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|Castle Wall Offsets
Ben E. 30 VIII 06
This article will outline various techniques of creating offsets from castle walls.
Offsets help us create the architectural details that give character to castles.
First it is important to understand the units that each brick can be divided into.
The brick below has the height to width ratio of 6 to 5.
One plate is two units high.
Jumper Tiles: The jumper tile is the most common method of creating an offset.
This 1x2 tile has a stud centered on it's width.
It allows offsets of 2.5 units, or half of a stud.
This can be used effectively to create details such as window and door surrounds, stairs, buttresses, and parapets.
Check out the window surround instructions below.
Technic and Tiles: You may want even smaller offsets on your walls.
Using tiles rotated 90 degrees is very effective.
Tiles are 2 units thick.
They can be attached to headlight bricks or technic bricks with half pins.
Steve DeCraemer effectively used this technique at BrickFest 2005 and 2006 in his stone castles,
one of which is pictured below.
The only disadvantage of this technique is that all offsets are 5 units tall instead of 2 units found in plates.
Panels: I discovered the latest offset technique by accident this year by noticing the units of a common 1x2 panel.
The back of each panel is a 1/5 of a stud wide.
This allows us to offset details by one unit.
Instructions of my White Tower corbel's below show how panels can be stacked and locked into place by other bricks.
It creates small but very stable projections for the tower parapet.
Discussion of the tower and technique can be found in this
The final result is a creation with more depth and detail than using traditional brick methods.
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A large part of Australian's energy bills are comprised of heating and cooling costs. Even with roof and wall insulation heat transference can still occur through floor. The raised wooden floors in older houses are often forgotten when it comes to insulation. As wooden floors age, timbers warp and often open up holes and gaps that allow heat transference to happen. With up to 15% of your heating be lost through the floor, underfloor insulation Perth is an important aspect to consider.
Wooden floors are also a poor insulator and they often absorb the heat of the room and transfer it to the cold air under the floor. Whilst carpeting and underlay do help limit the heat loss, it is often negligible. In real terms, this means a cold floor in winter that will feel cold to the touch. The answer is to install a reputable and effective thermal barrier between the floor and the external environment. This means warmer feet in winter, lower heating costs and a smaller carbon footprint.
There are several different products in used in underfloor insulation.
These Products include:
- Thermo-reflective blanket – Foil lined.
- Glass fibre batts.
- Polyester batts.
- Rigid polystyren
- The type of structure where the insulation is to be installed, the insulation type and the installation technique that is used will affect the final insulating properties. Consideration also needs to be given to the level of rodents in the area. Poor choice in insulation material and installation techniques can lead to the insulation being deteriorated by rodents. This can compromise your insulation, lowering the insulation properties within a short period of time. Rectifying the insulation can be time consuming and costly.
- Before deciding on, 400mm of clearance must be available under the floor. This is to allow access to the floor to allow installation. If there is less than 400mm access, to install underfloor insulation will require the floor to be removed. This process then becomes considerably more expensive. Before deciding on underfloor insulation, 400mm of clearance must be available under the floor. This is to allow access to the floor to allow installation. If there is less than 400mm access, to install underfloor insulation will require the floor to be removed. This process then becomes considerably more expensive. If you are planning on replacing your floor, then this is the ideal time to install underfloor insulation.

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Pleistocene Park and the North-East Scientific Station
The North-East Scientific Station (NESS) and Pleistocene Park are scientific organizations located in the north of Siberia, 5 km from the town of Chersky (Yakutia)
(68° 44'N, 161° 23'E).
Established in 1977, the North-East Scientific Station has become one of the world's largest Arctic research stations, providing varied opportunities for study throughout the year in various disciplines such as ecology, climate change, arctic biology, permafrost studies, hydrology, limnology, geophysics, atmospheric physics, and others. NESS has 3 laboratories with modern equipment and the ability to welcome up to 50 researchers at a time.
Pleistocene Park is a major initiative that includes an attempt to restore the mammoth steppe ecosystem, which was dominant in the Arctic in the late Pleistocene. The initiative requires replacement of the current unproductive northern ecosystems by highly productive pastures which have both a high animal density and a high rate of biocycling.
Experiments with animal reintroductions were begun in 1988. Currently, Pleistocene Park consists of an enclosed area of 16 square kilometers that is home to 5 major herbivore species: bison, musk ox, moose, horses and reindeer.
May 1, 2012 — New photos of the park from 2011-2012
April 24, 2011 — Wapiti and Bisons have arrived to the Park
Six Wapiti and five Bisons have arrived to the Park. All feeling fine. More information and photos are coming soon.
March 17, 2011 — New photos of musk ox
Ice on the river is now deep enough, so we have made 45km of winter road to the Park and now it is much easier to get there. Took camera with me and now we have a few new shots.

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Assets and Liabilities of Australian Securitisers methodology
Reference period
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Explanatory notes
 1 The securitisation process is a means of creating a liquid market for assets, such as mortgages and credit card loans, which are illiquid. In addition, the process can be used to improve the liquidity of assets such as bonds.
 2 In its simplest form, a securitisation program can operate in the following way:
 - The manager of the program arranges for the creation of a special purpose vehicle (SPV) which is usually a trust.
 - The manager then arranges for the SPV to buy a specific pool of assets from a financial enterprise or arranges the creation of assets through credit assessment and loan approval processes by agents (called originators). The assets are usually reasonably homogeneous (e.g. good quality, fixed term, fixed rate mortgages) which should provide a steady income stream.
 - The SPV finances the initial purchase of assets by using a line of credit (sometimes from a parent or associated company). The SPV then issues debt securities which can be short or long term in nature. Money raised from the issue is used to repay any line of credit and to purchase more assets to securitise. The investors receive the income and repayment of principal from the asset (via the SPV) over the lifetime of the securities. To ensure maximum marketability for the issue, managers usually arrange enhancement facilities (e.g. guaranteed credit lines, asset insurance, etc.) and have the issue rated by at least one of the major rating agencies.
 - The manager can arrange for the SPV to issue securities, provided there is a specific and separate pool of assets backing each issue.
 3 For the purpose of these statistics, securitisers are those legal entities which issue short and/or long term debt securities, using specifically selected assets to back them and generate the payment streams necessary to fulfil interest and principal requirements of investors.
 4 A securitisation program must have:
 - A specifically created SPV - usually a trust - which is resident in Australia and which is not required to provide data to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) under the Financial Statistics (Collection of Data) Act.
 - Specifically selected assets (e.g. mortgages, receivables, etc) backing its liabilities in the form of debt securities. In the case of mortgages, these may be on the balance sheet of the SPV or that of the originator. If the latter, the SPV will have a lien over them.
 5 From the September quarter 2009 issue of the Australian National Accounts: Finance and Wealth (cat. no. 5232.0), Australian securitisers are classified to the Securitisers subsector. The securities issued - asset backed securities - are classified as either Short term debt securities (subcategory one name paper) or Long term debt securities depending on their original term to maturity.
 6 The scope of these statistics is all resident SPVs which securitise any type of asset (including mortgages, credit card receivables, lease receivables, short and long term debt securities) and which are not regulated or registered with APRA and therefore are not required to report to APRA under the Financial Statistics (Collection of Data) Act.
 7 Coverage is limited to those SPVs which are independently rated by a recognised rating agency. Internal securitisation is excluded from this survey. Internal securitisation, also referred to as self-securitisation, is a process in which an originator sells a pool of assets to a related special purpose vehicle (SPV), and the SPV in turn issues debt securities, which are held entirely by the originator. These securities are eligible for use as collateral in repurchase agreements (repos) with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).
 Basis of valuation and consideration
 8 Data are at market values. Any holdings of asset backed securities issued by other programs within the same group have been eliminated on consolidation from both assets and liabilities aggregates.
 Definitions and descriptions of data items
 9 Residential mortgages refers to a loan which is secured by a residential property.
 10 Non-residential mortgages refers to a loan which is secured by a non-residential property.
 11 Credit card loans and trade receivables refer to debt accessed through credit cards and monies owed to businesses for services or goods provided.
 12 Cash & deposits refers to all types of deposits (including those denominated in foreign currency) with Australian banks and all non bank financial intermediaries such as merchant banks, finance companies and cash management trusts.
 13 Holdings of short term securities refers to holdings of money market instruments. It includes securities such as certificates of deposit of Australian banks, bills of exchange and promissory notes.
 14 Holdings of asset backed bonds refers to holdings of asset backed securities issued by securitisers outside the group.
 15 Holdings of other long term securities refers to holdings of interest bearing securities, other than asset backed bonds, which have an original term to maturity greater than one year. It includes debentures, secured and unsecured notes and bonds.
 16 Other loans & placements refers to all loans other than loans secured by mortgages and credit card loans. It includes operating lease and lease finance receivables and secured loans to originators.
 17 Other assets refers to non financial assets and sundry financial claims.
 18 Asset backed securities, issued overseas, refers to asset backed securities issued in non resident markets.
 19 Asset backed securities issued in Australia, short term refers to asset backed securities which have an original term to maturity of one year or less.
 20 Asset backed securities issued in Australia, long term refers to asset backed securities which have an original term to maturity of more than one year.
 21 Loans and placements refers to loans and advances from Australian banks, non bank financial intermediaries (e.g. money market corporations), and from other sources such as related companies.
 22 Other liabilities, resident refers to other sundry amounts payable.
 23 Other liabilities, non resident refers mainly to repatriated loans from offshore entities.
 Effects of rounding
 24 Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals. Published changes in dollar value and percentage terms are calculated using unrounded data and may differ slightly from, but are more accurate than, changes calculated from the rounded data presented in this publication.
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In most instances, the estate covers the costs of the successful party, and in some cases, the unsuccessful party has to pay the legal costs to the estate, but this isn't always the case. In Queensland, the issue of costs is at the discretion of the court. The Court will often discourage a claim if it feels the estate is too small and encourages it to be settled out of court. This prevents the estate from being eroded by legal fees, which can happen if the matter needs to be settled in the court system.
Recent cases in Queensland have seen The Court take the conduct of the claimant into consideration when awarding costs rather than just whether they were successful or not.
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Public Nudity, Indecent Exposure: 3 Potential Defenses
Today (July 14) is National Nude Day, and everyone has different standards when it comes to how comfortable they are with public nudity. However, no matter what your personal preference may be, public nudity run afoul of your state's indecent exposure laws.
Though indecent exposure laws vary from state to state, they generally prohibit exposing a person's genitals in public, causing alarm or offense to others. In some states, intentional exposure of one's privates in public can also lead to a charge of public lewdness.
But when can public nudity fall short of being "indecent" or "lewd" in the eyes of the law? Here are three potential defenses to an indecent exposure or lewdness charge:
 1. There was no sexual motive. In many states, indecent exposure or public lewdness must be done for a sexual or other "lewd" purpose. This means that public nudity for other reasons, such as, say, comfort while driving, may not technically be considered indecent exposure -- although it's definitely a good way to get pulled over and charged for something else, like a DUI.
 2. It was free speech. If your public nudity is considered to be an act of "speech," then it may be constitutionally protected under the First Amendment. Case in point: An Oregon man who protested airport-security procedures by stripping completely naked at the TSA checkpoint. Though he was arrested for indecent exposure, he was acquitted after a judge found that his naked protest was protected speech.
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text: Abstract Ventilator-dependent children are surviving longer and increasing in number. This qualitative study was undertaken to describe the impact of a ventilator-dependent child on 10 families and to describe the management styles used by the parents. In five families, the child remained hospitalized due to the disability while in the other five the child primarily lived at home. Three major themes in managing were elicited: barriers, resources, and parenting. Parents believed they should try to normalize their child's experiences, that interactions with health care professionals required negotiation and assertiveness, and that they needed some support person(s) outside of the family.


text: One of the things that needs to be done to solve the problem with the air leakage through the building envelope is to be able to identify where they are located. This is why my partner, Brenda Smith, and I developed an air leak detector that uses a vitamin B supplement. So the way the system works is that we make a solution with the vitamin B2, with water, and then we use an off-the-shelf humidifier to disperse it in the air. Then an energy rater can use one of their fans to pressurize the building. And this then will direct the vitamins to the leaks, where they will then accumulate. And then you just shine the interior surfaces with a specific light. And then, when the vitamin shines, it will locate the air leaks, so that then you can go after them and seal them. By sealing this leak, you will save energy, and you would also make your space more comfortable. We selected vitamin B2 for this detection system because, first of all, it fluoresces, and it is non-toxic. Consequently we can use it in occupied buildings. Without being worried that it will damage surfaces, such as furniture and interior walls. Because even if it accumulates on surfaces, it will not affect human health. And also you can easily clean it.


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How To Add Italics And Bold Fonts On WhatsApp Messages
First thing first, you needn't have to download any separate app for this, and you can use this format on both iOS and Android devices. You can use these simple steps to change the fonts of your WhatsApp messages.
Step 1: First you need to open WhatsApp on your smartphone and open a chat to send text.
Step 2: Write a message to which you want to send to your friend in a different font.
Step 3: Use asterisks (*) to embolden a word like *Hello*
Step 4: To change the font to italics use underscores (_) like _Hello_
Step 5: You can also change the font to monospace by using () like hello
If you think that this is a lengthy process then you can type the message whatever you want to send, and press holds the words which you want to change the font, you will get a pop-up window from where you can select the font in which you want to send the message.
So this is how you can change fonts on your WhatsApp messages and make them more attractive and noticeable for others. You can use these steps to send some alerts, and invites on the online messaging app.
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Red Swamp Crayfish
Adults of this species are dark red (nearly black on the carapace) and have a wedge-shaped black stripe on the abdomen. Juveniles are a uniform gray, sometimes overlain by dark wavy lines. The pincers are narrow and long. The carapace is not separated at the middle by a space (areola). The carapace is conspicuously granular (roughened) in adults. The rostrum has lateral spines or notches near its tip. This crayfish most closely resembles the White River crayfish, which differs most obviously in having an areola. Young of the White River crayfish usually have spots on the carapace.


translating to mean 'the real place' in Japanese, is the managerial practice of visiting the shop floor, talking to line operators and assembly workers, and seeing where the real value is created on the production line. Managers and leaders taking a Gemba walk around their facility should look for real examples of Muda, Mura, and Muri and identify how to reduce or eliminate these wastes. While the goal of a Gemba walk is to see issues and fix them, genchi genbutsu is a strategy to create consensus for a common goal.
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While most of the focus of genchi genbutsu will be on making improvements within the facility, that is not the only way this strategy can be helpful. Taking employees out to see where the products they make are actually being used can also help a facility in many ways.
For example, if a company makes riding lawn mowers, it may be helpful to have front-line employees and supervisors go out and spend a day with a lawn services company. Watch how their products are used and what improvements might be possible. This can give the team ideas for what changes they might be able to make to add more value.
Without going and seeing, the company may never even discover there is an improvement opportunity. While it is not possible to go out to each place where products are used, it is a valuable effort to do it at least occasionally. Even if a company makes a very common product that most people have used, finding people who use it differently and talking to them can be very helpful.
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I am new to Python. I intend to do Fourier Transform to an array of discrete points, (time, acceleration), and plot the result out.
I copy and paste the sample FFT code, and modify accordingly.
Please see codes:
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# Load the.txt file in
myData = np.loadtxt('twenty_z_up.txt')
# Extract the time and acceleration columns
time = copy(myData[:,0])
# Extract the acceleration columns
zAcc = copy(myData[:,3])
t = np.arange(10080)
sp = np.fft.fft(zAcc)
freq = np.fft.fftfreq(t.shape[-1])
plt.plot(freq, sp.real)
myData is a rectangular matrix with 10080 rows and 10 columns.
Thus, zAcc is the row3 extracted from the matrix.
In the plot drawn by Spyder, most of the harmonics concentrated around 0. They are all extremely small.
But my data are actually the accelerations of the phone carried by a walking person (including the gravity). So I expect the most significant harmonic happens around 2Hz.
Why is the graph non-sense?
Thanks in advance!
==============UPDATES: My Graphs====================== Time Domain
After the above-mentioned codes
The first time domain one:
x-axis is in millisecond.
y-axis is in m/s^2, due to earth gravity, it has a DC offset of ~10.
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np.arange(256) creates an array of integers (eg. from 0 to 255). When you call t.shape[-1] you are getting the length of the array t (which is 256). np.fft is the python fast fourier transform module. np.fft.fft() is the fast fourier transform function from the module. You need to call the function on the data. – nicholaschris May 28 '13 at 9:34
_USER_ awesome! thanks! Then I modify 256 to 10080 to fit my case. The plot can be plotted after the change. But then the graph does not make sense.. Could you please help me check again? – Farticle Pilter May 28 '13 at 9:41
What do you mean by harmonics around 0? If you mean there is energy at 0Hz i.e., DC, this indicates a DC offset in the time-domain data. Uploading an image would be useful (I'm not sure offhand how many points you need to add an image to the question, if you don't have enough leave a link to Imgur or similar and somebody will edit it in for you). – Blair May 28 '13 at 9:53
You're not really providing enough information for getting proper help here. No doubt someone could guess the problem, but it's not trivial. What does the time-domain look like? If you think the data has a clear 2Hz oscillation, that should be pretty obvious on that plot. – Henry Gomersall May 28 '13 at 10:05
most of the harmonics concentrated around 0. They are all extremely small. - what are your axis scales? 2Hz can be close to 0Hz especially on a log scale. – Schorsch May 28 '13 at 17:19
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You do get two spikes at (approximately) 2Hz. Your sampling period is around 2.8 ms (as best as I can infer from your first plot), giving +/-2Hz the normalized frequency of +/-0.056, which is about where your spikes are. fft.fftfreq by default returns the normalized frequency (which scales the sampling period). You can set the d argument to be the sampling period, and you'll get a vector containing the actual frequency.
Your huge spike in the middle is obviously the DC offset (which you can trivially remove by subtracting the mean).
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Wow. Awesome! Yes. Indeed. But since I am new to Python, could you please kindly tell me which Python statements I can use to make the graph properly displayed? By "Properly displayed", I mean 1. remove the trivial DC; 2. make x-axis really in Hz scale instead of kHz scale... – Farticle Pilter May 29 '13 at 8:31
zAcc -= np.mean(zAcc) to remove the mean (with an in-place operation), and freq = np.fft.fftfreq(t.shape[-1], d=2.8e-3) for the frequency in Hz (with d being whatever the correct sampling period is). Also, you use copy but it's not clear where it comes from. I suggest you use the copy method rather than the copy function: time = myData[:,0].copy() – Henry Gomersall May 29 '13 at 8:36
Great! Now I see. Thank you so so much for the kind help! – Farticle Pilter May 29 '13 at 8:46
Also, just so everything is clear, your FFT plot is probably of the real part of the fft. I think that plot drops the imaginary part as it can't plot it sensibly. – Henry Gomersall May 29 '13 at 9:59
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As others said, we need to see the data, post it somewhere. Just to check, try first fixing the timestep size in fftfreq, then plot this synthetic signal, and then plot your signal to see how they compare:
timestep=1./50.#Assume sampling at 50Hz. Change this accordingly.
N=10080#the number of samples
t = np.linspace(0,T,N)_TAG_ only to generate xAcc_synthetic
freq=2.#peak a frequency at 2Hz
_TAG_ synthetic signal at 2Hz and add some noise to it
xAcc_synthetic = sin((2*np.pi)*freq*t)+np.random.rand(N)*0.2
sp_synthetic = np.fft.fft(xAcc_synthetic)
freq = np.fft.fftfreq(t.size,d=timestep)
print max(abs(freq))==(1/timestep)/2.#simple check highest freq.
plt.plot(freq, abs(sp_synthetic))
Now, at the x axis equal to 2 you actually have a physical frequency of 2Hz, and you may spot the more pronounced peak you are looking for. Moreover, you may want to have a look also at yAcc and zAcc.
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I have posted the comparision graph. Please help. :) – Farticle Pilter May 29 '13 at 1:37
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Effective treatment of pelvic lymphocele by lymphaticovenular anastomosis.
Todokoro T., Furniss D., Oda K., Kawana K., Narushima M., Mihara M., Kikuchi K., Hara H., Yano T., Koshima I.
OBJECTIVE: Pelvic lymphocele can be a severe complication associated with surgical procedures such as pelvic lymphadenectomy. Lymphaticovenular anastomosis (LVA) is increasing in popularity as a surgical treatment for lymphedema. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether LVA is an effective treatment for lymphocele, which is caused by an obstruction of the lymphatic flow in a manner similar to the development of lymphedema. METHODS: Eleven female patients, who presented with lymphocele, were treated with LVA. Before the operation, 3 of them were treated with a percutaneous catheter. Lymphocele size and the volume of daily drainage were measured before and after LVA. RESULTS: The lymphocele was completely resolved in 6 patients and partially resolved in the remaining 5 patients. The mean size of the pelvic lymphocele changed from 400 ml (range 50-1050 ml) to 43 ml (range 0-120 ml) (P<0.01). In the 3 patients who had percutaneous drainage catheters, the volume of fluid drained decreased from 340 ml/day to 20 ml/day after LVA. CONCLUSIONS: Our technique is minimally invasive and is performed under local anesthesia. LVA is effective regardless of the size of the lymphocele. Therefore, LVA should be considered as a therapy for lymphocele because of its low invasiveness and its effectiveness in re-establishing circulation of lymphatic flow. Further studies should be performed to compare LVA with other minimally invasive techniques, such as percutaneous catheter and sclerotherapy.


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rob (someone or something) of (something)
1. To steal something from someone or something. He installed a computer virus that robs the company of tiny amounts of money every single time a bank transaction is carried out. The mugger robbed me of my passport and all my cash, but thankfully he ran off before he got my phone.
2. To deprive something from someone or something. He really robbed me of my dignity with the way he chastised me in front of everyone. The trees' leaves have become so large and numerous that they are actually robbing the vegetation on the jungle floor of precious sunlight.
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rob someone of something
to deprive someone of something, not necessarily by theft. What you have done has robbed me of my dignity! If you do that, you will rob yourself of your future.
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1. To deprive someone of something by stealing it: The thief robbed us of our money. I was robbed of my car.
2. To deprive something or someone of something, to injurious effect: This parasite robs trees of sap. The malicious rumor robbed me of my professional standing.
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The boy had been born in Lockesley town--in the year 1160, stern records say--and was often called Lockesley, or Rob of Lockesley.


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By far the more common word and the one you should use if you are in doubt is "systematic." It refers to things that are arranged or dealt with according to some system or organized method. "Gerry systematically sorts his socks into piles: those that are still wearable and those that are too smelly."
Often "systematic" and "systematically" are used metaphorically to imply that something is done so consistently that it almost seems there must be a system behind it: "Tom systematically leaves the toilet seat up." If you need a synonym for "consistent," the word you need is "systematic."
"Systemic" is a much rarer scientific and technical term referring to parts of a body or system. It is frequently used in medicine and biology. A systemic disease affects many parts of the body. A systemic herbicide may be sprayed on the leaves of a weed, but it spreads down to its roots to kill the whole plant. A systemic problem in banking affects many parts of the banking system.
If you're talking about how something is done according to a system, the word you want is "systematic."
If you're talking about something happening to or inside of a system, the word you want is "systemic."
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13: The dreaded double hybrid
Mr and Mrs Mouse both had one copy of each allele for teeth (one normal copy, one vampire fangs copy). In that sense, they were hybrids for the vampire allele. Well, they are also hybrids for the fur allele  one copy of the fluffy fur allele, and one copy of the wiry fur allele. (And let's assume that fluffy fur is a recessive trait, like vampire fangs).
Now there are two pairs of alleles in the mother's genotype. One allele pair has the vampire/non-vampire teeth. The other pair has flat/fluffy fur. But each egg gets only 1 allele from each of the pairs. So across the top of the Punnett Square, where we list all possible kinds of eggs, we have to list all possible combinations of one-allele-from-each-pair. This is just like the possible combinations of heads and tails on two coin flips:
The father has the same two allele pairs. To make a baby, Mr Mouse flips his two coins, and Mrs Mouse flips her two. We can make a Punnett Square to help us figure out what their babies should look like.
I am guessing you have already seen this kind of Punnett Square in your lecture or your textbook or both. If you already understand how it works and can reproduce it on your own, you could skip this page. If not, do not look up how to do a Punnett Square. I will ask you some leading questions, but the idea is for you to figure it out, then you won't need to memorise it or look it up.
As you know by now, the top needs to list all of Mum's possible egg types (her 'menu' of choices). How many: (1) all dominant ("normal") egg, (2) fangs with normal fur, (3) fluffy fur with normal teeth, (4) fangs and fluffy fur, are there? So that makes a 'menu' of four choices. Likewise for Dad.
1. Put Mum's egg choices along the top. Put Dad's sperm choices down the side. (Put the teeth gene first and the fur gene second).
2. That was the hard part. Now that we have the borders of the table done, you can fill in the middle. Each square represents 1 baby, and each baby is going to get one fur and one teeth allele from Mum, and one fur and one teeth allele from Dad. List all four alleles for each box. This gives you the genotype.
3. Now look at each box. Using the dominance rule, what should each baby look like (i.e. what is its phenotype)?
If you followed these steps faithfully, you should end up with 9 normal
babies, 3 with fluff, 3 with fangs, and 1 fluffy vampire (poor kid!)
This is the famous 9:3:3:1 ratio for a dihybrid cross.


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dbstress is an open-source database performance and stress testing tool written in Scala and Akka. It runs a database query (using a database-specific JDBC driver) certain number of times in parallel (possibly against multiple database hosts) and generates a CSV with summarized results.
 - Java 8 or later
Obtaining and running
Download the latest release from the releases page (nighly builds are also available).
Two command line arguments are mandatory: scenario configuration and output directory:
bin/dbstress -c /path/to/scenario_config.yaml -o /output/directory
The application doesn't bundle any JDBC drivers. You'll need to download the driver for your database and place it into the lib/ directory.
Configuration and terminology
Top level configuration element is a scenario, which consists of at least one unit. A unit represents a particular database operation, along with its configuration. All configured units within a scenario run in parallel, independently of each other and their results are also reported separately. Unless you need to do some more advanced testing, such as connecting to the database with different users or to different schemas, it is perfectly fine to have a scenario with just a single unit.
Unit configuration consists of:
 - Unit name - must be an alphanumeric string
 - Description - optional
 - Database query
 - Connection URI
 - JDBC driver class name - optional, only specify if it cannot be detected automatically
 - Database username
 - Database password - optional if provided on command line
 - Number of parallel database connections - further referred as PAR
 - How many times should the query be repeated - further referred as REP
 - Connection initialization timeout - optional
Here is an example of a scenario configuration with two units:
unit_name: unit1
description: Example of a successful unit # optional
query: select 1
uri: "jdbc:h2:mem://localhost"
driver_class: org.h2.Driver # Optional, only specify if java cannot detect it
username: user1
password: "password" # optional if provided on command line
parallel_connections: 5
repeats: 10
connection_timeout: 3000 # in ms, optional
unit_name: unit2
description: Example of an unit the queries of which will always fail
query: zelect 1
uri: "jdbc:h2:mem://localhost"
driver_class: org.h2.Driver
username: sa
password: ""
parallel_connections: 4
repeats: 50
connection_timeout: 500
The test run consists of two base phases: connection initialization phase and query execution phase. In the connection initialization phase, each unit spawns PAR so called unit runs. Every unit run opens a database connection. In the query execution phase, every unit run sends the configured query REP times sequentially to the database. Therefore, every unit sends the query to the database PAR*REP times.
The following diagram shows the meaning of the PAR and REP variables, as well as the overall description of individual components and how they parallelize:
Components overview
In dbstress, there are two important thread pools. The first one is used by the Akka internally and can spawn up to 64 threads (it will be usually much less).
The other thread pool is used for execution of the blocking database calls. The number of threads in this thread pool is equal to the total number of database connections across all units.
Database calls labelling
In order to identify individual database calls in the server logs, you can place a random identifier into each query. dbstress supports query labeling with the @@gen_query_id@@ placeholder. Each occurrence of such placeholder will be replaced with a unique identifier consisting of the following underscore-separated components:
 - Scenario ID
 - Connection ID
 - Query ID
Here is an example unit configuration:
unit_name: unit1
description: Example of a successful unit
query: "select /*+label(@@gen_query_id@@) */ 1"
uri: "jdbc:h2:mem://localhost"
driver_class: org.h2.Driver
username: sa
password: ""
parallel_connections: 2
repeats: 5
connection_timeout: 500
query_timeout: 500
To illustrate how can such labeling can be useful, let's consider debugging and profiling query labels of HPE Vertica. Labels provide an easy way how to pair the test query executions with the database server log entries.
Error handling
Various kinds of errors can occur during the scenario run, two most important categories of errors are connection initialization errors and query errors.
When a connection initialization fails (either due to an exception or a timeout), dbstress does not proceed to the query execution phase and terminates immediately.
Query errors, on the other hand, do not stop the scenario, but they are reported as failures in the resulting CSV.
The following list summarizes the various exit status codes:
 - 0: Success, output CSV generated. Individual queries still may have failed, though
 - 1: Error, incorrect command line arguments
 - 2: Error during parsing the configuration YAML file
 - 3: Some database connections could not be initialised
 - 4: Scenario timeout
 - 10+: Unexpected application errors, should be reported as bugs
When a scenario run finishes, it creates file summary.${timestamp}.csv in the output directory.
The CSV file contains summary statistics (min, max, mean, median and standard deviation) calculated from connection initializations and all/successful/failed database calls.
If you have any problem with the application, find a bug or encounter an unexpected behaviour, please create an issue.


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A new investigation could end many of the speculations about the works of El Greco and the man himself. A hand-written annotation to a book, similar to the glosses of Saint Emilianus, found in Spain in a copy of Lives of the most excellent architects, painters and sculptors by Giorgio Vasari, has led Nicos Hadjinicolau, a researcher from the Institute of Mediterranean Studies, to conclude that the artist – contrary to popular belief– was a defender of Byzantine art.
Hadjinicolau says there are no other records of the painter's critical opinion on the art form aside from the hand-written annotation attributed to him. "The passage I have studied is the exception to the rule, the only time that he makes a comment – and a spirited one – against Vasari," the expert tells SINC.
A literal translation of the note attributed to the painter reads: "If [Vasari] really knew the nature of the Greek style of which he speaks, he would deal with it differently in what he says. He compares it with Giotto, but what Giotto did is simple in comparison, because the Greek style is full of ingenious difficulties."
December 19, 2008
El Greco, defender of Byzantine art
Hand-written Note Shows El Greco Defending Byzantine Style In Face Of Western Art


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BeDAK: Belajar Dengan Akronim.
How to prepare an insoluble salt?
1. Pour 50 cm3 of 1mol dm-3 … solution into a beaker. (Pour = Po)
2. Pour 50 cm3 of 1mol dm-3 … solution into the beaker. (Pour = P)
3. Stir the mixture with the glass rod. (Stir = S)
4. Filter the mixture to get the residue. (Filter = F)
5. Rinse the residue with distilled water. (Rinse = Ri)
6. Dry the residue in between filter papers. (Dry = D)
7. Chemical equation.
Both salt solutions are soluble salt and one of them must have 'cation' and another have 'anion' of the insoluble salt.
The formula: PoPS FRiD
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This option can also be used to incorporate "coding" when migrating from other eDiscovery platforms or done outside of Digital WarRoom. The DAT file must contain a "load file key" which is a field that matches with the Digital WarRoom ID number, Bates number or XREF number. Native File and OCR File are usually included as well as those fields are necessary for loading documents in other eDiscovery tools but can be ignored with Digital WarRoom.
To overlay metadata onto a set of documents:
Right-click on the filter tree and select Overlay Metadata from the menu that appears.
Using the Browse button, navigate to the location of the load file (either.dat or.csv). Once the load file has been specified, the source fields are auto-populated in the Overlay Metadata dialog.
From the Load File Key Column drop down, select the field of the load file that contains the unique record identifier in order to map to the records in the database; typically this is the document's starting Bates number. The Load File Key Column must contain values unique to each file in the collection.overlay
Create the mappings between fields in the load file and data column by dragging the load file's Source field names to the right-hand side and dropping them in the First or Second columns. This is aided by having some familiarity with the load file's contents. For example, knowing that document file extensions were included in a load file field called EXT, one would pair EXT with the "Extension" DWR column.
When providing a mapping in both the First and Second columns of any given row, the specified source fields will be concatenated together into the single DWR column. This action is most commonly used for load files providing Date and Time in two separate fields where it is displayed in DWR in a single field. When Email Subject is supplied in a separate field from Title the tool will load from Title first and if blank will then load the Email Subject.
When done identifying mappings, click Apply to update the database. The dialog's progress bar will show that the process is complete.
"Use region and language" check box allows for the selection from a drop down of different cultures that reflect different naming conventions for fields such as dates. For example, the date January 1st, 2018 would appear in English (United States) as 1/31/2018 whereas the date in French would appear as 31/1/2018.


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The Shaman Class
The enigmatic ritualists called Shamans hail from the wintry northernlands of Hashan. The class was born in 288 A.F. of the modern age, when Firefox Sly opened the guild of Shamans to the world. Drawing their strength from the darker side of mysticism, the class of Shamans is not inherently aligned with any ethos. However, they tend to draw those who embrace the secrets of the shadows more readily than the light. Hence, their membership is mostly contained within their historical home of Hashan with a few residing in Ashtan and Mhaldor, but rarely in Cyrene, Eleusis, or Shallam.
Fiercely spiritual and reclusive, Shamans practice the art of Curses, through which they can hex their opponents with a number of debilitating afflictions. They are formidable foes even from afar, for they can craft Vodun dolls and manipulate others, breaking limbs, causing bleeding, paralysing, even leech experience from a distance. A Shaman is a slippery opponent in combat, and onceone has gained a full likeness of you, extremely difficult to overcome.
Their studies of cryptic runes have enabled them to sketch runes with various powers upon the ground, upon themselves and others, and upon armour and weapons to strengthen them. Most importantly, they may sketch multiple runes upon totems, which can then be wielded or implanted into the ground for protection. Totems are a valuable commodity to those who wish increased protection for their property, so those skilled enough in Runelore to produce them are valued as well.


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Can trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) or multigenerational transmission of trauma influence the development of allergies and allergic diseases? In a pursuit for the deep healing of her allergy-affected daughter, the author of this book searches for a common underlying cause that contributes to increased inflammation and allergic reactions within the body. The existing scientific knowledge from the fields of epigenetics, psychology, psychiatry and medicine is examined to provide a balanced view of the current evidence available in the literature. By highlighting the possible connection with the deeper causes of allergies, this book opens new avenues for additional healing options for sufferers and proposes an exciting direction for researchers, academics, medical doctors, nurses, psychologists, trauma therapists, healers and holistic health care practitioners. Written in the format of a Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA), it is an open invitation for all readers to critically examine the available scientific evidence along with its author and consider the proposition that healing from allergies and allergic diseases could require a comprehension of the original traumas.
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at first blush
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
- (idiomatic) Upon first impression or consideration; seemingly, apparently, ostensibly.
- 1990, Nicolas Wolfson, Corporate First Amendment: Rights and the Sec, Quorum Books (1990), ISBN _PHONE_, page 1:
- At first blush it appears rather strange to consider for even a moment the possibility that corporate financial and business disclosure rises to the dignity of speech protected by the First Amendment.
2002, Clarence A. Bonnen, Daniel E. Flage, Descartes and Method: A Search for a Method in Meditations, page 100:
- Third, it is only at first blush that one finds no exercises in conceptual elucidation
- 2008, Dennis Martin Altman, The First Liberal: A Secular Look at Jesus' Socio-Political Ideas and How They Become the Basis of Modern Liberalism, iUniverse (2008), ISBN 9780595430536, page 47:
- That may sound innocent at first blush, but a phrase like "American leadership is good … for the world" is a signal that these people want to impose their will on others; and when military strength and moral principle are added, the caution flag must be raised.
- 2012, Cynthia Garner, Secret of the Wolf, Forever (2012), ISBN 9781455510764, unnumbered page:
- At first blush it seemed the attacks by the werewolf were random.
upon first impression or consideration


Dalhousie Law Journal
J. Helen Beck
Mental handicaps, self-sufficient, economic burden, potential contributors to society, employment opportunity, social service structures
Mental handicaps affect a suprisingly large part of the community. If the handicapped cannot make themselves self-sufficient, they become a great economic burden whereas they may have the potential of being contributors to society. This paper will examine aspects of the law relating to employment opportunity and certain social service structures, and question the extent to which they further a handicapped person's goal of fulfilling his employment potential. Field research was done only in the Halifax area, but the analysis is pertinent across Canada because the statutory provisions, social services and social assistance structures found in Halifax are on the whole similar to those found across Canada.


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Empirical relationships between salinity and temperature, which vary with longitude, latitude, and depth, have been identified from past data from conductivity-temperature-pressure (CTD) probes and from Argo profiling floats. These data have been interpolated to standard pressure levels and organized spatially so that regression models can be fitted to them at each level within sub-regions of the South Atlantic. A variety of models have been examined, with all combinations of temperature, temperature squared, longitude, and latitude used as regressors. Because of the sparsity of the data, evaluating which of these models should give the most accurate estimates of salinity is difficult.
- Data used for identifying empirical relationships between salinity and temperature
- Sub-regions within which the relationship between salinity and temperature is relatively homogeneous
- Salinity in the South Atlantic has a minimum near the bottom of most XBT profiles.
- Simple estimates of salinity can be obtained using climatological mean fields.
- Regression models offer a flexible and accurate approach to estimating salinity.
- Independent verification allows the accuracy of the salinity estimates to be gauged.
- The regression models can be used for "salting" South Atlantic XBTs.


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I have been told that Feynman deduced from a path integral formulation an equation that predicts the amount of time it would take for a diamond to 'jump' out of a box:
$t > \dfrac{x \Delta{x} m}{ h} $
where $x$ is the size of the box, $\Delta x$ is the distance the diamond must travel to leave the box and $m$ the mass of the diamond.
How would it be possible for a diamond to leave the box? What are the processes that happen over the stupendous time gap to allow the diamond to do this?
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Related: physics.stackexchange.com/q/22373/2451 – Qmechanic Mar 14 '13 at 16:17
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The diamond must become quantum as a unit, and the wave function of the quantum diamond must then disperse sufficiently to extend outside the box. At that point the diamond as a whole unit has a probability of jumping outside the box.
The first criterion is by far the most difficult, because it can only be achieved by keeping the diamond in total and absolute information isolation from the rest of the universe. That is... unlikely to say the least. If even a single photon or phonon "detects" its location, then from that point forward the diamond is classical in the sense that the photon has pinpointed its location.
The second criterion is just abysmally slow. Because even a small diamond has a lot of mass, its wave function disperses very, very slowly.
Both of these criteria can be expressed in terms of path integrals, which provide a precise way to quantify the issues I only described conceptually.
Addendum 2012-06-16
_USER_ very reasonably asked for clarifications on:
(1) what does total isolation from the universe mean?, and
(2) what does it mean that the diamond must be kept quantum as a unit?
The most concrete way I can think of to quantify isolation is that the diamond can neither emit or receive particles of matter or energy.
Keeping out particles of matter is the easier part of that, since it means you "just" need the most absolute vacuum every created, including removal of all high-energy particles such as cosmic rays. Preventing energy exchanges is much, much harder. The vacuum keeps you from exchanging phonons (sound quanta), so you get two (matter and phonons) for the price of one with that one. Your suspension system would need to be phonon-free, however, at least if you do the experiment here on earth.
That leaves mostly electromagnetic radiation. Radio frequencies whose wavelengths are a lot larger than the distance you want the diamond to jump are not a big problem, although if you get enough of them you may start locating the diamond too well and thus "lose coherence" as they say these days (it's the same idea).
So, that leaves mostly the higher frequencies of very short microwaves through infrared and light. Infrared is going to be the biggest issue, so you want both the diamond and the cavity in which you do the experiment to be cold, as close to absolute zero as possible, to prevent stray space-locating infrared photons from traveling in either direction.
... and having said all that, I must also say: Hmm! That portfolio of preconditions is not quite as impossible as I had always assumed. So, someone could possibly do this for real in a high-end lab, using something like, say, a bacterium (huge!)... or much better, something a lot smaller, such as a low-end nanodiamond. The suspension system for the earthbound version would be the trickiest part. Hmm. Maybe a single embedded electron charge? No, much easier: A superconducting particle over a dish magnet. Or maybe even better: A very small piece of pyrolytic carbon similarly suspended by a magnetic field, though I don't know for sure what would happen to that materials extreme form of diamagnetism at such low temperatures.
That is a truly fascinating possibility! Does anyone here know if anyone has ever tried this?
I certainly don't know. But wow, what a fascinating possibility: A material object, albeit a very very very tiny one, quantum-jumping through a physical barrier? Now that would be a thesis paper!
On to question (2), what makes the diamond a "unit"?
That one's easy! Bonding. The covalent bonds of the diamond keep it internal components aligned strongly with each other, and so unable to deviate over time into less certain relationships. That's not to say you can't get some weird stuff going on internally, but it won't in general be capable of disrupting the diamond's internal structure.
Notice the inverse relationship here between isolation and cohesion (bonding).
That is, anything that bonds two objects together physically (phonon-mediated) or via information keeps them from "going quantum" relative to each other. Conversely, it is the lack of such bonding (isolation) that enables relative quantum behavior.
When the universe as a whole is one of those two partners, "relative quantum behavior" becomes a pretty one-sided concept, since we in the universe just stay classical.
However, for something like two very small objects isolated both from each other and from the universe, the concept of relative quantum behavior becomes a testable idea. That would be where each system sees the other as being the quantum one, whenever they finally do interact with each other.
(Fair warning: I just now made up the phrase "relative quantum behavior"; it's not standard. However, the fully quantum frameworks for studying systems such as positronium would necessarily contain an equivalent concept, since for example in positronium the electron and positron are necessarily equally "quantum" relative to each other, whereas in hydrogen it's easy to approximate the proton as being classical. But I don't know if the idea has ever been explored as a stand-alone concept, especially as it would apply to larger systems.)
Finally, and even more interesting (to me at least) is the idea that might be able to encapsulate a "hot spot" within a sufficiently large, cold piece of matter. By recording over time, this internal observer could watch itself even as the diamond as a whole "goes quantum" and starts doing things like being in two places at once.
The idea that a classical observer could nonetheless still be subject to quantum non-locality at a larger level just fascinates me, in part because it's so counter-intuitive to how we usually view quantum mechanics.
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And also how could it be kept in total isolation from the universe? – Olly Price Jun 16 '12 at 11:21
I don't really understand what's meant by "the diamond must become quantum as a unit". What does a diamond becoming quantum as a unit actually mean and how? – Olly Price Jun 16 '12 at 18:17
Terry, you should explain that the probability of the diamond tunneling through the barrier in one piece is a zillion times less than the probability of individual particles doing so one by one. – Mitchell Porter Jun 17 '12 at 1:48
Mitchell, for years I would make exactly the point you just made in any conversation about the probability of a large object jumping. I'm much more cautious now, mostly due to realizing that quantum states of larger bound units are both commonplace and fully respectful of the internal binding structure of the objects involved. Three easy examples are superfluid helium-4, alkali metal Bose condensates, and the phonon condensates responsible for the Mössbauer effect. I agree strongly that no more than a few atoms may be possible, though. – Terry Bollinger Jun 17 '12 at 2:49
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iPhone SMS spoofing tool released
A French hacker has released a tool capable of sending SMS messages with spoofed sender details on the iPhone 4.
The "sendrawpdu" command-line interface tool allows users to customize the reply number on text messages and could be ideal for phishing attacks.
The hacker, known as pod2g, released the free tool after detailing a flaw in the way the iPhone handled SMS messages, which made it possible to spoof sender details.
The vulnerability exists on other mobile devices and all versions of Apple's iOS platform, including the upcoming iOS 6, according to pod2g.
"If the destination mobile is compatible with (User Data Header features), and if the receiver tries to answer the text, he will not respond to the original number, but to the specified one," pod2g wrote. "Most carriers don't check this part of the message, which means one can write whatever he wants in this section. In a good implementation of this feature, the receiver would see the original phone number and the reply-to one. On iPhone, when you see the message, it seems to come from the reply-to number, and you lose track of the origin."
Apple urged customers to use its iMessage service because it verifies the address from which messages were sent, unlike its SMS app which displays the vulnerable reply-to address.
iMessages are only available between iOS and OS X devices.
"When using iMessage instead of SMS, addresses are verified which protects against these kinds of spoofing attack," Apple said in a statement. "One of the limitations of SMS is that it allows messages to be sent with spoofed addresses to any phone, so we urge customers to be extremely careful if they're directed to an unknown website or address over SMS."
Website SMSspoofing.com pointed out that dozens of paid SMS spoofing services exist online.
Senddrawpdu was based on sendmodem and could be downloaded for jailbroken iPhone 4 devices from GitHub.
This article originally appeared at scmagazine.au.
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It's a pilot program that transports the past to the present at Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln.
"The possibilities are endless," said Bill Lopez who teaches a masters level education course at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.
"There are more than 55 thousand souls buried here in Wyuka and every one has a story to tell," said Lopez.
His students are not placing flowers at grave sites, they are placing QR (quick response) codes.
"Why not have Q-R codes where people can take their own tour of the cemetery just by scanning their Smart Phones to the Q-R codes," said Lopez.
The technology sounds complicated, but the process is easy, scan a Smartphone to the QR code and read the information.
"The students have been uploading all of the information and so a visitor scans it and it takes them to the student's websites with all the information on the person or the family," said Lopez.
"And we found our information using ancestry.com and by also using the Nebraska Archives. So it was pretty interesting," said Katie Mohr who is a student of the course.
Students will use the technology in future classrooms.
"We are using a lot of I-pads and other technology and this is another great way to incorporate technology and history for the students," said Teresa Ulrich, who is a student of the course.
"We are learning ways to apply it in the classroom for when we become teachers which is really exciting," said Carly Weber who is a student of the course.
"I envision students all over the country adopting cemeteries like we adopt highways. Each student tries to find out more about the history of the people in there," said Lopez.
So present day technology, makes it possible for the future to reveal the past more accessibly.


Tour description, The Riddarholmen Church
Interior at the Riddarholmen Church. Photo: The Royal Court.
Riddarholm Church is situated in the centre of Stockholm and is one of the city's oldest buildings.
In all probability, the church dates back to the 1300s and was part of a Franciscan monastery. A guided tour takes approximately 45 minutes.
The guided tour starts with a presentation of the church's earliest history - from the 1200s to the beginning of the 1500s - starting with a special exhibit just inside the entrance to the church.
During Sweden's "Great Power" period the church was given a new purpose. Gustav II Adolf decided before he travelled to Germany that if he was killed in war that he would be buried at Riddarholmen. This decision gave rise to a new burial tradition that continued until Gustaf V's funeral in 1950.
Some of the more renowned monarchs buried in the church include Karl XI, Karl XII, Gustav III and Karl XIV Johan.
The inside of the church is quite striking with walls bearing many beautifully painted coats of arms. When a knight or member of the Order of Seraphim dies, his or her coat of arms is hung in the church. The tradition of the Order of Seraphim dates back the mid-18th century. Following the reorganization of the orders in 1975 the order is only awarded to foreign heads of state and members of the royal family.
A guided tour of Riddarholm Church is rich in history featuring everything from the history of the church, medieval history, "Great Power" history, history of the royal family to the history of Stockholm.
The tour information provided above is general. The more detailed content of the tour will vary depending on the focus of the tour guide on duty.


text: Five concentric circles with radii 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are drawn, one inside the other, dividing the circle of radius 5 into five regions: a circle of radius and 4 annuli (rings). What is the probability that a point chosen randomly from within the circle of radius 5 lies in the annulus whose inner radius is 3 and whose outer radius is 4? Can someone tell me if this is the right answer? i got a 7/25 chance. THanks!


" can find an antecedent in the "think" in "I think", because it seems to provide the first term of a comparison (with "most people" the second term). Carville did not use contrastive stress on "I"; his "I think" sounded more like the sentence adverbial 'think', so I interpreted the sentence as if it were equivalent to "This is a much, much better political issue than most people do", along with a hedge on his propositional attitude, and I did think to myself, "than most people do what?". (I've used "I think" in this sense twice in the first paragraph above.)
 2. I think this is a much better political issue than most people think it is.
 3. I consider this a much better political issue than most people do.
 4. I believe that this is a much, much better political issue than most people do.
 Sentences (2) and (3) are effective expressions of coherent propositions, making the two types of comparisons I just mentioned; sentence (4), a perhaps more obvious example of the problem with Carville's sentence, to me, does not express a coherent proposition, but does express something weird. If Carville had given his "I" contrastive stress, I probably wouldn't have sensed any weirdness, since the anaphoric "do" would have an interpretable antecedent in "think". So I think that it's weird that a simple difference in a prosodic feature can make such a difference in the syntactic structure of the sentence.
 22. Batchman said,
 April 10, 2021 @ 2:48 pm
 The crux of the conundrum appears to be "than", which sets up an expected comparison of similar items, of which the first is a syntactical comparative. The word "better" fulfills that role, which creates an expectation that the goodness of the "political issue" is being compared with some other expression of goodness. But in actuality what is under comparison is how good the speaker believes the political issue is, not the actual goodness thereof. It's hard to come up with a construction that works, something like
 "My personal estimation of the degree of goodness of this political issue is more than what most people's is."
 Not Carville-speak by a long shot.
 If there were a single verb that could perform this function in English, the sentence could be generated without this problem. Say we define "like" to mean "attribute some degree of goodness to." Then he could say "I like this political issue more than most people do."
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The Observatory's origins were as a teaching facility. Although it status as a National Historic Landmark grew out of its use for pioneering research and instrument development, the Observatory continues into the 21st Century as a teaching facility. The instruments, furniture and other historic fabric of the Observatory has over the years has never been fully inventoried as a historic collection. The Department of Astronomy moved from the Observatory in 1979 and then again in 1994 to a new building. With each move some of the equipment and historic fabric was dispersed. Recognizing the value for instruction as well its' historical significance, this inventory is the first step in locating, assessing, organizing, and ultimately preserving the Observatory's collection. The inventory is needed to help protect the collection from unintentional loss, damage, or neglect, ensure its preservation, and plan for its instructional use.
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One million (1,000,000) or one thousand thousand, is the natural number after 999,999 and before 1,000,001. The name is derived from Italian, where mille was 1,000, and 1,000,000 became milione, "a large thousand".
In scientific notation, it is written as 1×106 or just 106. Physical quantities can also be expressed using the SI prefix mega-, when dealing with SI units. For example, 1 megawatt equals 1,000,000 watts.
Il Milione is the title of Marco Polo's narration of his travel to China. The name is supposed to come from Polo's nickname after his tales of riches and multitudes.
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Surge Columbus
Surge Columbus is a collaborative of museums, libraries, and media organizations in Columbus, Ohio empowering teens to discover and pursue their learning interests outside of school by connecting them with mentors, digital and cultural resources, and each other.
The project seeks:
 - to help create more welcoming, open, accessible, and connected learning opportunities for Columbus teens.
 - to re-imagine learning to help Columbus teens become creative citizens who can think on their feet in order to actively participate in civil discourse and compete in the global economy, and to develop their 21st century learning skills.
 - to form a â€œlearning ecologyâ€ for teens that will have a significant impact on shaping the learning potential of Columbus teens.
 - to help teens develop their skills in critical thinking, civic engagement, media literacy, media production, and creative expression.
We are:
The Columbus Metropolitan Library
WOSU Public Media
The Columbus Museum of Art
The Wexner Center for the Arts


Amaran Assisted Living
Montessori One Academy | Albuquerque, NM
This innovative senior community uses Montessori principles to engage aging adults in meaningful activities that promote independence and encourage them to contribute to their community. Amaran is integrated into the campus of an established Montessori school, Montessori One Academy, to enable daily interaction between seniors and children.
Amaran offers a mix of 72 assisted living and memory care apartments that include studio, one-bedroom, and 2-bedroom apartments. Each apartment is designed to reflect the Montessori principle of creating a prepared environment that provides sensory and behavioral cues to maximize independence. This includes custom entry cubbies that create a sense of order and routine at the transition between private apartments and shared spaces.
This Montessori-based, intergenerational approach required rethinking many typical design practices for senior communities. Compared to a more traditional memory care environment where access to food and outdoor areas is often highly controlled, Amaran empowers residents to access healthy snacks and courtyards themselves (independently) through a design that balances access with safety controls. Residents will use Montessori work stations with real activities and authentic materials rather than more typical memory care activity stations. Technology is used to enable independence through voice activated controls rather than for simulated interaction or virtual reality. Stations and displays are designed to avoid clutter and provide height-appropriate counters, sinks, etc. that allow both seniors and children to take advantage of the prepared environment.
The design of Amaran also includes operable windows, color-tuned lighting, and custom signage to create a cohesive environment and help residents easily navigate the community. Amaran's person-centered philosophy will benefit each resident in different ways. Residents with and without Alzheimer's or dementia will benefit from its structured environment, multi-sensory activities, and opportunities to spend time with children doing purposeful work and creating new relationships.
Featured Staff
Jennifer Facio Maddox Ronnie DiCappo Jitka Dekojova Courtney Mowrer
What We Create
Landscape Architecture
MultiFamily Housing
Building a sense of home into housing.
Master planned communities
Assisted care and independent living facilities
Multi family housing communities
Affordable housing
Student housing complexes
Luxury apartments
Building assessments
Tax credit packages
Environmental and human sustainability integration
Structural Engineering
The building must stand.
What's at stake?
Senior Living
Interior Design
Spaces that work harder.
Custom interior design
Space planning
Finish selection/specification
Workplace performance evaluations
Space needs assessments
Corporate standards programs
ADA, ergonomics evaluation, and product recommendations
Post-occupancy evaluations
LEED consulting
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The following article is an example of a.NET implementation of Kruskal's algorithm for finding the minimum spanning tree of a connected, undirected graph.
The minimum spanning tree for a graph is the set of edges that connects all nodes and has the lowest cost.
In order to be able to run this solution, you will need.NET 4.0. The example was constructed using Visual Studio 10, and WPF for the graphical representation.
In this article, I will be using a large portion of the code that I used to exemplify Dijkstra's algorithm for finding the minimum distance path between two nodes
in a connected undirected graph. You can find this example here.
Similar to Dijsktra, Kruskal's algorithm is also characterized as "greedy." Even though these algorithms are quite similar, their approaches are quite different since
their goals are simply not the same. In the case of minimum spanning tree, there are some additional structures that we will be using, making the understanding of the algorithm
a little bit more difficult.
In addition, the minimum spanning tree is a more abstract concept and a little more difficult to compare to a practical situation.
In the case of minimum distance algorithm, we thought of the graph as a map of cities where the nodes represent the cities and the edges – the roads that connect them.
We could imagine a similar scenario for a minimum spanning tree. For example, we could imagine that we are an internet provider that is currently building their network
in a given country and that we use optic fiber to connect all the cities in it. Since optic fiber costs us money, we would like to use as little as possible. The minimum spanning
tree algorithm can help us do that.
As already mentioned, Kruskal's minimum spanning tree is similar to Dijkstra's shortest path in the way that both are "greedy" algorithms.
When we were looking for the shortest path, we were trying to select the best possible edge from the node with the smallest total cost incurred.
The reason why this is an efficient strategy is because it reduces the number of nodes that we need to visit in order to get to the target.
In order to find the minimum spanning tree, we need a slightly different approach. To construct the tree in an efficient manner, we need to visit all nodes by visiting
as few edges as possible. Therefore, it makes sense to collect all the edges of the graph and have them ordered so that we consider the least costly ones first.
However, that is not enough since it does not guarantee us that we will select only the edges that we need to construct the minimum spanning tree. Let's consider
the following simple case. We have a graph with three nodes that are interconnected. We start collecting the edges to construct the minimum spanning tree.
We start with the edge between nodes 1 and 2. The next logical one would be the edge between nodes 2 and 3. At this point, there is a direct connection between
nodes 1 and 2, 2 and 3, and there is an indirect connection between 1 and 3 by going through node 2. Therefore, it would be a mistake to add the last edge to the minimum spanning tree.
Therefore, the minimum spanning tree consists only of the edges between nodes 1 and 2 and 2 and 3. We need a way to keep track of the edges that we have already
selected for the minimum spanning tree and the nodes that we have visited. In order to do that, we will use an additional structure that we will call cluster.
A cluster is simply a collection of nodes that we have already visited. As we keep adding edges to the minimum spanning tree, we need to check if each node the edge
connects is already in the cluster or not. If both nodes have been already added, the edge should not be included in the minimum spanning tree, even if it is the shortest edge in the list.
Having defined the role of the cluster, it becomes clear that at the start of the algorithm, we will need to have a cluster for each node.
As we keep adding edges to the minimum spanning tree, we will keep merging the clusters until we are left with what encompasses all the nodes in the graph.
The best way to exemplify the algorithm is to view an example that is a bit more complete than the example before.
Starting with the edge with the minimum cost, we will first add the edge between 2 and 5 to the minimum spanning tree and we will first merge the clusters of nodes 2 and 5.
We will apply the same logic for nodes 1 and 6 and the edge between them. The next edge we should consider is the one between nodes 3 and 4 or between 6 and 4
since they have the same cost of 15. Let's imagine that we take the edge between nodes 3 and 4. We find ourselves in the same situation as before.
The nodes are part of different clusters; therefore, we proceed in the same fashion. The next edge in line is the one between nodes 4 and 6.
The nodes are from different clusters: node 6 is in the same cluster as node 1, and node 4 is in the same cluster as node 3. We add the edge to the minimum
spanning tree and merge the two clusters into a single that will contain nodes 1, 6, 4, and 3. At this point, there are only two clusters left, the one we just
constructed and the one containing nodes 2 and 5. Therefore, the next edge that we select must allow us to merge these two clusters and it will be the last edge
in the minimum spanning tree. The edge with lowest cost is the one between nodes 4 and 5. This yields a minimum spanning tree with a total cost of 63.
Using the Application
In order to use the application, first the user needs to create the nodes and the edges between them. To create a node, the user needs to click on the canvas.
In order to connect two nodes, the user needs to consecutively select two nodes created on the canvas. To find the minimum spanning tree, the user needs to click
on "Find Minimum Span Tree". The "Clear" button allows the user to clear the canvas and build a new graph. "Restart" allows the user to go back to the initial condition
of the graph before finding the minimum distance.


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SIROM is a European Commission H2020 project with the objective of developing a standard set of connections that allow coupling of payload to the manipulators and payloads to other payloads. These robotic manipulators or robot arms are increasingly being used in complex in-orbit infrastructures or space exploration due to its effectiveness and optimum performance in space conditions. However, there are still some problems due to the dynamic coupling between the manipulators and the spacecraft.
These connections will be integrated by mechanical interfaces in order to put together the blocks, electrical interfaces for power transmission, thermal interfaces for heat regulation and interfaces to transmit data throughout the satellite.
SIROM standardized model will be crucial for on-orbit servicing missions such as docking, berthing, refueling, repairing, upgrading, transporting, rescuing, and orbital debris removal. Besides, it will be also key for the future of planetary robotic exploration, currently depending on a range of robotic assets such as lander and rovers and on the interaction between them and the additional payload elements.
MAG SOAR is in charge of the design, development, and manufacturing of the thermal interface, one of the main pieces of this robotic puzzle led by SENER.


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The Hiriya Recycling Park is a testament to Israel's out-of-the-box approach to greening the country.
Just outside of Tel Aviv, a half-mile long landfill was once an environmental nightmare. Basically a huge mountain of smelly garbage, Hiriya wasn't the sort of place you'd want to live near, let alone visit.
But today the site is used as an environmental educational facility, a natural bio-gas supplier and a transfer station. What's more, it will soon be the site of a family-oriented recycling park.
Doron Sapir, head of the site, explains that 84 wells were drilled into the dump to capture the methane gas produced by the rubbish. The gas is delivered by pipe to a textile plant about four kilometers from the dump, powering the entire operation.
"We are an eco-ecological facility," says Sapir, showing how all materials are separated and recycled. "What is unique here is that all over the world they are separating the waste in dry facilities, [using a] dry process. These Israeli guys thought the other way around: Not only are they not drying the waste, they are putting it into water!"
Any day of the week, you can see schoolchildren of all ages come to visit and learn all about how to reduce, reuse and recycle.
Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs


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Civilizations Builder is a turn-based strategy game with a focus on the upper-level strategic planning without a micromanagement.Please, check the manual here: airapport.compcivilizations-builder-first-testing.html (or from the game's Settings screen)Features available now:- territory expansionmilitary conquestssettling over the territoryterritory improvementcity improvementscouting- diplomatic influence: rebellion inspirations, separating the provinces from the country, zone of influence expansion and annexing the satellites. How to playBefore the game starts you can select the water surface percentage, landmass type (pangaea, continents, archipelagos), the number of computer opponents, and the map size.In the left side of the game interface there is a strategic planning panel. When you tap its buttons, the subtasks selection will be open. Here you can assign the tasks by drawing on the map.Tasks:- Scouting. You can set up which territories to exploreBuilding. Plan what improvements must be built on the hexesWar. Select an Arrow, then tap on your territory to start forming an army. You can set the army's route by swiping. Also you can set the max army strength in this dialogue.- Outer policy. Here you can found the colonies. Also you can control, which ideas should be supported in your cities and in the enemies' cities. Check the detailed ideas guide below.- Territory expansion. Select which hexes must be included into your country first.- Science. will be out in the upcoming versions.Making movesMoves control is in the bottom-right screen corner. By dragging the selector you can select turn-based mode or in real-time mode with pause.Tap the circle to pauseunpause the game or make a move. Resources in the game:Food - gathered from fields, huner camps and fishermer villages. It's increased by the granary and used for population growth.Labor - gathered from mines, increased by the forges and used for city and terrain improvement. Power (Rule) - gathered from obelisks and barracks, used for territory expansion and ideas propaganda on your territory. Soft power (diplomatic influence) - generated by the temples, increased by the diplomatic academy, used for ideas propaganda on the enemy territory. Sentry - gathered from the hunting camps, used to explore the territory. Migration - generated by the cities which population is higher than their capacity. Used to found the colonies.Military power - generated by fortresses, increased by barracks, used in battle mechanics.How to conquer territoriesWhen two armies are on the adjacent cells, the battle starts. The battle takes place also when one player's army is on the territory of another player. If the enemy's territory military control is reduced to zero, this territory is captured. If you capture a city, then you gain control over the whole province.City improvementsWhen you tap your city a building window opens. In the top of it you'll see the current population levelcurrent living capacity. Below there's a list of possible and available buildings. When you tap a building icon you'll see the info. And each building has a button to startstop the upgrade.IdeasYou can spread the ideas in your and foreign cities by using your diplomatic influence and rule.What ideas you can spreadBeing happy of the current situation. By default this idea is set in your own cities.Joining your country completely. You can spread it in your satellite's capital (the the country will be annexed by you completely) or in its cities, to annex it gradually.Including the country into you sphere of influence. You can spread this idea in the capital of an independent state. If you succeed it will become your colony (satellite).Rebellion. You can spread it in the cities of your rivals to make them break apart. Or, if you became a colony of another country, you can start supporting the rebellion idea in your capital, to set you free.
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5 Ways Writers are Like Wizards
Writers are like wizards because, just like wizards, they use words to cast spells. Words can be used to create a sense of wonder and excitement or to motivate and inspire people. As a writer, you also have the ability to communicate complex concepts in a way that is easy for people to understand. Like responsible wizards, writers use their power for good, making the world a better place through the magic of their words.


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In the presented study an analysis of the irrigation regime (IR) and the obtained yield from the economic point of view was done, i.e. whether the applied irrigation regime was economically reasonable or not. The most important indicators characterizing the economic efficiency in celery production are: production (kg), production costs (lv), rate of profitability (%), production cost (lv/kg) and profit (lv/ha). The experiment was carried out in several variants under disturbed irrigation regime during 2010-2012 in the region of Plovdiv. From the economic point of view it is recommended celery to be grown under irrigation conditions and the irrigation application to be 130% ofm (optimal irrigation rate). The obtained production cost for that variant was the lowest – 0.60(lv/kg). The reduction of the irrigation rates was not profitable because with the reduction not much money could be saved. The obtained yield was vastly reduced and hence the profit per hectare as well. The profit earned under non-irrigated conditions was even negative – an amount equal to 2/3 of the spent production costs.
Celery – a profitable crop under irrigation


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The Other Side of Pain
Every day, child sexual abuse survivors are beginning to understand they no longer have to hide in the shadows; cling to blame, guilt, and shame; see themselves as current victims, or hide their light. Drawing from her own experiences, Veronica C. Young demonstrates how to recognize that past trauma is running the show; triggering negative thoughts and emotions and driving self-destructive choices and limiting beliefs. The Other Side of Pain guides the reader how to forge a path back to who they truly are, before the abuse made them forget. Get to the "other side of pain" and reclaim your power.


Digital Recruitment In Nigeria
The digitization of the recruitment process in Nigeria is still in its infant stage.
Few of the businesses I have come across have not digitized their human resource system talk less of recruitment.
In many organizations, the only digitized platform you may see is the employee data management portal. Every other thing is manual.
For those who care to know, its
Digital recruitment also means recruiting via digital platforms or if you will, social media platforms which include:
1. Facebook.
2. LinkedIn.
3. Twitter.
4. Instagram
Other traditional methods are:
1. Newspapers.
2. Post cards/ bills
3. Radio, TV
4. emails.
In Europe, the use of digital recruitment is at an all time high, rising to an astounding 94% of recruiters using digital platforms to hire candidates over the last six years.
So are there any benefits of using these social media platforms for recruitment? The answer is yes, and the statistics remain impressive. I found the following very interesting
# 73% of job applications have been successfully filled through the uses of social media.
# 42% of companies say that the quality of their candidates has improved.
# 20% of companies say that it takes less time to hire their candidates when using social media.
# 31% of companies that used social media to recruit saw an increase of employee referrals.
# 65% of companies that used social media to recruit compensate employees for referrals.
Its difficult to get a hang of data in Nigeria
To make things clear, what is digital recruitment?
Digital recruitment is the process of recruiting, head-hunting and searching for a prospective candidate to match their skills and experience to a prospective employer through chats or calls about a new opportunity with the aid of a blend of social profiles like LinkedIn and HR software that work simultaneously to seek out these ideal candidates.
Typically, here is a simplified example of how a digital recruitment process would be:
1. Understand what you are looking for i.e
a) What role you want filled
b) What specifications the job entails
c) The description
d) The relevant skills and experience needed
e) The background you are looking for etc.
This is why its important that we use the right titles and descriptions for our profiles on LinkedIn
2. Head-hunt
Recruiters use any of the social media platform and its highly important that when you are registering or creating an account that you use the right description.
Keywords are typed in search engines or on those social media platforms and the results are perused for specific profiles.
People have also been warned to desist from posting things that could become a contradiction to the kind of image you are trying to show to your professional networks.
3. Connect.
Here you request for a chat with the prospect via;
a) Skype.
b) Call.
c) Other comfortable platform that is comfortable with both partners.
4. Decide to proceed.
After the chat you can decide to proceed by requesting for the CV which you store in the data bank which is automated. The data bank can have certain commands other to access the resume easily such as;
a) Prospect name
b) Job title
c) Medium CV was received.
If you will not be proceeding with prospect after the chat, it is better to use a style where the candidate is told immediately about the status. It may require experience to pull this through.
5. Interview, tests or simulations
We all know how this works.
6. If employed, employee profile is immediately created and stored in data management system such as PeopleHR, Workable, WhenIWork etc.
This helps to easily track, training requirements, profile, leave requests, attendance, promotions, PPR etc because its all automated.
The only department in 21st century Nigerian business environment which is setback on digitization is basically the HR department and you will agree with me that digitization makes work and our lives very efficient.
Written by Adetunji Bademosi
 1. The technological takeover ha come slowly but steadily to Nigeria. But with the way things are looking up, we can expect our lives to be ruled by technology. I, for one, am truly excited by the prospect.
 2. It really is so much complicated for me to understand that what you are actually trying to say.
 3. I like this post I really appreciate the kind of topics you post here.thank you
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