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News:The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched its Accelerator Lab in India.
About UNDP's Accelerator lab:
- The Accelerator Lab is an innovative initiative by the UNDP, Qatar Government and the Federal Republic of Germany to find 21st century solutions to today's complex new challenges.
- These labs seeks to identify grassroots solutions together with local actors and validate their potential to accelerate development.
Key approaches of Accelerator Lab:The four key approaches sit at the core of the Labs' work are:
- Building on locally-sourced solutions, finding things that work and expanding on them
- Rapid testing and iteration to implement what works and go beyond the obvious solutions
- Combining the best understanding, ideas and expertise to generate collective knowledge
- Accelerating progress by bringing expertise, creativity and collective intelligence to bear.
About Accelerator Lab in India:
- The lab has been launched by UNDP in collaboration with Atal Innovation Mission and will look to solve issues through innovative solutions.
- It will seek to address some of the most pressing issues facing India, such as air pollution, sustainable water management and client-resilient livelihoods through innovation.
- The vision is also to make faster progress in meeting the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations(UN) by 2030.
- India's Accelerator Lab will be part of a network of 60 global labs covering 78 nations that will test and scale new solutions to global challenges like climate change and inequality.
- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN's global development network.
- UNDP was established in 1965 by the General Assembly of the United Nations.It is headquartered in New York,US.
- It provides expert advice, training and grants support to developing countries, with increasing emphasis on assistance to the least developed countries.
- UNDP is central to the United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG).
- UN SDG is a network that spans 165 countries and unites the 40 UN funds, programmes, specialized agencies and other bodies working to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
About Atal innovation mission:
- The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) was set up by NITI Aayog in 2016.
- It aims to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.
- It seeks to create institutions and programs that enhance innovation in schools, colleges, and entrepreneurs in general.


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The Romantic Period
By Gilles Comeau and Rosemary Covert
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These five books explore not only the characteristics of the music and the lives and works of the major composers, but also many social aspects of each period. The books feature beautiful art illustrations and include study guides with activities accompanying the book sections, timelines, and composer summary charts. Grade 5-9.

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In the historic center, visitors can admire: the old town, which is known as Borgo Borbonico and once housed a prison that has now been transformed into the Museum of the People of Abruzzo, Pescara Cathedral, the Basilica della Madonna dei Sette Dolori, the "Gabriele D'Annunzio" Birthplace Museum, the Basilio Cascella Civic Museum, the Museo Ittico, the Vittoria Colonna Museum of Modern Art and Piazza della Rinascita, commonly known as Piazza Salotto, not to mention the Chiesa del Sacro Cuore.
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Dyson Digital Motor
Michael Faraday invented the first electric motor in 1831 and its design has remained largely unchanged ever since. Lots of moving parts and a big, fragile fan make them unreliable. And they release carbon particles as their brushes wear down.
Dyson engineers spent seven years developing a new type of motor. Half the size and weight, the Dyson digital motor spins 88,000 times a minute - five times faster than a Formula One car engine. Fewer moving parts also means it lasts four-times longer than ordinary motors.
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The Balance Beam of the Self in Tiana Clark's Equilibrium
In her 2016 debut chapbook: Equilibrium, recent Vanderbilt University M.F.A. graduate, Tiana Clark, stuns readers with a raw body of work that grapples with formation of personal identity within larger historical contexts. Addressing complex themes like faith/religion, beauty, blackness, biracial identity, mental health, familial relations, poverty, and geography, Clark reveals to us the breath of her writing capabilities through experimental form and innovative content. Clark addresses her tendency toward the bold in a review in Rattle, where she says: "I find it infectious, as I start to become more reckless in my work. I write to access that blood-jet pulse—to rake my flaws across the page, sift through my past hoping to find grace, connection, empathy, power, and—most of all—honesty."
The epigraph of the book itself: "There is always a road/… Always a question/Bigger than itself," from United States Poet Laureate, Tracy K. Smith, tells readers that this is a collection invested in exploration and what is left unanswered.
The collection's namesake poem navigates these in-betweens and uncertainties, conveyed through its split-line form. Content reinforces the speaker's fragmentation in the lines: "Took me/thirty years to say/I'm glad/I don't pass for white" and " I thought this/is what my white/boyfriends/wanted as their hands/became/each European request."
The use of white space, dividing the center of the poem into two parts like a border of sorts, reminds readers of the pervasiveness of whiteness and how torn the speaker feels due to her biracial body. The clipped lines that end the poem:
What is left
whispering…………………..in us, once we have
stopped trying……………to become the other?
convey the severed-nature of Clark's identity, especially in the phrase "what is left?" The lineation in this section also create suspense and delay the final message of the poem. Breaking on the words "left" and "whispering," produces a feeling of lingering that leave her thoughts echoing in our heads.
In the later poem "Flambeaux" that mirrors "Equilibrium" in its structure, Clark depicts racial strife in modern day New Orleans through a mix of high and low language. She puts her own body in the larger context of black historical experience early in the poem saying: "My arms like the arms/of black men carrying/heavy torches, and before them, the wet limbs/of shiny slaves lightning white/pleasures of dark men floating in the deep/throat of night." Note the importance of the words Clark breaks on like "arms," "carrying," and "limbs" that generate heaviness, reproducing the physical weight placed on black bodies. She also emphasizes the juxtaposition between light and dark by breaking lines on the words "white" and "night." Later Clark highlights racial tension and hypocrisy more directly, saying that the tourists partying on Bourbon Street: "want to dance/to black music but not with/black people."
Following the opening poem, the book appears to be organized by common theme. It opens with a series of poems pertaining to childhood like "The Frequency of Goodnight," "Hair Relaxer: An Origin Story" and "Magic," and progresses into poems that contemplate religion and its limits, including: "Black Champagne," "Exorcism," and "A Psalm for The One." It segues from there to commenting on Clark's absent father, places of significance to her, and other poets' work reimagined.
The religious poems Clark writes, as a collective, are highly interesting. Many of them mock the very institution of church that they describe. For example, in "Exorcism," Clark teasingly describes devil-banishing rituals performed in church like many would describe sex with phrases like "writhed," "her eyes… slid to the back of her head," "flutter of eyelash," and "excited, because we were inside the same heat." These lines reverse our conceptions of religious ideals of abstinence by sexualizing them.
Clark continues this mocking of religious power in "A Psalm for the One." Throughout the poem, she inserts sarcastic lines to poke fun at the figure of a godly man like: "The last email said I was just/a really good friend… a sister in Christ./Amen." The cheeky tone of these phrases emphasize the irony behind her words. Clark also periodically describes his body and her own as religious objects like "an altar" or "a crucifix," implying that they worship each other's physical forms, rather than God.
Clark does genius work in her poems depicting racial injustice in the modern day by invoking the voices of other poets; in these hybrid-pieces, she creates a dialogue between differing texts that add to the richness of meaning transferred. By rewriting Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for death," Clark describes the death of Sandra Bland, bringing in contentious conversations about police brutality and racial profiling. In another poem: "How to Find the Center of a Circle," Clark works within the mathematical equation of a circle to comment on racial slurs and lynching.
"Waking in the Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital" and "Promethea Remixed" are two of the most ambitious and innovative poems of the collection when it comes to exploring biracial identity. In "Waking in the Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital," the narrator describes herself as "Lockedin spotted eggshell cage,/like vanilla/black bean speckled creme brulee," revealing how in-between and confined she feels as a biracial women. Themes of splitting and discomfort in one's own body continue in later lines like "double-dutch ropes cut me in half", "the Parthenon lies just in between/my mom and dad's histories" and "Drink me, eat me,/wash me clinical and white." Clark's lines break on words like "half" and "between" further signal division.
"Prometheia Remixed" draws from many authors' writings including Robert Lowell, Shakespeare, Sylvia Plath, Nella Larson, and Lord Byron. The poem centers on Clark herself as the greek mythology figure of Prometheus (a man who was punished by the gods for stealing fire by having his innards eaten every day by vultures). The poem is divided into three sections entitled: Bound, Unbound, and Origin. Origin is perhaps the most revealing regarding Clark's relationship with family and self identity. In it, she admits: "Every day,/I keep writing the same new scar-/begging to close," and "Their [her parent's] differences smashing into each other,/skin engines of self-hatred that made me."
Tiana Clark's work has appeared in respected publications such as The New Yorker, Poetry Magazine, and American Poetry Review. She has also won notable awards including: the Pushcart Prize, the 2017 Furious Flower's Gwendolyn Brooks Centennial Poetry Prize, and 2015 Rattle Poetry Prize. She is currently a fellow at the Wisconsin Institute of Creative Writing and teaches creative writing at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Read more about her and her creative work on her website: _URL_.
Equilibrium is the winner of the 2016 Frost Place Chapbook Competition. A book engaged in reassembly and call and response, it gives readers no clear answer to its inciting question. Yet, the journey of reading and re-reading Clark's words is worth the uncertainty and imperfection. Much like the self, Equilibrium is unfinished: a balancing act that allows for moments of instability. I will undoubtedly be picking up this book again.

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I need assistance reading all the resources from a resource file. I am working with visual studio 2010 c#.net 4.0.
I have a user control eg ~/MyFolder/MyControl.ascx. which has local resource files associated with it
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Lead Disulfide Microcrystals
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) image of lead disulfide microcrystals grown on a silicon oxide surface patterned by the AFM using "Dip-pen Nanolithography" (DPN). The field of view is 11.6 µm across, and the hexagonal crystallites are about 60 nm high. DPN was used to write a 5 µm x 5 µm chemically-reactive region on the wafer, which was then soaked in lead acetate and exposed to H2S gas. Microcrystals selectively grew starting from the patterned area.
S. E. Kooi, L. A. Baker, P. E. Sheehan, and L. J. Whitman.
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Remodeling and preserving elements
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From existing to new
When we think of remodeling a space, we often think of completely changing the nature of space.
However, this is not always needed to create a different and totally new ambiance.
We can preserve elements that could be useful to create a contrasting effect in our space.
To do so, we can start by asking ourselves if there are some existing elements that we like. It could be a structural element like a wall, or finish material like a floor or tile, or a carpentry element, and start thinking to conserve it.
Sometimes, even if we don't appreciate an element or finish, we could think of emphasizing its nature in contrast with other materials or other elements of the same space.
You can discover an interesting element even by removing the final finish of your walls, floors, etc. To do so, it is necessary to make a survey of finishes and structural elements.
There are many options; it is just about identifying an element that could give a special touch to your new space.
In this way, you will find elements that in their current state may seem obsolete, but that in contrast to modern finishes can give a very special character to your new space.
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The Question:
Is it correct to say "the chicken salad made me nauseous," meaning that it made me feel sick to my stomach? My friend says that this would mean that it made me disgusting.
The Answer:
Your friend is not alone. A number of usage guides insist that "nauseous" can only mean "causing nausea." Week-old chicken salad would be nauseous, they say, and it makes you nauseated.
These usage guides are outdated.
The use of "nauseous" to mean "feeling sick" appears to have originated in New York City shortly after World War II. Despite the best efforts of teachers and other prescriptivists, it is now a completely standard meaning. To quote Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage, "Any handbook that tells you that nauseous cannot mean 'nauseated' is out of touch with the contemporary language. In current use it seldom means anything else."
With that said, if you wish to play it safe, there is a simple set of alternatives. Use "nauseating" for things that make you sick and "nauseated" for feeling sick.
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The present study deals with bibliometric analysis of articles and references provided at the end of each article contributed in Indian Journal of Chemistry from 2005-2009. The analysis cover mainly the number of articles, authorship pattern, forms of document cited, etc. All the studies point towards the merit and weakness of the journal which will be helpful for its further development. This study showed that most of the contributions are India. The authorship pattern of the articles published during the period of study. Maximum number of articles were contributed by two authors. This study also showed that majority of the contributors preferred journals as the source of information which occupied the top position. All the studies point towards the merits and weakness of the journal which will be helpful for its further development.


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Demolition Grade Plates
Modern demolition methods often call for for areas within the zone of operations to be protected for the activities of falling masonry and structures and heavy plant. Most hirers refuse to let their roadplate equipment be used for this purpose because of the very real risk of them being damaged and/or bent.
Similarly, grouser and cleated tracked machines and High Reach Demolition Excavators also have the potential to very quickly ruin pristine flat plates.
At roadplatehire we always have a quantity of not quite perfectly flat plates for just this kind of work.*
We'll lay plates where angels fear to tread!
Typical applications:
 - Can be used for covering hardened or unmade ground such as playing fields and lawns areas, zones where subterranean conditions are undetermined or sensitive required to support of massive loads, for heavier traffic such as trucks, cranes and machinery
 - Areas to be affected by the detonation of explosives and or pyrotechnics
 - Base for temporary structures
 - To protect areas where collapsing brickwork, concrete or masonry will be landed on
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Liquid Chromatography - Interactions Between 'Brush' and 'Bulk'' Reverse Phases and Aqueous Solvents 3
The relationship between the retention of ethanol on the brush phase with water/methanol mixtures, as shown in figure 35, can now be explained. In pure water the hydrocarbon chains of the brush phase are collapsed on the surface and thus, the effective surface area of the stationary phase is much reduced. Consequently, the retention volume of the solute, being proportional to the available surface area, is also reduced. As methanol is added to the solvent mixture, the solvent becomes more dispersive and the hydrocarbon chains can begin to interact with it and, as a consequence, begin to unfold. The liberation of the chains from the surface results in an increase in the effective surface area of the stationary phase and the retention of the solute also starts to increase. This process continues until there is sufficient methanol in the solvent for the hydrocarbon chains to totally interact with the solvent and be completely released from the surface. At this concentration (about 3%w/v of methanol) the retention volume of the ethanol reaches a maximum. Subsequent increase in methanol concentration merely increases the interactions of the ethanol with the mobile phase and, by adsorption of the solvent onto the surface of the reverse phase, reduces the interactive forces with the reverse phase. Consequently, the retention volume steadily decreases in the expected manner.
Having explained the behavior of the brush phase it is now interesting to consider the behavior of the bulk phase. There appears to be no interaction between the hydrocarbon chains themselves and no change in surface area at high water concentrations. In fact, the retention of ethanol falls steadily as the methanol content increases in the expected manner. The explanation given for this is that the cross-linking that takes place when the bulk phase is synthesized, keeps the polymeric chain system rigid and does not allow the individual hydrocarbon chains to collapse on the surface. As a consequence, the surface area is not reduced and the retention behavior is normal. Another aspect of the behavior of the bulk phase at low solvent concentrations is that it does, in fact, confirm the cross-linked nature of the bulk phase. It would also appear that for certain solutes, the best reverse phase for operation with aqueous mixtures containing very little solvent might be a bulk reverse phase. The retention mechanism on brush type phases under these conditions might be anomalous.


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NEW YORK, February 12, 2020 — The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of 126 extraordinary early career researchers as recipients of the 2020 Sloan Research Fellowships. Awarded annually since 1955, the fellowships honor scholars in the U.S. and Canada whose creativity, leadership, and independent research achievements make them some of the most promising researchers working today. A full list of the 2020 Fellows cohort is available at _URL_
"To receive a Sloan Research Fellowship is to be told by your fellow scientists that you stand out among your peers," says Adam F. Falk, president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. "A Sloan Research Fellow is someone whose drive, creativity, and insight makes them a researcher to watch."
Past Sloan Research Fellows include many towering figures in the history of science, including physicists Richard Feynman and Murray Gell-Mann, and game theorist John Nash. Fifty fellows have received a Nobel Prize in their respective field, 17 have won the Fields Medal in mathematics, 69 have received the National Medal of Science, and 19 have won the John Bates Clark Medal in economics, including every winner since 2007. A database of former Sloan Research Fellows can be found at _URL_
Fellows from the 2020 cohort are drawn from a diverse range of more than 60 institutions across the U.S. and Canada, "There is a wide variety of winning institutions, but each one has successfully attracted, retained, and nurtured truly promising junior faculty," says Daniel L. Goroff, director of the Sloan Research Fellowship program. "The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is proud to join with these institutions in recognizing and supporting scientific leaders of the future."
Open to scholars in eight scientific and technical fields—chemistry, computer science, economics, mathematics, computational and evolutionary molecular biology, neuroscience, ocean sciences, and physics—the Sloan Research Fellowships are awarded in close coordination with the scientific community. Candidates must be nominated by their fellow scientists and winners are selected by independent panels of senior scholars on the basis of a candidate's research accomplishments, creativity, and potential to become a leader in his or her field. Nearly 1000 researchers are nominated each year for 126 fellowship slots. Winners receive a two-year, $75,000 fellowship which can be spent to advance the fellow's research.
About the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a not-for-profit, mission-driven grantmaking institution dedicated to improving the welfare of all through the advancement of scientific knowledge. Founded in 1934 by industrialist Alfred P. Sloan Jr., the Foundation makes grants each year in three broad areas: direct support of research in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and economics; initiatives to increase the quality and diversity of scientific institutions; and efforts to enhance and deepen public engagement with science and scientists. Sloan Foundation grantmaking helped create some of the country's most prestigious and enduring scientific institutions, including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the MIT Sloan School of Management, and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Sloan support has also played a critical role in the early development of many scientific fields, including cognitive science, behavioral economics, and indoor microbial ecology. The Foundation strives to be guided in all its actions by the values of the scientific enterprise: impartiality, empiricism, curiosity, rigor, and the conviction that a reasoned, systematic understanding of the forces of nature and society, when applied inventively and wisely, can lead to a better world for all.
About the Wharton School
Founded in 1881 as the world's first collegiate business school, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is shaping the future of business by incubating ideas, driving insights, and creating leaders who change the world. With a faculty of more than 235 renowned professors, Wharton has 5,000 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA and doctoralstudents. Each year 13,000 professionals from around the world advance their careers through Wharton Executive Education's individual, company-customized, and online programs. More than 99,000 Wharton alumni form a powerful global network of leaders who transform business every day. For more information, visit _URL_.


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DNAlysis is a test which has been developed to test specific genes which may affect your health and influence who you body deals with food and calories. It takes a lot of the guess work out of know what type of diet you should be on and which health risks you should be aware of. There is no blood test, it's just a simple cheek swab that is used for the testing.
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text: We propose and demonstrate a flexible and high-speed impulse radio ultrawideband (IR-UWB) over fiber system using various modulation schemes. Two kinds of fully Federal Communication Commission (FCC) compliant UWB pulses are produced, which is based on the incoherent summation of multiple monocycle pulses with inverse polarities, proper time delays, and different weights. Theoretically, their spectral power efficiency can achieve 33.9% and 47.4%, respectively, which is much higher than that of the conventional monocycle and doublet pulses. A good agreement between the theoretical and experimental results for the generation of designed UWB pulses is also observed. Moreover, electrically reconfigurable multiple modulation formats such as on-off keying (OOK) modulation, binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulation, pulse shape modulation (PSM), and pulse position modulation (PPM) are implemented experimentally. Furthermore, the UWB signals with OOK, BPSK, and PPM are transmitted over a combined wired (single-mode fiber) and wireless link. The transmission performance of the newly generated UWB pulses is then evaluated by electrical spectra, eye diagrams, and bit-error-rate measurements. For all the modulation formats, a forward-error-correction (FEC)-limit error-free operation is obtained, and the power penalties of transmission are less than 1 dB.


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Reading, Desire, and the Eucharist in Early Modern Religious Poetry
The courtly love tradition had a great influence on the themes of religious poetry—just as an absent beloved could be longed for passionately, so too could a distant God be the subject of desire. But when authors began to perceive God as immanently available, did the nature and interpretation of devotional verse change? Ryan Netzley argues that early modern religious lyrics presented both desire and reading as free, loving activities, rather than as endless struggles or dramatic quests.
Reading, Desire, and the Eucharist analyzes the work of prominent early modern writers—including John Milton, Richard Crashaw, John Donne, and George Herbert—whose religious poetry presented parallels between sacramental desire and the act of understanding written texts. Netzley finds that by directing devotees to crave spiritual rather than worldly goods, these poets questioned ideas not only of what people should desire, but also how they should engage in the act of yearning. Challenging fundamental assumptions of literary criticism, Reading, Desire, and the Eucharist shows how poetry can encourage love for its own sake, rather than in the hopes of salvation.
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Author InformationRyan Netzley is an assistant professor in the Department of English at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
Table of contents
Introduction: Desiring Sacraments and Reading Real Presencein Seventeenth-Century Religious Poetry
- Take and Taste, Take and Read: Desiring, Reading, and Taking Presence in George Herbert's The Temple
- Reading Indistinction: Desire, Indistinguishability, and Metonymic Reading in Richard Crashaw's Religious Lyrics
- Loving Fear: Affirmative Anxiety in John Donne's Divine Poems
- Desiring What Has Already Happened: Reading Prolepsis and Immanence in John Milton's Early Poems and Paradise Regained
Conclusion: Reading Is Love
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A beautiful Aritaware porcelain plate in the Museum's collection, decorated with underglaze blue, dates to the mid-Edo period (1615–1868). Its exquisite design features a simple yet precisely painted radiating flower, unfolding with weblike precision. Our watch has been adapted from this elegant motif.
Resin case. Resin link bracelet. Ceramic face, made with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS. Quartz movement. Case: 1 3/4'' diam.; inner circumference: 7 1/2''L (adjustable).
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Art HistoryDuring the Edo period (1615–1868), Japan was unified under the strict control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which controlled access to the outside world. In 1639, less than a century after Europeans had first found their way to Japan, the shogun instituted a policy of national isolation. Dutch merchants, however, were permitted to maintain residences near Nagasaki and to continue trade with Japan. Responding to European demand, the Dutch encouraged the Japanese porcelain industry to fill the gap left by China, where porcelain production was in decline. That Japanese export porcelain is commonly referred to as Aritaware.


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When you design an actions pane control, it can be helpful to resize the control to the width of the task pane so that you can see exactly what the controls will look like when they are visible on the task pane. The actions pane control can be found in the New Items dialog box.
1. Create a new Excel Workbook solution using VSTO.
2. Right-click your Excel solution in Solution Explorer, point to Add, and then click New Item.
3. In the Add New Item dialog box, click Actions Pane Control, and then click Add. See Figure 5.3, presented earlier, for an example.
4. Expand the Size property for the control and set the width to 200.
You can add Windows Forms controls to the design surface of the actions pane control by dragging the controls from Toolbox.
5. Add two Label controls, and change the second label to resemble a text box by selecting a white background color, adding a border, and changing the AutoSize property to False (see Figure 5.4).
6. Keep the default name of the label (Label1) for the first label on the control, and change its Text property to Formatting of Active Cell.
7. Change the name of the second label to SelectionFont, set the Tex-tAlign property to MiddleCenter, and clear out any text.
You should also change the anchor of each of these controls so that the labels resize if the task pane is resized. Set the Anchor property to Top, Left, Right for each label. The code to add this actions pane control to the action pane should be added to the Startup event handler of ThisWorkbook. The variable to reference the control is created at the class level as a public variable so that you can access it from the worksheet using the Globals class.
8. Add the code in Listing 5.7 to the ThisWorkbook class, replacing the existing Startup event handler.
Listing 5.7. Displaying the actions pane control on the actions pane Public ActionsControl As New ActionsPaneControl1
Private Sub ThisWorkbook_Startup(ByVal sender As Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Startup
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Au Jus
Au jus is a term that means "with juice" of the meat. It is most commonly found in French cuisine. Au jus can be found in beef or any meat dishes that are prepared or served along with light gravy, or bouillon that is made from all the fluids dripped out of the meat when it is being cooked.
Au Jus is one of the natural ways to enhance the flavor of meat and sauces. It mainly enhances chicken dishes because the chicken has a light taste, or it can be used with veal and lamb as well. French cuisine prefers having Au Jus in most of their meat dishes.
How To Make Au Jus Without Beef Broth?
Recipe of Au Jus Without Beef Broth
Beef Au jus Gravy
This recipe is perfect for a French dip sandwich. The preparation time of this recipe is 5-minutes and the cooking time requires about 10-11minutes. The total time required in the recipe is 15 minutes. The recipe requires a few steps that are mentioned below.
 1. First of all, you must take a saucepan and boil beef stock (not in the beef broth) in the pan.
 2. You must maintain the heat of the pan to medium-low and whisk the beef base.
 3. Add in Worcestershire sauce along with garlic, salt, and pepper.
 4. To make a thick gravy, add corn starch.
 5. Your beef Au jus gravy without beef broth is all ready to be served.
Substitute of Beef Broth
It's okay if you don't want to use beef broth! There are various substitutes for it. A lot of your favorite recipes are using beef broth, however, you need substitutes that can work well in all your daily recipes. We have mentioned below a few substitutes for beef broth.
1. Beef Stock
If using beef is not a problem for you then you can switch between beef broth and beef stock. Both of these ingredients taste almost the same, however, the difference is majorly in the extracting materials. The difference between beef-broth and beef-stock is, beef broth is made from an extract that is taken out of both meat and bones attached to that meat.
While the beef stock is made with vegetables and beef bones. Most people, in case of running out of beef broth, use beef stock because it is the best replacement for beef broth in any recipe.
2. Bouillon Cubes
Bouillon cubes are also beef extracts but in a different state. Beef broth exists in a liquid form and bouillon cubes are found as a dried extract in cubes form. You can use bouillon cubes by dissolving them in cups of water, and it can replace a cup of beef broth in any recipe if one cube is dissolved in one cup of water.
These cubes of beef bouillon are concentrated to give an enhanced taste when they are dissolved in water.
However, if you are trying to maintain a pure vegan meal, then you can use Vegetable Broth, which tastes a little bit different however it's a great vegan replacement for beef broth.
Hopefully, this blog helped you in making an Au Jus recipe without the use of beef broth.
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Your child's first helicopter tour is an opportunity to cultivate a lifelong love for flying. While most children enjoy the thought of flying through the sky, your child may still need some help in preparation for their big day. As your helicopter ride over NYC draws near, you can use these tips to help them feel confident when they board a helicopter for the first time.
Get Them Excited About the Sights
New York City has always held a sense of mystique to kids. Not only is the Big Apple a common setting for movies and comics, but kids also hear their teachers talk about the rich history of the area. If your child is old enough, then help them do some research about the sights that you expect to see. For instance, you could look up how tall the Empire State Building is, or your child might want to learn some interesting facts about Ellis Island. Younger children may enjoy looking at on-ground pictures that they can compare those photos to their experience in the air.
Give them a Safety Briefing
Our helicopter tours are safe for kids of all ages, but everyone must follow a few basic safety rules. If your child is older than two, then they must sit in their own seat per FAA regulations. While most kids look forward to this experience, yours may need to be prepped if they are used to sitting in your lap. You'll also want to remind your child to just follow your directions and listen to the pilot. They'll handle things such as opening the doors when the ride is over so that your family can just sit back and enjoy the ride.
Discuss the On-Boarding Procedure
Kids sometimes have preferences about where they would like to sit, but helicopters must be loaded a certain way to distribute weight properly. Let your child know that the onboarding crew will try to give them the best seat possible, but that they need to go along with wherever they are placed. If your child is particularly nervous about sitting next to strangers, then consider planning a trip for just the two of you. Our NYC helicopter tours provide a quieter and calmer experience for young kids that may react to being in a crowd.
Talk About Turbulence
Air travel today is certainly the best it has ever been, but helicopter rides are sometimes not perfectly smooth. Talk to your child about turbulence, and remind them that the little bumps and shakes they feel in the air are just part of the ride. Remember to talk about this with some excitement, and reassure your child that helicopter tours only take place when the weather conditions are safe.
Show Them How to Use Their Camera
Cameras and photo-taking are highly encouraged on family air tours of NYC. Before the trip, give your child an age-appropriate camera that they can use to snap their own in-air pics. They'll be excited to be able to take their own pictures, and you'll all enjoy seeing what they capture after the tour. Introducing your child to the world of air travel is exciting, and a tour of NYC is something that they'll never forget. Remember that your child looks to you for cues on how to react so share your excitement as you all get ready to board for your tour on the helipad.


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Usage examples for number
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Why Koalas Hug Trees
koala closeup
Koalas live in trees in Australia and eat mostly eucalyptus leaves.
(Image: © CBriscoe)
The mention of a koala bear often conjures up an image of an adorable spoon-nosed creature cocking its head to one side while clinging to a tree.
Now, scientists have figured out why the iconic Australian marsupials hug trees: The trunks help the koala bears keep cool, according to a new study.
"It can be a really useful way of getting rid of heat on a hot day," said study co-author Michael Kearney, an ecologist at the University of Melbourne in Australia.
Tree huggers
Given that koalas spend so much time in trees — the marsupials live in Australia's woodlands where they munch on leaves and sleep — nobody wondered why they hugged the trunks. People just thought they were taking a break on a more stable spot after eating leaves in the branches, Kearney said. [Marsupial Gallery: A Pouchful of Cute]
As such, the discovery came as a surprise. Kearney and his student, doctoral candidate Natalie Briscoe, were trying to predict how the woodland creatures on French Island, near Melbourne, would regulate their body temperatures as the continent heats up due to climate change. The region is cool most of the year, but during the summer, the temperature routinely spikes above 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius), Kearney said.
Briscoe measured wind and shade levels using a portable weather station, but didn't find any striking trends. Then she pointed to an infrared thermometer, which measures temperature based on thermal radiation, at the tree trunks the koalas were hugging. The trunks were considerably cooler than the ambient air temperature — sometimes by as much as 9 degrees F (5 degrees C), Kearney said.
She also noticed the koalas clinging to acacia trees, even though they normally eat eucalyptus leaves. [See Images of the Tree-Hugging Koalas]
"As it got hotter the koalas went farther down the trees and started to really hug onto the tree trunks," Kearney told Live Science. "That seemed strange to us until we figured out that the trees are a bit cooler."
Stay cool
Koala bears pant to keep cool, letting evaporated moisture from their mouths carry heat away from their bodies.
When the team modeled koala bear heat transfer, they found the tree-dwellers save half the water they would have used panting if they hug trees instead.
Koalas get most of their water from their diet, but because eucalyptus leaves are laced with a toxin, the koalas can eat only a limited amount before the toxin harms the animals, Kearney said.
So tree-hugging could be critical to their survival on hot days, by allowing them to cool off without wasting precious water through panting, Kearney said.
It's not clear exactly why their preferred tree trunks are cool, but one possibility is that they pull in a lot of groundwater, which stays closer to the annual average air temperature, rather than the current air temperature, he said.
Climate change planning
Koalas' food (and hugging) trees will change their range with the hotter and drier weather brought by climate change, Bill Ellis, a wildlife researcher at the University of Queensland in Australia, who was not involved in the study, wrote in an email to Live Science.
But the new study suggests that food may be a smaller consideration in preserving koala habitat than previously thought, he said.
"As long as we plant trees koalas will eat, perhaps the other trees we plant just need to provide the right mix of shelter and heat sink characteristics," Ellis said. "It's quite an interesting concept, but non-native trees might be the future for koalas — as long as they also have the right fodder."
Farther north in the koala's range, the air is muggy and it feels hotter, so scientists should see how tree-hugging plays out in in different locations in the koala's habitat, Ellis said.
"Humidity means that the power of evaporation for cooling is reduced," Kearney said. So tree-hugging may be even more important up north, where evaporative cooling doesn't work as well, he said.
The study was published today (June 3) in the journal Biology Letters.


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While the use and size of land connected with U.S. lighthouses varies, observers say the Point Retreat lighthouse reserve near Juneau is larger than most.
Years ago, lighthouses established by the federal government were assigned a reservation. In some cases an entire island was set aside as a lighthouse reserve. In other cases, part of the island became the reserve, said Dave Snyder, a historian with the U.S. Lighthouse Society, a nonprofit historical and educational organization based in San Francisco.
U.S. Lighthouse Society President Wayne Wheeler was a navigator on the Coast Guard cutter Sweetbrier in Alaska in the 1960s. Among other duties, the crew dropped off food, mail and movies at Southeast lighthouses, including Point Retreat, every two weeks.
At 1,500 acres, Point Retreat's land base is unusual, he said.
"There's no reason for them to have that kind of acreage. If you look at other light stations around the country, there's just not that kind of acreage," Wheeler said.
The society's Washington chapter runs a lighthouse at New Dungeness on the Olympic Peninsula that includes about 20 acres. The light station at Point Bonita, Calif., was about 180 acres, he said.
Lighthouses closer to railroads or more populated areas might have included less land, while those further away, such as those in Alaska, might have included more land so the keeper would be self-sufficient, Snyder said.
As an example, a lighthouse keeper might fell trees for firewood or to build a fence. Some keepers were involved in minor commercial activities such as fishing or crabbing, Snyder said.
"In lighthouse days, there would have been minimal management," he said.
Light stations in the early 19th century also used the land to plant crops, grow vegetables and keep cows, chickens and pigs, Wheeler added.
In Alaska, the Coast Guard leased the 216-acre Cape Decision lighthouse reserve to Cape Decision Lighthouse Society in 1997, according to society President Karen Johnson of Sitka. Along with the lighthouse and other buildings, the reserve includes a 0.7-mile spur trail that provides access to the site, she said.
Part of a 4.5-mile Port McArthur historic trail also is on the reserve. The lighthouse group has collaborated with the Forest Service on trail construction, Johnson said.
As with the land around the Point Retreat lighthouse reserve, the land adjacent to Cape Decision on southern Kuiu Island is managed for semi-remote recreation by the Forest Service. The designation provides a predominantly natural setting for semi-primitive recreation with some rustic recreation and tourism facilities allowed, according to the agency.
The Cape St. Elias lighthouse is on Kayak Island between Cordova and Yakutat. The island is 22 miles long by 2 miles wide, and the Cape St. Elias Lightkeepers' Association lease with the Coast Guard includes about 500 acres, President Toni Bocci said.
"It's sheer rock that goes up 1,500 feet that you can't do anything with. The lighthouse is on the tip," she said.
The association's main focus is restoring the lighthouse building, a task made more difficult because of the site's location, Bocci said.
"Ours is more remote than some of the other ones," she said. "You have to charter a plane, land on the beach and hike two miles, carrying everything on your back."
Closer to Juneau, the Sentinel Island Lighthouse, which can be seen from Amalga Harbor, is on six forested acres.
The Five Finger Light sits on a "three-acre rock" 64 miles south of Juneau, according to Valerie O'Hare of the Juneau Lighthouse Association. What a land transfer at Point Retreat could mean to other Alaska lighthouses will depend on what happens next, she said.
"What's going to affect us is what they do after," she said. "With that being said, we hope that whatever they do is not only done in the best interest of Point Retreat, but done within the best interest of the entire lighthouse program in Alaska."
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The dialectic of IT chargeback systems
Many organisations have adopted chargeback systems whereby users are charged for the IT resources which they use. The purpose is to control the costs of information technology. Chargeback systems have recently received a resurgence of interest with the rapid change in IT. Many writers are currently advocating chargeback systems to control the escalating costs. Chargeback systems are expected to increase user awareness of IT costs, and thereby, improve decision-making and effectiveness of Information Technology. Many organisations have never adopted chargeback systems. They have used other management techniques for controlling IT costs. Chargeback systems have been controversial since the earliest computer applications. The current environment has added new issues which have provoked discussion. This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of chargeback systems. The emphasis is on new issues which have arisen due to the changing technological environment. The dimensions which frame the discussion are the evolving empowerment of users, complexity of systems, and the cost structure. Recommendations are made for effectively using chargeback systems alternatives.


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Knowledge Management: A Blueprint for Delivery, by Tony Knight and Trevor Howes
There are five golden rules of knowledge management that IT directors should remember.
- Be crystal clear on the expected benefits. Always have a business case that details the agreed benefit the knowledge management initiatives must deliver. Progress towards their realisation must be properly managed and measured.
- People's behaviours must change for the long term. People's beliefs must be affected if long-term improvements in behaviour are to be achieved.
- Nothing happens without leadership. Those responsible for running the organisation must inspire and encourage all staff throughout the change programme, continuing after the implementation to ensure lasting change.
- Process change leads to improved performance. Organisations need to build new processes and routines into their jobs to ensure knowledge capture and reuse and to establish and reinforce desired behaviours.
- Organisational learning leads to success. Organisations can only survive and prosper by learning from the business environment and putting that learning to practical use by responding to it. The capability to do this learning is what distinguishes successful companies from also-rans.
The point of these rules is to keep constantly in mind the issues that make or break any mobilising knowledge programme: a focus on benefits and the business case; on behavioural change; on leadership; on process improvement; on designing knowledge-friendly ways of working; and on building in organisational learning.
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Intravascular angiomatosis, also known as Massons' lesion, is a relatively uncommon, although important, tumor because it clinically mimics such benign lesions as mucocele, pyogenic granuloma, and hemangioma, as well as malignant neoplasms such as angiosarcoma and Kaposi's sarcoma. More important is the potential for misdiagnosis at the histological level that poses a significant problem to those unfamiliar with this lesion. This article reviews the literature on perioral intravascular angiomatosis and presents five additional cases.
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Vitality of rural areas and the rural operating environment
The vitality of rural areas is improved through various projects strengthening collaboration and a sense of community and improving the infrastructure. In the countryside, services and their accessibility require a great deal of work, collaboration and innovations. Improved telecommunications connections provide rural entrepreneurs with better operating possibilities and make rural areas more pleasant for residents. Projects concerning leisure and cultural activities, for instance, activate young people and open up new opportunities for them. Services for the elderly and their and quality of life can also be improved through projects.
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Update: Using LEDs for Instrument Cluster Warning Lights 941046
Traditionally, automotive instrument clusters have been illuminated using incandescent bulbs. Failures of these bulbs are a source of warranty and repair costs. LED lamps can reduce these costs. In addition, LED lamps have a number of other benefits for instrument cluster designs.
This paper describes the design of a hybrid instrument cluster using LED lamps for telltale warning lights and bulbs for gauge lighting. This approach provides a very cost effective design since most telltale warning lights can be illuminated with a single LED. This approach eliminates three quarters of the bulbs in a typical design.
Previous SAE papers, 870211 and 900474, have also discussed the use of LED lamps for telltale lighting. These papers used very specialized lamps. This paper discusses several industry standard LED lamp packages in both through-hole and SMT package configurations. Lighting measurements have been done at instrument cluster depths of 10 to 41 mm, to cover most applications.


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LAKE GEORGE (AP) - A state commission says in a new report that "great strides" have been made in reducing an invasive species in a popular Adirondack lake.
The Lake George Park Commission says more than 85 percent of Eurasian milfoil sites in the 32-mile-long lake have been cleared, and plans are in the works to eradicate the remaining sites.
Milfoil was first discovered in Lake George in 1985. The aquatic plant typically grows in thick mats that can clog boating lanes and make swimming and fishing difficult.
Park Commission Executive Director Dave Wick says while it's unlikely milfoil will ever be completely eliminated, the plant can be reduced to levels not seen in decades.
The commission says about 200 milfoil sites remain on the lake.


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Possession: A Romance
A. S. Byatt
Possession is a rich, layered novel featuring both a romance between two Victorian-era poets, and present-day relationships between academics who have made their careers as experts on the poets' lives. Roland Michell is a kind of perpetual student, researching the life of Randolph Henry Ash. Maud Bailey is established in her career with a university's women's studies center; her specialty is the poet Christabel LaMotte. When the book opens, Roland has made an interesting discovery indicating Ash may have had a relationship with a woman other than his wife. His inquiry leads him to Maud. Together they assemble a picture of a romance between Ash and LaMotte, which turns prevailng academic opinion upside-down. Others begin to pursue the prize and the associated professional glory.
Byatt employs several creative devices to develop the characters and tell the story. Ash and LaMotte's relationship is reconstructed primarily through artifacts (letters, journals) obtained by Roland and Maud. Byatt "reproduces" them in their entirety so the reader feels like part of the research team. The romantic storyline also unfolds from several points of view, with each person having only a partial picture. The reader can see it all. And as the Victorian mystery is solved, the lives of present-day characters become increasingly interconnected. Byatt concludes the novel by tying up several threads and adding a quite satisfying postscript. ( )


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Take the following definition: "A parabolic subgroup of a linear algebraic group defined over $\mathbb{C}$ is a subgroup, closed in the Zariski topology, for which the quotient space is a projective algebraic variety."
My questions are:
(i) Why include closed in the definition?
(ii) What is an example of a projective algebraic variety that is the quotient of a linear algebraic group by a non-Zariski-closed subgroup?
(iii) What is an example of a quotient by a parabolic subgroup that is not a flag manifold?
(iv) Elliptic curves cannot be described as quotients of linear algebraic groups. What are other examples of families of varieties that cannot be expressed in this form?
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Apart from the topological motivation that for Hausdorff topological gp $G$ and subgp $H$ the quotient $G/H$ is Hausdorff precisely when $H$ is closed in $G$, perhaps (i) may sound better in view of the following fact: if $f:H \rightarrow G$ is a homomorphism between finite type group schemes over a field $k$ and $\ker f = 1$ in the scheme-theoretic sense (i.e., $f$ is injective on $R$-valued points for all $k$-algebras $R$, or $f$ is a functorial monomorphism) then $f$ is necessarily a closed immersion. Thus, (ii) is essentially meaningless in any reasonable algebro-geometric sense. – BCnrd May 30 '10 at 23:33
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If $G={\mathbb C}$ is the additive group and $L\subset G$ is a lattice, then $L$ is not Zariski closed, $G/L$ exists (in a sense of analytic geometry) and is projective. But of course $L$ is not a parabolic subgroup of $G$.
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Great illustration of importance of paying attention to terminology (here: meaning of "quotient")! – Victor Protsak May 31 '10 at 4:24
i)-ii) If the subgroup isn't closed, there's no reason in general for the quotient space to even be an algebraic variety. So for the definition to even make sense, there has to be some guarantee that $G/P$ is a variety. A standard result says that if $H \subset G$ is a closed subgroup of a linear algebraic group, then the quotient $G/H$ is a quasi-projective variety. You can find these results, for example, in Borel's text on linear algebraic groups. I don't know of an example of a non-closed subgroups whose quotient both exists and is not complete.
(iii) Pretty much by definition, $G/P$ is what's known as a partial flag variety. For the classical groups, you can directly verify that you get flag-like objects in this way, and for more general groups this is taken as the definition. However, if by flag variety you mean the full flag variety, then just pick any parabolic subgroup which is not a Borel subgroup. The simplest example occurs for $G = GL_3$ where you have parabolic subgroups corresponding the variety of lines in $\mathbb{C}^3$ (i.e., $\mathbb{P}^2$) and its dual, the variety of planes in $\mathbb{C}^3.$
(iv) I'm not sure exactly what you're asking for here. Just examples of varieties that aren't quotients of linear algebraic groups?
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(iii) So all quotients of complex linear algebraic groups by subgroups containing the Borel subgroup are of the form $U(n)/U(k_1) \times \cdots \times U(k_m)$? When the quotient is by the Borel subgroup, is this reflected in some simplification of $U(k_1) \times \cdots \times U(k_m)$? (iv) Hopefully this is not too bad practice, but I'm going to generalise my last question and ask: What are examples (besides elliptic curves) of complex projective varieties that aren't quotients of comapct semi-simple complex Lie groups by compact subgroups? – Jean Delinez Feb 8 '10 at 18:21
All quotients of parabolics are of the form you list in the case of $G = U(n),$ but in general there is no "flag-like" description of partial flag-varieties for general $G.$ For the classical groups, however, there are flag-like descriptions, and it's fun finding the Borels and parabolics that they correspond to. As to your last question, there should be lots of examples. You mention elliptic curves, and higher genus curves should also fall into this category. Also, as far as I know, the Schubert subvarieties of flag varieties aren't a quotient of linear algebraic groups. – Mike Skirvin Feb 8 '10 at 21:47
I'm not sure if I understand. $G/P$ isn't a group, so I don't know what is meant by its Lie algebra. Perhaps I misunderstood the question? – Mike Skirvin Feb 8 '10 at 22:15
Let me try again: For a general semi-simple compact Lie group $G$ with Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$, and a parabolic subgroup $P$ with corresponding Lie subalgebra $\mathfrak{p}$, is there a nice description of the algebra of continuous functions of $G$ in terms of $\mathfrak{g}$ or $\mathbb{p}$, or both? – Jean Delinez Feb 9 '10 at 3:38
Mike Skirvin has sorted out some of the main issues here, but the language used in the original question tends to confuse matters. The framework is the Borel-Chevalley structure theory of linear algebraic groups over an arbitrary algebraically closed field. Nothing special here about $\mathbb{C}$. Starting with $G$ (which can be assumed connected), define a parabolic subgroup to be a closed subgroup $H$ for which the quotient variety $G/H$ is projective. By analogy with some classical examples, this variety is usually referred to as a "partial flag variety". Note that the construction of a quotient variety in this setting involves a morphism $G \rightarrow G/H$ whose fibers are $H$ and its other left cosets. Thus $H$ must be closed in order for $G/H$ to make sense as a variety. The language of manifolds doesn't come in unless this picture is compared with the Lie group picture for $\mathbb{C}$, where fortunately everything translates well for reductive groups.
In the structure theory, it is shown that $H$ is parabolic precisely when it contains some Borel subgroup, then that $H$ is connected and self-normalizing, etc. All of this is most interesting when $G$ is reductive (and has a nontrivial semisimple derived group).
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(iv) Theorem (Borel-Hirzebruch 1958, maybe?) A projective variety in characteristic zero with a transitive action of a connected linear algebraic group is smooth and Fano, i.e., its anticanonical bundle is ample.
This means "most" varieties don't arise as quotients by parabolic subgroups. In particular, curves of positive genus, and smooth hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{P}^n$ of degree at least $n+1$ make good examples.
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I guess this theorem comes from the two-part paper by Borel and Hirzebruch on homogeneous spaces and characteristic classes published in 1958-59? In any case, smooth projective varieties (or compact complex manifolds) of the form $G/P$ are scarce thanks to the Borel-Chevalley structure theory and the associated root system data. Even for smooth Schubert varieties, I'd expect few other than flag varieties to be of this form but can't quantify this. – Jim Humphreys May 30 '10 at 22:07
That sounds like a correct reference, although I have never read the paper itself. I'm inclined to agree that the class of Fano varieties is itself far larger than the class of varieties of the form G/P, but I don't know any more adjectives (except "homogeneous" which is cheating) that narrow things down correctly. – S. Carnahan May 31 '10 at 0:20
Two important properties that $G/P$ homogeneous spaces have are (1) they are defined over $\mathbb{Z}$ and (2) they have good reduction everywhere (possibly, with modulo assumptions on the center of $G$). Already for del Pezzo surfaces obtained by blowing up a few points on $\mathbb{P}^2$, (2) fails. – Victor Protsak May 31 '10 at 4:22
Victor, nice observation! The coset space $G/P$ always descends to a smooth proper scheme over the entirety of $\mathbf{Z}$, no hypotheses


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Prepaid Meter Concepts
- Prepayment is not just the easiest and most convenient means for the user to pay for electricity, but it is also a very effective method for energy management.
- Insert card to use，insert card to get power，remove card to cut off power is the basic concept for which a prepaid system works which can either be based on the power consumed or time elapsed.
- The prepaid cards can be reused by reloading them with a desktop credit dispensing unit.
- A prepayment system can be used not just in rental units but also in certain public places as well.
Power is not for the building but for the people occupying the building.
- In order to prevent wasted energy and encourage energy saving, a user pays system is the ideal solution as it is not only fair but is also a very effective energy saving measure.
- Works just like a phone card, the user brings a preloaded card, inserting the card shows the remaining credits, only the actual amount consumed is charged to the card; this method is well suited for places that mscan be rented out such as classrooms, piano rooms, ball courts at night, auditoriums, activity centers and electric car recharging parking spots.
- Subsidies can also be given to allow free use for up a certain amount, when the subsidy is exceeded, a warning is given and actual charging of the card begins; this serves as a means to encourage energy saving.
Ball Courts at Night
- The rent is not the only thing that a landlord cares about, the electricity bill is also of great concern.
- With a prepaid card system, the electricity bill is no longer a headache of the landlord as it simplifies collection and eliminates disputes; the tenant also benefits by having immediate feedback and manage their use accordingly. A prepaid system is transparent and fair to both parties.
- Retail stalls, apartments, offices, dormitories, these are all places well suited to a prepayment system. Pay only for as much as is used.
Flat Rate, Inclined Block, Time Tariff
There are two types based on the resource consumed:
There are two types: split-type and combined.
Water Meter Option
One prepaid card reader services both an electricity and a water meter.
There are two types types of credit dispensers, a desktop type and a kiosk type.
Once the prepaid credit on a card is used up, the card can be reused simply by topping (or reloading) it up from a credit dispensing unit. The desktop credit dispenser has an separate printer option available. The desktop credit dispenser unit can not only dispense credit but can also store the data for each transaction which can be later retrieved and used for accounting or auditing purposes.
Each prepaid meter can be networked to a central host for real time monitoring and control.
- A central host can be implemented to collect data and manage the meters.
- The tariff rate on the meters can be changed remotely from the central host.
- A demand response system can be added to help in avoiding penalty from exceeding the contracted demand by using the meters as load shedding devices.


making psamp export congestion-aware
We haven't had much discussion of PSAMP export on the list. There's a
general requirement from the IETF that new protocols be congestion
aware, using RFC 2914 as a guide. Here are some thoughts on export
requirements for PSAMP, and a proposal for making it congestion-aware
while remaining compatible with PSAMP's goal of ubiquitous support on
network elements. Comments appreciated...
-- Jen
Export of measurement records in PSAMP: In the PSAMP framework, a
device such as a passive monitor or an interface card applies
selection and sampling rules to a stream of packets and generates
measurement records that include a collection of fields for each
packet. The device exports these records for further analysis. For
example, the records generated by the interface card on a router may
be exported to a separate collection server that may reside next to
the router or elsewhere in the network. When the measurement records
traverse the network, they compete for resources with other Internet
transfers. Congestion-aware export is important to ensure that the
measurement records do not overwhelm the capacity of the network or
unduly degrade the performance of other applications.
Unreliable transport: The export of measurement records does not
require reliable export. In fact, retransmission of lost measurement
packets could consume additional network resources and would require
state on the device generating the records. The device would have to
be addressable, able to receive and process acknowledgments, and to
store unacknowledged data. These requirements would be a significant
impediment to having uniform support for measurement on high-speed
interface cards in IP routers. Instead, we propose that PSAMP devices
can support a unreliable export mechanism. Sequence numbers on the
packets or the measurement records within the packet would indicate
when loss has occurred, and the analysis of the measurement data can
account for this loss. In some sense, packet loss becomes just
another form of sampling (albeit a less desirable, and less
controlled, form of sampling).
Changing the sending rate: In congestion-aware transport, there can be
a clear separation between the algorithm that computes the sending
rate and the way the sender adapts to the new sending rate. For
example, a device could conceivably reduce the sending rate by
discarding excess records. This approach may be an appropriate
reaction to transient congestion. Or, the device could operate with a
smaller sampling rate. This may be a more appropriate reaction to
long-term congestion. Or, the device could include fewer fields in
the measurement records to reduce the volume of data that are exported
to the collection machine. In some cases, a collection server may
receive measurement records from more than one device, and could
decide to reduce the export rate at one device rather than the other
(or reduce the rate for one of the filter banks at a device rather
than the other), in order to prioritize the measurement data. This
type of flexibility is valuable for network operators that collect
measurement data from multiple locations to drive multiple applications.
Configuration of the sending rate: The collection server is the
recipient of the traffic from the PSAMP device(s). This server can
detect congestion along the path from the PSAMP device through lost
packets (which manifest themselves as gaps in the sequence numbers, or
the absence of packets for a period of time). The server can run an
appropriate congestion-control algorithm to compute a new sending
rate, and can reconfigure the PSAMP device with the new rate. This is
an attractive alternative to requiring the PSAMP device to receive
acknowledgment packets. The server can reconfigure the sending rate
using an SNMP MIB or a command-line interface. It is already
envisaged having an SNMP accessible MIB for easy reconfiguration of
sampling parameters, so this dovetails well. Implementing the
congestion control algorithm in the collection server has the added
advantages of flexibility in adapting the sending rate and the ability
to incorporate new congestion-control algorithms as they become
available. For the PSAMP standard, it would be mandatory to implement
and such export rate control in both the measurement device and the
collector. There's scope here for reusing existing rate control
algorithms with well understood properties.
Notions of fairness: In some cases, it may be reasonable to allow the
collection server to have flexibility in deciding how aggressively to
respond to congestion. For example, the PSAMP device and the
collection server may have a very small round-trip time relative to
other traffic. Conventional TCP-friendly congestion control would
allocate a very large share of the bandwidth to this traffic.
Instead, the collection server could apply an algorithm that reacts
more aggressively to congestion to give a larger share of the
bandwidth to other traffic (with larger RTTs). In other cases, the
measurement records may require a larger share of the bandwidth than
other flows. For example, consider a link that carries tens of
thousands of flows, including some non TCP-friendly DoS attack
traffic. Restricting the PSAMP traffic to a "fair share" allocation
may be too restrictive, and might limit the collection of the data
necessary to diagnose the DoS attack. In this situation, the
collection server could conceivably have a less aggressive reaction to
congestion (say, dividing the sending rate by 1.5 rather than 2 in the
presence of loss) to claim a larger fraction of the link bandwidth.
The collection server could also employ policies that allocate
bandwidth in certain proportions among streams of measurement records
from different PSAMP devices (or filter banks in a single device).
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Value Changes During Conversions
A conversion from a value type stores a copy of the source value in the destination of the conversion. However, this copy is not an exact image of the source value. The destination data type stores values differently, and even the value being represented might change, depending on the kind of conversion being performed.
Changes During Widening and Narrowing Conversions
Narrowing conversions change the destination copy of the source value, with potential information loss. For example, a fractional value is rounded when converted to an integral type, and a numeric type being converted to Boolean is reduced to either True or False.
Widening conversions preserve the source value but can change its representation. This happens if you convert from an integral type to Decimal, or from Char to String.
The original source value is not changed as a result of a conversion.
Changes During Reference Type Conversions
A conversion from a reference type copies only the pointer to the value. The value itself is neither copied nor changed in any way. The only thing that can change is the data type of the variable holding the pointer. In the following example, the data type is converted from the derived class to its base class, but the object that both variables now point to is unchanged.
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In studying communication concepts, principles and skills, there can be no better way than to observe communication behavior in real life contexts. In addition to developing your understanding of communication concepts and meeting the general course objectives as listed in the course syllabus, students see first-hand the very real connections between communication and community. The specific objectives of the Service Learning experience are:
- To enable students to examine the relevant concepts of communication theory and interpersonal, small group and public communication in real-life settings outside the classroom.
- To enable students to see first-hand the impact of communication skills and concepts in professional and community settings.
- To engage students with activities and assignments that encourage students to analyze, prepare and practice communication skills.
- To enable students to contribute to their community by making personal connections with special attention to positive, effective and ethical communication.
Each student will complete 15 hours of Service Learning. The Service Learning experience will relate to the field of education.
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2019 Gold Best Charter School
Vista is a public charter school that operates under the direction of the Utah State Board of Education, the Utah State Charter School Board, and the school's local Board of Directors. Its primary funding source is public education funds provided by the State of Utah.
Vista seeks to enhance academic achievement by providing specialized instruction in Math, Science, Technology, and History by highly qualified teachers beginning in 1st grade. This means students learn from the earliest grades from a teacher who is an expert in his or her individual field and who understands how to help the students best learn a specific topic.
Vista broadens students' academic experiences by providing them with opportunities to explore elective coursework in visual and performing arts and technology. Our students look forward to coming to school because offerings match their interests, which benefit all aspects of their academic experience including academic achievement and attitude.
After school programs at Vista give students the opportunity to pursue their passion in athletics, technology, dance, strings, and theater at a fraction of the typical cost of private instruction. Students may participate in as many after school programs as they choose.
Vista's teachers and administration are highly qualified and are required to maintain their teaching certifications. They are leaders in their areas of expertise and student achievement is a reflection of their dedication to their profession. Because Vista is not part of a traditional school district, teachers are free to pursue instruction methods that yield the best results, instead of a predetermined curriculum and teaching delivery method.
- Vista provides a safe environment for students K-8th grade.
- Specialized instruction in Math, Science, Technology, & History begins in 1st grade, not 6th.
- Elective Arts and Technology offerings get students excited to come to school.
- After school programs in athletics, technology, dance, strings, and theater at a fraction of private instruction cost.
- Highly qualified teachers in an environment where instruction is supported by administration.


Barresi seeking $2,000 raises for all Okla. teachers
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Janet Barresi convened the first meeting of the Teacher Shortage Task Force Monday morning.
The group came up with a list of factors impacting the district's ability to recruit and retain the best teachers.
Among them were teacher salaries, strong competition in the private sector and border state competition for higher paying jobs.
Currently, a first-year teacher in Oklahoma makes about $31,600 per year.
That puts us in the bottom ten states in the country when it comes to starter salaries.
The average teacher's salary in our state is just over $44,000 per year.
Teachers in 46 other states make more money, including our neighbors to the south in Texas.
Teachers there make an average of more than $48,000.
Barresi is asking that each teacher receive a $2,000 raise, which would make the Sooner State more competitive with surrounding states like Arkansas, Missouri and Texas.
She says the extra money could be funded by tapping into surplus funds and reducing schools' administrative overhead.
The group will meet up three other times before the end of the year.


Initial Geophysical Survey
Geophysical survey is a technique that allows us to gain an impression of what lies beneath the soil and, at once, learn about the layout of many buried buildings at Portus. The earliest phase of AHRC-funded research at the site comprised a survey of the whole core area of the port and its hinterland to the east: this work formed part of the Roman Towns in te Middle and Lower Tiber Valley. It began in 1998, was completed in 2004 and was subsequently published (Keay et al. 2005). It entailed a magnetometer study which systematically recorded localized magnetic anomalies relating to buried buildings to a depth of 1.2m. The survey covered 220 hectares and revealed new buildings, therein adding detail to known structures clustering around the Claudian and Trajanic basins. It also provided new information about the hinterland of the port lying between the hexagonal Trajanic basin and the Tiber, including evidence of the line of an aqueduct, road and canal, warehouses and a river port.
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Micro/Nano Soft Interface Chemistry
Welcome to the Micro/Nano Soft Interface Research Group at Iona College's Chemistry Department led by Professor Sunghee Lee.
Our research group is called "Project Symphony", which came from the idea that all of our group members work together in harmony to achieve shared goals. Our laboratory uses the techniques of surface chemistry and biophysics, and currently has the following active research programs:
- Understanding the cell membrane: Our group builds artificial mimics of cell membranes, both to improve our fundamental understanding of cell membranes, and to engineer new devices inspired by nature. By contacting water droplets immersed in a solution of lipids in oil, we have developed droplet interface bilayers as a platform with unique advantages to help us achieve these goals.
- Characterization of the molecular structure of lipid membrane: We use Confocal Raman Spectroscopy, Differential Scanning Calorimetry, and Tensiometry to learn about the detailed molecular structure of lipid membranes and its structural changes upon its interaction with other molecules such as drugs, cholesterol, and proteins.
- Crystal Engineering: We create self-assembled structures of molecules at a water-oil interface to design the structure of technologically important crystals for their use in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries.
Our research is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), and several of our studies take place in collaboration with other laboratories in Japan and Italy.
* We would like to acknowledge our funding organizations which have enabled our active undergraduate research.


Referencing Package Contents
Now that we've covered Organizing Content, we'll discuss how to access that content across different packages. Let's consider the following example:
within ModelicaByExample.PackageExamples;
model RLC "An RLC circuit referencing types from the Modelica Standard Library"
 parameter Modelica.SIunits.Voltage Vb=24 "Battery voltage";
 parameter Modelica.SIunits.Inductance L = 1;
 parameter Modelica.SIunits.Resistance R = 100;
 parameter Modelica.SIunits.Capacitance C = 1e-3;
 Modelica.SIunits.Voltage V(fixed=true, start=0);
 Modelica.SIunits.Current i_L(fixed=true, start=0);
 Modelica.SIunits.Current i_R;
 Modelica.SIunits.Current i_C;
 i_R = V/R;
 i_C = C*der(V);
 L*der(i_L) = (Vb-V);
end RLC;
As we learned in the previous section, the very first line,
within ModelicaByExample.PackageExamples;
tells us that the RLC model is contained within the ModelicaByExample.PackageExamples package. As with the previous example, we are going to make use of the Modelica package system to allow us to avoid defining types directly in our model. In this way, we define the types once in one package and then we can reuse them in many places simply by referencing them.
Unlike the previous example in this chapter, we don't define any types in this example. Instead, we rely on types that are defined in the Modelica Standard Library. The Modelica Standard Library contains many useful types, models, constants, etc. For this example, we'll just utilize a few of them. These types can be easily recognized because they start with Modelica. in the name of the type.
We look more closely at the Lookup Rules later in this chapter. For now, it is sufficient to say that all the types starting with Modelica. exist within the Modelica package. In this case, all types start with Modelica.SIunits. SIunits is a package within the Modelica package. The purpose of the SIunits package is to store type definitions that conform to ISO standard quantities and units.
As can be seen in the example code, these types are referenced by their "fully qualified name". That means that type name starts with the name of a top-level package (a package that is not contained within another package). Each. in the name represents a new child package. The last name in the sequence identifies that actual type being referenced.
In this case, we are using 5 different types from within the Modelica.SIunits package: Voltage, Inductance, Resistance, Capacitance and Current. These types provide information about the units for each of these types, limitations on the values of these types (e.g., a capacitance cannot be less than zero), etc. They are defined in the Modelica Standard Library as follows:
// Base Definitions
type ElectricPotential = Real(final quantity="ElectricPotential",
 final unit="V");
type ElectricCurrent = Real(final quantity="ElectricCurrent",
 final unit="A");
// The types referenced in our example
type Voltage = ElectricPotential;
type Inductance = Real(final quantity="Inductance",
 final unit="H");
type Resistance = Real(final quantity="Resistance",
 final unit="Ohm");
type Capacitance = Real(final quantity="Capacitance",
 final unit="F", min=0);
type Current = ElectricCurrent;
Apart from providing better documentation, there is an immediate benefit to associating such types with variables and that is because it enables unit consistency checking of the equations. For example, note the following equation from this example:
i_R = V/R;
Clearly, this is a statement of Ohm's law. But what if we made a mistake and accidentally wrote:
i_R = V*R;
Syntactically speaking, this equation is perfectly legal. Furthermore, if the variable i_R, V and R were all declared to have the type Real, there would be no issue with this equation. However, because we know (from the type definitions) that these variables represent a current, a voltage and a resistance, respectively, a Modelica compiler is able to determine (in a completely automatic way using the definitions shown previously) that the left and right hand sides of this equation are inconsistent with respect to physical units. In other words, by associating a physical type with variables it is possible to detect modeling errors, automatically.


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The century-old combined sewer system in the District of Columbia was not equipped to handle the population growth experienced during the last 100 years. The sewer system was undersized and has caused chronic flooding in the Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park neighborhoods, at the Rhode Island Metro Station area, and on Mount Olivet Road NE for decades. To address the problem, DC Water has initiated the construction of the Northeast Boundary Tunnel (NEBT) to connect with the existing sewer system, significantly mitigating sewer flooding while improving the water quality of the Anacostia River. At approximately 27,000 ft in length, the NEBT is the largest component of the Clean Rivers Project and will start just south of RFK Stadium and extend north to Rhode Island Avenue and west to R Street NW.


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Authors: Mitchell SA, Fisher CA, Hastings CE, Silverman LB, Wallen GR
Title: A thematic analysis of theoretical models for translational science in nursing: mapping the field.
Journal: Nurs Outlook 58(6):287-300
Date: 2010 Nov-Dec
Abstract: The quantity and diversity of conceptual models in translational science may complicate rather than advance the use of theory. This paper offers a comparative thematic analysis of the models available to inform knowledge development, transfer, and utilization. Literature searches identified 47 models for knowledge translation. Four thematic areas emerged: (1) evidence-based practice and knowledge transformation processes, (2) strategic change to promote adoption of new knowledge, (3) knowledge exchange and synthesis for application and inquiry, and (4) designing and interpreting dissemination research. This analysis distinguishes the contributions made by leaders and researchers at each phase in the process of discovery, development, and service delivery. It also informs the selection of models to guide activities in knowledge translation. A flexible theoretical stance is essential to simultaneously develop new knowledge and accelerate the translation of that knowledge into practice behaviors and programs of care that support optimal patient outcomes.
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