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Safeguarding (Keeping Minors Safe)
Safeguarding is an organisation wide holistic process that aims to prevent and identify issues and intervene before larger and more serious concerns develop. A well designed and efficiently implemented safeguarding program can promote accountability and responsibility for keeping children and minors safe from harm such as abuse. This service is offered to organisations whose activities involve minors.
Trench & Associates DMCC assists with the design, review, and delivery of:
- safer recruitment policies and processes;
- early help processes;
- safeguarding awareness training; and
- online safety.
Anti-Harassment/ Respectful Workplace
The recent overhaul of the UAE Labour Law, with the issuance of Law no. 33 of 2021, expressly prohibits sexual harassment at work which includes psychological as well as physical harassment, these amendments complement existing provisions in the UAE Penal Code under which sexual harassment is a crime. The new UAE Labour Law brings into focus the need for companies to develop and implement respectful workplace policies, workplace behaviours training, and awareness campaigns.
Our training and awareness campaigns centre around how to create professional, safe and healthy boundaries and establish a thriving professional environment in which we can expect to see and benefit from workplace behaviours such as:
- Acceptance of personal responsibility
- Replacing manipulation with influence
- Elimination of passive aggressive behaviour
- Tempering survival behaviours
- Improving appropriate assertive behaviour


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Gigabyte G31M-ES2C is a value motheboard for Intel socket LGA775 processors based on Intel G31 chipset, which is today the simpliest chipset from Intel, supporting 45 nm CPUs, 1,333 MHz front side bus and 800 MHz memory modules in dual channel configuration. This motherboard, however, supports front side bus up to 1,600 MHz through overclocking.
Intel G31 chipset uses exactly the same graphics engine of Intel G33 chipset, called Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3100. This graphics engine runs at 400 MHz and is DirectX 9.0 (Shader 2.0), has only two pixel shader units and no vertex shader units (this task is performed by the CPU). As you can see, the graphics engine from both G31 and G33 is outdated, using a technology from two generations ago.
The difference between G31 and G33 chipsets is on the additional features arena. G31 supports up to 4 GB of DDR2 memory and thus most of the motherboards based on this chipset have only two memory sockets. G33, on the other hand, supports up to 8 GB of memory of DDR2 or DDR3, but motherboards based on this chipset can have or not DDR3 support, depending on manufacturer's choice. Another important difference between them is the south bridge chip. G31 chipset uses ICH7 southbridge, while G33 uses either ICH9 or ICH9R south bridge. ICH7 has eight USB 2.0 ports, 10/100 Mbps network interface and four SATA-300 ports, while ICH9 has 12 USB 2.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet interface and six SATA-300 ports, supporting RAID on ICH9R model.
A feature from this motherboard that is being promoted by Gigabyte is called "Easy Energy Saver", which, according do Gigabyte, adjusts CPU voltage according with its demands, reducing power waste when processor is idle.
In general terms G31M-ES2C is an inexpensive and simple motherboard yet with some amazing detais, like the power saving feature we wrote above and others like Dual BIOS, which brings two independent BIOS chips. The second BIOS chip is a backup chip and comes to scene if the first one fails. So you can update the BIOS with no fear of losing your motherboard if something (as a power failure) occurs during the process.
Let's take a closer look on Gigabyte G31M-ES2C features.
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Slots
- 3. Memory
- 4. On-Board Peripherals
- 5. Other Features
- 6. Main Specifications
- 7. Conclusions

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The Siege of Vellore was an intermittent series of sieges and blockades conducted during the Second Anglo-Mysore War by forces of the Kingdom of Mysore against a British East India Company garrison holding the fortress at Vellore, located in the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu. First besieged in 1780, Mysore's ruler Hyder Ali eventually reduced the siege to a blockade due the need for troops elsewhere. The blockade was ineffectively maintained until 1782 before being abandoned. The British successfully resupplied the garrison of Colonel Ross Lang four times.
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What is a super fund in Australia?
Superannuation is one way Australians can save money for their retirement. Your employer should pay 9.5% of your salary into a super fund, through the Superannuation Guarantee (SG).
What is a super fund?
A superannuation is an organizational pension program created by a company for the benefit of its employees. It is also referred to as a company pension plan. Funds deposited in a superannuation account will grow, typically without any tax implications, until retirement or withdrawal.
What is the difference between pension and superannuation?
Both Super funds and Pension funds are part of the superannuation system. In simple terms, a super fund is what you make contributions to while you are saving for retirement, while a pension fund is a fund that pays you an income when you are retired. You are only allowed to make contributions to a super fund.
What's the best super fund in Australia?
Top 10 Balanced investment options (super funds): 1 year to December 2020
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Super fund Investment option Return
First State Super Balanced Growth 12.5%
OnePath OptiMix Moderate 12.4%
LGSS Balanced 12.3%
Sunsuper Retirement 12.1%
What is the purpose of superannuation in Australia?
'The primary objective of the superannuation system is to provide an adequate income to ensure all Australians achieve a comfortable standard of living in retirement, supplementing or substituting the Age Pension.
How much interest does Super earn?
What happens to your money in a superannuation fund?
The money deposited into your superannuation account is then invested, and the growth reinvested, to help the balance grow. The idea is that, when you retire and no longer receive an income, you can access your superannuation, rather than relying solely on the age pension, to support your lifestyle.
How much super can I have and still get pension?
Is Super an asset for pension?
Superannuation investments (note: your super is not included as an asset while you are under the Age Pension age) Most income streams (including super income streams) Business assets. Motor vehicles, boats and caravans.
Does the US have superannuation?
Quite simply, US employers do not have to sponsor workplace retirement schemes, and US employees are not compelled to participate in such schemes even if their employer offers one. The US voluntary workplace retirement system has led to only about 40% of the working population participating in such plans.
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What are the top 5 super funds in Australia?
Best and worst performing growth super funds
 - Unisuper – Sustainable Balanced. 7.5% …
 - Australian Super – Balanced. 7.4% …
 - Macquarie – Macquarie OneChoice. 7.3% …
 - Unisuper – Balanced. 7.3% …
 - AON – smartMonday MySuper – Age 45. 7.0% …
 - IOOF – MultiMix Balanced Growth. 6.8% …
 - Fiducian – Balanced Fund. 6.6% …
 - Future Super – Balanced Impact. 6.6%
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What are the top 10 superannuation funds in Australia?
Top 10 Growth investment options (super funds): 10 years to December 2020
Super fund Investment option Return (% per yr)
Cbus Growth (Cbus MySuper) 8.9%
Hostplus Balanced 8.8%
CareSuper Balanced 8.5%
VicSuper Growth (MySuper) 8.4%
What Super does Barefoot Investor recommend?
The Barefoot Investor suggests Hostplus, Rest, VisionSuper, AustralianSuper and SunSuper as the best super funds in Australia in 2020.
How super works in Australia?
Super is a way of saving for retirement. Your employer must pay a percentage of your earnings into your super account, and your super fund invests the money until you retire. There are lots of different super funds out there, and different types of accounts.
What is super in Australia salary?
Super guarantee explained
Under Australian legislation, generally your employer must pay 9.5% of your salary into a super fund. It's designed to help you build up and save for retirement. Generally, you're entitled to Super Guarantee (SG) contributions from an employer if: You're 18 years old or over, and.
Does superannuation come out of your pay?
It's important to remember that the compulsory superannuation contribution does not come out of your pay – it's an extra payment made by your employer on your behalf.
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The MacArthur Foundation announced the recipients of its annual $625,000 fellowships—popularly known as "genius grants"—including authors N.K. Jemisin, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Cristina Rivera Garza, and Jacqueline Woodson.
Jemisin, whose most recent novel is The City We Became, was cited by the foundation for "pushing against the conventions of epic science fiction and fantasy genres while exploring deeply human questions about structural racism, environmental crises, and familial relationships."
Sociologist MacMillan Cottom (Thick and Other Essays) was awarded a grant for "shaping discourse on highly topical issues at the confluence of race, gender, education, and digital technology for broad audiences."
Texas-based author Rivera Garza (Grieving) won a fellowship for "exploring culturally constructed notions of language, memory, and gender from a transnational perspective."
Woodson, the National Book Award–winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming, was praised by the foundation for "redefining children's and young adult literature to encompass more complex issues and reflect the lives of Black children, teenagers, and families."
Other authors to be honored by the foundation this year include playwright Larissa FastHorse, anthropologist Mary L. Gray, sociologist Forrest Stuart, historian Natalia Molina, critic and poet Fred Moten, and environmental health advocate Catherine Coleman Flowers (Waste).
The MacArthur grants have been given out each year since 1981. Past authors to win the fellowships have included Cormac McCarthy, Charles Simic, Jorie Graham, Anne Carson, and Valeria Luiselli.
Michael Schaub is a Texas-based journalist and regular contributor to NPR.


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Canadian Centre of Agri-food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM)
The Canadian Centre of Agri-food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM) is working to make Canadians healthier through research into agri-food.
Return to Agriculture in the City Videos
There was a time when most Canadians lived on farms. Today, it's three per cent.
The rest of us live in urban areas such as Winnipeg.
As you might have guessed, the agriculture industry has become more sophisticated, allowing high-quality Canadian food to be produced more efficiently.
The industry is also using agriculture materials for medical and industrial purposes.
Let's take a brief look inside some of the innovative work that's being done in agriculture, one of Manitoba's most important and vibrant industries.
The Canadian Centre for Agri-food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM) is dedicated to understanding the health-related benefits of nutraceuticals, functional foods and natural health products, or health foods.
Dr. Peter Zahradka is the centre's Team Leader.
Here are some pulses, or legumes.
Dr. Peter Zahradka:
Here are some pulses. You might recognize them as beans, peas, and lentils, but in the agriculture industry they're better known as pulses; and they're grown right here in Manitoba.
Here at CCARM we've conducted clinical trials which scientifically prove that pulses like these can play an instrumental role in fighting diseases like atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries.
Our scientists are also conducting a clinical trial to see if flax has beneficial effects for people suffering from heart disease.
When food has a health-promoting or disease-preventing property, we say it's functional. And discovering the functional properties in food is a big part of what we do.
Our work helps farmers make science-based claims about their crops which, in turn, adds value to what they produce.
We can then work to develop new products that improve the health quality of life of Canadians.
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text: This paper experimentally and computationally examines the modal sensors integrated with a recently developed rotary ultrasonic motor (USM) driven by continuous wedge waves of the fundamental modes with the integer circumferential modal number. The traveling wave is formed from constructive interference of two equal-intensity standing waves induced by two comb transducers using dual sinusoidal excitations in 90 degree phase difference. The transducers and modal sensors are segmented in strips around the circumference of piezoelectric tube in the circular wedge-like motor stator. The latter are used to monitor the dynamic response of the stator during operation. The response of USM acquired by the proposed modal sensors has distinct vital characteristics in different frequency bands. The high-pass signals are used not only to note the variation in phase difference between excitations but to detect the resonant frequency, which is altered by payload, wear situation, etc. The low-pass signal reveals the revolution speed and dynamic reaction of the motor stator exerted by frictions and contact forces because of the rotor. The time-frequency response of stator is further characterized during the period in which the revolving direction of rotor is switched over.


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Statement from the National Muslim Task Force & National Black Muslim COVID Coalition regarding Eid ul-Adha
The National Muslim Task Force & National Black Muslim COVID Coalition
July 27th, 2020
The National Muslim Task Force has issued statements throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, from the beginning of the pandemic, during the blessed month of Ramadan, and when masajids were beginning to reopen. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a major threat to the health of our nation, our community, and the world. Here in the United States, there are states that have seen a decline of cases, while other states are seeing large increases in the number of new cases each day. The National Muslim COVID-19 Task Force and the National Black Muslim COVID Coalition strongly recommend that Muslims nationwide continue to take necessary precautions to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, especially during the Eid holiday.
- Continue to follow public health guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by practicing social distancing, wearing masks and staying at home, when possible
- Avoid large congregational prayers to decrease the risk of transmission.
- Recommend praying at home and only have the minimum number of people needed to establish prayer present at the masajids with precautions.
- Donate Zakat, Sadaqah, and Qurbani/Udhiyah to organizations that are supporting vulnerable communities in the United States, local masajids, and abroad.
Protecting human life is one of the fundamental objectives of Islamic Shari'ah, a guiding principle for the Task Force. These recommendations also align with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), World Health Organization (WHO), and state and local jurisdictions.
For vulnerable individuals (elderly, existing conditions like diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, immunocompromised state), this disease continues to have a high mortality rate. Recently, there are more young people, less than age 50, who are becoming infected. The virus continues to cause a severe inflammatory response in children (Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children or MIS-C) that has led to hospitalizations and even death. There is still no known cure or vaccine for COVID-19 and there is inconsistent testing across the United States.
In our history, there have been multiple documented instances where devotional acts such as daily and weekly congregational prayers, including those for funerals, Taraweeh and Eid were temporarily halted to avoid life-threatening, widespread danger from pandemics such as bubonic plague.
It is imperative for the American Muslim community to not let their guard down as COVID-19 continues to spread across the United States. While this pandemic continues to disrupt our daily social and religious norms, we must continue to be vigilant to ensure the safety of our families, neighbors, and communities, regardless of gender, race or school of thought.
For mosques that choose to open back up, we encourage them to fully comply with CDC and local public health guidelines. The National Muslim COVID-19 Task Force has issued a statement regarding how masajids should plan reopening in their communities. We also encourage that they be inclusive as they reopen and avoid discriminating based on gender or age.
The National Muslim COVID-19 Taskforce and the National Black Muslim COVID Coalition pray that Allah (SWT) continue to protect our essential workers, communities,, vulnerable populations, our country and the world from this pandemic and accepts our duas.
- American Muslim Community Foundation
- American Muslim Health Professionals (AMHP)
- Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA)
- Association of Muslim Chaplains (AMC)
- Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA)
- Initiative on Islam & Medicine
- Institute for Muslim Mental Health
- Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA)
- Islamic Networks Group (ING)
- Islamic Relief USA
- Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) Khalil Center
- Muslim American Society (MAS)
- Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative
- Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
- Naseeha USA
- National Black Muslim COVID Coalition
- North American Imams
- Federation (NAIF)
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- The National Muslim COVID-19 Taskforce
- The North American Islamic Trust Inc.
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'Geosystem' is a new term that identifies a very old and well established construction technique which involves using and/or interfacing with the ground (see History). The methodology and engineering input are what make a geo-component a fully working Geosystem. More specifically, 'Geosystems' are defined as composite systems installed and working in the ground which contain three fundamental elements:
Design input and technical expertise are the engineering factors required to ensure a Geosystem is appropriately selected and specified to perform successfully on site:
Selecting the most suitable Geosystem for the site
The selection of a Geosystem needs to be based on the site conditions and on the requirements and aspirations of the client. The Selection of Geosystems page deals in more detail with the suitability of Geosystems for generic types of site. Here are some examples of criteria to take into account when deciding upon the best Geosystem for the site:
Designing a Geosystem
Geo-component suppliers and manufacturers generally offer technical advice and guidance on their products; some suppliers might even offer in-house design services often covered by some level of indemnity.
Whether or not such technical/design services would be suitable and sufficient will depend on the size of the site and contractual conditions within the supply chain (client – contractorsupplier – designer), specifically in relation to liability and requirements for warranties/guarantees.
The help of an independent design professional might be sought to determine if the solutions proposed by manufacturers or suppliers are suitable, in accordance both with relevant design codes or guidance and with the environmental requirements and aspirations of the specific project.
Some examples of how using Geosystems can result in carbon savings are available from the Case Studies section of this module. Resource efficiency is realised through opportunities for using local arisings, including soil excavated from the site, but also through whole life considerations: in general, Geosystems lend themselves for deconstruction and recycling at the end of their service life.
Soil, as used within civil engineering for Geosystems, is any type of unconsolidated fill material, either granular or cohesive. Excavated arisings, imported recycled or natural aggregates, weathered rock, soft clay sediments are all types of soil fill that can be used in Geosystems.
Engineered geo-components are manufactured elements such as meshes, strips, textiles, boxes, tubes etc. made of steel, polymers, natural fibres, concrete, timber etc. They are used to provide a specific function within the geosystem, such as containment/reinforcement of the soil and additional drainage.


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Prejudice against Australian asylum-seekers and their function: Suggestions for anti-prejudice strategies
Pedersen, A., Watt, S. and Griffiths, B. (2008) Prejudice against Australian asylum-seekers and their function: Suggestions for anti-prejudice strategies. In: Second International Conference on "Racisms in the New World Order", 6-7 December 2007, University of the Sunshine Coast.
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Over the last decade or so under the Howard Government, there has been a great deal of controversy regarding the unauthorised arrival of asylum seekers. In this study, we analysed data collected from 602 Western Australians. We investigated why people think the way they do about asylum seekers using the function of attitude literature as a base; specifically participants' values, their experience with asylum seekers, and their reliance on other sources for information. Results indicated that the Perth community overwhelmingly based their attitudes (positive or negative) on their values. Finally, we integrate these findings with other research regarding prejudice against asylum seekers, and give suggestions for attempting to present an alternative – more positive – view of asylum seekers than that often given.
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Determining the distribution of stopover and overwintering areas of migratory animals is essential for understanding population dynamics and building predictive models. Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) are small songbirds that breed across North America. Data from Doppler weather radar and eBird indicate that Tree Swallow numbers increase throughout October and November in southeastern Louisiana, but then decrease during December. We thus hypothesized that southeastern Louisiana is a stopover area used by Tree Swallows during fall migration before they move to farther overwintering areas. We tested this hypothesis by attaching light-logging geolocators to Tree Swallows at five breeding sites spanning the species' breeding range from British Columbia to Nova Scotia, and then tracking their fall migration routes, stopover sites, and wintering locations. Of 38 individuals that returned in the following breeding season, 11 birds from three breeding sites (Saskatchewan, Wisconsin, and Ontario) used southeastern Louisiana as a stopover site. Arrival date and duration of stay closely matched observations from both eBird and radar data. From Louisiana, most Tree Swallows continued their migration to one of three wintering sites: peninsular Florida, the Bahamas, or the Yucatán Peninsula, whereas two birds remained until spring within 200 km of the stopover area. Our results (1) suggest that southeastern Louisiana is an extended stopover site for Tree Swallows that originate from a wide geographic range on the breeding grounds; and (2) demonstrate how geolocators, combined with other sources of movement information, reveal habitat use throughout the annual cycle.
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Lord Vishnu received a curse from one of His most loyal devotees. The curse turned Him into a stone.
 - Who is he/she? What is the reason for Cursing God?
 - Do any Scriptures mention this Curse?
Yes. It was Tulasi who cursed Vishnu to become Saligrama Stone and Tulasi became Gandhaki River and Tulasi plant. Saligrama Stone is Swayambhu representation of Lord Vishnu and one gets many virtues by worshiping it.
Story of Tulasi and Shamkachuda is described in detail from Chapter 27 to Chapter 41 of Rudra Samhita (Yuddha Khanda) of Shiva Mahapurana, from Chapter 17 to Chapter 25, Ninth canto of Devi Bhagavatam and from Chapter 15 to 22 of Prakriti Khanda of Brahma Vaivartara Purana. I will answer this question from Shiva Purana but Devi Bhagavatam and Brahma Vaivartara Purana also says the same.
Tulasi was cowherdess in Golaka (Krishna's Loka) and ardent devotee of Sri Krishna.Radharani cursed Tulasi to get born in country of Bharata and Sudama was born as danava Sankhachuda.
Samkhachuda performs Tapasya for Brahma and gets Krishna Kavacha. Chapter 28 says:
वरं ययाचे ब्रह्माणमजेयत्वं दिवौकसाम्।
तथेत्याह विधिस्तं वै सुप्रसन्नेन चेतसा।। ५ ।।
श्रीकृष्णकवचं दिव्यं जगन्मङ्गलमङ्गलम्।
दत्तवाञ्शङ्खचूडाय सर्वत्र विजयप्रदम्॥६॥
He asked for a boon from Brahma, that he should be invincible from the gods. Brahma, getting pleased said to him, "Be it so." For this purpose he gave him away the Krsna-kavaca which bestowed welfare on the universe and made the holder victorious everywhere.
Samkachuda later marries Tulasi and develops enmity towards Devas listening words of Sukracharya.
During war, divine voice of Brahma (akasavani) says due to kavacha and chastity of his wife Tulasi, Shiva and Devas couldn't kill Samkachuda. Chapter 40 says:
यावदस्य करेऽत्युग्रं कवचं परमं हरेः।
यावत्सतीत्वमस्त्येव सत्या अप्यस्य योषितः ।। १२।।
तावदस्य जरा मृत्युः शडुचूडस्य शडूर!।
नास्तीत्यवितथं नाथ! विधेहि ब्रह्मणो वचः।। १३।।
Till such time the demon carries in his hand the kavaca of Visnu, and till such time the chastity of his wife is preserved, Samkhacuda could neither become old no meet with his death. These are the truthful words of Brahma.
So, Vishnu turns into a Brahmana and asks Kavacha from Samkhachuda and destroys chastity of Tulasi and thereafter Shiva kills demon Shamkachuda with ease.
When Tulasi was lamenting, Shiva manifests there and explains everything to Tulasi. Chapter 41 says:
शङ्कर उवाच
मा रोदीस्तुलसि! त्वं हि भुङ्क्ते कर्मफलं जनः।
सुखदु:खदो न कोऽप्यस्ति संसारे कर्मसागरे॥ ४०॥
Siva said, "O Tulasi, do not lament, Everyone has to reap the reward of his actions. In the ocean of karmas in this World, there is nothing like the pleasure and the pain.
तपस्त्वया कृतं भद्रे! तस्यैव तपसः फलम्।
तदन्यथा कथं स्याद्वै जातं त्वयि तथा च तत्॥ ४२॥
O Tulasi, you discarding this body shall achieve the divine body. Then you taking to the form of Laksmi, would enjoy the company of Visnu daily.
इदं शरीरं त्यक्त्वा च दिव्यदेहं विधाय च।
रमस्व हरिणा नित्यं रमया सदृशी भव॥४३॥
Discarding this body, when you take to the divine form, then you would enjoy the company of Visnu, like LakSmi.
तवेयं तनुरुत्सृष्टा नदीरूपा भवेदिह।
भारते पुण्यरूपा सागण्डकीति च विश्रुता॥४४॥
When your body comes to an end, then you would be known as the auspicious river Gandaki in Bharata.
कियत्काल महादेवि! देवपूजनसाधने। प्रधानरूपा तुलसी भविष्यति वरेण मे॥४५॥
O Great goddess, because of my boon, for a long time you would become the means for the adoration of the gods
। स्वर्ग मत्यें च पाताले तिष्ठ त्वं हरिसन्निधौ।
भव त्वं तुलसीवृक्षो वरा पुष्पेषु सुन्दरी।। ४६॥
You would always keep the company of Visnu in the heaven, earth and Patala. O Beautiful one, among the flowering trees, you would become the beautiful Tulasi plant.
हरिवै शैलरूपी च गण्डकीतीरसन्निधौ।
सङ्करिष्यत्यधिष्ठानं भारते तव शापतः
।। ४९॥
Lord Visnu, because of your curse to him, would remain on your banks in the form of StOne.
तत्र कोट्यश्च कीटाश्च तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रा भयङ्कराः।
तच्छिक्त्वा कुहरे चक्रं करिष्यन्ति तदीयकम्॥५०॥
The crores of terrible sharp-toothed worms shall penetrate and erode the stones and carve rings on it.
शालग्रामशिला सा हि तड़ेदादतिपुण्यदा।
Because of the difference in the cakras, those stone will be termed as representing Laksmi-Narayana etc. and will be treated as auspicious and the bestower of the merits.
शालग्रामशिला विष्णोस्तुलस्यास्तव सङ्गमः।
सदा सादृश्यरूपा या बहुपुण्यविवर्धिनी। ५२॥
The Salagrama-sila of Visnu, and the confluence of Tulasi there, the place will enhance the merits.
तुलसीपत्रविच्छेदं शालग्रामे करोति य:।
तस्य जन्मान्तरे भद्रे! स्त्रीविच्छेदो भविष्यति॥ ५३॥
The one who removes the Tulasi-leaf (Holy basil) with Salagrama-sila, he will not face separation from his wife in the next birth.
Shiva also explains greatness of Saligrama stone and merits acquired by worshiping it in subsequent lines.
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 Same story is found in Devi Bhagavatam. You can add that too. – Rickross Aug 4 '17 at 9:49
 - _USER_ ohh.. I didn't know. I thought Devi Bhagavatam mentioned Lakshmi becomes Tulasi cursing each other (Ganga and Saraswati)? – The Destroyer Aug 4 '17 at 9:50
 - She was overcome by grief as her beloved husband lost his life and worse still her chastity was affected. Thus Tulsi cursed Vishnu to turn as a stone I found this here: kamakoti.org/kamakoti/details/devibhagvatpurana71.html – Rickross Aug 4 '17 at 9:56
The story of the curse of Tulasi is enumerated in shlokas 23 -27, Ninth Canto Chapter 24 of Srimad Devi Bhagavatam. This English translation is from the English Translation by Swami Vijnanananda. Tulasi cursed Lord Vishnu as follows:
"O Lord! Thou art like a stone. Thou hast no mercy. By hypocrisy Thou hast destroyed my chastity, my virtue and for that reason didst kill my husband. O Lord! Thou had no mercy;
Thy heart is like a stone. So Let Thee be turned into a stone. Those who declare Thee as a saint, are no doubt mistaken. Why didst Thou for the sake of


ousman rhyme). To try to improve accuracy, I wrote a regular expression
that interprets the rhyming part of the word as follows:
a) if the word ends in a "y", the rhyming part is the "y" and any vowels
immediately before it: "flY", "plAY".
b) if the word ends in an "e" not directly following a vowel, the rhyming part
is defined like in (c), excecpt the silent "e" is treated as a consonant:
"possIBLE", "remAKE".
c) otherwise, the rhyming part is the part containing the last group of one or
more vowels followed by any consonants: "shACK", "sEA", "sEE".
The regular expression is as follows:
 my $vowel = '[aeiou]';
 my $consonant = '[b-df-hj-np-tv-z]';
 my $consonant_or_e_not_y = '[b-hj-np-tvwxz]';
 my $match_ending_letter = '[aiouy]';
 my $match_continuing_letter = $consonant;
 ) ) {
Though impressive, in practice it's not any more accurate than the last-threeletters algorithm, and it's probably less accurate. Oh, well.
Finding rhymes is truly not for the fainthearted programmer. For example, the
words "food" and "good" don't rhyme even though their spelling suggests that
they would, and the word "read" can be pronounced either like "reed" or "red",
depending on its function in the sentence.
But if you ever do get really good at teaching poetry to computers, perhaps
you can join Damian Conway, "the mad scientist of Perl", who wrote a Perl
module to automatically generate a haiku before displaying an error message.
As he puts it:
 When a program dies
 what you need is a moment
 of serenity.
7) Past Information
Part 1: Getting Started
Part 2: Scalar Data
Part 3: User Input
Part 4: Control Structures
Part 4.5, a review with a little new information at the end:
Part 5: The "tr///" Operator
Part 6: The "m//" Operator
Part 7: More About "m//"
8) Credits
Works cited: "man perlop"
Thanks to Jacinta Richardson for fact checking.
9) Licensing
This course (i.e., all parts of it) is copyright 2003 by Alice Wood and Dan
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I've been working on trying to solve the problem of calculating the average of a row of numbers in which some of the cells have a null value. I'm convinced there's no easy way to do this. I found an example on the net that I have been working from but I can't seem to get that to work either. The example is:
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT *, (COALESCE(example, 0) + COALESCE(example2, 0) + COALESCE(example3, 0)) / (3 - (COALESCE(example - example, 1) + COALESCE(example2 - example2, 1) + COALESCE(example3 - example3, 1)) ) AS row_avg FROM attrib1 WHERE recid=".$recordid) or die(mysql_error());
I'm not sure what exactly this query is doing, and thus equally unsure of how to use it do my advantage. Any input would greatly appreciated.


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Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze the corneal morphology features and define mutations in the UbiA prenyltransferase domain–containing 1 (UBIAD1) gene in patients with Schnyder corneal dystrophy from a Polish population.
Methods: Five affected and 15 unaffected members originating from 3 families with Schnyder corneal dystrophy were included in the study. Phenotype analysis consisted of visual acuity, slit-lamp biomicroscopy with photography, time domain optical coherence tomography, spectral domain optical coherence tomography, and confocal microscopy. Three patients underwent a penetrating keratoplasty. Corneal buttons obtained from the penetrating keratoplasty were processed for light microscopy.
Results: A novel mutation I245N of the UBIAD1 gene was revealed in 1 proband and associated with the phenotype without central corneal opacities. The analysis of the other patients showed the N102S mutation. In vivo corneal morphology analysis using optical coherence tomography and confocal microscopy confirmed the presence of multiple crystalline corneal deposits in all affected corneas. The histological examination revealed multiple empty widenings of the corneal lamellae that could represent lipids removed from the specimen.
Conclusions: N102S may also be a mutation hotspot in the Polish population, as in other previously reported populations. Corneal crystals formed a characteristic pattern on optical coherence tomography scans.


Sprite vs Coke: What's the Difference?
Sprite vs Coke
Both Sprite and Coke are owned by The Coca-Cola Company.
Coke was created by a pharmacist in Atlanta, Georgia named Dr. John S. Pemberton and was first introduced in 1886. Businessman, Asa Candler, purchased the Coke recipe from Pemberton in 1888 and a few years later started The Coca-Cola Company. Coke is currently the best-selling soda in the world and has been so for many decades.
Sprite is a much younger brand of soda compared to Coke. It wasn't until 1959 that Sprite was first produced in West Germany as Clear Lemon Fanta. When the beverage was launched in the United States in 1961 it was manufactured under the name Sprite.
Coca-Cola (Coke) – Carbonated Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Caramel Color, Phosphoric Acid, Natural Flavors, Caffeine.
Most people are aware that Sprite is a lemon-lime soda and Coke is a cola. Naturally, they have different ingredients based on the type of sodas they are. While the ingredients for both products are listed above, they are not specific with the complete formulas used by The Coca-Cola Company.
For example, one theory is that Coke's flavoring comes from coca leaf extract (stripped of cocaine), citric acid, caffeine, sugar, water, lime juice, vanilla, caramel, alcohol, orange oil, lemon oil, nutmeg oil, coriander, neroli and cinnamon [source]. Of course, Sprite is citrus based and is at least partly flavored by the citric acid ingredient. Like Coke, its true formula is an unknown.
Sprite is a caffeine-free beverage. However, if you look at the ingredients of Coke listed above, you will notice caffeine as an ingredient. The caffeine in Coke is low in comparison to coffee and many energy drinks. It has 34 milligrams in a 12 fluid ounce serving. As a reference, a brewed coffee has approximately 144 milligrams of caffeine and a Red Bull has 114 milligrams of caffeine per 12 fluid ounces.
Caffeine in Coke
Serving SizeCaffeineCaffeine/Fluid Ounce
7.5 fl oz21mg2.8mg
12 fl oz34mg2.83mg
16.9 fl oz48mg2.84mg
20 fl oz57mg 2.85mg
Nutrition Facts
Let's take a look at the nutrition facts of Sprite vs Coke. Specifically, is one "healthier" than the other in regard to the nutrition data such as calories and sugar.
Both have 140 calories, and no fat or protein. Sprite has 20 milligrams more sodium, but one gram less sugar and carbs. Overall, most people won't opt for one soda over the other simple for better nutrition. The caffeine content (or lack thereof) is likely a bigger factor than the difference in nutrition between Sprite vs Coke.
Serving Size12 fl oz (1 can)12 fl oz (1 can)
Total Fat0g0g
Total Carbohydrates38g39g
Total Sugars38g39g
While prices of Sprite and Coke vary from store to store, they are commonly the same price when each is bought at the same store. The table below provides an idea of the prices some people may pay for Sprite or Coke at popular grocery stores. Prices may vary based on where you purchase your soda.
SEE ALSO>>>Sprite vs 7Up
2 Liter Prices – Sprite vs Coke
Sprite (2 Liters)Coke (2 Liters)
Big Lots$1.90not available
Giantnot available$2.29
12 Pack/12 fl oz Cans Prices – Sprite vs Coke
Sprite (12 Pack/12 fl oz Cans)Coke (12 Pack/12 fl oz Cans)
Walmartnot available$4.98
Big Lots$5.15$5.15
Poll: Sprite vs Coke – Pick A Favorite
Okay, Sprite and Coke are totally different sodas. However, if you had to pick a favorite, which one would you choose? Vote for the one you like best in the poll below!


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Developing an Emic Scale to Measure Ad-Evoked Nostalgia in a Collectivist Emerging Market, India
Although there has been recent interest in the measurement of advertising-evoked nostalgia, the dimensionality and generalizability of the related scales are restricted to the national/cultural boundaries of Western nations. In the present study, we develop an emic scale to measure ad-evoked personal nostalgia in an important emerging economy, India, refining and purifying the scale with seven separate studies (with a combined sample size of 1823). The resulting scale contains five dimensions: past imagery, physiological reactions, positive emotions, negative emotions and collective nostalgia. In the present study, we follow rigorous scale development procedures, and we also go beyond by comparing the effectiveness of our emic scale with a previous scale developed in France (etic), and subsequently we test our measure in another (culturally-congruent) market – Bangladesh. Our study emphasizes the need for culture-specific measures (emic), and we present important theoretical and managerial insights. © 2019 Elsevier Inc.
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The State Department on Monday launched the Open Book Project, an initiative designed to promote and create open-access Arabic language educational resources.
State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs is working with the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization to create open access educational resources with a specific focus on science and technology oriented materials, according to a fact sheet released Friday.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that the initiative was launching at a time when "young people's hunger for knowledge, opportunity and good jobs" has never been greater, especially in the countries of the Arab Spring. She said State was primed to find common ground with foreign governments and students looking for economic advancement.
"We see partnerships like this as one chance to bridge [divides]," Clinton said.
Open educational resources are tools that provide learning materials – such as e-books, audiovisual media and tutorials – for free to anyone with equipment to access them. Most OERs, such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's OpenCourseware, are stored on Internet servers and can serve masses through open online courses.
State said its Open Book Project will:
- Support the creation of Arabic-language Open Educational Resources and work to translate existing material.
- Help distribute the materials free of charge through partners.
- Train governments, teachers, students and individuals looking to use these resources.
- Promote and raise awareness of open educational resources.


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From the CBMR Library and Archives
Before 1920, African-American popular musicians were largely ignored by the recording industry. In 1920 African-American songwriter Perry Bradford convinced the OKeh recording company to record Vaudeville singer Mamie Smith and a black jazz band performing his song "Crazy Blues." It was a hit, especially with African-American record buyers, causing OKeh to begin a series of recordings by African-American artists specifically intended for African-American audiences. Other record companies soon followed. The concept of "race records" and of targeting audiences by race or ethnic identity is still a common practice in the recording industry. At the time, however, the published sheet music for a song was still the primary means of its dissemination, although the OKeh recording is prominently advertised.


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Blackburn, George Alan (1998) Spectral indices for estimating photosynthethic pigment concentrations : a test using senescent tree leaves. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 19 (4). pp. 657-675.Full text not available from this repository.
The possibility of estimating the concentration of individual photosynthetic pigments within vegetation from reflectance spectra offers great promise for the use of remote sensing to assess physiological status, species type and productivity. This study evaluates a number of spectral indices for estimating pigment concentrations at the leaf scale, using samples from deciduous trees at various stages of senescence. Two new indices (PSSR and PSND) are developed which have advantages over previous techniques. The optimal individual wavebands for pigment estimation are identified empirically as 680 nm for chlorophyll a, 635 nm for chlorophyll b and 470 nm for the carotenoids. These wavebands are justified theoretically and are shown to improve the performance of many of the spectral indices tested. Strong predictive models are demonstrated for chlorophyll a and b, but not for the carotenoids and the paper explores the reasons for this.
|Journal or Publication Title:||International Journal of Remote Sensing|
|Subjects:||G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General)|
|Departments:||Faculty of Science and Technology > Lancaster Environment Centre|
|Deposited By:||Dr GA Blackburn|
|Deposited On:||07 Feb 2007|
|Last Modified:||26 Jul 2012 18:09|
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Build A Plane builds on early success
As part of a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) initiative to get children more interested in math, science, and technology, Build A Plane, Cessna, and Parametric Technology Corporation will be supplying computer-aided design software to schools for kids to design new aircraft. The program allows students to collaborate via the Web with engineers from the DOE and Cessna.
Build A Plane also announced at Oshkosh on July 29 that the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) is supporting Build A Plane participants from Kentucky at the show. The students are restoring an Aeronca Champ, and they will be working on it throughout the show at GAMA's booth.
Build A Plane was formed to get children excited about aviation. The group's first project was a Cessna 150 in California. By the end of the refurbishment, two students had soloed, two were attending airframe and powerplant school on the weekends, and one had enrolled at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The group now has 70 airplanes in schools around the country.
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Research shows benefits of poverty simulation for university students
March 25, 2011Print
- Denise Horton
Athens, Ga. - An article by two University of Georgia researchers in the latest issue of the Journal of Poverty demonstrates that students participating in a simulation "soften their attitudes" regarding those who live in poverty.
Sharon Y. Nickols, the Janette McGarity Barber Distinguished Professor in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, and Robb Nielsen, an assistant professor in the college, conducted both a qualitative and quantitative study to determine whether students developed "social empathy" after participating in a two-and-a-half hour simulation titled, "Welcome to the State of Poverty."
During the simulation, students in Nickols' course on managing family resources are clustered into various family groups-two parents and two children; an older woman living alone; a single mother with two children; and a cohabiting couple, for example. Faculty members and other volunteers play the roles of community members, such as the town banker, pawn shop owner and a social services employee. During the course of the simulation, the participants must accomplish a variety of tasks, including buying groceries, paying their bills and caring for both toddlers and aging parents while subsisting on low wages and other issues, such as being unable to speak English. During the course of each 15-minute "month," new situations are randomly interjected. In some cases, these are helpful events, such as an unemployed parent receiving a job. In other cases, the events add to the families' difficulties, such as a family without health insurance facing illness.
The simulation, which is led by Cooperative Extension Multicultural Specialist Sharon Gibson, has been used for many years with a variety of community leaders to help them realize the complexities of poverty, but the study by Nickols and Nielsen is apparently the first to measure its impact on college students.
In conducting their study, Nickols and Nielson used two ways of measuring students' attitudes-a preand post-test and a reflective paper that was written after the simulation. What they found, according to Nielsen, was that the students were better able to identify with the experiences and reactions of those in adverse or difficult situations.
"It wasn't a dramatic change, but we didn't expect a dramatic change," he said. "These students started relatively empathetic and became more empathetic."
Among the changes, participants in the simulation shifted their opinions about whether people who are poor attempt to get out of poverty; whether they attempt to save money; and whether they'd rather work than be on welfare. In addition, their views on whether the poor have equal access to health care and whether the government does enough to help those who are poor, also shifted. They gained a better understanding of the fact that there are more children than adults living in poverty.
In looking at the reflective papers the students wrote a week after the simulation, the researchers found that 65 of the 75 students who wrote papers described themselves as having gained greater insights into the lives of the poor as a result of the simulation. Among the remaining students, seven reported no change in their opinions (in some cases, they stated they already were empathetic to the poor) and the responses of three students were ambiguous.
"I began to understand and realize that it's not always a person's fault for being in a poverty-stricken lifestyle," wrote one student. "Just sitting in an environment of failure makes your own drive to succeed that much harder."
Another student was surprised by the difficulty of assessing social services: "I knew very little about TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families). I cannot imagine that everyone that is in need of help knows all about the programs available to them."
One finding the authors hadn't anticipated, based on previous studies that examined empathy, was the stress the participants felt as they inhabited the roles of those living in poverty.
"The stress...was brought on entirely by my family's financial insecurity," a student said. "I had little time to do anything other than go to work, run errands and pay the bills; I barely saw my children or husband and never had the chance to relax."
"Getting groceries, applying for TANF and food stamps and going to the QuickCash all took so long to get accomplished," wrote another. "I think that many people in poverty would feel like they were on a treadmill, not really getting anywhere."
"Much of what students learn in the family resources class emphasizes the breadth of resources that are available, including time, space, and family and community support, in addition to the monetary and material goods we frequently think of," Nickols said. "Part of what this simulation demonstrates is what happens when you're missing a number of those resources."
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Which is better to use, triple eccentric butterfly valve or double eccentric butterfly valve
Posted by Bundor valve
Question: Hello! Butterfly valve has triple eccentric butterfly valve and double eccentric butterfly valve. Apart from the literal meaning, what are the main differences between the two kinds of butterfly valves? Triple eccentric butterfly valve and double eccentric butterfly valve which is better?
Bundor valve: The double eccentric butterfly valve is further improved on the basis of the single eccentric butterfly valve, which is also the most widely used. The structure is characterized in that the valve stem axis deviates from both the center of butterfly plate and the center of body.
The effect of double eccentric soft sealing butterfly valve enables the butterfly plate to quickly separate from the valve seat after the valve is opened, greatly eliminating the unnecessary over extrusion and scraping between the butterfly plate and the valve seat, reducing the opening distance, reducing the wear and improving the service life of the valve seat.
The double eccentric butterfly valve can also adopt the metal seat, which improves the application of the butterfly valve in the field of high temperature. However, the sealing principle is position sealing structure, that is, the sealing surface of butterfly plate and valve seat is in line contact, and the sealing effect is produced by the elastic deformation which caused by the butterfly plate pressing the valve seat. Therefore, the requirements for the closing position are very high (especially for the metal valve seat), and the pressure bearing capacity is low. This is why people traditionally think that the butterfly valve is not resistant to high pressure and has a large amount of leakage.
When the butterfly valve used in high temperature environment, must use hard seal, but the leakage is large; to zero leakage, must use soft seal, but cannot be used in high temperature environment. In order to overcome the contradiction of double eccentric butterfly valve, the triple eccentric of butterfly valve was carried out.
The structure of triple eccentric butterfly valve is, When the axis position of the double eccentric valve rod is eccentric，the conical axis of the sealing surface of the butterfly plate is inclined to the axis of the main cylinder. That is to say, after the third eccentric, the sealing section of butterfly plate is no longer a circle, but an ellipse, and the shape of the sealing surface is asymmetric, one side is inclined to the center line of the body, the other side is parallel to the body centerline.
Double eccentric butterfly valve is designed with eccentric structure, which is widely used in the fluid pipeline system of water supply and drainage, sewage, construction, petroleum, chemical industry, light textile, papermaking, hydropower, metallurgy, energy and other projects for regulation and closure.
Triple eccentric butterfly valve is used in oil exploitation, oil refining, petrochemical, energy power generation and other major industrial areas of important pipelines, and as people continue to research, I believe triple eccentric butterfly valve will be applied to more and more fields.
The application range of triple eccentric butterfly valve and double eccentric butterfly valve is different, so it can't compare which one is better ;
Bundor valve reminds you to select matching valves reasonably according to your actual working conditions. If you have any questions, please consult online customer service.


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Stone sentries outside of the shop of Tobho Mott in King's Landing are decorated as griffin and unicorn knights. There are also plundered griffins at Vaes Dothrak. Qarth contains fountains in the shapes of griffins, dragons, and manticores. Among the grotesques and gargoyles of Dragonstone are griffins.
House Connington of Griffin's Roost has dancing griffins on their sigil, and their leaders sit the gilded Griffin Seat. The family's battle cry is "A griffin! A griffin!" According to the tale of the Knight of the Laughing Tree, the lord of griffins was present for the great tourney. Ser Alyn Connington of the Kingsguard was known as the Pale Griffin.
A Clash of Kings
- A Feast for Crows, Chapter 41, Alayne II.
- The World of Ice & Fire, The Vale: House Arryn.
- A Game of Thrones, Chapter 27, Eddard VI.
- A Game of Thrones, Chapter 36, Daenerys IV.
- A Clash of Kings, Chapter 27, Daenerys II.
- A Storm of Swords, Chapter 54, Davos V.
- A Feast for Crows, Chapter 27, Jaime III.
- A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 61, The Griffin Reborn.
- A Storm of Swords, Chapter 24, Bran II.
- A Storm of Swords, Chapter 67, Jaime VIII.
- A Clash of Kings, Chapter 2, Sansa I.


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Deformational Behaviour Of FRP Confined Concrete Under Sustained Compression
- International Institute for FRP in Construction, Florida International University
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- CICE 2006 - Composites in Civil Engineering, 2006, pp. 207 - 210
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Confining concrete is an effective method to enhance the strength and ductility of reinforced concrete columns. Fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites are emerging as a suitable confining material to replace conventional materials such as steel and fibre-reinforced cement composites. Past research on the behaviour of FRP confined concrete in compression is considerable however limited research has been reported on the behaviour of confined concrete under sustained compressive loading. This paper reports the preliminary results of an experimental investigation on the deforinational behaviour of carbon FRP (CFRP) confined concrete columns under sustained compressive stress levels corresponding to 40% and 60% of the unconfined concrete compressive strength for up to 50 days. The results show that the creep of confined concrete columns is marginally influenced under moderate sustained stress/strength ratios.
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Natural native-spoken Spanish can be challenging for learners. Not everyone speaks slowly and precisely like the teacher in your classroom, or the way they speak in made-for-study recordings. Lupa stories, by Radio Ambulante, are made for native listeners. This is exactly what you need to train your ears.
Lupa lets you slow everything down, all the way to half speed (0.5x), using the audio speed controls.
Make sure Assist Mode is on (the 'light bulb' icon is yellow.)
While studying a new chapter, find a comfortable speed where you can hear at least half of the words. After you feel confident with the material, make sure to listen once through the chapter with Assist Mode off (white 'light bulb' icon) so your ears get used to listening at native speeds.
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First Way (My Advice);
1 – Power Off Nas and Plug out all HDDs,
2 – Start Qnap witout HDD's
3 – A few minutes later, Qnapfinder should find your NAS. Start the setup.
4 – When Qnap ask you to Plug HDD, one by one, but wait 15 second while inserting next one
5 – After 15 minutes, Qnap should format & Installation should complete. Now login device and go to RAID Managments screen. Plug all HDD's, and start "Format" Process for all HDDs.
6 – If all HDD scan result is Good, Start building RAID at the same menu. This should take around 12 Hours to complete synronization.
Login Qnap and go to Administration Page -> Reset to Factory Defaults. This will Reset, Format and Install RAID system.
Qnap Offical Complete Reinitialization Document;
The following information is two methods for performing a complete re-installation of a QNap NAS. The first involves hot swapping the hard disks at a particular point in the process. The second involves installing the hard disks in another computer and using an application to remove the partitions from the drives.
DANGER: BOTH METHODS DESCRIBED BELOW WILL DELETE ALL DATA. IF YOU GOT IT AND WANT TO KEEP IT. BACK IT UP!
Method 1 (Hot swapping)
- Remove your HDD(s) from the tray (if for TS-109, the same).
- Boot up the NAS without HDD(s) installed. You will hear a short beep, and after about 1~2 minutes, a long beep.
- The system will use the embedded image to boot up.
- Then run the Finder on your PC, it will help you to find the NAS on the network.
- Use the default ID (admin) and password (admin) to login if it asks.
- Hot-plug the HDD(s) into the NAS.
- Go through the installation process including formating hard disk and installing the firmware.
Method 2 (Manually removing partitions using a Windows PC)
- Shut down the NAS and remove the HDD(s) from the tray.
- Install the HDD(s) in a Microsoft Windows client machine.
- Boot the client computer and open the Computer Management application. (Right click My Computer –> Manage)
- Locate the HDD(s) from the NAS in the Disk Management section and delete all the partitions.
- Shut down the client computer and remove the HDD(s).
- Install the HDD(s) in the NAS.
- Boot the NAS. As there is no OS installed the NAS uses its embedded image to boot.
- Run the QNAP Finder application on the client machine to locate and connect to the NAS.
- Use the default username (admin) and password (admin) to login if it ask.
- Go through the installation process including formatting the HDD(s) and installing the firmware.
Method 3 (Manually removing partitions using QNAP)
- On TS110, TS210 there is fdisk available. So login to your QNAP with ssh and type in mount on the list find the device binded with /share/HDA_DATA (for single disk configuration) or /share/MD0_DATA (for raid configurations). Launch fdisk with the disk as a parameter and remove all partitions.
- There is also another more brutal way to destroy the partition table on the disk: dd if=/dev/urandom of= bs=1024k count=1.


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A shell flute was a shell drilled with a pattern of holes which was used by members of the sentient aquatic Mairan species to communicate in their native language. To use the flute, a Mairan individual would place the drilled side of the shell against its blowhole and play the music-like notes of the Mairan language. In 23 ABY, when Tenel Ka, the Hapan-Dathomiri princess, was staying on Reef Fortress Island on the planet Hapes, she used the translator droid M-TD to speak with a Mairan ambassador who was using a shell flute.
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- Young Jedi Knights: Lightsabers (First appearance)


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AfriGeneas Military Research Forum Archive
Re: Civil War Pension Question
In Response To: Civil War Pension Question ()
In the pension application files, there are numerous cases of men with the same last name, and equally numerous cases of men who served under more than one name. So, you will see files with Jones, Washington/Demus, Abraham W.....or similar. In some of the Black units especially, there were several men with the same name. As you can imagine-the George Washingtons, Thomas Jeffersons, Smiths, Jones, Black, etc were frequent occurrences. It was frustrating for both the officers and men. In one regiment alone, there could be more than thirty men with the same name.
Yet another problem was in the contested pensions-where a man had left more than one widow/family who claimed to be his heirs. I know of at least one case, where four women claimed to be the spouse, and quite possibly were.
What exactly did the message you received say? It might be a clue as to why there was a problem. Small details like mispellings in the records-or changes over time within the family, uses of initials, nicknames or middle names used as given name, location of enlistment, regiment/company, etc. all will complicate your efforts.


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I've noticed that often authors will comment that "descent theory" shows that some sheaf in the étale topology is actually a scheme. I was wondering what result in descent theory actually implies this(a statement and reference for the result is what is requested in case an actual explanation would take too long). I understand how descent theory is what allows one to define and construct stacks, but I've never seen a result which says something to this effect (for example, I haven't seen it in Vistoli's stack notes in FGA explained) and it seems to be used often in verifying that something is a DM stack.
For example, Edidin states in the proof of Prop. 2.2 of his notes on $M_g$ that "$\underline{\mathrm{Iso}}_B(e,e')$ is the étale sheaf which is the quotient of $(X\times_{X\times X} E\times_B E')$ by the free group action of $G$. Moreover, descent theory shows that this sheaf is in fact a scheme."
In the proof of Theorem 3.2 there, he similarly writes, "Descent theory says that in this case a quotient $C=C_E/PGL(N+1)$ also exists as a scheme."
One finds similar statements in the other standard papers about DM stacks. I was wondering what results in "descent theory" they are referring to.
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Minor note for HNuer and Chris Gerig: If by some chance it is difficult for you to type "é" using your keyboard, you could look up "etale topology" on Wikipedia (or your favorite search engine), and copy-paste from there. – S. Carnahan Nov 21 '12 at 5:16
You may want to look again in the last chapter of Vistoli's notes. He describes a few situations where descent is effective on schemes, and an example where it is not. Usually, the examples in the literature fall into one of the good situations, but unfortunately for readers, authors often don't bother to say precisely why. – S. Carnahan Nov 21 '12 at 5:26
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When you post a question, it would be good if you include enough explanations not to force the interested reader to go search for a paper online.
Anyway, the general question is: suppose that we have an fpqc covering of schemes $Y'\to Y$ and a scheme $X' \to Y'$ with descent data. When can I conclude that $X'$ descends to a scheme over $Y$? I know of two general results in this direction: this works when $X'$ is affine over $Y'$, of when there is a relative ample line bundle $L'$ on $X'$, and the descent data can be extended to $L'$. These are covered in my notes on descent theory: the first is in 4.3.1, the second in 4.3.3. Affine descent applies to the first of the cases you mention, descent via ample line bundles to the second.
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I certainly apologize Angelo. In the future I will try to include more background to my question to make it self-contained. Thank you for pointing to those specific theorems in your notes. I of course had read those theorems when learning about descent, but the general use of the phrase "by descent theory" threw me off as to what statements were being used and how, as S. Carnahan pointed out above. Thanks for the response and sorry again. – HNuer Nov 21 '12 at 14:54
You are welcome. There is no need to apologize. – Angelo Nov 21 '12 at 15:42
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A tall shrub or small tree with a single or multiple stems, red buckeye produces showy clusters of bright red flowers in early to late spring. The palmately compound leaves have 5 leaflets and generally emerge before the flowers. As is true of other buckeyes in Texas, the leaves of red buckeye fall in midto late summer. The loss of leaves is usually associated with a disease complex, although it is not necessarily the primary cause. The defoliation is sometimes less severe in the partial shade of the eastern forests. Red buckeye typically grows as an understory tree in the moist, rich, slightly acidic soils of the Pineywoods, but it is found as well on the Post Oak Savannah, Blackland Prairies and Edwards Plateau, where it hybridizes with Aesculus pavia var. flavescens.
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What should you do if you've been given the task to be in charge of divvying up a parent's estate that includes assorted tangible items?
Minneapolis Tribune's article entitled "A clever way to divvy up items after a parent's death" says that some families do it, by taking turns selecting which items each will keep.
The article discusses how a family decided to divide things up their mom's grand estate and how the method the family used to divvy up the tangible items could be one that other families with much smaller estates could use.
After their mom's death at 93, the brother and sister co-executors created an inventory of 724 items in her estate that had monetary or sentimental value. These included things like furniture, artwork, oriental rugs, cutlery, china, a piano and a car. They didn't include their mom's jewelry, books or linens, or her silver, gold and collectible coins. The four siblings all agreed to sell the coins and to deal with the many books, linens, and jewelry more informally, after the more significant items had been distributed.
The family didn't use the common way of disbursing tangible items of an estate, in which family members take turns choosing items. With over 700 items, that could take a while. They felt that system wouldn't maximize the value received by the four children and seven grandchildren. Instead, their process for dividing the intangible items used the following steps:
 1. The inventory was given to all four siblings and asked each one to state the items that they were interested in. This divided the 724 items into three groups: (a) stuff in which no one had an interest; (b) stuff in which only one person had an interest; and (c) those in which two or more were interested. Things in which no one had an interest, were set aside to be sold or given away, and those who were the only siblings to want certain items got them.
 2. They then made lists of items in which more than one sibling expressed an interest. Each received a list of those items. They were not given information on ones in which they weren't interested—one of two ways the system wasn't transparent.
 3. Each person was then "given" 500 virtual poker chips that he or she could use to bid for contested items. However, prior to the bidding deadline, they could talk with one another about their intentions. The result was that many had bid for several similar items, like family pictures, bookcases and oriental rugs — when they really only wanted one from each category. Thus, they agreed among themselves who would receive each one, without wasting too many chips. This also avoided two siblings using a lot of tokens to bid for a particular item, and no one bidding on another similar one.
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It was time-consuming and took several months, but the siblings thought that their system was very fair and the process, unlike what is done in some other family estates, relieved tensions and brought the siblings closer together.
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What is Syndication Loan? (Part 2)
Benefit of Syndication
The major benefit of syndication to Borrower is the large financing amount to be provided by a group of lenders for capital intensive project. Since all lenders share the same credit risk for a single transaction, Borrower do not have to approach and negotiate with numerous lenders to fulfil a single purpose substantial financing. Syndication loans save the time and most likely the cost of financing for Borrower. Imagine if a lender could save the time to conduct due diligence, terms negotiation and client acquisition, the lender would accept a lower lending rate due to saved staff cost and administrative cost. Since MLAB involve in syndication loan market everyday, it has the first hand information on risk appetite of lenders and market price benchmarking which Borrower usually do not have even though there is technological tool to access these information. Last but not the least, the repayment record of syndication elicits a positive reputation to lending market which makes borrower easier to obtain financing in the future.
From the lender side, syndication loan helps the lender to diversify credit risk which is substantial for a single lender to take up the whole syndication loan amount. MLAB act as arranger and bear major responsibility on administration. The MLAB earn an arrangement fee from Borrower which enhance the fee income to compensate the lost interest income from the shared syndication amount. Overall speaking, MLAB could enhance the Risk adjusted return on capital (RAROC) for the bank by arranging a syndication.
Pricing of Syndication
Syndicated Loan can be structured in different types of loans and securities. The varying loan types offer different types of interest, such as fixed or floating interest rates, which makes it more flexible for the borrower. A floating interest rate refers to a variable interest rate that changes over the duration of the debt obligation. Floating interest rate is usually calculated as a base rate plus interest margin. Below is a floating rate example from FinMonster Loan Market, the interest margin is 2.92% while the base rate is HIBOR. Common base rate is Prime Rate, HIBOR or LIBOR in Hong Kong which is determined by the interest fixing date. The most common fixing period is every three months (given 3-months period base rate is chosen).
Mentioned in last article, Pricing of syndication also include the Upfront Fee to be charged from loan proceed. The Upfront fee is a tiered fee base on the financing amount. From the example of Country Garden below, financing amount above HKD75M is top tier lender who change 2.35% Upfront Fee. Second tier lender financing above HKD50M charge 2.17% as Upfront Fee.
From the bank perspective, the higher the Upfront Fee is more attractive in terms of return between two identical deal with same all in yield. The higher Upfront Fee proportion means higher immediate return from the transaction. However, borrower has the other way round of measurement with bank given the available fund from the loan is deducted by the Upfront Fee.
Financial Covenants
Syndication loan is a committed loan. Lenders shall fulfil the obligation to fund the drawdown as long as drawdown conditions are complied. To mitigate the credit risk concern of lenders and closely monitor the credit risk during the tenor, other than borrower undertakings, financial covenants ("covenants") are generally applied to control the borrower investment and monitor the borrower business performance. Compare with public debt, public bonds are widely held and easily transferable, permitting holders to inexpensively diversify, manage, and transfer credit risk. The result is typically less restrictive covenants in light of greater publicly available information about those borrowers, the higher cost to monitor and enforce compliance, and a decline in the ability to mitigate credit risk through contract. By contrast, private debt builds on the pre-existing relationship between lenders and borrowers. Covenants are applied in order to control the borrower's activities. However, covenants can be expensive and imperfect predictors of management behaviour, reflecting the low possibility to assess business performance. Compare with public debt market, the risk that some covenants will limit profitable activity is offset by the ability, among a small group of lenders, to inexpensively renegotiate covenants that have become too restrictive, as well as to exercise control rights.
Covenant level are determined, in part, by the amount of borrower information that a lender possesses or can be cheaply acquired. If the lender is less well-informed, it is more likely to seek stricter covenants in order to more closely control a borrower's future activities. The level of financial covenants are set base on the business forecast agreed by Borrower and Lenders. Below are the general financial covenants applied in syndication loan.
CovenantType of CovenantCovenantType of Covenant
Debt to EBITDALeverage Current RatioLiquidity
Leverage RatioLeverage Debt Service CoverageLiquidity
Debt to Tangible Net WorthLeverage Cash Interest CoverageLiquidity
Debt to EquityLeverage Fixed Charge CoverageLiquidity
Loan to ValueLeverage Interest CoverageLiquidity
Tangible Net WorthNet Worth Quick RatioLiquidity
CapexCapex EBITDALiquidity
Concluding Remarks
This article provides a high level of introduction to syndication loan. Detail of terms and mechanism is complex for syndication base on different financing purpose. A simple corporate loan is straightforward without complicated undertakings and covenants. However, a highly leverage financing such as Leverage Buyout or Project Financing, the terms could be lengthy and complicated. The role of MLAB is important for structuring a marketable transaction which can be concluded for Borrower. Other than structuring, execution is another key for MLAB as there is a lot of parties shall be involved such as participant, legal counsel, consultancy, regulator, etc. All the terms in the facility agreement are set in order to mitigate and control the credit risk to be taken by the lenders according to the business of borrower. Therefore, a gate keeper on documentation execution as last step is also crucial for borrower to avoid post transaction administration and potential default.
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Hot on the heels of the recent Ipsos Mori research that showed a shift to more positive views on the impact of immigration over the last two years, a new report from independent trust Power to Change reveals that the role of migrant communities is indeed one to celebrate; for their positive influence on business start-up rates.
The new report Neighbourhood Economic Models finds that start-up rates for small businesses are higher than average in areas where:
- recent immigration from inside and outside the EU is higher
- income and education standards among residents are higher
- levels of opportunity within a community is higher, even where income is relatively low (measured by the number of children on free school meals going on to higher education)
Neighbourhood Economic Models concludes that migration rates, along with the social class mix and equality of opportunity for local people, can help generate jobs and opportunities in areas where there is too little of both.
Genevieve Maitland Hudson, Head of Evaluation and Impact Assessment at Power to Change, said:
"This research can help us answer questions which have long dogged government, about making sure local economies really thrive.
"If we follow the evidence we can see that entrepreneurial ideas are more likely to emerge in places where migrants have chosen to settle, and where there are already skilled people and a sense of opportunity. These start-up businesses have the potential to help generate local jobs and create income for that community. We need to think hard about how to sustain that entrepreneurial buzz and maintain a healthier local economy."
Neil Reeder, author of the report and Director of Head and Heart Economics, said:
"Enterprise is at its strongest when there is co-operation in the community. Help and advice from those nearby when their business is fragile and under pressure, and openness to ideas and inspiration from around the world generate local jobs.
"The Brexit vote, and reactions to that vote, have shown that neither aspect of co-operation can be taken for granted. But the recent opinion polls show views can change. There is a huge amount to do, not least in devising and implementing new ways for enterprises of all sizes to access global relationships and insights."
Power to Change is an independent trust, whose funding is used to strengthen community businesses across England. At a time when many parts of the UK face cuts, neglect and social problems, we are helping local people come together to take control, and make sure their local areas survive and stay vibrant.


Albemarle Sound
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Albemarle Sound (/ˈælbəˌmɑːrl/) is a large estuary on the coast of North Carolina in the United States located at the confluence of a group of rivers, including the Chowan and Roanoke. It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Currituck Banks, a barrier peninsula upon which the town of Kitty Hawk is located, at the eastern edge of the sound, and part of the greater Outer Banks region. Roanoke Island is situated at the southeastern corner of the sound, where it connects to Pamlico Sound. Much of the water in the Albemarle Sound is brackish or fresh, as opposed to the saltwater of the ocean, as a result of river water pouring into the sound.
Some small portions of the Albemarle have been given their own "sound" names to distinguish these bodies of water from other parts of the large estuary. The Croatan Sound, for instance, lies between mainland Dare County and Roanoke Island. The eastern shore of the island to the Outer Banks is commonly referred to as the Roanoke Sound (which is also a historical name for the entire body of water now known as Albemarle Sound[1][2]). The long stretch of water from near the Virginia state line south to around the Currituck County southern boundary is known as the Currituck Sound.
The sound forms part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. Its coast saw the first permanent settlements in what became North Carolina, the English Albemarle Settlements. Many inland Tidewater communities along the Albemarle today are part of the Inner Banks region of the state.
Norfolk Southern Railroad passenger train crosses the Albemarle Sound trestle in 1918. The trestle was demolished in the late 1980s.
Before Europeans came to the Albemarle Sound, the Algonquian Indians lived in the region. They traveled the sound in dugout canoes, and trapped fish.
In 1586 the first European explorers sailed up the fifty-five-mile (89 km) length of the Albemarle Sound. Half a century later, the first European settlers came south from Virginia, establishing agricultural and trading colonies along the shores of the Sound. The Albemarle Sound soon became a very important thoroughfare, with small trading ships called coasters carrying cargo to and from other colonies, and larger merchant ships bringing spices, silks, and sugars from the West Indies in exchange for products such as tobacco (a major export of the southern colonies), herring, and lumber.
In 1663, Albemarle Sound was made part of the Province of Carolina by King Charles II of England and given to eight Lords Proprietors. One of these royal beneficiaries was George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, for whom the sound is named.[3]
Ferries were a common method of transportation through the swamps surrounding the Albemarle Sound throughout the history of the region. One ferry that linked the towns of Edenton and Mackeys, North Carolina, continued in service from 1734 to 1938, when a bridge was built across the Sound. Another longer bridge of more than 3 miles (4.8 km) in length was built in 1990.
Fishing was a major industry in the Albemarle Sound. In late spring, plantation farmers would fish for shad, striped bass, and herring. Nets used by these fishermen were sometimes enormous, with some more than a mile (1600 m) long, and were frequently staffed 24 hours a day. Herring was cut and salted for export to Europe, while shad was packed in ice and shipped up the Chowan River to be sold in northern colonies. Regional striped bass tournaments attracted sports fishermen to the area, and it was considered by many to be the greatest striped bass fishery in the world.
Pollution and development in recent years have depleted the fisheries of the Albemarle Sound by seventy percent.
See also[edit]
 1. ^ "Albemarle Sound". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
 2. ^ Mcpherson, Elizabeth G.; Paschal, Herbert R. "Batts, Nathaniell". NCpedia. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
 3. ^ "Museum of the Albermarle". Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
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Accuracy of a projectile is typically quantified as the proportion of successful target hits, or the distance an object finishes from the target. Serving in sports such as badminton differs since the shuttlecock is usually intercepted by the opponent before landing on the target (i.e. court surface). Therefore, landing accuracy measures are inappropriate and a new method of determining accuracy of the serve is needed. During interviews, elite coaches and players described an accurate short serve as crossing the net with low clearance and having an apex before the net. Three-dimensional trajectory of the shuttlecock was therefore tracked from eight national-level players who performed 30 short serves in simulated match conditions (i.e. with an opponent); 27% of all serves were classified as 'accurate', 27% of serves as 'inaccurate', 21% with a 'good apex' position, and 25% with a 'good clearance' height. The proposed method of assessing shuttlecock trajectory as a measure of accuracy could be adopted by coaches and players to assess and improve short serve accuracy. Furthermore, this method is more representative of a match environment since the shuttlecock rarely lands because the opponent returns the serve.