event_batch_ID,
 [ _USER_ = ] event_class_field_value [,...n]
[ _USER_ = ] event_ batch_ID
Is the ID of the event batch for the event. The event batch ID number must exist in the event batches table. event_batch_ID is bigint and has no default value.
[ _USER_ = ] event_class_field_value
Provides a name/value pair for an event class field. One event_class_field_name and event_class_field_value pair can be supplied for each column in the event table. If the column has a default value or accepts NULL, the name/value pair is not required.
0 (success) or 1 (failure)
Microsoft SQL Server Notification Services creates the NSEventWriteEventClassName stored procedure in the application database when you create the instance. When you update the application, Notification Services recompiles the stored procedure.
To use a query to obtain a set of events and then submit them to an application, use NSEventSubmitBatchEventClassName.
The following example shows how to begin an event batch, write one event, and then close the event batch. The event provider for the event batch is StockEP and the event batch ID number is returned in the _USER_ output parameter.
DECLARE _USER_ bigint;
EXEC dbo.NSEventBeginBatchStockEvents N'StockEP', _USER_ OUTPUT;
EXEC dbo.NSEventWriteStockEvents
EXEC dbo.NSEventFlushBatchStockEvents _USER_;
SELECT _USER_ 'Event Batch';
This example assumes that you are using SQL Server Management Studio, because the event batch ID is returned in the SELECT statement so you can see which event batch was created.
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Google Toolbar allows spoofing the information presented in the dialog which is being displayed when adding a new Google Toolbar button. This can allow an attacker to convince the users that his button comes from a trusted domain. This button can then be used to download malicious files or conduct phishing attacks (e.g. show a login form of a bank).
- Google Toolbar 5 beta for Internet Explorer
- Google Toolbar 4 for Internet Explorer
- Google Toolbar 4 for Firefox (partially)
Google Toolbar provides a nice API for creating toolbar buttons. Basically, the button information is stored in an XML file.
In order to add a button, the toolbar user must click on a specially crafted link which refers to the button's XML file. When the user click on the link, a dialog appears with all the following details: The domain where the button is being downloaded from, the name, description and icon of the button and some "privacy considerations", which basically shows the domains which the button interacts with (sends/receive information).
By creating a specially crafted URLs it is possible for an attacker to fake the domains displayed in the "Downloaded from" and "Privacy considerations" sections. This specially crafted URL can be created by simply adding an open redirector (e.g. in google.com - _URL_ before the URL.
An attacker can use this vulnerability to gain the victim's trust to add and use the button, and by that the victim will trust the files that the button offer, or enter private information. In the new beta version of the toolbar it is also possible to alert the user every few seconds to click on the button.
In the Firefox version of Google Toolbar it is only possible to fake the "Privacy considerations" section.
A proof-of-concept which adds a "critical update" button can be found here. Use it at your own risk, though it shouldn't do anything but suggest you to download gupdate.exe from my site, which is basically the windows calculator.
Workaround / Suggestion
Google have acknowledged this and are already working on a fix.
Until a fixed version is provided, I suggest to avoid adding new buttons to the toolbar.

source: HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu


Quick Answer: Can I Withdraw All The Money From A Joint Account?
Can one person take all the money out of a joint account?
So if a relationship sours, one owner could legally take all the money out..
Can my husband take me off our joint account?
Can my wife withdraw money from my account?
As long as you are alive, your spouse will not be able to withdraw funds from that account. … There are benefits to adding your spouse to your bank account, even though it offers full rights to withdraw the money without your permission. A joint account means your spouse can deposit and withdraw money for you.
Does a joint account need both signatures?
Who owns the money in a joint bank account UK?
What are the disadvantages of joint account?
Who owns the money in a joint bank account when one dies?
Can my husband close our joint account?
Can my husband freeze my joint bank account?
Couples usually freeze a joint account when they go through a marital dispute. However, they also freeze their account for other reasons, such as irresponsible spending by one or both people. Freezing joint accounts is simple and fast. … Ask them either over the phone or in person to freeze your joint account.
Are joint accounts a good idea?
Can you take money out of joint account before divorce?
You can legally withdraw up to half of the money in a joint bank account before the divorce is filed. It is extremely important that this is done before the divorce is filed; otherwise you are violating the law. Once divorced, all of your joint bank accounts must be liquidated and split between the two parties.
Who owns the funds in a joint account?
The actual ownership of the money in a joint account is determined by the doctrine of resulting trusts. The doctrine of resulting trusts holds that where one person deposits money into the name of a joint account with another person, the person who deposits the money remains the owner of the funds in the joint account.
Is my wife entitled to half my savings?
Can someone contest a joint bank account?
What happens to the money in your bank when you die?


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Digits In A Box
Object: take it apart and put back together
Difficulty: Level 8 - Demanding
Brand: Popular Playthings
Types: Plastic Interlocking Puzzles, Eric Harshbarger
Maker: Popular Playthings
Inventor: Eric Harshbarger
This is not your everyday "fit the pieces back in the box" puzzle, but those who have the stamina to persevere will be consoled to know that the number of possible configurations has been calculated as 4,239! Digits in the Box is a unique puzzle that requires players to fit each of ten geometric shapes into a cube container. These shapes are 3-D representations of the numbers 0 through 9. Unlike the three-dimensional pieces in most box puzzles, these digits lie flat. The pieces can be turned and fitted together to form a cube that fits snugly in the plastic box. No solution is included, but you may find yourself wishing to see one.


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The differences in Alkaloid Profiles among leaves of varying maturity, season and geography: Drying methods differ by season and availability of dry weather, which in turn could affect the levels of oxidation which could determine the ratio of Mg to 7hmg, and the presence of other easily destroyed alkaloids, which could affect the alkaloid profile.
Since the 1960s, 25 alkaloids were isolated and chemically characterized from M. speciosa. The alkaloid content varies according to geographical region and season. The alkaloid profile of M. speciosa is summarized in Table 1. The main indole alkaloids present in
the young leaves of M. speciosa are mitragynine and its analogues,
speciogynine, paynantheine and speciociliatine. In addition, a new
alkaloid, 7-hydroxy-7H-mitragyine (7-hydroxymitragynine; 7-
HMG) was isolatedas aminor constituent(Fig. 2; Seatonet al., 1960;
Beckett et al., 1965b, 1969; Lee et al., 1967; Shellard et al., 1978a,
1978b; Ponglux et al., 1994; Leon et al., 2009; Orio et al., 2012).
These alkaloids were also found in the methanolic extract of the
mature leaves together with mitragynaline, pinoresinol, mitralactonal,
mitrasulgynine and 3,4,5,6-tetradehydromitragynine as
minor constituents (Takayama et al., 1998). In the ethyl acetate
extract, nine corynanthe-type indole alkaloids were isolated
namely, mitragynine, speciogynine, speciociliatine, paynantheine,
7-HMG, mitragynaline, corynantheidaline, corynantheidine and
isocorynoxeine, whereas 9-methoxymitralactonine and mitralactonine
were obtained as minor constituents (Takayama, 2004).
Investigation of Malaysian M. speciosa found new types of alkaloids
namely mitragynaline, corynantheidaline, mitragynalinic acid
and corynantheidalinic acid (Houghton et al., 1991). The total
alkaloid content from the leaves varies from 0.5% to 1.5%. An
additional indole alkaloid found in the fruits of M. speciosa is
7-hydroxyspeciociliatine (Kitajima et al., 2007). Microbial transformation
of the leaves was shown to yield two major metabolites:
mitragynine pseudoindoxyl and hydroxyl mitragynine pseudoindoxyl
(Zarembo et al., 1974).
Mitragynine is, with 66% of the total alkaloid mixture, the most
abundant active alkaloid derived from the leaves of M. speciosa
(Shellard, 1974, 1989; Shellard et al., 1978a, 1978b; Jansen and
Prast, 1988a; Takayama et al., 1998; Chittrakarn et al., 2008). It
was first isolated by Hooper (1907) and again by Field (1921)
and Ing and Raison (1939). Field (1921) isolated two new alkaloids
from Mitragyna species: mitragynine (from M. speciosa) and
mitraversine (from M. parvifolia). Mitragynine was assumed to be
a physiologically active constituent having morphine-like properties.
However, it should be noted that it may not be the most
potent psychoactive component. In particular over more chronic utilization this may be the less abundant 7-HMG (Horie et al., 2005;
Matsumoto et al., 2005a; 2008). The structure of mitragynine was
first fully determined in 1965 by Zacharias et al. (1965) through Xray
crystallography. A computational study recently identified the
lowest energy conformation of mitragynine, which was in excellent
agreement with X-ray crystal structure geometry (Liu et al.,
2010). The first synthesis of mitragynine was reported by Takayama
et al. (1995). Alternative synthesis ways were reported later by Ma
et al. (2009). The molecular structures of M. speciosa alkaloids were
found to be either indoles with a methoxy group in the C19 position
and an open E ring with substitution occurring at the C9 position,
or oxindoles without substitution in the C9 position and having a
closed E ring (Fig. 2; Seaton et al., 1958; Beckett et al., 1966; Shellard
and Philipson, 1966). Most of the alkaloids in M. speciosa have similarities
to yohimbe and Uncaria alkaloids (Matsumoto et al., 2004).
Mitragynine is a white amorphous powder. It is soluble in alcohol,
chloroform and acetic acid.
"...Vicknasingam and colleagues performed a survey of current M. speciosa use in 136 active users in northern Malaysia. They found that M. speciosa (Ketum) users were relatively older (mean 38.7 years). About 77% of the users had previous drug use history. Long-term consumers with more than 2 years of use had higher odds of being married, of consuming more than the average three glasses of Ketum a day and reporting better appetite. Short-term users (<2 years of use) had higher odds of having ever used heroin, testing positive for heroin in a urine sample and of using Ketum to reduce addiction to other drugs. Both, shortand long-term consumers reported that they used Ketum in order to reduce their intake of more expensive opiates, to manage withdrawal symptoms and because it was cheaper than heroin. Only very few consumers (5.6–12.5%) report 'euphoria induction' as a reason to use Ketum. Drugs can be consumed in order to instrumentalize their psychoactive effects to better achieve other, non-drug related goals (Müller and Schumann, 2011). Ketum users report as major self-perceived benefits of their drug use that the drug 'helps to work harder' (76.6–87.5%), that it 'makes more active' (76.6–86.1%), it 'increases sexual desire' (73.4–84.7%), and an increase in appetite (57.8–77.8%). Interestingly, self-perceived use was higher in short-term than in long term users, thus suggesting a loss or reduction of the self-perceived instrumentalization. These findings differ from those in neighbouring Thailand where Ketum was used primarily to increase physical endurance. "
Differentiating the strains even further, very young leaves, were found to have 4 of the same alkaloids found in mature leaf. This could explain why "white vein" might be considered to have a different effect. Unfortunately, the differences in genetics were not documented, which means the differences in the alkaloid profiles may be caused by the genetic differences vs the differences in geographical agricultural conditions. There could also be cultural differences in how they cure their leaf.
The malaysians report effects quite differently and use it for correspondingly different purposes. The review indicates that there might actually be 3 strains. Thai, Malaysian, and the other, which all appear to be quite different in alkaloid content.

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Users of Android devices, usually smartphones, can gain root access through rooting to gain control over various subsystems. But, in order to modding your Android device, you need to disable the DM Verity on your Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro, and trust me, not many users are familiar with how to do this. That's the reason why we are here. In this article, you will learn some simple steps that will help you do so. Therefore, let's get started with the guide.
Prerequisite: Unlock Bootloader
Step 1: To begin, you must download the Android SDK platform tool on your computer. From this link, download and extract the Android Studio SDK files. You will use this throughout the entire process to disable DM Verity on your Pixel.
Step 2: You must enable USB debugging and OEM locking for your Pixel to be recognized by the Android SDK in ADB mode.
- Go to the settings menu on your Google Pixel 7 or 7 Pro.
- Tap on About Phone.
- To view the build number, tap it seven times.
- Go back to settings and tap the system tab.
- Select the Developer option.
- Make sure USB debugging and OEM unlocking are enabled.
Step 3: You must unlock the bootloader to flash a custom ROM. You will lose all your data on the phone, and also your warranty will be void. Here's how to unlock your bootloader.
Activate fast boot mode on Pixel 7 and 7 Pro
- You will need to connect your device to your computer
- You can now open the command prompt by typing CMD in the address bar and hitting enter.
- Then, in the command prompt, type ADB reboot bootloader.
- Using the fastboot devices command, confirm that Fastboot is connected. You will be able to get the device ID from this.
- Using the fastboot flashing unlock command, unlock your Pixel 7 or Pixel 7 Pro bootloader.
- To confirm, press the volume key, select Unlock Bootloader, and then press the power key.
- Once your device has rebooted, you will see unlocked in bold letters.
- Your bootloader has been unlocked successfully.
Step 4: In order to proceed further, you must download the factory image of your Pixel device.
Make sure to download the exact version of the factory image that is present on your device. You can check it by going into:
- Initially, tap on the settings.
- Then, go to the about and hit the build number. Now follow these steps:
- Your computer should now have the factory image extracted to your preferred location.
- You can send the vbmeta.img file to your smartphone by opening the image folder and copying the vbmeta.img file.
Step 5: Here are the steps you need to follow to boot your phone into Fastboot mode:
- Go to the SDK folder and type CMD in the address bar.
- To restart the bootloader, type adb reboot bootloader in the Command Prompt.
- You can now verify your device's fast boot connection by typing fastboot devices.
- Now your device is in Fastboot mode.
Steps to Disable DM Verity on Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro
That's it. Now, you are set to disable the DM Verity on Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro. Therefore, if you have performed all the five steps mentioned above, then you must perform these steps:
- Execute this command on CMD: fastboot flash vbmeta –disable-verity –disable-verification vbmeta.img.
- In your Google Pixel 7 and Google Pixel 7 Pro, you have successfully disabled the DM version.
That's it. Now, you have disabled the DM Verity on Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro. We hope you find this article helpful.
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|Location||Jamaica, Saint Elizabeth|
|Central coordinates||77o 56.41' West 18o 2.47' North|
|IBA criteria||A1, A2, A4i, B4i|
|Year of IBA assessment||2010|
Ornithological information This IBA is significant for supporting 19 (of the 36) Jamaica EBA restricted-range birds. Sixty-one percent (17 of 28) of Jamaican endemic birds have been recorded in the IBA. More than 50 Vulnerable West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea breed in the wetlands, and there is presence of the Near Threatened White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala and Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus. Other wetland and coastal bird species breeding or wintering in the area include gulls, terns, grebes, herons, egrets and gallinules. At least 35 (of the 72) species of Neotropical migratory birds recorded use the IBA in winter, such as the Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii, which is found regularly along the mangrove margins at the Font Hill site, but is infrequent elsewhere in Jamaica. The wetlands comprise more than 10 fresh to brackish (mangrove-fringed) ponds and sloughs that tend to dry out during the dry season (January-March), but retain at least some water in the deepest ponds every year, and thus provide one of the only sources of fresh water within tens of km of the site. These ponds provide a focus of activity (feeding, bathing, nesting) for many birds, both aquatic and terrestrial species, especially in the driest years.
Site description Font Hill IBA is located 13 km west of Black River Morass IBA (JM007) in St. Elizabeth Parish, on the south coast of south-western Jamaica. It includes 1 km offshore of marine habitat.
|Species||Season||Period||Population estimate||Quality of estimate||IBA Criteria||IUCN Category|
|West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea||resident||2010||50-75 breeding pairs||medium||A1, A4i||Vulnerable|
|Least Tern Sterna antillarum||breeding||2010||45-55 breeding pairs||poor||B4i||Least Concern|
|Jamaican Owl Pseudoscops grammicus||resident||2010||present [units unknown]||-||A2||Least Concern|
|Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango||resident||2010||present [units unknown]||-||A2||Least Concern|
|Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus||resident||2010||present [units unknown]||-||A2||Least Concern|
|Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima||resident||2010||present [units unknown]||-||A2||Least Concern|
|Jamaican Tody Todus todus||resident||2010||present [units unknown]||-||A2||Least Concern|
|Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus||resident||2010||present [units unknown]||-||A2||Least Concern|
|Jamaican Becard Pachyramphus niger||resident||2010||present [units unknown]||-||A2||Least Concern|
|Jamaican Elaenia Myiopagis cotta||resident||2010||present [units unknown]||-||A2||Least Concern|
|Sad Flycatcher Myiarchus barbirostris||resident||2010||present [units unknown]||-||A2||Least Concern|
|Rufous-tailed Flycatcher Myiarchus validus||resident||2010||present [units unknown]||-||A2||Least Concern|
|Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus||resident||2010||present [units unknown]||-||A2||Least Concern|
|Jamaican Vireo Vireo modestus||resident||2010||present [units unknown]||-||A2||Least Concern|
|White-chinned Thrush Turdus aurantius||resident||2010||present [units unknown]||-||A2||Least Concern|
|Arrowhead Warbler Dendroica pharetra||resident||2010||present [units unknown]||-||A2||Least Concern|
|Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx||resident||2010||present [units unknown]||-||A2||Least Concern|
|Yellow-shouldered Grassquit Loxipasser anoxanthus||resident||2010||present [units unknown]||-||A2||Least Concern|
|Orangequit Euneornis campestris||resident||2010||present [units unknown]||-||A2||Least Concern|
|Jamaican Spindalis Spindalis nigricephala||resident||2010||present [units unknown]||-||A2||Least Concern|
|Jamaican Euphonia Euphonia jamaica||resident||2010||present [units unknown]||-||A2||Least Concern|
|IUCN habitat||Habitat detail||Extent (% of site)|
|Coastline||Intertidal mud, sand & salt flats; Lagoons; Salt & brackish marshes; Sand dunes & beaches; Shallow marine areas, coral reefs & keys||-|
Land ownership Private property
|Land-use||Extent (% of site)|
|Notes: A popular beach park borders the entrance to the natural area and is a popular destination for local Jamaicans.|
|Notes: The coastal areas and the freshwater ponds receive some pressure from local fishing.|
|Notes: A large portion of Font Hill is used for agricultural purposes including experimental plantings of trees for the development of coal to cashew and mango plantations to squash and yam fields|
Other biodiversity The Vulnerable West Indian Manatee Trichechus manatus occurs, and the coast is a nesting area for sea turtles such as the Critically Endangered Hawksbill Eretmochelys imbricata, Endangered Green turtle Chelonia mydas and Loggerhead Caretta caretta. Font Hill IBA along with Black River Great Morass IBA have been identified as the most important American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus habitats in Jamaica.
Management considerations A potential touristic development, including possible nearby airstrip, has been proposed to the IBA.
Protection status Font Hill IBA is currently unprotected.
Conservation response Extensive research, both by Jamaicans and North Americans, has taken place continuously at the Font Hill property going back to at least 1986. More than 70 scientific papers have been published based on this research, over 20 graduate students have completed theses (including from Jamaica) and hundreds of interns have been trained. This site is also internationally known for its long term research on the wintering ecology of migratory songbirds. Much of this research is focused on understanding the importance of the non-breeding season for long-term population dynamics of the large numbers of Neotropical migrants that winter at the site, and for monitoring how droughts, such as are forecast by Global Circulation Models to intensify, will impact populations of migratory and resident birds as well as other animals. Many of these animals like manatees, sea turtles, and whistling-ducks also provide an important potential for eco-tourism, if managed wisely; contributing to tourism and other commercial benefits. The site has great actual and potential educational value for Jamaicans.
Acknowledgements Pete Marra, Tom Sherry, Ann Sutton
References 1) Holmes, R.T., T.W. Sherry, and L.R. Reitsma. 1989. Population structure, territoriality, and overwinter survival of two migrant warbler species in Jamaica. Condor 91: 545-561. 2) Marra, P.P., K.A. Hobson, and R.T. Holmes. 1998. Linking winter and summer events in a migratory bird by using stable-carbon isotopes. Science 282: _PHONE_. 3) Marra, P.P. 2000. The role of behavioral dominance in structuring habitat occupancy of a migrant bird during the non-breeding season. Behavioral Ecology 11: 299-308. 4) Strong, A.M., and T.W. Sherry. 2000. Habitat-specific effects of food abundance on the condition of Ovenbirds wintering in Jamaica. Journal of Animal Ecology 69:883-895. 5) Marra, P.P., and R.T. Holmes. 2001. Consequences of dominance-mediated habitat segregation in a migrant passerine bird during the non-breeding season. Auk 118:94-106. 6) Studds, C. E. and Marra, P. P. 2005. Non-breeding habitat occupancy and population processes: an upgrade experiment with a migratory bird. Ecology 86: 2380-2385. 7) Brown, D.R., T.W. Sherry. 2006. Food supply controls physical condition of a long distance migrant bird wintering in


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By Nancy Newton Verrier
The Primal Wound is a book which is revolutionizing the way we think about adoption. In its application of information about preand perinatal psychology, attachment, bonding, and loss, it clarifies the effects of separation from the birth mother on adopted children. In addition, it gives those children, whose pain has long been unacknowledged or misunderstood, validation for their feelings, as well as explanations for their behavior.
Although difficult to read because of the emotion it evokes in all members of the adoption triad, it nevertheless rings true and can be a great help in acknowledging, understanding, and validating the wounds created by the trauma of separation between mother and child. This understanding can help all members of the triad. It can provide validation for the experiences and feelings of adoptees, who have often felt misunderstood; it can bring solace to birth mothers, who have long been denied the truth of their loss; and it can be a source of information for adoptive parents, so that they can better understand and respond to their children.
Since its original publication in 1993, The Primal Wound has become a classic in adoption literature and is considered the adoptees' bible. The insight which is brought to the experiences of abandonment and loss will contribute not only to the healing of adoptees, adoptive families, and birth parents, but will bring understanding and encouragement to anyone who has ever felt abandoned.
20 Things Adoptive Parents Need To Succeed
By Sherrie Eldridge
In this all-new companion volume to Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew, Sherrie Eldridge shifts her focus from the adoptee to parents, offering practical wisdom and advice on creating a loving, nurturing environment for your adopted child.
Speaking from her own experience as an adoptee, Sherrie Eldridge share proven strategies and the moving narrative of nearly 100 adoptive families, helping parents gain a better understand of their children's needs as well as their own. By truly listening to your child, by learning to speak his heart language, you'll learn to connect on an even deeper level, opening the channels of communication—and keeping them open forever. Sherrie Eldridge will help you discover how to:
- Talk candidly with your child about her adoption and her birth family
- Give you tools for sharing negative birth history with courage and compassion.
- Help your child move his "broken life" narrative and develop a healthy identity
- Cope with emotional triggers so that you don't fall apart when your child has a melt down
- Settle the "real parent" question by helping you see the uniqueness of your role.
- Hear what your adopted child can't or won't say but is in his heart—"I love you. I declare you to be a successful adoptive parent."
- Translate your child's adoptee heart language and communicate on a deeper level.
This ground-breaking first book gives voice to the very real concerns of adopted children and offers unique perspectives and unprecedented insight. Now in its eleventh printing, with more than 150,000 copies sold, this book is a classic in adoption literature. It is required reading by many adoption agencies for prospective parents. Adoptive parents also have found a new use for it with defensive teens and adult adoptees. The parent reads the book, makes personal comments in the margins ("I did well here….or, I blew it here") and then sends it to the adult child to read. There are many success stories of opened communication between parents and adoptees.
Sherrie Eldridge will help you:
- Meet the emotional needs that your adopted child has trouble expressing.
- Remove misplaced guilt and love your child without reservation.
- Help your adopted child process loss and grief effectively.
- React wisely when your adopted child exhibits misdirected emotions.
- Increase a sense of closeness between you and your adopted child.
- Initiate conversations with your adopted child that foster the healing process.
- Build your adopted child's individual confidence by celebrating your differences.
- Provide love in ways that your adopted child can receive.
- Value the role of birth parents without feeling insecure.
- Create an environment where your adopted child feels safe.
- Open conversation with a defensive teen or adult adoptee.
- Reduced fear about talking about the birth history, even if it's negative or missing.
- Use to start discussions with your adopted child about their past.
- Enhanced freedom for your child to ask questions about birth parents and the birth experience.
- Deepened sense of connection between you and your adopted child.
- New ways to make your adopted child experience unconditional love.
By Lois Ruskai Melina
In this completely revised and updated edition of Raising Adopted Children, Lois Melina, editor of Adopted Children newsletter and the mother of two children by adoption, draws on the latest research in psychology,sociology, and medicine to guide parents through all stages of their child's development. Melina addresses the pressing adoption issues of today, such as open adoption, international adoption, and transracial adoption, and answers parents' most frequently asked questions, such as:
"Raising Adopted Children is a comprehensive source of practical, reassuring advice and intelligent support for the adoptive parent. [It is also an] excellent professional resource for social workers, physicians, teachers, therapists, and others working with adopted children and their parents."
–North American Council on Adoptable Children"Melina, an adoptive parent, writes both sensibly and sensitively on many critical issues faced by parents and their adopted children from infancy through adolescence."


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Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Trent Severn Waterway
Project Scale
A national historic site since 1844.
The Government of Canada is investing approximately $1 billion to upgrade Canadian infrastructure, with a significant portion allotted to the restoration and preservation of the Trent-Severn Waterway. The goal is to improve accessibility, ensure overall safety, and perform extensive restorations to address the waterway's older features while preserving the integrity of the original infrastructure.
The restoration of the Trent-Severn Waterway faces a unique set of challenges due to its heritage status and environmental and seasonal concerns. The government wants to retain the integrity of the heritage status, which introduces limitations to the restoration work as well as material selection. As an added challenge, construction activities are restricted from May to October due to the navigation season, fish spawning periods, and intense flooding.
For this large body of work, our team worked to support the Public Services and Procurement Canada team throughout restoration/ rehabilitation efforts. The heritage status of the waterway provided our team with the unique opportunity to modernize the waterway's infrastructure without disrupting the historic features. Additionally, our extensive knowledge of environmental complexities and our experience with scheduling delays meant we could ensure the schedule was uninterrupted and that the project's standards of quality were met.
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Maps of fantasy realms range from archetypical row-of-pointy-mountains, ribbony-serifs Lord of the Rings-style maps to a Guild Wars map evoking Google Earth realism. Some of the exhibit's most charming, rough-hewn maps pertain to such old-school computer games as the Legend of Zelda and the pioneering walk-through fantasy game Myst. "There was a time when you had a hard time finding a computer powerful enough to play Myst," says Franklin. "Now, it's hard to find one old enough to play it."
Map Library information resources specialist Timothy Utter says his favorite is the French card game, which dates to 1669. Preserved as an uncut sepia paper sheet of several dozen cards, the game assigns one suit to one of four major geographical regions, with hearts for Europe and clubs for the Americas. Each card asks one quiz question about the rivers, mountains, or other geographical features of that region, in delicate copperplate script.
Fancy script also appears on the large paper map of the fictional world Aarklash. A sprawling continent is peppered with cities whose names are rendered in calligraphy in various styles, evoking a range of imaginary cultures.
Some maps are not just renderings of imaginary worlds, but game pieces, such as a map showing a Lord of the Rings version of Risk (above). The work offers a stylized version of the classic LOTR maps, which originally were drawn by author J. R. R. Tolkien's son Christopher.


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Create a resource plan
As administrator, you can create resource plans that configure your cluster for different conditions, enabling you to improve parallel query execution and share queries on nodes running LLAP. You can allocate resources to a pool of users, groups, or applications and trigger actions in a plan.
As administrator, you can either create a new resource plan or clone another plan and then modify it.
Create a resource plan.
- Create a new resource plan (for example, one named
CREATE RESOURCE PLAN high_concurr_rp;
- Clone an existing resource plan (for example, ha_plan) and rename it
CREATE RESOURCE PLAN high_concurr_rp LIKE ha_plan;
- Create a new resource plan (for example, named high_concurr_rp) and
specify a query concurrency
CREATE RESOURCE PLAN high_concurr_rp WITH QUERY_PARALLELISM=15;
- Create a new resource plan (for example, one named high_concurr_rp):
Optionally, add one or more query pools to the plan.
CREATE POOL high_concurr_rp.bi_pool WITH ALLOC_FRACTION=75,QUERY_PARALLELISM=5; CREATE POOL high_concurr_rp.etl_pool WITH ALLOC_FRACTION=25,QUERY_PARALLELISM=10;This example configuration allocates 75 percent of the LLAP cluster resources to one pool and 25 percent to the other, and allows 5 concurrent queries by users in one pool and 10 concurrent queries by users in the other.
Optionally, map an application to a pool.
CREATE APPLICATION MAPPING tableau_to_bi IN bi_pool;This example mapping of the Tableau application to the bi_pool requires Tableau to connect to HiveServer using a JDBC connection string that includes
applicationName="Tableau". In a mapping of a group to a pool, group authorization depends on the HDFS group configuration on the cluster. You can configure Lightweight Directory Protocol (LDAP) and other mechanisms.
Optionally, create a trigger. For example, create a trigger that moves a query
to the etl_pool for execution when the execution time exceeds one minute.
CREATE TRIGGER high_concurr_rp.slow_query WHEN execution_time_ms > 60000 DO MOVE TO etl_pool;
If you are running the LLAP service, add a trigger to the pool or resource plan
as shown in the following example.
ALTER TRIGGER high_concurr_rp.slow_query ADD TO POOL bi_pool;You use the ALTER TRIGGER command to add a trigger to a pool or resource plan running under LLAP; otherwise, the trigger is considered global and runs only in Tez.


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I want to approximate pi/4 by using the infinite sum pi/4=((-1)^(n))/(2*n+1) from 0 to infinity. Here is my MATLAB code:
if true tol = 10^(-5) %Up to five correct decimals d=1; %Arbitrarily chosen, only condition is that d>tol at the start sn=0; %Initial starting value n=0; while d>tol
sn = ((-1)^(n))/(2*n+1); This is the approximation for pi/4.
d=abs(pi/4-sn); Value that decides whether the loop continues. n=sn; I'm not sure but I want n to increase by one each
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To develop a comprehensive credit MIS pack for Term Loan Products in order to effectively monitor portfolio and to facilitate Term Loan Products future credit policy decisions.
- Manage all the necessary reports for monthly credit review meeting for the Term Loan product owners/policy managers where the performance of the portfolio is reviewed by segment and recommendations for policy changes are done.
- Supervise the completion of any ad-hoc MIS and analytics required by management to facilitate policy decisions for the term loan products.
- Supervise the development of the MIS reports for Term Loan products (e.g. was/is analysis, vintage analysis, net flow analysis, segmentation analysis, etc…). and the Periodic Preparation and validation of IFRS provisioning in line with established methodologies to facilitate effective portfolio monitoring
- Data base Management
- Ensure the data and the information provided by the Consumer Asset Database team are implemented on the required systems (e.g. Quattro system) to support the risk management analytics for the term loan products.
- Assist the head in the forecasting of provisions and losses to ensure effective risk mitigation and loss coverage
- Day to Day Operations
- Implement the day to day operations assigned for the department to ensure compliance with the established standards and procedures.
- Supervises the activities and work of subordinates to ensure that all work within a specific area is carried out in an efficient manner and in compliance with the set policies, processes and procedures
- Policies, Processes, and Procedures
- Implement approved department policies, processes, and procedures and monitor adherence so that work is carried out in a controlled manner.
- Complies with all relevant CBE regulations, banking laws, AML regulations and internal CIB policies and code of conduct in order to maintain CIB's sound legal position and mitigate any potential risks.
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- Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics or Engineering or of related field
- Minimum 7 to 9 years of experience of relevant work experience.
- Experience in data mining and analysis (business analytics or risk analytics) is preferred, but not mandatory
- Excellent command of English language beside Arabic.
- Self-motivated, team player, excellent soft skills, quantitative and qualitative analysis and decision-making skills, etc. and Ability of problem solving.
- Knowledge or Experience in implementing data warehouse and knowledge of SQL, Advanced Excel, Access or analytical tools like Crystal, Business Objects etc. is a plus.
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Fruit Carving Exhibit
Many believe that fruit carving originated in China during the Tang Dynasty, which lasted from AD 618-906. Fruit carving in China usually features legendary creatures and animals and is used to tell stories. Not only is fruit carving used in cultural and traditional ceremonies, but also ordinary households are known for decorating plates with fruit carvings when they have guests over.
Artist Shirley Chiu is a self-taught creative carving artist, and her work has accumulated to over 200 distinct art pieces, including fruit carving, vegetable carving and soap carving. She has been invited to present her artwork at various social and community events throughout the Phoenix area.


text: 1,3-Propane sultone is the organosulfur compound with the formula (CH2)3SO3. It is a cyclic sulfonate ester, a class of compounds called sultones. It is a readily melting colorless solid. Typical of activated esters, 1,3-propane sultone is an alkylating agent. It readily hydrolyzes to the hydroxysulfonic acid. 1,3-Propane sultone is toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic, and teratogenic.


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Cycling provision separated from motor traffic: a systematic review exploring whether stated preferences vary by gender and age.
Transport reviews 2015 ; 37: 29-55.
PubMed ID : 28190905
In this paper, we represent a systematic review of stated preference studies examining the extent to which cycle infrastructure preferences vary by gender and by age. A search of online, English-language academic and policy literature was followed by a three-stage screening process to identify relevant studies. We found 54 studies that investigated whether preferences for cycle infrastructure varied by gender and/or by age. Forty-four of these studies considered the extent of separation from motor traffic. The remainder of the studies covered diverse topics, including preferred winter maintenance methods and attitudes to cycle track lighting. We found that women reported stronger preferences than men for greater separation from motor traffic. There was weaker evidence of stronger preferences among older people. Differences in preferences were quantitative rather than qualitative; that is, preferences for separated infrastructure were stronger in some groups than in others, but no group preferred integration with motor traffic. Thus, in low-cycling countries seeking to increase cycling, this evidence suggests focusing on the stronger preferences of under-represented groups as a necessary element of universal design for cycling.


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Learn how to edit and delete your documents, files, and official records stored in the Kendra Align application.
- Go to the 'Search' section of the documents module to search for and view the documents that you need to edit or delete.
- Type the name of the file in the search box and press search to view your file.
- Select the file that you want to edit or delete. You'll get a screen like below:
- To edit the document tags and details, press the 'Edit' button that you can see at the top of your screen.
- You can then edit the tags and details and click the 'Save' button to save your changes.
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Can you drink at 18 in Hawaii?
You must be at least 21 years to consume or possess alcohol in Hawaii. However, people who are age 18 are allowed to serve alcoholic beverages in a licensed establishment. Anyone working in a store can handle alcohol so long as a supervisor over 21 is present.
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Moreover, Is Hawaii strict on drinking age?
Not overly strict and not excessively lenient, the state of Hawaii's drinking age is typical; 21. You can purchase beer, wine, and liquor at almost any convenience, ABC, or grocery store, but make sure to make your purchases before 11:00pm, because most places stop selling after this witching hour.
Secondly, Can you walk around with alcohol in Hawaii?
Simply so, What states allow drinking at 18?
What is Hawaii's legal age?
16 years old
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SECRET U.S. PROPOSALS OF THE COLD WAR. Radical Concepts in Military Aircraft.
- Depicts radical US Cold War aircraft design proposals
- Features never-before seen original archival photos
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At the peak of the Cold War, countless proposals for radical and unorthodox US military aircraft were developed. Rare and historic models of these proposals bear witness to that bygone era and are given new recognition through the use of original and archival photography. This book also explains the background story and mission requirements for these radical


text: Peptic ulcer disease is commonly complicated by perforation. Mortality and morbidity arising out of these perforations can be high. Factors that influence outcome in patients with peptic ulcer perforation include treatment delay, ASA class of the patient at the time of operation and presence of shock. Of these treatment delay is most important and modifiable. This book reviews delay and how it affected outcome in patients treated for perforated peptic ulcers at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya. In this book Patient's files for the period January 2002 to December 2008 were reviewed. Data sought included patient demographics, clinical presentation, time from symptom onset to presentation at emergency department, time from presentation at emergency to surgical treatment and the treatment outcomes. The data is analyzed, results presented. And conclusions made. This should provide an interesting read for surgeons at various levels of training and practicing alike.


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Is there a way to determine a government bill's or bond's maturity date by looking at its CUSIP?
For example, the CUSIP for US T-Bills with a maturity of 12/1/11 is 9127953V1. As you probably know, the first six characters of a CUSIP represent the item in question (e.g. US TBills); the last digit is an error correction code; the seventh and eighth characters are specific to the maturity. So in this case, "3V" maps to 12/1/11.
Do you know the algorithm that's used to map the two digit code to a maturity? I can obtain the maturity by hand using the internet or Bloomberg but would prefer to have an algorithm if possible. Any ideas?
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CUSIP and ISIN codes are issued in the US by CUSIP Global Services, run by S&P. While the data structure follows a certain logic, there is no way to extract relevant security information from the number. You generally have to rely on a data vendor for specific data such as the maturity date for a bond.
In the case of US Treasuries, however, the Treasury Direct website provides a database of relevant information for every security, including maturity date and CUSIP. The database covers security issued since 1980.
Also note that a variety of CUSIPs can be assigned to Treasury securities before their auction date and are later transferred to a "permanent" CUSIP. For example, a standard bond will go to three auctions before reaching its full size. For ease of use bonds will be issued a temporary CUSIP before auction to differentiate the auctioned bonds from the rest of the issue.
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CUSIP Global Services gives the following explanation regarding fixed incomes:
The issue identifier assigned to an issuer's fixed income securities may consist of two alphabetic characters (AA etc.), one alphabetic character followed by one digit (A2 etc.), or one digit followed by one alphabetic character (2A etc.), assigned in that order. A separate issue identifier is assigned to each rate and/or maturity for each issue of bonds—thus a serial bond having 40 different maturities is assigned 40 separate issue identifiers—but general obligations of a municipality having the same issue date, rate and maturity are normally assigned the same identifier regardless of purpose. The alphabetic letter "I" and numeric "1" as well as the alphabetic "O" and numeric zero are not used in the assignment of issue identifiers to fixed income securities.
There is no algorithm, unfortunately. The Treasury simply purchases CUSIP numbers from Global Services. There's no guarantee that the code will even be an increment from the previous issue.
So you are stuck with looking up codes from a data vendor.
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I discovered that the information is freely available from a major vendor's web site. You enter a CUSIP in a search box and it returns a ton of info (including maturity). I ended up writing a program to do an "HTML scrape" from that site and wrapped it in a nice little API. Of course, if the vendor ever changes the layout of their site I'll have some re-coding to do... but it's the best solution I could find for now. – Chad Decker Feb 5 '13 at 18:43
_USER_ Glad to hear you found a solution. I had to send multiple emails to the Treasury to get an answer from them. – chrisaycock Feb 5 '13 at 19:19
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What are Difference between Covariance and Correlation
Distinguish, differentiate, compare and explain what is the Difference between Covariance and Correlation. Comparison and Differences.
Difference between Covariance and Correlation
Correlation is the standardized form of covariance.
Covariances are difficult to compare. For example: if we calculate the covariances of salary ($) and age (years), we'll get different covariances which can't be compared because of having unequal scales. To combat such situation, we calculate correlation to get a value between -1 and 1, irrespective of their respective scale.
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Question: What Is Low Income For A Family Of 6?
What do low income families struggle with?
What is classified as low income UK?
The government's department of work and pensions defines low pay as any family earning less than 60% of the national median pay. On this basis, there are more than 13 million people in the UK living in low-income households. … By their calculations, anything less than £15,000 a year, before tax, counts as low pay.
What is meant by low income?
not having or earning much money: Many struggle to make ends meet, particularly those from low-income families. low-income areas/communities/countries The fund helps low-income countries to increase their renewable energy use. Compare. high-income.
How much can you earn and still get universal credit?
Who are the poorest of the poor?
Womankind, female new-borns and old people are said to be the poorest of the poor. Within a poor family, such individuals suffer more than the others. As per the fact, they are systematically denied equal access to the resources available to the family.
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A low-income household is one whose income is low, relative to other households of the same size. A household is commonly classified as low-income, and can be eligible for certain types of government assistance, if its income is less than twice the poverty threshold.
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Universal Credit then takes into account any: earned income. savings and capital between £6,000 and £16,000 (if above £16,000 you will not be eligible for Universal Credit) other benefits received.
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Geo-location and points of interest
Geo-location helps you measure location data by using latitude and longitude and predefined points of interest in your iOS apps.
Each trackLocation call sends the following:
- Latitude, longitude, and location in a point of interest (POI) that is defined in Adobe Mobile services.This information is passed to mobile solution variables for automatic reporting.
- Distance from center and accuracy passed as context data.These variables are not captured automatically. You must map these context data variables by using the instructions in Sending Additional Data section below.
Dynamic POI updates
Starting in version 4.2, POIs are defined in the Adobe Mobile interface and synchronized dynamically to the app configuration file. This synchronization requires an analytics.poi setting in the ADBMobile.json file:
For more information, see ADBMobile JSON Config.
If this is not configured, an updated version of the ADBMobile.json file must be downloaded and added to your app. For more information and instructions, see Download the SDK and Testing Tools in Before you Start.
Track geo-locations and POIs
- Add the library to your project and implement lifecycle.For more information, see Add the SDK and Config File to your Project in Core Implementation and Lifecycle.
- Import the library:
- Call trackLocation to track the current location:
CLLocation *currentLocation = location; [ADBMobile trackLocation: currentLocation data: nil];You can call trackLocation at any time.To determine the location that is passed to the trackLocation call, use Getting the User's Location.
Additionally, if the location is determined to be in a defined POI radius, an a.loc.poi context data variable is sent in with the trackLocation hit and is reported as a POI in Location reports. An a.loc.dist context variable is also sent with the distance in meters from the defined coordinates.
Send additional data
In addition to the location data, you can send additional context data with each track location call:
NSMutableDictionary *contextData = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary]; [contextData setObject:@"GPS" forKey:@"myapp.location.LocationSource"]; [ADBMobile trackLocation: currentLocation data:contextData];
Context data values must be mapped to custom variables:
Location context data
The latitude and longitude are each sent using three different context data parameters, with each parameter representing a different level of precision, for a total of six context data parameters.
For example, the coordinates lat = 40.93231, lon = -111.93152 represent a location with 1 m precision. This location is split according to the level of precision across the following variables:
- a.loc.lat.a = 040.9
- a.loc.lat.b = 32
- a.loc.lat.c = 31
- a.loc.lon.a = -111.9
- a.loc.lon.b = 31
- a.loc.lon.c = 52
Some precision levels might appear as "00" depending on the accuracy of the current location. For example, if the location is currently accurate to 100m, a.loc.lat.c and a.loc.lon.c will be populated with "00".
Remember the following information:
- A trackLocation request sends in the equivalent of a trackAction call.
- POIs are not passed as part of normal trackAction and trackState calls, so you must use a trackLocation call to track POIs.
- trackLocation should be called as often as necessary to track location and POIs.We recommend calling trackLocation when the app starts and then as needed based on the requirements of the application.
- POIs are populated only after they are defined in the app configuration file.They are not applied to historical trackLocation calls that were sent previously.
- trackLocation calls support sending additional context data similar to trackAction calls.
- When two POIs have overlapping diameters, the first POI that contains the current location is used.If your POIs overlap, you should list POIs in order of most granular to least granular to ensure that the most granular POI is reported.


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Looking up dictionaries I don't see a easy rule when to use ability vs. faculty in sense of a describing attribute. For example, "cognitive faculty" or "faculty of speech" seem to be standard terms, but then "learning or mental ability" seems more common than "learning faculty". The only pattern I see is that abilities are kind of innate(?).
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It's not a distinction of meaning as such - just that certain combinations are more idiomatically established. The net result being that the more academic/clinical faculty tends to refer "innate, raw" potential (which you always had, and which can't be improved). Whereas ability, often refers to current skill level - which can improve or deteriorate. Depending on whether you practice, or allow skills to atrophy through disuse, for example. – FumbleFingers Jul 5 '12 at 23:29
Quick answer: 'faculty' is kind of general, referring to the ability in a species the possibility of X. 'Ability' means you can do X now. Also, 'faculty' has many very specific connotations (like with the individuals who teach at an institution) – Mitch Jul 6 '12 at 3:28
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To me, and I don't think there's a Chicago or AP reference on this so YMMV:
 - Ability - what degree of capability exists
 - Faculty - is any capability present whatsoever
So, an infant has no faculty of speech, and a toddler has faculty but limited ability.
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What's the major difference between new technologies and placing pagefile on a separate flash drive? It seems to me that new technologies are just wrappers. Am I wrong?
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One can't ever put a pagefile on a flash drive! (What an idea.)
A pagefile can only exist on the system drive and is used for application code "overflow" when memory is full, as well as for the memory dump for a BSOD.
Readyboost is an old technology from the days when memory was costly, small and slow, intended to augment RAM memory with disk space. Do not use.
Superfetch is a technology to preload often-used applications into memory in order to speed their startup times, mostly for slow laptops.
Conclusion: They are not wrappers, but technologies meant to improve the performance of hardware-challenged computers.
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A pagefile can be stored on another drive than the system drive (although it complains about memory dumps if you have no pagefile at all on the system drive). But it's right it should not be stored on a flash drive (if it even can), a flash drive is way too slow. – Snark Jan 11 '10 at 12:23
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Common name: Stomach worm
The adult worms measure 40 to 48 mm long.
Anterior end of worm
The egg, containing the infective first stage-larva, is passed in the feces and eaten by a beetle larva. The larva develops to the infective third stage larva. The dog eats the beetle and the worm develops to the adult stage in the stomach. Eggs are laid in the stomach and pass out with the feces.
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What is a "data plan"?
As mentioned in the excerpt, quoted from about.com:
A data plan is part of the service that mobile operators offer to give you connectivity anywhere under the sky.
This might be a real flatrate, or a "fake one": in many cases, a real one would be quite expensive. So you might decide for a given limit of "full speed", after which the speed is reduced to a minimum (still sufficient to check for mail -- but hardly usable to stream videos). Depending on how much you need, and how much you want to spend, the included amount of "full-speed traffic" might vary.
Though the topic "data plan" as such would be an "Android independent phone question" (and as such off topic according to our FAQ), there are still topics not falling into this category. Check existing questions to figure out which this might be, by simply clicking on the tag name.
- data-connection: for issues with your mobile data connection
- data-traffic: amount of data transferred. Use this for questions/issues like finding out which app is eating up your data plan.
- wi-fi: using your home WiFi network
- bluetooth: another wireless technology, but limited to short distances.
- usb: this can also be used to transfer data, but is not wireless.
- mobile-data: transferring data via your mobile data connection (2g/3g/4g)
- background-data: Data transferred in the background, i.e. without explicitly being triggered. This usually includes things like synchronizing your calendar and contact data.


Consider $n$ numbers randomly generated by independent generators that can produce integers from $0$ to $n$. How many of these integers will be missing on average for large $n$? If $p_{k,n}$ is the probability that $k$ is generated by a given generator then the probability that it is missing from all $n$ is $(1-p_{k,n})^n$, so $E_n=\sum_{k=0}^n(1-p_{k,n})^n$ is the expected number of misses. If all $k$-s were equally likely, i.e. $p_{k,n}=\frac1{n+1}$, it is easy to estimate: $E_n=\sum_{k=0}^n(1-\frac1{n+1})^n\sim\frac{n+1}e+\frac12+O(\frac1n)$, i.e. just over a third of integers will be missing.
I am interested in the case when the numbers are generated binomially: there are $n$ heaps of objects with $n$ in each heap, and each one is kept or discarded with probability $\frac12$. The resulting number of objects in a heap is then $k\leq n$ with probability $p_{k,n}=\frac{C_n^k}{2^n}$. For this distribution we expect the counts to cluster symmetrically around $k=\frac{n}2$, so using the Stirling formula or the local limit theorem $p_{k,n}\sim\frac1{\sqrt{\pi n/2}}e^{-\frac{(k-n/2)^2}{\pi n/2}}$, and after shifting and rescaling $E_n\sim2S_{\frac{n}2}$, where $$S_n=\sum_{k=0}^n\Big(1-\frac1{\sqrt{\pi n}}e^{-\frac{k^2}{\sqrt{\pi n}}}\Big)^{2n}.$$ If not for the $2n$-th power there are standard methods using Mellin transforms or the Euler-Maclaurin formula to find asymptotics of such sums, but as is...
Using the binomial formula on the inside looks like a bad idea, it produces terms with positive powers of $n$ and alternating signs, so there must be massive cancellations since obviously $S_n\leq n+1$. There are thresholds for terms' behavior at large $n$. Let $$k_{n,\varepsilon}^2:=(\frac12+\varepsilon)\pi n\ln n+\frac12\pi\!\ln\pi\,n,$$ then the summands are exponentially close to zero if $k\leq k_{n,-\varepsilon}$ and inverse power close to $1$ if $k\geq k_{n,\varepsilon}$. So $$\big(n+1-k_{n,\varepsilon}\big)\big(1-O(n^{-\varepsilon})\big)\lesssim S_n\lesssim n+1-k_{n,-\varepsilon}.$$ This does imply that the fraction of missing integers approaches 1 for large $n$, but it is not exactly sharp, and I do not see how to make it so (one can improve on it slightly by noticing that for $k^2\gtrsim n^{1+\varepsilon}$ the terms are exponentially close to $1$). There is an intermediate range with $k^2:=\frac12\pi n\ln n+\frac12\pi\!\ln\pi\,n+O(1)$, which corresponds to summands $(1-\frac{c}n)^{2n}\sim e^{-2c}$, with $c$ from $O(1)$. It almost seems like one has to sum or integrate over "ranges" with orders of growth in place of numbers and then add the results. But I do not know what that can mean exactly for the intermediate range, and I have not seen anything of this sort done. Perhaps, one should "change variables" to transform the range somehow.
Any advice/ideas/references are appreciated. It is entirely possible that I am on the wrong track, this seems like a reasonable probabilistic/combinatorial question and there might be standard methods for asymptotics of such sums that I missed. This example is representative of a type I am interested in, with sums of $n$-th powers of terms close to $1$.
 - $\begingroup$ This question might be improved by cutting it off after "probability 1/2". In particular I recommend against describing bad ideas with more than one sentence. $\endgroup$ – Matt F. Jan 24 '18 at 4:25
 - $\begingroup$ _USER_. Let's hope someone has better ideas. I expected suggestions along these lines because they were made in somewhat similar problems (where only one range contributes to the leading term and the rest are estimated as negligible), so this is to suggest that some additional ideas are needed to make it work here. But I will be happy with a completely different idea that works. $\endgroup$ – Conifold Jan 24 '18 at 23:46
 - $\begingroup$ From what you wrote, it seems that you are able to obtain that $1-O(1/\sqrt{n\log(n)})$ elements will be missing. Are you looking for something sharper? $\endgroup$ – N. Gast Jan 26 '18 at 7:40
 - $\begingroup$ _USER_.Gast Yes, I'd like to know what the leading term(s) are for $n-S_n$ (number of present integers), naive guess is $n-S_n\sim\frac12\pi n\ln n+\frac12\pi\!\ln\pi\,n$, but I do not know how to get rid of the $\varepsilon$-s so it is possible that the growth is more subtle. And I'd like to know a general approach for refining the asymptotic for similar sums (which would come in estimating variance, etc.), if there is one, these estimates seem ad hoc and unimprovable along these lines. $\endgroup$ – Conifold Jan 26 '18 at 17:06
 - $\begingroup$ I must say that I do not know a general way to obtain such estimate. If I were to try, I would use the same approach as you do and would try to get rid of the epsilon by using some kind of uniform bound like Hoeffding's inequality. $\endgroup$ – N. Gast Jan 29 '18 at 9:12
The expected number of values hit is asymptotic to $\sqrt{n\log n}$.
Start with Stirling's formula: $$ P(n,k) := 2^{-n}\binom{n}{n/2+k} = \sqrt{\frac{2}{\pi n}} e^{-2k^2/n} (1 + O(1/n)), $$ provided $k$ is not too large (smaller than $n^{1/3}$ is more than enough).
The probability that value $n/2+k$ is hit is $$P(n,k)=1 - \biggl(1 - 2^{-n}\binom{n}{n/2+k}\biggr)^n.$$ Now scale by $k=x\sqrt{n\log n}$. Dropping the error terms for simplicity, and using $(1-z)^n=e^{-zn+O(z^2n)}$ we have $$P(n,k) \approx P_0(n,x) := 1 - \exp\biggl( -\frac 2\pi n^{1/2-2x^2} \biggr).$$
The function $P_0(n,x)$ has a plateau shape with tiny tails. As $n\to\infty$, we have $$ P_0(n,x) ~~\begin{cases} \to 1, & |x|<1/2\\ = 1 - e^{-\sqrt{2/\pi}}, &|x|=1/2\\ \to 0, & |x|>1/2, \end{cases} $$ where in the first and third cases convergence is very rapid. Thus we have $$\int_{-\infty}^\infty P_0(n,x)\,dx \to 1 ~\text{ as $n\to\infty$}.$$
The sum and the integral are asymptotically equal (which in this case is easy to see since the function rapidly converges to a step function), so we conclude that $$\sum_{k=-n/2}^{n/2} P(n,k) \sim \sqrt{n\log n}.$$ In detail, for any $\epsilon>0$, values in $[n/2-(1/2-\epsilon)\sqrt{n\log n},n/2+(1/2-\epsilon)\sqrt{n\log n}]$ almost certainly appear and values outside $[n/2-(1/2+\epsilon)\sqrt{n\log n},n/2+(1/2+\epsilon)\sqrt{n\log n}]$ almost certainly don't appear.
All this could be done with more precision.
ADDED: Working directly, if $|k|\le \frac12\sqrt{n\log n}-\sqrt{n}$ then $n/2+k$ almost certainly occurs, while if


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Name: Lung Tien Chuan
Date of Birth: January 1805
Breed: Celestial
Captain: Prince Mianning
National Loyalty: China
Appearance: Black with blue eyes; identical to Temeraire
Special Abilities: Divine Wind
Status: Deceased
Lung Tien Chuan was the eldest son of Lung Tien Qian, and companion to Prince Mianning, the future Daoguang Emperor of China. At birth, Chuan's twin brother, Lung Tien Xiang was sent to the French Emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte, while still in his egg, to prevent future competition to the Imperial Throne.
Chuan later met his brother (now named "Temeraire") when Prince Yongxing, companion to his cousin Lung Tien Lien travelled to Britain; whose navy had captured Xiang's egg from a French ship, to demand his return to China. Unknown to Chuan, Yongxing was plotting to have both the Jiaqing Emperor and Prince Mianning murdered, and establish the Prince's younger brother Miankai as Emperor with Temeraire as his companion, while he ruled as regent.
Sometime around 1811 or 1812, Chuan was poisoned and killed by a faction at court that opposed Prince Mianning's reign.
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Kinsale is a town steeped in history and colour and a popular tourist destination. Kinsale was the battlefield site where the English forces defeated an Irish/Spanish force in 1601.
Charles Fort, which is a now a popular location for events, dates back to 1677. Charles Fort is a fortification that guards the entrance to Kinsale harbour – naturally it was built to protect the harbour from enemy attacks from France and Spain. On the other side of the cove you will find James's Fort near the Castlepark peninsula.
On May 7, 1915 when the German U-boat sunk the RMS Lusitania, the survivors were brought to Kinsale and the subsequent inquest on the bodies recovered was held in the town's courthouse. In light of the sad tragedy, you will find a statue in the harbour commemorating the effort.


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Abandoned Communities..... Porth y Nant
It was Richard Muir's book The Lost Villages of Britain that got me hooked on the topic of abandoned communities. Near the end of the book Richard gave a short list of some of his favourite deserted villages. He then said that there is one village, Porth y Nant, that has all the ideal qualities combined to produce perfection. He regarded it as a place "glorious in its beauty", and he was impressed by the fact that it was about to be restored and turned into a centre for the promotion and teaching of the Welsh language.
Porth y Nant lay in a small valley, Nant Gwrtheyrn, that runs down the lower slopes of Yr Eifl mountain towards the sea.
The location of Porth y Nant can be found on Google Maps by entering "Nant Gwrtheyrn". In the aerial view you can make out the original track running through the modern conifer forest as well as the present road. What the aerial view does not convey is the extreme steepness of the original track, in places one in three.
In the middle of the nineteenth century there were three farms in Nant Gwrtheyrn. A granite quarry called Porth y Nant was opened in 1861. It was opened by a Liverpool company called Kneeshaw and Lupton. The main output was rectangular granite setts, carved into shape at the quarry. At that time there was great demand for setts for use in paving the roads of the towns and cities of Lancashire. A jetty was built so that steam ships could carry the setts by sea to Liverpool, Manchester, or Birkenhead.
Soon after the opening of the quarry a terrace of small houses was built to provide accommodation for the workers. Later, in 1878, as workers were joined by wives, partners, and children, two more terraces of houses were built at right angles to each other further up the valley. One was known as Sea View as it faced west towards the beach, the other Mountain View as it looked towards the mountain and the quarry. Other buildings erected at about the same time were the Plas, a large house for the quarry manager west of Mountain View, and a chapel of the Calvinistic Methodist denomination.
People living at Porth y Nant were familiar with several stories and legends associated with the earlier history of Nant Gwrtheyrn. In particular they would have heard about:
- Vortigern, a fifth century British ruler whose attempts to negotiate with the invading Saxons went badly wrong. According to the local legend he was forced to flee and eventually found refuge in the valley that was given his name, Gwrtheyrn being the Welsh form of Vortigern.
For everything you will ever want to know about Vortigern go to the Vortigern Studies website.
- Rhys and Meinir, two cousins who fell in love and arranged to be married at the church in Clynnog Fawr (a place well worth a visit, by the way). Meinir failed to turn up for the wedding. In a distressed state Rhys spent months searching for Meinir, until a lightning strike opened a hollow tree and inside it he saw the skeleton of Meinir, still clad in its wedding dress.
- Ellis Bach, so called because of his very short stature, who as well as being a very good poet was renowned for his ability to climb over rough mountain slopes. He could be relied upon to round up sheep and goats ready for market day, but on the day itself was never to be seen.
Two houses in Mountain View
The former Seilo chapel, with part of Sea View terrace to the left
A section of the old track, known as the Corkscrew or Screw


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Removes an empty directory in MS-DOS. To delete directories with files or directories within them the user must use the deltree command, or if you are running Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP use the /S option.
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Removes (deletes) a directory.
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RMDIR [/S] [/Q] [drive:]path
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Social and historical aspects of the assimilation of Christianity in Southeast Asia from _PHONE_ with reference to Thailand and the Philippines
Thanissaro, Phra Nicholas. (2009) Social and historical aspects of the assimilation of Christianity in Southeast Asia from _PHONE_ with reference to Thailand and the Philippines. Journal of Asian Mission, Vol.11 (No.1-2). pp. 31-55. ISSN 0119-3228
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Though many have attempted to address the complexities of the encounter between Christianity and non-western societies, the literature has not dealt much with Southeast Asia. This article attempts to help fill that gap by examining some of the factors affecting the assimilation of Christianity in Southeast Asia by looking at two countries in detail: Thailand and the Philippines. These two countries offer strikingly different assimilation results. Thailand was not colonized when Christianity was introduced while in the Philippines colonization and Christianity were intimately linked. As a result, both Thailand and the Philippines are a study in contrasts.
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|Divisions:||Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education|
|Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):||Thailand -- Church history, Philippines -- Church history, Southeast Asia -- Church history, Southeast Asia -- History, Southeast Asia -- Social conditions|
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Bataan, por Tomas Pinpin. 1614 Librong Pinagpapalamnan yto nang aasalin nang tauong Christiano. ("Manual of Christian Conduct in Confession and Communion.") Bataan, por Tomas Pinpin. Blanford, C. E. 1985 Chinese Churches in Thailand. Bangkok, TH: Suriyaban. Bright, B. 1965 Campus Crusade for Christ International. Orlando, FL: New Life. Bunchua, K. 1986 "Indigenization of Christianity in Thailand." A paper presented at the conference "Christianity as an Indigenous Religion in Southeast Asia," Cebu City, Joint American Council of Learned Societies and Social Science Research Council Committee on Southeast Asia. Burnett, D. 1996 The Spirit of Buddhism. Crowborough, East Sussex, UK: Monarch. 2003 "The Challenge of the Globalization of Buddhism." In Sharing Jesus in the Buddhist World. D. Lim and S. Spaulding, eds. Pp. 1-18. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library. Caldwell, Larry W. 1999 "Towards the New Discipline of Ethnohermeneutics: Questioning the Relevancy of Western Hermeneutical Methods in the Asian Context." Journal of Asian Mission 1:1 (March):21-43. 2006 "God's Truth, Christianity, and Other Religions: Towards a Broader Understanding of Christian Conversion and Discipleship in the Asian Context." A paper presented at the 2006 Asian Theological Seminary Forum on Theology, Manila, Philippines, February 23-24. Cannell, F. 1999 Power and Intimacy in the Christian Philippines. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Cate, P. 2004 "Response to The Christian Response to Buddhism." In Christian Witness in Pluralistic Contexts in the 21st Century. E. Wan, ed. Pp. 170-172. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library. Chandler, D. 1983 A History of Cambodia. Boulder, CO: Westview. Chirino, P. 1890 Relación de las Islas Filipinas. The Philippines in 1600. Ramon Echevarría, trans. Manila, RP: Historical Conservation Society. Church of Christ in Thailand 1962 Thirty-three Points: Buddhist and Christian Teachings. Bangkok, TH: The Church of Christ in Thailand, Office of Christian Education and Literature. CIA 2008 World Factbook. Available at _URL_ (accessed online May 29, 2008). Cohen, E. 1991 "Christianity and Buddhism in Thailand: The 'Battle of the Axes' and the 'Contest of Power.'" Social Compass 382:115- 140. 1994 "Christianization and Indigenization: Contrasting Processes of Religious Adaptation in Thailand." In Indigenous Responses to Western Christianity. S. Kaplan, ed. Pp. 29-55New York, NY: New York University. de la Costa, H. 1961 The Jesuits in the Philippines, _PHONE_. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Echauz, R. 1978 Apuntas historias de la isla de Negroes. ("Sketches of the Island of Negroes.") D. V. Hart, trans. Athens, OH: Center for International Studies, Ohio University. Eisenstadt, S. N. 1982 "The Axial Age." In Archives Européennes de Sociologie. 232:294-314. England, J. 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Using UWB asset tags to dynamically create rt-ispace augmentations
Essentially, an asset tag is a small device that can be used to locate and instantiate, using UWB in this case, an augmentation in an rt-ispace environment completely dynamically. The augmentation follows the position and orientation of the asset tag, making for a very simple way to implement augmented spaces. If engineered properly, it could be an extremely simple piece of hardware that would be essentially UWB hardware along with a MEMS IMU and a battery. Instead of WiFi as in this prototype, pose updates could be sent over the UWB infrastructure to make things really simple. Ideally, these would be extremely cheap and could be placed anywhere in a space as a simple way of adding augmentations. These augmentations can be proxy objects (all aspects of a proxy object augmentation can be modified by remote servers) and can be as simple or complex as desired.
There are some similarities and differences with the ArUco marker system for instantiating augmentations. The ArUco marker can provide an ID but that has to be matched with a previously instantiated object that has the same ID attached. Asset tags don't require any pre-configuration like that. Another problem with ArUco markers is that they are very affected by occlusion – even a wire running across a marker might make it undetectable. Asset tags are not affected by occlusion and so will function correctly in a much wider range of circumstances. They do require UWB enabled spaces, however. In the end, both styles of augmentation instantiation have their place.
Note that the asset tag doesn't need to contain the actual asset data (although it could if desired). All it needs to do is to provide a URL of a repository where the asset (either Unity assetbundle or glTF blob) can be found. The asset is then streamed dynamically when it needs to be instantiated. It also provides information about where to find function servers in the case of a proxy object. The rt-ispace user app (in this case an iOS app running on an iPad Pro) doesn't need to know anything about asset tags – they just inject normal looking (but transient) augmentation updates into the rt-ispace system so that augmentations magically appear. Obviously, this kind of flexibility could easily be abused and, in real life, a proper security strategy would need to be implemented in most cases. For development, though, it's nice for things just to work!
One application that I like is a shared space where people can bring along their virtual creations in the form of some asset tags and just place them in the rt-ispace space so that any user in the space could see them.
Another idea is that items in stores could have rt-ispace asset tags attached to them (like security tags today) so that looking at the item with an AR device would perhaps demonstrate some kind of feature. Manufacturers could supply the asset and functions servers, freeing the retail store from having to implement something for every stocked item.
The video above shows how the augmentation tracks the UWB tag around and that the IMU controls the augmentation's orientation. For now, the hardware is a complete hack with multiple components but it does prove that the concept is viable. The UWB tag (the white box on the floor under the figure's right foot) controls the location of the augmentation in the physical space. A Raspberry Pi fitted with an IMU provides orientation information and drives the resulting pose via WiFi to the rt-ispace servers. The augmentation is the usual glTF sample CesiumMan.
Linking AR augmentations to physical space using the ArUco marker system
Following on from the earlier work with ArUco markers, rt-ispace can now associate ArUco markers with augmentations in a space. The image above shows two glTF sample models attached to two different ArUco marker codes (23 and 24 in this case). Since these models are animated, a video also seems appropriate!
The image and video were obtained using an iPad Pro running the rt-ispace app that forms the front end for the rt-ispace system. A new server, EdgeAnchor, receives the AR video stream from the iPad via the assigned EdgeAccess, detecting any ArUco markers that may be in view. The video stream also contains the iPad camera instrinsics and AR camera pose, which allows EdgeAnchor to determine a physical pose in space of the marker relative to the camera view. The marker detection results are sent back to the iPad app (via EdgeAccess) which then matches the ArUco IDs to instantiated augmentations and calculates the world space pose for the augmentation. There are some messy calculations in there but it actually works very well.
The examples shown are set up to instantiate the augmentation based on a horizontal marker. However, the augmentation configuration allows for a 6-dof offset to the marker. This means that markers can be hung on walls with augmentations either on the walls or in front of the walls, for example.
A single EdgeAnchor instance can be shared among many rt-ispace users as no state is retained between frames allowing the system to scale very nicely. Also, there is nothing specific to ArUco markers: in principle, EdgeAnchor could support multiple marker types, providing great flexibility. The only requirement is that the marker detection results in a 6-dof pose relative to the camera.
Previously, I had been resistant to the use of markers, preferring to use the spatial mapping capabilities of the user device to provide spatial lock and location of augmentations. However, there are many limitations to these systems, especially where there is very limited visual texture or depth changes to act as a natural anchor. Adding physical anchors means that augmentations can be reliably placed in very featureless spaces which is a big plus in terms of creating a pleasant user experience.
Adding ArUco marker detection to rt-ai
There are many situations where it is necessary to establish the spatial relationship between a camera in a space and 3D points within the same space. One particular application of interest is the ability to use markers to accurately locate holograms in a space so that AR headset users see the holograms locked in the space, even as they look or move around the space. OpenCV has the ArUco marker detection included so that seemed like a good place to start. The screen capture above shows the rt-ai Aruco marker detector identifying the pose of a few example markers.
This is the simple rt-ai test design with the new ArUcoDetect stream processing element (SPE). The UVC camera was running at 1920 x 1080, 30 fps, and the ArUco SPE had no trouble keeping up with this.
This screen capture is a demonstration of the kind of thing that might be useful to do in an AR application. The relative pose of the marker has been detected, allowing the marker to be replaced by an associated hologram by a 3D application.
While the detection is quite stable, the ArUco SPE implements a configurable filter to help eliminate occasional artifacts, especially regarding the blue (z-axis) which can swing around quite a bit under some circumstances due to the pose ambiguity problem. The trick is to tune the filter to eliminate any residual pose jitter while maintaining adequate response to headset movement.
One challenge here is management of camera intrinsic parameters. In this case, I was using a Logitech C920 webcam for which calibration intrinsics had been determined using a version of the ChArUco calibration sample here. It wouldn't be hard for the CUVCCam SPE to include camera intrinsic parameters in the JSON associated with each frame, assuming it could detect the type of UVC camera and pick up a pre-determined matrix for that type. Whether that's adequate is a TBD. In other situations, where the video source is able to supply calibration data, the problem goes away. Anyway, more work needs to be done in this area.
Since rt-ai stream processing networks (SPNs) can be integrated with SHAPE via the Conductor SPE (an example of the Conductor is here), an AR headset running the SHAPE application could stream front facing video to the ArUco SPN, which would then return the relative pose of detected markers that have previously been associated with SHAPE virtual objects. This would allow the headset to correctly instantiate the SHAPE virtual objects in the space and avoid problems relying on inside out tracking alone (such as in a spatial environment with a repeating texture that prevents unique identification).
Embedding AI inference in the Spatial Networking Cloud
rt-ai is a system for graphically composing edge AI stream processing networks either distributed on multiple processing nodes or all running on a single node. In the latter case, shared memory can be used for transfers between the functional blocks, making it almost as efficient as monolithic code. So when it comes to embedding AI inference in a Spatial Networking Cloud (SNC), rt-ai makes perfect sense. However, the underlying network styles are completely different – SNC uses a highly dynamic series of multicast and end to end virtual links whereas rt-ai uses static MQTT or shared memory links. Each makes sense for the different applications so it is necessary to create a bridge between the two worlds.
Right now, bridging is done (for video streams) with the GetSNCVideo and PutSNCVideo stream processing elements (SPEs) that can be added to any video stream processing network (SPN). GetSNCVideo can grab SNC video frames from the configured stream source which then acts as an rt-ai source for the downstream SPEs. Once processing has been completed, the frames can be re-injected into SNC using the PutSNCVideo SPE. There can be similar bridges for sensor or any other type of data that needs to be passed through an rt-ai SPN


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MSc thesis presentation Ibrahim Seymen
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- 15:30 - 16:30
New technologies and production capabilities enable to make smarter, more efficient and ergonomic medical devices. Improved medical devices can record individual's body parameters such as sweat rate, body temperature, blood and urine values precisely. These values provide relevant information about an individual's health condition and continuous monitoring is critical for checking health status for example during ongoing surgery or comatose. In this respect core body temperature is an important indicator for human body wellness.
There are several recently developed ways to measure core body temperature: conventional contact thermometer, infrared (IR), Radio waves and heat flow.The method which is a promising one, is the heat flow temperature measurement technique. The main concept of this technique is to obtain a temperature value from the presence of a thermal gradient in the medium. Heat is transferred from hotter medium to a colder medium.
The aim of this graduation project is to design and develop an improved non-invasive, passive heat flux temperature measurement sensor that can be integrated in patches and garments. Firstly body and probe thermal analyses are handled, in respect to these results, thermometer design is finalized with using thermistors and experimentation of probe is conducted. Finally, this principle is repeated by using printed sensors and applying in the garments.