Your statement of truth really, really matters!
Not many court experts, signing the statement of truth at the end of their reports, are thinking about the clang of the prison gates. The recent decision in Liverpool Victoria Insurance v Zafar [2019] EWCA Civ 392 is a reminder that they should.
The medical expert revised a prognosis in his medical report by adopting his instructing solicitor's suggestion, and without re-examining the client or exercising any professional judgment. There was no clinical justification for the amendment. It was not perhaps surprising that the judge had held that the expert was reckless as to the truth of the revision and as to whether that would mislead the court, and for that contempt of court passed a sentence of 6 months imprisonment but suspended it.
The Court of Appeal was asked to find the sentence unduly lenient. It did.
It was emphasised that making a false statement verified by a statement of truth is a serious offence. Doing so deliberately or recklessly would usually result in committal to prison, and the offence remained serious even if there was no direct financial motive on the part of the expert for the false statement. In the case of an expert witness, it made little difference whether the false statement was made deliberately or recklessly.
The maximum sentence for contempt is 2 years' imprisonment. A sentence "well in excess of 12 months" was the starting point. Early admission and co-operation, genuine remorse and previous unblemished professional record were all relevant, but breach of the court's trust by a professional witness could be expected to result in severe sanctions. That experts in this position will have brought ruin upon themselves was not a reason not to impose a significant custodial sentence.
The Court of Appeal indicated immediate custodial sentence would be the norm, and there would have to be powerful factors to justify suspending the sentence.
The expert in this case was not re-sentenced as the guidelines now available by this judgment were not available when he was sentenced. However it was made clear that now an appropriate sentence would be an immediate custodial sentence significantly longer than six months.
An expert must take the statement of truth required at the conclusion of an expert report for any court or tribunal extremely serious. Although rarely read, as it is pasted into a report or appears in the template, it does bear reading. To recklessly or deliberately misstate matters in the report in breach of that statement of truth is likely to result in an immediate custodial sentence, as well as terminal consequences for the expert's professional status.
Similar weight should also be given to the sign-off of a joint statement following a joint discussion between experts. In civil claims this requires a brief restatement that the experts recognise their duties to the court and that they have not been instructed to avoid reaching agreement on any matter within their competence. An intentional or reckless false statement is likely to have similar consequences.


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JavaPlot is a library that can be used as a way to create gnuplot plots on the fly through pure Java commands. In contrast with other common gnuplot Java libraries, it uses Java structures to store the various plot parameters, including datasets.
Moreover, it is flexible enough to give special parameters to gnuplot, even if the library does not yet support it. JavaPlot software uses Java's Exceptions to inform the user if something went wrong.
Java 1.5 (or better) is needed for this library. The reason is the extensive usage of various 1.5 technologies, such as Generics and autoboxing, to help maipulation of plot data. It has been tested with gnuplot 4.2. Older versions might or might not work.
This library has been checked in Windows XP, Linux (Debian) and Mac OS X (Tiger & Leopard). It should work on any other system, if you fine tune the special parameters needed.
First you have to include this library in your classpath. Then the easiest way to start creating plots, is to create a new instance of JavaPlot object.
A test case can be found under test/com/panayotis/gnuplot/GNUPlotTest.java. It needs JUnit4 to run, but you can safely copy&paste the ocde from this example to match your needs. For more detailed information, see the provided javadoc. Most methods should be self explanatory.
If you want to go deeper into the library, it is important to understand "ProeprtiesHolder" class, which is the base properties holder of this library.. This class is able to store pairs of values (such as key-value pairs). Use the set() and unset() method of this class to add parameters which will be used when creating the gnuplot program.
There are some things that are not supported yet. These are mainly the multiplot environment and splot-family commands. Still, using methods like getPreInit() and getPostInit() you might be able to simulate them.
If you want to use SVG output in Java, you need a library to handle SVG files. Such a library is SVGSalamander provided with this package. There is a bug in this library, though, which ignores color values. Thus all colors in SVG graphs are black.
· Java SE Development Kit
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Basic support of Graph3d (splot).
· Implementation of user-defined terminals.

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A step-by-step guide to Sweet Cherry audiobooks
1. Download a free QR code reader to your smart phone or tablet by searching on your device's app store.
2. Scan the code on your book with your smart phone or tablet.
3. Listen! Once the webpage has loaded, press play to hear the story. You can listen to it whenever you are connected to the internet.
4. Keep the audio readings on your phone or tablet forever by downloading them, then you can listen to them without an internet connection. Just click on the download button on the website.

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Residual Value or a Balloon Payment Explained
Jacaranda Team
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January 15, 20215 minute read
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Taking out loans for various reasons is a smart option in around many parts of the globe, including Australia. The decision to get an advance goes with other choices, such as whether to get a residual value or not. Under certain situations, there is provision for borrowers to use a residual repayment option. Those situations majorly concern leasing of vehicles. Usually, the terms residual and balloon occur interchangeably in financial jargon. You may stumble across some of such terms when talking about loans or leases. Residual values and balloon loans are about to get demystified in this article.
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 What is a residual value?
 The residual value of a car is suitable for addressing car leases. The residual value refers to the worth of a leased car after the lease period. We all know that vehicles depreciate by a certain percentage over years of usage. Thus there is inevitable depreciation on the worth of the car would be higher before taking a lease than after. The residual value is in a place to tell us that price difference and what the new figure is. This value plays a vital role in the determination of the monthly payments towards the lease. Car lenders or leasers often determine the exact residual value, but there are specific guidelines put in place by the Australian Taxation Organisation (ATO). These guidelines spell out the least amount the residual value of a car can stand at after each year after the lease expires.
 The following are the guidelines put in place by the Australian Taxation Organisation (ATO): For a car lease of 1 year, the minimum residual value will be 65.63% of the original value; for a car lease of 2 years, the minimum residual value will be 56.25% of the actual value; for a car lease of 3 years, the minimum residual value will be 46.88% of the original value; for a car lease of 4 years, the minimum residual value will be 37.5% of the actual value; for a car lease of 5 years, the minimum residual value will be 28.13% of the original value. As is seen from the ATO guidelines, there is a steady and constant decline in the minimum percentage residual value as the years' increase. The monthly payments towards the lease are lower because of the residual value of the car.
 What is a balloon payment?
 A balloon payment is useful for both car loans and car leases. It also deals with the idea of "residual". It is the amount of money which has remained after the majority of the funds or payments are complete. When you take out and loan or a lease, you are required to make regular payments (usually monthly but it subject to the terms of the loan contract). When a balloon payment is involved in the loan, there will also be a specified amount you would need to pay after the loan or lease has expired to retain or acquire full ownership of the vehicle in question. Whenever there's a balloon payment request at the end of the loan, the regular repayments reduce. Balloon payments and residual values can work hand in hand on the same projects.
 Similarities between residual values and balloon payments
 Both the residual value and the balloon payment work with specified quantities after the period of an advance. The two terms refer to an amount paid after the extermination of a lease or loan. While balloon payments are predominately applicable when talking about a loan, and residual values when talking about leases, they both specify that their operations occur at the end of the agreeable debt.
 They both lessen your monthly payments towards your car. Whenever either of the factors into debts, they have the tender to reduce the amount you pay at regular intervals up until the end. The benefit of this system is that since there is an accumulated sum at the end, it leads to freeing up some of the payment burdens and somewhat compiling them at the end.
 Having reduced payments sounds nice but also note that they attract higher interest rates. Though the monthly payments are made cheaper, you often end up spending slightly more on residual and balloon payments car loan than on a regular car loan.
 Differences between the residual value and a balloon payment
 People usually get confused as to whether there is any difference in the usage of both of these terms. Though they are quite similar, there are slight differences between the two of them. Residual values are more accurate in regards to a lease, rather than a loan. The residual value is also an estimated and approximated value of the depression the car will experience after each year. While the balloon payment is technically usable for both car leases and car loans, it tends to talk more about a loan than a lease. Balloon payments are also not a percentage of depreciation or estimated depreciation. The balloon payment is less of an approximate minimisation and more of just cutting off some repayments and piling them up at the end.
 If you have plans to sell the car after the lease for whatever reason, it is a good principle for the balloon payment not to exceed the residual value. In simpler terms, the amount you owe after the loan to be less than the value of the car after the loan. If the value of the vehicle is greater than the balloon payment, you will be at a loss after selling the car because the proceeds from the car will not be enough to cover the balloon payment. You will have to cover the balloon payment will have through some other means.
 The market (car market) is unstable and full of fluctuations. It uses many factors such as depreciation and availability of a specific make, model or year. Before applying for a loan in such an unstable world, one must fully understand all terms and conditions and their workings.
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Here is a second tip for debugging that requires a slight.h file change. If you have the VSIP SDK installed and you need advanced assert help, use VSASSERT. VSASSERT is a nifty utility that is installed with the VSIP SDK that will put up an assert message. The advantage of this assert technology over the CRT or ATL's assert is that you can hide all the VS asserts for that instance of VS, selectively choose to hide a particular assert, copy the assert text to the clipboard, break into the debugger at the line of the offending assert, etc. To use this assert, you need to _TAG_ the file vsassert.h into your code, and then for the debug build of your code link to vsassert.lib. Then, rather than using VC's assert mechanism, you use VS's like so:
VSASSERT(false, "This is a failed assert.");
Even though the assert ships with the VSIP SDK, your code does not need to be VSIP related to use VSASSERT, the code can be a VSIP package, an Add-in, or even code that is not related to VS, you just need to be using C++.
Now to the problem: To use VSASSERT, you will need to change a header file to get everything to work. If you were to compile anything that _TAG_ vsassert.h, you will get the following error message:
c:\Program Files\VSIP 7.1\EnvSDK\common\inc\vsassert.h(249): fatal error C1017: invalid integer constant expression
You can fix this by opening vsassert.h, and on line 249 change the text from:
 _TAG_ DEBUG
 _TAG_ _DEBUG
This simple change will fix up the problem, and you can start using a much better assert tool. (And yes, there is a bug tracking this to have somebody fix it)


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Characteristic not implies fully invariant in finite abelian group
This article gives the statement and possibly, proof, of a non-implication relation between two subgroup properties, when the big group is a finite abelian group. That is, it states that in a finite abelian group, every subgroup satisfying the first subgroup property (i.e., characteristic subgroup) need not satisfy the second subgroup property (i.e., fully invariant subgroup)
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- Characteristic equals fully invariant in odd-order abelian group
- Characteristic not implies fully invariant in finitely generated abelian group
- Characteristic equals verbal in free abelian group
Let be the direct sum of the infinite cyclic group and the cyclic group of order two:
Let be the cyclic subgroup of generated by.
The subgroup is characteristic
Thus, we have:
Clearly, any automorphism of sends to itself, sends to itself, and sends to itself. Thus, any automorphism of sends to itself. Thus, any automorphism of sends to itself. Note that comprises precisely those elements of that have the second coordinate equal to : in particular,, so the subgroup generated by equals. Thus, any automorphism of preserves.
The subgroup is not fully invariant
Consider the map:
This map is an endomorphism of, but the image of under this map is, which is not an element of. Thus, is not fully invariant in.


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Can the Fourier transform of a whole function $f:\mathbb R\mapsto\mathbb C$ be defined as integration over $\mathbb C$ instead of $\mathbb R$ as well, such that $$\tilde f(k) = \frac{\mathcal N}{2\pi} \int_{\mathbb C}f(x) e^{-ikx}\,dx,$$
and (if so) what is the correct value of the normalization $\mathcal N$ for consistency with the $\mathbb R$-integration?
Given a whole function $f:\mathbb R\mapsto\mathbb C$, its Fourier transform
$$ \tilde f(k) = \frac1{2\pi}\int_{-\infty}^\infty f(x)e^{-ikx}\,dx$$
can be determined by other integration paths as well by using Cauchy's Residue Theorem, for example by shifting $x$ by an imaginary constant $ic$. Assuming a sufficiently fast decaying function for $\Re(x)\to\pm\infty$ (and using the fact that a whole function has no residues), this results in simply adding that constant to the integration boundaries, i.e.
$$ \tilde f(k) = \frac1{2\pi}\int_{-\infty+ic}^{\infty+ic} f(x)e^{-ikx}\,dx,$$
which can be expressed by substitution as well:
$$ \tilde f(k) = \frac1{2\pi}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f(x-ic)e^{-ik(x-ic)}\,dx.$$
One can then average over different values of $c$ to obtain
$$ \tilde f(k) = \frac1{2\pi\cdot 2T}\int_{-T}^{T}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f(x-ic)e^{-ik(x-ic)}\,dx\,dc.$$
Now my question boils down to
1) Since infinity is involved, is this equivalent to
$$ \tilde f(k) = \frac1{4\pi T}\int_{\mathbb R\times[-iT,iT]} f(x_1+x_2)e^{-ik(x_1+x_2)}\,d^2x,$$
2) Can the limit $T\to\infty$ be taken such that $\mathbb R\times[-iT,iT]\to\mathbb C$
and 3) What would the correct normalization be?
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While $\mathbb R$ is one-dimensional, $\mathbb C$ is two-dimensional; so the integral over $\mathbb C$ -- even if it makes sense -- cannot be a line integral. – Srivatsan Jan 3 '12 at 11:37
_USER_ sure, but if you take an integrational average over a constant function, the average is still that constant. What I mean is going from the sum (which I assume is valid) to a second integral over $i\mathbb R$ (which, as you mention, adds a seconds integration dimension). This should somehow be covered by the factor $\mathcal N$, which I guess will involve something like $2\pi$ if existing – Tobias Kienzler Jan 3 '12 at 11:40
It's an interesting idea, but the integral should diverge, since every strip adds the same contribution, so you'd need to do something like a limit of the integral up to $\pm\mathrm iT$, divided by $2T$. (Of course this "limit" would be the limit of a constant.) – joriki Jan 3 '12 at 11:51
Also, note that, even if you could make sense of this divergent integral, it wouldn't satisfy Fubini's theorem, so you can't switch from the iterated integral to the product integral, so you're really just left with an integral along $y$ of the constant integrals you get along $x$. (That's for the infinite plane; the integrals between $\pm\mathrm iT$ should probably be OK so you might gain something by switching the order of integration there.) – joriki Jan 3 '12 at 11:58
Yes, that about sums it up. The integral over $\mathbb C$ would diverge. – joriki Jan 3 '12 at 12:44
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No, the Fourier transform of an entire function $f:\mathbb R\mapsto\mathbb C$ cannot be defined as integration over $\mathbb C$.
The comments already contain many hints why such a definition would be problematic. However, even the definition by integration over $\mathbb R$ is problematic for an entire function, as can be seen by the following part of the Paley–Wiener theorem:
An entire function $F$ on $\mathbb C^n$ is the Fourier–Laplace transform of distribution $v$ of compact support if and only if for all $z \in \mathbb C^n$, $$ |F(z)| \leq C (1 + |z|)^N e^{R| \mathfrak{Im} z|} $$ for some constants $C$, $N$, $R$.
We learn from this that the Fourier transform of a tempered entire function is in general only a distribution, which implies that the Fourier integral will not be well defined for a general entire function.
If we look at ("tempered") functions holomorphic in an "appropriate" half-plane of $\mathbb C$ instead of entire functions, the (inverse) Laplace transform becomes the "appropriate" modification of the Fourier transform.
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Fish Amino Acid
Fish Amino Acid is a liquid made from fish of great value to the plant and to the microorganisms. It also contains plenty of nutrients. To be applied to the soil, mixed with water.
Liquid Vermi Compost
Vermi Compost is a liquid made from the absorption of organic matter by a worm resulting in ready to use organic fertilizer. High nutrients content, but less microbial activities than compost. To be mixed with water. Can be applied to the soil or directly to the plant.
Wood Vinegar
Wood vinegar has the following broad benefits:
 - Improvement of soil quality
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 - Plant growth control; being able to accelerate the development of roots, stems, tubers, leaves, flowers, and fruit. Additionally, the product can help boost crop defenses against disease. Can be applied to the soil or to the plant.


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SCP is a network protocol for the encrypted transfer of data between two computers. This article explains how to set it up for use with HiDrive.
- HiDrive Pro package or another HiDrive package in combination with add-on protocols
- Administrator permissions in HiDrive or administrator privileges granted by another HiDrive administrator
Activation in HiDrive
To activate SCP in your HiDrive account:
- Open the HiDrive web app in your browser.
- Select Settings > Access rights and protocols in the menu bar.
- Click the pencil icon.
- Activate SCP.
- Complete your entry with Save.


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DC 12V 24V Hot Water Circulation Pump Solar Water Pump Brushless Motor 800L/HFeatures:
- This DC pump uses advanced electronic components and high-quality wear-resistant shaft
- It is smooth operation, high efficiency, good performance, long service life,
- Can be a long time continuous work, low noise, safety and environmental protection.
- It is widely used in industry, scientific research, aerospace industry.Specification:
Name: Solar Water pump
Sizes:About 4cm(D) x 8cm(H)
Inlet/Outlet: 1/2" male thead
Voltage: 12V -24V DC (can't more than 24V,so if you use 24v power supply pls test it first)
Maximum Rated Current: 1000MA
Max Flow Rate: 800 L/H
Max Water Head: 5 meter
Applicable temperature: 0 ~ 90 Â° CUsage:
The water pump cable (red line is positive, do not take the wrong) received a suitable power supply (the battery can be a battery, it can be a power converter), and then a good water pipe, then pump into the water, Can be used normally.
(Note: The DC brushless pump is a centrifugal pump, the pump water flow with the increase of the head decreases.No diving without self-priming function, prohibit no water free.)Common Troubleshooting:
1.The pump flow is reduced or no water. (The pump chamber can be disassembled for cleaning.
2Tland use when the pump does not run water. (There is air in the pump or in the pipeline.)Note:
1.Do not take the wrong pump positive and negative.
2.Prohibit not through the power converter will be connected directly to the 220V power supply pump.
3.Is strictly prohibited for strong acidity, alkali and other damage to the pump medium.
4.The pump is suitable for medium temperature 1 â„ -60 â„.
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Have you heard of a museum of toilets? Well, Delhi has one such museum dedicated to the evolution of toilets. This museum is run by Sulabh International, and their motto is to educate and create awareness among the public about the methods of sanitization and about the history of toilets.
Want to share your reaction with friends?
The museum has a rare collection of facts, pictures and objects that illustrate the evolution of toilets in a chronology of events. It has an extensive display of privies, chamber pots, toilet furniture, bidets and water closets from 2500BC to the modern age.
The museum is founded by Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, and its main objective is to educate students regarding the trends in the development of toilets and their designs, sanitization, etc. The museum is open from 10.30am to 5.30pm, and the entry is free. The museum is closed on Sundays.


Will Vaping Cause Popcorn Lung?
By September 18, 2017 October 17th, 2017 News
Vaping cannot cause popcorn lung
Most of Vape experts view that Vaping cannot cause popcorn lung.
That's the reason why the e-cigarette wholesale suppliers become more and more.
Will Vaping Cause Popcorn Lung?
There has never been a diagnosed case of popcorn lung in a vaper.
Furthermore, there doesn't seem to be any cases of popcorn lung in cigarette smokers either — even though cigarettes contain between 100 and 750 times the diacetyl of e-cigarettes.
(Related Post: Wellon e-cig experts suggest most Smokers Should Turn to Vaping)
What is Popcorn Lung?
First of all, Olivia got the definition of popcorn lung from Wikipedia.
Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO), informally known as popcorn lung, is a disease that results in obstruction of the smallest airways of the lungs (bronchioles) due to inflammation.
Some e-liquid contains diacetyl or acetyl propionyl, buttery flavorings that are thought to have caused a condition called popcorn lung (actual name: bronchiolitis obliterans) in some flavoring factory workers almost two decades ago.
A News about Vaping cannot Cause Popcorn Lung
As vaping gets more (usually negative) attention in the press, and anti-vaping public health activists watch closely, it seems less and less likely that any real connection between vaping and popcorn lung would be missed.
So as it turned out, it is not only microwave popcorn that uses diacetyl as a dangerous chemical flavoring. In 2015, the Environmental Health Perspectives published a journal that studied harmful chemicals linked to "Popcorn Lung". This study also listed different types of e-cigarettes as items that contain Diacetyl, especially those that are flavored like candy and fruit, targeting young smokers. (Related Post: Is Vapor full of formaldehyde and other scary chemicals?)
News source: quitsmokingcommunity
If you have any questions about Vaping cause popcorn lung or Vape101, please do not hesitate to ask wellon vape experts.


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MSP430 Microcontroller BasicsBy
- John Davies, Glasgow University, UK
- John Davies, Glasgow University, UK
The MSP430 microcontroller family offers ultra-low power mixed signal, 16-bit architecture that is perfect for wireless low-power industrial and portable medical applications. This book begins with an overview of embedded systems and microcontrollers followed by a comprehensive in-depth look at the MSP430. The coverage included a tour of the microcontroller's architecture and functionality along with a review of the development environment. Start using the MSP430 armed with a complete understanding of the microcontroller and what you need to get the microcontroller up and running!
1.Embedded Electronic Systems and Microcontrollers; 2. The Texas Instruments MSP430; 3. Development; 4. A Simple Tour of the MSP430; 5. Architecture of the MSP430 Processor; 6.Functions, Interrupts and Low-Power Modes; 7.Digital Input, Output and Displays; 8. Timers; 9. Mixed-Signal Systems: Analog Input and Output; 10. Communication; 11. The Future: MSP430X; Appendices.
Professional embedded systems engineers, hobbyists and engineering undergraduates.
Paperback, 688 Pages
Published: August 2008
- 1. Embedded electronic systems and microcontrollers1.1. What (and where) are embedded systems?1.2. Facilities needed1.3. Small microcontrollers1.4. Anatomy of a typical small microcontroller1.5. Memory1.6. Software1.7. Where does the MSP430 fit?2. Texas MSP4302.1. The outside view-pinout2.2. The inside view-functional block diagram2.3. Memory2.4. Central processing unit2.5. Memory-mapped input and output2.6. Clock generator2.7 Exceptions: Interrupts and resets2.8. Where to find further information3. Development3.1. Development environment3.2. The C programming language3.3. Assembly language3.4. Access to microcontroller for programming and debugging3.5. Demonstration boards3.6. Hardware3.7. Equipment4. A simple tour of the MSP4304.1. First program on a conventional desktop computer4.2. Light LEDs in C4.3. Light LEDs in assembly language4.4. Read input from a switch4.5. Automatic control: flashing light by software delay4.6. Automatic control: Use of subroutines4.7. Automatic control: Flashing light by polling Timer_A4.8. Header files and issues that have been brushed under the carpet5. Architecture of the MSP4305.1. Central processing unit5.2. Addressing modes5.3 Constant generator and emulated instructions5.4. Instruction set5.5. Examples5.6. Reflections on the CPU instruction set5.7. Reset5.8. Clock system6. Functions, interrupts and low-power modes6.1. Functions and subroutines6.2. What happens when a subroutine is called?6.3. Storage for local variables6.4. Passing parameters to a subroutine and returning a result6.5. Mixing C and assembly language6.6. Interrupts6.7. What happens when an interrupt is requested?6.8. Interrupt service routines6.9. Issues associated with interrupts6.10. Low-power modes of operation7. Digital input, output and displays7.1. Digital input and output: parallel ports7.2. Digital inputs7.3. Switch debounce7.4. Digital outputs7.5. Interface between 3 V and 5 V systems7.6. Driving heavier loads7.7. Liquid crystal displays7.8. Driving an LCD from a MSP430x4xx7.9. Simple applications of the LCD8. Timers8.1. Watchdog timer8.2. Basic timer18.3. Timer_A8.4. Measurement in Capture mode8.5. Output in Continuous mode8.6. Output in Up mode: Edge-aligned pulse-width modulation8.7. Output in Up/Down mode: Centered pulse-width modulation8.8. Operation of Timer_A in Sampling mode8.9. Timer_B8.10. What timer where?8.11. Setting the real-time clock: State machines9. Mixed-signal systems: Analog input and output9.1. Comparator_A9.2. Analog-to-digital conversion: general issues9.3. Analog-to-digital conversion: successive approximation9.4. The ADC10 successive-approximiation ADC9.5. Basic operation of the ADC109.6. More advanced operation of the ADC109.7. The ADC12 successive-approximation ADC9.8. Analog-to-digital conversion: sigma-delta9.9. The SD16_A sigma-delta ADC9.10. Operation of SD16_A9.11. Signal conditioning and operational amplifiers9.12. Digital-to-analog conversion10. Communication10.1. Communication peripherals in the MSP43010.2. Serial peripheral interface (SPI)10.3. SPI with the USI10.4. SPI with the USCI10.5. A thermometer using SPI in mode 3 with the F2013 as master10.6. A thermometer using SPI in mode 0 with the FG4618 as master10.7. Inter-integrated circuit (I2C) bus10.8. A simple I2C master with the USCI_B0 on a FG461810.9. A simple I2c slave with the USI on a F201310.10. State machines for I2C communication10.11. A thermometer using I2C with the F2013 as master10.12. Asynchronous serial communication10.13. Asynchronous communication with the USCI_A10.14. A software UART using Timer_A10.15. Other types of communication11. The future: MSP430X11.1. Architecture of the MSP430X11.2. Instruction set of the MSP430X11.3. Where next?11.4. ConclusionA. Kickstarting the MSP430A.1. Introduction to EW430A.2. Developing a project in CA.3. Debugging with the simulatorA.4. Debugging with the emulatorA.5. Developing a project in assembly languageA.6. Tips for using EW430A.7. Tips for specific development kits


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Dead and buried in a grave.
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- On April 10, 1943, Lees-Milne wrote, 'I would like this diary to entertain two or three generations ahead when I am under the sod.'
- He has property enough to make us independent but that will be valuable only, when we are under the Sod.
- Time will run to seed when we are under the sod; there'll be time enough and to spare then.
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About Prunella Clough
Though widely regarded as an abstract artist in her late career, Prunella Clough always included some figurative elements in her compositions, however subtle, and firmly believed in the intersection between art and everyday life. Her early work was characterized by its limited tonal palette and recurring themes of labor in urban landscapes. In the 1950s, Clough introduced organic plant forms into her compositions and produced her famous paintings of fishermen and dockworkers. Her palette, use of scale, and gesture became looser as her career progressed. Clough studied with the sculptor Henry Moore and, during World War II, she was employed as an engineer's draughtsman and cartographer.
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Sufi Meditation is an important part of Islamic spirituality. The Sufi tradition focuses on developing a personal relationship with God/Allah through self-knowledge and self-realization, It uses Zikr (prayers) and Muraqba (meditation) to empty the mind and heart of spiritual students. Meditation aims to balance, heal and enrich the practitioner to face life in a more spiritually empowered way and teaches your mind to stay still and quiet. It also helps strengthen your aura (electromagnetic field), your personality becomes more attractive energetically and negative vibes cannot affect your aura. It is also the means of healing the body and the mind with the light of the Divine
Here is a Simple and easy Sufi Meditation to feel relaxed and closer to God
 1. Close your eyes. Breathe normally a few times.
 2. Bring your awareness to the heart (Qalb), while thinking about God. Feel His Noor (pure white light ) in your heart.
 3. As you inhale, mentally repeat Allah, and feel that God's lights are being transferred into your heart.
 4. As you exhale, mentally repeat Hu, and feel that the light of Hu is powerfully affecting your heart.
 5. Gradually increase the breathing rate to three to four times your normal speed, while keeping the same visualization and Allah's name. Take deep but rapid breaths. The inhalation should be longer than the exhalation. The exhalation is a bit short and forceful.
 6. Practice for ten to 15 minutes every day.
 7. When you open your heart to the Divine it responds to you, making a habit of practicing meditation will bring remarkable changes and it will balance your mind-body, and soul.
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 1. How beautiful it is to meditate and get peace in my daily lives
 Definitely will be trying it out
 Thank you so much as always delivered another great 👍🏽 Sufi meditation
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What is ricin?
 - It is a stable substance. For example, it is not affected much by extreme conditions such as very hot or very cold temperatures.
Where is ricin found, and how is it used?
 - Castor beans are processed throughout the world to make castor oil. Ricin is part of the waste "mash" produced when castor oil is made. Amateurs can make ricin from castor beans.
 - Ricin has some potential medical uses, such as bone marrow transplants and cancer treatment (to kill cancer cells).
How can people be exposed to ricin?
 - People can breathe in ricin mist or powder and be poisoned.
 - Ricin can also get into water or food and then be swallowed.
 - Depending on the route of exposure (such as injection), as little as 500 micrograms of ricin could be enough to kill an adult. A 500-microgram dose of ricin would be about the size of the head of a pin. A much greater amount would be needed to kill people if the ricin were inhaled (breathed in) or swallowed.
How does ricin work?
 - Ricin works by getting inside the cells of a person's body and preventing the cells from making the proteins they need. Without the proteins, cells die, and eventually the whole body can shut down and die.
 - Specific effects of ricin poisoning depend on whether ricin was inhaled, swallowed, or injected.
What are the signs and symptoms of ricin exposure?
 - Inhalation: Within a few hours of inhaling significant amounts of ricin, the likely symptoms would be coughing, tightness in the chest, difficulty breathing, nausea, and aching muscles. Within the next few hours, the body's airways (such as lungs) would become severely inflamed (swollen and hot), excess fluid would build up in the lungs, breathing would become even more difficult, and the skin might turn blue. Excess fluid in the lungs would be diagnosed by x-ray or by listening to the chest with a stethoscope.
 - Ingestion: If someone swallows a significant amount of ricin, he or she would have internal bleeding of the stomach and intestines that would lead to vomiting and bloody diarrhea. Eventually, the person's liver, spleen, and kidneys might stop working, and the person could die.
 - Injection: Injection of a lethal amount of ricin at first would cause the muscles and lymph nodes near the injection site to die. Eventually, the liver, kidneys, and spleen would stop working, and the person would have massive bleeding from the stomach and intestines. The person would die from multiple organ failure.
 - Death from ricin poisoning could take place within 36 to 48 hours of exposure, whether by injection, ingestion, or inhalation. If the person lives longer than 5 days without complications, he or she will probably not die.
How is ricin poisoning treated?
 - No antidote exists for ricin. Ricin poisoning is treated by giving the victim supportive medical care to minimize the effects of the poisoning. The types of supportive medical care would depend on several factors, such as the route by which the victim was poisoned (that is, by inhalation, ingestion, or injection). Care could include such measures as helping the victim breathe and giving him or her intravenous fluids and medications to treat swelling.
How do we know for sure whether people have been exposed to ricin?
 - If we suspect that people have inhaled ricin, a possible clue would be that a large number of people who had been close to each other suddenly developed fever, cough, and excess fluid in their lungs. These symptoms could be followed by severe breathing problems and possibly death.
 - No widely available, reliable test exists to confirm that a person has been exposed to ricin.


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Cave secrets unlocked to show past drought and rainfall patterns
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In a study published recently in the prestigious journal Nature Communications, UNSW Sydney scientists led an international group of researchers to amass the data of 163 drip sites in 39 caves on five continents.
They found that in climates that have a mean average temperature of less than 10oC, isotopes of oxygen in cave drip water were similarly composed as those measured in rainwater. As UNSW's Dr Andy Baker explains, this follows what you would expect in colder climates with less evaporation of rainfall.
"This oxygen in the water drips from the stalactites and onto the stalagmites," says Dr Baker, from UNSW's School of Biological and Earth and Environmental Sciences.
"The drip water originally comes from rainfall, providing a direct link to the surface climate. Understanding the extent to which the oxygen isotopic composition of drip water is related to rainfall is a fundamental research question which will unlock the full climate potential of stalagmites and stalactites."
But when the researchers examined the oxygen isotopes in drip waters in warmer areas, the oxygen isotopes in the drip waters corresponded to just some of the rain events, as revealed in the stalagmites. Dr Baker says that in such climates, evaporation not only reduces the amount of rainwater that eventually makes its way to the groundwater (a process known as rainfall recharge), but the oxygen isotopes themselves are changed by this process.
"In hotter climates, recharge to the subsurface doesn't occur from all rain events, rather it likely only occurs after very heavy rain, or seasonally. This study identifies this for the first time and also provides a range of temperatures constraints - this was never known before," he says.
In effect, he says, oxygen isotopes in stalagmites in warmer climates display the balance between wet weather events and prolonged periods of drying.
"For stalagmites in warm regions it suggests that the oxygen isotope composition will tell us about when recharge occurred - in other words, when, and how often," Dr Baker says.
"And that is as valuable as it is unique. In regions like mainland Australia, with extreme weather events like drought and flooding rains, it's a tool to see how often both occurred in the past."
Dr Baker says that with this knowledge it will help us understand how important rainfall is in the replenishment of our groundwater resource.
"This knowledge will improve our understanding of how sustainable our use of groundwater is, especially in regions where groundwater is only recharged by rain," he says.


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The way to answer this question objectively is to play with timetables. Actually, a sequence of timetables, each of which represents a "Phase." For Phased Implementation, a "Phase" could be defined as follows:
Phase: a coherent set of capital improvements that enable a new timetable that provides better service, by some agreed-upon set of metrics, as compared to the old timetable.We already described one example of how you might define service metrics for Caltrain, and these could be expanded to measure HSR service quality. The metrics, regardless of how they are defined, need to be timetable-independent, clear, concise, and transparent to the public. Discrete capital improvements, i.e. construction projects, can then be priced out on an individual basis and examined in the context of the new timetables that they enable. The idea is to pick the low hanging fruit first, and to build the improvements that produce the biggest improvement in the service metrics for the least construction cost or community disruption, i.e. the biggest bang for the buck.
The Service Pattern Generator
To exemplify the phased planning process and to make it more accessible to the armchair service planner, we can take the train performance calculations previously presented and fold them into an automatic service pattern generator that generates a graphical representation of a timetable and immediately highlights where additional tracks will be needed on the peninsula corridor.
Try it for yourself: Service Pattern Generator
Rather than work with tables of departure times, this tool specifies intuitive clockface timetables as graphical position-versus-time string diagrams, based on a few basic parameters for each type of train on the peninsula corridor:
- Train type, as described in the train performance calculations, which determines how many seconds it takes a train to travel from one stop to the next;
- Speed limit of the track, which can be considerably lower than the train's capability and also determines stop-to-stop times;
- Station stopping pattern and dwell times, strongly influenced by whether or not level boarding is provided;
- Frequency in trains per hour, or conversely, the clockface interval. For example, 4 trains per hour = 15 minute interval;
- Time offset in minutes from the top of the hour. This offset determines where this train meets other trains in the service pattern, and ultimately determines where you need overtaking tracks;
- Schedule padding, in percent of the overall end-to-end run time. 10% padding is a reasonable value.
The key output of the service pattern generator is the yellow highlighting that indicates where trains will catch up and overtake. In these locations, triple or quadruple tracks will be required. The challenge is to develop service patterns that provide good service for both peninsula commuters and long-distance travelers, while minimizing the cost and community disruption that comes with additional tracks.
Professionals do this using much more powerful software that can quantify how resistant these timetables are to cascading delays, but the ultimate results might not be too far off from what this simplified tool produces, when using conservative values for dwell and padding. Far from trying to do the pros' job for them, this exercise empowers the public to understand the trade-offs that must be contended with.
Working Smarter, Not Harder
Using the service pattern generator, we can explore a few examples of how to produce maximum bang for the buck.
Example 1: here's what Caltrain might look like with a mid-line overtake, often mentioned on this blog as the next logical step after (some would even say before!) electrification. Expresses meet locals at Hillsdale to exchange passengers across the same platform. Only one new grade separation is required at 25th Ave. The local holds for three minutes at Hillsdale so that downtown San Mateo can remain with two tracks. This is a typical illustration of cost vs. benefit: the hundreds of millions needed to quadruple-track San Mateo have to be weighed against the two-minute savings for the local. In this particular example, your metrics would tell you that it's not worth it.
Example 2: here's what things might look like with 3 high-speed trains per hour thrown into the mix. We now assume the entire corridor has been upgraded for 100 mph operation, which presumably implies major grade separations and crossing improvements. Introducing HSR requires quadruplication from South San Francisco (well, probably Bayshore) to Burlingame. The bottleneck at San Mateo is allowed to remain with two tracks. Further south, Atherton and Menlo Park are spared while Palo Alto and Mountain View require quadruple tracks. These two new overtake sections illustrate what would be required to provide a reasonable starting level of HSR service via Pacheco. Notice how no enormous civil works are required anywhere in the terminal areas, whether in San Francisco (no expensive tunnels starting at Bayshore) or San Jose (no hulking multi-level station). Transbay to SJ HSR trip time is less than 45 minutes; this can be reduced by increasing the HSR speed limit to 125 mph, but as you'll see if you try it, considerably more construction would be required. Are the few minutes saved worth the extra investment?
Example 3: in the never ending Altamont vs. Pacheco debate, Pacheco proponents often point out that this route is clearly best for Caltrain because it "improves" Caltrain all the way to San Jose. Try this for improvement: here's a service pattern where high-speed trains don't gum up the corridor and head for Altamont from Redwood City. This pattern assumes 4 trains per hour Caltrain local, 4 tph Caltrain express, 4 tph HSR to San Francisco, 4 tph HSR to San Jose via the East Bay, and 4 tph of Dumbarton local commuter rail. 20 trains per hour is a very high level of peninsula train service, probably more than the region will ever need... and look!
- No expensive new SF tunnels starting at Bayshore
- All Caltrain service terminates at Transbay
- Two tracks through Burlingame and San Mateo
- Two tracks through PAMPA (Palo Alto Menlo Park Atherton) and all the way south to Santa Clara
Announcing: the Peninsula Blended Plan Contest
If you like the power of experimenting with service patterns, there's a contest you can enter! Entries may be made in the comments section below by copying and pasting (or better yet, linking) the URL string of your favorite service pattern, with a short paragraph to describe why you think this is the best balance of service, cost, and community impact. Entries will be judged by an impartial panel of armchair experts consisting of Clem and Richard Mlynarik (the brains behind the tool), whose own service patterns will not count for the contest.
The grand prize, a big shiny ASCII trophy known as the Takt Cup, will be awarded in two weeks.


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Decades of research have demonstrated that disease risk varies in relation to culture. Much of this research has focused on blood pressure, given its relative ease of measurement under difficult field conditions. Community average blood pressures in more developed, industrialized societies are higher than those in less developed, traditional societies. These differences can be accounted for only in part by differences in body composition and nutrient intake. A portion of the difference is accounted for by more direct effects of culture on individual behaviour and physiology. This chapter reviews this evidence. Approaches to this research have included studies of communities differing in exposure to modernizing influences; studies of sociocultural stresses generated within the process of social change and modernization; and, studies of how individual differences in the ability to act on shared cultural models (referred to as 'cultural consonance') are associated with disease risk. Clinical implications of these results are briefly discussed.


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Suppose that $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow (0,\infty)$ and $g:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ are two functions and satisfies the following relation \begin{equation} f(xy)=f(y)^{g(x)} \end{equation} for all $x,y\in \mathbb{R}$. Can we determine the all solutions of this funtional equation under some suitable conditions.
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Note that its easy to show that the function $g$ is a multiplicative map i.e; $g(xy)=g(x)g(y)$.. – Alisad Nov 11 '12 at 1:30
You can also show that there is some constant $C$ with $\frac{g(x)}{\text{log}f(x)}=C$ whenever $\text{log}f(x)\ne 0$, so $g(x)=C\text{log}f(x)$. This gives us the relation $\text{log}f(xy)=C\text{log}f(x)\text{log}f(y)$, so either $f(x)$ is constant or $f(0)=e$ and $f(1)=e^{1/C}$. – rayradjr Nov 11 '12 at 2:08
Thanks, by your idea the problem solve, since the general solution of the multiplicative functional equation studied by some athurs. – Alisad Nov 11 '12 at 2:50
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VINA, Calif.— A California abbey has been home to Cistercian monks since 1955, and it now houses a new chapel built of stones taken from a medieval Cistercian monastery in Spain.
"These stones have come home.... We had a donor event last year because the scaffolding finally came down, and you can see the glory of this vaulted stone chapter house," the abbot, Father Paul Mark Schwan, told Catholic News Agency Jan. 7.
"We sang our Cistercian 'Salve' at the conclusion of this event. That was the first time since 1835 that these stones had heard the chanting of, as it were, 'their' Cistercian monks," he added.
"It was a very touching moment, not just for our monks, but for the guests who were present for that."
The new chapel for the Abbey of New Clairvaux — located in Vina, Calif. — is made from stones that had been used for a chapter house created in the late 12th century for Spain's Santa Maria de Ovila monastery.
The monastery was seized by the Spanish government in 1835, and from then on the buildings were long used as barns for local farmers. The property was later purchased by William Randolph Hearst, who had the monastery's chapter house disassembled and transported to the United States.
The stones ended up languishing in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park for more than 60 years, but when New Clairvaux was founded, they caught the eye of one of the new monks.
In 1955, Father Thomas Davis was taken to see the stones, and, according to Father Schwan, he "thought to himself that these stones need to return to Cistercian property.... They're our heritage."
Father Davis became abbot of New Clairvaux and had "a vision in his own heart" about bringing the stones to the monastery. After the monastery's main building suffered a fire in 1970, he secured about 20 of the stones from Golden Gate Park for the monastery, but they were not enough to be of use.
The abbot again tried to obtain all of the stones in the early 1990s, and, in 1994, they were finally awarded to the monastery. The medieval chapter house has now been rebuilt, and it will serve as the monastery's chapel when it is completed.
Classic Cistercian Architecture
The medieval chapter house is a classic example of Cistercian architecture, showing the transition from Romanesque to Gothic styles, Father Schwan said.
It has taken around $7 million to complete the building process, and the monastery needs another $2 million to complete the church.
The monks are looking forward to a permanent chapel, as the monastery's current chapel was built in 1960 and was only expected to last some 10 years. They also hope to raise an additional $5 million to build a much-needed infirmary, as well as an administration and formation center for their novices.
Their fundraising has been assisted by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, located in nearby Chico, which in 2010 began brewing a series of Belgian-style ales called "Ovila Abbey" beers.
Sierra Nevada agreed to donate a portion of the proceeds from the series to the monastery's building projects. The monastery also produces its own wines, and its winery is known as New Clairvaux Vineyard.
The community numbers 23 and is "doing very well for vocations," Father Schwan said. New Clairvaux has one postulant and one novice, and it received three solemn professions last year.
The community is part of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, also called Trappists. They observe the Rule of St. Benedict and spend much of their time chanting the Liturgy of the Hours.
While the efforts to rebuild the medieval chapter house and transform it into a chapel have put the usually obscure monks "in the limelight," Father Schwan said that "it helps us to treasure all the more our vocation and move more inward in our hearts and protect that inner silence and solitude which is so characteristic of our way of life."
Father Schwan noted that the community is very pleased that the stones which had been long-neglected in Golden Gate Park can again be home to the monks for whom they were first hewn.
"That's why we feel so strongly about these stones. They're not just stones; they're stones that held Cistercian life, held Christian monastic life for over 600 years.... There's an element of justice in it."


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—v., waned, wan•ing,
1. to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
2. to decline in power, importance, prosperity, etc.: Colonialism began to wane after World War II.
3. to draw to a close; approach an end: Summer is waning.
4. (of the moon) to decrease periodically in the extent of its illuminated portion after the full moon. Cf. wax 2 (def. 2).
1. a gradual decrease or decline in strength, intensity, power, etc.
2. the drawing to a close of life, an era, a period, etc.
3. the waning of the moon.
4. a period of waning.
5. a defect in a plank or board characterized by bark or insufficient wood at a corner or along an edge, due to the curvature of the log.
6. on the wane, decreasing; diminishing: The popularity of that song is on the wane.
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Study maps food poverty across England to see where food banks are needed
Statistics from food banks across England show a frightening rise in the number of people using their services, meaning that more and more people don't have enough money to feed themselves. Between April 1, 2016 and March 31, 2017, the Trussell Trust provided 1,182,954 three-day emergency food packages – up 73,645 from the previous year.
People affected by food poverty face severe threats to their health and well-being. As well as the stress, depression and anxiety that can result from not having enough money to feed their families, people experiencing food poverty also face a higher risk of obesity, because the only foods they can afford tend to be cheap, sugary, processed and fattening.
Some researchers have already mapped out who is using food banks, which is a big step towards understanding the problem. But academics like ourselves are increasingly concerned that just focusing on food bank data means we are not seeing the whole picture. After all, some people in need do not live near a food bank, or do not know about local services, or are too embarrassed or worried about what will happen if they tell people they cannot afford to feed their children properly.
These people are extremely vulnerable, since they're not getting the crucial emergency support offered by food banks. Identifying and helping the unseen victims of food poverty should be a national priority. The obvious answer is to create a national measure of food poverty, like the ones used in the US and Canada. This would allow the government to identify those in need, and target resources accordingly.
Shockingly, no such measure is used in England, though some efforts are being made in Wales and Scotland. But there is a way to use existing data, to figure out not just how many, but crucially where vulnerable people might need emergency food.
Mapping out food poverty
We already know what types of people are more likely to experience food poverty: single pensioners, low income households with children and people claiming benefits are at greater risk. By combining this knowledge with big datasets such as the Census and data from the Department for Work and Pensions, it's possible to find out where populations at risk of food poverty live.
As part of new research, we mapped out the number of people at higher risk of food poverty across all of England. Our map shows that some areas of the country face much higher levels of risk – and they're not always the ones you might expect.
A map of food poverty across England.Dianna Smith and Claire Thompson., Author provided
For example, when we updated our maps with the most recent data on benefits claimants, we found that areas in London such as Croydon and Southwark have a large proportion of residents facing a high risk of food poverty. Outside of London, some urban areas in the north (Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle) have higher risk – even where these areas don't always appear to be deprived using other measures.
When we compared those areas with a higher risk of food poverty with the locations of food banks from the Trussell Trust, we found that those areas don't always have a lot of food banks. In fact, based on the available data, we couldn't find a statistical relationship between the number of food banks in an area and the 2015 Index of Multiple Deprivation score, meaning that food banks are not always concentrated in the poorest areas.
Making a difference
Of course, this is not a criticism of food banks. They offer vital and often life-changing services. But more information about exactly where these invaluable services are needed could mean more vulnerable people receive the help and support they need to get through a difficult time.
Our maps can help with this, by helping local authorities put together food poverty action plans that target their resources more effectively. The data can be tailored for localities to account for the specific local problems which contribute to food poverty – such as the high housing costs in London boroughs, and the high rates of unemployment in many communities in the north-east of England. We are already working with local authorities around the country to this end.
This type of work is becoming more important, as controversial policy changes and cuts take hold. The roll out of Universal Credit looks set to make food poverty worse in some areas. By looking for food poverty hot spots in the local communities, researchers can help charities and local government to reach those in need.


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What is the difference between:
Quiero que coma
Is it a certain nuance between saying "I want to eat" and "I want that I could eat?"
I'm a little confused here!
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What you are saying in Spanish: quiero que coma and querer comer don't correspond with the English:
"I want to eat" and "I want that I could eat".
If you mean the difference between "I want to eat" and "I want you to eat", this would be:
Quiero comer (I want to eat)
Quiero que comas (I want you to eat)
The second one using que + subjunctive because it is two different subjects.
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Fast and Furioso: Cuba's Motor Racing Revolution
Cuba's streets are literally lined with signs of change. 'For sale' placards sit in windows of cars and homes, now considered private property. Cuban Americans and tourists exchange ideas and goods with locals. Government billboards proclaim: 'The reforms in Cuba are for more socialism.' People are overwhelmed, excited, uncertain. Against the backdrop of such upheaval, a smaller but significant change has nearly gone unnoticed: the legalization of car racing.
The Cuban Revolution has always had a contentious relationship with racing. In the 1958 Cuban Grand Prix, Fidel Castro's rebels kidnapped Argentine racing legend Fangio in order to publicize their cause. During that same race, an accident killed seven spectators. As a result of these incidents and the 1959 Revolution, car racing came to be viewed as a dangerous and elitist sport in Cuba. In 1962, the sport was banned entirely.
Nevertheless, underground drag racing has thrived, and last year the Cuban people, energized by all the recent reforms, successfully pressured the government to legalize car racing again. Yet in order to have official races, Cuban car clubs were given the task of training their racers and for the past two years we have been following the start-and-stop process for a feature-length documentary.
Hendy Cobas Santana is the President of Amigos del Motor, a club dedicated to promoting a racing culture in Cuba. His mission is to take drag racing off the streets and onto the tracks. But as everything in Cuba, es complicado. Watch the video to see how he does it!
Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Lindsey Cordero and Armando Croda are New York-based filmmakers currently working on a feature-length documentary about Cuba's underground drag-racing community and their quest to organize Cuba's first official car race since the 1959 Revolution. To learn more about them and their film, please visit


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You wrote an article _URL_ Your graph Cold Air intake at 92 ambient. What units is the flow in? I think Im confused also. Shouldnt the flow rate go up with RPM? Have you ever done a map of RPM versus flow rate or have any idea what the exhaust flow rate is at idle? Thanks. Trying to blow myself up!
Actually, the Jeep Wrangler features a MAP sensor as opposed to a MAF sensor. MAP measures manifold air pressure while MAF measures manifold air flow. Soooo – I cannot measure the air flow directly. However, if you look at the provided equations, you can calculate it.
Engine Mass Airflow = RPM * (Air Pressure / Intake Temperature)
Thus, your assessment is correct. With increased RPMs comes a higher air flow. Using the snorkel graph you can see that 5.96 psi * idle RPM (roughly 600) will get you a flow of 3576 compared to 20643 which was derived from 9.83 psi * moving RPM (roughly 2100 at 65mph).
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In this lesson you will learn to draw Professor X of the X-Men. First off, his real name is Charles Francis Xavier and as leader of the X-Men. He is paraplegic and has the power to read and influence human minds. He has gone through many different versions, most notably as the character from the films as played by the noble Welshman, Mr. Patrick Stewart. Xavier's goals are to promote the peaceful affirmation of mutant rights, to mediate the co-existence of mutants and humans and to protect society from antagonistic mutants, including his old friend, the militant Magneto. To achieve these aims, he founded Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (later named the Xavier Institute) to teach mutants to explore and control their powers. Its first group of students was the original X-Men. Xavier's students consider him a visionary and often refer to their mission as "Xavier's dream". He is highly regarded by others in the Marvel universe, respected by various governments and trusted by several other superhero teams, including the Avengers and the Fantastic Four. So, without further ado, let's draw!


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Purpose of reg(RegisterLogic1)?
PostPosted: 23 Apr 2019, 20:21
by wolko
What are they for and what can I do with them?
I looked at the MIDI Mapping for the Reloop Terminal Mix 4 and it seems like they just light up an LED when a Button is pressed.
Thanks a lot!
Re: Purpose of reg(RegisterLogic1)?
PostPosted: 24 Apr 2019, 18:48
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With MIDI mapping you have the ability to assign more than one command to a button or knob.
Most MIDI commands in Cross have of course the command in the input section and an output in the output section to light up and LED. However, there are some command that do not have and output section but you may still want to light up and indicator in your controller to let you know that something is active or to light up when a specific value is activated in Shift logic selector.
Let us assume (not true) that the Play/Pause command did not have an output to light up the Play button in your controller but you still want an indication when play is active.
In that case you would map the Play/Pause button to the correct address and channel and would also map a Registerlogic command to that button.
Know you can map an output to the registerlogic command that would light up the LED.
Another example.
Shift logic commands have output capability, when you use ModShiftLogic you can assign for a specicic LED to come on when the selected ModShiftLogic is active.
That is not the case with the Shift Logic selector,. It has no output.
So you can't tell when a specific value for shift logic is active.
So know let us assume that you have two buttons assigned to activate the Shift selector to value 1 and the other button to Shift selector value 2.
After mapping they are functional but give no indication of which one is active.
So to get and indication you would map Register logic 1 along with Shift Selector value 1 and Register logic 2 along with Shift Selector value 2.
Know map the output of Register logic one and 2 to the desired LED.
End results is that you mapped Shift Selector commands (that have no indicator output) to perform the function. And Register Logic command (which have output) to give you the desired indication when a specific Shift selector value is active.
Hope that helps
Re: Purpose of reg(RegisterLogic1)?
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by wolko
thanks a lot, that was exactly what I needed to know :)


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The purpose of the Qsymia® REMS is to inform prescribers and females of reproductive potential about the:
 - Importance of pregnancy prevention for females of reproductive potential receiving Qsymia®
 - Need to discontinue Qsymia® immediately if pregnancy occurs
For more information about the Qsymia® REMS and education, please visit _URL_.


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This innovative exhibition brings together the works of artists Rachel Armstrong, Robert Lisney and Imogen Stidworthy. 'Common Ground' examines a sense of community and the evolution of this 'sense' in a world where influences; invited and uninvited, work to redefine it. This 'sense' is built as much upon experiences of difference as it is by place, language and lives in common. This understanding is reflected in the host venue, The Liverpool Climbing Hangar. The three artists are all engaged at different levels with activities at The Hangar and its emerging communities.
June 1st/6.30-9.30/The Climbing Hangar, 6 Birchall St, L20 8PD/0151 _EMAIL_
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1. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. grow up? How were Nash's parents described in Chapter One?
John Forbes Nash, Jr. grew up in Bluefield, West Virginia. His parents married on September 6, 1924. They lived in Bluefield in the coal mining mountains of West Virginia and became Episcopalians. The Nash's were respectable middle-classers. John Sr. worked for Appalachian Power and was steadily employed through the Depression.
2. How was John Forbes Nash, Jr. described as a child in Chapter One? When did he develop an interest in mathematics?
As a child, John was a loner but curious and always asking questions. He liked to learn on his own and read books. He had few friends and was awkward in social situations. John's teachers complained that he would not make the effort to do his schoolwork. He became interested in mathematics at the age of thirteen when reading Men of Mathematics.
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Primary indicators () show you in a person or company record in Daylite which address data (phone number, e-mail address or postal address) is used by default, for example when you call a contact, send an e-mail or create an estimate in Daylite.
The primary indicators can be found for the address, email, and phone numbers of contacts and are divided into three levels:
= Entry is primary
= Entry is secondary (only possible for telephone numbers)
= Entry is not primary or secondary for telephone numbers
Set addresses as primary
For setting a postal address or e-mail address of a person or company data record as primary, click on the grey star. The selected address will now be saved as the primary address used and will be displayed first.
There are two ways to set primary phone numbers:
1. set secondary number primary
Click on the star next to the secondary phone number to set it to primary. The primary phone number is now saved as the secondary phone number.
2. set other number primary
For phone numbers that are not secondary you have the possibility to set them to primary or secondary after clicking on the star.
Disable primary counters
You can deactivate the function of the primary indicators via the Daylite menu bar -> Plugins -> PluginCenter -> Hide Primary Indicators in Edit Card. Afterwards you have to restart Daylite once to make the changes visible.
Take a look at this article to learn how to set addresses and phone numbers as primary:
How do I set a phone number or address as primary?


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Tickit::Widget::Tabbed::Ribbon - base class for Tickit::Widget::Tabbed control ribbon
This class contains the default implementation for the control ribbon used by Tickit::Widget::Tabbed, and also acts as a base class to assist in the creation of a custom ribbon. Details of this class and its operation are useful to know when implenting a custom control ribbon.
It is not necessary to consider this class if simply using the Tickit::Widget::Tabbed with its default control ribbon.
To perform create a custom ribbon class, create a subclass of Tickit::Widget::Tabbed::Ribbon with a constructor having the following behaviour:
 package Custom::Ribbon::Class;
 use base qw( Tickit::Widget::Tabbed::Ribbon );
 sub new_for_orientation
 my $class = shift;
 my ( $orientation, %args ) = _USER_;
 return $self;
Alternatively if this is not done, then one of two subclasses will be used for the constructor, by appending ::horizontal or ::vertical to the class name. In this case, the custom class should provide these as well.
 package Custom::Ribbon::Class;
 package Custom::Ribbon::Class::horizontal;
 use base qw( Custom::Ribbon::Class );
 package Custom::Ribbon::Class::vertical;
Arrange for this class to be used by the tabbed widget either by passing its name as a constructor argument called ribbon_class, or by overriding a method called RIBBON_CLASS.
 my $tabbed = Tickit::Widget::Tabbed->new(
 ribbon_class => "Ribbon::Class::Name"
 use constant RIBBON_CLASS => "Ribbon::Class::Name";
_USER_ = $ribbon->tabs
$count = $ribbon->tabs
Returns a list of the contained Tickit::Widget::Tabbed tab objects in list context, or the count of them in scalar context.
$index = $ribbon->active_tab_index
Returns the index of the currently-active tab
$tab = $ribbon->active_tab
Returns the currently-active tab as a Tickit::Widget::Tabbed tab object.
The subclass will need to provide implementations of the following methods.
$ribbon->render( %args )
$lines = $ribbon->lines
$cols = $ribbon->cols
As per the Tickit::Widget methods.
$handled = $ribbon->on_key( $ev )
$handled = $ribbon->on_mouse( $ev )
As per the Tickit::Widget methods. Optional. If not supplied then the ribbon will not respond to keyboard or mouse events.
$ribbon->scroll_to_visible( $index )
Requests that a scrollable control ribbon scrolls itself so that the given $index tab is visible.
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A long range sensor scan or long range scan/long-range sensor was a scan which allowed a person to search a large area in space for objects such as starships.
Captain Jonathan Archer ordered the use of the long range sensors after Enterprise NX-01 went through the liquid phosphorus layer around a gas giant in 2151 and detected a Suliban helix. (ENT: "Broken Bow")
Also in 2151, Captain Archer ordered Lieutenant Malcolm Reed to stay on their long range scanners and let him know when the Enterprise made another contact with the unidentified aliens they had encountered earlier. (ENT: "Silent Enemy")
In 2153, T'Pol identified the Borg-assimilated transport Arctic One on the ships long-range sensors. (ENT: "Regeneration")
In 2267, the sensors of the USS Enterprise were able to scan out to one parsec (3.26 light years) and give a near instantaneous result. (TOS: "The Enterprise Incident")
In 2367. Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge stated that the long range sensors aboard the USS Enterprise-D were able to scan a radius of ten light years within a 24-hour period; effectively, one sector per day. (TNG: "The Wounded")
In 2368, the long range sensors aboard the Enterprise-D were able to detect a cubical Borg scout ship with a mass of 2.5 million metric tons, at a range that would take thirty-one hours and seven minutes to traverse at warp factor seven-point-six. (TNG: "I Borg").
In 2369, Lieutenant Commander Worf informed Commander William T. Riker that the long range sensors of the Enterprise-D picked up a distress call from a Romulan warbird. Later, La Forge was unable to find the Enterprise-D, as it was not at the rendezvous point. He told Captain Jean-Luc Picard that the long range sensors were at maximum and there was no sign of the Enterprise. (TNG: "Timescape")
The same year Doctor Julian Bashir and Major Kira Nerys responded to a priority one distress signal from the Kobliad transport ship Reyab and found the ship via the long range sensors. (DS9: "The Passenger")
During a rescue mission for the runabout USS Yangtzee Kiang in the Gamma Quadrant, the long range sensors of the USS Rio Grande were affected by the delta radiation of the star of a binary star system. (DS9: "Battle Lines")
The computer aboard Deep Space 9 activated the long range sensors when Commander Sisko requested data about all Cardassian traffic at the border in 2369. (DS9: "The Forsaken")
In 2370, Sam Lavelle performed a long range scan to find an escape pod near the Cardassian border, but with no success. Data suggested it was possible that at this distance, the sensors of the Enterprise-D were unable to distinguish the pod from the inorganic matter normally present in space. (TNG: "Lower Decks")
In an alternate timeline, Data, on board the USS Pasteur, performed a long range sensor scan to locate anomalies in the Devron system but found nothing. (TNG: "All Good Things...")
In 2372, Worf performed a long range sensor scan from a console on the bridge of the USS Defiant, searching for Klingon starships. (DS9: "The Way of the Warrior")
Following the destruction of the Federation colony Ivor Prime near Deep Space 5 in 2373, long range sensors detected the Borg. Admiral Hayes reported this to Captain Jean-Luc Picard. (Star Trek: First Contact)
The long range sensors of the USS Enterprise-E went offline after the ship went through the temporal vortex to the year 2063. (Star Trek: First Contact)
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A 'bailment' is a non-ownership transfer of possession. Under English Common Law, the right to possess a thing is separate and distinct from owning the thing. In some jurisdictions, an owner of an object can steal his own property, a curious result of the distinction. In context, an owner who lends someone else an article, then secretly takes it back, can be stealing.
When a bailment is created, the article is said to have been 'bailed'. One who delivers the article is the bailor. One who receives a 'bailed' article is the bailee.
Definition from Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary
A legal relationship in which one party (bailor) leaves personal property in the possession, and under the temporary control, of another (bailee). Common examples include leaving a car in a parking garage, lodging a pet at a kennel, or storing household goods in a storage center. While most bailments are considered "bailments for hire" (in which the bailee is paid), there is also "constructive bailment" when the circumstances create an obligation upon the bailee to protect the goods, and "gratuitous bailment" in which there is no payment, but the bailee is still responsible, such as when a finder of a lost diamond ring places it with a custodian pending finding the owner.
Definition provided by Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary.
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The total number of bacteria and culturable bacteria in Ade'lie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) guano was determined during 42 days of decomposition in a location adjacent to the rookery in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica. Of the culturable bacteria, 72 randomly selected colonies were described using 49 morpho-physiological tests, 27 of which were subsequently considered significant in... characterizing and differentiating the isolates. On the basis of the nucleotide sequence of a fragment of the 16S rRNA
gene in each of 72 pure isolates, three major phylogenetic groups were identified, namely the Moraxellaceae/Pseudomonadaceae (29 isolates), the Flavobacteriaceae (14), and the Micrococcaceae (29). Grouping of the isolates on the basis of morpho-physiological tests (whether 49 or 27 parameters) showed similar results to those based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. Clusters were characterized
by considerable intra-cluster variation in both 16S rRNA gene sequences and morpho-physiological responses. High diversity in abundance and morphometry of total bacterial communities during penguin guano decomposition was supported by image analysis of epifluorescence micrographs. The results indicate that the bacterial community in penguin guano is not only one of the richest in Antarctica, but is extremely diverse, both phylogenetically and morpho-physiologically.
2004 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights


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It is the main entrance to the walled enclosure of the old town of Ibiza. It is situated between the bastions of Sant Joan and Santa Llúcia, and was built between 1584 and 1585. In 1888, the moat in front of the doorway was crossed by slats of wood, which were later replaced by a drawbridge and, in the early 20th century, by a permanent bridge. The gateway is crowned by the imperial coat of arms and crown. On both sides of the gateway there are replicas of the original statues, which are kept in the Archaeological Museum.
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A few points about how Dr. Rohrich harvests and emulsifies the fat, which, according to the study, differs from ways in which most providers harvest, prepare and use fractionated fat:
- Dr. Rohrich manually harvested the fat with low-pressure lipo-aspiration of the inner thigh, using a blunt 3-mm multiport cannula with 1-mm holes.
- His preference is to transfer autologous fat at the start of the procedure to maximize fat cell survival.
- He then prepares fractionated fat with mechanical emulsification during which he pushes the fat for 50 passes between two connected 10-cc syringes.
- This fracto-fat is viable adipose cells similar to regular adipose cells from each harvest, so it must be injected deep into the dermis to prevent lumps or fat nodules.
Patients results from fractionated fat lid-cheek junction blending were aesthetically pleasing at the time of follow-up, which ranged from 0 to 21 months. No nodules were found with the use fractionated fat cell injections placed below the orbicularis muscle at the eyelid-cheek junction. There was slightly more bruising and swelling in the fractionated fat group compared to those receiving regular fat injections. Skin quality improvements were subjectively visible at four to six weeks, according to the authors.
While the researchers write that fractionate fat is an option for adding volume to cheeks and other areas as it can potentially improve skin quality due to stem cell activity within viable fat cells.
"Fractionated fat is easy to use with smaller cannulas and delivers a large number of condensed adipose-derived stem cells using a very small volume of product," they write. "Also, it can be used without any restrictions or regulations because it is an autologous product from the patient that has not been altered in any manner."
References: Rohrich RJ, Mahedia M, Shah N, Afrooz P, Vishvanath L, Gupta RK. Role of Fractionated Fat in Blending the Lid-Cheek Junction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018;142(1):56-65


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In April of 2015, the City hired the National Research Center to conduct a COMMUNITY LIVABILITY SURVEY. The National Citizen Survey (the NCS) is a specialized, standardized survey administered to more than 500 cities and towns across the United States.
What is Community Livability? It is the sum of all the factors that add up to a community's quality of life. The survey focuses on 8 quality of life areas to measure how the citizens feel about their community. These areas include:
- Natural Environment
- Built Environment
- Recreation and Wellness
- Education and Enrichment
- Community Engagement
One of the main goals of the NCS is to make sure the results are representative of the entire community. Great efforts are made to ensure this happens by using demographic information when selecting the initial distribution of the survey forms. 2,000 surveys were mailed to random households and 494 were completed and returned. This is considered a very good return rate, providing a statistically valid survey with a margin of error of less than 4%. To learn more about the statistical validity of the survey check Appendix C of this document.
By using a firm that surveys so many governmental units, we are provided with interesting and useful benchmark information - a comparison of how our City rated and ranked to all the others. Complete benchmarking information is available in Appendix B of this document.
Enough talking, here are the final reports!
- September 29, 2015 Staff Report
- Community Livability Report 2015
- Dashboard Summary of Findings 2015
- Comparisons by Demographic Subgroups 2015
- Appendix A - Complete Survey Reponses
- Appendix B - Benchmark Comparisons
- Appendix C - Survey Methods
- Appendix D - Survey Materials


I'm building a NMT model and I have some questions about the preparation of training pairs.
Background: I have a list of sentences that have similar semantic meanings and I would like to make pairs out of them. I have a rule to select a subset of sentences and set them as the targets. The rest of the sentences will be set as sources. Then, what I'm doing right now is to pair each of the source to each of the target. This will generate (n_source * n_target) pairs.
This approach, if we look at the resulting pairs, can match each of the source to multiple targets if there are more than 1 sentence that was set as targets.
Another approach is to only select 1 target within a single cluster, and match the rest of the sentences to this target. This approach will make sure each source is only paired with one unique target.
Question: Ignoring the number of pairs generated in the end, which approach is better for NMT in general? Is it better to have one source to pair to multiple targets given that they are all valid, or is it better to keep a one-to-one relationship?
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practice problem 1
- the total distance of the entire trip
- the total displacement of the entire trip
- the average speed of the entire trip
- the average velocity of the entire trip
- the average acceleration of the entire trip
- Distance? No problem. First I walked 6.0 km and then I walked 10 km. Thus, I walked 16 km. Distance is a scalar quantity and so the individual distances add just like regular numbers to yield the overall distance…
- Displacement is a bit more challenging, but not by much. Displacement is a vector and vectors have direction, so it's best to diagram this problem (a procedure that's remarkably useful in general). The resultant displacement is the vector sum of the two displacements experienced during the trip. Since they're at right angles to one another, their magnitude can be found using Pythagorean theorem and their direction can be found using tangent…
r = √[(6.0 km)2 + (10 km)2] r = 11.6619… km tan θ = 10 km 6.0 km θ = 59°
r = 11.7 km
at 59° west of north
- The speed was 6.0 km/h for the first 6.0 km and 5 km/h for the last 10 km. The naive solution is to average the speeds using the add-and-divide method taught in junior high school. This method is wrong, not because the method itself is wrong, but because it doesn't apply to this situation.
6.0 km/h + 5.0 km/h = 5.5 km/h 2 The method of averaging
The weight of the two segments is not equal. The second segment lasted twice as long as the first (as you will soon see).
Go back to the definition to solve this problem. Average speed is the total distance (which we've already found) divided by the total time (which we need to find). Since time is a scalar, all we need to do is find the time for each leg of the journey and add them…
Δt1 = Δs1 v̅1 Δt1 = 6.0 km 6.0 km/h Δt1 = 1.0h Δt2 = Δs2 v̅2 Δt2 = 10 km 5.0 km/h Δt2 = 2.0h Δt = Δt1 + Δt2 Δt = 1.0 h + 2.0 h Δt = 3.0 h
Thus the average speed is…
v̅ = Δs Δt v̅ = 16 km 3.0 h v̅ = 5.3 km/h
- The velocity was 6.0 km/h north over the first 6.0 km and 5 km/h west over the last 10 km. Average velocity is the total displacement divided by the total time. Both of these quantities have already been determined.
v̅ = Δr Δt v̅ = 11.6619… km 3.0 h v̅ = 3.8873… km/h v̅ = 3.9 km/h 59° W of N
- Acceleration in this context is relatively meaningless. It would be better to illustrate acceleration in two dimensions with a different problem (like the one below).
practice problem 2
- the speed of the current
- the magnitude of the swimmer's resultant velocity
- the direction of the swimmer's resultant velocity
- the time it takes the swimmer to cross the river
Since distance and velocity are directly proportional, this begins as a similar triangles problem.
- Since speed and distance are directly proportional, the ratio of the downstream distance to the width of the river is the same as the ratio of the current speed to the swimmer's speed.
x = vx y vy 40 m = vcurrent 80 m 1.6 m/s vcurrent = 0.8 m/s
- Determining the resultant velocity is a simple application of Pythagorean theorem.
v2 = vx2 + vy2 v = √[(0.8 m/s)2 + (1.6 m/s)2] 0v = 1.8 m/s
- Direction angles are often best determined using the tangent function. This problem is no exception. The only thing open to discussion is our choice of angle. I suggest using the angle between the resultant velocity and the displacement vector that points directly across the river, but this is just my preference. Be sure to indicate that the resultant lies on a particular side of this vector for clarity.
tan θ = x = vx y vy tan θ = 40 m = 0.8 m/s 80 m 1.6 m/s tan θ = 0.5 θ = 27° downstream
- This is where it gets interesting. By now you should understood that time is the ratio of displacement to velocity. This is a vector problem, so direction matters. This is why we should probably use the words displacement and velocity instead of distance and speed. The only question is which distance and which speed should we use? The simple answer is pick the pair you like the best, just be sure they point in the same direction. It works along either of the component directions…
t = x = y vx vy t = 40 m = 80 m 0.8 m/s 1.6 m/s t = 50 s
It also works along the resultant direction…
t = r v t = √[(40 m)2 + (80 m)2] √[(0.8 m/s)2 + (1.6 m/s)2] t = 50 s
There's an interesting sideline to this question that astute readers might have noticed when looking at the first ratio in the chain of three shown above. The time it takes to cross a river by a swimmer swimming straight across is independent of the speed of the river. The only factors that matter are the speed of the swimmer and the width of the river. This swimmer will always cross the river in 50 s regardless of the speed of the river. 1 m/s, 10 m/s, 100 m/s, it doesn't matter. This example is a perfect illustration of an idea to be presented in the next section of this book. Motion in two dimensions can be thoroughly described with two independent one-dimensional equations. This idea is central to the field of analytical geometry.
practice problem 3
Finding the change in velocity is complicated in this problem by the change in direction. A diagram is indispensable. Let's assume that the initial direction of the car is 0° (to the right in standard position) and that the final velocity will be 90° (toward the top of the page in standard position). The difference of two vectors drawn this way would then connect the the head of the initial vector to the head of the final vector. Use Pythagorean Theorem for magnitude and tangent for direction as usual. Only after we have done all of this can we then plug numbers into the definition.
|Δv =||√((20 m/s)2 + (15 m/s)2) = 25 m/s|
|a̅ =||Δv||=||25 m/s||= 20 m/s2|
|tan θ =||15 m/s|
|θ = 143°|
a̅ = 20 m/s2 at 143°
practice problem 4
Start with a diagram.
Strip it down to its essence.
Two sides of this triangle are given (vasteroid and vimpact). None of the angles are known. The third side (vearth) can be determined from basic knowledge. The average speed of the Earth is the distance covered in one orbit (the circumference) divided by the time it takes to complete that orbit (one year). We could do this on a hand held calculator…
or use an online calculator (which knows the average earth-sun distance with more precision)…
We now have three sides of a triangle and can find the desired angle using the law of cosines.
a2 = b2 + c2 − 2bc cos A
|a =||impact velocity (16.9436 km/s)|
|b =||earth's velocity (29.7853 km/s)|
|c =||asteroid's velocity (16.9401 km/s)|
|A =||impact angle (our goal)|
Solve algebraically, substitute numerical values, and compute the answer.
|cos A =||a2 − b2 − c2|
|cos A =||(16.9 km/s)2 − (29.8 km/s)2
|− 2 (29.8 km/s) (16.9 km/s)|
|A = 28.5°|


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Activity is one of noticeable features of Traveler. It is separate from other features, so you can turn Traveler into a website only for travel activities.
1. Add a list of activities on Home page
You only need to add a new row then use element ST List of Activity to enter information:
- List ID in Activity : Take out special activities in this list by ID([Activity ID]), each item separated by a comma.
- Number : how many activities you want to show.
- Order By : how you arrange list.
- None : take out default value
- Author : by order of authors (when an activity is contributed by several authors)
- Title : by name of the post
- Type : by type of activities
- Date : from latest day or oldest day
- Modified : by order of modified time (In case you update promotion or information and want to highlight them in the beginning of the page)
- Rand : Order randomly
- Comment Count : order by the number of comments on each Activity ( in case authors activate comment feature of each activity. The more comments activity has, the more it's moved to first lines.
- Price : order by price of activities and services
- Rate: Order by review ( star vote)
- Discount rate: Order by discount schedule.
- Order : arrange list ascendingly or descendingly
- Number of row : number of items in each line
- Only in Featured Location : If you want to take out all newest activities in famous location (set as Featured) just choose YES
- Location : if you want to take out all activities in ONLY one location, enter it here.
- Sort By Taxonomy : if you want to order items by categories.
2. Layout Activity Detail
To create an Activity layout showing detailed information, you need to use the following elements:
3. Layout Search Activity
To create a layout for searching activities, you need to use: ST Single Search(form Search is Activity) and information such as outstanding activites or famous spots.
4. Layout Search Result for Activity
To create a layout for showing activity search results, you need to use ST Activity Search Result to get results and ST Filter to filter results by some critearia.


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Train timetabling with dynamic and random passenger demand: A stochastic optimization method
place - asia, place - urban, mode - subway/metro, mode - rail, operations - scheduling, ridership - demand, planning - methods
Urban rail transit, Train timetable, Stochastic optimization, Variable neighborhood search algorithm
Considering the dynamics and randomness of passenger demand, this paper investigates a train timetabling problem in the stochastic environment for an urban rail transit system. With the scenario-based representation of passenger distribution, an integer nonlinear programming (INLP) model is first formulated to simultaneously optimize the total number of train services, headway settings and speed profile selection decision during the planning time horizon, in which the expected total service cost is treated as the objective function. Through an analysis of the features of the nonlinear constraints, a reformulation method is proposed to develop an equivalent integer linear programming (ILP) model that can be easily solved by commercial software. Moreover, a variable neighborhood search algorithm is developed to find the approximate optimal solutions for large-scale problems within the tolerable computing time. Finally, two sets of numerical experiments, with the operation environments of a simple urban rail transit line and Fuzhou Metro Line 1, are implemented to verify the solution quality and effectiveness of the proposed methods.
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.
Gong, C., Shi, J., Wang, Y., Zhou, H., Yang, L., Chen, D., & Pan, H. (2021). Train timetabling with dynamic and random passenger demand: A stochastic optimization method. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Vol. 123, 102963.


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All > Technology > Parallel Computing > Grid Computing
- Adding a layer onto some entity so that the new entity exhibits the interface properties of the original. This layer hides the true implementation of the virtualized object so that the original can be changed or replaced without fundamentally impacting the interaction of entities that have a dependency on it. An example is disk LUNs, which present the interface of a disk, yet may be implemented as a whole disk, a partition of a disk or perhaps an aggregation such as a RAID stripe.
Open Grid Forum - Cite This Source - This Definition
- Allows interacting with a resource using an abstract mechanism so that the underlying physical resource can be replaced with another one of similar capability without affecting the resource consumer. Virtualization balances supply and demand by providing a transparent, aggregated computing resource.
Oracle - Cite This Source - This Definition
- Abstraction, GASS (Global Access to Secondary Storage), GRAM (Grid Resource Allocation and Management), Policy-based Management, VMM (Virtual Machine Monitor), VO (Virtual Organization)


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In relation to sex, when is it considered permissible to gives oneself to another? If what one is waiting for is love, then why does a piece of paper stating marriage have to stop a person from connecting himself/herself with his/her love physically and spiritually? A piece of paper will not stop a breakup. If this is all true, then why does the dilemma of if to have sex or not plague one's mind?
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