If the ascending sort matches the current value of X coordinates, the right-swipe condition is set. Conversely, if the descending sort is matched, the left-swipe condition is set. The eventString variable holds this condition and will be executed as shown below.
Listing 5. Main logic continued, event execution
 # reset all data points, yes you can have 0 fingers at x,y
 _USER_ = ();
 _USER_ = ();
 _USER_ = ();
 }# if not one or two or three fingers
 # only process one event per time window
 if( $eventString ne "default" )
 if( abs(time - $eventTime) > 1 )
 $eventTime = time;
 SendKeys( "$eventString");
 }_TAG_ enough time has passed
 $eventString = "default";
 }_TAG_ non default event
}_TAG_ line in
At this point, each data structure for pinch or swipe is reset if three fingers are not detected. If an event has been set and the current time is far enough from the last event execute time, a new event is executed. The SendKeys subroutine sends the appropriate event (Alt+left or right arrow) to the currently focused application. As shown in the demo video (see Resources), these three-finger gestures are used to move forward and backward in the browsing history.
Pinch gestures
Pinch gestures are substantially more complicated to detect, especially on the older hardware used to develop this article. Monitoring the open-and-close gestures in real time using a tool like kst is a helpful way to extract relevant features from the TouchPad data. Insert the code in Listing 6 at line 65 (above the else) to begin the close-pinch detection section.
Listing 6. Close-pinch detection
 }elsif( $f eq "2" || $f eq "1" )
 # accept 1 or 2 finger entries as part of pinch section
 _USER_ = ();
 push _USER_, $x;
 push _USER_, $y;
 if( _USER_ > 50 )
 if( (getStrAvg(\_USER_) > $closeSt && getStrAvg(\_USER_) > $closeSt) &&
 (getEndAvg(\_USER_) < $closeEn && getEndAvg(\_USER_) < $closeEn) )
 # wide to narrow detected, now search for enough 'wiggle'
 my $tenX = 0;
 my $tenY = 0;
 for my $each( _USER_[40..49] ){ $tenX += $each }
 for my $each( _USER_[40..49] ){ $tenY += $each }
 $tenX = $tenX / 10;
 $tenY = $tenY / 10;
 my $diffX = 0;
 my $diffY = 0;
 for my $each( _USER_[40..49] ){ $diffX += abs( $each - $tenX ) }
 for my $each( _USER_[40..49] ){ $diffY += abs( $each - $tenY ) }
 # ctrl - decrease font size
 if( ($diffX+$diffY) > 80 ){ $eventString = "^({-})" }
 _USER_ = ();
 _USER_ = ();
 _USER_ = ();
 }_TAG_ x and y in range
 }_TAG_ enough data for 50 close pinch detection
One or two fingers are accepted as part of the pinch-detection step to enhance the overall tracking. Slightly offset timings of touches and releases, as well as moving one finger slightly off the TouchPad during pinch movements are dealt with more easily by accepting one or two touches as part of the pinch movement.
After 50 or more data points have been collected, the average start and end positions of the past 50 data points are computed. The third if statement performs four separate checks to ensure that the start and end points are in the correct parts for a close-pinch detection — specifically if the X and Y averages for the start points need to be more than the close-pinch start points. That is, the positions of the fingers need to be in the corners. Conversely, the end points need to be within the close-pinch end points. getStrAvg and getEndAvg create averages of the three start and end points, which are a more reliable data point for the check.
True multitouch capability would allow for an X and Y coordinate reading of each finger position. The Synaptics hardware available does not have this capability, but does provide consistent behaviors as the two-finger touch points are "averaged" into one output for the synclient program. Monitoring the output of the synclient program shows that when two fingers touch in the southwest and northeast corners, the values rapidly go from the corners to the center of the TouchPad. If the fingers are kept in the corners, the synclient output shows the X and Y coordinates staying near the center. As the fingers are moved toward the center, this automatic averaging shows slight perturbation. The wiggle in the data is detected by the section of code above to indicate a close pinch, as opposed to the synthetic averaging of data points when the fingers are held in the corners without movement.
Ten of the trailing values of the X and Y coordinate history are averaged together. The difference between each of the last 10 trailing values and the average for the last 10 is then computed. If the overall difference is great enough (greater than 80 in this case), enough wiggle has been detected and the close-pinch condition is set in eventString.
Add the code shown in Listing 7 at line 103 (below the close-pinch 50-point if closing bracket ) for open-pinch detection.
Listing 7. Open-pinch detection
 _TAG_ pinch requires substantially fewer data points
 if( _USER_ > 10 )
 if( (getStrAvg(\_USER_) < $openSt && getStrAvg(\_USER_) < $openSt) &&
 (getEndAvg(\_USER_) > $openEn && getEndAvg(\_USER_) > $openEn) )
 # ctrl + increase font size
 $eventString = "^({+})";
 _USER_ = ();
 _USER_ = ();
 _USER_ = ();
 }_TAG_ absx and absy
 }_TAG_ enough data
In addition to requiring substantially fewer data points for reliable detection of an open pinch, the wiggle-detection step is not necessary. With real-time monitoring using a program like kst, synclient output shows a much broader range of data points collected for the open-pinch gesture. The automatic averaging of the two fingers positions does not produce a large influence on the synclient X and Y coordinates during an open-pinch gesture. Therefore, it is no longer necessary to recognize the wiggle for accurate gesture detection. Listing 8 shows the getStrAvg and getEndAvg averaging subroutines.
Listing 8. Two averaging routines
sub getStrAvg
 my $arrRef = $_[0];
 my $val = (@$arrRef[0] + @$arrRef[1] + @$arrRef[2]) / 3;
 $val = abs( $val - $centerTouchPad );
sub getEndAvg
 my $arrRef = $_[0];
 my $val = (@$arrRef[@$arrRef-3] + @$arrRef[@$arrRef-2] +
 @$arrRef[@$arrRef-1]) / 3;
 $val = abs( $val - $centerTouchPad );
Place the code shown in Listing 8 at line 144 (the end of the file) to complete the program. getStrAvg and getEndAvg are responsible for returning the average of the first three array elements and the average of the last three array elements, respectively.
Activating the program is a simple matter of running the command perl Bring your Web-browsing window into focus and try moving through the browsing history with left and right swipes. Note that due to the smaller track-pad size, as well as the inherent limitations of the ability of the hardware, it may take some practice before you can reliably trigger gesture events. Consult the demonstration video (see Resources) for examples of hand movements that work on the author's ThinkPad. If you want to re-enable TouchPad "mouseiness," run synclient TouchPadOff=0 after exiting the program.
Conclusion and further examples
Linkage between gestures and events
Keep in mind that the SendKeys command will send the appropriate commands (Alt+Left, Ctrl+/-, etc.) to the currently focused application, regardless of the functionality this triggers. A relatively simple change to consider is specifying different keystrokes or mouse events to send to an application based on the window name.
Further examples and modifications
The combination presented here of analysis and processing of synclient output and synthetic X event creation is only one path for added functionality to the Synaptics TouchPad. Consider adding additional gesture recognition, such as pinch rotate through further feature extraction from the synclient output. Alternatively, modify the Synaptics driver source code to support additional features at the kernel level and rewrite applications to take better advantage of these new input channels.
Sample codeos-touchpad.gestureListener_0.1.zip2KB
 - Check out the multitouch demonstration video at
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The HTMLMediaElement method load() resets the media element to its initial state and begins the process of selecting a media source and loading the media in preparation for playback to begin at the beginning. The amount of media data that is prefetched is determined by the value of the element's preload attribute.
This method is generally only useful when you've made dynamic changes to the set of sources available for the media element, either by changing the element's src attribute or by adding or removing elements nested within the media element itself. load() will reset the element and rescan the available sources, thereby causing the changes to take effect.
Return value
Usage notes
Calling load() aborts all ongoing operations involving this media element, then begins the process of selecting and loading an appropriate media resource given the options specified in the or element and its src attribute or child element(s). This is described in more detail in Supporting multiple formats in Video and audio content.
The process of aborting any ongoing activities will cause any outstanding Promises returned by play() being resolved or rejected as appropriate based on their status before the loading of new media can begin. Pending play promises are aborted with an "AbortError" DOMException.
Appropriate events will be sent to the media element itself as the load process proceeds:
 - If the element is already in the process of loading media, that load process is aborted and the abort event is sent.
 - If the element has already been initialized with media, the emptied event is sent.
 - If resetting the playback position to the beginning of the media actually changes the playback position (that is, it was not already at the beginning), a timeupdate event is sent.
 - Once media has been selected and loading is ready to begin, the loadstart event is delivered.
 - From this point onward, events are sent just like any media load.
This example finds a element in the document and resets it by calling load().
var mediaElem = document.querySelector("video");
Specification Status Comment
HTML Living Standard
The definition of 'HTMLMediaElement.load()' in that specification.
Living Standard Initial definition.
The definition of 'HTMLMediaElement.load()' in that specification.
Recommendation Initial definition.
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser


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Adala UK is a UK based NGO. We gather testimonies and evidence of human rights violations in Western Sahara in order to:
* raise awareness among the British public and internationally of human rights violations committed against the Saharawi people living in the Occupied Territories;
* be a legitimate source of documentation of human rights violations committed against the Saharawi people;
* ensure international governments and inter-governmental bodies put pressure on the Moroccan government regarding its policies that negatively impact on the human rights of the Saharawi population.
Our aim is to mobilise national and international support to hold the Moroccan government to account and change existing practices regarding human rights.
We collaborate with a growing number of human rights activists based in Western Sahara and in Morocco, who provide first-hand accounts of the situation on the ground.

source: openbmb/Ultra-FineWeb


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(John 3:16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, so that every man who believes in him would not perish
, but have eternal life.Perish=Lost=Apollumi
Jesus came to restore lost things. Why is lost also translated as destroyed?
1) to destroy
1a) to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to ruin
1b) render useless
1c) to kill
1d) to declare that one must be put to death
1e) metaphorically to devote or give over to eternal misery in hell
1f) to perish, to be lost, ruined, destroyed
2) to destroy
2a) to lose
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by Thayer's/Strong's Number: from G575 and the base of G3639
Citing in TDNT: 1:394, 67
With a bit of selective reading
we see that the meaning is either lost or some sort of destruction that makes something lost.
(Matt 8:25) And the disciples having approached, they awoke him, saying, Save us, Lord, we are perishing
(Matt 8:26) And he says to them, Why are ye cowardly, O ye of little faith? Then after rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there became a great calm.Perish=Lost=Perish=Apollumi
They weren't afraid they got lost in the sense of no longer being able to find their way to the shore. Neither was their fear their bodies would be damaged/completly destroyed.
They simply were afraid to die. Losing their lives. Dying is losing life.
1) ruin, destroy, death
1a) for the destruction of the flesh, said of the external ills and troubles by which the lusts of the flesh are subdued and destroyed
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by Thayer's/Strong's Number: from a primary ollumi (to destroy, a prolonged form)
Citing in TDNT: 5:168, 681
Alternative redering here: _URL_
3639 ólethros (from ollymi/"destroy") – properly, ruination with its full, destructive results (LS). 3639 /ólethros ("ruination") however does not imply "extinction" (annihilation). Rather it emphasizes the consequent loss that goes with the complete "undoing."
(Luke 19:10) For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

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Kary Bosma on Jubilee Fellows' Summer Internships
Kary Bosma coordinates Jubilee Fellows, a Calvin College summer internship for students considering pastoral ministry.
Kary Bosma coordinates Jubilee Fellows, a Calvin College summer internship for students considering pastoral ministry. Each summer Bosma and Jubilee Fellows co-directors Dale Cooper and Todd Cioffi divide visits among 12 interns.
Kary Bosma
Will you describe a typical visit?
We try to visit during weeks four or five of their ten-week internships, so we need to coordinate timing along with geography. A program representative visits an internship site for one or two days, enough time to discuss everything, including living with their host family and daily routines. We talk most about their internship. They make goals with their supervisor when the internship begins and complete a mid-point report to evaluate how well they are accomplishing their goals. We discuss how their work so far has impacted his or her sense of calling to ministry.
What challenges do Jubilee Fellows experience?
We talk about how the student is maintaining her relationship with God in the midst of serving him. We discuss what has surprised them about working in ministry. We also talk candidly about any difficulties, whether personal struggles or in work or with their supervisor or host family.
We meet with the student's mentor and any other church staff working closely with the student. It's an opportunity for them to speak honestly about the student's performance and express concerns. We express our gratitude for their mentoring our student.
How do these summer internships affect Jubilee Fellows?
Most come away with a new understanding of and appreciation for the daily work of church ministry. Students are often given opportunities to work in their interest areas, such as teaching, youth, and worship. They're challenged to participate in areas they aren't aware of or don't feel particularly gifted in, such as administration, children, and pastoral care. They often express surprise at all the behind-the-scenes work that happens daily or weekly. They find that, besides preaching on Sunday, a pastor may lead a funeral, make pastoral care visits, attend a worship planning meeting, fold bulletins, and manage church finances. A church educator planning for vacation Bible school must choose curriculum, plan activities and crafts, market the program to members and the community, recruit and coordinate volunteers, purchase snacks, and decorate the church basement.
Often students approach the summer hoping for affirmation about what career path to follow. Sometimes they expect to find the final answer to "Might God be calling me to a vocation in church ministry?" What often actually happens is they spend the summer learning more about themselves: how God has equipped them, which ministry areas best use their gifts, and how to improve in areas of weakness. Mentors reflect weekly with students on how their experiences are effecting or affecting their calling. Mentors affirm their gifts and challenge them when appropriate.
Why do churches continue or stop hosting Jubilee Fellows?
Congregations and mentors are often eager to welcome future Jubilee Fellows after their initial experience. They are usually pleased with the work done and student quality. It is a unique opportunity for churches to gain a highly motivated, thoughtful intern as part of a well-organized and established program...at no financial cost to the church. Several congregations host students year after year, because their staff and congregations are committed to mentoring future church leaders. Mentoring takes significant time and energy for the mentoring pastor, church staff, host family, and congregation. Not all churches are able to sustain an intern every year. Pastoral sabbaticals, retirements, or changing leadership may prevent churches from hosting another Jubilee Fellow.
Churches often want to host a Jubilee Fellow, but I don't have enough students to send out! As our network of internship churches expands—this year eight of our students are at new internship sites— we are blessed with the task of connecting each student with the church that best suits their vocational interests. I work with pastors at each potential site to determine the best fit. We prayerfully determine which churches will receive a Jubilee Fellow and which will have to wait.
As you look back on the years of Jubilee Fellows, how many have gone on to seminary or a church-related job?
Around 75 percent of former Jubilee Fellows have gone on to seminary or to serve in ministry-related fields, such as unordained church ministry, parachurch organizations, and missions.
The Jubilee Fellows program is part of Calvin College's Congregational and Ministry Studies (CMS) department. Read about CMS throughstudents ' eyes.


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I certainly haven't seen any original records, so you may be right that Alivia is a typo for Alicia. On the other hand, if it's a mistake, then it's a mistake that many people have made. Google "Alivia Braose" or "Alivia de Braose" and you'll find numerous geneological pages that reference her. Curiously, some of these websites also call her Aline, a name which is supposed to be related to Adeline, not Alice.
I looked for some more medieval Alivias and came across two more: both of them named Alivia Bassett, both living in the 13th century. The second Alivia Bassett is *also* called Aline in some sources. She was the mother of a famous English lord named Hugh le Despenser the Elder, and is referred to as Alivia by more than one source. So I suppose Alivia is somehow related to either Alice or Aline.
BTW, all my "research" comes from the internet, so there's always the possibility that there are some of the websites I've seen aren't too reliable. :)


List of Tabloid Magazines?
The top ten gossip "rags", as per, are People Magazine, The National Enquirer, Star, Life & Style Weekly, M, OK! Magazine, In Touch Weekly, Globe, National Examiner, and US Weekly.
Q&A Related to "List of Tabloid Magazines?"
The purpose of a tabloid magazine is to inform the general public of often time ridiculous things that celebrities or otherwise interesting people are doing. They generally employ
It is the definition of a tabloid. It outright lies in its gossip, as well:
1. Call the magazine to ask about rates and specifications for creating listings. Many local magazines will provide space for nonprofit groups or publish a community calendar, so
Just look at their sources of information. Half of them are "a close personal friend" If you wrote a research paper and on the works cited you put "a professor I once


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In Hong Kong, child poverty is a serious social problem which may lead to intergenerational poverty, but nevertheless only a few studies have examined this issue, particularly for immigrant families. Using Census data (5 %) from 1981, 1991, 2001, and 2011, we assessed child poverty rates in the past three decades and identified key variables contributing to changes in the risk of child poverty for both immigrant and local families. Our results indicate that child poverty rates in Hong Kong-born families have fluctuated between 14.3 and 15.8 % over the past three decades, while for immigrant families they have increased steadily and substantially from 18.1 % in 1981 to 36.5 % in 2001 and then to 37.5 % in 2011. We show that the increase in immigrant child poverty is associated with changes in the Hong Kong economy that have made it more difficult for such families to adapt to the host society, especially in the 1990s and that this negative effect offset the positive influence of compositional changes among this group of immigrant families in terms of parental education levels and family size. The gap between immigrant and local families in terms of child poverty risk is mainly due to the fact that during the 1990s the negative effect of contextual changes in Hong Kong was cancelled out by the beneficial impact of compositional changes for local families, but not for immigrant families where the latter effect was minimal. Copyright © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
CitationChou, K.-L., Cheung, K. C.-K., Lau, K.-W., & Sin, T. C.-H. (2014). Trends in child poverty in Hong Kong immigrant families. Social Indicators Research, 117(3), 811-825.
- Child poverty
- Immigrant family
- Hong Kong


_USER_ {Gerber:1954-08-01T00:00:00:0003-7028:120, author = "Gerber, W. O. and Tobin, W. H.", title = "A Spectrochemical Method for the Analysis of M-252 Nickel Base High Temperature Alloy and the Preparation of Standards by Powder Metallurgy", journal = "Applied Spectroscopy", volume = "8", number = "3", year = "1954-08-01T00:00:00", abstract = "M-252 nickel base high temperature alloy is completely analyzed by instruments at the general Electric River Works. Molybdenum, cobalt, iron, and chromium are determined by X-ray fluorescence; titanium, aluminum, manganese, and silicon by ultraviolet emission spectroscopy and carbon by the high frequency induction furnace. The remainder, nickel, is calculated by difference.", pages = "120-125", url = "_URL_ doi = "doi:10.1366/000370254774634549" }


Convert a SID to String with Java
A security identifier (SID) is an unique identifier, commonly used in Microsoft's systems. For example, it's used to identify users within Windows, or, more generally, within an Active Directory.
The SID is a binary value, with a variable length, that can be also be represented as a string. This conversion is implemented by the function called ConvertSidToStringSid, provided by the library Advapi32.dll, available only in Windows.
Hence, if you need to perform this conversion, you can procede with one of these two paths:
 - Use Advapi32 (only in Windows)
 - Rewrite the conversion
Thus, it's very useful to have that implementation in a particular language (in our case Java), to be used everywhere. I noticed that, after a research in Internet, all the implementations are wrong, despite they work in general. Therefore, I decided to write my own implementation, thoroughly tested to prove you its correctness.
A string SID has this format:
This syntax is defined formally, using the ABNF in this way:
SID= "S-1-" IdentifierAuthority 1*SubAuthority
IdentifierAuthority= IdentifierAuthorityDec / IdentifierAuthorityHex
 ; If the identifier authority is < 2^32, the
 ; identifier authority is represented as a decimal
 ; number
 ; If the identifier authority is >= 2^32,
 ; the identifier authority is represented in
 ; hexadecimal
IdentifierAuthorityDec = 1*10DIGIT
 ; IdentifierAuthorityDec, top level authority of a
 ; security identifier is represented as a decimal number
IdentifierAuthorityHex = "0x" 12HEXDIG
 ; IdentifierAuthorityHex, the top-level authority of a
 ; security identifier is represented as a hexadecimal number
SubAuthority= "-" 1*10DIGIT
 ; Sub-Authority is always represented as a decimal number
 ; No leading "0" characters are allowed when IdentifierAuthority
 ; or SubAuthority is represented as a decimal number
 ; All hexadecimal digits must be output in string format,
 ; pre-pended by "0x"
Each field corresponds to a particular group of bytes of the binary SID. This correspondence has also been defined formally. With these information, this is the final algorithm that I implemented in Java:
public static String convertSidToStringSid(byte[] sid) {
 int offset, size;
 // sid[0] is the Revision, we allow only version 1, because it's the
 // only that exists right now.
 if (sid[0]!= 1)
 throw new IllegalArgumentException("SID revision must be 1");
 StringBuilder stringSidBuilder = new StringBuilder("S-1-");
 // The next byte specifies the numbers of sub authorities (number of
 // dashes minus two)
 int subAuthorityCount = sid[1] & 0xFF;
 // IdentifierAuthority (6 bytes starting from the second) (big endian)
 long identifierAuthority = 0;
 offset = 2;
 size = 6;
 identifierAuthority |= (long) (sid[offset + i] & 0xFF) << (8 * (size - 1 - i));
 // The & 0xFF is necessary because byte is signed in Java
 if (identifierAuthority < Math.pow(2, 32)) {
 } else {
 // Iterate all the SubAuthority (little-endian)
 offset = 8;
 size = 4; // 32-bits (4 bytes) for each SubAuthority
 for (int i = 0; i < subAuthorityCount; i++, offset += size) {
 long subAuthority = 0;
 subAuthority |= (long) (sid[offset + j] & 0xFF) << (8 * j);
 return stringSidBuilder.toString();
This algorithm has been tested generating a lot of SIDs combinations, and comparing the results with the ones returned by the original conversion in Advapi32.dll. Just to have an idea, the following code is a particular function used for the tests.
private static void generateCombinations(byte[] sid, int offset) throws Exception {
 String convertedSid, convertedSid2;
 if (offset >= sid.length) {
 convertedSid = Advapi32Util.convertSidToStringSid(new PSID(sid));
 convertedSid2 = convertSidToStringSid(sid);
 if (!convertedSid.equals(convertedSid2)) {
 throw new Exception("Conversion Error: "
 + convertedSid2 + " instead of " + convertedSid);
 for (int i = 0; i <= 255; i += 255/3) {
 sid[offset] = (byte)(i & 0xFF);
 generateCombinations(sid, offset+1);
Complete project
Download the complete algorithm, with also the tests.
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States. Ratification of the IGA is expected before the end of 2012, with domestic implementing legislation following. Officials expect the IGA to become effective before mid-2013.
In the UK, HMRC have said that the UK-US IGA sets out a framework within which:
 - legal barriers to compliance, such as those related to data protection, have been addressed
 - withholding tax will not be imposed on income received by UK financial institutions
 - UK financial institutions will not be required to withhold tax on payments they make
 - due diligence requirements are more closely aligned to the requirements under the existing anti-money laundering rules
 - a significant range of institutions and products are effectively exempt from the FATCA requirements.
Some relief for insurers
Although earlier hopes that insurers – at least non-life insurers – might be exempted entirely from FATCA have not been fulfilled, the IGA, including the exemptions in Annex II, does bring some significant relief:
 - 'custodial accounts' expressly do not include insurance or annuity contracts
 - 'cash value insurance contracts' are expressly defined to exclude indemnity reinsurance
 - reportable cash value insurance contracts are subject to a 50,000 US dollar (USD) de minimis threshold
 - all 'Registered Pension Schemes' are exempt financial accounts
 - tax-favored savings products such as Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) and Child Trust Funds are exempt products
 - certain other pension arrangements may also be exempt financial accounts, although there are conditions that have to be met.
Uncertainty remains, however, regarding the exemption of products such as certain pension income paying contracts from the definition of a Financial Account, which could hinge on whether such contracts are 'authorized payments'. The guidance is eagerly anticipated.
One of the major original concerns raised by insurers was the likely difficulty of collecting the required information from pre-existing accounts. The position has been eased significantly: back book due diligence should now only be required for 'Financial Accounts' held by individuals where balances exceed $250,000 on which no reporting is done to HMRC, for example under the qualifying policy or chargeable events regime. The effect of this is that due diligence on preexisting accounts should be focused on overseas life assurance business. For 'Financial Accounts' held by entities, reliance can be placed on the 'know-your-customer' and anti-money laundering procedures.
Annex II also exempts 'local financial institutions', that is, institutions located solely within the UK that serve a local customer base. A number of conditions need to be met to be able to take advantage of this exemption:
 - the institution must be located solely in the UK
 - be regulated in the UK
 - be required to report information or withhold tax on accounts held by UK residents
 - ninety-eight percent of accounts must be held by residents of the UK or another member state of the EU
 - accounts must not be provided to US persons (who are not UK residents) or any entity which has beneficial owners who are US persons (who are not UK residents), and all related entities must meet the same requirements.
To demonstrate compliance, local financial institutions need to implement procedures by 1 January 2014 to identify any new customers that breach these provisions and complete appropriate due diligence investigation of pre-existing accounts.
Despite these developments, which go a significant way towards resolving the FATCA issues raised by the industry and by insurers especially, major uncertainties still remain. In particular, Annex II of each IGA will be specific to the US government partner in question. Any institution with operations more extensive than that of a 'local financial institution' is likely to face inconsistent, and potentially conflicting requirements for information gathering and reporting in different jurisdictions. Many multinational groups will have operations in countries both with and without IGAs, creating major challenges in developing a compliance framework.
A further complication for multinational groups is that there are two models of IGA and one of those has two variations. Helpfully, a recent announcement by the IRS has almost wholly aligned the timelines for entities in IGA countries, non-IGA countries and the US. The opportunity for consistency in core definitions, however, will have to wait until the final regulations are released later this year.
For UK companies specifically, uncertainties remain over the interpretation of a number of technical and definitional details; although the consultation period for the current draft closes at the end of November, it is unlikely that all outstanding issues will be resolved by the January 2013 implementation date. Similar -- but different -- inconsistencies and uncertainties can be expected in each IGA negotiated by the US government.
Despite the uncertainties, time is short, notwithstanding the recent announcement. The priorities of affected institutions now should be to review and catalogue legal entity organization, insurance products, and all on-boarding procedures (including those of distributors) to prepare the organization to act as the rule become more settled. Notwithstanding the concessions made under the IGA approach, FATCA is still going to represent a significant burden.
For further information, please contact:
Craig Pichette
KPMG in the US
Tel: _PHONE_
Jean Baxley
Senior Manager
KPMG in the US
Tel: _PHONE_
Jennifer Sponzilli
KPMG in the UK
Tel: +44 20 7311 1878
Jeanette Cook
Senior Manager
KPMG in the UK
Tel: +44 11 7905 4277
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New Lanark is an eighteenth century restored cotton mill village on the banks of the River Clyde, close to the Falls of Clyde in Southern Scotland. New Lanark was created as a cotton-spinning village in the late eighteenth to early nineteenth century and was transformed under the management of Robert Owen. Owen greatly improved the conditions, facilities and services for the workers and their families and this led to many social improvements including progressive education, factory reform, more humane working practices and garden cities.
By 1799 New Lanark was the biggest cotton mill in Scotland and formed one of the largest industrial groups in the world. Over 2,000 people lived or worked in the village. The mill continued manufacturing cotton for nearly 200 years, until 1968. This helps explain why the buildings in the village are so little changed.
Inscription and Significance
New Lanark was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO
The Outstanding Universal Value of New Lanark is based on its remarkable degree of survival as a late eighteenth, early nineteenth century planned mill village. The benevolent paternalism of mill owner Robert Owen is physically expressed at New Lanark through its planned layout. His concern for the well being of workers is demonstrated by the provision of the education institute, school and spacious workers' housing. Owen's social philosophy had a profound influence on the development of social developments throughout the nineteenth century and beyond.
The full Statement of Outstanding Universal Significance can be read here
New Lanark is located in southern, central Scotland, adjacent to the market town of Lanark.
Managing the Site
New Lanark is a living community in the care of the New Lanark Trust
, whose aim is to preserve the area as a sustainable community with a resident population. The Trust manages the Site in partnership with South Lanarkshire Council
and Historic Scotland. The Site Management Plan guides sustainable management to maintain the Outstanding Universal Value. The current Plan 2013 - 18 and supporting documents can be found here. New Lanark Management Plan [pdf, 2mb} New Lanark Action Plan [pdf, 400kb}
Visiting the Site
The New Lanark Trust offers a range of attractions and educational experiences for visitors, including the mill, museum, village store, school classroom, and Robert Owen's house. For more information see the New Lanark Trust website.
Further images of New Lanark can be seen at the Scottish Ten website.
For further information contact
The New Lanark World Heritage Site Co-ordinator
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A compound containing one of the following structural units on heating with I2 and NaOH will give a yellow precipitate of Iodoform ( CHI3). This is called Iodoform test.
The reaction is used as a diagnostic test for the presence of the groups.
Apart from using as a diagnostic test it can also be used to prepare certain carboxylic acids with considerable ease.
- Give the structure of compounds which give a positive Iodoform test and have the following characterisitics.
- An aldehyde.
- Two ketones.
- An aromatic ketone.
- An alcohol with four carbon atoms.
- Give the structure of compounds which do not give a positive Iodoform test and have the following characteristics.
a) An aldehyde.
b) An aromatic ketone.
c) A cyclic ketone.
7). Give reasons:
a) 3-Pentanone has a methyl and a carbonyl group, still does not give a positive Iodoform test.
c) 1-Propanol does not give a positive Iodoform test.
d) Formation of Iodoform can be used as a test to detect a methyl ketone while formation of chloroform cannot be used.
e) Write the equations for the preparation of the following carboxylic acids through haloform reaction.
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Here's why your next bike should be a cyclocross bike
Working to the formula N+1=CX
Here's why your next bike should be a cyclocross bike
Buying a bike is a big decision not only because bikes are expensive, but because you're probably going to be spending a lot of time with your chosen ride.
With a new wheel size, style of riding and axle standard being announced seemingly every week, it can be hard to wade through all the information and varying opinions to decide what to spend your hard-earned cash on.
So, in an effort to cut through all of the noise, here are five solid reasons your next N+1 should be a cyclocross bike.
What is a cyclocross bike?
A cyclocross bike is a specific form of drop-bar bike that is built to tackle the popular racing discipline that is cyclocross. Today's cyclocross bikes have moved a long way from their origins as lightly modified road bicycles and now feature as a dedicated model in the line-up of most large bicycle manufacturers.
Built to race on courses that often traverse muddy fields, grass or sometimes sand, the bikes feature many differences from regular road bikes. Cyclocross bike frames will use geometry that is optimised around navigating the technical courses these bikes are designed to tackle.
It's typical to find a shorter frame reach, taller bottom bracket and an altogether taller position than a regular road bike, for example. Muddy courses call for knobbly tyres and plenty of mud clearance at the frame and fork.
Technologies previously reserved for mountain bikes such as disc brakes and tubeless tyres are increasingly becoming the norm for CX bikes. Many but not all cyclocross bikes will include the mounts and fixtures necessary to fit racks and mudguards too.
Couple this with a cyclocross bike's ability to tackle a wide range of terrain and you can see why many people buy these bikes for commuting purposes.
Although similar on the surface, cyclocross bikes are not to be confused with gravel bikes. Gravel bikes usually have more relaxed geometry than their 'cross cousins and will use tyres that are wider but less aggressive than those on 'cross bikes.
5 reasons why your next bike should be a cyclocross bike
1. Cyclocross bikes are very versatile
Rack mounts and knobby tyres allow 'cross bikes to be extremely versatile
Rack mounts and knobby tyres allow 'cross bikes to be extremely versatile.
Colin Levitch / Immediate Media
Not long ago it was hard to find a 'cross bike that had bolts for a bottle cage, but now bike brands have cottoned on to how awesome CX bikes are for things that don't necessarily revolve around mud, sandpits and flyovers.
With a set of knobby tyres (which come stock on a 'cross bike) you're ready to hit the trail, gravel, mud, sand and just about anything else. But, if you throw a set of slicks on you'll blend in just fine on a roadie group ride, just don't forget your _TAG_ socks.
They make great commuters with a comfortable, relatively upright riding position and wheels and tyres designed to take a beating. With a set of mudguards a 'cross bike is just about the perfect ride to get you from point A to point B and back.
The rack, fender and pannier mounts, and their ability to tackle varied terrain, also mean they make for great touring rigs too.
The advent of gravel bikes has muddied the waters a bit with geometries very similar to CX bikes, but often with more tyre clearance and the ability to run 700c, 650b wheels and wider range gearing.
Even still, most CX bikes can handle substantially bigger tyres than the UCI-mandated 33c rubber, and a quick cassette swap will leave you with a capable gravel racer.
In fact, the previous generation Specialized CruX was a favourite gravel racer among BikeRadar staffers, and we're even seeing some brands such as Cannondale repackage CX race frames as gravel bikes with little more than a few component swaps.
2. Cyclocross bikes can make ideal winter bikes
With the ability to tackle on and off piste terrain, a CX bike will allow you to explore more of your surrounding area
Colin Levitch / Immediate Media
While it's not really much of an issue in Australia, in the UK and certain areas of the US having a winter and summer bike is almost a necessity, especially where it snows.
Snow-packed roads, gravel dumped by snowploughs, and black ice can be a bit too much for your race-ready roadie. The longer wheelbase offers a bit of added stability in low-traction situations and the slightly shorter top tube and more upright geometry put you in a better position to control the bike when things get squirrely.
CX bikes also have a bit of extra tyre clearance, so when the snow, ice and general grime that comes with winter arrives it won't slow you down.
3. Cyclocross could be the most fun you've had on two wheels
They've got to be light enough to carry, stable enough to ride and sturdy enough to take plenty of abuse
They might look similar to road bikes, but 'cross bikes bring their own kind of fun.
Russell Burton / Immediate Media
'Cross racing started as a way for road racers in 1900s' Europe to stay fit during the winter. They would race each other from one town to another but were allowed to cut through farmers' fields or over fences, or take any other shortcuts, in order to get there first.
Having evolved from a winter pastime for pro roadies, the bikes are designed to handle a bit of everything but lack the specificity of other bike genres.
Compared to a mountain bike a 'crosser is not particularly capable and your road bike will be much faster, more efficient and probably weighs less too. But that's part of what makes these burly drop bar bikes so much fun.
That bit of fire trail near your house that's beyond boring on a mountain bike is gangbusters on 33c knobby tyres. Same goes for that washboard and loose gravel road that's terrifying on your roadie, it's no sweat on a CX bike. Being just good enough at everything, a 'cross bike will allow you to explore new roads and trails in your area and have more fun on your bike.
4. Cyclocross riding will improve your skills
Riding a CX bike will help you to improve your handling skills
Riding a CX bike will help you to improve your handling skills.
Colin Levitch / Immediate Media
Riding a cyclocross bike will make you into a better rider, especially when you leave the pavement. Because the skinnier tyres have less grip and don't roll over roots and rocks like MTB tyres, you have to work harder to maintain control over your bike.
All of this sliding through corners, fishtailing in the mud, skidding on gravel will teach you not to panic when things go a bit sideways and help you develop the skills needed to keep things upright when disaster strikes both on and off road.
5. Cyclocross racing is amazing
This writer's favorite part of CX racing is the mud
This writer's favourite part about CX racing is the mud.
Colin Levitch / Immediate Media
Cyclocross racing is the fastest growing segment of racing and for good reason, it's also the most fun!
The races last about an hour and, like criteriums, are based on a time limit rather than a set distance. However, unlike criteriums, you're not screaming around a track in a tight bunch where a lapse in concentration leads to a pile of mangled carbon and loads of road rash. When you crash in a cyclocross race, you'll probably do it with a smile on your face.
The races often take place in your everyday suburban park on a closed course and are essentially an obstacle course, but for bikes that involve riding, running, jumping and sometimes even crawling under obstacles.
The Flash does occasionally make an appearance at your local cyclocross race
The Flash does occasionally make an appearance at your local cyclocross race.
Colin Levitch / Immediate Media
What's more fun is the atmosphere, it feels a bit more like a party than a race. No CX event is complete without costumes, beer and a rubber chicken or two. Oh and there's mud, and who doesn't love getting a little muddy?


Today's Parent news roundup!!
Selling reproductive eggs, sexual harassment at school and 3 other headlines that caught our parenting eyes today.
1. Woman gets $5,555 for her reproductive eggs (VIDEO)
2. The Shiloh experiment
3. Is your daughter being sexually harassed at school?
4. Ladies who can't afford birth control should just Google it, says Legislator
5. Babies and toxins: Author Joel Bakan says parents should demand accountability from coporations


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Definition of Teratogen, warfarin as
Teratogen, warfarin as:The anticoagulant warfarin (COUMADIN) is a known teratogen, an agent that can disturb the development of the embryo and fetus and lead to birth defects.
Warfarin taken by a woman during pregnancy can cause bleeding into the baby's brain (cerebral hemorrhage), underdevelopment (hypoplasia) of the baby's nose and stippling of the ends (the epiphyses) of the baby's long bones.
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- TeraONE Super Query is a virtual integrated solution to aggregate data from diverse data sources and repositories and to inquire relevant data through a single access channel.
- Easily search and discover data
- Regardless of data type/structure and location, you can extract and aggregate data using standard SQL through single access channel.
- Speedily and Flexibly access various data
- Applying in-memory open source Spark Engine, you can access data easily and speedily from various data repositories(RDBMS, Hadoop)
- Synchronize stable metadata
- You can utilize trusted data by the megastore manager which manages meta information of all the data sources separately.
- Minimize application operational impacts
- You can use standard database interface and manage/allocate memory resources to minimize changes of the existing applications.


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Allocate memory to lock structures
_TAG_ iofunc_lock_list_t *iofunc_lock_calloc ( resmgr_context_t *ctp, IOFUNC_OCB_T *ocb, size_t size );
- A pointer to a resmgr_context_t structure that the resource-manager library uses to pass context information between functions.
- A pointer to the the Open Control Block (typically a iofunc_ocb_t structure) that was created when the client opened the resource.
- The amount of memory that you want to allocate.
Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.
The function iofunc_lock_calloc() is used by iofunc_lock() to allocate memory to lock structures.
Because the malloc() implementation uses signed, 32-bit integers to represent the size internally, you can't allocate more than 2 GB in a single allocation. If the size is greater than 2 GB, iofunc_lock_calloc() indicates an error of ENOMEM.
A pointer to a zeroed buffer that the POSIX layer uses for locks, or NULL if no memory could be allocated ( errno is set).
- Not enough memory.
- No error.
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Presentation on theme: "Country-led impact evaluation: A survey of development practitioners Denis Jobin Vice-President IDEAS."— Presentation transcript:
Country-led impact evaluation: A survey of development practitioners Denis Jobin Vice-President IDEAS
Presentation outline Relation between Good governance and CLE (CLIE: country-led impact evaluation) CLIE and Quality Survey results of development evaluators practitioners
Why Country-led Evaluation? Relation between Country-led evaluation and good governance: transaction costs – Relationship with 3 out of 6 characteristics of good governance (WB) Voice and accountability Government effectiveness Control of corruption
Why Country-led Evaluation? CLIE and Quality – No agreed upon definition of Evaluation quality – Should be method free or method driven? Farrington, D Statistical Conclusion Validity Internal Validity Construct Validity External Validity Jobin, D. – the joint ability that an evaluator will1- assess and 2- report on the performance of an institutional arrangement by the product of its competence (ability to assess) and the product of its independence (ability of revealing)
Why Country-led Evaluation? Survey results: – Dominant approach: The Logical Framework Approach – Dominant method: case study – Counterfactuals important? – 41% believe not important (32% are important) Conclusion: Many challenges remains, Capacity, agreed upon definitions standards, quality.


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Learning subject-specific L2 terminology: The effect of medium and order of exposure
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2015
In the globalised university environment, many university students are expected to learn subject-specific terminology in both the local language and the L2 (English) by learning from two media in two different languages: lectures in the local language and reading in L2 English. These students' bilingual learning is greatly affected by the learning strategies they employ. An experiment was designed to investigate the effects of student choice of learning media and the order of media on their learning and perception of learning of terminology in English. The results confirm that added exposure to terminology in different media, even in different languages, contributes to learning and show that, in some circumstances, learning terminology from reading may be more effective than learning it from a lecture. The results also show that students do not correctly judge their knowledge of terms learnt from different media in different languages and that they underestimate knowledge gained from reading in L2. Implications for teaching are discussed.
Learning from L2 reading
L2 terminology learning
Perception of learning


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Steven Vance recently forwarded me a question about why CTA's rails have been sparking. Unlike MAX trains which get power from an overhead wire system, their trains get power through a third rail system. However, arcing in both kinds of power systems during winter weather is typically caused by ice. Ice building up on the wire (or third rail as the case may be) acts as an electrical insulator, preventing the carbon shoe from making contact with the wire where the ice accumulates. This interruption in the flow of the current from the wire to the pantograph is visible as arcing.
Here's a video of a MAX train pulling into & out of a platform where there was some ice on the catenary, and you can easily see the effect that it has:
To help clear ice from the overhead wire & prevent it from accumulating, a few of the Type 1s (107-112) are equipped with ice cutters which are put into use for major freezing rain/ice events. I don't have a picture of any of them in use (though I'm willing to accept donations!), but they look like a second pantograph and function by heating/scraping ice from the overhead wire. Unlike the pantographs, ice cutters only draw current to heat the elements and not to provide power to the train, so they won't arc the same way the pantographs do in ice. Their function is strictly to clear ice from the wire.
If you'd ever seen one of these cars and wondered why it has two pantographs, wonder no more! It doesn't – one pantograph, one ice cutter.
View from above; the ice cutter is the one closer to the coupled end, the pantograph is the one in contact with the wire closer to the vantage point. Bonus cameo appearance by car 235


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Discover the unique qualities of a dazzling array of colored gemstones, and use our full gemological lab to identify stones from our extensive collection. Learn to use a variety of gemological testing instruments, including the gemological microscope, refractometer, polariscope, dichroscope, specific gravity fluids, interference sphere, spectroscope, Chelsea and other assorted filters, short wave and long wave light, and monochromatic light. Topics covered include:
Defining a mineral and a gemstone
Classification by formation
The 6 crystal systems
Physical properties of colored stones
Specific gravity
Groups, species and varieties
The physics of gemstones
The optical qualities of gemstones
Double refraction
Instructor: Lothar Vallot
Gemology 012 Advanced Colored Stones
Advanced identification, appreciation and evaluation of colored gemstones. Further your understanding of the physical and optical properties of gemstones and achieve mastery of the use of gemological testing equipment to identify an extensive range of natural and synthetic gemstones. Topics covered include:
Color and the transition elements
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Gemology 015 Colored Stones & Diamonds Lab
Units: 1 | Class hours: 48 laboratory total | Previous or concurrent enrollment in another Gemology course Recommended
Laboratory experience in testing and identification of colored gemstones and/or full grading of diamonds for clarity, color, cut and carat weight. May be repeated.
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Units: 4 | Class hours: 96 laboratory total | Prerequisite: None
Find out what makes a diamond so beautiful and why it enjoys its unique status above all other gemstones. This course offers an opportunity to examine several diamonds in a variety of clarity and color ranges close-up. Learn a full range of diamond grading techniques and how to detect treated diamonds and diamond substitutes. Topics covered include:
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Aircraft Design Award
The Aircraft Design Award was established in 1968 and is presented to an individual or team for an original concept or career contributions leading to a significant advancement in aircraft design or design technology.
This annual award is generally presented at the AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum (AVIATION).
Nomination Deadline: 1 October
- Full Name: John K Wimpress
- Category: Technical Excellence
- AIAA Citation: In recognition of the prescience, knowledge and dedication he applied to the design and development of the YC-14 airplane. By perseverance and leadership he succeeded in converting technical concepts into a novel and practical airplane


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A leak on a premises can be identified in several ways, for example, the wholesaler's network monitoring or through observed abnormalities in consumption values.
A leak on a property may require either physical access to the property by the wholesaler or the wholesaler may provide a leakage notice to the customer.
Obligations under the codes
Leakages are governed largely outside of the codes. However, retailers can request a volumetric adjustment to a customer's charge as a result of a burst or leak. Process H1 of the Operational Terms describes this in greater detail.


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- choleric •
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Hot-tempered, peevish, ill-tempered, bilious
Notes: Today's Good Word is an adjective from an adjective, for the noun melancholy, on which melancholic is based, may also be used as an adjective, as to receive a melancholy letter from home. Obversely, melancholic may be used as a noun as well as an adjective, as someone who is an inveterate melancholic who seldom leaves the house. Melancholically is the appropriate adverb for today's adjective.
In Play: If you are tired of hearing and saying grumpy and would like to elevate the tone of your conversation, today's Good Word is perfect for you: "I guess the diet isn't working for Les Waite; I got a choleric reply when I asked him about it." If you are like me, you never did like the new use of ballistic, either, so why not substitute today's Good Word for it, too: "Donny Brooke was out of humor when he came in this morning but when he saw the stack of work on his desk, he became choleric."
Word History: Today's Good Word came from Latin cholera "jaundice", borrowed from Greek khole "bile". The ancients distinguished between yellow bile and black bile, the latter apparently imaginary. Yellow bile, however, is that bile secreted by the liver. Its Greek name comes from the same original Proto-Indo-European root (ghel- "to shine") that produced English yellow and gold. In German today it is gelb "yellow". Most English words containing GL and referring to light contain a reduction of the same root: gleam, glimmer, glitter, glow, and the like. Latin galbinus "yellowish" comes from the same root. It hardly changed in Romanian galben, but became jaunice in Old French. English borrowed the French word, reshaping it into jaundice, the yellowness of the skin when hepatitis disturbs the yellow bile of the liver.
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The Arbor Day Foundation has a booklet that helps people identify
trees in a simple, step-by-step process. The booklet, What Tree
is That?, is available for a $5 donation to the nonprofit tree
What Tree Is That? is a fun, easy-to-use tree identification
guide that features hand-drawn botanical illustrations
highlighting the distinct characteristics of many tree species.
Nature lovers and professional arborists alike have called this
pocket field guide one of the most user-friendly resources to
have. Its beautiful, full-color illustrations are in precise
detail to depict natural colors, shapes and textures, so users
can make a positive species identification in just a few easy
The Arbor Day Foundation offers this booklet to help people
identify trees in Pennsylvania and throughout
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the shape of the leaves and differences in the leaf stems and
twig structures, specifics on the fruits and flowers and the
details of buds and bark.
"Our What Tree Is That? pocket brochure is an ideal resource to
help people develop a greater appreciation for trees," said John
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appreciate trees, and we feel our pocket field guide will do
What Tree is That? is also available as an online interactive
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Principal Stresses and Mohr's Circle for Plane Stress
This Demonstration generates Mohr's circle for plain stress. The input is stress values for at the and orthogonal positive faces oriented at zero angle. The Demonstration calculates Mohr's circle and generates other plots to illustrate how stress changes at different orientations as the angle of the plane is changed. Planar stress is assumed, therefore stresses in the direction are assumed to be zero. The principal stresses (value of maximum normal and shear stresses found as the plane is rotated) are shown as red dots on the circle. The current value of the normal and shear stresses on the positive and opposite side of the plane are also shown at the end of the dashed red line (the first value is the normal stress and the second value is the shear stress). These are updated as you rotate the plane. The black dots on the edge of the circle are the locations of the stresses at zero degree and these do not move as the plane is rotated.
In plane stress, components vanish and the 3D stress tensor reduces to. Assuming,, and are given at 0°, the stresses at a different angle θ are found from.
The angles and at which the maximum and minimum normal principal stress occurs are given by and, respectively. The maximum and minimum normal principal stresses are given by, where is taken as the larger of the two principal stresses in absolute terms. The maximum shear stress is at ° from the principal plane and is given by. At the principal planes the shear stress is always zero. Mohr's circle for plain stress can be viewed from the pulldown menu. You can view polar plots that show how the normal and shear stress change with angle. You can select the angle to view the stresses by using the slider or select specific planes using the pulldown menu. All units are assumed to be in SI.
 A. C. Ugural, S. K. Fenster, Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity, New York: Elsevier, 1987.
 REA's Problem Solver's Strength of Materials & Mechanics of Solids, New Jersey: Research and Education Association, 1996.
 Irving H. Shames, Mechanics of Deformable Solids, Prentice-Hall, Inc. N.J. 1964.


In terms of freshwater 'rockfish' targets, it doesn't get any cooler than the charismatic Ruffe. The Eurasian Ruffe (gymnocephalus cernua) is also known as pope, daddy ruffe, tommy ruffe or stone perch. Ruffe have a flamboyant dorsal fin and often, amazing pink eyes. Being a close relative of the Perch, Ruffe are every bit a predator fish species and can be targeted with scaled-down, ultralight lure presentations. In my opinion, they are the spikey jewel of our UK waterways and always raise a smile when I encounter one. Hopefully the following information will help you catch Ruffe too.


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Max M. Louwerse, Scott Crossley
Speech act classification remains one of the challenges in natural language processing. This paper evaluates a classification system that assigns one of twelve dialog acts to an utterance from the Map Task Corpus. The dialog act classification system chooses a dialog act based on n-grams from a training set. The system's performance is comparable to other classification systems, like those using support vector machines. Performance is high given the fact that the system only considers an utterance out of context and from written input only. Moreover, the system's performance is on par with human performance.
Subjects: 13. Natural Language Processing; 13.1 Discourse
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Suppose I have a table like this:
create table mytable(cola int primary key, colb varchar(10));
Let's put some data in it:
insert into mytable values(1, 'abc'); insert into mytable values(2, 'def');
When I select using this query:
select * from mytable where colb = 0;
I get ALL rows.
Please note colb data type is varchar, but I use 0 as value. If I use 1 or other integers, I get no rows.
Why is that? Is there a setting to prevent this behavior?
BTW mysql 5.5.9 for windows.


Unpacking the Term "Person of Color"
June 13, 2016
By Christina Acuna Castillo
As a Latina who could just as accurately be called a "person of color," I have some trouble with identifying as such. It's not that I hate the term "person of color" or that I hate folks who use that term as a descriptor; it's just something about its construction that rubs me the wrong way. I mean – I totally get that "person of color" has been labored through the activism that went on in the 80s, but still. It just doesn't feel right to me.
In terms of structure, the word is designed to highlight the person/subject before the adjective (i.e. humanity, first) – which is awesome. Making sure that all people are humanized, even in categorized language, is important especially during a time where social and political forces aim to take than kind of humanization away.
But if you reverse engineer the entire term, "person of color" then becomes "colored person."
And the only difference between the two terms is that "colored person" is no longer a socially acceptable term to use for folks who aren't white. It's super antiquated, and it's seeded in some deep-set racism, which is why the term has largely fallen out of use.
Interestingly though, if you were to say "colored person" now, most people would understand that you meant to say, "Black person." This makes sense because "colored person" was NEVER a used descriptor for those of us who are neither black nor white. So if "people of color" was created to be inclusive, I think it's a huge misstep to give it recognition since it's a phrase that's strongly reminiscent of a specific referent.
Of course I understand that the term was engineered to be comforting and respectful of the marginalized. It puts our humanity up front, making sure you acknowledge us as a person before our color.
But the way it operates is slightly counterproductive and unfaithful to its supposed purpose. While I would say that "person of color" sheds a lot of importance on person-first language, that language is super inconsistent, which brings up the question of whether or not the term achieves its goals in the first place.
We say people of color, but we also say white people.
We say people with disabilities, but we also say able-bodied people.
We say people with mental illnesses, but we also say neurotypical people (or sane people).
So, if we are going to insist on person-first language, we've got to cover the privileged and marginalized in the same syntaxes. Otherwise, "person of color" only serves to highlight and remind people of our ostracism, which makes me think of the term, and myself, in a negative way.
Another reason why I find the term uncomfortable is because although person-first language is a cool idea and it has good intentions, we only really ever use it when referring to disabilities. The examples above were the first things I thought about when looking for person-first examples. And that strikes me as odd.
We use person-first language mostly as a means of empowerment for people with disabilities. We don't say person who is homosexual. Or person who is transgender. Or people with money. Or people without money.
We say gay/lesbian/trans/queer. We say rich. We say poor.
So, what sorts of things are implied when using person-first language when it comes to race? Does that mean that my coloredness is a disability? Should I be shameful about it? Why do I have to remind people of my humanity before my heritage?
It reminds of when people try to eliminate the existence of race with the argument that "we are all people." Which, of course, is true. But we are all different people. Acknowledging and embracing the ways in which we are different is so much more powerful than pretending the differences aren't there.
Anyway, I think ultimately I'd prefer if you call me by my name than by a label. But, if you were going to use a label, ask me of my preference. It's no different than asking me for my preferred pronouns.
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THE IMPACT OF STOCK MARKET PERFORMANCE ON THE ECONOMY OF NIGERIA
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The capital market, as a strong avenue for wealth creation, plays a key role in economic growth and development. The distribution of the wealth is also more equalitarian because the system does not discriminate between investors and the rate of return. What each investor gets out of the system is a matter of what he invests.
The capital market is the segment of the financial market where medium to long term financial instrument are created and/or traded to meet the long term funding needs of economic activities. The degree of effectiveness and efficiency of the market will determine the extent to which it will contribute to the process of economic growth and development. Adedipe (2004)
The capital market can also be defined as the aggregation of institutions and mechanisms through which long term funds are mobilized and used for development purposes (Obadan 1998)
The capital market, given the long term horizon and liquidity offered by its secondary market, provides the best framework for the mobilization of resources – G. Onosode (1998)
According to K.S. Adeyemi (1998), the capital market is the aspect of the financial system which mobilizes and channels long term funds for economic development.
"The capital market provides another option for government and companies to raise long term funds for the execution of capital projects such as construction of bridges, schools, factories, and purchase of vehicles, facilities, and equipment. This compares with the money market, which represents the shortend of the financial system that provides facilities for claims and obligations whose maturity vary from one day to one year." (OkerekeOnyuike 2000).
Ndanusa, S.A (2004), defined capital market as the collection of financial institutions set up for the mobilization of medium or long term loans. It is a market for long term instrument which include; market of mortgages of loan that is the market for mobilization and utilization of longterm loans. It is a market for long term funds for development.
Osondu(1993) within the capital market are the primary and secondary market which includes issuing houses and the securities authorities for issuing of corporate bonds, shares and market of mortgage, this concern and its activities regulations rest in the hand of the stock exchange.
Hence, capital market could be referred to as the mechanism whereby economic units desire to invest their surplus funds, interact directly through financial intermediaries with those who wish to procure funds for their business through the issuance or sale of shares stocks, bonds e.t.c Uzoagu (2002).
In the Nigeria context, participants includes; the Nigerian stock exchange, discount houses, development banks, investment banks, stock broking firms, quoted companies, the government, individuals and the Nigeria Securities and Exchange Commission. However, the Nigerian stock Exchange operates and manages the activities of the capital market.
The capital market embraces trading in both new issues (primary) and old issues of stocks (secondary).
Effective development of the capital market is necessary for the following reasons.
- The mobilization of savings from surplus economic units for channeling into national economic growth;
- The broadening of the ownership base of assets and, this, the creation of a healthy private sector through the empowerment of asset ownership.
- The promotion of rapid capital formation and real investment culture as against short term portfolio investments.
The economic theory 'growth' is essentially a long term concept. It ignores short-term fluctuation in actual national income and emphasizes the impact of investment on raising expected income. Investment in the long run creates more and better capital equipment. The addition to the economy's stock of capital raises the potentials of national income. The long-term increases in the growth theory rather than the short term fluctuations are found in Keynesian theory of income determination.
Keynes (1978) said, from the earliest timethere was a very great change in the standard of life of the average person. This slow rate of progress or lack of progress was due to two reasons, the remarkable absence of important technical improvement and the failure of capital accumulation.
Baran (1978) observed that the principle obstacles to rapid economic growth in the backward countries are the way in which their potential economic surplus is utilized.
From the above elucidation, it could be seen that the capital market is paramount for economic growth in any economy.
2.1.1 Brief history of Nigerian stock market
The Nigerian capital market (NCM) first came into existence in 1960 though it was then the Lagos Stock Exchange. It began operations in 1961 with 19 securities listed for trading. It had an authorized share capital of 10,000 Naira of 500 shares at 20 Naira each. The exchange was incorporated under the company ordinance as an associated company limited by guarantee and formed to promote commerce in Nigeria. The Lagos Stock Exchange was given initial financial backing by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).


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 1. What is a Formula?
 2. What is a Function?
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Formula vs Function: What is a Formula?
A formula is a mathematical sentence with at least one variable. For example 2 + 4 isn't a formula (there's no variable), but 2x + 4 is a formula, because there's a variable. Formulas are used in math to describe relationships. Variables can be any letter from a to z, but you'll want to follow some general rules for writing formulae:
 - Abbreviate variables to one letter. For example, if you have a variable for weight, shorten that to w, not we or wt. This is because when you have two variables in a formula it means to multiply them, so "wt" means "w * t".
 - Use small letters a, b, c, … z.
 - Omit the multiplication sign (unless you're multiplying two numbers like 2*4). Write 2x, not 2 * x.
 - Put the number first if you're multiplying a variable by a number. Write 2x, not x2.
Formula vs Function: Functions
In general math and beginning algebra, you work with formulas. But in calculus, you work with functions. The difference between formulas and functions is in how they are constructed: functions are a specific type of formula with exactly one output (y) for every input (x).
 - For example, if you put a "2" into the formula y = x2, there's only one output: 4. That's a function.
 - If you put a 2 into the formula x = y2, there are two possibilities for each input (x-value): 8 and -8.
Let's take a look at these graphically:
formula vs function
At x = 2, the blue function y = x2 has one output (blue star), but the formula y = x2 has two outputs (orange stars).
All functions are formulas, but not all formulas are functions.
Formula vs Function in Excel
A "function" in Excel is a predefined formula. All Excel built-in functions are also functions in the traditional sense (i.e. you'll get one output for every input).
As an example, let's say you wanted to add a string of numbers from 1 to 4. All formulas in Excel start with an equals sign "=". So you might type the formula "=1+2+3+4". You could also invoke the built in function SUM to do the same thing: =SUM(1,2,3,4).
When making small calculations like this, there isn't much of a difference between a formula and a function in Excel. Where the big difference comes in is when you're dealing with large amounts of data in cells (something which Excel was designed for). If you had 1,000 numbers in column A, it might take some time to write the formula with all the numbers from 1 to 1,000:
But you can type in a function that will add up all of the numbers between cells A1 and cells A2 in seconds:
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 Hi Stephanie, thanks for putting together a great resource here, I may even pick up your book 😉
 I'm just writing to you here as I think I have spotted a typo on your types of functions page:
 I couldn't leave a reply on that particular page so I'm writing it to you here. Anyway at the top of that page it has: "1. What is a Function?
 A function is a type of equation or formula that has exactly one output (y) for every input (x). If you put a "2" into the equation x2, there's only one output: 4. Some formulas, like x = y2, are not types of functions, because there are two possibilities for each x-value (one positive and one negative)."
 I think you meant to put there are two possibilities for each y value (2 and -2), instead of each x-value.
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Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria and Council of Heads of Australian Fauna Collections
The Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH) and Council of Heads of Australian Fauna Collections (CHAFC) represent the major faunal and flora collection institutions of each state and territory, as well as CSIRO collections. The councils aim to promote all matters of interest to faunal and flora collections in Australia and to increase cooperation and understanding between institutions.
The collections have a key role in Bush Blitz through:
- contributing to the selection of animal and plant groups for study
- carrying out field work
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- databasing and curating collected specimens
The collections are supplying scientific staff for surveys, as well as contributing over five million records of supporting data for analysis.
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The Atlas of Living Australia is a project funded under the Australian Government's National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). Its mission is to develop an online, freely accessible biodiversity data management system to link Australia's distributed network of biological knowledge custodians.
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How high do you think you can you jump? Get some of your friends together to find out.
- Tape a large piece of paper to the wall. (Brown wrapping paper or sheets of newspaper will do.) The shortest person in your group should be able to reach the bottom of the paper without standing on tiptoes.
- Dip one finger in dirt or ink. While standing with your feet flat on the floor, stretch your arm as far as you can and mark the highest point you can reach on the paper.
- Now jump and mark the paper by touching it at the top of your jump. Try it a few times and challenge your friends to jump higher. (Label each person's standing and jumping marks with initials or have each person use a different color of ink or dirt.)
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After the user is logged in, system-related or application-related messages are displayed on screen. The ftpaccess file lists the events that trigger associated message statements.
 1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.
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 message message-file [when [class...]]
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Standard methods for rearing and selection of Apis mellifera queens
Ralph Büchler, Sreten Andonov, Kaspar Bienefeld, Cecilia Costa, Fani Hatjina, Nikola Kezic, Per Kryger, Marla Spivak, Aleksandar Uzunov and Jerzy Wilde.
Here we cover a wide range of methods currently in use and recommended in modern queen rearing, selection and breeding. The recommendations are meant to equally serve as standards for both scientific and practical beekeeping purposes. The basic conditions and different management techniques for queen rearing are described, including recommendations for suitable technical equipment. As the success of breeding programmes strongly depends on the selective mating of queens, a subchapter is dedicated to the management and quality control of mating stations. Recommendations for the handling and quality control of queens complete the queen rearing section. The improvement of colony traits usually depends on a comparative testing of colonies. Standardized recommendations for the organization of performance tests and the measurement of the most common selection characters are presented. Statistical methods and data preconditions for the estimation of breeding values which integrate pedigree and performance data from as many colonies as possible are described as the most efficient selection method for large populations. Alternative breeding programmes for small populations or certain scientific questions are briefly mentioned, including also an overview of the young and fast developing field of molecular selection tools. Because the subject of queen rearing and selection is too large to be covered within this paper, plenty of references are given to facilitate comprehensive studies.


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"How efficient are the horses?"
Translation:Quanto sono efficaci i cavalli?
July 27, 2013
Why not "Quanti efficaci sono i cavalli?"
In this case "quanto" doesn't have to agree in gender and number with the noun, since it's not an adjective referring to it. "Quanto + adj" is equivalent to "how + adj" in the English construction. However, when translating "how much/many", you'd have literally "quanto tanto/a/i/e" which becomes just "quanto/a/i/e". That's the only case you have a declensed form of "quanto".
2020-01-16 As Duolessio said, but also the verb should come directly after quanto, not after the adjective.
Quanto efficaci sono i cavalli also accepted. BUT it is usual to put the verb after quanto. Quanto è lungo il ponte. Quanto è grande il cavallo. Quanto sono grande le case.
It was accepted on 28 July 2020.
I believe "efficace" and "efficiente" have different meanings in the same way that "effective" and "efficient" mean different things. I think "How effective are the horses?" would be a more accurate translation.
I think we are looking at subtly different meanings in the two languages.
In English, confusing efficient and effective is a classic schoolchild's error, of which English teachers are heartily fed up. "Being effective is about doing the right things, while being efficient is about doing things right". Effective is whether something produces a desired effect. Efficient is how well the effect is produced, and in theory can be calculated as units output per unit input.
I think Italian has a different logic, which I find hard to figure out. Dictionary examples suggest that efficiente applied to a person (or a horse or a machine) translates to "efficient", but to non-actors (e.g. a process, a method, a remedy) it translates to "effective". Duo doesn't follow this logic.
There's another Italian phrase for the English "efficient": di buon rendimento. The noun means yield, performance, efficiency or duty according to context. Unfortunately I don't think there's a related adjective.
Speaking as an English teacher (just one, I know) I was much more fed up about "could of ", "them ones" and failure to distinguish between "their", "there" and "they are". :)
I confirm this. Efficiente is more like productive, like a horse which doesn't eat too much but still runs for a long time before getting tired. "cavalli" is also a commonly used short form of "cavalli vapore", which would fit better than my example with horses in terms of an engine efficiency.
An 'efficace' summary; thank you.
That's what I'm lead to believe from peeking too
"How efficiente are the horses!" could be translate also as "Come sono efficaci i cavalli!", or not??
Think of 'how much' and 'how many' as 'quanto'; and 'how, in what way' as 'come'.
Come is not accepted in this sentence?
'Come' is 'in quale modo' how, but 'quanto' is 'in che misura' how: 'in what way' versus 'to what degree'. Here the sentence is, in effect, 'To what degree are the horses efficient', so quanto is used.
Oh yes. Thanks for your explanation.
John I am sure that you are right but I thought "come" was more appropriate because the sentence is about the efficiency of horses and not motors. With motors the response would be perhaps, that the motor is 70% efficient, in which case quanto is clearly the correct interrogative. Whereas, with horse when talking about their efficiency we would not describe it's efficiency in numerical terms but rather in the general attributes of the horse? What do you think?
How about quanto is for countable quantities and come is for non countable quality?
A short explanation that is easy to remember....thank you!
Thanks for a simple answer that I can remember.
Can you not use Come for "how" in this instance? I wrote Come efficaci sono i cavalli.
"How" = come for most things, but not for quantities. "How much/many" = quanto/i, obviously. Less obvious but logical is when the "much" is replaced by an adjective of degree like "long", or "effective" as here. [If Duo means "efficient" the answer should be efficiente. English speakers often get them mixed up too.]
There's one context in which come / quanto are interchangeable, and that's as an intensifier in an exclamation: "How effective the horses are!". In Duo's example there is no exclamation mark and the English word order is wrong. Even if these were present and correct, your Italian word order is wrong: it should have been Come sono efficaci i cavalli!.
I also used "come" because it was the only option suggested when I hovered over the word "how"! And then it was marked wrong!
my translation was: quanto efficaci sono i cavalli. It was correct, but how would an Italian prefer to say it?
It's ok but I think it's more natural with the verb before the adjective.
I also put "Quanto efficaci sono i cavalli" ; it was not accepted. I'm assuming the word order is the issue, but i would be grateful to be directed to any relevant grammar lesson, as I don't have any on DL.
Italian word order is pretty fluid, but here quanto is an (interrogative) adverb, and you don't really want to separate it from the verb or adjective that it modifies. It's a general 'rule'.
References in grammar to quanto è specifically seem to be rare, but the Treccani dictionary says "Come avv[erbio]:... modificando un agg[ettivo]: quant'è lungo il cammino?. This order makes for easy additions, such as... più lungo..., and compound tenses. If you think of the noun first, it's perfectly OK to say I cavalli, quanto sono efficaci? I'm not sure about... sono quanto efficaci?.
Quanto efficaci sono i cavalli was accepted Feb 2018
Is DL certain that "Quanto efficaci sono i cavalli" is not also acceptable?
Look at my previous entry. This was also my translation and it was accepted.
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 Duolingo said it was wrong when I said it that way.
 Here's my question: How on earth would anyone answer this question, either in Italian or in English? What does "how efficient are the horses" mean anyway? Sorry; it's a ridiculous question.
 On Earth we would answer it variously, such as "very, fairly, not very, not at all, 40% (meaning power output divided by power input)", etc. How about your planet? :-) If you ignore Duo's literal translation by dropping "the", you have "How efficient are horses?" - a genuine question of biophysics or agriculture.
 FYI: Quanto sono efficienti i cavalli? was also accepted.
 Che efficaci sono i cavalli?
 Nope, you have to use "quanto".
 Got it, Johnrush. Thanks.
 Could somebody please explain to me why Come efficaci sono i cavalli? is incorrect? I interpret this question of efficiency as to what extent the horses are of use, not an inquiry into how strong they are.
 It is accepted now.
 In addition to all valid questions about where'sono' should go in the sentence, as discussed here, I would kindly point out to DL that, just like 'efficient' and 'effective' have significantly different meanings in English, I frivolously assume the same semantic distinction applies to 'efficiente' and 'efficace'.
 So, DL, please, respect the correspondence.
 Does anyone have an actual clue as to how to pick the order of words in this sentence?
 I'm coming to the conclusion that the answer is to start again, be born in Italy, grow to your present age, and it will all become clear.
 Why is it "quanto" and not "quanti" here when we are talking about horses (plural)?
 And why is "efficaci" AFTER "sono"? I put "quanti efficaci sono i cavalli" (thinking it literally translates to "how efficient are the horses" and was marked wrong, but I will try to just change "quanti" to "quanto" next time and see if where I put the adjective will be accepted that way too or not.
 Quanto can be an adjective or an adverb, here it is an interrogative adverb. Adverbs are fixed words that do not change, just as the interrogative adverbs perché, dove, and quando do not change.
 nstallaert2 - "And why is "efficaci" AFTER "sono"?"
 See malcolmissimo's comment from 2 years ago.
 As a language teacher, language is alive, it changes meaning with acceptance. Just because something is right grammatically according to the Grammar Book doesn't mean that one has to use it that way. Dialects account for so many differences, y'all. For me, efficient means


Angel Number 346 – Meaning and Symbolism
Numbers are all around us and it's hard to spend a day without them. We need them in every situations and life would not make sense without them. With all functions which they have, they also have some hidden meanings for which a lot of people do not know.
They are also used as messages that come from angels who want to send something to us. We will meet every day with that number and it will appear in many situations. The angels sent us a message which can help us or give us advice about our future.
Angel number 346 – what does it mean?
An angelic number 346 is composed of the attribute of number 3, vibration and energy of number 4 and influence of number 6.
Number 3 is one of the luckiest numbers and brings very positive influence and happiness, enjoyment, feeling of fulfillment and motive for achieving high goals.
Number 4 brings energy to this number and extra strength and motive to accomplish certain things in life. It is also described by courage, power, honesty, will to succeed.
Number 6 describes talent, creativity, knowledge, great psychic abilities, and the ability to learn quickly and progress.
Number 346 is a set of very positive attributes of great energy and talent, which gives it great influence. People in this number are talented for all the work they do, but mostly expose themselves as writers, composers, singers, musicians, but also actors, psychologists, philosophers. They always want knowledge they like to learn new things and to work on themselves to bring everything to perfection.
They love to communicate with other people and to share their knowledge with them. They like to work with educated and smart people.
Secret meaning and symbolism
A message from an angel through the number 346 is a message saying that you are on the right path to collect your talent and your creativity.
After a lot of effort you invested, angels send you a message that motivates and encourages you to continue with the job you love.
You love your work, so every working day is enjoyment for you. If you have not yet decided what to do in the future now is the right time and angels are sure you will make the right choice and make great success.
Dedicate yourself to your family and friends, because they will always be there for you. After each job, it is always necessary to find time for rest and relaxation, so take a couple of free days and travel somewhere.
Angel number 346 and Love
People in number 346 prefer to enjoy life they like to meet new people and to always be in a relationship. It is difficult to take away the liberty that matters to them, and if you try it, it will probably result in a breakup. Their trust is also difficult to get because they are taught not to trust other people.
They are always smiling, moody, in the society they are the main entertainers and their humor is what adorns them and conquers the opposite sex.
They are also mystical, and that fascinates other people. The people in this number who are married have surely already found the love of their lives and there is no need to cheat or leave them for someone else.
Now they are ready to spend their lives with that person and provide everything in order to have a comfortable life.
Interesting facts about number 346
In the next section we tried to present some of the most interesting facts related to this number, all these information can help you and they can be useful to understand message from this number.
In math, number 346 is an even, composite and a Harshad number.
It is interesting that this number is a Franel number.
In Binary Code this number is written as 101101010.
In Roman numeral letter this number can be written as CCCXLVI.
What to do when you see number 346?
The message from an angel through the number 346 is very positive for you. It gives you the motivation to proceed further and tells you that talent will surely be charged and rewarded.
You must continue with the same effort, and do not let it go. Do not listen to other people's opinions just listen to yourself make the right choices and surely everything will pay off. Positive and good period is ahead of you, and now take the opportunity to get everything you've planned and want.
Angels will always be with you and follow your steps. Stay courageous and motivated as you have been until now and remember you will always have support from your family and friends. Also, angels will take care of you, they would never leave you alone no matter where you are or what are you doing.
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