South Jersey Ghost Researchers share haunted sightings with library audience
Washington Township Times By Washington Township Times South Jersey Newspapers
on October 07, 2011 at 12:00 PM
By Michelle Caffrey
The audience at the Margaret E. Heggan library gasped loudly when they heard the recording. The ghostly voice of a little girl exclaimed, "Hello."
It was one of many electronic voice phenomenon, or EVPs, that the South Jersey Ghost Researchers played for the captivated crowd on Sept. 26.
The researchers, a well-known nonprofit that's been featured on The History Channel, National Geographic and almost every major media outlet, presented their compelling evidence and fielded questions from the crowd.
The group's main focus is on helping private citizens confronted with unexplainable phenomenon in their houses, but it also never passes up the opportunity to investigate some of the eeriest historical locations in the tri-state area. Eastern State Penitentiary, Burlington County Prison Museum, and even the Old Stone House Village right in town are just a few of the hundreds of places the organization has studied.
"We're pioneers. We were the first to investigate many haunted places that you now see on TV," Investigator and Team Leader Kim Pietrzak said.
The researchers presented the best findings from their most active investigations, including photos of full-body apparitions and EVPs. They also explained their painstaking methodologies. Before the prospective investigators can even begin to snoop for the supernatural, they have to go through a lengthy training process. "You're going to learn how to do this, and do it well," Assistant Director Mandy McCaw said. "It's like bootcamp."
Investigators are trained to use the sophisticated equipment that they bring to each investigation, and the do's and don'ts of ghost hunting. Despite it's reputation as a séance staple, one of the biggest "don'ts" for the organization is the use of Ouija Boards.
They ask every one of their clients if they own a board, and if they say yes, the team won't continue their investigation until it's handed over.
"It's an unsafe tool," McCaw said. "It's adding an unknown factor to so many unknowns already." After they hand over the board, the group then brings it to a church for disposal.
The researchers presented at the library when it was at its old location on East Holly Avenue, but the library's new digs allowed for the group to show the audience their full range of eerie evidence, including recordings, videos, photos and more.
Pietrzak said many of their team members don't just research paranormal, they live with it daily. Many reside in haunted homes currently, or have in the past.
"When I was a child, I remember the covers coming off, things like that," Pietrzak said. "I remember being really curious. I wasn't afraid, but I realized other people might be frightened."
The organization's main focus is to help the people that they encounter reduce their fears and live comfortably in their own home.
After the presentation, the group answered the crowd's most pressing ghost questions— Do women experience sightings more than men? Why do experiences with the paranormal always seem to happen late at night?
Pietrzak said that while there are some theories about women being more open to emotional energies, it really depends on the person.
"I believe it doesn't matter," she said. "But one individual may be more open than another."
When it comes to the rumored "witching hours," when more supernatural events seem to happen, McCaw said that it can be explained with one of the simplest facts about the wee hours of the morning—everyone is asleep.
"That's the quietest time, not a lot of people are awake and moving," McCaw said, "So people tend to listen and hear a lot more."
McCaw enjoys presenting to crowds like the one at the library, partially because she relishes the opportunity to educate people on how paranormal investigators go about their work.
"A lot of ghost hunters on TV have a bad reputation," McCaw said. "We want to let them know that this is what we do, we're not what you see on the TV."
The problem with those shows, McCaw said, is that they have a policy of purposely antagonizing the spirits they're communicating with.
"Everything they do is provoking. We are against that," McCaw said. "We, as a rule, don't allow members to do that. It's out of total respect to the spirit."
Barbara Rothschild, a township resident, attended the event and even said she had her own supernatural experience at the Old Stone Village. Rothschild, who is a self-identified "sensitive", said she felt a random, severe pain in her lower abdomen when she was there with investigators. Later on, she learned that a farmer had been kicked by a horse in that same spot, resulting in his death.
"I picked up on that. A lot of people this paranormal stuff isn't possible, they tend to think you're a lunatic," Rothschild said. "It is real, it's very real. You've just got to tune into it."
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AberystwythArticle Free Pass
Aberystwyth, coastal town, Ceredigion county (historic county of Cardiganshire), Wales, where the River Rheidol flows into Cardigan Bay. Traces of extensive Iron Age earthworks have been found on the hill Pen Dinas, which overlooks the old port and town. The medieval walled town grew around the castle erected by the Normans (1277) on a rocky headland immediately north of the mouth of the River Rheidol, into which the mouth of the River Ystwyth has also been diverted. The town spread northward along the coast, especially after the coming of railways. The port, now virtually unused, once handled coastal, Irish, and even transatlantic shipping (Welsh emigrants, for example, would sail direct for the United States) and served as the outlet for the once-flourishing Cardiganshire lead mines.
The town has grown since the late 19th century as a holiday resort and rural service centre and is the headquarters of many regional services of western Wales. Though established by English conquerors in the Welsh heartland, Aberystwyth has become a principal stronghold of Welsh culture. The founder college of the University of Wales was established there in 1872. Modern university buildings and the National Library of Wales, one of Britain's copyright libraries, overlook the town from Penglais Hill to the northeast. In the Rheidol valley the inland hamlet of Llanbadarnfawr has become a suburb; its church was once a great centre of Dark Ages learning and Celtic Christianity. Pop. (2001) 11,607.
What made you want to look up "Aberystwyth"? Please share what surprised you most...

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(1) The hose is cracked. The braided wire near the crack is rusty. If the hose breaks, peel off the outer rubber layer to find the broken surrounding the braiding, winding wire rust, mainly due to the external rubber layer wet or corrosive substances, so that the strength of the hose reduced, resulting in a rupture at high pressure. When this happens, it is usually accompanied by external fracture, wear or severe deterioration, which causes the outer adhesive layer to lose its protective effect on the reinforcing layer. At this point, external factors such as mechanical damage, chemical corrosion and high temperature baking of the outer adhesive layer need to be checked and eliminated before the hoses are replaced. However, there are also cases where the outer rubber layer remains good but the reinforcing layer is rusty and ruptured. Damaged mouth is usually within 200mm of the hose connector, most of the reason is because the connector is not qualified, because the moisture into the inner edge of the outer sheath, so the reinforcement layer absorbs moisture and causes rust, resulting in soft strength and rupture.
(2) The hose reinforcement layer is not rusty. However, there is an irregular wire break phenomenon, if the hose breaks, peel off the outer glue layer, found that the reinforcement layer is not rusty. However, the length direction of the enhanced layer appears irregularly broken. The main reason is that the hose is affected by high-frequency impact. There are many intersections between the braided reinforced wire and the wire. When the pressure in the tube changes greatly, these intersections also change with the diameter of the tube, causing the wires to rub against each other. If the hose is subjected to high-frequency impact pressure, the intersection will experience frequent friction, resulting in a broken wire. For hoses that are often subjected to high-frequency shocks, a wire-wounded skeleton should be used as an enhanced layer.

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Do Betta Fish Sleep? [The Complete Guide]
Asides the complexity in the dynamism behind the inhabitation of the male and female betta fish, what else is worth knowing about your betta fish? Well, there are lots of other questions that need to be answered, one of which is the one that is been discussed in this piece. As a new betta fish owner, the thought of a sleeping betta fish might have crossed your mind at some point. So, do betta fish sleep? In this piece, we will be discussing in detail, the facts that surround this phenomenon, and every other thing that's worth discussing.
Do Betta Fish Sleep?
One of the most intelligent species of fish is the betta fish. They are interactive and extremely intelligent, and that's what makes them an interesting pet. They are usually active during the day, but do they sleep? When do they sleep? And how do they sleep? Asides dealing with these questions, we will also talk about some interesting facts about this intelligent water pet.
So, do betta fish sleep? Yes, they do! Just like humans, bettas also need to sleep. But how they sleep is a bit different. Humans are known to be either a heavy sleeper or a light sleeper. However, bettas are known to be a light sleeper. The reason behind betta being light sleepers is not farfetched, this has to do with their natural survival instinct. Imagine bettas been heavy sleepers. In a body of water filled with larger predators, bettas will be snacks for predators every day. Also, bettas are territorials, not wanting to be chased out of their territory, they sleep light to stay conscious in case of a sudden threat. You can 'catch them in the act' if you look long enough. You will notice there are times when your water pet becomes motionless. The entire part of the betta fish stays motionless when they sleep, apart from the gills. When you notice all of these, then it means your betta fish is asleep.
Apart from being one of the most intelligent and interactive species of fish, unlike the scenery of a school of fish with choreographed movements. Bettas are loners, they don't live by doing the exact thing others do. They are unique and interestingly, aren't bound by any of these rules. All of these have subconsciously helped shape their personality. A profile that has made them one of the sorted after water pets out there.
You can buy a sleeping bed for your betta fish from Amazon!
What Do They Look Like When They Sleep?
One of the 'surest' ways to know your betta is asleep is when they become motionless. But, one factor that plays a major role is the time of the day. When they are motionless at night, it simply means that he's taking a nap. This also happens during the day. If the body stays motionless while the gills are active, coupled with breathing in and out, it means your betta fish is asleep. Some betta owners also claim that the fish loses some of his colors when he's asleep, there isn't a proof to that claim. But you can always keep an eye out for that. However, as funny as this sounds, don't look at their eyes to catch them sleeping, bettas don't have eyelids, just like most (if not all fishes). So, whether or not, they are asleep, bettas will always open their eyes.
How To Tell If Your Betta Fish Is Asleep?
Reiteratively, when your betta stays motionless for a very long time in the tank, then there's a high probability that your fish is asleep. Especially when this happens during the night. but do they sleep on their sides? Basically, when this happens, a lot of new better owners feel terrified, because they usually think that the fish is dead or sick. Well, bettas do sleep on their side. You can check closely to be sure, but more often than not when this happens, its because he (your betta fish) is asleep. But, when he stays that way for a very long time, it could mean something else, something bad. It could be a sign of illness or in some cases, death.
But there's a caveat to this, bettas are known to lay on their sides when they sleep at the bottom of the tank. Not just that, they are also known to sleep under leaves, between rock, or anywhere else that feels comfy. They may also remain motionless for a very long time.
When Do Betta Fish Sleep?
Next to what and how is when they sleep. So, what time does this usually happen the most? Betta fish sleep during the night and take naps during the day. If you want your fish to get into better sleeping patterns, you should turn off the light when its nighttime. Turning your light off during the night helps your fish get into a proper sleeping pattern. This way, your fish will be able to distinguish between daytime and nighttime. Just like humans, bettas hardly fall asleep when the light is on. Some of the other things to avoid during this period is poking at your betta and or tapping on the glass.
Is Your Betta Asleep?
Even though you've been given the signs to look out for when he is asleep, it is also better to always check on your fish in case it starts to act weird. You can check on it at night before you go to bed, or while you are awake in the middle of the night. When you do this often, you will be able to spot the difference in the patterns. You will be able to know if he is sleeping or signs of old age or illness. When you notice your betta is motionless during the day, the gill movement is a tell – sign that it's still alive. But in a situation where all the parts of the fish remain motionless 'including' the gills, then it means your betta is dead. But, before jumping to a conclusion, open your tank and take it ours with a fishnet. Check for signs of wounds or illness. Sometimes, when they get sick, you'll hardly see them moving.
Tips to Help Your Betta Fish Sleep Well:
So, how do you ensure your betta sleeps well? there are certain things you could do to help your betta have a nice nap. When your betta rests well, it usually makes for a happier betta fish. One of the best gifts you can give your betta fish is long hours of darkness.
If you won't be able to keep up with this (turning the lights off), you should get an aquarium timer, with the timer will help turn on your tank lights off at night then turning it back on during the daytime. When they are having their nap during the daytime, they prefer shady spots. How do you create shady spots for your betta? Firstly, when setting up your tank, always choose a shady spot. Wherever you decide to put it, make sure it is not exposed to direct sunlight. Get floating plants, you could also get tall plants in case you can't get floating plants. But, make sure the plants you've selected are not toxic or harmful to bettas. With these plants, you will be able to block out sunlight. Install decorations in their tank; from bridges, caves to tunnels, these decorations will help create the shady spots your betta fish needs.
Preferably, when setting up your betta tank, consider the sleeping spots. Ultimately, this will help your betta fish sleep well, and of course, when your betta sleeps well, it makes for a healthy water pet. However, your betta shouldn't sleep all the time. If your betta fish sleeps too much, it's usually due to any of these reasons:
4 Reasons Why Your Betta Fish Sleeps Too Much:
· Your tank set up is boring.
What hits your mind when you think of excess sleep? Boredom! When your tanks have no decorations and are small in size, then there is nothing to do but to sleep off. Some of the things you should consider asides shady spots are the size of your tank and toys. You can install toys including a betta mirror. Doing all of these will help optimize your betta fish's sleeping pattern. So, why he is not asleep, he gets to do something fun. We recommend changing the décor regularly to give your betta something else to do.
· Your Aquarium is not getting enough light.
Yes, we pointed out the fact that bettas sleep less during the daytime. The goal is not to let your fish sleep all the time. Your main objective is to optimize their routines and sleep when they should. So, your betta should get 9 to 12 hours of light daily.
· The betta tank is too cold or hot.
When there is a feeling of extreme temperature in the tank, it's not healthy for your betta. Bettas are known to thrive in water temperature that's between 78 to 82degree Fahrenheit. Anything outside this range will make your betta weak and sleepy. Check the water temperature of your betta tank regularly. Also, make sure the thermometer is accurate.
· Your betta is ill.
Just like humans, when bettas are ill, they sleep a lot. One of the reasons why your betta may be sleeping a lot more than he should be because he is sick. What are some of the common illnesses in bettas?
These illnesses include:
 - Popeye
 - Dropsy
 - Mouth fungus
 - Hemorrhagic
 - Fin/tail rot
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- Multicell allows to make GSM calls through a standard telephone or a PBX
- In practice,PTSN to GSM calls are more expensive than GSM to GSM calls.Muticell
enables to make GSM to GSM call through the fix lines.
- Multicell is connected to an external line of a PBX (FXS). If the exchange that
MULTIcell is connected has the voice call attendant feature it is possible to make
inward dialing by keying MF tones.
- 900/1800 MHz GSM standards.
- Built in caller ID feature
- SMS sending
- LEDs on the device shows the signal level and the phase of the communication.
- The device generates 12/16 KHz or Polarity Reversal charging pulses.If the
network does not send the charging signal at all Multicell device may generate
fictive charging pulses.
- Adjustment of voice transmit and receive levels during conversation.
- Wall mounted cabinet.The antenna is fixed type (it may also be the roof type
where the GSM signal is weak ).
- Telephone line is connected with RJ11 type jack to the device.
- Adapter of the device is 220VAC/9VDC 1A max.


Association between Ocular Dominance and Spherical/Astigmatic Anisometropia, Age, and Sex: Analysis of 10,264 Myopic Individuals
Stephan J. Linke, Julio Baviera, Gur Munzer, Johannes Steinberg, Gisbert Richard, Toam Katz
2011 Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
PURPOSE. To determine the association between ocular dominance and spherical or astigmatic anisometropia, age, and sex. METHODS. Medical records of 10,264 myopic refractive surgery candidates were filtered. Ocular dominance was assessed with the hole-in-the-card test. Manifest refractive error was measured in each subject and correlated to ocular dominance. Only subjects with corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) of Ͼ20/22 in each eye were enrolled, to exclude amblyopia. Associations between
more »... sociations between ocular dominance and refractive state were analyzed by means of the t-test, 2 test, Spearman correlation, and multivariate logistic regression analysis. RESULTS. Right and left eye ocular dominance was noted in 61.7% and 35.6% of the individuals. Ocular dominance had no significant impact on SE refraction in subjects with SE or cylindrical anisometropia Ͻ0.5 D. For anisometropia Ͼ2.5 D (n ϭ 278) the nondominant eye was more myopic in 63.7% (SE Ϫ5.8 Ϯ 2.64 D) compared to 36.3% (Ϫ4.69 Ϯ 2.39 D; P Ͻ 0.001; adjusted P (Padj) Ͻ 0.001) for the dominant eye being more myopic. Nondominant eyes showed higher astigmatic power than dominant eyes (Ϫ0.95 Ϯ 0.91 D versus Ϫ0.89 Ϯ 0.84 D; P Ͻ 0.001). For astigmatic anisometropia Ͼ2.5 D, nondominant eyes exhibited a higher amount of astigmatism in 75% of subjects. Nondominant eyes of subjects Ͻ29 years and 30 to 39 years of age had a significantly higher astigmatic power than did dominant eyes of the same age group. CONCLUSIONS. In contrast to previous reports, this study, including myopic refractive surgery candidates, revealed that the nondominant eye was more myopic for SE anisometropia Ͼ2.5 and more astigmatic for cylindrical anisometropia Ͼ0.5 D. (Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011;52:9166-9173)
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the X), drop a dotted line down to the bottom green line.
This will be the center of the back ellipse. Create a copy of the ellipse, and slide it back along the green line until it is centered over that point. With me?
Okay, now we need to scale down our ellipse. As you know, objects appear to shrink in size the further way from us they get. Our ellipse is too big.
Scale it down evenly through it's center point until it's edge touches point (a):
Done! Now simply remove all the excess lines, and you have a properly rendered doorway in perspective.


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STEP 1: You need to have a model in high densitiy foam before you can start
STEP 2: Put the model in the machine
STEP 3: Lower the platform where you've putted your model on
STEP 4: Put a plastic sheet on the machine (this one is 2mm thick) and fasten it
STEP 5: Start heathing the sheet
STEP 6: Check if the sheet is hot enough, blow some air in it. It should go up for 6cm.
STEP 7: Let your model go up and push the vacuum button
STEP 8: Lower your model again and let it cool down.
STEP 9: Open the machine and get your plastic sheet out
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Ninety-eight years ago on this date -- Nov. 14, 1914 -- the Dodge Brothers produced their first car. Or at least, that's the convenient history. But we did some fact checking, and it turns out that on Nov. 14, 1914, the Dodge Brothers (that's supposedly Horace on the left and John on the right, but correct us if we have them backwards) were merely photographed riding in the rear seat of the first car to bear their last name. According to "The Dodge Brothers: The men, the motor cars, and the legacy" by Charles K. Hyde, here's the full story:
The widely accepted history of the initial production of early Dodge Brothers automobiles in November 1914 is at odds with much of the evidence about the earliest Dodge Brothers cars. Automotive historians have thought that the first production car, later named "Old Betsy," came off the assembly line at the Hamtramck factory on 14 November 1914. Guy Ameel, superintendent of final assembly for Dodge Brothers since the start of automobile production, served as John and Horace's chauffeur that day. With the brothers in the back seat, Ameel stopped the first Dodge Brothers car in front of John Dodge's mansion on Boston Boulevard in Detroit and a photographer recorded this important moment.
"Old Betsy" was more likely an experimental prototype car assembled several months before 14 November 1914 and not a production car at all...
So, there you have it: The Dodge Brothers were photographed being chauffeured around in a prototype vehicle in front of one of their mansions on this date 98 years ago.


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A Lesson in Math
Subject(s)/Grade(s): Math Grades 4 and 5 (based on 4th grade NC Objectives)
Related Subject(s): Cultural connection: Art and History of basket-making (Craft Revival Project)
By viewing traditional Cherokee basket designs and creating unique designs, students will incorporate various math concepts including visual imagery, pattern, and spatial reasoning. After finishing "basket pattern," student will calculate fractional, decimal and percentile amounts.
- The learner will recognize Cherokee baskets designs.
- The learner will create a unique basket design incorporating patterns, symmetry, and spatial reasoning.
- The learner will apply concepts of fractions, decimals, and percentages based on their basket designs.
- Time required for lesson: Allow two 50-minute class periods to complete this lesson.
- Teacher preparation involves gathering materials needed to supplement lesson.
- Traditional Cherokee basket designs - _URL_
- Student sample design
- Pictures of Cherokee basket designs
- Graph paper
- Colored pencils (to represent various basket dyes)
Flowing water pattern
Cherokee culture is rich in basketry. There are several known designs woven into the baskets. Patterns woven into baskets are generally continuous and symmetric. Baskets are made from white oak and honeysuckle. Various natural materials are used to dye white oak. Black walnut is used to make a dark brown color. Butternut bark makes a black color. Bloodroot produces a rusty orange color and yellow root provides a golden yellow color.
- View various Cherokee basket designs. _URL_
- Discuss elements of symmetry, pattern, and color
- Mark off a 10" x 10" square grid on graph paper.
- Create a colored pattern design using 2-5 colors.
- Mark off a 20" x 20" square grid on graph paper.
- Repeat design on 10" x 10" grid four times onto the 20" x 20" grid (see attachment 1).
- After design is completed, have students count the number of squares of each color used on the 10" x 10" grid (total should add up to 100).
- After determining the number of squares of each color used, students can represent the number in fraction, decimal, and percentage forms. (ex. 28 squares are bloodroot color, the fraction 28\100, the decimal is.28, and the percentage is 28%).
- Display and share.
- End product graded then displayed
- Conference about symmetrical pattern, use of color, and originality of name
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Current K-8 - Grade 4
- Hill, Sarah. Weaving New Worlds: Southeastern Cherokee Women and their Basketry. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997.
- Sommer, Robin. Native American Art. New York: Brompton Books Corp., 1994.
- Craft Revival: Shaping Western North Carolina Past and Present craftrevival.wcu.edu
- Craft Revival: Shaping Western North Carolina Past and Present - Basket Pattern Index _URL_
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian _URL_
- Cherokee basket design cards by Shan Goshorn; available for purchase at _EMAIL_
- Submitted by Donna Beck and Jonnie Walkingstick, Cherokee Elementary School, Cherokee, NC 28719


B L U M E N T H A L H O U S E C O N S E R V A T I O N P L A N
The Blumenthal House is among the very best houses in the 'International Modernist" style in New Zealand. It is one of very few New Zealand houses of any period to be published internationally.
The house is considered to be the best work of Vladimir Cacala. Cacala arrived in New Zealand from Czechoslovakia in 1952, and quickly established a reputation as an architect of the Bauhaus school. Vladimir Cacala was trained in modern architecture in a part of Europe that had embraced modernism before the war. He brought that knowledge and experience with him to New Zealand. His life and work demonstrates the huge cultural shifts of the 20th Century, and is a significant example of the cultural contribution made by European emigres to New Zealand society in the post war years.
The Blumenthals were also emigres to New Zealand. Their personal story connects New Zealand to the greater arc of 20th Century history, particularly the effects on Europe of the rise of Fascism, anti-semitism and the massive disturbances to populations and cultures caused by the Second World War. The arrival of the Blumenthals in New Zealand was a consequence of those events that has resulted in our country becoming a richer place thanks to their contribution to cultural life, including but certainly not limited to, the commissioning of this house.
The house is also an excellent example of building in the post war period. The house represents the changes that occurred in the Eastern suburbs of Auckland in the post war years, the rapid subdivision of what was farmland; the beginnings of the post war suburbs.


Top 3 Clients by Order Value
Compute the top 3 clients by order value according to the detailed order data. The basic train of thought is to group the orders by clients firstly, secondly sum up the total value of orders placed by each client, thirdly sort the order by the summary value, and lastly filter out the top 3 groups according to the serial numbers. In this case, the summary value sorting and filtering by the serial number is the difficult point. However, with the overall sheet design module and sorted computational module of esCalc, this point can be solved easily.
1. Get the data from the order sheet through the wizard
2. Group by client. Right-click on any cell outside the header of column B, select Quick operation->group, as shown in the below figure:
The grouping result is shown below:
3. Calculate the summary value of each client. In any cell of the summary zone, enter the summation formula, for example, enter {D3}.sum() in D2, which indicates the sum of all homo-cells of D3. Formulas will be copied and pasted to the homocells of D2 (i.e. D7, D10, and other cells) automatically, as shown in the below figure:
4. Sort by the summary value. Right-click on the cell where the summary value is located (any cell of D2, D7 or D10). Right click and select Quick operation->Desc, as shown in the below figure:
The sorting result is shown below:
5. Filter by the serial number. In the Summarizing Area (for example the cell B2), right click and select Operation->Filter, as shown in below figure:
In the dialogue, input the formula "#<=3", and # represents the serial number in this case. Because it is summary zone, the # represents "serial number of each member in the group", as shown in the below figure:
The filtered result of the computational goal, as shown in the below figure:
6. To make it more convenient for viewing, you can also click the grouping level 1 on the top left corner, as shown in the below figure:
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Newly hatched babies often predate on the eggs around them, presumably this is a mechanism that ensure at least a few have a great start in life. It is reported that leaving the process to occur naturally results in a viability of 70% as opposed to the 100% viability if newly hatched snails are moved from the clutch. This is less of a problem in species with shorter hatching times because the eggs seem to hatch more uniformly.
Newly hatched snails will often stay burrowed for up to 14 days, presumably while they process and exist on the sustenance the shell provided. From this point on, young snails behave almost exactly like the larger ones they quickly grow into. There is no change to the physiology of any kind, new shell is appended to the shell lip and the shell grows spirally, and the body with it."1.
The shell whorls they are born with are known as the nepionic whorls and it is often the sculpture and other identifying marks on these that help malacologists determine their genus and sometimes species in later life, providing the haven't worn off as often occurs.
The first thing you need to ask youself is if it is worth hatching babies. Species like Achatina fulica are so prevalent you will be hard pushed to find homes for them. If you do decide to hatch them, you need to try and work out how many. Hatching a full clutch is easier than saving some, because the eggs can remain largely undisturbed and it is hard to know the viability of the eggs and the young snails.
If you wish to hatch eggs only for the chance to see the process I would suggest obtaining some native snails so the young can be returned to the wild.
This is largely down to luck but there are certain things than can be done that may help. In the wild, largely dependent on climate and habitat, some tend to breed at any time of the year, others are more seasonal. This hints of a few things that could be a factor. For example, as taken from the Achatina achatina page:
According to Hodasi (1979), studies of Achatina achatina under laboratory conditions indicate that the species breeds from April to July, which coincides with the major rainy season and the longest days of the year. They are reportedly less abundant during this season than in the minor rainy season which occurs from September to November. This phenomenon could be a function of the complexity of the snails' reproductive ecology, growth characteristics and annual physiological rhythms.
It would seem then, that although the small rise in temperature and the minimal increase in day length no doubt play a part in determining seasonal changes, the biggest factor in triggering breeding is an increase in humidity. Eggs laid at the optimum time will hatch just in time for the major rainy season, giving the baby snails the best conditions for fast growth. It must be noted that the snails have less than 4 months to develop before the next dry season.
Similar information is noted in "Observations On The Reproduction, Growth And Longevity of a Laboratory Colony Of Archachatina (Calachatina) marginata (Swainson) SubSpecies Ovum by Jenifer Plummer" regarding the wet seasons of Nigeria.
If you are hoping to in some way influence this process, switching conditions from a dry, cooler, short day length environment to a wet, hot and longer day length may be a key factor, although for equatorial snails day length and temperature difference may be negligible since they are so steady throughout the year. There are some other factors as well:
It has been shown that overall the snail Helix aspersa breeds best when in larger groups with plenty of space. Too high a density of snails discourage breeding and it is remarked that large amounts of their slime may in fact be a prohibitive factor in these cases. This also tells us to keep the tanks clean of snail slime.
Similarly, not all snails will mate with each other, introducing new ones to a population can spark interest. It is also possible for one snail to encourage another so placing a sexually active snail with seemingly inactive ones may trigger a response.
Snails often withhold egg production if there is not a suitable environment for them to lay. Keeping your snails on deep, damp substrate will, if not actually encouraging snails to lay, will certainly not discourage it. Snail farms who keep snails on very little substrate actually place pots of substrate in the enclosure so the snails are forced to lay in them. Having said all of that, withholding substrate won't prevent eggs successfully so it is certainly not a reliable method of population or birth control.
Care of Eggs
Sometimes eggs will be laid on the surface of the soil but in most cases the snail will lay them deep in the soil.
So far, from what we have seen small eggs such as from European species and African Achatina species should be relatively easy to hatch. Larger eggs such as those from Archachatina and Megalobulimus (oblongus)can be fairly tricky, with Archachatina marginata var. ovum of particular note. This seems to be partly because of the need for steady, warm, moist conditions.
If you wish to keep them all, I'd leave them where they are because the parent will usually have chosen the best place. This isn't always the case, you'll sometimes see eggs being laid indiscriminately all over the tank and on top of the substrate. You can put a pint glass or tub over them so they don't get disturbed. As long as you don't handle them much they should be fine. If you wish to keep them out of the parent tank, it is best to scoop them out with the soil they are in. Damp and warm, they can hatch from 1-31 days onwards, dependent on species and how long they have been kept inside the snail before it chose to lay.
As mentioned above, large eggs (10mm+) (Archachatina) are often more temperamental. The less you disturb them the better the chance you have of hatching them. They also favour more moisture and it is known that dryness quickly kills them. It remarked that Archachatina eggs can almost survive in free-standing water. Some people have success moving them, even handling them, but I think it is fair to say that they are much more sensitive, particularly in the early stages. As a rough guide, and obviously dependent on species and temperature, they should hatch from 20 days onwards.
In both cases, even if laid on the surface I would cover them gently with soil to keep them damp.
The viability of the eggs is usually 80-100%, dependent on species and conditions.
Please bear in mind that there are always more eggs in a clutch than you imagine. I estimated my first clutch to be about 40-50 eggs and there was in fact 90!
Care of the Young Snails
Young snails may stay buried for up to a few weeks, while they ingest and survive on the egg albumen and shell. It is important that they are allowed to consume their shells, as research by "Plummer" has shown (in Archachatina marginata) that failure to do so increases the mortality rate and possibly impedes growth rate. Early hatchers often predate on eggs near them so if you wish to move new hatchlings for this reason it's important to move any egg casing that still remains. Bringing to them to the surface early may result in what seems like normal behaviour but they will still probably refuse to eat normal food for at least a few days.
You should take care not to allow places where they may drown or be crushed. I'd recommend avoiding using water dishes, regular spraying will provide enough water. They're definitely not practical to keep with your adult snails. A small Tupperware tub is much better and means you can check on them very easily without trying to find a needle in a haystack. It is best not to handle hatchlings unless absolutely necessary. If you need to move them, place food in the tank and move this when they have climbed on. Another good way is to scoop them and a little soil up with a spoon. Be very careful when cleaning out, it is very easy to miss them when disposing of food. You can spray them to give them a clean if they require it but be sure to drain any excess water.
Once they reach a size of perhaps 1 cm you should be able to handle them with no problems. Obviously, more experienced owners will decide for themselves when is the correct time to handle them.
Young snails should be capable of rasping cuttlefish but there is certainly no harm in crushing some of it and sprinkling over food or even using milk powder as an alternative. Other than these pointers, young snails live in the same way as adults and require the same care.
This is a sticky subject for a lot of people but it's important to think about this sensibly if you intend to keep snails. With certain species able to lay 1200+ eggs in one year it is completely impractical to hatch all your eggs. And with most species, eggs are almost guaranteed. So let's deal with the options you have or may have heard:
Keeping snails isolatedThis is a common suggestion but I don't think it is a practical solution for a number of reasons. I'd favour the opinion that snails do best with others and most people wouldn't wish to keep one snail, and you may not have the tanks to start splitting them all up. Also, some species of snail can self-fertilise if necessary (click here for more info).
Picking snails that are notoriously hard to breed or


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is the real Latin name.
Botanical Name: Boswellia Serrata, it is
belongs to Bruseraceae family.
Common Name: The most common names of Boswellia
Serrata are olibanum, Indian olibanum tree, gond, luban.
Part Used: Bark, Gum Resin are mainly use
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Serrata leaves looks like plant of Neem and it have also little white flowers.
Important part: The important fact of tree related to active constitutes that the gum oleoresin consists of terpenoids, essential oils, gum.


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In which of the following activities is friciton harmful?
a) an eraser erasing b) car engine parts wearing out c) brakes stoppping a car d) a person walking
What is a force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are in contact?
a) motion b) velocity c) acceleration d) friction
Which of these is opposed by statce friction?
a) a worker pushing a non-moving box b) a pencil rolling on a table c) a dog running in a yard d) a chair sliding on a floor
Which would NOT be a way to reduce friction?
a) using ball bearings b) using sandpaper c) pouring sand on ice d) lubricating with oil
Which are the two factors that determine that amound of friction?
a) hills and valleys and the roughness of the surfaces b) the force and how much surfaces come in contact c) the force and the weight exerted on the surfaces d) the force and the roughness of the surfaces
Which of these is opposed by kinetic friction?
a) a box sliding on a floor b) a child leaning on a building c) a book sitting on a table d) a cat standing in a yard
In which of the following activites is friction helpful?
a) soil erosion b) engine parts wearing out c) car tires moving a car forward d) holes developing in your socks
Does the use of sandpaper on a piece of wood demostrate fricton?
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Surface Pro is a surface protectant, dielectric grease, and contact irritant useful for protecting structural surfaces, electrical wiring, and junction boxes from damage related to corrosive weather elements.
It can be applied to indoor and outdoor surfaces, such as wood, metal, plastic, ceramic tile, brick, cinderblock, and cement. Porous surfaces must be sealed by spreading a coat of silicone before application.
- Residential, industrial & manufacturing sites
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- Autos, boats & marine equipment, farm equipment, construction equipment, etc.
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin alone and in combination with either ceftazidime, cefepime, imipenem, piperacillin-tazobactam or amikacin to select for antibiotic-resistant mutants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. Methods: Clinical strains of P. aeruginosa (n=5) and Acinetobacter spp. (n=5) susceptible to all the drugs used in the study were assayed. Development of resistance was determined by multi-step and single-step methodologies. For multi-step studies, MICs were determined after five serial passages on antibiotic-gradient plates containing each antibiotic alone or in combination with levofloxacin or ciprofloxacin. Acquisition of resistance was defined as an increase of ≥4-fold from the starting MIC. In single-step studies, the frequency of spontaneous mutations was calculated after a passage on plates containing antibiotics alone and in combinations at concentrations equal to the highest NCCLS breakpoints. Results: Serial passages on medium containing single antibiotics resulted in increased MICs for each antibiotic; MIC increases were limited by antibiotics in combination. A decrease in the number of strains with MICs above the NCCLS breakpoints occurred when fluoroquinolones were combined with a second antibiotic for both P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. isolates. Frequencies of mutation were higher for antibiotics alone than for combinations. Conclusions: Use of combinations of fluoroquinolones with β-lactams and amikacin reduces the risk for in vitro election of resistant P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp.
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Waits a line that contains string.
waitln [...]
Pauses until a line which contains one of the character strings is received from the host, or until the timeout occurs. Maximum number of the strings is 10.
When the empty string is specified, this command will wait an character + CRLF.
These commands return the received line in the system variable "inputstr" and one of the following values in the system variable "result":
Value Meaning
0 Timeout.
1 A line which contains has received.
2 A line which contains has received.
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[Powershell Script - Convert IIS logs to CSV]parsing IIS logs using PowerShell
There are multiple ways to do reporting on the IIS logs, there are various tools available for the same as well, but I thought to play around with string manipulation in PowerShell so got an idea to do a script on parsing and Converting IIS logs to Table format in PowerShell sessions or export to CSV.
The main motive of this post is to give an idea on how can we filter specific logs easily and generate a report out of IIS Logs in CSV format.
So let's start
Let's first get the content of the logs file in a Powershell array, which we want to search through to generate the report, we can loop through each log file if there are more than one log file.
Single File Example:
$logFilepath="D:\Logs\IISLogs.txt" $logdata=(gc $logfilepath)
To search through the multiple files.
foreach ($file in (Get-ChildItem $logFilePath))
Now Once we have the Logs consolidated, we can further search through $logdata for logs we are interested in.
Let's say I want to find out how many connection requests has been made by the user "Labadmin" for EWS service?
So to prepare the data into the tabular format, lets first get the table header.
As the 4th line of the logs has all the details, we are going to select that line only using the index no [3], for those who wondering why [3], the index in PowerShell start from [0,1,2,3] etc.
$CsvHeader=$logdata[3]."_TAG_: ","")
Now we can do a search through the logs.
$EWSLogs=$logdata |? {$_ -match "Labadmin" -and $_ -match "EWS"}
This will get us the log entries, where both strings match "Labdmin" and "EWS", we can add more -match to shorten the results,
Now we have the logs we wanted, as the logs file is delimited with space in between what we just need to do is to replace the space with the comma ",".
So let's see how we can do it.
lets first combined our header and EWS logs data to one array.
$FinalData=@() $FinalData+=$CsvHeader $FinalData+=$EWSLogs
Now we will use replace method to replace space with ",".
foreach ($line in $FinalData)
$newline=$line.replace(" ",",")
Now Let's convert it to a table form, once we have data in the table form we can work at the object level, or you can just export to CSV.
$Table = Convertfrom-Csv $Report -UseCulture
Now you will have data in Table and can do further analyses if you wish.
Let's further find out how many times this user made EWS connection successfully.
$table | Group-Object -Property sc-status
So this is how we can use PowerShell to do reporting on IIS logs, Please feel free to leave your comments, feedback, and suggestions.
Below is full consolidated script Code used in this post.
$logFilepath = "C:\Users\sunil\Desktop\caslogs.txt"
$logdata = Get-Content $logfilepath
$CsvHeader=$logdata[3].Replace("_TAG_: ","")
foreach ($line in $FinalData){
$Report+=$newline }
$table = Convertfrom-Csv $Report -UseCulture
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25.5. The Reproductive Systems. Continuous with exercise 25.1 UNIT 7: ECOLOGY. 26. Population Ecology. Exercise 26.1. Dynamics of an Animal Population. Extended 5-11 week exercise Exercise 26.2. Dynamics of a Plant Population. Extended 5-15 week exercise Exercise 26.3. Life Table for a Human Population. Extended 2 week exercise or 1 week if data is already available Exercise 26.4. Implications of the Human Population. Web exercise 27. Community and Environmental Ecology. Exercise 27.1. Aquatic Community Trophic Structure. Extended 2 week exercise Exercise 27.2. Invertebrates as Water Quality Indicators. Continuous with exercise 27.1 Exercise 27.3. Effects of Acid Rain. Extended 4-26 week exercise Continuous with exercise 27.1 Exercise 27.4. Species Diversity. Continuous with exercise 27.1 Exercise 27.5. Diversity of Institutions. Exercise 27.6. Ecosystems. Web exercise 28. Predation. Exercise 28.1. Predator-Prey Interactions and Population Dynamics. Extended 2-3 week exercise Exercise 28.2. Owl Pellets. 29. Symbiosis. Exercise 29.1. Human Mites. Exercise 29.2. Termites and Protozoans. Exercise 29.3. Human Helminths. Exercise 29.4. Jar of Worms. Exercise 29.5. Water. Web exercise 30. Animal Behavior. Exercise 30.1. Terrestrial Taxis. Exercise 30.2. Aquatic Taxis. Exercise 30.3. Social Behavior of Betta Fish. Appendices. Appendix 1. How to Cite References. Appendix 2. Darwin: The Power of Movement in Plants. Appendix 3. Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of the United States.
Untertitel: Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: PRENTICE HALL
Erscheinungsdatum: April 2004
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It is possible to use a hash function to construct a block cipher with a structure similar to DES? Because a hash function is one way and a block cipher must be reversible (to decrypt), how is it possible?
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It is possible to build a block cipher out of a great many things. If you want to use a hash function, the classic trick is to follow a Feistel structure, which is, incidentally, the same kind of structure than what DES uses.
The schematics on the Wikipedia page are quite clear; you would use the hash function for the "F" part, which combines one (sub)key and one half of the current block, to produce a value which is to be XORed with the other half of the current block. The beauty of the scheme is that the "F" function is always invoked in the same direction, both for encryption and for decryption. Therefore, it can be a one-way function, like a hash function.
Luby and Rackoff have demonstrated in 1988 that the Feistel scheme offers remarkable security with as little as four rounds, provided that the "F" function is "perfect" and that the cipher block size is big enough (to get the standard "128-bit security" out of the Luby-Rackoff proof, you need 256-bit blocks).
Of course, any concrete hash function cannot be really "perfect" (see for instance this answer) and there are a lot of subtle details which can destroy the security of the best thought cipher structure. As usual, you are strongly advised not to build your own crypto (unless you are quite clear with yourself that you do it for learning and not to actually protect any data of value).
Also, if you build such a cipher, you will probably notice that the resulting performance is disappointing. With a secure hash function like SHA-256, you could expect an encryption bandwidth roughly 20 times lower than what AES would get you.
It is possible to use a hash function like (SHA family, for instance) in OFB or CFB (and possibly CTR), by using the hash function (with the key as part of the input!) in the place of the block cipher encryption. That said, Thomas is right -- DO NOT BUILD YOUR OWN CRYPTO. Just use a normal block cipher. You'll get better performance (especially if it's AES and you're on hardware with ways to accelerate it), and you'll probably get better security (at least you'll know it's been examined).


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Inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses, the Latona fountain illustrates the legend of Apollo's mother and Diana protecting her children against the insults of the peasants of Lycia, and calling on Jupiter to avenge them. He heard their plea and transformed them into frogs and lizards.
The central marble group sculpted by the Marsy brothers represents Latona and her children. The group was originally placed on a rock in 1670. It was surrounded by six frogs emerging partly from the water, and twenty-four others around the fountain on the lawn. The goddess then looked towards the Château. This arrangement was modified by Jules Hardouin-Mansart between 1687 and 1689. The rock was replaced on a concentric marble base and the Latona group henceforth gazes towards the Grand Canal. The Latona fountain is prolonged by a parterre holding the two lizard pools.


text: Figure 1: Effects of APA deficiency on SBP. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) of APA−/−, APA+/−, and APA+/+ mice at 3 months ( to 15 per group) was determined by a tail-cuff system. Each datum point represents the mean measurement of 2-d taken after 4-d training period. The average ± SEM of each group is represented by an open circle and a bar. *.


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1. General JN Chaudhuri, was born on 10th Jun 1908 and received his early education in Calcutta and the High Gate School, London. He obtained a nomination to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned in February 1928 into the 7 Light Cavalry.
2. During World War II he went overseas with the famous 5 Indian Division and saw active service in Sudan, Eritrea, Abyssinia and the Western Desert and was awarded the OBE and Mentioned in Dispatches thrice. In August 1944, he took over command of the 16 Light Cavalry, to become the first Indian Commanding Officer to lead an armoured Regiment into battle and won great renown for fighting in Central Burma. At the end of the Burma campaign, he saw service in French Indo-China with his regiment in Java.
3. In January 1946 he was appointed as Brigadier-in-Charge, Administration, Malaya Command, and was the third Indian to become a Brigadier in the Indian Army. A year later, he went to England to attend a course at the Imperial Defence College and on his return to India he became Brigadier (Plans) and later Director of Military Operations and Intelligence at Army HQ. In February 1948, he was promoted Major General and became officiating Chief of the General Staff. In May 1948, Gen Chaudhuri took over command of the 1 Armoured Division which played a major role in the Hyderabad Operations, and then was appointed Military Governor of the Hyderabad State for over a year. In January 1952, he became Adjutant General, Army HQ and in January 1953, he again took over as Chief of the General Staff.
4. Gen Chaudhuri served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 20th Nov 1962 to 7th Jun 1966 with great distinction. He passed away on 6th Apr 1983.


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Date: November 22, 2018
Presentation: Applications of Spectral Noise Logging in Well Integrity Monitoring
Speaker: Hamzeh Ali Mohammadi from Global New Petro Tec Corp
10:30 – Doors Open
11:00 – President Presentation and Speaker Introduction
11:10 – Speaker Presentation
11:40 – Question and Answer Period
12:00 – Networking Lunch
Gas or fluid ingress into the cement channel and then up to the surface through the surface casing annulus is called Surface Casing Vent Flow (SCVF), which causes Sustained Annulus Pressure (SAP) as a common occurrence in the petroleum industry. Gas may also migrate to the surface outside the outermost casing string, which is often referred to as external Gas Migration (GM) or seepage.
In today's oil and gas industry, operators are proactively exploring new and improved means of working in a smarter manner and reducing costs both during the life of a producing well and abandonment phase. In our business well integrity is essential during a field's entire lifecycle from initial drilling through to final decommissioning and restoration. Monitoring barrier integrity and zonal isolation are essential to maintain a healthy well and production strategy during the operational life of a well, and are arguably more critical to fulfil regulatory requirements and guarantee a sustainable abandonment.
The technique of Spectral Noise Logging (SNL) coupled with High Precision Temperature (HPT) Logging have extensively benefited oil industry in hundreds of cases. Just in Canada more than 50 wells have taken advantage of our diagnostic technique with references available upon request. Please join us to review some of our high profile case histories in North America.


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Felfe, Christina. (2006) Objective Trends and Perceptions of Health Status in Germany. ENEPRI Research Reports No. 21, 22 August 2006. UNSPECIFIED.
This paper identifies previous trends and future prospects surrounding the health status of the population and the utilisation of health care services, based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (_PHONE_). Health status and the demand for health care services is examined in conjunction with the following variables: health satisfaction; the degree to which health status hinders the fulfilment of daily life activities; disability and chronic illnesses; and the probability, frequency and duration of hospital stays. The first part of the paper describes the main trends associated with these indicators. Then a further analysis is undertaken with regard to the determinants of health status. For this latter purpose, a sample of about 21,000 persons (aged 16 and older) has been used. The determinants are assessed against two measures of health status: a subjective measure, which is self-reported satisfaction with health, and an objective measure, which is the degree of being hindered by health in daily life activities. An interesting question explored alongside the findings is whether health care expenditures have increased because the overall health of the population has worsened or because expectations have risen.
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Title: Coupled bending, longitudinal and torsional vibrations of a cracked rotor
Authors: Darpe, A K
Gupta, K
Chawla, A
Keywords: longitudinal
torsional vibrations
coupled vibrations
coupled torsional–longitudinal vibrations
a cracked rotor
coupled torsional–bending vibrations with a
a cracked rotor
Issue Date: 2004
Citation: Journal of Sound and Vibration, 269(1-2), 33-60
Abstract: The coupling between longitudinal, lateral and torsional vibrations is studied together for a rotating cracked shaft. These coupling mechanisms have been studied here with a response-dependent non-linear breathing crack model. Most of the earlier work on coupled vibrations due to crack has been either on stationary shaft or on rotating shaft with open crack model. The stiffness matrix of a Timoshenko beam element is modified to account for the effect of a crack and all the six degrees of freedom per node are considered. Coupled torsional–longitudinal vibrations for a cracked rotor that has not been reported earlier and coupled torsional–bending vibrations with a breathing crack model have been studied. An attempt has been made to reveal crack specific signatures by using additional external excitations. Since all the couplings are accounted, the excitation in one mode leads to an interaction between all the modes. This, coupled with the rotational effect of a cracked rotor and the non-linearities due to a breathing crack model introduces sum and difference frequencies in the response of cracked rotor. The co-existence of frequencies of other modes in the frequency spectra of a particular mode and the presence of sum and difference frequencies around the excitation frequencies and its harmonics could be useful indicators for crack diagnosis.
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Penetration of Photovoltaics in Greece
Eugenia Giannini, Antonia Moropoulou, Zacharias Maroulis, Glykeria Siouti
2015 Energies
Recently, an interesting experiment was completed in Greece concerning photovoltaic penetration into the electricity production sector. Based on the relevant laws and in accordance to the related European directives, an explosive penetration process was completed in less than three years, resulting in a 7% share of photovoltaics in electricity production instead of the previous negligible share. The legislation was based on licensing simplification and generous feed-in-tariffs. This approach
more »... s. This approach transformed photovoltaic technology from a prohibitively expensive to a competitive one. This work aims to summarize the relevant legislation and illustrate its effect on the resulting penetration. A sigmoid-shape penetration was observed which was explained by a pulse-type driving force. The return on investment indicator was proposed as an appropriate driving force, which incorporates feed-in-tariffs and turnkey-cost. Furthermore, the resulting surcharge on the electricity price due to photovoltaic penetration was also analyzed.
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The aim of this Quality Education Fund project was to set up a school network for teachers to have a platform for an interactive exchange of ideas, resources, services, and expertise among different schools that mutually address the needs of children with dyslexia in Hong Kong. A number of five primary schools were invited to participate in this project. Each school was requested to identify an area of concern in reading or writing for research and development. Each school also designed a 10-week teaching programme for children with dyslexia for the try-out of the chosen area of concern. The identified areas included story-telling for word identification, summarization for reading comprehension, recognition of word functions for writing, use of five senses for sentence making and co-teaching for teaching word recognition. A 5-day cross-site visitation was held among the five member schools during the implementation of the teaching programmes. Individual interviews were conducted for principals and teachers of member schools to evaluate the effectiveness of the network. It was found that teachers of member schools benefitted from the experience sharing in the immediate discussion after each peer observation. The most significant finding was that the motivation of the students was enhanced and their reading and writing skills were improved.
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Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric mushroom, is a visually striking and iconic fungus that has captured the curiosity of many. With its vibrant red cap adorned with white spots, it is no wonder that this mushroom has inspired various forms of artistic representation throughout history. However, what might surprise you is that this captivating mushroom has also found its way into the world of gummies, offering a unique and delightful way to experience its effects.
Understanding Amanita Muscaria
Before delving into the world of Amanita mushroom gummies, it is important to understand a bit about the mushroom itself. Amanita muscaria is a psychoactive fungus that grows in various regions around the world. Historically, it has been used for its hallucinogenic properties, with indigenous cultures incorporating it into spiritual and shamanic practices.
The primary psychoactive compounds found in Amanita muscaria are muscimol and ibotenic acid. These compounds interact with the central nervous system, producing a range of effects including euphoria, altered perception, and increased relaxation. It is worth noting that the effects of Amanita muscaria can vary depending on various factors such as the dosage, individual tolerance, and the preparation method.
The Rise of Amanita Mushroom Gummies
In recent years, there has been a surge in interest surrounding Amanita mushroom gummies. These gummies offer a convenient and accessible way to experience the effects of Amanita muscaria, catering to those who may be hesitant to consume the mushroom in its raw form or explore traditional preparations such as tea.
One of the key advantages of Amanita mushroom gummies is the precise dosing they offer. Each gummy contains a pre-measured amount of Amanita muscaria extract, ensuring consistent and accurate dosing. This makes it easier for individuals to control their intake and tailor their experience according to their desired effects.
Additionally, the gummy format provides a more palatable option for those who may find the taste and texture of the raw mushroom unappealing. The gummies are typically infused with natural flavors, further enhancing the overall sensory experience.
Benefits of Amanita Mushroom Gummies
Convenience: Amanita mushroom gummies are incredibly convenient and discreet. They can be easily carried and consumed on the go, allowing individuals to incorporate them into their daily routine seamlessly.
Precise Dosing: As mentioned earlier, the pre-measured dosage in each gummy ensures consistent and accurate dosing. This is particularly advantageous for those who are new to Amanita muscaria or prefer a more controlled experience.
Enhanced Palatability: The gummy format eliminates the need to endure the taste and texture of the raw mushroom. The infusion of natural flavors in the gummies makes them an enjoyable treat while still delivering the desired effects.
Versatility: Amanita mushroom gummies can be consumed for various purposes. Some individuals use them for recreational purposes, seeking a unique psychedelic experience. Others may use them for their potential therapeutic benefits, such as stress relief or enhanced creativity.
Safety: When obtained from reputable sources, Amanita mushroom gummies can provide a safer alternative to consuming the raw mushroom. The standardized production process ensures quality control and reduces the risk of ingesting harmful contaminants.
Proper Usage and Precautions
While Amanita mushroom gummies offer an exciting way to explore the effects of Amanita muscaria, it is crucial to approach their usage with caution. Here are some important points to keep in mind:
Start Low, Go Slow: If you are new to Amanita muscaria or have limited experience with psychedelics, it is advisable to start with a low dose and gradually increase it over time. This allows you to gauge your sensitivity and response to the mushroom's effects.
Know Your Source: Ensure that you obtain your Amanita mushroom gummies from a reputable and trustworthy supplier. This reduces the risk of consuming adulterated or impure products.
Set and Setting: Like any psychedelic experience, it is important to create a safe and comfortable environment when consuming Amanita mushroom gummies. Choose a calm and familiar space, preferably with a trusted friend or sitter present.
Respect the Mushroom: Amanita muscaria is a powerful psychedelic, and it is essential to approach it with respect and reverence. Do your research, understand the potential effects and risks, and always prioritize your well-being.
Hand-picked Amanita mushroom gummies offer a unique and enjoyable way to experience the effects of Amanita muscaria. With their precise dosing, enhanced palatability, and convenience, they provide an accessible option for both recreational and therapeutic purposes. However, it is crucial to approach their usage responsibly and with proper precautions. By doing so, you can embark on a fascinating journey that explores the captivating world of Amanita muscaria in a safe and controlled manner.
What are the primary psychoactive compounds found in Amanita muscaria?
- The primary psychoactive compounds found in Amanita muscaria are muscimol and ibotenic acid.
What effects can be expected from consuming Amanita muscaria?
- Consuming Amanita muscaria can produce a range of effects including euphoria, altered perception, and increased relaxation.
Why are Amanita mushroom gummies becoming popular?
- Amanita mushroom gummies are becoming popular because they offer a convenient and accessible way to experience the effects of Amanita muscaria. They provide precise dosing and a more palatable option for those who find the taste and texture of the raw mushroom unappealing.
What are the benefits of Amanita mushroom gummies?
- The benefits of Amanita mushroom gummies include convenience, discreetness, precise dosing, and a more palatable option compared to consuming the raw mushroom.


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Gdańsk History Museum is now a group of 8 museums, established in 1970, as a branch of the Pomeranian Museum in Gdansk. It then began to collect objects, pieces and documents of the town's history, from the Middle Ages to the present.
To think a museum's identity, we need to first think about what it represents. In this case, the group of 8 museums stands for Gdańsk. They show us the city's past history, stories, economics, battles, ideals and ideas. Fundamentally these museums store the city's true identity. The identity is based on the principle that this logo should not only represent its museums, but also the specificity of its city. The same way we recognise Gdańsk in its coat of arms we also see the city in its museums.
For the conception of the new symbol, each museum was metaphorically perceived has a fragment of the city's history, since each museum stores and exhibits cultural, historical, scientific and artistic parts of Gdańsk.
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What is a design sprint?
If you're a d.school fellow, it's a way to launch your project into a new phase. Starting in January, fellows will ramp up their work by incorporating their fellow fellows into their projects. Each fellow will synthesize the work they've done so far, develop a schedule and lead their colleagues through a sprint they design.
A quick reminder: We have eight fellows this year, most working on a project relating to K-12 education or health care. Recently, the fellows came together for an all-day studio session to plan for their sprints. Here's how they'll work:
- Two fellows at a time will be have three weeks for a specific project, each leading a team of three other fellows.
- Each week will have three days when each team will work together.
- Each fellow will have a day to launch in the beginning and then, at the end, a day dedicated to sharing and another to reflection. The teamwork will happen largely in between.
Each fellow used a tool (see the whiteboard layout above) to help craft their design sprint. The loose framework is meant to focus them on their project and highlight what they plan to do, who will be involved, where they plan to be and how they'll go about it.
The whiteboard (first image shown above) is divided into three weeks, with each week divided into three days of team work. Each day is then subdivided into four categories of action: what, how, who and where. The board also includes space for fellows to articulate the "why" of their sprint: what it's about, what their process needs accomplish, and what, ultimately, they're going to use their team to do.
If you're engaging in your own design sprint and use this framework, let us know how it goes. We'll do the same when our fellows hit the field.


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The noncommutative minimal model program (ncMMP) uses the techniques of Mori theory to classify noncommutative surfaces, which we assume to be finite over their centres. The main result is a very pleasing analogy with the commutative theory - a noncommutative surface is either birational to a unique minimal model, or a noncommutative ruled surface.
In this talk, I will explain how to associate a Brauer pair to a noncommutative surface, and how to run the ncMMP for these Brauer pairs. Although this is similar in spirit to the log MMP, there are some differences. Noncommutative ruled surfaces arise naturally in this context, and we will conclude with some structural results about them obtained by moduli theory.No Notes/Supplements Uploaded No Video Files Uploaded


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Making an Informed Choice--Part 2
8/31/2011 8:58 AM
Part One listed factors to consider in order to make an informed decision about which building will provide you with the best long-term value and performance. This week we will look at steel strength and what it means as you evaluate your options.
Quality, thickness (gauge) and total amount of steel are a significant influence on the safety and longevity of a building. Some manufacturers will use a thin, 14 gauge steel for their trusses which allows excessive flexing and buckling under relatively low forces.
When comparing manufacturers, ask for the following information:
- Diameter of each of the chords in the truss
- Diameter of the webs in the truss
- Gauge of steel used in each
- Total weight of structural steel in the building
This data will allow you to accurately compare the facts affecting steel strength.
In the next post I will explain how snow shedding qualities affect the design and strength of a building.


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I am building a search engine. And when a user types their search into my engine, my script only really checks for words in the statement, and if they match the keywords...the result is returned. But what if iPad is searched and Apple, because is is a higher rank, is returned before the official iPad website in Apple.com. I have begun using full text search but it still is a bit edgy. Any ideas?
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when doing full text searching, you don't need to add each keyword to its own "match against" statement in the where clause. You can just say Match(title, description, keywords, link) Against ('ipod apple'). It will do the matching of each word in the "against" part and rank them accordingly. You can also do boolean matches where you can weight specific words using key symbols like "+" (+SomeWord) for making that word required in the result, "-" (-SomeWord) for making that word not allowed in the result...etc.
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Have you got any code I could use to see what you mean. Or take my code and edit for it to work – Reseed Grey Sep 28 '12 at 17:49
Use Against ('".implode(' ',$terms)."') – Loz Cherone Sep 28 '12 at 17:57
Doesn't work, would thre be a function which calculates the amount of times the word appears in designated fields and then returns them in a higher order – Reseed Grey Sep 28 '12 at 18:08
_USER_ what lawrence wrote is correct. How is it not working? is the query throwing an error? Check out the boolean page I linked to in the answer, it gives some pretty good examples. The ranking is how fulltext works. You add a fulltext index on a column, the db indexes each word and how often it appears, the query will rank rows based on how often search words appear. You can put the "match against" in the select part of the query to get back that ranking. – Jonathan Kuhn Sep 28 '12 at 18:16
It just doesn't seem to make any difference. Can you post an edit of my code below to show me what you mean? – Reseed Grey Sep 28 '12 at 18:29
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Ancient Mass Graves of Soldiers, Babies, Found in Italy
More than 10,000 graves containing ancient amphorae, "baby bottles," and the bodies of soldiers who fought the Carthaginians were found near the ancient Greek colony of Himera, in Italy, archaeologists announced recently.
"It's probably the largest Greek necropolis in Sicily," said Stefano Vassallo, the lead archaeologist of the team that made the discoveries, in September.
The ancient burial ground was uncovered during the construction of a railway extension.
"The remains of Himera's buildings had been known and studied for a long time, and we knew there should be some graves. We didn't expect so many graves", said Vassallo, who works for the Italian province of Palermo's government.
"Each [mass grave] contains from 15 to 25 skeletons. They were all young healthy men and they all died a violent death. Some of the skeletons have broken skulls and in some cases we found the tips of the arrows that killed them," Vassallo said.
He thinks the human remains are from soldiers who died fighting the Carthaginians in a famous 480 B.C. battle described by Greek historian Herodotus of Halicarnassus.


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[British, fl. 1988, Taught at the University of Portland, Oregon.]
5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 4. Identity in Logic
In logic identity involves reflexivity (x=x), symmetry (if x=y, then y=x) and transitivity (if x=y and y=z, then x=z)


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Data Presentation and Interpretation - 10 credits (HST303)
This module introduces students to numerical reasoning in archaeology and conservation. Numerical reasoning is not simply the use of statistics, it also involves the nature of the following: datasets and variables; statistical distribution; and the problems of sampling. Students will be introduced, and will use, Microsoft Excel and Access to input, manipulate and present numerical data. Students are assessed by completion of workshop exercises. Major topics studied: numerical reasoning; the uses and abuses of statistics in archaeology; simple significance tests such as the chi-squared test; using MS Excel and Access.


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The venerable Bishop Museum steps into the 21st century with its new Science Adventure Center. Go ahead–touch the exhibits.
It's the centerpiece of the museum's new Science Adventure Center, a $17-million educational playground full of hands-on exhibits and impressive displays designed to bring natural science studies to life. "It's totally interactive and immersive," says William Brown, Bishop Museum president. "You're either interacting with it, or you're stuck in the middle of it, experiencing it."
Sure enough, the volcano, modeled after Kilauea's Pu'u O'o vent, is actually hollow, and packed with things to do inside. Although it won't actually be spewing real magma (which is apparently something of a fire hazard), museum staff will really be melting rock into lava underneath it, using a furnace in the Hot Spot Theatre.
Elsewhere in the 16,500-square-foot center, kids can pilot a remote-controlled submersible through a 14-foot-deep ocean simulation tank, create their own mini volcanic eruption using hot wax and check out live native insects and other biological specimens in a simplified lab environment.
|The trippy Origins Tunnel art at the Bishop Museum's new Science Adventure Center was created by local students. |
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It's fun stuff, and adults will get just as much of a kick out of the custom-designed exhibits as the children. Everything is educational, as well, Brown says, "We want to excite and inspire, and to some degree convey basic information about science. We hope to get kids excited, so they want to study this some more."
In addition to working with local schools to coordinate the exhibits with fifthand eighth-grade curriculums, the Bishop Museum has even tapped students from Jarrett Middle School, Dole Middle School, Hakipu'u Learning Center, Halau Lokahi and 'Aiea Intermediate to create the papier-mâché plants and animals lining the Origins Tunnel.
The tunnel is actually one of the center's most memorable exhibits, even if it's less scientifically rigorous than some of the others. With day-glo paint everywhere, and illuminated solely by black light, the tunnel looks less like an underground lava tube than an underground rave, but piped-in nature sounds and chanting from the kumulipo (the Hawaiian creation chant) make it an impressive experience.
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Collateral Charge Mortgages
- Re-advanceable loans
- Access to additional funds without the use of lawyer
- Lender can change interest rate at any time (usually only when in default)
- Unsecured debt can be interconnected with mortgage (they can use your mortgage payment to pay oﬀ other debts if you miss a payment which puts you in default on your mortgage!)
- Mortgage is NON transferrable
- Highly impacts your renewal options
- Register mortgage for MORE than you borrow (up to 125%)
What is a collateral charge?
A collateral charge is basically a diﬀerent method of registering a mortgage or loan against real property. Collateral charges used to only be used for secured lines of credit, but are now becoming quite popular with many major fnancial institutions for their regular mortgage products. It diﬀers from a "standard mortgage" in signifcant ways that aﬀect your ﬂexibility with the contract/bank.
Terms in a loan agreement
Regular Mortgages put all of the key terms in a document that's registered with the provincial land/registry ofce – Standard Mortgage Charge. A Collateral Mortgage, however puts key terms in a loan agreement which is NOT registered the same way. This collateral loan agreement may contain terms such as:
- The lender has the ability to change the interest rate at any time. Although this usually only occurs if in default, it can occur on certain products such as lines of credit, overdraf facilities etc.
- You can increase your loan amount without reregistration on title which means no legal fees
- Unsecured debt such as credit cards, overdraf, loans etc. can become interconnected
- The lender can use your mortgage payment to pay down other debts you have with that lender (if you default on those debts)
- For example, if you have a visa and are late in making the payment with the same bank you have the mortgage with, they can transfer your mortgage payment to the credit care instead, without your permission which immediately puts your mortgage in default.
- They can now contact you and ask for you to pay back the entire mortgage immediately or foreclosure proceedings will commence!
- If you are late or default on paying home insurance, property taxes, or condo fees, just like point #3, the collateral charge can be used to pay them oﬀ!
- On Demand: You will be signing a document at the lawyers that confrms the mortgage is "on demand". The lender can ask to be repaid at any time with no recourse to the lender. This usually only happens in default, but if you remember #3 and #4, this could mean default on other debts, NOT just your mortgage
Collateral charges have their place
- Re-Advanceable multi part mortgages
- Secured Lines of Credit
- Protect the equity in the property for the borrowers and/or family
- Protect against identity thef
- Access to more funds without the need for a lawyer
What a Collateral Charge does, and limits
- Register more than you borrow
- Lender may register a higher amount on title than is actually borrowed at the time mortgage is set upup to 125% of the value
- This results in the Lender protecting all of the current and future equity in your property and disallow any secondary fnancing from another lender
- Can re borrow, but with be limited to ONLY the options provided by the existing lender
- If moving from one bank to another, will incur legal fees and potentially a penalty as well
- Unlike a Standard Charge, you can borrow more money afer the mortgage is funded without the need to pay a lawyer
- This is still subject to requalifying to get access to more funds
- NON Transferable
- It cannot be transferred or switched to a new lender line a regular mortgage without incurring legal fees
- This impacts your renewal options
- At renewal, if your existing lender is not being competitive on rate, you will need to hire a lawyer and "refnance" to move to another bank, even though you may not be adding any more money
While collateral charge mortgages have their place in mortgage lending, the majority of people do not beneft from this type of registration. Most people are better suited for a standard charge mortgage contract. Use an expert to ensure that you are protected against hidden cost.


The Oberth class was a class of multi-role Federation starships from the 23rd to late 24th centuries, named for German rocket pioneer Hermann Oberth. (Star Trek Encyclopdia)
Ships of this class were frequently confused for the smaller Gagarin-class ships that were its predecessors. (Gagarin-Class Research Vessel)
Glenn-class and Garneau-class ships may be the name of the Gagarin-class in alternate continuities. In the Orion Press continuity, there was a subclass of the Oberths known as the Mercury VII series.
This class of starship was very versatile, used by both Starfleet and civilian crews, for scouting missions, scientific surveys and transporting crew and civilians. The standard crew complement was 71. Armaments consisted of 2 Type 8 phaser turrets and one aft-firing photon torpedo tube. (Strategic Design: Oberth Class NX-602 Starship Prototype: External Blueprints and Internal Deck Plans)
With the advent of newer designs such as the Nova-class and Korolev-class vessels the Oberth began to be replaced. As vessel went for refit Starfleet retires them and in some cases donating them to civilian science organizations. (Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 1: The Ships of Starfleet)
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In addition to the dynamic feature, there are properties which describe the space required for a particular port buffer which can be used statically in data files.
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A feature to resize output port buffers in LV2_Plugin_Descriptor::run().
To support this feature, the host must pass an LV2_Feature to the plugin's instantiate method with URI LV2_RESIZE_PORT__resize and a pointer to a LV2_Resize_Port_Resize structure. This structure provides a resize_port function which plugins may use to resize output port buffers as necessary.
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The host guarantees that whenever an ObjectPort's run method is called, any output O that is obj:asLargeAs an input I is connected to a buffer large enough to copy I, or NULL if the port is lv2:connectionOptional.
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In addition to being supplied with the finest in government grade methamphetamines, fighter pilots have other significant advantages over the rest of us. They have "superior cognitive control."
A new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience compared 11 front-line RAF pilots against a control group in two cognitive tasks, while an MRI was used "to examine the structure of white matter connections between brain regions associated with cognitive control."
The pilots showed superior cognitive control and greater accuracy, despite being more sensitive to distracting minutiae. The MRI showed the structure of their brains differed from the control, with relevant areas of the right side of the brain being larger, and connections between key areas in the brain laid out differently.
It's not known at this point if the differences come from training or if pilots are just born that way.
The tests showed that when presented with significant visual distractions, the pilots weren't much quicker than the rest of us baseline human beings, but were far more accurate.
Reference: 'Expert cognitive control and individual differences associated with frontal and parietal white matter microstructure' by Roberts RE, Anderson E & Husain M, Published in the Journal of Neuroscience


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Address problematic burndowns and scope creep
This activity is helpful when a team is constantly dealing with additional requests and scope creep. Use the burndown chart of problematic sprints to draw snowy mountains with the same outline. Add a few trees here and there. Print drawings of kids in various sledging situations such as kid sledging down fast, kid sledging and being scared, kid with a sledge looking bored, etc. (You can use Google image search with 'kid sledging drawing').
In teams of 2 or 3, ask the team members to identify which kid's reaction goes with which part of the mountain.
Example: If the mountain is flat, the kid might be bored. If you're facing a wall, the kid might be scared.
You can then discuss the team's reaction facing their own burndowns.


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Object Detection Based on Region Decomposition and Assembly
Region-based object detection infers object regions for one or more categories in an image. Due to the recent advances in deep learning and region proposal methods, object detectors based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been flourishing and provided the promising detection results. However, the detection accuracy is degraded often because of the low discriminability of object CNN features caused by occlusions and inaccurate region proposals. In this paper, we therefore propose a region decomposition and assembly detector (R-DAD) for more accurate object detection.
In the proposed R-DAD, we first decompose an object region into multiple small regions. To capture an entire appearance and part details of the object jointly, we extract CNN features within the whole object region and decomposed regions. We then learn the semantic relations between the object and its parts by combining the multi-region features stage by stage with region assembly blocks, and use the combined and high-level semantic features for the object classification and localization. In addition, for more accurate region proposals, we propose a multi-scale proposal layer that can generate object proposals of various scales. We integrate the R-DAD into several feature extractors, and prove the distinct performance improvement on PASCAL07/12 and MSCOCO18 compared to the recent convolutional detectors.


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Compass Needle in Uniform and Rotating Magnetic Fields
A compass needle undergoes forced oscillations under the influence of a uniform magnetic field and a rotating magnetic field with angular velocity (black arrow). The compass needle has a moment of inertia, a friction constant, and a magnetic moment ℳ. This is a simple example of a system that shows chaotic motion. In a real experiment it is impossible to repeat a particular motion from initial conditions and because the system is chaotic.


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Submitted to: Encyclopedia of Occupational Health and Safety
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: October 1, 1997
Publication Date: N/A
Interpretive Summary: Review article, interpretive summary not required.
Technical Abstract: This chapter describes the production of bales of high quality cotton fiber. Many factors ranging from soil preparation to bale packaging play a key role in providing the consumer with good quality fiber. Cotton production practices including soil preparation, variety selection, seed and plant diseases, insect and weed control, defoliation, harvesting, and seed cotton storage, as well as cotton cleaning, drying, ginning, and packaging are described with specific emphasis on fiber quality. Recommended gin machinery sequences and preferred ginning procedures are also addressed. The safety and health of gin employees, regulations, and recommended safety programs that are important factors in efficient operations are also described.


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Studies demonstrate the impact of effective architecture in schools
Recent research suggests that subtle changes to a learning environment can significantly alter a child's academic performance. The study, compiled by the Girls' Day School Trust (England and Wales) indicates that girls and boys will respond differently to certain spaces, conditions and temperatures, and emphasises the importance of utilising these factors in a positive way.
While girls seem to learn most effectively at a temperature of 24°C, boys prefer a cooler 21°C. Further scientific studies suggest that large atriums may produce a negative impact on girls, who learn better in small, intimate spaces, while soft surfaces produce a positive effect. Longer, hour-long classes suit girls better than boys, who perform better in short bursts of 30 minutes. These findings highlight the responsibility of the architect to design with these outcomes in mind, reiterating the power of effective architecture to change society for the better.


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In assessing reduction of concrete strength under irradiated conditions, reference levels are introduced: 1×1020 n/cm2 for fast neutrons and 2×1010 rad (2×105 kGy) for gamma-rays. Concrete structures are regarded as sound as long as irradiance levels accumulated during long-term operation are less than the reference levels.
Most experimental investigations of irradiation effects on concrete were performed in the 1960's and 1970's. However, there is no good explanation of how concrete deteriorates under neutron and gamma-ray irradiation.
Hilsdorf put the primal irradiation test data together to investigate effects of irradiance levels on residual strength ratio of concrete. The reference levels were obtained from his paper. However, the test conditions in which the data quoted by Hilsdorf were obtained are very different from the irradiation and heat conditions usually found in a Light Water Reactor (LWR).
This paper summarizes the interactions between radiation and concrete components and presents the results of gamma-ray irradiation tests on cement paste in order to provide a better understanding of the deterioration mechanisms of concrete under irradiation and heat conditions in LWRs.


"No more music. The flood saw to that."
Waterlogged is a side quest in Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds.
"Not enough... must be... perfect!"
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Much more information can be added to this section.
Obtaining the quest
This quest can be obtained in one of two ways. If Aloy speaks to Laulai, she will inform Aloy of a sudden rush of water that has flooded the basin at Deep Din and obstructed her family's legacy. Aloy will offer to investigate. Laulai can be found in Song's Edge, but if Aloy does not speak to her there she will turn up in Longnotch later.
Alternatively, Aloy can bypass Laulai and visit Deep Din or Greycatch on her own. The quest will automatically start when Aloy gets close to one of the locations.
 1. Go to the Lake
 2. Follow the River Upstream
 3. Find an Entrance
 4. Enter the Greycatch
 5. Explore the Control Room
 1. Examine the Control Panel
 2. Examine the Schematics
 3. Examine the Breaker Bank
 6. Explore the Dam
 7. Find the Source of the Shouting
 1. Talk to the Oseram
 8. Follow Gildun
 9. Close the First Sluice Gate
 1. Find a Path to the Other Side
 2. Unblock Sluice Gate
 3. Lock the First Sluice Gate
 10. Follow Gildun
 11. Find a Path to the Second Sluice Gate
 12. Lower the Emergency Ladder
 13. Close the Second Sluice Gate
 1. Find a Path to the Other Side
 2. Look for the Counterweight
 3. Get on the Counterweight
 4. Lock the Second Sluice Gate
 14. Recover the Emitter
 1. Kill the Snapmaw
 2. Search the Snapmaw
 15. Restore Power to the Door
 1. Return to the Control Center
 2. Replace the Emitter
 16. Go to the Storage Room
 1. Find a Power Cell
 2. Replace the Power Cell
 3. Talk to Gildun
 17. Go to the Overflow Basin
 18. Enter the Overflow Basin
 19. Find the Source of the Sound
 20. Talk to Laulai
Waterlogged - Ultra Hard - No Damage - Video Guide
Frozen Wilds Audio Datapoints
Frozen Wilds Text Datapoints - Quests
 - Gildun can be found at Longnotch after the quest's completion, and a conversation can be had with him. However, he will speak as if Firebreak and The Forge of Winter have not been completed (this is likely a glitch).
Horizon Zero Dawn Quests
Cauldrons Cauldron RHO - Cauldron SIGMA - Cauldron XI - Cauldron ZETA
Corrupted Zones Corrupted Zones
Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds Quests


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Robb Godshaw, from Syynlabs,
has created a haptic cube that gives you an impression of what the
temperature will be like tomorrow.
The cube, which Godshaw has named the Cryoscope, consists of an
aluminium shell surrounding a Peltier
element, heatsink, cooling fan and an LED, all controlled by an
Arduino. The cube is heated to a "neutral" state of 30C, and then
adjusted by the number of degrees that the next day's forecast
differs from room temperature (23C).
It takes into account wind chill and humidity to give an idea
what the following day will "feel" like, rather than merely
reflecting air temperature. So, for example, if the forecast for
the next day is for 18C, once those factors are all taken into
account, the cube's
temperature will decrease five degrees from 30C to 25C,
resulting in it being slightly cool to the touch.
Godshaw describes it in the video above as a "haptic
weathervane", adding: "Users enter their location into a web app.
The cube then automatically adjusts to the forecasted temperature.
By touching the Cryoscope, the user is able to feel tomorrow's air
You can see
the Cryoscope in action over on Godshaw's website.
Updated 08:29 09/05/2012: Godshaw has
redesigned the Cryoscope and is raising money for full production
over on Kickstarter.