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Spirits of Fire and Flood
At 854m in height, Arenig Fawr lays no claim to be amongst the mightiest of peaks in Snowdonia. The late W. A. Poucher ranked the rocky summit of this remote mountain as 24th in an ordinal list of the Welsh Peaks. But a mountain is more than a mere measurement of its ascent above ordnance datum, as obsessive peak-baggers and list tickers may fail to acknowledge. It is a massif of geological history, an eco system of flora and fauna, a facilitator of meteorological phenomenon, a catalyst of story, myth and legend, a home of spirits from an earlier age.
Afon Tryweryn
Afon Tryweryn
I first fell under the spell of this less well known area of the Welsh mountains as a student at Aberystwyth University. As Michaelmas term progressed and the nights began to draw in around the somewhat claustrophobic collegiate town, we looked with increasing anticipation to our weekend forays into the Welsh countryside to find space and light. And so we stumbled across the mountains to the south of Llyn Celyn, since when something has called me back time and time again.
On the autumnal equinox I set off to spend the night at the MBA hut situated rather apprehensively just below the slightly Heath Robinson looking dam at Llyn Arenig Fawr. As the hut is situated less than two miles south of the A4212 Y Bala-Trawsfynydd road I decided to extend the journey by starting at the Llyn Celyn dam, picking my way through the farms and fields around Mynydd Nodol and crossing a rather boggy Nant Aberderfel, where the Ordnance Survey indicated path seems to vanish into purple moor grass, bog myrtle and waist-high heather. After four rather gruelling miles I arrived at the bothy, which was, thankfully, empty. The hut is only just large enough for one person, or perhaps two if they know each other well, and probably dates from 1830 when Llyn Arenig Fawr was first adapted as a reservoir to provide the town of Y Bala with drinking water. The lake gains some shelter from storms as it lies in the lee of the crags of Simdde Ddu, but as an autumnal wind began to get up across the silvery waters, as the light began to fail and the rain began to pitter-pat on the steel chimney cap, I determined the best course of action was to light a fire in the somewhat smoky grate and settle down for the night.
In geological terms Arenig Fawr was born 490 million years ago in a sea of fire and foam in a part of geological time known as the Ordovician. The collision of continental plates gave rise to an arc of fierce volcanic activity. The volcanoes erupted into a shallow sea with explosive force, spuing out pyroclastic flows of white-hot ash and lava, which roared with breathtaking speed into the surrounding waters, making them boil and hiss. These "nuées ardentes" or burning clouds, rapidly cooled in air, in water to form solid rock: ignimbrites, tuffs, breccias, from which the lofty crags of Arenig Fawr were chiselled.
During the last ice age some 14,000 years ago, sheets of ice would have submerged these valleys, with only the mountaintops protruding above, a veritable flood concealing the fertile valleys from hunter gatherers and forcing them south to warmer climes. As the valleys and human imagination began to emerge from beneath the ice, stories were woven by the Celtic people about a race of giants who lived among them. Idris was one such giant, living upon his seat "Cadair Idris" and who would initiate contests between other giants, Yscydion, Offrwm and Ysbryn who also lived amongst these hills and mountains. There is an account in the Welsh Triads of the bursting of Llyn Llion that resulted in the deaths of all living people, with the exception of Dwyfan and Dwyfach, who escaped in a boat without sails, and went on to repopulate the British Isles with their offspring. Arenig Fawr seems a likely place for the grounding of this mythological boat, the Welsh for Ark being Aren or Arene. Similarly, it is believed locally that the ruins of an ancient and legendary city lie beneath the waters of Llyn Tegid, or Bala Lake as it is know in English, once lost in a great flood. The lake, formed by glacial melt waters following the last ice age, is one of the last habitats of the Gwyniad fish, a small salmonid creature. Three rather forlorn looking specimens of this remnant of a post-glacial ecosystem sit pickled in formaldehyde in the White Lion Hotel on the main street of Y Bala. Another local legend tells of a farmer who once found a fairy calf among the rushes of Llyn Arenig Fawr, and reared it as one of his own cattle. For many years it produced many fine offspring, making him a wealthy man, until one day a small man playing a pipe appeared by the lake and by his eerie music, led the animal back into the waters to rejoin the fairy herd. Born from water and returned to water.
I awoke to a cold, wet, grey morning and struggled to raise myself from the warmth of my sleeping bag. After a breakfast of kippers cooked on the old iron pan I found hanging on the bothy wall, I carefully balanced across the rickety old iron ladder spanning the water out-flow of the dam, and began to ascend the limb of Y Castell to the south-west of the lake. As I climbed higher and the expanse of open country to the south gradually began to reveal itself, I could see three sheets of water dominating the landscape: Llyn Celyn to the north, Llyn Arenig Fawr in the corrie below, and across the moorland to the south, Llyn Tegid, cradled in the valley beneath the lofty crags of Aran Fawddwy.
The spirit of Arenig Fawr can be deceptively passive, imbued with an air of amiability, beneath which lies a dark and angry character. On clear spring days, with the song of skylarks lifting high into the azure sky, the climb to the summit is a little more than a strenuous walk. But in winter, when the mountain is draped in snow and ice, reminiscent of that long ago age, when black clouds tear across the summit ridge propelled by winds strong enough to lift walkers from their feet and dash them onto the jagged rocks below, then one might imagine giants battling in these hills.
On a moonless August night in 1943 the deep thrum of aircraft engines could be heard above the wind, echoing along the Dyfrdwy Valley. The aircraft was a United States Air Force B17 Flying Fortress, "Mr Five-by-Five", on night training manoeuvres, many miles off course. It is thought that the crew never saw Arenig Fawr in the darkness. Had the aircraft been just fifty metres higher they would have cleared the summit ridge, secured their location and returned to base for cocoa and a good night's sleep. The summit cairn now bears a slate memorial to the eight American crewmembers, each one originating from a different state of the Union, who were killed that night. The area is even now scattered with fragments of metal, mostly fused, one would suspect at very high temperature, into the volcanic breccias that form the rocky outcrop, such that it is impossible to tell where aluminium ends and the natural rock begins. The bodies of the crewmen were never found.
To the south of the summit, Moel yr Eglwys, Church Hill, lies an area of rare simplicity and beauty where a scatter of crystal-clear pools, encircled by rich, red bog grasses, lie amongst undulating crags and rocky tors. Westward, across the boggy col of Ceunant Coch, I climbed to the summit of Moel Llyfnant and was rewarded with a view across Coed-y-Brenin, the King's Forest, to the Rhinogydd, dark and silent like sleeping giants, beneath a blanket of cold-grey cloud.
To the north of Moel Llyfnant, on the descent towards Amnodd-bwll and Amnodd-wen, there are remains of shielings, or hafod in Welsh, buildings associated with the summer grazing of livestock, probably dating from the 18thCentury. Many are of considerable size and extent, belying the once active agricultural history of this barren landscape, populated now only by walkers, lone forestry workers and the occasional sheep.
In twenty-four hours I saw not one other person until I reached the sleepy hamlet of Arenig, from where I crossed Afon Tryweryn to reach again the A4212, where the cars and lorries race at foolish speed. Circling the lake I was reminded of the latest tale in these chronicles of fire and flood. In 1965, the construction of the reservoir of Llyn Celyn, built to provide water to the city of Liverpool via the river Dee, resulted in the flooding of Capel Celyn, a small village, which was a centre of welsh cultural activity. Local bitter feelings were exacerbated by the insensitivity of the authorities involved and the passing of the legislation for the reservoir in Parliament despite


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Friction conditions on contact point of disc
I have some doubts regarding the friction force on a certain situation. Imagine a disc over a fixed flat surface. Like this:
The disc has two motions, rotational and translational but these are independent of each other. I mean the translational motion does not come from the rotation of the disc, imagine an external force that moves the disc.
Now, with this in mind lets say that the disc is moving from left to right always keeping contact with the surface. At the same time the disc is rotating with an angular velocity clockwise. Because of the different movements, at the contact point, there is slip.
Now to the question itself. What kind of friction do I have at the contact point? Do I have rolling or sliding friction at the contact point? and what direction does the friction force have since the disc is moving to the right but at the contact point the direction of rotation is to the left?
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How logistics is making daliy life easy.
Logistics in Everyday Life
Think of some event, restaurant or movie you went to last time. The type of experience is what would have registered in your mind. Perhaps not the inception of the by-products required to organize business in everyday life. Logistics is crucial in handling the materials which are used to complete the product.
Logistics and transportation are responsible not only for handling or moving goods and commodities but also for moving people around. Every bus you took, every dining out you had, every shopping you've done, it has been there with you.
Imagine a life without it!
Logistics is used generally to refer to the process of planning, coordination and moving resources, goods, equipment, and people from origin or one location to a warehouse or desired location.
Let's take an example for better understanding:
In India, Swiggy a food delivery app has been very eminent when it comes to delivering food at doorsteps. With a consumer base of more than 50 million and serving 1.4 million food orders daily, it satisfies the hunger of all segments in India.
But how does the food gets from order to your home?
See, when order is placed from a restaurant via the app, the preparation of the order is started, but before that, all the basic raw ingredients required to prepare is brought from the market, checked for any impurities or defects and then are immediately placed in refrigerated containers to preserve them for current and future needs. After your order is prepared by the restaurant, it is exchanged by the delivery executive or the medium to which it gets to your door.
Transportation, logistics and supply chain!
It's not just a food delivery app. E-karts, ride-sharing companies and many more help you in transportation and logistics in one or the other way. Important festivals in India such as Diwali, Holi, Raksha Bandhan, Eid and many more which involve exchanging gifts to distant relative require courier services which carry out the complex process of handling and delivering by the specified time.
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Taking Care of an Athlete's Emotional Welfare: Living Inside Another Person's Head
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
The Mental Game of a Sports Mind Coach is not that Different from the Athletes they Coach.
As a sports mind coach, much of the ability to create sustainable change in athletes comes from the ability to completely associate specifically to them and their performance issues on a deep level – and then take a precise pragmatic approach to solving those issues with them.
This means spending much of the workday deep within the minds of others, observing their idiosyncrasies, emotional roller-coasters, behavioural dichotomies, good and bad days, perceptions of self-worth and their individual sporting needs.
This can be emotionally challenging as a coach, especially when you have more than one client on the go which could mean double, triple or even 10 fold the idiosyncrasies, emotional roller-coasters, highs and lows! Keeping track of all the individual athletes needs, progress and programmes is paramount to ensuring them the best sustainable performance outcome.
So how can so many high octane careers be managed and still deliver each and every time? Well, it's in part about perspective and systems!
It is as much about managing your mental wellbeing as a coach as much as it is managing the athletes. Let's face it, if a coach was to get lost in the mental abyss and didn't practice what they preached, they lose the ability to lead and guide these athletes. It would be like trying to catch a whole bunch of rabbits in an open field, blindfolded – completely hit and miss.
Empathy and understanding play a major role as does 100% precision focus on them whether working with them or building their programme. This means having the ability to not only switch ON to them and their needs but also to switch OFF from them too. This is vital to instantly change focus and do so without leaving traces of the last client or a build up to the next!
So the same 'switch' process I teach athletes, I utilise myself – a set process that switches me on before I engage with the client and one that powers me down after. This is the same process the athletes go through so they can perform 100% in full concentration and focus during the training session and more importantly on game day.
So how is this achieved?
The first stage is to establish a boundary – a physical and or mental line between where is work and where is not. For me it is outside wherever I am working with the client (this is a flexible boundary I maneuver as the physical venue changes frequently). So I establish the boundary line and once I cross that boundary line it's game on, 100% them and their programme and nothing else.
Clark Kent or SupermanThe second stage is a 'trigger', a replicable action I set that signifies the mental transition from a mild mannered Clark Kent to Superman!
This trigger process is the same process as building an anchor to fire off a specific set of internal chemicals to initiate a set response or performance (anchoring). It needs to be unique and replicable, so with the crossing of the boundary and the firing of the trigger I become immersed in them and their world completely.
At the end of the session I reverse the process, I again cross out of the boundary and fire the second trigger to turn me back into Clark Kent or Dave Diggle! Leaving behind the emotional baggage and debris from the session. This preserves my emotional state and mental health.
This process allows a coach to be completely effective when needed to be and protects mental and physical welfare, creating sustainability and targeted focus.
This same process protects athletes from mental and emotional fatigue allowing them to be 100% committed to their sport and their careers yet allows them to power down and live a normal life outside without the hype and pressure creating a happier, healthier athlete with a sustainable career.


Teachers gift card
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Gift which are happy – teachers gift card! Gift cards are simple and convenient.
What are the advantages of gift cards as a gift?
2. It can be difficult to choose a gift.
There is a way out – you need to give a teachers gift card! A person will choose what he needs taking into account the color, size, shape or even smell.
A gift card is the perfect gift!
How is the teachers gift card activated?
There is always a limit on the teachers gift card. Up to the date of activation or the first purchase card is not active. Write-off takes place after activation. The card will continue to work until the funds on the card run out.
How long can I use the teachers gift card?
How do I check my teachers gift card balance?
1. Make sure you have a unique teachers gift card number. As a rule, it is indicated on the front side.
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If your teachers gift card is damaged or you are unable to make purchases, we recommend contacting customer service or contacting the store for assistance.


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Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Farm Women Planting
Camille Pissarro, French, 1830 - 1903
Color etching and aquatint
Currently not on view
1941-8-107Purchased with the John D. McIlhenny Fund, 1941
LabelPissarro helped revive a process for making color prints that was originally developed in Paris in the eighteenth century. This classic method consisted of superimposing four separate plates, each inked in a different color (red, blue, yellow, and black). For Farm Women Planting, Pissarro omitted the black plate to obtain the sunny aspect that makes this impression unique.


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The Academic Support Center's (ASC) purpose is to provid support services for students of all abilities, but especially for those who need assistance making the transition to higher education. We ar committed to enhancing students' academic potential through peer tutoring, learning sklls instruction, and academic advising. Our goal is to coach students towards reaching their academic goals by building self-advocacy and self-awareness skills so that they can achieve academic success.


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How to mass convert photos taken in RAW, CR2, and NEF format to a jpg format in Adobe Photoshop and Bridge? Unlike most image viewer which requires a simple right click to do the conversion, converting from RAW to Jpeg is slightly different, not difficult but different. Here's a simple step by step tutorial:
- Step 1 – Launch Adobe Bridge, go to 'Tools'
- Step 2 – Select 'Photoshop' and then 'Image Processor…'
- Step 3 – Photoshop will automatically launched, and a dialog box will appear, choose the settings and click 'Run'
- Step 1 – In Adobe Photoshop, go to 'File'
- Step 2 – Select 'Script'
- Step 3 – Choose 'Image Processor'
This is the easiest and fastest method we have found, using other image viewer software such as ACDsee or IrfanViewer might or might not work. Photoshop is the best bet if you already own the software.
This simple tutorial works on any latest format, even those from Nikon and Canon. If it doesn't, perhaps it is time to update your Photoshop.

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While optical Differential Phase Shift Keying (DPSK) is already being deployed in the field, a new generation of advanced self-homodyne differential formats such as multi-symbol DPSK with decision-feedback based on either optical pre-processing or digital post-processing, has been recently conceived, and initially experimentally demonstrated. Remarkably, such "self-coherent" systems emulate optically coherent operation without necessitating the physical presence of a local oscillator in the receiver.
Coherent and differentially coherent phase-based communication systems are in principle prone to phase-noise impairments. For optical differential systems, the treatment of phase noise is even more complex than its wireless communication counterpart, as it includes in addition to the source (laser) phase noise, the non-linear phase-noise induced by the amplified-spontaneous emission via the Kerr effect (the so-called Gordon-Mollenauer effect).
This work addresses key modeling aspects and limiting impairments of self-coherent differential systems (optical DPSK in particular). It revisits the topics of phase noise and quadratic detection in differentially coherent optical communication, by means of a simplified yet accurate Gaussian statistics approach based on polar-domain filtering of the angular fluctuations, and a Volterra-series-based description.
Our novel analytic Gaussian formulation provides high accuracy (±0.1dB), while accounting for the combined effect of all three (linear, nonlinear and laser) phase noise sources impairing DPSK and self-coherent detection. The laser phase noise emerges as a key impairment limiting the amount of attainable "self-coherent gain".
To further model the interaction between quadratic optical detection and electrical post-detection filtering and optical pre-processing driven by decision feedback, the Volterra-based technique introduced in a recent master thesis in our department is further improved, making it exponentially more efficient, is then validated by means of previous DPSK modeling results, and is finally applied to account for the interaction between quadratic detection and optical and electrical filtering with decision feedback.


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Are you in search of affordable appliances or looking to sell excess inventory?
Appliance liquidation sales present a fantastic opportunity for both buyers and sellers to engage in the thriving market of discounted appliances. Understanding the ins and outs of appliance liquidation is essential whether you're a savvy consumer looking for affordable solutions or a reseller aiming to maximize profits. This in-depth guide will examine the appliance liquidation process, offer professional advice on locating and assessing liquidation appliances nearby, cover various forms of liquidation, and address frequently asked issues.
Understanding the Process of Appliance Liquidation
Using a B2B recommerce platform like B-Stock, resellers have access to a vast network of enterprise retailers and manufacturers. These platforms play a crucial role in connecting retailers with excess or discontinued inventory to resellers who can effectively manage and sell these products. Let's dive into the appliance liquidation process, focusing on the "Big 5" of the industry: washers, dryers, refrigerators/freezers, dishwashers, and ovens/stoves/cooktops.
Collaboration between retailers and recommerce platforms
When retailers face situations such as overstock, store closures, or seasonal inventory turnover, they collaborate with recommerce platforms to efficiently handle the liquidation process. B2B recommerce platforms like B-Stock act as intermediaries, managing the logistics of the liquidation sales. These platforms provide a centralized marketplace where retailers can list their excess inventory for auction or direct purchase by qualified buyers with resale businesses.
The process of appliance liquidation often involves auction-based platforms. Resellers, registered on the platform, have the opportunity to bid on bulk quantities of appliances. The auction mechanism allows resellers to determine the value of inventory and what they're willing to pay for it. Resellers make important decisions about bid strategy, market knowledge, and estimations of possible resale value during the auction process.
Types of Appliance Liquidation
Appliance liquidation encompasses various types, each presenting unique characteristics and opportunities for buyers. Understanding these different types can help resellers navigate the market more effectively and capitalize on specific niches. Let's explore some common types of appliance liquidation:
Store closure liquidation
Store closure liquidation occurs when a retail store or chain shuts down its operations. To recover a portion of their investment under such circumstances, retailers frequently dispose of their inventory, in which a wide range of equipment usually becomes available at discounted prices. Store closure liquidation sales are excellent opportunities for resellers to acquire a diverse inventory of appliances from various brands.
Overstock liquidation arises when retailers have surplus inventory due to overestimating demand or changes in consumer preferences. Liquidating overstock appliances allows retailers to clear their storage space and free up capital. For resellers, this type of liquidation presents an opportunity to obtain brand-new appliances that have never been used or opened at discounted rates. Overstock liquidation sales often feature appliances in pristine condition, making them highly desirable for buyers.
Seasonal inventory liquidation occurs at the end of a particular season or holiday when retailers need to make room for upcoming products while recovering some of their investment. For example, at the end of the summer season, retailers might liquidate air conditioners, fans, and outdoor grills. By buying seasonal appliances at lower prices, resellers can potentially sell them at higher profits later. However, this approach requires them to have ample storage space to strategically hold onto this inventory.
Returned and refurbished
Another type of appliance liquidation is returned and refurbished liquidation. In this case, shops get appliances that customers have returned for a variety of reasons, like minor cosmetic damage, functional problems, or just a change of heart. After being examined, fixed, and reconditioned, these returned appliances are put back in working order. This product type adds an extra layer of reassurance for discerning buyers. Fun fact: Scratch and dent inventory is historically easy to sell and allows you to move inventory quickly. Something to think about: 80% of appliance purchases are replacement purchases. This means shoppers are looking for a unit to bring home fast, usually in the next 24-48 hours.
Retailers could be left with inventory that they need to liquidate when manufacturers decide to stop making a specific model. Appliances that would otherwise become obsolete can be purchased at steep discounts during discontinued and end-of-line liquidation deals. These appliances are frequently completely new and unused, but because older models are being phased out, they are now more reasonably priced.
Overall, bulk liquidation involves the sale of large quantities of appliances in a single transaction. When retailers or manufacturers have excess inventory or need to quickly clear out a substantial amount of appliances, they can sell it to traditional liquidators or B2B recommerce platforms.
Tips for Buying Liquidation Appliances
Evaluating inventory condition
As a reseller, it is essential to thoroughly evaluate the condition of the liquidated appliances before placing a bid or making a purchase. B2B recommerce platforms provide detailed product descriptions, condition reports, and often include photos to help resellers make informed decisions. Carefully reviewing this information allows resellers to assess the quality of the appliances and determine their resale potential.
Conducting market research
To maximize profitability, resellers should conduct comprehensive market research. This involves analyzing consumer demand, identifying popular appliance models, and understanding market trends. By staying informed about current market conditions, resellers can make strategic decisions regarding which liquidated appliances to bid on and which ones are likely to yield higher returns.
Calculating shipping and logistics costs
There are unique shipping and logistics costs associated with buying liquidated appliances. Resellers should factor in these costs to determine the overall profitability of their purchases. Accurate cost calculations help resellers set appropriate pricing and ensure they can still generate a profit after accounting for these shipping expenses.
Considering brand reputation and warranty coverage
Brand reputation plays a significant role in the resale value of liquidated appliances. By considering brand reputation and warranty coverage, resellers can strategically decide on inventory their customers will find most appealing. Appliances that still carry the original manufacturer's warranty can add value to potential buyers.
Finding Liquidation Appliances Near You
If you're interested in buying or selling appliances, here are some additional tips to consider:
Online liquidation platforms
In addition to B-Stock, there are several reputable B2B recommerce platforms that specialize in appliance liquidation. These platforms provide a large variety of manufacturers and retailers, guaranteeing a varied assortment of merchandise. Find the platform that best meets your company's demands by doing some research and comparing several options. To aid in your decision-making, look for marketplaces that offer transparent information about their sellers, product descriptions, and condition reports. You may also consider platforms that provide access to exclusive sales, early notifications, and additional support.
Create an auction strategy
Understanding market trends and demand is crucial when participating in liquidation auctions. Research popular appliance models, examine historical pricing information, and keep up with business news. You may use this information to set goals, create a budget, and strategically bid to acquire the greatest bargains. Consider setting bidding limits to ensure you don't overspend.


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How To: Request One-Time Payment
Who does this? Stanford Payroll Administrators
When? Additional required or discretionary pay is due to an employee.
How? By entering a Supplemental Pay Webform (recommended) or by submitting a One-Time Payment form to add the pay to the employee's next regular paycheck
Request One-Time Payment (5 steps)
Gather employee information for the payment:
- Employee name
- Employee ID Number
- Employee Pay Group from PeopleSoft
- Employee Record # from PeopleSoft
Note: This information is available on the Gross Pay Report. Reference How To: Verify Employee Pay.
Gather payment information:
- Amount to be paid
- PTA to charge for the payment
- Earn code for the payment
- BON – Bonus
- SIG – Signing bonus
- HNR – Honorarium
- SUP – Supplemental Pay (for faculty only)
- TAR – Temporary Acting Role
- RTS – Missed payment of salary
- RTH – Missed payment of hours
- RTO – Missed payment of overtime
- For descriptions of appropriate usage of earn codes for one time payments, see the Earnings Code Usage document.
Note 2: The employee's withholding allowances on file are used for other types of payments.
Select from one of the following form options:
- To submit a Supplemental Pay Webform (recommended), see Step 4.
- To submit a One-Time Payment Form (when you do not have access to the Supplemental Pay Webform), see Step 5.
Prepare a Supplemental Pay Webform:
- Follow step-by-step instructions on Supplemental Pay Webform Job Aid to complete the form.
Note 1: Webforms must be fully approved and loaded by an Expert User by the PeopleSoft entry deadline for the pay period.
Note 2: For specific entry deadlines for each pay period, see Resources: Payroll Schedules & Deadlines.
Submit a One-Time Payment Form to Payroll:
- Download and print the One-Time Payment Form.
- Using the information collected in Steps 1 and 2, complete all relevant fields on the One-Time Payment Form.
- The signed original copy of the form should be submitted to Payroll.
What Happens Next?
- The One-Time Payment is added to the employee's next regular direct deposit or paycheck. Bonus payments receive a separate direct deposit or paycheck from the employee's regular pay.


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EJB design: About double
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 I have two related questions both about Java double type.
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 As we know Java double type is 64 bits.But in our application,we need to calculate the summation of money which is out of the precision scope.Surely we could write a class to process the +-*/ and so on like sqrt() etc.But it's really complicated,we need very complex math transformation to implement it which is out of imagination.So is there clean solution?
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 currency exchange always results in precision lost,so how to balance the total and the summation of all units.
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 maybe BigDecimal...
 of cause, wou will decrease calculation speed, but if you problem is in precision...
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 no use by BigDecimal


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Let $\Gamma$ be a discrete cocompact subgroup of the euclidean motion group $$ G={\mathbb R}^d\rtimes O(d). $$ Let $\phi:G\to O(d)$ the projection homomorphism. Is it true that $\phi(\Gamma)$ is finite?
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Aakumadula, why not post this as an answer? It seems sufficiently precise and comprehensive – Yemon Choi Mar 6 '13 at 16:13
Yemon Choi, I thought this was just a reference. But I see your point, that it will look like an unanswered query. – Aakumadula Mar 6 '13 at 17:04
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The answer is yes. This is a theorem of Bieberbach (see Corollary (8.26) of the book "Discrete Subgroups of Lie Groups" by M.S.Raghunathan (Springer Ergebnisse Tract).
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Interesting (to me!) that this is an established result, since without the co-compactness assumption the conclusion fails: an irrational winding in SO(2) combined with the one-dimensional discrete subgroup of translations immediately gives a non-discrete image in SO(2). – paul garrett Mar 7 '13 at 0:47
Professor Garrett, I do not understand your remark. If I have an element of the form $(v,r)$ in the semi-direct product of ${\mathbb R}^2$ with $SO(2)$, where $r$ is an irrational rotation, there is no guarantee that itw powers (vector component) is discrete: the $n$-th power vector component is of the form $(1+r+\cdots +r^{n-1})v$, which can well converge. – Aakumadula Mar 7 '13 at 1:16
Of course, you can take $v\in {\mathbb R}^n$ $n\geq 3$ which is fixed by the rotation $r$, in which case you get a discrete group. When you assume "co-compactness", the vector parts are sufficiently many that the rotation parts do not always fix the vector part. – Aakumadula Mar 7 '13 at 1:24
_USER_: indeed, this is a funny situation. It is late for me here in my time-zone, but (in case you'd not already in your own time thought through the facts) I'll add comments tomorrow which I hope will clarify the thing that'd been in my mind. Irrelevant to the question as posed. yes. – paul garrett Mar 7 '13 at 2:00
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In this paper, we employ message passing algorithms over graphical models to jointly detect and decode symbols transmitted over large multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channels with low density parity check (LDPC) coded bits. We adopt a factor graph based technique to integrate the detection and decoding operations. A Gaussian approximation of spatial interference is used for detection. This serves as a low complexity joint detection/decoding approach for large dimensional MIMO systems coded with LDPC codes of large block lengths. This joint processing achieves significantly better performance than the individual detection and decoding scheme.


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The Input Problem
Search and Backtracking within Lepl is implemented using generators. These are blocks of code that can be paused and restarted. Each matcher has, at its core, one of these generators. Backtracking is achieved by calling the generator to continue searching the input for alternative matches.
This can be a problem, particularly when parsing input from files. The parse_file() method calls parse_iterable() which iterates over the lines in the file. The streams created by parse_iterable() are lazy linked lists that only reference later parts of the input. That means that Python can reclaim (garbage–collect) the memory used by earlier input while the parser is still matching later input. However, this cannot happen (memory cannot be freed) if a generator keeps a reference to earlier input (which it needs in case it is called to backtrack and provide a new match).
So the generators used in Lepl to provide backtracking frustrate Python's garbage collection and lead to parsers consuming much more memory than would otherwise be necessary.
The Output Problem
As a parser consumes input it also constructs the output. In Lepl the output is a list of data held in memory. This output list is built by the parser until all the input has been consumed, and then returned as a result.
A large input often implies a large output. So even if we solve the "input problem" above, a parser will still use a lot of memory to store the output.
The Input Solution
To solve the "input problem" we need to discard generators, but we need generators while parsing because the parser needs to backtrack when it fails to match something. The solution to this apparent contradiction is to discard only the generators that we will not need.
In general we cannot find an exact solution (I believe; finding which generators we do not need is probably related to the halting problem), but we can implement a simple heuristic that works well in practice: we discard generators that have not been used "for a long time".
To do this, Lepl maintains a list of generators, sorted by last access time. When the list exceeds some size the least-used generator is deleted. This reduces memory use while allowing a reasonable amount of backtracking.
The list of generators is maintained by a GeneratorManager(), but you do not need to use this class directly. Instead, call.config.low_memory(). That configuration method takes a parameter queue_len which controls the size of the list of "valid" generators.
The Output Solution
We could reduce the amount of memory needed to hold the output if there were some way of returning the output incrementally. In normal use this is not possible with Lepl, but there is a "neat hack" that works quite well.
Remember that a Lepl parser can produce a series of matches. These are alternative ways of parsing the input, given the parser. But in most cases we are only interested in the first match — this is particularly true when using.config.low_memory() as described above, because the alternatives will be unavailable.
The hack is to return fragments of the output as alternative matches. This means:
 - Adding the matcher Iterate() at the "top level" of the parser. This will return each fragment in turn.
 - Calling parse_all() and then treating the generator as a sequence of fragments, rather than a sequence of complete matches.
An example will make this clear. Here is a matcher that simply matches every line:
>>> all_lines = Line(Token(Any()[:,...]))[:]
and here is the equivalent matcher than returns each line as a separate fragment. Note how the final [:] is replaced by Iterate():
>>> each_line = Iterate(Line(Token(Any()[:,...])))
We can use each_line as follows:
>>> input = '''line one
... line two
... line three'''
>>> each_line.config.no_full_first_match().lines()
>>> parser = each_line.get_parse_all()
>>> for line in parser(input):
>>> print(line)
['line one\n']
['line two\n']
['line three']
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How does Elie lose his sense of self through his suffering and despair in Night?
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I would suggest that one way the Eliezer loses his sense of self in the narrative is through the idea that survival becomes the driving force of his consciousness. The brutal conditions of life in the camps help to remove Eliezer from aspects the previously defined his sense of self. The movement from Sighet helps to dislodge him from his physical community. The breaking up of his family helps to remove his emotional sense of self. The violation of his faith loses his spiritual compass. In the end, the Nazis end up reducing Eliezer to a being where survival is the only driving force of his state of being in the world. At the end when Eliezer cannot recognize the face in the mirror staring back at him, it is symbolic as well as a physical displacement that has transpired.
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Name That God!
Read the description of the god and write down what his or her name is. Click here for the answers. Teachers: feel free to cut and paste this table (or the picture game) to use it as a quiz.
|1. Goddess of beauty and love|
|2. God of smiths|
|3. God of wine|
|4. God of the sea|
|5. King of the gods|
|6. God of music, prophecy and the sun|
|7. Goddess of crops|
|8. King of the underworld|
|9. Goddess of hunting|
|10. God of thieves and business|
|11. Goddess of wisdom and war|
|12. God of war|
|13. Goddess of the hearth (fireplace)|
|14. Goddess of marriage and women|
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[en] The efficiency of the transmission of surface plasmon waves by use of a dielectric diffraction grating is discussed. The Kretschmann device allows us to obtain a surface plasmon resonance that consists of an absorption peak in the reflection spectrum. When surface plasmon resonance occurs, the TM-polarization mode of the incident electromagnetic wave is neither transmitted nor reflected. The procedure to transform an absorption peak into a transmission peak is described. Transmittivity of 68% is obtained for a simple structure that consists of a thin-film layer of Ag coated on a volume diffraction grating and embedded between two dielectric media. The results presented herein were obtained by numerical simulations that were carried out by use of an algorithm based on the rigorous coupled-wave theory.
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After listening to a Sanyin Siang podast, "The Humanization of Leadership During the Pandemic," she increased my awareness on the importance of leaders investing some time into being "Leaders as Comforters." In this time of disruption, leaders are discovering the value of engagement and connection. Here's a few of the ideas Sanyin shared with her audience:
- Reach out and listen. Resist the urge to tell peple what to do and just listen, get to know your audience. Use the power of the pause.
- Consider a weekly video, share something from your home, talk about what inspires or energizes you, shout out to recognize someone,
- Consider a group text, share your humanity and turn your team into your tribe.
- Reach out to comfort at a time of loss or disappointment.
- Find out and listen to the music others like.
- Check out Beloit College Mindset list based on the year a person graduates or is born. You may find it easier to understand their perspective and the events that shaped their formative years.
Nothing grows in your comfort zone. Give it a try and watch the reaction.


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Kybella (deoxycholic acid) is the first FDA approved medication that destroys fat cells. Is a naturally molecule that occurs in the body and aids in the breakdown and absorption of dietary fat. It is used to treat submental fat or the fat that accumulates under the chin (a.k.a. Double chin). It may soon have indications to be used in other areas of the body, studies are ongoing.
Is Kybella safe?
The short answer YES.
The importance of finding someone with experience injecting this product and knowledge of the underlying anatomy is key. If the product is injected too close to the skin tissue breakdown or necrosis can occur.
For clients who choose to treat the jowling, they can develop weakness of the marginal mandibular nerve if inflammation occurs around the nerve but this does resolve. The trade off permanent fat destruction for temporary muscle weakness.
Other areas Kybella is being used:
Upper arm fat (aka Bat wings), Bra fat, Bra Roll, Love Handles, Banana Roll, Around the navel
*Kybella does not take the place of liposuction or surgical procedures to remove skin or fat. Nor does it take the place of a healthy lifestyle.


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The Spectator shoe (British English: Co-respondent shoe) is a style of low-heeled, oxford, semi brogue or full brogue constructed from two contrasting colors, typically having the toe and heel cap and sometimes the lace panels in a darker color than the main body of the shoe.[ This style of shoe dates from the nineteenth century but reached the height of popularity during the 1920s and 1930s.
Common color combinations include a white shoe body with black, brown tan toe and heel caps, but other colors can be used. The spectator is typically an all leather shoe, but can be constructed using a canvas, mesh or suede leathers.
For women, spectator pumps have been considered, during certain periods, to be very high fashion and a kind of dress shoe, After their loss of popularity in the early 1950s, when sling-backed and sandaled, thinner pumps became stylish, they returned to fashion in the early 1980s. Perennially favorite in England, their high-fashion appeal went with the polka dot and black-and-white, red-and-white, navy-and-white, etc. combination dress ensembles trendy during this time. With their white color, spectator shoes are most appropriate for women's spring and summer wear.
Spats (originally a contraction of spatterdashes) are a type of classic shoe accessory covering the instep and ankle. Spats were primarily worn in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Spats should not be confused with gaiters which are garments worn over the shoe and lower pants leg, and used primarily as protective equipment.
French infantry wore white spats for parade and off duty wear until 1903. Italian soldiers wore a light tan version until 1910 and the Japanese wore long white spats or guaiters during 1905.
Spats continue as a distinctive feature of the Scottish dress of Highland pipe bands, whether civilian or military. The modern Royal Regiment of Scotland, into which all Scottish line infantry regiments were amalgamated in 2006, retain white spats as part of their uniform. Prior to that date most Scottish infantry units in the British Army wore spats. For Highland regiments in kilts, spats reached halfway up the calf. For Lowland regiments in spats were visible only over the boots.
Most regiments of the modern Indian Armies wear long white spats into which trousers are tucked, as part of their parade dress. Other full dress uniforms which still include spats are those of the Finnish Army. In the Finnish Navy, spats are part of the winter uniform. The U.S. Navy Honor Guard and Rifle Guard still wear them while performing ceremonies.
Spats are still used as a traditional accessory in many marching band uniforms in the United States.
The Brogue wingtip is a style of low-heeled shoe or boot traditionally characterized by multiple-piece, sturdy leather uppers with decorative holes (or "broguing") and serration along the pieces' visible edges. Modern brogues trace their roots to a rudimentary shoe originating in Scottland and Ireland that was constructed using untanned hide with perforations that allowed water to drain from the shoes when the wearer crossed wet terrain such as a bog. Brogues were traditionally considered to be outdoor or country footwear not otherwise appropriate for casual or business occasions, but brogues are now considered appropriate in most contexts. Brogues are most commonly found in one of four toe cap styles (full or "wingtip", semi-, quarter and longwing) and four closure styles oxford, derby, ghillie and monk. Today, in addition to their typical form of sturdy leather shoes or boots, brogues may also take the form of business dress shoes and sneakers or any other shoe form that utilizes or evokes the multi-piece construction and perforated, serrated piece edges characteristic of brogues.
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Join Women's Audio Mission for Introduction to Electronic Music Production. We'll cover the basics of how to navigate and use Ableton Live including:
- Understanding the Session/Arrangement views
- How to use clips
- Adding effects
We'll dedicate time to understanding how to use MIDI within Ableton, and end with a run through of how to build a song in Ableton, which we'll do in real-time together with tips on music production, beat production, choosing sounds that blend well together, synth and drum layering.
Women's Audio Mission's courses focus on increasing the gender balance in audio production and technology sectors since less than 5% of the population employed in these sectors are women. There are limited spots available in our classes and they often sell out, so we ask that if you are not woman-identified (transgender or cisgender), non-binary or gender non-conforming, that you reconsider enrolling in the class. We will not turn anyone away, but please be mindful that if you take up a seat in class, that is one less woman or non binary-identified individual that we can serve. We thank you for your understanding in advance and for joining us in our mission to advance women and girls in music production and the recording arts.


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Could a bat become a god in Chinese mythology? You need to read the story of the immortal Zhang Guo Lao!
The Chinese underworld illustrates how Chinese mythology portrays existence as a struggle through many different levels of enlightenment. The damned souls of the "dark mansion" (aka hell) are at the bottom of karmic heap. At the top of the pantheon are gods, spirit beings, bodhisattvas, and great magicians. Zhang Guo Lao was one such entity. This mythical figure was apparently based on a one-time real person, a hermit/mystic who lived on Mount Tiáo in Héngzhōu during the Tang dynasty.
One of the oldest of the eight Taoist immortals, Zhang Guo Lao was originally a fangshi (a sort of highly literate gentleman-alchemist). It was this mastery of potions which enabled him to step free of mortality (and he reputedly continues to make magical wines and elixirs from various berries, shrubs, and mushrooms). An eccentric among eccentrics, Zhang Guo Lao would frequently perform strange magic tricks to delight himself and was frequently found sipping from poison flowers and toxic plants for fun. Using his own "drunk kung fu", he was capable of killing animals and people by pointing at them. Sometimes he would lie around dead and festering for months before leaping up and skipping through the woods.
Zhang Guo Lao
Zhang Guo Lao is known by his long flowing white hair, his extreme age, and by his pet donkey which he is often pictured riding on (backwards of course). This white donkey was no ordinary beast of burden: when Zhang Guo Lao had reached his destination he would fold the wondrous quadruped up into a tiny slip as thin as a slip of paper. He would then keep the donkey in his cap box. When he needed to travel he would reconstitute the creature with a jet of water from his mouth. The ancient immortal also carried a "fish drum. To quote Perceval Yetts' article The Eight Immortals (published in The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society), "[Zhang Guo Lao] is easily recognized by his pao pei, a curious object which to Western eyes resembles a diminutive golfer's bag containing two clubs. Actually it is a kind of musical instrument called a "fish-drum", composed of a cylinder, often of bamboo, over one end of which is stretched a piece of prepared fish or snake skin. What look like two projecting golf clubs are the ends of long slips of bamboo used as castanets."
Earlier, I wrote that Zhang Guo Lao started as a fangshi. This is to ignore his long history of lives before he ascended to near-divinity. Stories say that Zhang Guo Lao claimed to have been a court minister for Emperor Yao in a former life. Additionally, elsewhere in the canon of Taoist literature, Yeh Fa-shan, a fabulist wonder-worker, told a story about how Zhang Guo Lao started out as a bat. Indeed Zhang Guo Lao is frequently portrayed with auspicious bats (a symbol of good fortune) and is said to be able to transform himself into a bat. The idea that a virtuous bat could rise up through the ranks of being–first into a man, then into an emperor's minister, then into an alchemist/monk, and finally into an immortal quasi-god is a "rags-to-riches" story that Horatio Algiers could never conceive of. Zhang Guo Lao's path to godhood illustrates that America holds no monopoly on Cinderella dreams.
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Damages in Comparable Coaches' Contracts to Assess a School's Economic Damage from the Loss of a Successful Coach
Richard T. Karcher
Professor of Law
Florida Coastal School of Law
This Essay addresses the difficulty of proving financial harm that results when a head coach departs during the contract term and the school thereby abruptly loses a valuable asset, that being a successful and stabile athletic program. Due to the unique and specialized nature of head coaches' services and the industry they work in, ordinary measures for assessing damage based on substitute performance and transaction costs are insufficient. The author offers a theory of measuring a school's damages within the construct of a lost income-producing asset valuation, using a methodology based on liquidated damage amounts in comparable coaches' contracts.


3 major facility management outsourcing trends for 2020
As 2019 draws to a close, we look ahead to what trends lay ahead. What global economic, societal and cultural forces are shaping the future of the facility management industry? Let's look at what you need to consider to future-proof your businesses and secure long-term success.
1. Outsourcing and rising employment costs
First off, outsourcing of facilities management continues to increase in popularity. This trend is largely driven by the demand for both high-quality workplace experiences and reduced operating costs. This trend is further fuelled by the increased cost of employing in-house FM teams and the complex task of managing a large suite of services.
There is a lot of pressure on companies in the modern world to offer value to their customers, forcing them to constantly innovate and expand their core services to deliver more and more value. The consequence of this is often a reduction in their non-core FM budget, at the exact same time as employees and clients expect better workplaces experiences. Which is exactly what makes outsourcing such an attractive proposition.
2. Revolutionising technology and digitisation
Further to the previous point made about the rising cost of employment is the modern paradigm of technology, which is increasingly being used to improve efficiency and drive down costs. The first is Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, which are being adopted more and more in computing, internal building lighting and climate control.
The second aspect of technology that's being employed by companies to reduce FM costs is that of robotics. Robotic automation is well-suited to both hazardous and repetitive tasks, with some FM executives choosing robots to fulfil cleaning and security roles. The operational savings that technology offers will likely see widespread adoption of IoT and robotic hardware in the coming decade.
3. Workplace personalisation and wellbeing
The productivity and wellbeing of employees have taken centre stage in recent years, with the value of happy, engaged staff being fully recognised. This has led to a trend in FM managers focusing on the creation of workplace strategies that actively promote the engagement, wellbeing and ultimately, the productivity of their staff.
These workplace strategies must adapt to an increasingly diverse workforce, personalising services to their distinct needs. A major part of the personalisation of the workspace is adapting to the priorities of a younger generation, with modern workers demanding climate-friendly food services, sustainable workplace designs and events that cater to a blurring of the home/work-life boundaries. What workers expect from their workplace has changed much in the past 20 years – and will continue to change rapidly. The facilities management sector will need to continue to evolve to meet tomorrow's trends.
In summary
Essentially, outsourcing will continue to increase across all areas of industry, including aviation, banking, life sciences, healthcare, manufacturing and the tech sector. The only point of uncertainty is where exactly the priorities of outsourcing customers will lie, as they seek to add value to their services.
Of course, cost is always going to be one of the main deciding factors, as this is usually what prompts companies to outsource their services in the first place. However, companies will also likely invest in premium services, as they see the competitive advantage of leading their industry in talent attraction and retention – and as studies provide more and more evidence for workplace experience impacting health, wellbeing and productivity.
Want to learn more? Our ideas were inspired by this recent report by McKinsey and our own ISS 2020 Vision White Book.


How to Keep Your Tribal Tattoo Black
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The deep black of the ink, coupled with the design, makes tribal tattoos very striking. Over time, the tattoos fade and the blacks become more gray. This is because of several factors including sun exposure, how well the tattoo healed and the natural tendency for some inks to leach out of the skin. Taking proper care with your tattoos -- during the healing process, and long after -- can help you keep your tribal tattoos black longer.
Cover a brand new tattoo with a bandage for the first week. Wash the area, daily, with soap and water to prevent infection. An infection can cause the ink to leach out of your skin, creating holes and faded areas in the design.
Apply an antibiotic ointment immediately if the area becomes infected. Avoid alcohol or peroxide, both of which can bleach the ink or cause the ink to leach out of your skin. The faster you treat an infection, the more likely you can save the design.
Wear sunscreen over the tattoo after it heals, and avoid exposing the design to direct sunlight as much as possible. Sunlight will cause the ink to fade.
Get a touch-up from a professional tattoo artist. Taking precautions will slow down the process, but the ink will still fade over time. A professional tattoo artist can go over the tattoo and color in the faded areas.


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In high dimensional databases, traditional full space clustering methods are known to fail due to the curse of dimensionality. Thus, in recent years, subspace clustering and projected clustering approaches were proposed for clustering in high dimensional spaces. As the area is rather young, few comparative studies on the advantages and disadvantages of the different algorithms exist. Part of the underlying problem is the lack of available open source implementations that could be used by researchers to understand, compare, and extend subspace and projected clustering algorithms. In this work, we discuss the requirements for open source evaluation software and propose OpenSubspace that meets these requirements. OpenSubspace integrates state-of-the-art performance measures and visualization techniques to foster research in clustering in high dimensional databases.
Proceedings of the 14th Gi Conference on Database Systems for Business, Technology, and the Web (btw 2011), 2011, p. 347-366
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South Africa's gastronomy is coming of age as chef's begin to experiment with indigenous foods and plants to create a cuisine that is bursting with unusual flavours and sharp contrasts, and is quintessentially South African.
We've compiled a list of ten ingredients any South African chef would be proud to include in his palate of basic ingredients …
The Marula, Sclerocarya birrea subsp caffra, is an indigenous drought tolerant tree (the same family as cashew, mango and pistachio) and a prolific bearer of fruit.
These fallen fruits are the essential ingredient for many local foods. They are brewed to make marula beer, the nuts (seed) can be dried and then cracked to eat, or used as a relish for cooking, and the kernel makes an incredible oil used mostly in the beauty industry but often included in the kitchen as well. And yes, the fruits are the main ingredient for Amarula Cream Liqueur.
Endemic to the mountains of the Western Cape, Buchu (boegoe with the 'g' said as though clearing the throat) is used for cooking, for its fynbos flavours, and as a tea.
The San people used to chew the leaves to keep their mouths clean, and they used it as a deoderant. Its mild minty flavour, with just a hint of aniseed, makes it incredible with a rack of lamb. But even served up with baby carrots, or on a bed of mielie pap, this herb is a 'wow'.
The lowly sour fig is known by many names – ice plant, pigface, and Hottentot fig – all of which describe the indigenous creeping, ground cover succulent that produces a bright pink, magenta or yellow flower, and is found growing wild all over the Cape.
Both drought and salt tolerant the plant stabilises sand dunes, the leaves' astringent juices are antiseptic and can help treat cuts, eczema, bites and sunburn, and the flowers are best in jams, pickles and preserves. One can even dry them to use later. The leaves are apparently good as a kind of spinach.
Also known as the cactus pear, prickly pears are an iconic symbol of the Eastern Cape, a common sight along major highways. However, they're indigenous to Mexico and came to South Africa with sailors who used it as an antidote to scurvy.
The plant spreads on its own without much assistance and in some areas of the country grew out of control. Today it's no longer regarded as invasive and is harvested by Xhosa women who use it to brew beer or to sell. The fruit is deeply embedded in both African and Afrikaner culture, and is delicious in salads, salsas, sauces, and syrups.
There are myriad reasons to plant spekboom in your garden. It's water-wise, improves the quality of the air you breathe and is easy to grow, but it's also so versatile in food that you'll want at least two big plants outside your back door.
Eat just two leaves a day, and you'll have consumed your RDA. With a very similar taste to purslane, its lemony flavour lends itself to salads, and soups, whilst served up with cheese and preserve it is heavenly.
Known also as kraaldoring, slangbessie or African boxthorn (Lycium ferrocissimum) belongs to the nightshade family (tomatoes, brinjals, potatoes) and produces fruitlets that can apparently be eaten when ripe, although this is still a relatively little-known practice.
You know you're onto something big when the likes of KWV launches a Kalahari Truffle infused super-premium boutique gin. Kalahari truffles are found underground in semi arid regions of the Kalahari Desert (in South Africa you find them only in the Green Kalahari region). They're naturally occurring, and are known as!N'abbas in the Nama language.
Like the French truffle they are edible fungi that form a symbiotic relationship with the roots of certain plants (usually the Tsamma melon). This indigenous veldkos is also difficult to find in the wild; you'll need a guide. But a company known as Woodford Truffles help South African farmers cultivate truffle orchards.
Nastergal is African nightshade berry, a wild plant that grows only on the Highveld of Mpumalanga and parts of the Free State and KZN. It has numerous names that include popolo and wonder berry, and is interestingly considered a weed. Parts of the plant are toxic to livestock.
Despite this it is used in traditional medicine and one can eat the ripe berries (the green berries are poisonous) and cooked leaves. The purple berries are used to make jam (umsoba) that is delicious on cheesecake, double cream yoghurt and icecream.
Most of us know this as wild rosemary, or Cape snowbush. Commonly found growing wild in the veld wild rosemary is easy to find with its thin, grey leaves, burst of white flowers in winter, and distinctive smell.
With meat and stews it is simply delicious, with baked roots and vegetables it is heavenly, or you can push the food boundaries by doing a Le Quartier Francais to produce a salt and kapokbos roasted guava to impress your guest.
Commonly known as the kei apple because it is native to the Kei River area of South Africa, where it grows wild, the kei apple is bothy a hardy tree that serves as a natural fence, and food. The fruit borne by the shrub is similar to an apple, but smaller (more like the size of a plum) with a high enough vitamin C content to find itself favourably compared to citrus.
Those who like their fruit acidic love this fruit just off the tree, but with a little imagination it flourishes as jam, apple crumble, kei apple, ginger-scented cupcakes or even kei apple tomato chutney.


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Draw Your Own Controller.
The Beatsurfing App has 4 objects available: the Line, the Polygon, the Fader and the Circle. Each of them has special features (direction detection, counter, etc.). You use those objects to create swarms, groups of objects that you can arrange in layers, duplicate, etc. enabling you to create unique MIDI controls taht would not occur if you had to prototype them physically. As you can link objects together and create interactions between them ("Behaviours", of which an example is available here: _URL_ there's also more to a scene than what meets the eye.
How does it work?
Using the Multi-Touch iPad gestures to bring the objects on the surface, position, resize, color and orient them.
- Everything can be modified seemlessly through the iPad gestures.
- Each object can be positioned on a 3-dimensional space (through layers), allowing you to create Swarms, Controls that won't exist in any physical controller in the World.
All four objects are very simple operators if you consider them separately. It is also important to highlight that each operator has a concept of "behaviors" they can be assigned with.
- The Line can trigger a unique MIDI note defined as the "root note." Each time your finger collides a Line, the MIDI note message is sent. Then you have the notion of directional detection that you can enable or not. When enabled, it will detect in which direction you pass through the Line and trigger the root note if you slide your finger from right to left, or the next note relative to the root note if you slide your finger from left to right.
- The Polygon is very similar to the Line, where each segment of the polygon has the same characteristic as the Line operator.
- The Circle is more or less a sequencer. You can define from 1 to 16 steps. Each step triggers a MIDI note. Each time you collide a Circle, the current step is increased and as a result triggers the next MIDI note. Other objects in the scene can be configured to reset or set a particular step on the circle.
- The Fader sends MIDI Control Change or Pitch Wheel messages.


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african society values little children. africa may be many things, like poor, under developed, exploited by the powerful, exploited by the rich and oppressed by human greed.
but, general african society will not stand for anyone keeping babies or little children (one, two and three years old) in cages.
societies that keep little children in cages, for whatever reason, is not only sick but also disgusting.
little children have nothing. they cannot decide anything for themselves, they are the true innocent. little children are weak and powerless.
a society that places little children in cages is rotten and sick to the core.
a society that traumatises little children does not understand and will not understand many things. such a society is ignorant of brutality. devoid of basic human understanding and also fully capable of perpetrating other extreme horrors.
if a society could cage little children, it is a sick and potentially violent and dangerous society.
an ignorantly violent society is capable of further evolution (or devolution) into even more heinous behaviors. anyone that can actually keep little innocent children in cages does not understand life. is devoid of humanity and has very low emotional intelligence. a society that keeps little children in cages is a very sick society, such societies do not get better, they generally tend to become worse, autocratic and eventually grow to become generally incapable of ethics, morals and humanity.
a society that keeps little children in cages, has stage one cancer.
a society that keeps little children in cages is seriously ill and will in all probability, eventually die.


Relationship between alcohol drinking and erectile dysfunction
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The relationship between alcohol drinking and erectile dysfunction is scientifically proven.
All scientific studies have shown that all men will one day have erectile dysfunction; this can be due to many factors. Usually, these are age-related problems and a drop in testosterone levels. but they can also result from prostate disease, for example.
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It is usually a sexual breakdown in younger men due to stress or factors such as diet, smoking, or alcohol. We must be cautious with alcoholic beverages that can have a disinhibiting effect, but which have dire consequences in the medium and long term on the quality of erections. Therefore it may be interesting to find solutions to combat these disorders.
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The real impact of alcohol on male sexuality.
According to the World Health Organization, more than 50% of erectile dysfunction is cause by excessive alcohol consumption. However, young men tend to think that this will make it easier for them to have sex. as they are less anxious because the effect of alcohol makes it easier to feel more relaxed with their partner.
The problem is that you regularly drink too much alcohol
which, like tobacco, will affect your liver and all the nerves and arteries that supply your sex during erection. Also your semen's quality will suffer, and you will produce less sperm, resulting in weak and pressureless ejaculations.
Erectile Dysfunction: What it Is and How to Start with Treatment Super p Force himsedpills This is due to a decrease in testosterone levels due to regular alcohol consumption. Beyond these physical symptoms, erectile dysfunction patients often experience loss of self-confidence and, in some cases, severe depression.
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Solutions to avoid erectile dysfunction problems when drinking alcohol.
First of all, as with any problem, it can be easily solved when taken on time. So if a man under 30 wants to avoid more frequent sexual crises. it is enough to reduce his alcohol consumption and avoid excesses in this area. especially if this is combin with smoking or cannabis smoking.
This will be much more difficult if alcohol consumption is regular, and the patient suffers from alcoholism. This pathology must necessarily be treat with the consultation of a doctor specializing in addictions and. above all, try not to aggravate the situation. People in their 30s, due to alcohol. already have erections equivalent to those of a 70-year-old man.
It may be interesting to take some herbal supplements (Tribulus Terrestris and Tongkat Ali) to help you regain a good erection and maintain it for longer. Viagra or Spedra pills can also help but require a prescription.
If you are still young or of a certain age, consider maintaining your health balance. It is essential to know that sexuality can be good until the age of 90 if you learn to respect specific rules and to lead a healthy lifestyle. Avoid alcohol and tobacco abuse and exercise regularly, avoiding being too passive.
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I was here earlier and got a hand adding to chars ascii references to increment the cipher shift on each letter. However i have no idea how to fix the problem of characters being higher than 'z'.
Can someone give me a hint towards how to wrap around when the characters reach the end of the alphabet. I don't expect anyone to do my work for me, of course.
char decrypt(char letter)
int increment = 9;
if(letter =='')
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letter += increment;
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int main()
char message[446]; int i = 0; char space ='';
ifstream in("encryptedText.txt");
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{cout << "Can't read file" << endl;}
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_USER_... it's worth bearing in mind that the ascii characters can be directly translated into digits. It would help you if you thought about them as digits... google search for ascii table and you can see the universally applicable numeric values that you can use for future "letter maths". – Dennis Dec 13 '11 at 14:21
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The modulo operation is your friend. Whenever integers form a ring instead of a sequence, a modulo operation can be applied, like:
5 % 4 == 17 % 4
You need to compute this in the integer space relative to 'a', of course, subtracting 'a' appropriately.
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That's a good answer to a homework question. It helps without doing the asker's work. +1 from me. – sbi Dec 13 '11 at 12:53
Thanks _USER_, appreciate it! – Marobri Dec 13 '11 at 13:07
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text: When considering the Lagrange point 1 in the Sun/Earth system, Does Lagrange Point 1 have any orbital velocity around Earth? I suspect a body at L1 has no orbital velocity around earth. But consider the earth's position 6months later when it is opposite the sun. The Lagrange point would also have moved to the opposite side of the earth. This would suggest the orbital period of a body at L1 around the earth would be one year. So back to my original question: Does Lagrange Point 1 have any orbital velocity around Earth?


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Biodiverse planting for carbon and biodiversity on Indigenous land
Our paper on Biodiverse planting for carbon and biodiversity on Indigenous land has just been published in PLoS one (get the PDF).
Renwick, A. R., Robinson, C. J., Martin, T. G., May, T., Polglase, P., Possingham, H. P., & Carwardine, J. (2014). Biodiverse Planting for Carbon and Biodiversity on Indigenous Land. PloS one, 9(3), e91281
Climate change has prompted the development of methods to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Many countries have established emissions trading schemes offering incentives to offset carbon emissions. In addition to carbon storage these schemes have the potential to deliver other environmental benefits such as biodiversity conservation and the provision of other ecosystem services. However, there has been concern that they do not contribute to sustainable development and in particular their lack of provisions to encourage and sustain the involvement and provision of co-benefits to Indigenous communities, and respect of their traditional livelihood and land-uses practices. One carbon trading scheme is the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) established by the Australian government to provide opportunities for land managers and local communities to reduce or sequester carbon emissions by altering land management practices. Tree planting is one approved methodology to sequester carbon and, if mixed native trees are planted, has the potential to provide additional ecosystem services as well as added resistance and resilience to disturbances.
Unlike some carbon trading schemes, the CFI legislation contains provisions to provide benefits to biodiversity or Indigenous communities, and many indigenous leaders have shown interest in carbon offset projects, and their associated co-benefits and opportunities they provide including working on country, education, training and increased decision making powers. However, determining the optimum locations for tree planting to ensure more' bang for their buck' is unknown. Anna Renwick, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Queensland and CSIRO, along Josie Carwardine and other colleagues at CSIRO and the University of Queensland conducted a spatial analysis of the carbon and biodiversity potential of planting biodiverse native vegetation on Indigenous land across Australia.
Using the conservation planning tool Marxan and an economic scenario reflecting the Australia government's 2011-2012 carbon trading price of AU$23/tonne the cost-effectiveness of areas across Australia for sequestering carbon and restoring each vegetation type up to 30% of its pre-1750 extent was calculated. We then determined the relative priority of the areas within the potentially plantable area for meeting the combined carbon and biodiversity restoration target cost-effectively. Finally we overlaid the map of Indigenous land tenure, composed using data sourced from the official agencies responsible for the registration of various Indigenous land tenures including the National Native Title Tribunal, Conservation and Protected Areas Database, Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water Population and Communities, Indigenous Land Corporation, National Land and Water Resources Audit and Geoscience Australia, with maps of carbon sequestration, biodiversity features and the relative priority areas to determine the proportion of carbon and biodiversity goals that can be met on Indigenous land, and the proportion of very high, high, moderate and low priority areas on Indigenous land.
Approximately 92 million hectares of land in Australia has been cleared and has the potential to be replanted with native vegetation sequestering around 710 Mtonne CO2/year over the next 40 years. The amount of this area that will available depends on the profitability for environmental planting which is dependent on the carbon price and other economic, social and practical constraints in the area. Using the 2011-2012 Australian's carbon trading price of AU$23/tonne, 31 Mha of the area is profitable for carbon farming sequestering 294 Mt CO2. Almost a third of this area, 9.7 Mha, is on Indigenous land which would sequester 83 Mt CO2 (28% of the total). If, however, the price of carbon drops to AU$5/tonne, close to the 2013 international markets, the profitable area for carbon farming is reduced severely to only 5Mha and the potential for Indigenous communities to get involved would be greatly limited. Almost 19% of the combined high and very high priority areas for cost-effectively meeting biodiversity goals are on Indigenous lands primarily in southeast Queensland, eastern New South Wales, southwest Victoria, southeast South Australia and southwest Western Australia (see map). There are little carbon and biodiversity benefits from planting on Indigenous land in northern Australia reflecting the low density of forests and historical clearing in this area although other carbon offset schemes in this area may be more appropriate, for example savanna burning. Given that Indigenous land cover 19% of the total biodiversity plantable area, this result indicates that Indigenous lands are approximately as important as the rest of Australia for achieving this combined goal cost-effectively.
This top-down approach provides one perspective of the potential for Indigenous communities to get involved in carbon projects. The next stage is to test these model results in partnership with local Indigenous communities who may require additional information, special training and community engagement skills. Despite the positive potential for the CFI to contribute to biodiversity and provide benefits to Indigenous communities and broader society, the recent change in government in Australia highlights the instability of the policy and political environment surrounding the CFI opening up new risks and uncertainties to carbon farming efforts, including those adopted by Indigenous communities.


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is one of the major vectors of Chagas disease in Latin America. Its range includes Mexico, all countries of Central America, Colombia, and Ecuador. In light of recent genetic analysis suggesting that the possible origin of this species is the Yucatan peninsula, we have analyzed populations from the state of Yucatan, San Luis Potosi, and Veracruz in Mexico, and a population from the southern region of the Yucatan peninsula located in Northern Guatemala, the region of El Peten. Classical morphometry including principal component, discriminant, sexual dimorphism, and wing asymmetry was analyzed. San Luis Potosi and Veracruz populations were indistinguishable while clearly separate from Yucatan and Peten populations. Despite important genetic differences, Yucatan and Peten populations were highly similar. Yucatan specimens were the smallest in size, while females were larger than males in all populations. Only head characters were necessary to distinguish population level differences, although wing fluctuating asymmetry was present in all populations. These results are discussed in light of recent findings suggesting genetic polymorphism in most populations of Triatoma dimidiata
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Architects and the design of ordinary single-family houses in the United States: the American Institute of Architects and the Architects' Small House Service Bureau
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The development of the design process for ordinary single-family houses has followed a uniquely American pattern. As early as the beginning of the eighteenth century, pattern books appeared in the colonies and were used as sources for the latest design ideas. Local builders and carpenters adapted these patterns to new buildings, especially single-family houses. Alongside builders, some gentlemen fashioned themselves into amateur architects from reading the variety of architectural pattern books available in the colonies. The purpose of this study is to discover why architects in the United States are not involved in the design of ordinary single-family houses for the majority of people and how it got to be this way. Specifically, primary documents of the American Institute of Architects and the Architects Small House Service Bureau were used to identify the challenges architects faced in the early twentieth century with regard to single-family house design.


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Born Sept. 7, 1677, in Bekesbourne, Kent; died Jan. 4, 1761, in Teddington. British botanist and chemist, member of the Royal Society (1718) and of the French Academy of Sciences (1735).
Hales studied the flow of sap in plants (using the quantitative method) and the phenomenon of spring transpiration in plants, and he discovered the existence of root force and established its significance for the flow of sap. On the basis of his research, he concluded that the blood circulation in animals was different from the movement of sap in plants, which always went from the roots to the leaves, where evaporation occurred. This view was opposed to the one generally held at the time. Hales believed that plants received part of their nourishment from the air, at the same time absorbing "light matter." In his experiments with animals he showed that various chemical substances affected the contraction and expansion of capillaries.
Vegetable staticks …. London, 1727.
Haemastaticks, 4th ed., vols. 1-2. London, 1769.
Serebriakov, K. Ocherki po istorii botaniki, part 1. Moscow, 1941.
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About Mining in Liberia
Liberia has been plagued by civil war for several years, and, as a result, foreign investment has all but ceased. Liberia?s main mineral products are gold and diamonds, although iron ore used to be a major product.
Artisinal workings account for 98% of gold and diamonds produced. Liberia officially produced 155 000 carats of diamonds in 2001, with this number expected to be several orders of magnitude higher, due to extensive smuggling with bordering Sierre Leone, Guinea and Cote de Ivoire.
There are thought to be between 20 and 30 000 artisinal miners in Liberia. Liberia is currently drafting a new Mineral Development Policy and Mining Code aimed at attracting foreign investment.


text: 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data The wavelength treshold for photoelectric emission from a sodium surface is 683 nm. Calculate the energy of the electrons which are ejected when a sodium surface is illuminated by light of wavelength 500 nm. If the intensity of the light is 2.0 W/m^2 and if 1 per cent of incident photons produce photoelectrons, estimate the number of electrons emitted per second from a sodium surface of area 2*10^-4 m^2 when it is illuminated by light of the wavelength 500 nm. 2. The attempt at a solution The treshold wavelength corresponds to a treshold frequency of 6E14 Hz, which in turn corresponds to a electron binding energy of 2.91E-19 J. This means that the energy of the electrons which are ejected is K = 1.1E-19J. Next, we observe that since the surface area is 2E-4 m^2, the total effect is 4E-4 W, and hence 4E-4 J of energy hit the surface each second. Since 1 per cent of this energy produces photoelectrons, the total photoelectron energy per second is 4E-6 J. Since each photoelectron has energy 1.1E-19, my estimated number of photoelectrons is 4E-6/1.1E-19 = 3.6E13 photoelectrons. My book says 1.0E13. What have I done wrong?


Nineteen fourth-graders at Pineloch Elementary School can't drive, but they do have a set of new wheels.
A Gift for Teaching, a local charity, and David's World Cycle donated brand new bikes at the end of an assembly on bike safety.
The winning class' teacher was invited to enter a raffle after she came to A Gift for Teaching to seek out supplies and extras to enhance her students' classroom experience. The organization says Sophia Rodriguez-Phillips showed a commitment to her students and they wanted to reward them both.
Most of the students at Pineloch are on free or reduced lunch and many have never had a bike or know how to ride. Their expressions when the curtain was lifted and their teacher told them the bikes were theirs was priceless.
"It's the best day of my life," said Samuel Zimero.
"It makes them feel unique and special to know that just out of the blue there are people that really care," said Rodriguez-Phillips.
The bikes were complete with helmets and locks, and the total contribution was more than $6,000.


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We are using Selenium webservices for our automated functional testing.
I have a test which tests creation of some objects. If I run the same test again, I need to make sure that each test has a different business key - else it will run into unique-constraint violation.
One way, I can fix this is to reset the database before\after every run of test suite so that each test suite doesn't conflict with another. However my individual tests within the same run are not isolated from each other.
How do I get to the point, where all my tests are isolated and do not conflict with each other?
Right now we query the databse to generate random IDs which do not exist in the database. But I am sure there must be a more elegant way of solving this.
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You've got several options here. One is, as you mentioned, to reset the database before each run. That's probably a good idea anyway to ensure that you've got the same starting condition and the beginning of the run.
For the individual tests within the run, you can operate a simple counter through the run and use that to generate your business key - that is, your list of objects includes an object number in its data, and your key is generated using that object number.
Some possible options are a timestamp to milliseconds (e.g. 201112081110526) which you save for the test to allow you to check the saved object against your input. An iterator of 1, 2, 3... etc will also give you the same result.
Using something like this will give you a set of tests that aren't going to conflict with each other. Unless you have tests that depend on another object having been created in an earlier test, they should also be independent of each other. Whether your end-of-run database will match your baselines if one test fails will depend on how intelligent your baseline checking is - if you check each object individually after creation, one failed test won't impact baselines, where if all the object checks occur at the end of all creation tests, one failed test could have a major impact. Either way, you'll still have a cleaner test set with known unique IDs that you don't have to run a SQL query to generate.
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Kate's answer was very good. Instead of a simple counter, you could generate a GUID to ensure uniqueness if needed. – Joe Strazzere Dec 8 '11 at 20:24
I like the GUID idea! – RN. Dec 9 '11 at 1:36
One possibility is to reset the database before every test, not only before every run of the suite.
This will likely make each run take longer. If you can tolerate the increased duration, that's they way I'd go.
And it may require adding setup to tests that now depend on earlier tests to establish their initial conditions. But that's another way of saying that it makes the tests independent, which is your stated goal.
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A part of me thinksthis would be too extreme, but then it would get me the isolation that I am trying to achieve. But honestly, not sure if that level of isolation is necessary or even a good idea. – RN. Dec 9 '11 at 1:40
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had been in a common-law marriage with Mattie Blaylock since 1873. Allie Earp, Virgil's wife, wrote that the two women had at least two verbal altercations over the affair between Josie and Wyatt Earp, but her story of the relationship is not believed by some historians.
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The embarrassment suffered by Behan was one of many factors that may have contributed animosity between Behan and Wyatt Earp and to the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Numerous other events between Wyatt Earp and Ike Clanton, and others of the Clanton gang, actually sparked the gunfight; the feud between Behan and Earp was little more than a side show. On October 26, 1881, Josephine Marcus was at her home when she heard the sound of gunfire. Taking a wagon in the direction of the shots, Marcus was relieved to see that Earp was uninjured.
By 1882 Josephine had adopted the name of Josephine Earp, although no official record of their marriage exists. In I Married Wyatt Earp: The Recollections of Josephine Sarah Marcus, Josephine wrote that she and Wyatt were married in 1892 aboard millionaire Lucky Baldwin's yacht. [Raymond Nez wrote that his grandparents witnessed their marriage aboard a yacht off the California coast.] Josephine was friends with Lucky Baldwin and wrote that she received money from him in exchange for her jewelry, eventually selling all of her jewelry to him.
Following what has been dubbed the "Earp Vendetta Ride", she and Earp traveled through various western states hunting for gold and silver. It is also said that they ran horse races in San Diego as well as operating saloons in Idaho and Alaska. During this period, they became a gambling team.
Josephine said of the time from between 1901~1929, "We would wander over the deserts of Nevada, Arizone and California with a camping outfit during the pleasant fall, winter and spring months. The hot summer months would be spent in Los Angeles." In the course of writing the Earp biography Lake learned some other aspects of her life. Wyatt became critically ill in late 1928 and died on January 13, 1929. Before Wyatt's biography was released soon after his death, Josephine traveled to Boston, MA, in an attempt to convince the publisher to stop the release of the book.
Much later in 1939 Josephine tried to stop 20th Century Fox from making a film based on the book, Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal. Under the condition that Wyatt's name be removed from the title, the movie was later released as Frontier Marshal from which she received royalties. In Los Angeles she became friends with many celebrities, including Cecil B. DeMille and Gary Cooper.
After Wyatt Earp's death, Josephine sought to get her own life story published and collaborated with Wyatt's cousins Mabel Earp Cason and Cason's sister Vinola Earp Ackerman. The cousins recorded events in her life but found Josephine was evasive about her early life in Tombstone. Mabel Cason and her sister "finally abandoned work on the manuscript because she (Josie) would not clear up the Tombstone sequence where it pertained to her and Wyatt."
The University of Arizone Press published the book in 1967 under the title I Married Wyatt Earp: The Recollections of Josephine Sarah Marcus. It was immensely popular for many years, becoming the university's fourth all-time best selling book with over 35,000 sold. It was cited by scholars and relied upon as factual by filmmakers. Beginning in about 1994, critics began to challenge the accuracy of the book, and eventually many parts of the book were refuted as fictional and inaccurate. Ownership of the book, following Josephine's death, eventually fell to Glenn Boyer, following his obtaining rights from the relatives of Josephine Earp. In 1998, a series of articles in the Phonenix New Times, including interviews with amateur historian Glen Boyer, proved that Boyer invented large portions of the book. In 2000, the University responded to criticism of the university and the book and removed it from their catalog. The book has become an example of how supposedly factual works can trip up researchers, historians and librarians. It was described by the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology in 2006 as a creative exercise that cannot be substantiated or relied on.
Josephine Earp spent her last years in Los Angeles, where she suffered from depression and other illnesses. She died on December 20, 1944, at 4004 W. 17th Street in the West Adams district of Los Angeles, CA. She was believed to be in her early 80s, perhaps as old as 83. Her body was cremated and buried next to Wyatt's remains in Colma, CA in the Marcus family plot at the Hills of Eternity Memorial Park. Her parents and brother are buried nearby.
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Map of flight path and driving directions from Dallas to Yuma.
Shortest flight path between Dallas Love Field (DAL) and Yuma International Airport (YUM).
How far is Yuma from Dallas?
There are several ways to calculate distances between Dallas and Yuma. Here are two common methods:Vincenty's formula (applied above)
- 1032.712 miles
- 1661.988 kilometers
- 897.402 nautical miles
Vincenty's formula calculates the distance between latitude/longitude points on the earth's surface, using an ellipsoidal model of the earth.Haversine formula
- 1030.547 miles
- 1658.505 kilometers
- 895.521 nautical miles
The haversine formula calculates the distance between latitude/longitude points assuming a spherical earth (great-circle distance – the shortest distance between two points).
Time difference and current local times
The time difference between Dallas and Yuma is 1 hour. Yuma is 1 hour behind Dallas.
Carbon dioxide emissions
Estimated CO2 emissions per passenger is 153 kg (337 pounds).
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Dallas (DAL) → Yuma (YUM).