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September 14th, 2011 | Caixin China's Bohai Sea Drowns in Discharged Waste
Oil from a recent spill blended with 30 years of waste dumped by cities and factories ringing the once-beautiful sea
A recent offshore oil spill has given China reason to pause for a close look at the filth floating in the Bohai Sea which, after eons of pristine beauty followed by three decades of intense pollution, is today seriously ill.
A map of polluted areas included in a 2008 Report on the Quality of the Marine Environment of the Bohai Sea, published by the State Oceanic Administration (SOA), still paints a depressing picture. It shows that the entire length of the Bohai shore, with the exception of a few sections near Hebei Province's South Qinhuangdao and Beidaihe, as well as Liaoning Province's Dalian, has been seriously polluted.
Moreover, the report described sea conditions long before last year's oil tank explosion and spill in the Dalian area, and crude oil started leaking from ConnocoPhillips drilling rigs in June.
As of 2005, according to other SOA reports, about 14 percent of Bohai's waters were polluted. The percentage had risen to 22 percent by 2010.
Tianjin, the biggest city on the sea, is both a contributor and victim of the contamination. SOA says more than 95 percent of the sea area off the city's shore are rated Grade IV – a classification given by scientists for seawater described as "generally offensive in color, smell and taste."
Recent efforts to clean up Bohai succeeded in reducing the total Grade IV section of the sea by half, after a peak of 6,120 square kilometers was reported in 2007. But the trend reversed in 2010, and the fouled area spread to 3,220 square kilometers.
The largest sections of polluted water in the Bohai Sea are in coastal areas that encompass fishing grounds, tourist areas and nature reserves, said Wang Shicheng, a former deputy director of the Shandong Province Ocean and Fisheries Department.
And 80 percent of the sea's pollution comes from land sources, including factories and city sewage plants, said Xia Qing, a researcher at the China Environmental Science Research Institute and head of the organizational group that drafted a Bohai Sea Environmental Master Plan.
It's a predicament that's closely tied to China's rapid, modern-day industrial development.
Scientists say the Bohai Sea has played the role of a "pollution sink" for a large swathe of modern China. About 45 rivers empty into the sea, and several major channels including the Haihe, Yellow and Liaohe rivers are major channels for manmade discharges including sewage.
Moreover, thousands of sewage outlets empty directly into the sea, including those for factories in industrial zones built in recent years in Shandong, Tianjin, Hebei and Liaoning. Many of these factories have been cited for high levels of pollution.
Overall, the amount of waste discharged into the sea greatly exceeds quotas set by environmental regulators. In 2008, for example, marine authorities who monitored 96 sewage outlets found 82 percent exceeded discharge standards. And in Shandong alone, they found 96 percent exceeded the standards.
Wang says environmental authorities have proposed forcing local companies to meet discharge standards. But questions about the standards themselves cloud this proposal. For example, separate discharge standards have been established for the steel, printing and papermaking industries.
"Environmental protection authorities think the pollution discharge situation is getting better and better," said Wang. "But marine authorities have found it to be getting worse and worse."
One proof of deteriorating conditions is the shrinkage of the heavily tapped Yellow River before it reaches the sea. The Yellow is the sea's most important river, but so little water winds up reaching the sea that salinity levels in the Bohai have risen to the point of seriously inhibiting fish spawning.
Another harmful consequence of sea pollution is eutrophication, which can lead to red tides. One such "micro-micro-flagellate" red tide algae bloom lasted from late May to early July in Hebei's Changli County.
This was the third consecutive year in which the county's seacoast experienced red tides, which halt development of young scallops and kill others.
By staff reporter Gong Jing


de la Montanya Mausoleum
Dark and brooding, the de la Montanya mausoleum is in a state of arrested decay. The mausoleum, designed in 1909 by noted funerary architect Bernard J.S. Cahill, is constructed of red sandstone and originally contained three Tiffany stained glass windows. Cahill modeled his three stage Spanish Gothic Tower on a cathedral in Burgos, Spain. Pinnacles, crockets, sprockets and gargoyles protrude from every surface making the mausoleum look more like an elaborate confection than a home for the dead.
Like many sandstone structures, it seems to attract ivy like a magnet. The ivy grows into the cracks and crevices of the stone and slowly forces the joints apart. The problem is compounded in structures like this, which have a variety of surfaces for the ivy to attach itself.
As if the damage from the ivy wasn't enough, an earthquake in the late 1950's destroyed the Tiffany windows and seriously damaged the structure itself.
James de la Montanya (_PHONE_) was one of many men who struck it rich during the California Gold Rush. Like most of the men who made their fortune during that time he made his money not by digging for gold, but by selling supplies to the men who did the digging. In addition to supplying the 49er's with hardware and other materials de la Montanya had a prosperous horse breeding business.
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Author(s): Paulina Alberto
Winner of the 2012 Roberto Reis Prize in Brazilian Studies.
In this history of black thought and racial activism in twentieth-century Brazil, Alberto demonstrates that black intellectuals, and not just elite white Brazilians, shaped discourses about race relations and the cultural and political terms of inclusion in their modern nation.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Year of Publication: 2011
Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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text: Simultaneous positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provide complementary structural and functional information. Recent developments in continuous infusion functional PET (fPET) have shown promising results to track dynamic changes in brain metabolism. Although fPET provides opportunities to investigate functional metabolism in the brain, the temporal resolution still remains a major challenge compared to functional MRI (fMRI). In this work, we use anatomical MRI information modeled as a Bowsher prior to improve the sensitivity of fPET at higher temporal resolution. We validate our MRI-assisted fPET analysis framework using both in-silico and in-vivo experiments.

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South Seattle Community College Students: My courses are online using CANVAS and not Angel.
How to get to class:
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Password =1st 6 letters of last name (lowercase - ignore punctuation and spaces)
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([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)Wingspan 36-42 mm.
Formerly resident in the south-east of England, it became extinct as a breeding species in the early 1900s. Since then, around a dozen immigrant examples have been found, mainly along the south and south-east coast.
It has two generations, flying in May and June, and again from mid-July to August, and occupies mainly wooded areas.
The larvae feed on a range of foodplants including oak (Quercus) and bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus).


text: Whyatt's family is acting very sneaky and he wants to know why! The Super Readers waltz into the story of the Twelve Dancing Princesses - who are acting just as secretive. The Super Readers may be hot on the trail of the Princesses to discover what they're concealing, but will Whyatt uncover what his family is hiding? Educational Objectives: To learn about the fun of the unexpected, play with the alphabet and identify the letters W-I-N-D. In addition, young viewers will practice the magic of spelling, and use the power to read to change the story!


you to work, play games, or watch movies clearly and comfortably on a computer. Therefore, choosing a monitor should not be arbitrary or merely cheap. There are not a few important aspects that need to be ignored before deciding to purchase a monitor.
We will submit tips on how to choose a quality computer:
1. Determine the size of the monitor
The choice of monitor size depends on the usage requirements and the user's budget. For example, a 24-inch screen (moderate) is felt to be sufficient to support work productivity and entertainment activities. But if space allows, the screen size of 27 inches and above is no problem.
Currently, not a few 27-inch monitors appear with a resolution of Wide Quad High Definition (WQHD) resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels. A higher pixel count can deliver a much sharper image than Full HD. Even so, it must be balanced with a powerful graphics card to be able to play the latest games with higher resolution.
2. Choose screen resolution
Another critical factor that should be considered is the screen resolution. Especially in this day and age, many monitors already have Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels). The sharpest image display with clearly visible text size makes a monitor with Full HD resolution a basic requirement for monitors at this time.
3. Select panel technology
There are many types of display technology, where each has advantages and disadvantages. In general, the mainstream panels used are Twisted Nematic (TN) and In-Plane Switching (IPS). TN is a very affordable and popular panel among gamers because it offers pixel response and fast refresh rates. Unfortunately, this panel is prone to shifting colors when viewed from all sides. While IPS can provide the best color quality with a wide viewing angle, although it cannot match the TN panel pixel response.
So, if you will often use a monitor for entertainment work or workers, then the IPS panel is the right choice. The IPS panel offers better complete visual quality. This means that color reproduction is more vibrant and accurate, and the perspective is better.
4. Check response time
This point is that not all people need it. Generally, a monitor with a fast response time requires no less professional gamers. Gamers demand a response time of under 8 ms to ensure that fast-moving videos or animations can be free of ghosting effects when used for heavy gaming.
However, it's not just on heavy gaming, it is also crucial when you playing sports betting or online casino in _URL_, you don't want to have monitor with delay response time, because time is crucial when you betting your money.
5. Check color accuracy
Professional users often have special needs which create they must consider many aspects before choosing a monitor. Call it a profession like a photographer, web designer, special effect artist, to pro-gamers, who need accurate color control to support the whole work. If a spacer is included in it, the priority for choosing the right monitor is image quality with sRGB.
6. Refresh rate speed
A different factor that also evaluates choices is the refresh rate. Most monitors today are equipped with a refresh rate of 60 Hz, which means you can only watch 60 frames per second while gaming. This is enough for office workers, lecturers, or business people who merely use monitors for everyday computing.
But if SpAcer is a gamer, animator, or YouTuber, then choose a monitor with at least a refresh rate of 144 Hz to provide empirical play or smoother work. Some high-end gaming monitors are even designed with technology known as variable refresh rates. This feature is included in the monitor so that it can be refreshed at the same frame rate by the system. For example, if the game is rendered at 50 frames per second, the monitor will refresh at 50 frames per second.
There are at least two manufacturers available at this time, namely NVIDIA G-Sync and AMD Freesync. So, if you will often use a monitor for heavy work, look for monitors that are supported among these types of cards.
7. Pay attention to other features
To increase work productivity or work together with friends, choose a monitor with an ergonomic stand so that the tilt, height, and angle can be easily adjusted. In addition to giving up a sense of comfort when using a monitor, the design also helps minimize fatigue on your neck and eyes when looking at the monitor.
Finally, a different thing to note is to choose a monitor that is equipped with an anti-glare coating that will help you when in the brightest room or sitting behind a window. You also try to choose a monitor that has a built-in speaker that can provide sharp and powerful sound. This way, you don't need an external speaker, and at the same time, can guard the aesthetics of the room without the number of messy cables near the monitor.
That's many tips from Acer in choosing the ideal monitor. If you want something far more unique and efficient, you can choose PC All in One (AIO) because it takes up less space and is free from complicated cable connections. Acer recommends the Aspire S24 and Aspire U27, which have a balanced blend of performance and design.
The Aspire S24 features a stylish look thanks to the 2.7 mm super-thin screen bezel. Comes with 24-inch screen size, this thinnest Acer AIO PC offers strong performance for work productivity to multimedia. In it, the Aspire S24 uses an 8th generation Intel Core processor and Intel Optane Memory to help the PC performance faster. It can even simplify cell phone battery charges with Qi Wireless Charging technology.
While the Aspire U27 is most suitable for multimedia entertainment work. AIO PC has a bigger screen, which is 27 inches Full HD and has been equipped with Acer ExaColor technology for accurate color. Clear sound when watching a movie or watching music comes thanks to two speakers with a specially designed internal subwoofer.
Interestingly, the Aspire U27 is equipped with a LiquidLoop fanless cooling system that can reduce the problem of excessive heat. The system can also create a PC that operates more quietly and is energy efficient. Even so, that performance is more responsive and fast, and this AIO PC already has an upgrade to Intel Optane Memory.
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Which is The Best of N-TFT LCD, IPS or AMOLED to Play Sbobet Games in Smartphone
The present era of this artificial smartphone is very little different, with so many variations of specifications for the unique of all users.
Surely you have heard of TN-TFT, IPS, and OLED in screen groups.
Your friend might have heard "Super AMOLED is better compared because of…., but is that so? What is the difference between each type and can it be better?
Well, you can better understand when buying a smartphone to be able to use the use of each screen better, as follows a very easy brief explanation of TN-TFT, IPS, and OLED which are not uncommon.
LCD or Liquid Crystal Display is a screen panel that uses liquid crystals as the main display material. Therefore, the TN-TFT screen requires a backlight or backlight projected onto the liquid crystal layer to be able to display color until it becomes an image.
TN-TFT LCD itself used Thin Film Transistor technology and became popular in the television and monitor markets thanks to higher prices and compatible with previous comparable screen designs. So it is not surprising not a few in the era of the emergence of smartphones that used the most TFT-TN until now.
There are advantages of TN-TFT compared to other types of screens, namely a higher level of freedom, the sharpness of color, easy to witness in the sun, and more extended durability compared to OLED screens. Even so, TFT-TN is not without weaknesses that require technology must compete with OLED.
Some of the disadvantages of TN-TFT include high power consumption, contrast that is not good enough to not be able to display black, approved colors when viewed from a wide-angle, and low response times that can be done ghosting or shading to the point not suitable for use as VR equipment. As Virtual Reality technology rapidly growing, it's not just developed for the regular company, many companies who provide online sportsbook also start to develop casino games in VR mode.
Also, the TN-TFT is in contrast to PLS-TFT, which is now being used on the latest Samsung smartphones. The PLS-TFT uses Samsung's exclusive Plane Line Switching technology to compete with IPS technology so that in terms of image quality, it is far better compared to TFT-TN and equals IPS.
IPS or In-Plane Switching is still classified as an LCD type; only the technology used is the opposite of TFT-TN. IPS LCD technology allows liquid crystals to be arranged to increase viewing angles and change the colors compared to TFT-TN.
IPS is very suitable for tablet equipment, and it is not better for smartphones to switch to using this one panel higher for the upper-middle level. IPS provides the best equilibrium of existing smartphone panel technology.
More efficient use of power, a viewing angle of up to 178 degrees, until accurate color reproduction, is the main charm of IPS besides the advantages of TN-TFT which is already included. However, IPS also still has a weakness similar to TFT-TN, which is relatively low response time.
IPS is not often the primary choice for users who are most concerned with color resolution, editing, or editing because the colors shown are always consistent.
OLED or Organic Light-Emitting Diode is a display technology that can produce light and compared LCD that requires a backlight. The use of OLED technology allows the screen to be thin, wide


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Grace Marion Sparkes: "Mother of Coronado National Memorial" by Jim Connell, Volunteer
If George Washington has the title of "Father of Our Country," then the title of "Mother of Coronado National Memorial" could very well be bestowed on Grace M. Sparkes.
Who was this kindly looking lady? Ms. Sparkes has been described as the matriarch of early tourism in Arizona. Early on, when she was a member of the Chamber of Commerce in Prescott, Arizona, she worked tirelessly for civic projects and promoted attractions of Arizona at every opportunity. Although a person of very modest means, throughout her life, she was nevertheless known as savvy and politically astute when promoting Arizona. She was well regarded in political circles and was on a first name basis with at least two U.S. Senators (Carl Hayden and Barry Goldwater) as well as an Arizona Governor and Presidential assistants.
What prompted her interest in what is now Coronado National Memorial? In 1938 she inherited several mining properties from her father and one of the mines was the "State of Texas Mine," which is located in what is now the memorial. There may have been many reasons for Ms. Sparkes support of the idea, but above all, what could be a greater challenge for a political mover and shaker than to "cast a shadow" on history?
Soon, operating out of her residence at the State of Texas Mine, she became the one-person who kept the project going. There were other people who contributed a great deal of effort to bring the memorial to this area, but Grace Sparkes was the driving force. She was appointed as the chairman of the Arizona Coronado Monument Commission and also served as the chairman of the Bisbee Chamber of Commerce National Parks and Monuments committee. From 1939 until the establishment of the memorial in 1952, she kept the project alive with never-ending letter writing to push, wheedle and keep the political wheels turning.
The influence of Grace Sparkes did not stop after the memorial became a reality. Since the new Superintendent of the park needed a place to live, she rented the park service a house for his use on the property of the State of Texas mine. Ms. Sparkes was also hired as the first ranger in the park, with the title of "Ranger-Historian."
Grace Sparkes' time as park ranger-historian was spent helping visitors understand the significance of Coronado's expedition and the history and importance of Montezuma Canyon and Coronado National Memorial. She certainly didn't do it for the pay! In January of 1958, Grace worked part-time, eight hours per week, for $1.64 per hour.
Grace Sparkes died in 1963 at the age of 70. The State of Texas Mine was eventually acquired by the National Park Service in 1986 from her nephew Will Sparkes. The mine is now home to thousands of lesser long-nosed bats, a threatened and endangered species. Ms. Sparkes' legacy lives on through the memorial itself and the rangers and volunteers who take care of this special place.


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Im stuck developing an important detail of my game water: Making it flow downwards!
Considering a typical 3D world in wich water tends to go towards gravity
g=(0,-1,0), and having the normal of the water surface
n=(x,y,z), how can I calculate, based on that, the water flow direction vector?
As an example, consider this badly-done graph (In 2D, though)
Update: I'm considering a very simplified water surface (Just a plane: No ripples, no waves, no pressure, etc.). If any of those needed to be applied, the answer would depend on more factors than just the normal.


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Let's start with the Tagalog /k/, /p/ and /t/. Ka, pa, ta. These
three consonants are pronounced without a puff of air after them. So they're
like the /k/, /p/ and /t/ in skill, spill and still.
And not the ones in kill, pill and till, which have a puff of breath after
them. So again, ka, pa and ta.
Then you have the sound /ng/. Nga. This sound can also be found at the
beginning of a word in Tagalog. For example, ngayon, which means today
or now. You can practice this initial /ng/ sound by saying ringing…,
Then there's the Tagalog /r/. Ra. It's similar to the double /t/
in better in most accents of American English, or it can be slightly
Now, let's quickly go through the consonant sounds you'll find in native Tagalog
ba, da, ga
ha, ka, la
ma, na, nga
pa, ra, sa
ta, wa, ya.
There's actually another consonant sound in Tagalog, which is called the glottal stop,
but we'll cover that in a later video.
Lastly, let's pronounce the Tagalog /ll/ and what we call en-ye in
Tagalog. These are found in words borrowed from Spanish.
lla – it's like an /l/
followed by a /y/
and ña – a bit like the /gn/ in lasagna


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An integral representation of the displacement for problems of transient propagation of horizontally polarized shear waves is employed to investigate the diffraction of a plane wave by a crack of finite length. The stress intensity factors at small times are derived for an incident wave of arbitrary shape. For a step-stress wave the maximum stress intensity factors are shown to exceed the factors of the corresponding static problem by a factor 4 π. Brittle fracture is subsequently investigated by employing a balance of rate of energy. It is shown that for a step-stress wave the critical stress for brittle fracture is reduced by a factor π 4√2 as compared to the critical stress of the corresponding static problem. Ductile fracture is studied by assuming that yielding is restricted to a narrow band in the vicinity of the crack tips. The propagation velocity of the zone of yielding is computed and the location of the point of rupture is determined.
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The test plan for the national council licensure examination for practical nurses nclex pn r was developed by the national council of state boards of nursing inc ncsbnr the purpose of this document is to provide detailed information about the content areas tested on the nclex pn this booklet contains the 2020 nclex pn r test plan. The national council licensure examination for practical nurses nclex pn exam is administered by individual state boards of nursing the nclex pn is often referred to as the boards or state boards the nclex pn has only one purpose to determine if it is safe for you to begin practice as an entry level practical vocational nurse. The national council licensure examination is a nationwide examination for the licensing of nurses in the united states canada and australia since _PHONE_ and 2020 respectively there are two types the nclex rn and the nclex pn after graduation from a school of nursing one takes the nclex exam to receive a nursing license a nursing license gives an individual the permission to practice nursing granted by the state where they met the requirements nclex examinations are developed and own. The national council licensure examination for practical nurses nclex pn is an exam designed for entry level practical nurses and vocational nurses lpn or vn the nclex pn is used by state and territorial members of the national council of state boards of nursing ncsbn as a means of ensuring entry level practical nurses meet set
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Laser-Guided, Ultrasonic Battery Monitoring
Today's electric vehicle batteries are expensive and prone to unexpected failure. Batteries are complex systems, and developing techniques to cost-effectively monitor and manage important performance measures while predicting battery cell degradation and failure remains a key technological challenge. There is a critical need for breakthrough technologies that can be practically deployed for superior management of both electric vehicle batteries and renewable energy storage systems.
Project Innovation + Advantages:
Gayle Technologies is developing a laser-guided, ultrasonic electric vehicle battery inspection system that would help gather precise diagnostic data on battery performance. The batteries used in hybrid vehicles are highly complex, requiring advanced management systems to maximize their performance. Gayle's laser-guided, ultrasonic system would allow for diagnosis of various aspects of the battery system, including inspection for defects during manufacturing and assembly, battery state-of-health, and flaws that develop from mechanical or chemical issues with the battery system during use. Because of its non-invasive nature, relatively low cost, and potential for yielding broad information content, this innovative technology could increase productivity in battery manufacturing and better monitor battery conditions during use or service.
If successful, Gayle's laser-guided, ultrasonic battery diagnosis system would facilitate a significant improvement in vehicle battery safety, reliability, and performance.
Advances in energy storage management could reduce the cost and increase the adoption of electric vehicles and renewable energy storage technologies, which in turn would reduce our nation's dependence on foreign sources of energy.
Improving the reliability and safety of electric vehicles and renewable energy storage facilities would enable more widespread use of these technologies, resulting in a substantial reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.
Enabling alternatives to conventional sources of energy could insulate consumers, businesses, and utilities from unexpected price swings.


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A Combined finite Element-state Space Modeling Environment for Induction Motors in the ABC Frame of Reference: The Blocked-rotor and Sinusoidally Energized Load Conditions
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion
The combined finite element-state space (CFE-SS) modeling environment was used to predict the performance of a 1.2 hp, three-phase case-study squirrel cage induction motor under blocked rotor and typical load operating conditions. The nature of this CFE-SS environment allows one to rigorously account for the impact of space harmonics generated by the magnetic circuit, winding, and cage geometric, as well as layout peculiarities and magnetic saturation, on the current and torque profiles, and ohmic losses in the stator armature and cage. This includes the ability to predict the profiles of connector and bar currents. The results of the CFE-SS simulations compare favorably with blocked rotor and load experimental test data. Potential capabilities of this CFE-SS modeling environment, and its use in impacting motor design decisions, are discussed in the light of reported findings.
Baldassari, P. and Demerdash, Nabeel, "A Combined finite Element-state Space Modeling Environment for Induction Motors in the ABC Frame of Reference: The Blocked-rotor and Sinusoidally Energized Load Conditions" (1992). Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research and Publications. 478.
IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, Vol. 7, No. 4 (December 1992): 710-720. DOI.
N.A. Demerdash was affiliated with Clarkson University at the time of publication.


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Graffiti Vandalism in Riverside
Winners were recognized at a City Council meeting on May 21, 2013. View the winning Poster Contest entries HERE. View the winning Video Contest entries HERE.
Take Back the Wall
The City of Riverside spends more than $1.3 million each year for Graffiti abatement. In addition, money is spent by other public agencies, utility companies, and private property owners to remove graffiti from their properties.
Nationwide, the American public spends nearly $12 billion each year to fight graffiti.
What is Graffiti?
Graffiti consists of inscriptions, slogans and drawings scratched, scribbled or painted on a wall or other public or private surface.
Today, graffiti is a sign of urban decay. James Q. Wilson, Shattuck Professor of Government at Harvard University and author of "Thinking About Crime," together with George L. Kelling, a research fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard, first introduced the world to the Broken Window Theory.
The theory contends that if a broken window is left unfixed it can quickly encourage more crime and vandalism to the neighborhood because it sends a message of indifference to observers. Graffiti is one element of the broken window theory. Once graffiti shows up somewhere, if left untreated, generally more graffiti follows.
Graffiti has become everyone's eyesore and everyone's problem. It generates fear of neighborhood crime and instability. It is costly, destructive, lowers property values and sends a message that people of the community are not concerned about the appearance of their neighborhood. It is against the law, and in cases where the cost of clean-up equates to $400 or more, is punishable as a felony. Graffiti is not art; it is vandalism and criminal.
Parents may be liable for up to $25,000 for each graffiti incident pursuant to Civil Code 1714.1.


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About Spicy Shrimp And Long Beans Balado
Spicy Shrimp And Long Beans Balado is a food made from basic ingredients of fresh shrimp, long beans and red chili. Especially Shrimp are large and fresh. The term Balado is derived from the Padang language, West Sumatra, Indonesia, which means food using red peppers are mashed. These foods are eaten together with rice and vegetables. In addition to shrimp and red chili, other commonly used ingredients are Long beans, Lime or Tomato, and Onion. Its spicy flavor makes Balado Shrimp And Long Beans is much preferred by people who like spicy. And now the term Balado is not only used by people in the Western Sumatera but also throughout Indonesia.
The existence of chili and lime or tomatoes make this dish contains many vitamin C and Provitamin A. Fresh shrimp will certainly be a source of animal protein and minerals that are needed by the human body. Thus Spicy Shrimp And Long Beans Balado cuisine are very healthy and nutritious to be a side dish with rice and vegetables.
How to Make Spicy Shrimp And Long Beans Balado :
- 500 g of fresh shrimp
- 10 Long beans
- 100 grams of red chili
- 20 grams red cayenne pepper
- 4 cm Turmeric
- 10 pieces of red onions
- 2 pieces of Lime or 3 large Tomatoes.
- Cooking oil to taste
- The salt according to taste
How to make :
- Clean Shrimp and remove the head
- Clean Long Beans, cut to taste.
- Blend turmeric and salt. Mix with shrimp that have been cleaned earlier. Allow for 15 minutes for the seasoning to soak in the shrimp.
- Boil red chili, red cayenne pepper, and tomato
- After the red chili, red cayenne pepper and tomato boiled, then mashed.
- Add onion and salt. Puree again.
- Fried shrimp that have been flavored it all.
- Prepare the skillet. Enter the cooking oil then heat.
- Slice three of red onion put in hot oil in the pan.
- After the yellowish onion, enter the red chili, red cayenne pepper, and tomato that has been mashed earlier. Add a little water. Stir until cooked. If you do not use tomatoes, can use lime to taste sour.
- Add long beans that have been cut.
- Add shrimp that have been fried earlier. Stir slowly. Spicy Shrimp And Long Beans Balado ready to serve.
Serving method :
Put the Spicy Shrimp And Long Beans Balado in a clean, dry dish. Serve with rice and vegetables


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The importance of the sun - more experience from Lancashire UK
The Sun and Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) - evidence from Lancashire
Sometimes important evidence can be found very close to home.
Figure 1: Blackpool, on the coast of Lancashire
Previous Posts have shown the epidemic nature of deaths from coronary heart disease (CHD) during the 20th century. The epidemic emerged in the mid-1920s, and this is very clearly recorded in the UK and in the USA. As it occurred simultaneously in all continents of the world (with the exception of the tropics) it can be regarded as a pandemic. The death rate increased rapidly to a peak in about 1970 and it became the major cause of death for several decades in many countries. Following the peak the death rate went underwent a rapid, unexpected, and spontaneous decline
The cause of CHD
The cause of CHD is not clear. Although there has been a ready acceptance that it has been due to faulty diet, research (usually ignored) has shown that this is not the case. I have suggested that a microbiological cause is the most likely, the only one that fits the evidence and our understanding of medical science.
But the incidence of CHD has varied; there are in particular social and geographical variations. These might not tell us directly the cause of the disease, but they might indicate a variation of susceptibility, and this will help us to understand the condition.
The Sun
The sun is related to the incidence of CHD. The sun appears to be protective, and conversely the incidence of death from CHD is highest among people with little exposure to the sun. This is demonstrated in a number of studies.
 - People with CHD have on average lower blood levels of vitamin D than matched controls. The blood level of vitamin D is an index of exposure to the sun.
 - We have seen in previous Posts that the death rates from CHD in the UK are closely linked to latitude. The further north the town of residence, the higher the overall adjusted death rate from CHD. However there is no difference in dietary patterns or any other personal external risk factor.
There is more evidence from my place of residence in Lancashire that indicates a protective effect from the sun.
Figure 2: Location of south Lancashire
4 towns in Lancashire
Figure 2: South Lancashire – Blackpool, Preston, Blackburn, Burnley
 (the blue spot is where I live)
Let us consider four towns in Lancashire, UK : Blackpool, Preston, Blackburn, and Burnley. They have had different death rates from coronary heart disease (CHD), and the data shown in Figure 3 are from 1980. The death rates now are very much lower as the epidemic approaching its end.
Figure 3: Annual death rates from CHD, per 100,000 population, 1980
What is the reason for this? The populations are very similar, all having a relative degree of socio-economic disadvantage. There is no suspicion of dietary difference, although in general diet appears to be of little or no importance in consideration of CHD death rates. The maximum elevation is Burnley at 105 metres above sea level. The four towns lie on the same latitude, 53.8 degrees north of the equator. Blackpool is on the coast and it has been the traditional holiday destination for the populations of the three industrial times.
Could differential exposure to the sun be the solution to the varying CHD death rates of the four towns? The answer is "Yes".
The sun in Lancashire
The annual sunshine data is available from the UK Met Office, and the results are as follows:
Figure 4: Average annual hours of sunshine
The reason for the sunshine variation is based on the location of the coast of Lancashire on the Irish Sea, with a prevailing wind off the sea. It is fed by the Gulf Stream, and so the sea is relatively warm (considering its latitude) and the air immediately above the sea is moist. At an altitude of only 500 metres the air is cool, in keeping with the proximity to the Arctic. As the air from the coast reaches the hills close to Blackburn and Burnley (particularly Pendle Hill (557m, 1827 ft) cloud forms and sunshine is reduced.
Figure 5.Cloud over Lancashire, looking north from my house
The photograph is looking north, on a day that Blackpool, on the coast, left of the image, would have a clear blue sky, as in Figure 1. It can be seen that the hills generate cloud cover that reduces sun exposure of the populations of Blackburn and Burnley.
If we plot CHD death rates against hours of sunshine we find an excellent data fit: the greater the annual sunshine received by the four towns, the lower is the mortality rate from CHD.
Figure 6: Regression of CHD mortality and annual hours of sunshine
Once again we see the same pattern: increasing exposure to the sun appears to give some protection against CHD death. We see this not just in these four Lancashire towns, but also three other Lancashire towns at different altitudes; in cities at different altitudes in the USA; in towns at various latitudes within England and within the UK generally; in cities at various latitudes within France, and within Europe overall.
Protection by the sun
I have previously indicated that CHD has been a 20th century pandemic occurring in all continents simultaneously, with the exception of the tropics. It arose in the 1920s, reached a peak in about 1970, and thereafter underwent a dramatic and spontaneous decline by the end of the 20th century. The only realistic explanation is that it has been due to a micro-organism, the precise identification of which is not clear.
Figure 7: The epidemic of CHD in the UK
The protection given to certain populations by the sun is therefore likely to be mediated by maximal immunological competence. It is known that the sun has this effect, demonstrated in its well-established relationship to tuberculosis. Also it is known that damage to immune mechanisms will increase susceptibility to CHD. There is also laboratory evidence of the immune / inflammatory cascade being enhanced by vitamin D through vitamin D receptors. More of this will follow in subsequent Blog Posts.
The sun has many benefits. Bone health is well-known. Immune competence is not so well known but it is of great importance.
Latitudes, degrees north of the equator
Burnley 53.7893
Blackburn 53.7486
Preston 53.7632
Blackpool 53.8175
 1. Just found this related and fascinating paper, open access:
 Randomized Control Trial Assessing Impact of Increased Sunlight Exposure versus Vitamin D Supplementation on Lipid Profile in Indian Vitamin D Deficient Men.
 Patwardhan VG, Mughal ZM, Padidela R, Chiplonkar SA, Khadilkar VV, Khadilkar AV.
 Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2017 May-Jun;21(3):393-398.
 Would be interested in comments.
 1. That was very interesting! Thank you for sharing it. I will be sharing it with my husband who insists taking supplemental Vit D is just as good as getting sunlight, as long as his blood level of Vit D is in normal range. He never allows himself any sun exposure because of worries about skin cancer. I tend to feel moderate sun exposure is beneficial. Like almost everything else - not too much, but not too little either.
 2. Hi Nankie - a Post not yet completed will tell you that people with non-melanoma skin cancer have a long life with with good internal health – a measure of sun exposure. Non-melanoma skin cancers are easily dealt with. Their significance is dwarfed but the benefits of the sun.
 2. Be careful of the lure of the visual graph. The table tells a truer story of the results. While sunlight favorably impacts LDL and TC it decreases HDL and increases TG (not included in the graph for some reason) - both of which I understand are unfavorable for atherosclerosis. Vitamin D supplementation on the other hand does indeed have a detrimental impact on LDL and TC but has a favorable impact on TG and HDL. Conclusion of study should be that the impact of both interventions on cardiac this group of cardiac risk factors can't really be determined.


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Archiving MySQL Tables in ClickHouse
Archiving MySQL Tables in ClickHouseIn this blog post, I will talk about archiving MySQL tables in ClickHouse for storage and analytics.
Why Archive?
Hard drives are cheap nowadays, but storing lots of data in MySQL is not practical and can cause all sorts of performance bottlenecks. To name just a few issues:
 1. The larger the table and index, the slower the performance of all operations (both writes and reads)
 2. Backup and restore for terabytes of data is more challenging, and if we need to have redundancy (replication slave, clustering, etc.) we will have to store all the data N times
The answer is archiving old data. Archiving does not necessarily mean that the data will be permanently removed. Instead, the archived data can be placed into long-term storage (i.e., AWS S3) or loaded into a special purpose database that is optimized for storage (with compression) and reporting. The data is then available.
Actually, there are multiple use cases:
 - Sometimes the data just needs to be stored (i.e., for regulatory purposes) but does not have to be readily available (it's not "customer facing" data)
 - The data might be useful for debugging or investigation (i.e., application or access logs)
 - In some cases, the data needs to be available for the customer (i.e., historical reports or bank transactions for the last six years)
In all of those cases, we can move the older data away from MySQL and load it into a "big data" solution. Even if the data needs to be available, we can still move it from the main MySQL server to another system. In this blog post, I will look at archiving MySQL tables in ClickHouse for long-term storage and real-time queries.
How To Archive?
Let's say we have a 650G table that stores the history of all transactions, and we want to start archiving it. How can we approach this?
First, we will need to split this table into "old" and "new". I assume that the table is not partitioned (partitioned tables are much easier to deal with). For example, if we have data from 2008 (ten years worth) but only need to store data from the last two months in the main MySQL environment, then deleting the old data would be challenging. So instead of deleting 99% of the data from a huge table, we can create a new table and load the newer data into that. Then rename (swap) the tables. The process might look like this:
 1. CREATE TABLE transactions_new LIKE transactions
 2. INSERT INTO transactions_new SELECT * FROM transactions WHERE trx_date > now() – interval 2 month
 3. RENAME TABLE transactions TO transactions_old, transactions_new TO transactions
Second, we need to move the transactions_old into ClickHouse. This is straightforward — we can pipe data from MySQL to ClickHouse directly. To demonstrate I will use the Wikipedia:Statistics project (a real log of all requests to Wikipedia pages).
Create a table in ClickHouse:
Please note that I'm using the new ClickHouse custom partitioning. It does not require that you create a separate date column to map the table in MySQL to the same table structure in ClickHouse
Now I can "pipe" data directly from MySQL to ClickHouse:
Thirdwe need to set up a constant archiving process so that the data is removed from MySQL and transferred to ClickHouse. To do that we can use the "pt-archiver" tool (part of Percona Toolkit). In this case, we can first archive to a file and then load that file to ClickHouse. Here is the example:
Remove data from MySQL and load to a file (tsv):
Load the file to ClickHouse:
The newer version of pt-archiver can use a CSV format as well:
How Much Faster Is It?
Actually, it is much faster in ClickHouse. Even the queries that are based on index scans can be much slower in MySQL compared to ClickHouse.
For example, in MySQL just counting the number of rows for one year can take 34 seconds (index scan):
In ClickHouse, it only takes 0.062 sec:
Size on Disk
In my previous blog on comparing ClickHouse to Apache Spark to MariaDB, I also compared disk size. Usually, we can expect a 10x to 5x decrease in disk size in ClickHouse due to compression. Wikipedia:Statistics, for example, contains actual URIs, which can be quite large due to the article name/search phrase. This can be compressed very well. If we use only integers or use MD5 / SHA1 hashes instead of storing actual URIs, we can expect much smaller compression (i.e., 3x). Even with a 3x compression ratio, it is still pretty good as long-term storage.
As the data in MySQL keeps growing, the performance for all the queries will keep decreasing. Typically, queries that originally took milliseconds can now take seconds (or more). That requires a lot of changes (code, MySQL, etc.) to make faster.
The main goal of archiving the data is to increase performance ("make MySQL fast again"), decrease costs and improve ease of maintenance (backup/restore, cloning the replication slave, etc.). Archiving to ClickHouse allows you to preserve old data and make it available for reports.
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A-Levels are internationally benchmarked qualifications providing preparation for university education. A-Levels are most well-known in the United Kingdom, with the exception of Scotland. The curriculum is designed to prepare students, normally aged 17-18, to enter university in Britain at undergraduate level.
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A Bone to Pick
Using Height Inequality to Test Competing Hypotheses about Political Power
The frameworks of modern economics demonstrate how stature and sexual dimorphism can be used to model inequality among human populations. The authors synthesize a wide range of data from archaeological and historic contexts to characterize stature variation during the Neolithic and the Industrial revolutions. First, they find that the shift from foraging to farming widely introduced inequalities significant enough to affect the distribution of health and stature and was fundamentally linked to the invention of coercive sociopolitical mechanisms. Second, a rise in sexual dimorphism that accompanies intensive agriculture and may often reflect both a society's more efficient allocation of nutrition and a drop in female bargaining power related to increased sexual division of labor and gendered inequalities. Third, political structures deeply shape nutritional outcomes. As economists, they engage a literature and measures of inequality that are foreign to most archaeologists. Aside from the substance of their findings, this chapter represents a valuable cross-disciplinary contribution.
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Consider the case where you retrieve a list of many objects which have a status code attached. There may be many different status codes, and you need to fish through the list of codes and display the object differently, based on the priority. So for instance, an object may have many tasks attached, each of which has an associated priority. You need to display the object in a
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There are a couple of features that make this interesting:
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We present evidence that the comprehension of illustrated tee makes use of the visuospatial sketchpad component ofworking memory. The results from three experiments demonstrate that the comprehending of teats that are accompanied by pictures interferes with the performance of a spatial short-term memory task more than does the comprehending of texts that have no pictures. A fourth experiment demonstrates that the interference is found only when there is a requirement to comprehend the text; that is, the simple presentation of the texts and their pictures did not degrade performance on the spatial task. Finally, we show that the comprehension of illustrated texts does not differentially interfere with a verbal short-term memory task. These results are consistent with the claim that illustrations accompanying a text encourage the formation of a spatial mental model with the use of the working memory's sketchpad.
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I really need help figuring out how to speed up graphing multiple series on a graph. I have seperate devices that give monthly readings for several variables like pressure, temperature, and salinity. Each of these variables is going to be its own graph with devices being the series. My x-axis is going to be the dates that these values were taken. T
It takes ages to do this for each spreadsheet since I have monthly dates from 1950 up to the present and I have about 50 devices in each spreadsheet. I also have graphs for calculated values that are in columns next to them. Each of these devices is going to become a data series in the graph. E.g. In one of my graphs I have all the pressures from the devices and each of the data series' names is the name of the device. I want a fast way to do this. Doing this manually is taking a very long time.
Is there any easier way to do this? It is consistent and the dates all line up. I am just repeating the same clicks over and over again
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If you don't have special reasons for using a spreadsheet, you might consider feeding CSV data to GnuPlot or R - which you might find easier to automate (or not) – RedGrittyBrick Jun 25 '12 at 16:18
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Assuming you're using Excel 2010 (and probably 2007), the following should help:
 1. Put your data into a format Excel can easily recognize, e.g. Column A=Date, Column B=First Data Series, Column C=Second Data Series...
 2. Highlight your first group of data series. This should include your date column (which Excel will automatically fill as your X-axis) and as many series as you want in that chart.
 3. Select Insert>Chart (of appropriate type).
 4. Format the automatic Chart to your needs (axis, labels, titles, etc...)
 5. Save the chart as a template (with Chart selected, click Design>Save As Template.
 6. Now that you have a properly formated template, you can select your next group of data series and apply the custom chart type to that.
 7. Repeat as necessary.
You can really speed up modifying charts by using named ranges for your data, instead of direct cell references (plus it makes them much easier to read). Also, if you select a chart series, it's formula will display in Excel's formula bar. There you can directly enter new information to modify the series without having to open the Select Data dialog box everytime. That is especially handy with named ranges.
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Are all sheets laid out the same? The same columns for each item you need to chart? If so:
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and history of Cosmeston medieval settlement
The Cosmeston medieval settlement site was discovered
during excavations by the Glamorgan
Gwent Archaeological Trust Ltd. in 1977 and 1982, in
response to a development threat close to the known site of 'Cosmeston
Castle'. Archaeological investigations revealed the remains of 13th
and 14th century stone buildings, the Local Authority then invited
the Trust to undertake a long term research programme. Cardiff University
is now investigating the large archive of archaeological
finds from the GGAT excavations as part of the new project,
and conducting ongoing investigations such as landscape
survey and excavation
to increase knowledge about this unique site.
Excavations by Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust
Image © Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust Ltd.
Formerly in the Welsh kingdom of Morgannwg, Cosmeston lies within
the lands conquered by the Norman lord Robert Fitzhammon, and established
as the lordship of Glamorgan. One of his followers was the de Constentin
family, from the Constentin peninsular in northern France, who became
the first known lords of the manor at Constentinstune (Cosmeston)
'the place of the Constentins'. By 1317 the manor had passed to
the de Caversham family and then to the Herbert family by 1550.
During the 19th century the Bute family, famous for rebuilding Cardiff
Castle and the industrialisation of Cardiff's coal port, became
the owners of Cosmeston.
Village reconstruction. Image © Glamorgan Gwent
Archaeological Trust Ltd.
In the medieval period the manor of Cosmeston was a sub-manor of
Sully, forming part of the lordship of Glamorgan, and similar in
size to the present day parish of Lavernock.
The administrative centre of the manor was the manor house, which
at Cosmeston has been historically known as a 'castle'. In south
Wales manor houses of this period were often heavily fortified and
15th century references to Cosmeston mention a tower or corner bastion,
it appears to have been abandoned by 1437. Evidence of a manorial
garden and dovecot have also been found in the field south-west
of the manor house.
Medieval Fair Event at the village 2007. Image © Karolina Ploska.
The peasant farmers, who held land from the lord of the manor, usually
produced enough food to sustain their families, provide rent for
the land, and in a good year a surplus which could be traded for
money. At Cosmeston, in common with other local villages, their
buildings were made from locally available limestone bedded in courses
and mortared with clay. Each homestead was located within a block
of land known as a croft, typically 11/2 -2 acres in size. At Cosmeston
boundaries of some crofts can be seen as earthworks in a field on
the opposite side of the modern B4267 road, the original medieval
route being through the village. The farmstead, a group of three
buildings grouped around a central yard at Cosmeston, is very interesting
as many medieval farms in Wales consisted of a 'longhouse' where
people and animals lived at either end of the same building, and
not separately as in this case.The enclosed fields of the manorial
lord were known as the demesne, over which the peasants could not
exercise common rights of grazing, woodcutting or hunting.
This planned and managed landscape is likely to have existed around
Cosmeston as a direct consequence of the Norman conquest and settlement
of the Vale of Glamorgan in the early 12th century. Other types
of settlement also included small hamlets and isolated farmsteads,
two of which existed at nearby Sutton and Lavernock.
Cosmeston guide book © Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust


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Is P hat the point estimate?
Definition 1.1 A single value (or point) used to approximate a population parameter.
The sample proportion p is the best point estimate of the population proportion p.
Importance of proper sampling..
What is the mean of the P̂ distribution P̂?
Mean of the sampling distribution of p̂ 𝛍 sub p̂ = 𝘱 Mean of the sampling distribution is equal to the true value of the parameter being estimated. The statistic used to estimate a parameter is unbiased. Therefore, sample proportion p̂ is an unbiased estimator of 𝘱
What are unbiased words?
Writers who use unbiased language write in ways that are free from gender and group stereotypes, including race, age, ethnicity, ability level, socioeconomic status, or sexual orientation. By using unbiased language, writers can avoid using offensive language and include all readers.
Why do we use 95 confidence interval?
A 95% confidence interval is a range of values that you can be 95% certain contains the true mean of the population. … With large samples, you know that mean with much more precision than you do with a small sample, so the confidence interval is quite narrow when computed from a large sample.
What does P hat represent?
p hat is the ratio of occurrences in a random sample. Assuming that we took a random sample of 200 people out of a population of 1000. If we have to find the fraction of the number of occurrences of green, then it will be p hat. So we can say that p hat is the ratio of a predefined sample.
Is sample mean unbiased estimator?
The sample mean is a random variable that is an estimator of the population mean. The expected value of the sample mean is equal to the population mean µ. Therefore, the sample mean is an unbiased estimator of the population mean. … A numerical estimate of the population mean can be calculated.
Does biased mean fair or unfair?
English Language Learners Definition of biased : having or showing a bias : having or showing an unfair tendency to believe that some people, ideas, etc., are better than others.
What does N mean in stats?
Population Mean The symbol 'N' represents the total number of individuals or cases in the population.
What is Q hat in statistics?
q hat, the hat symbol above the q means "estimate of" r. Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient. SD. standard deviation (of a sample, ) – a measure of variability around the mean – Greek lower case sigma (σ) is used for population standard deviation.
How do you find P Hat value?
Calculating P-hat To do it, you need two numbers. One is the sample size (n) and the other is the number of occurrences of the event or parameter in question (X). The equation for p-hat is p-hat = X/n. In words: You find p-hat by dividing the number of occurrences of the desired event by the sample size.
Why is n1 unbiased?
The reason n-1 is used is because that is the number of degrees of freedom in the sample. The sum of each value in a sample minus the mean must equal 0, so if you know what all the values except one are, you can calculate the value of the final one.
What does unbiased mean?
free from bias1 : free from bias especially : free from all prejudice and favoritism : eminently fair an unbiased opinion. 2 : having an expected value equal to a population parameter being estimated an unbiased estimate of the population mean.
What are the 3 types of bias?
Three types of bias can be distinguished: information bias, selection bias, and confounding. These three types of bias and their potential solutions are discussed using various examples.
What is Q population proportion?
The sample proportions p′ and q′ are calculated from the data: p′ is the estimated proportion of successes, and q′ is the estimated proportion of failures. The confidence interval can be used only if the number of successes np′ and the number of failures nq′ are both greater than five.
What does unbiased estimator mean?
What is an Unbiased Estimator? An unbiased estimator is an accurate statistic that's used to approximate a population parameter. … That's just saying if the estimator (i.e. the sample mean) equals the parameter (i.e. the population mean), then it's an unbiased estimator.
How do you find an unbiased estimator?
A statistic d is called an unbiased estimator for a function of the parameter g(θ) provided that for every choice of θ, Eθd(X) = g(θ). Any estimator that not unbiased is called biased. The bias is the difference bd(θ) = Eθd(X) − g(θ). We can assess the quality of an estimator by computing its mean square error.
What does a proportion mean?
1 : harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole : balance, symmetry. 2a : proper or equal share each did her proportion of the work. b : quota, percentage. 3 : the relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree : ratio.


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Whispering Gallery Mode Resonator
Optical resonators form an integral part of lasers and many other photonic devices. With a new type of resonator cavity, researchers hope to combine high quality optics and mechanical systems into one tightly compact package.
This open cavity Whispering Gallery Mode Resonator (WGMR) allows direct access to its internal optical fields and does not require special optical coatings.
By incorporating a mechanical cantilever inside the open cavity, the coupled optomechanical system can be extremely sensitive to displacement and acceleration, which makes it well suited for miniature accelerometers and gyroscopes. The open cavity WGMR scheme could also lead to innovations in inertial sensors, trace gas detection, and laser sources, that are not possible in conventional closed structured WGMRs.
More About Engineered WGM Resonators
Image Credit: David C. Aveline, Quantum Sciences and Technology Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
A magnified image of an open disc resonator shown with optical couplers.


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The 11th Annual Water Matters Day
will be held on
Saturday, March 9, 2013!
An important part of Broward County's effort to educate residents about water conservation is Water Matters Day. This fun, activity-filled event focuses on teaching residents about the need to conserve and protect water for people, plants and animals. The event helps Broward residents make the connection between their daily activities and the impact they have on our local water resources and natural environment.
Water Matters Day exhibits show how to save and protect water through landscape best management practices and through indoor conservation. They also help explain local water management, Everglades restoration, and how our canals connect the County's urban and natural systems. Workshops with landscaping and gardening experts give attendees insight into how to make their yards less water dependent and more inviting to native wildlife. The workshops provide in-depth information and an important opportunity for learning in small groups where questions can be answered personally. One of the most popular sessions each year is on how to create a NatureScape. NatureScape Broward experts explain the importance of environmentally-friendly landscaping, with tips on plant selection and placement, proper fertilizer and pesticide use, and more.
The best part is that while Water Matters Day is about education, it's also about fun. The event is packed with workshops, giveaways, children's activities, and entertainment. For instance, while parents are learning about choosing the right plants for their yards, their children can learn about creating backyard wildlife habitats in a birdhouse-building workshop. They can also listen to a local folksinger in the entertainment pavilion, or help their parents collect giveaways, which in the past have included rain gauges, automatic shut-off devices for irrigation systems, native trees and plants, and garden mulch.
Not only are these freebies and activities popular, but they also help attendees apply what they've learned when they get home. And that's the most important lesson Water Matters Day has to teach. Participants are encouraged to take what they they've learned and put it into practice. We can all be leaders in water conservation by setting a good example for our friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers. Everyone has a role to play in the wise management of our water resources. When we work together, we can make sure there's enough quality water for people, plants and animals.


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Info on the web about Moko Mokai
April 7th, 2000
Aussie Museum To Return Maori Heads
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - An Australian museum
has agreed to return five tattooed and preserved Maori heads to New
Zealand, a spokesman said Thursday. The return of the heads from the
South Australian Museum in Adelaide later this month marks another
milestone in an ongoing campaign to repatriate all the tattooed heads
of Maori from museums and galleries round the world. Maori, the original
inhabitants of New Zealand, preserved the heads of their dead through
a drying process and often kept the heads of their loved ones around
the home. The South Australian Museum will hand over the heads - known
as ''moko mokai'' -on long-term loan at a ceremony on April 17. The
heads will be held by Te Papa, the Museum of New Zealand, in Wellington,
where dozens of other repatriated heads are stored. The largest collection
outside New Zealand, numbering 35 heads, is at New York's American
Museum of Natural History. Moko Mokai Education Trust spokesman Dalvanius
Prime said final negotiations were under way for the return of the
American Museum of Natural History's collection, and the heads should
be repatriated early next year. Prime also said the tattooed and preserved
head of a white New Zealander was secretly repatriated from Australia
in February and buried on land alongside the Whanganui River 160 miles
north of Wellington. Though Maori often kept the heads of their loved
ones, enemies or slaves were not so revered. Many Maori traded their
tattooed heads for European goods like muskets, meaning many heads
are now in museums around the world.
Preserved Maori heads traded by major-general
The first recorded sale of Maori mokomokai was in 1770,
says a history written by a chief trader and collector, British Army
Major-General Horatio Gordon Robley.
His book, published in 1896, Moko; or Maori Tattooing says Maori head
preservers steamed then carefully dried the body parts. Some heads
received further tattoos after death.
Robley said even dried Maori heads with few lines of moko were valuable,
as were "occasional specimens of dried European heads."
The trade ended "as far as possible" in the 1830s, with
most heads obtained in the last 20 years.
He said: "They are works of art; and it's value is subject to
all the vicissitudes that affect the value of other works of art.
"They are all very scarce and the number in private hands (as
distinct from Museum ownership) is very few."
The Major-General, who dedicated his book: "To those who have
served against the warriors of New Zealand",said among heads
in Museum collections were six at the Paris Museum d'Histoire Naturelle,
including a skin mounted on a plaster cast.
Two more were at the Berlin Konigliches Museum fur Volkekunde, one
fitted with glass eyes. This is pictured mounted on a metal pole with
a feather earring. Another four were in Plymouth, England.
He also mentions heads in Museums at Christchurch, Auckland, Sydney,
Gottingen, Germany and at the Royal College of Surgeons, London.
The Museum of New Zealand said last week it has mokomokai in it's
collection but they were not on display. It refused to supply Sunday
News with photographs of the heads because of the sensitivity of the
The many desperate tribes without the much-needed muskets to defend
themselves soon found a way of obtaining these weapons. The European
traders were more than willing to trade muskets for embalmed tattooed
heads. In war, the Maori custom was to take the heads of their victims,
embalm and preserve them, and then present the heads to the family
of the killed warrior. Because of the lucrative trade in dried heads,
with muskets as the end goal, Maori warriors began leading skirmishes
against other tribes uniquely to gain heads for ammunition. Muskets
were always available, but heads began to run short, and soon the
Maori found himself unable to continue supplying dried heads as previously.
News of the head for musket trade reached Britain, and caused an outcry.
As New Zealand was not yet a colony the British were unable to do
much to stop this trade. They were, however, able to pass a law against
the trading of heads to Australia in 1831, and after this date head
trading dwindled rapidly.Hongi Hika died in 1828, following a bullet
wound incurred during a battle in the Hokianga area.


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Calvert County, Maryland
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Calvert is a county in Maryland. It was formed in 1654. The first land deed in Calvert was recorded in 1882. Orphan Court records begin in 1882. For more information, contact the circuit county clerk at 175 Main St., Prince Frederick 20678. On the attached map, Calvert is located at G5. Prince Frederick 20678. Most records were destroyed when the courthouse burned in 1882, but some deeds dating back to 1840 were re-recorded. Abstracts of deeds sent to Annapolis beginning in 1784 and provincial court deeds/land office records also make up for some of the destroyed records.
For information about the state of Maryland see Maryland Family History Research.
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text: EU milk quota deregulation has forced many farmers to reconsider the factors that will limit milk production into the future. Factors other than milk quota such as land, labour, capital, stock, etc. will become the limiting factor for many in a post-EU milk quota scenario. While it can be postulated what the limits to production will be in a post-quota scenario, how farmers react will determine the future direction of the industry. In order to determine the future attitudes and intentions and to identify the key factors influencing farmers who intend to expand, exit, remain static or contract their businesses in the future, a survey of a large group of Irish commercial dairy farmers was carried out. The telephone survey sample was chosen randomly, based on a proportional representation of suppliers to the largest milk processor in Ireland. The sample (780 suppliers) was broken down by quota size (five quota categories, Q1–Q5), supplier region and system of production. The sample was analysed to determine the effect of key survey variables on the future intentions of dairy farmers. The survey was completed by 659 suppliers (0·82 of the sample). The proportions of farmers intending to expand were 0·28, 0·47, 0·61, 0·61 and 0·56, respectively, for Q1–Q5, while the proportions intending to exit were 0·27, 0·18, 0·08, 0·09 and 0·08, respectively. Farmers who were intent on expanding had larger total farm areas, larger milk tank capacity per litre of milk quota, more modern milking facilities, more available cow housing and more housing that could be converted at a relatively low cost and were more likely to have a successor. Of those expanding, 0·60 wanted milk quotas abolished, while 0·36 of those planning to exit wanted milk quotas abolished. The level of expansion was affected by business scale, dairy stocking rate, the additional labour required with expansion and total and milking platform farm size.


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Create a Simulink Bus Object Report
This example shows how to create a report that describes all of the bus objects used by a Simulink® model. This report creates a chapter for each bus object. Each chapter has a section for the bus object hierarchy, bus object properties table, bus elements properties table, and list of blocks that use the bus.
Import Packages
Import the Report API packages so that you do not have to use long, fully qualified class names.
import slreportgen.finder.*
Open Model
Open a model that has bus objects.
model = "sldemo_bus_arrays";
Create Report
Create and open a report object. To create a Microsoft® Word, HTML, or single-file HTML report, change "pdf" to "docx", "html", or "html-file", respectively.
rpt = + "_bus_object_report","pdf");
Add a title page and a table of contents.
titlepage = TitlePage("Title", model + ": Bus Object Report","Author","John Doe");
toc = TableOfContents();
add(rpt, toc);
Find and Report on Bus Objects
Find all the variables used in the model.
finder = ModelVariableFinder(model);
Loop through the variable finder results to find the bus objects and report on them. Use the getVariableValue method to identify which variables are bus objects. Use the reporter to report on the bus objects.
while hasNext(finder)
 result = next(finder);
 if isa(getVariableValue(result),"Simulink.Bus")
 % Create a Bus object reporter
 busReporter = BusObject(result);
 % Create a Chapter
 chapter = Chapter(busReporter.Name);
 % Add bus to chapter
 % Add chapter to the report
Close Report
Close and view the report.
View Sample Report
To see a more comprehensive bus object report, view the asbhl20_bus_object_report.pdf that is available with this example. You must have Aerospace Blockset™ to open the asbhl20 model.
rptview asbhl20_bus_object_report.pdf
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the file has been received.
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Find when a value doesn't exist OR if it net value equals 0
I have a spreadsheet containing Sales Orders that are made up of part numbers for new systems purchased and part numbers for the education purchased to train that new system. I want to be able to identify those Sales Orders where there is no education included. There are 2 scenarios when this can occur:
1). If there was no Education included in the order at all. In which case there are no education part numbers showing up against that Sales Order.
2). If Education was originally included but was then removed. This is represented as 2 separate rows in the spreadsheet. The first shows a positive value and the second shows a negative value with the net result equaling zero.
I want to be able to create a field in the spreadsheet that can identify these 2 scenarios and fill in the value "No Education Included" and for all other use the field "Education Include".
Below I have included 2 tables. The first demonstrates an example of what I have now and the second is what I am trying to achieve. Please note that the Part Number names vary greatly and the ones included in the table below are just examples. Any help would be greatly appreciated.