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At Ringling College of Art and Design, we prepare our students for a lifetime of amazing possibilities. In fact, we are shattering the myth of the starving artist. Curious about how important of a role that art and design plays in our everyday lives?
Did you know that:
- 3.34 million Americans work in the arts.
- One in 111 jobs is in art and design.
- Creative jobs have grown from 10% to over 30% of the economy.
- 97% of employers say that creativity is of increasing importance, but 85% say they are unable to find the applicants they seek.
- The economic impact of art and design exceeds that of sports worldwide.
- The creative industries are an estimated $30 billion export annually.
- Jobs in design have increased 43% in the past ten years.
- The global art market was worth $60.8 billion in 2011; 70% of all art sales were for contemporary and modern art.
- There are over 532,000 designers working in the U.S.
- More people are employed in the visual arts than in all of the performing arts and sports industries combined.
- 200,000 people are employed in the film industry.
- People spend approximately $55 billion annually on video games.
- The computer animation industry generates $33 billion annually.
- Jobs and employment in many creative industries are growing faster than the labor force as a whole and make up 30% of the work force by some estimates.
- America's nonprofit arts industry generates $134 billion in economic activity every year.
- By 2016, jobs for artists and designers are predicted to increase by 42%.
- Arts-related businesses in the country's largest cities represent 4.3% of all businesses and 2.2% of all jobs in the United States.
- There are 3.34 million people working for over 904,000 arts-centric businesses in the United States.
- Employment growth by arts-centric businesses since 2007 was 12%, more than four times the rise in the total number of U.S. employees.
- Designers are the single largest group of artists, followed by performing artists such as actors, dancers, musicians, and announcers.
- Employment of interior designers is expected to grow 19% from 2006 to 2016.
- Median salaries of: Creative Directors–$90,000, Art Directors–$86,505, Fine Artists–$48,870, Multi-media Artists and Animators–$61,555, Graphic Designers–$46,925, Set and Exhibit Designers–$49,330, Producers and Directors–$86,790, Broadcast Technicians–$40,270, Photographers–$36,090, and Film and Video Editors–$66,715.
- Wage and salary employment in the motion picture and video industries is projected to grow 11% by 2016.
- Animators, film and video editors, and others skilled in digital filming and computer-generated imaging have the best job prospects in future of the motion picture and video industries.
- There are about 94,000 computer artists and animators working in the United States.
- Jobs for photographers have increased 38% in the past four years.
Sources: Americans for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Entertainment Software Association


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What if the air we breathe could be purified by pollution-eating concrete? According to a real-world study conducted by researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, it can. The researchers tested this concrete on 1,000 square meters of roads and discovered a 25 to 40 percent decrease in oxides of nitrogen over the roads.
The concrete contains titanium dioxide, which acts as an air purifier by removing nitrogen oxides from the air and, with the aid of sunlight, converting them into "harmless nitrates" (according to an article in Treehugger.) The nitrates are then "rinsed away" by the rain. The concrete also breaks down algae and dirt, so it always stays clean.
This bandaid solution seems like a good (albeit, temporary) way to clean up the outdoor air polluted by toxic vehicle emissions; however, a solution for one problem seems to be the cause of another, in this case. Nitrates in water are not entirely harmless. Too much nitrate can be dangerous, especially for babies and pregnant women or nursing mothers. Nitrates are one of the contaminants filtered out by advanced water filters. If the nitrates are collected and "rinsed away" by the rain, there's a good chance they could end up in our drinking water, in larger doses than are deemed safe.
So, is there a way to get clean air without risking water contamination in the process?

source: HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu


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In high energy physics, the most frequently encountered standard distributions governing frequencies (e.g. for events) are the Poisson distribution, the Gaussian distribution, and the binomial distribution. The statistical literature is replete with excellent discussions of these and other distributions, and a full explication will not be given here. (See the statistics books and statistics reference section of this site.) However, here a few rules of thumb and guidelines are in order:
One of the most frequently occurring problems in high-energy physics is to compare an observed distribution with a prediction, for example from a simulation. Indeed, an analysis might be designed to extract some physical parameter from the simulation or prediction which best fits the data. (See also the page on goodness of fit tests.) For data points with Gaussian errors, one can write a chi square function
Here the yi are the observed data, and the yi with ~'s are the predictions of the model at each point. The chi square expresses the deviation of the observed data from the fit, weighted inversely by the uncertainties in the individual points. The chi square can be either used to test how well a particular model describes the data or, if the prediction is a function of some parameters ak then the optimal values of the parameters can be found by minimizing the chi square.
Indeed, the main attractiveness of the chi square in high energy physics lies in extracting such parameters, particularly in the case where the function y(a1, a2,...,am) is linear in the ak. In this case, one can find the parameters, and their Gaussian uncertainties, by inverting an m-by-m matrix to find the covariance matrix. This well-known technique is described in many statistical references.
The main pitfall here is that the purely Gaussian case is in fact rather rare, usually because the data points come from Poisson-distributed numbers of events which are not well approximated by Gaussian distributions. Using a standard chi square approach in such cases leads to biased estimates of both the parameters and their uncertainties. So pervasive is this problem thatA likelihood function simply expresses how likely the observed distribution is, given some model. For the Gaussian case one can in fact write
In most analyses, the data samples are unique enough that no pre-packaged program will be able to do the final analysis, and the high-energy physicist has no alternative but to write a special program. At the core of this program will be some function which calculates the likelihood L of one's data xi given some parameters ai, and will in most cases also depend on some additional auxiliary (or "nuisance") parameters and/or uncertainties.
Most likelihood functions will express the product of the probabilities for observing the data based on the Poisson probability in each data bin (or each event in the unbinned case). In writing likelihoods incorporating systematic uncertainties it is important to keep in mind the nature of each uncertainty: whether it affects signal, background, or both, and whether it results in uncorrelated or correlated effects, bin-to-bin or source-to-source. These latter effects can be tricky and in some cases intractable. See the recommendations section on systematic uncertainties for a more detailed discussion of this issue.
The most commonly employed program in high energy physics to perform function minimization is MINUIT, by Fred James of CERN. MINUIT is embedded into ROOT and PAW, but can also be run by stand-alone programs. The documentation is quite extensive and useful, see also Joel Heinrich's tips and tricks for using MINUIT.
For hard-core types faced with functions of many parameters (> 100) one might find it useful to use the FUMILI package, a now-ancient but extremely fast gradient-descent program written by Soviet missile scientists in the early 1960's. FUMILI has been successfully used on problems on which MINUIT has failed to converge at all, or converged too slowly.
For least-squares minimization of functions which are linear in the unknown parameters, there are several packages to determine the parameters, errors, and covariance matrices given the input data. It is straightforward (and rewarding), however, to write one's own software to perform these procedures.


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Rain in Spain is on the decline
02 February 2011
A study led by the University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR) has studied precipitation trends in Spain's 10 hydrological basins over the 1946 to 2005 period. The results show that precipitation has declined overall between the months of March and June, reducing the length of the rainy season. The rains are heavier in October in the north west of the country.
Since 1946, the average precipitation falling on Spanish hydrological basins has undergone "notable" changes. The researchers observed a widespread decline in March and June, above all in March (except in the basin of the Segura), with less intense rains in June.
"The basin of the Guadiana (in the south west of Spain) has experienced the strongest downward trend, with a reduction of 18%, while the positive trends recorded in the north west of the peninsula were less intense (the Norte, Douro and Tagus basins)", José Carlos González-Hidalgo, lead author of the study and a researcher at the UNIZAR, tells SINC.
The study, which has been published in the journal Climate Research, shows that the decline in rainfall in March leads to a reduction in the duration of the wet season. Even with the trend recorded in October (increased precipitation), the total precipitation for the hydrological year is increasingly dependent on the onset of the wet season. "In other words, it seems that the wet season has become shorter", explains González-Hidalgo.
Understanding what is happening in the basins
The research team studied the precipitation changes in each Spanish basin, and analysed the monthly series using the running trend technique, which "calculates the precipitation trend for various successive years, looks at the changes that have taken place, and detects possible modifications in this trend", the scientist explains.
Water is the most important resource in Spain, and it is managed by national water planning units at local level within the hydrological basins. "In order to plan the most effective way of using water, it is of fundamental importance to know what has happened in these basins, and what is happening now," the professor from the UNIZAR Department of Geography explains.
The data used to produce the study come from MOPREDAS, the most complete monthly precipitation database in mainland Spain, produced by the Department of Geography of the UNIZAR.
The UNIZAR researchers, working with the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute and the Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Science of Bologna (Italy), used all the records preserved in the archives of the Spanish State Meteorology Agency (AEMET).


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newbie question regarding type declarations
t.zielonka at students.mimuw.edu.pl
Fri Oct 31 13:08:54 EST 2003
On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 05:30:06PM +0550, gangadhar npk wrote:
> I am a newbie to Haskell. I am reading the tutorial by Hal Daume III. Regarding the function types which are an extension of lambda calculus, I was wondering if at all it is possible to write a type that would return two values as the output - something like a square function which would take a pair and return a pair.
> I tried this, but there are errors
> square :: (Num a, Num b) => (a,b)
> square (x, y) = (x*x, y*y)
> How can I specify that the square functions output would be a pair?
You forgot about function arguments in its type. It should be:
square :: (Num a, Num b) => (a, b) -> (a, b)
Next time try commenting out the type signature and see if the compiler
can infer the type. Both Hugs and GHCi provide commands for inspecting
types of values.
Prelude> let square (x,y) = (x*x,y*y)
Prelude> :type square
forall a a1. (Num a1, Num a) => (a1, a) -> (a1, a)
You can use :t as a shortcut.
> thank you
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Eye test – acuity; Vision test – acuity
Definition of Visual acuity test
The visual acuity test is used to determine the smallest letters a person can read on a standardized chart or card held 14 - 20 feet away.
Paul B. Griggs, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc. – 1/21/2009


Between the Lines Book Club: Race in My Antonia
between the lines book club logoWelcome to Between the Lines Book Club! Our book this month is My Antonia, by Willa Cather. We'll be meeting to discuss the book on September 22, 2018, at Arden Dimick Library, at 10:30AM.
Most of the characters in My Antonia are "other" in some way. The Shimerda's are strange to the Burden family, with their outpourings of emotion and their dried mushrooms. The Hired Girls all come from recent immigrant families, and are both admired and shunned by the area's more well-established residents.
In Book 2, Chapter 7, Jim meets a blind, Black piano player, known as Blind d'Arnault. Jim admires d'Arnaults's independence (he "refuses to be led") and his musical ability. However, despite expressing admiration for d'Arnault, Jim describes him in racist and stereotypical terms.
This led me to think of the following questions:
1. How can we read between the lines, and how much does Cather intend for us to do so? Does Martha hide her mixed-race son because he's "ugly", or because she's afraid he'll be sold and/or she'll be punished for the possibility that she was raped by her male owner? Is d'Arnaut really "docile" or is this simply what people around him like to believe? Does he retain a strong sense of personality separate from what we hear Jim say about him? Do Cather and Jim see d'Arnault the same way?
2. Is d'Arnault autistic? He is slow to talk, rocks back and forth constantly, and is a musical savant. How is he portrayed in contrast to Antonia's disabled brother?
3. How does Cather's description of d'Arnault differ from her proper "Americans," the shrill and canny Shimerdas, the morose Russians Pavel and Peter, the ethereal scholar Gaston Cleric, and other characters?
4. What is the purpose of this passage?
5. A lot of readers and critics seem to ignore this passage altogether. How should we treat passages like this in older fiction (My Antonia was first published in 1918). How does the passage affect your opinion of the book overall?
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"Industrial production is for people, so is the working environment. As a result, we hope that through meticulous design, people can enjoy the environment much pleasantly in their work" said Joshua Jih Pan, FAIA.
Taiwan Vernacular Architecture, one of the series of Phoenix Satellite Television(PST), secondly visited "Advantech Linkou Smart Campus". This project adopts "Smart Earth Facilitator" as new vision. It integrates the idea of delicate human technology into the corporate's spirit through the interweaving configuration and layout.
Through PST's interpretation, this program conveys Taiwan's diverse design capabilities, incorporating the elements of human-culture, arts, science fiction films into technological atmosphere, and demonstrating intelligent integrated thinking.


Mauna Kea Protest Against Telescope Native Hawaiians
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Protest against telescope - Native Hawaiians
Hawaii's Big Island houses the 30-metre telescope which is one of the world's largest and most powerful telescopes. This world-renowned telescope is under threat now. Wide protest on social media and across Huawei, which has led to the halt of its construction.
Mauna Kea Protest Against Telescope Native Hawaiians
Reason for the protest
The site which is proposed for construction is the summit of Mauna Kea. It is a sacred location for many native Hawaiians. And so the debate has shot up on the topic, "Respect for indigenous cultures and the meaning of scientific progress".
Multiple aspects of the issue
Why do scientists choose this location?
The summit Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano. It is also the highest mountain in the world at 32,000 feet from the Seafloor. Scholars have selected this place because the summit rises to 13,796 feet above the sea level where the air is dry and clean. This place is also away from light pollution and enables the telescope to view even the faintest galaxies.
This summit also houses the world's largest astronomical observatory, with 13 operational telescopes of 11 different countries. The efficiency of this telescope is 60 times greater than the Hubble Space Telescope.
Justification from the Native Hawaiians
Mauna Kea Protest Against Telescope Native Hawaiians
Native Hawaiians believe that Mauna Kea is the starting point of the Hawaiian Islands. They praise this place to be the origin point of their land. The native Hawaiians bury their umbilical cord on the mountain and believe this is a way to connect themselves to the sacred ground.
The protest of the native Hawaiians is not new. They have been consistently protesting for the past several decades. But this became the most vocal protest of them all.
What is found in the Mauna Kea?
There is a confirmed ancient burial. However, on the site selected that is mostly hidden and no archaeological finds in the immediate area. The telescope would be 18 stories tall and cover 1.44 acres.
This project has also gained support from many institutions and funding from several private and public organisations. List of Countries which contributed, United States of America, Japan, India, China and Canada.
Opposition from conservationists and environmentalists
The construction of the telescope would obstruct the scenery view, and many others are concerned about the ecological damage that can happen, especially with the water aquifers.
Supporters argument
Mauna Kea Protest Against Telescope Native Hawaiians
The excited astronomers have argued that help of this telescope they can see around 13 billion light ways away. Deccan also sees the forming galaxies which are at the very edge of the observable universe. There are lots of benefit for the University of Hawaii and the state of Hawaii.
The University of Hawaii as a 65 year Lease and most of the area under it is above the elevation of 12000 feet. Do it does not enjoy any benefit financially it has a global reputation because of the Mauna Kea observatories. The upcoming project can create 300 construction jobs and 140 permanent jobs on the island.
It is important to respect the emotional attachment of the indigenous people. But at the same time, we cannot refuse the potential development of the nation. Reaching a balanced decision is necessary to serve both aspects.
Mauna Kea Protest Against Telescope Native Hawaiians


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In the Beginner Tutorial section, learn how to create new database records and enter information into a database fields. In the Advanced Tutorial section, how to import records from an existing database, navigate between records, update existing records, and search for records. In the Reference section, view a complete technical reference for each tag used to populate databases. In the Examples section, view an example for each beginner and advanced database population tutorial. In the FAQs section, read frequently asked database population questions.
Beginner Database Population Tutorials
Advanced Database Population Tutorials
Database Population Tag Reference
Frequently Asked Questions
[User Guide Main Menu] [Understanding MGI Menu] [Using MGI Menu] [Referencing MGI Menu]

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One-touch mirroring is only supported on certain Sony's TVs and Xperia smartphones.
- Set NFC setting on the smartphone to on.
- Turn on the TV.
- Touch the NFC detection area of the smartphone to the N mark or the back of the One-touch Remote Control for about 2 seconds.
- The device confirmation completion message will appear at the bottom of the TV screen. Separate the smartphone from the remote control.
- Make sure that the screen lock setting on the smartphone is released or off prior to touching the phone with the One-touch Remote Control.
- Refer to the manual supplied with the smartphone, for information regarding the location or position of the NFC detection area on the phone and any settings information.
- If the TV does not detect the smartphone after touching the phone and the remote, separate the devices and try again.
Once these steps are completed you will see the content from the phone displayed or mirrored on the TV screen.


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The amplifiers of X-Sensors are suitable for the universal signal conditioning of strain gauges sensors. They are therefore suitable for amplifying the mV-sensor signal of any force and strain sensors and load cells. Thanks to the compact inline housing, the installation of the amplifier can be carried out directly at the measuring point to save space.
Due to the control input for an automatic zero point adjustment, the amplifier should be used in cyclic applications. Cyclic applications describe recurring, fast force cycles, such as they can be found in presses. Here it is important that a zero point adjustment is made at regular intervals to prevent drifting of the measuring signal.
Zero point adjustment
The zero point adjustment at these amplifiers are carried out by a digital zero adjustment mechanism. The zero point adjustment is not stored permanently, it is lost after a power off. It provides a non-volatile, stable zero point independent of cycle times. Therefore, it is qualified for all dynamic applications and can be used in all kind applications which require a periodical zero point reset, triggered by a digital input.
The reset input does trigger a zero point adjustment by the PLC. It is available with an "Active Low" and "Active High" Logic.


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Heart of Glass: The Art of Medical Models
Gary Farlow can make art out of arteries. He and his team of 10 at Farlow's Scientific Glassblowing are able to transform the body's vasculature—and nearly all of its other parts—into an ornate borosilicate glass sculpture, from the heart's ventricles to the brain's circle of Willis. "We do almost every part of the body," Farlow says. "It can take a pretty artistic mind to make some of these things." With the help of cardiologists, the team creates custom see-through systems for science and medical training.
Their anatomically correct models can be designed to simulate blood flow, teach placement of catheters and angioplasty devices, or simply test or demo new surgical gizmos. Individual arteries, veins, and capillaries are shaped and fused together, one at a time. Ground-glass joints are added at the exposed ends so a head, say, can be connected to the carotid arteries should customers want to expand their model. A full-body setup could cost $25,000, so don't get any bright ideas about using one as a brandy decanter.


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LaSalle Lake, a manmade,
2,058-acre lake 8 miles southeast of Marseilles, is popular among anglers.
Serving as a cooling lake for Commonwealth Edison's LaSalle Power Station,
the lake is formed by levees that rise above the surrounding land. While
this perched construction helps the lake catch the wind to
cool the impounded water, it can result in extremely hazardous conditions
for unwary boaters. All lake users should familiarize themselves with
the precautions described in the "Safety Information" below.
Dirt excavated for
the LaSalle County lake's construction was used to build the shoreline and internal dikes,
which are covered with rock riprap. The dikes are used to direct cooling
water through a five-day circulation pattern from the discharge channel
back to the intake channel. Typically there is a 20-degree water temperature
difference between the two channels. The average depth of LaSalle Lake
is 15 feet, but excavated areas within the lake are up to 70 feet
With its riprapped
shoreline, LaSalle has no natural shoreline for beaching boats. Boaters
must allow ample time to boat from the lake's northern shores to the boat
ramp area on the southwestern corner.
Boaters and anglers
are responsible for their own safety. Follow all boating safety
regulations, including observing the no wake zones.
Always remain aware of changing weather conditions and wave development.
The surface condition of the lake can change rapidly and wave action
can be excessive.
warning system at LaSalle Lake is located on the tip of the internal
dike that extends from the west shore. When the light of the wind warning
system is flashing, no boats are to be launched and boats on the lake
should seek shelter.
For boater's safety,
and for the safety of power plant divers who repair nets in the intake
structure on the discharge canal, boaters are not allowed within the
restricted areas marked off by orange buoys. Boaters observed
in a restricted area will have their boat numbers submitted to Conservation
Police Officers and tickets will be issued.
Swimming, wading and
water skiing are prohibited at LaSalle Lake as are sailboats, sailboards
and surfboards. All boats must be powered by gasoline engines. The maximum
speed on the lake is 40 mph. It is advisable to carry a battery-powered
AM-FM radio to monitor weather conditions. Two-way radios
must be turned off within 200 feet of power lines.
All boating is done
at your own risk.
are not allowed.
Dates and Hours
LaSalle Lake will be open seven days a week from 6:00 am to Sunset starting April 1st, 2013.
All fishermen must be off the lake by closing time.
Visitors to LaSalle Lake are reminded that on opening day and during the first two weeks of the fishing season, long lines are expected at the site entrance. Visitors are reminded to adhere to all rules, regulations and direction from staff to make this season at LaSalle Lake an enjoyable experience for all.
A boat is not needed
to fish LaSalle Lake. Many individuals and families enjoy bank fishing.
A fishing pier for disabled anglers is located at Ivy Point.
In addition to obeying
statewide fishing regulations, anglers must observe LaSalle Lake's site
specific regulations, which include two poles and line fishing only. In
addition, the following daily catch limits are in effect:
One black bass (either
largemouth or smallmouth), 18-inch minimum length.
10 striped bass, white
bass or hybrid striped bass (either singly or in the aggregate), no more
than three of which may be 17 inches on longer in length.
Coming from the north,
you can take I-39 or Rte #23 or Rte #47 south to I-80. From I-39 and Rte
#23, go east on I-80 to the Seneca exit. From Rte #47, go west on I-80
to the Seneca exit. Go south through the town of Seneca across the Illinois
River Bridge on Rte #170 to the flashing yellow light at the Mazon/Grand
Ridge Blacktop. Turn right onto the Blacktop and go about two and a half miles. The Fish & Wildlife Area entrance will be on the right.
Coming from the east, go west on I-80 to the Seneca exit.
Coming from the west, go east on I-80 to the Seneca exit. Go south through
the town of Seneca across the Illinois River Bridge on Rte #170 to the
flashing yellow light at the Mazon/Grand Ridge Blacktop. Turn right onto
the Blacktop and go about two and a half miles. The Fish & Wildlife Area
entrance will be on the right.
Coming from the south, take Rte #23 or Rte #170. If on Rte #23, go to
the town of Grand Ridge. In the middle of town, at the school, turn right
onto the Mazon Blacktop. Take the Mazon Blacktop past the nuclear plant.
The Fish & Wildlife Area entrance will be on the left. If on Rte #170,
go north to the flashing yellow light at the Mazon/Grand Ridge Blacktop.
Turn left onto the Blacktop, go about two and a half miles. The Fish &
Wildlife Area entrance will be on the right.
- While groups of 25 or
more are welcome and encouraged to use the park's facilities, they are required
to register in advance with the site office to avoid crowding or scheduling
- At least one responsible
adult must accompany each group of 15 minors.
- Pets must be kept on
leashes at all times.
- Actions by nature can
result in closed roads and other facilities. Please call ahead to the park
office before you make your trip.
- We hope you enjoy your
stay. Remember, take only memories, leave only footprints.
- For more information
on tourism in Illinois, call the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community
Affairs' Bureau of Tourism at 1-800-2Connect.
- Telecommunication Device
for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Natural Resources Information _PHONE_
for TDD only Relay Number _PHONE_.


HowTo: Convert metadata from GXplorer 6.0 to GXquery 4.0 Upgrade 6
Unofficial Content
This document attempts to explain all the things to take into account if you want to convert a GXplorer6.0 metadata to a GXquery 4.0 Upgrade 6 metadata.
What things should I know before converting the metadata?
There are a few things to take into account before even think to convert a whole metadata from GXplorer 6.0 to a GXquery 4.0 Upgrade 6. The most important one is knowing how GXquery works (for more information, please refer to GXquery course ) and having a GXquery 4.0 Upgrade 6 installation.
Another important thing you have to know that this conversion involves a change of paradigm, GXplorer 6.0 uses the OLAP paradigm and GXquery 4.0 uses Attribute paradigm. So the consequences of converting a metadata imply changes or lost, of concepts.
The following concepts are changed when the conversion is done:
 - A partitioned measure is converted to N differents attributes on differents fact tables and without any relationship between them. Now the user will have to choose very carefully the table to navigate to make an effective Query.
 - At GXplorer 6.0 a dimension has an Id and a description attribures, that are considered just one thing. In GXquery 4.0 this is considered as two differents attributes.
 - If the dimension Id has more than one attribute, they will be considered as different attributes without any special relationship between them.
 - Filters at GXplorer 6.0 are defined for a measure or for a dimension. In GXquery those filters will be applied to some of the attributes of the measure or the dimension.
The following concepts are lost when the conversion is done because they are not supported in GXquery:
 - Filters of the following type: Ranking, Minimum and Maximum.
 - Aggregation restrictions (none, partially or totally).
 - Measures defined as a Count formula in GXplorer Manager.
How can I make the metadata conversion?
GXquery 4.0 Upgrade 6 provides a tool to convert a GXplorer 6.0 metadata easily to a GXquery 4.0 metadata.
This tool is called MetadataConverter and we can execute it by running (as administrator) the Artech.GXquery.Converter.exe application located in the Metadata Converter folder at the GXquery 4.0 installation folder.
Step By Step
Step 1: Open the metadata converter and select the GXplorer 6.0 catalog.
GXplorer conversion 1
Step 2: Select the destination folder and start the conversion.
GXplorer conversion 2
Obs: by selecting Advanced the following window will be open, and we have the option to set the server or credentials for SQL Server (the tool needs a SQL Server to create a temporary Knowledge Base as part of the conversion process).
GXplorer conversion 3
Also, we can follow the status of the conversion progress and get the conversion log.
Step 3: Done!
The conversion process it's done. As a result, we have now an.export file ready to be imported to GXquery 4.0 Upgrade 6 installation. For more information about how this step it's done, please refer to HowTo: Creating a GXquery metadata in GXquery.


Return to sender spell
Return to sender spells are used when you are being targeted by magikal forces. These spells allow you to use the powers of karmic justice to block and then send back the negative energy that has been cast your way.
The power of return to sender spells, is that the same amount of force that your adversary sends your way, will be returned in kind to them. The more ill will that they wish upon you, the more misfortune that they themselves will suffer. It is in a way of rebalancing the universe and allowing for a divine form of justice.
Do you need a return to sender spell?
Before you cast a return to sender spell you should establish whether you are in fact under magickal attack. It is worthwhile keeping in mind that you may simply be experiencing a run of bad luck. The skill and knowledge to perform a magikal attack are relatively rare. That said if you have had a series of misfortunes, that doesn't seem to be more than random chance. Ask yourself the following:
 - Are there any other reasonable explanations for the misfortune you have suffered?
 - Have you angered anyone recently?
 - Has the person you angered have any magical knowledge or association with someone else who has this knowledge?
Keep in mind that even if you answer yes to all three of the above it doesn't "necessarily" mean you are under magic attack.
What you will need for the return to sender spell
 - A black candle
 - Altar
 - A small handheld mirror
Casting the return to sender spell
Step #1: Preparing the mirror
The first step of this spell is to prepare the mirror. To do this you will use a process called smudging. This will clear the mirror of any potential negative energy which may weaken our return to sender spell.
For the smudging, you will need a basin, water, salt, white clot, and dried white sage. Start by preparing the water in the basin for the mirror. This involves a mixture of one part cup of water to one tablespoon of salt. Wash the mirror in the mixture. Then take the white cloth and cleanse and dry the mirror.
Next place the mirror in direct sunlight for a period of one hour. Finally, you want to light the dried white sage and move the mirror gently through the smoke. Once you have finished this smudging process your mirror will be ready for the next stage of the spell.
#2 Placing the mirror
Next place the mirror in the window of your bedroom. The mirror should be facing outwards so that the backside of the mirror is towards the interior of the room. Place your altar and black candle close to the center of your bedroom.
Next, you need to cast a circle to protect yourself during the spell casting process. Now point towards each of the four walls of the room, rotating in a clockwise direction. When you point at a wall say the following: "I cast this circle to protect myself, keep out negativity let in love".
Now that the circle has been cast you are ready to start with the next step. Kneel before your altar and light the black candle. Looking into the flames of the burning candle and stating the following incantation.
Negative energy sent my way,
The mirror reflects, the sender repays"
Say this twice more. Then with your mind's eye see the energy from the black candle transmuting into the mirror.
#3 Opening the circle
The spell has now been cast. Stand up and open the protective circle by pointing at each of the four corners of the wall again. Each time you point at a wall state "The circle is now open". When you have finished this process, allow the candle to burn down to the stub naturally. Take the stub and bury it outside.
You will now be protected from the negative energy being sent at you, as long as the mirror is in the window.


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The phrase Grand Cross is used to describe the highest grade in many types of knighthood. Sometimes the person with the highest grade are called "knights grand cross" or just "grand crosses". Sometimes the actual medallion or ribbon is called "the grand cross" and not the person.
In some orders, the highest grade may be called the "grand cordon", "grand collar" or something like this. In those cases the rank of grand cross may come after another rank, but before the highest grade.
As an example:
- for the Portuguese Order of Saint James of the Sword, the Grand Cross is the 5th highest award, with the Grand Collar being a higher award above the Grand Cross.


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What does the cell damage test actually determine?
This Cell Damage Test is a quick and easy test that measures malondialdehyde in the urine. Toxic adlehydes are released into the bloodstream when fats, including cell membranes, are oxidized. The kidneys excrete them in the urine. The Cell Damage test is a general measure of cell membrane damage due to free radical peroxidation of lipids.
The Cell Damage Test shows:
- Poor cell signaling of the immune system
- Increased metabolic toxicity
- Mitochondrial diseases
- Reduced cellular energy (ATP production)
- Damaged DNA
- Poor tissue function
- Unresponsive hormones (thyroxin, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, insulin,
- Increased risk of abnormal cell proliferations
- Increased risk of cardiovascular concerns
We live and die at the cellular level. Autopsies show that in the cases of most people who died of heart attacks, they died at the cellular level 1st. we can go years without"symptoms" not realizing that our cells are sick and dying and once there are no longer any healthy cells to replicate we cease to live. This test will give you in-depth insight into your cellular health in order to give you an opportunity to take a proactive approach to your cell health before it's too late.


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Cable, Wisconsin
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Location of Cable, Wisconsin
Location of Cable, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 46°12′11″N 91°16′0″W / 46.20306°N 91.26667°W / 46.20306; -91.26667
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Bayfield
 - Total 71.4 sq mi (184.9 km2)
 - Land 69.2 sq mi (179.3 km2)
 - Water 2.2 sq mi (5.7 km2)
Elevation[1] 1,362 ft (415 m)
Population (2000)
 - Total 825
 - Density 12.1/sq mi (4.7/km2)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 - Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code 54821
Area code(s) 715 and 534
FIPS code 55-11675[2]
GNIS feature ID _PHONE_[1]
Cable is a town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 825 at the 2010 U.S. census.[3] The census-designated place of Cable and the unincorporated communities of Leonards and Radspur are located in the town.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 71.4 square miles (185.0 km²), of which, 69.2 square miles (179.3 km²) of it is land and 2.2 square miles (5.6 km²) of it (3.05%) is water.
Cable is located 16 miles northeast of the city of Hayward.
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 836 people, 381 households, and 230 families residing in the town. The population density was 12.1 people per square mile (4.7/km²). There were 697 housing units at an average density of 10.1 per square mile (3.9/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 99.16% White, 0.24% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.24% from other races, and 0.24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.12% of the population.
There were 381 households out of which 24.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.9% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.4% were non-families. 32.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.76.
In the town the population was spread out with 22.1% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 28.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 104.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.1 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $31,250, and the median income for a family was $36,250. Males had a median income of $26,645 versus $16,484 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,985. About 8.5% of families and 11.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.3% of those under age 18 and 13.6% of those age 65 or over.
Coordinates: 46°12′29″N 91°17′32″W / 46.20806°N 91.29222°W / 46.20806; -91.29222
U.S. Highway 63 and County Highway M serve as main routes in the community.
Cable is the starting point of the American Birkebeiner cross-country skiing race, which ends in nearby Hayward, and the end point of the Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival mountain bike race.
 3. ^ "Community Facts" (in English). American Factfinder. 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2014.


Lucerne Road Bridge – ANSYS Analysis
Ariel-Foundation Park is the home of many unique structures, including the Lucerne Road Bridge. The bridge, originally constructed around 1900 in northwestern Knox County, was rebuilt in 2003 and given a maximum load capacity of 6 tons. With methods learned in Statics, Strength of Materials, and Computer-Aided Engineering, an approach can be developed to model and test this claim.
Lucerne bridge at Ariel-Foundation Park
Project Description
There were a few different parts to this project, all contributing to the bridge analysis. The tasks at hand included visiting the bridge site to gather data (including measurements, design, and dimensions), determining a way to model the bridge components that would give reasonable and usable output values, and creating and analyzing the model.
A Few Important Terms
The Lucerne Road Bridge is a truss bridge by design. According to Wikipedia, a truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or sometimes both, in response to dynamic loads. A truss bridge is economical to construct because it uses materials efficiently.
An I-beam is a beam with an I-shaped cross-section. I-beams are usually made of structural steel and are used in construction and civil engineering (source:
Lucerne bridge I-beam
Elasticity is a material property that describes the continuum mechanics of bodies that deform reversibly under stress. Most springs exhibit elasticity property.
In engineering design, particularly in the creation of 3D assemblies and multibody systems, the plural term constraints refers to demarcations of geometrical characteristics between two or more entities or solid modeling bodies (source:
Yield strength or yield stress is the material property defined as the stress at which a material begins to deform plastically, whereas yield point is the point where nonlinear (elastic + plastic) deformation begins. Prior to the yield point, the material will deform elastically and will return to its original shape when the applied stress is removed. The yield point determines the limits of performance for mechanical components, since it represents the upper limit to forces that can be applied without permanent deformation (source:
A node is a point on the mesh generated by the testing software that corresponds to the geometry (shape) of the part being analyzed. Forces can be applied to these nodes and deformation of the nodes will be calculated by the software.
Modeling Assumptions
The project used ANSYS, a computer-based engineering program that analyzes stress on structures, to model the bridge with a two-dimensional truss model. The material of the bridge is assumed to be A-36 steel, a common structural steel being used in the industry. Some material properties include Modulus of Elasticity E = 29,000,000 psi, Poisson's ratio = 0.32. Constraints were made at both ends of the truss and I-beam (nodes 1 and 5) in all directions.
Modeling Procedure
To create the truss system, nodes were made at each point where two elements were connected using the dimensions and measurements we took in the field. Different elements in the truss system were given different cross-sections and connected between nodes. The I-beam was created using simple beam modeling. The cross-sectional dimensions were entered and the element was connected between nodes to create the beam that runs parallel to the bridge, all the way along its underside. For both models, the forces were added in the same way. For a force of 6 tons to act on the bridge, we assumed that the least number of nodes it would be distributed across is 3. (This takes you to the bridge's midpoint. A large vehicle is about this length of 20–25 ft). Two different scenarios were used. In the first scenario, forces were applied at nodes 2, 3, and 4. In the second scenario, forces were applied at nodes 1, 2, and 3. For the truss model, a 2D system would only be affected by half of the load. So, we distributed 3 tons, or 6,000 lbs, across 3 nodes. For the I-Beam (because there are 7 identical beams supporting the bridge), 1/7 of the 6 tons would be acting on each beam. So, we distributed 1/7 of 6 tons, or approximately 1,714 pounds, across 3 nodes.
Results and Interpretation
The engineers claimed that the bridge could withstand a load of 6 tons, or 12,000 pounds. For bridge construction, a high-risk structure, a safety factor of 5–7 is used. The ultimate strength of structural A-36 steel is 58,000 psi, and the yield strength is 36,000 psi. Our maximum stress in the truss system was 2,146 psi in compression and 1,859.5 psi in tension. Both are well under the safety factor and do not put the bridge at risk. The maximum stress in the I-beam was 5,586 psi (seen in scenario 1). This is between 1/6 and 1/7 of the yield strength. Theoretically, the bridge should be very safe under a 6-ton load. However, this is approaching the safety factor previously mentioned. Our data very closely agrees with the theoretical claim made by engineers for this bridge. Exceeding a 6-ton load would compromise the safety factor for structural steel.
Charts, complete results, and additional information are attached to the Lucerne Road Bridge Power Point Presentation.
Conclusion and Future Work
Lucerne Bridge at Ariel-Foundation Park
From a personal aspect, we feel very good about the work we did for this project. It is one thing to analyze imaginary problems from a textbook, but it really brings the material to life when you can be out in the real world with a project like this. It should certainly be mentioned that these numbers and results are not perfect. For one thing, both methods for analyzing the bridge require models, which were simplified to a point where we could use them. In that process, some accuracy will always be lost. Also, ANSYS has many ways to analyze values, especially for stresses. We used line element analysis and nodal displacement, but other methods could have resulted in different numbers. We believe that our overall conclusion that the bridge can safely hold 6 tons is true and can be stated confidently. This experiment and project could be expanded in the future by creating a 3D model of the bridge, testing different load points and values, and testing completely different bridges and structures.
EXPLORE all that Ariel-Foundation Park has to offer by visiting our main site!
The information for this site was prepared by Mount Vernon Nazarene University students Guy Harder, Caleb Ledford, Luther McGrath, Jessi Habegger, Austin Hazen, and Bryce Maners, under the supervision of Dr. David C. Che for his class in Computer Aided Engineering, Fall 2016.
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Point Cloud Structure and Output Formats
Organized point cloud
Zivid outputs an organized point cloud. This means that the point cloud is laid out as a 2D array of points that resembles an image like structure. An unorganized point cloud is generally stored as a list of points in a 1D array. In both cases, the XYZ data are provided for each point as well as the RGB values.
There are several advantages to this structure.
 - Algorithms designed for unorganized point clouds work on organized as well, because a 2D array can be interpreted as a 1D array. This is not always true the other way around.
 - Ordered point clouds have a 1:1 correlation between pixels in the 2D images (color and depth) and 3D points in the point cloud. This means that the neighboring pixels in the image are the neighboring points in the point cloud. This enables 2D operations and algorithms to be applied to the 2D image, while the result can be applied directly to the point cloud. For example, for object detection and segmentation, one can segment the 2D image and directly extract the 3D points from the desired pixels.
 - The orderliness of points speeds up computation and lowering the cost of certain algorithms, especially operations using neighboring points.
Zivid point cloud
Zivid cameras uses a sensor with 2.3 MP (1920 x 1200 for Zivid One+ and 1944 x 1200 for Zivid Two) to capture point clouds of a scene. Because of the 1:1 correlation between pixels and points, the generated point cloud consists of 2.3 million points. For every pixel, XYZ (mm), RGB (8-bit), and SNR can be provided, where SNR is the Signal-to-Noise Ratio. The data is stored as a matrix of shape [1920, 1200, 7] or [1944, 1200, 7] depending on the camera.
Zivid inside a protective housing
Color and depth image can be directly extracted from a Zivid point cloud. Examples of how to do this are shown in our GitHub repository.
Zivid output formats
From Zivid Studio, you can save the point cloud in Zivid Data File (*.zdf). In addition, you can export the point cloud (File → Export) in the following formats:
 - PLY file - Unordered points (*.ply)
 - PLY file - Ordered points (*.ply)
 - ASCII points (*.xyz)
 - Point Cloud Data File - Unordered (*.pcd)
Zivid studio export options
The Zivid Data File (*.zdf) is the native Zivid file format. If you are using the API, you can loop over the point cloud and save the X, Y, Z, R, G, B, and SNR data in whichever format you prefer. Check out our Samples to see how to read or convert Zivid data using C++, C#, Python, and MATLAB.
The easiest way to view a Zivid point cloud is to copy the ZDF file to your PC and use Zivid Studio. Alternatively, you could use the API to convert ZDF to PLY (or use our Python script) and use a 3D viewer, e.g. MeshLab or CloudCompare.
ASCII points (*.xyz)
ASCII characters are used to store cartesian co-ordinates. XYZ are separated with white space. In our version, RGB values are also added for each point. Each new point is separated with a newline character. This file can be viewed in a regular text editor.
PLY file (*.ply)
PLY is a file format developed at Stanford. Learn more about PLY.
Point Cloud Data file (*.pcd)
PCD is a file format native for Point Cloud Library. Learn more about PCD.


Fairy Tales: Three Heroes (Windows)
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Fairy Tales: Three Heroes is a Slavic tale of three Russian heroes who retired early when the nation was at peace. In their solitude, far from the world, their stories were soon forgotten until one day, Alesha, one of the heroes, unexpectedly meets a gang of robbers who try to sneak into his house. He learns from them that the world has changed. The nation is no longer stable and mischievous gangs are running rampant. Alesha decides to find back his former friends Dobrynya and Ilya to team up and restore the former glory.
This third-person action is a modern take on the Lost Viking concept where three friends, each with different abilities, need to work together. They travel through a bright, cel-shaded world divided into different areas. Each location contains a number of towns, dense nature, characters who provide quests and of course plenty of enemies. Using the Physx engine, almost every object can be pushed around or destroyed. The three friends run together and the player can switch between them at any time. Meanwhile, the computer AI takes over for the other two character's basic actions. The player can also exercise minor influence over them by asking them to follow or hold a position. Often they need to operate separately, for specific missions or to control an area from different directions at the same time.
The characters have distinct abilities. Alesha is an agile archer who runs the fastest and needs to take out enemies from a distance with bow and arrow. Dobrynya is stronger and usually wields a staff. He has the ability to pole-vault over obstacles where others cannot pass. Ilya is the brute with a giant sword and shield; slow but extremely effective in combat. They can pick up new weapons left behind by enemies (based on a wide range of statistics) or have it upgraded. By defeating enemies and completing quests, experience is earned to level up the character through a skill tree. Next to the primary weapons, each character can execute up to seven secondary attacks that can be upgraded up to three times. Alesha for instance can fire many arrows at once or aim precisely, while Ilya can swing his sword around to perform combos or pick up enemies and throw them far away. Executing them drains a Heroic Strength meter, that regenerates or is refilled through items. Not all attacks can be maxed out during the course of the game, so the most important ones need to be singled out. The characters can also collect meat or apples to restore health, and a wide range of items used to poison weapons, gain excessive speed, freeze enemies, increase defence and more.
The many quests have the heroes attack fortresses and camps, protect towns, escort important characters or retrieve missing persons. In later missions, many of them occur at once introducing an invisible time limit or forcing the player to fight and protect characters at the same time. While the storyline is linear, players are free to explore the environment and explore the quests at first. Even though strategical switches between the characters are important while fighting, the combat itself is mostly pure hack-and-slash. Quests show up on a mini-map where waypoints can be activated to quickly move towards a goal. Movement is done through the keyboard, while the mouse is used to look around and perform actions.
Fairy Tales: Three Heroes Windows Meeting one of the stronger opponents.
Fairy Tales: Three Heroes Windows The skill tree for secondary attacks
Fairy Tales: Three Heroes Windows Walking towards a hut in the distance.
Fairy Tales: Three Heroes Windows Main Menu
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text: Exact or similar copies of code fragments in a code base are known as code clones. Code clones are considered as one of the serious code smells. Stability is a widely investigated perspective of assessing the impacts of clones on software systems. A number of existing studies show that clones are often less stable than non-cloned code. This suggests that clones change more frequently than non-cloned code and thus may require comparatively more maintenance efforts. Again, frequent changes to clones may increase the likelihood of missing change propagation to the co-change candidates leading to inconsistencies or bugs. However, none of the existing studies investigate whether stability of clones is related to the bug-proneness. In this paper, we present an empirical study that analyzes the relationships between stability and bug-proneness of clones. We identify bugfix commits by analyzing the commit messages from software repositories. We then identify the clones those are changed in the bug-fix commits as bug-prone clones. We then compare the stability of buggy and non-buggy clones considering the finegrained syntactic change types and their significance. Our experimental results based on five open-source Java systems of different size and application domains show that (1) stability and bug-proneness of code clones are related and this relationship is statistically significant, (2) for both exact (Type 1) and near-miss (Type 2 and Type 3) clones, buggy clones tend to have higher frequency of changes than non-buggy clones, (3) the bug-proneness of Type 2 and Type 3 clones tend to be strongly related with their stability compared to Type 1 clones, and (4) the relation between the stability and the bug-proneness of clones with respect to fine-grained change types is likely to be influenced by the changes of low to medium significance. We believe that our findings are important and potentially useful in identifying and prioritizing candidate clones for management.


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Gas Ovens
Older ovens used to be ignited with a pilot light. This is a small flame from which the oven drew its fire when turned on. In halachic terms, this allowed the user to turn them on, on Yom Tov without a question of transgressing the prohibition of molid. As with the gas cooktops, new ovens are equipped with electric igniters, most commonly an electric igniter called a glow plug. When turning on the oven, the power to the glow plug is initiated. When the glow plug is hot enough the gas will begin to flow and start the flame. When the oven chamber reaches the temperature set by the thermostat, it turns off the flow of gas and electricity. As the chamber loses heat, the oven will restart the glow plug which in turn restarts the gas to bring the chamber back to the required temperature. Because one may not directly initiate the flow of electricity to the glow plug on Yom Tov, he must turn the oven on before Yom Tov. When raising the temperature on the oven on Yom Tov, one must be sure that they are not initiating electric current to the glow plug. Therefore, if one sees the glow plug glowing (it gives a bright orange light which can be seen through the side vents on the floor of the oven) or if the flame is on, one may raise the temperature. As discussed earlier with regard to stovetops, one may lower the oven setting only when needed for the benefit of the food. It is important to note that some ovens will give a digital readout of the temperature when raised or lowered. This would pose a halachic question of writing and erasing, both of which are prohibited acts on Yom Tov.
Sabbath Mode Ovens
(The Following Applies to Yom Tov Only)
Sabbath mode ovens are designed to bypass many of the practical and halachic problems posed by the modern oven. For the Sabbath mode ovens with the random delay feature, one may raise or lower the temperature of the oven without concern for the heating element or glow plug. This is because the computer does not directly react to the change in settings. The oven will randomly look to the setting and adjust the temperature. This means that turning on the heating element or glow plug is only an indirect result of your action (grama). Therefore, since a grama is permitted on Yom Tov one may actually adjust the temperature. For the Sabbath mode ovens without the random delay, the temperature may be raised only when power is flowing to the oven and lowered when power is not flowing to the oven as indicated by the readout on the display.6
 No. One is permitted to lower the setting only when it is necessary for the preparation of the Yom Tov's food.
 Those Sabbath Mode ovens that are equipped with a random delay may be lowered on Yom Tov. This is because the random delay makes the reaction of the oven to lower the temperature a grama (indirect action). Although we permit extinguishing or lowering a flame only where it is needed for food, this applies where one does the action. Here, where the computer will lower the temperature later on as a reaction to your instructions, it is called gram kibui and it is permitted.
 One may open and close the door of an oven on Yom Tov to process the food as needed if this does not cause a light or icon to go on directly because the door was opened. On Shabbos there is a problem with opening the door because it will cause additional burning in the oven. This is prohibited on Shabbos8 but permitted on Yom Tov.
 Regarding raising the temperature of a gas oven on Yom Tov, one may not do so unless they know that the glow plug is glowing and the display will not change. This is because raising the temperature setting will directly cause the glow plug to go on if it is otherwise off, creating a problem of molid. However, if the oven is certified with sabbath mode that has a random delay feature built in, and this was initiated before Yom Tov, one may adjust the temperature on Yom Tov.
1. Shmos 20:9, D'varim 5:13
2. Vayikra 23:7
3. We consider it to be right after tzeis hakochavim.
4. The eruv should consist of a cooked and a baked food. Each food type should be a minimum of a kezayis (an average egg). A blessing and statement are recited as these foods are set aside before Yom Tov. By setting aside this food for use on Shabbos we are in essence saying that we have some food prepared for Shabbos. Therefore, that which we cook on Yom Tov for Shabbos is only to add to this mix of prepared food for Shabbos. In addition, it is best to cook early on a Friday Yom Tov, so that the food for Shabbos is ready on Yom Tov. This way you are also saying that the food is for Yom Tov, and if you would have visitors on Friday, this food could be served to them.
5. Please note that this may nullify a warranty.
6. Check the appliance section of our website at or contact our office at _PHONE_ to determine if your model has the random delay.
7. Please be aware that some companies advertise their ovens as having a Sabbath mode where in actuality, the only feature that the oven has is the twelve hour cutoff override. If it does encompass more than the twelve hour cutoff override, check to make sure there is a competent halachic authority behind the Sabbath mode to endorse it.
8. On Shabbos, while the oven is operating, the door may be opened once, all the food removed, and then closed. For further information about oven usage on Shabbos, see "Oven Kashrus: For Shabbos Use" on our website at


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I have problems using the function TIN(linear) interpolation in Qgis. The program crashes when larger areas is interpolated.
Map properties: vector map, Geometry typ = Point, features in this layer: 523851, EPSG:32633 - WGS 84 / UTM zone 33N, files =.shp
When i divide the map into more layer(like 80 000 points each) and then interpolate them together(by adding more layers in the interpolation meny), it works, except some areas still makes the program crash.
Any idea how to solve this? Or have someone had/have the same problem?
Maybe the problem is: can't handle large files or the algorithm have problems triangulate between some points patterns.


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Link output includes.exe files, DLLs, mapfiles, and messages.
The default output file from LINK is an.exe file. If the /DLL option is specified, LINK builds a.dll file. You can control the output file name with the Output File Name (/OUT) option.
In incremental mode, LINK creates an.ilk file to hold status information for later incremental builds of the program. For details about.ilk files, see.ilk Files. For more information about incremental linking, see the Link Incrementally (/INCREMENTAL) option.
When LINK creates a program that contains exports (usually a DLL), it also builds a.lib file, unless an.exp file was used in the build. You can control the import library file name with the /IMPLIB option.
If the Generate Mapfile (/MAP) option is specified, LINK creates a mapfile.
If the Generate Debug Info (/DEBUG) option is specified, LINK creates a PDB to contain debugging information for the program.
When you type link without any other command-line input, LINK displays a usage statement that summarizes its options.
LINK displays a copyright and version message and echoes command-file input, unless the Suppress Startup Banner (/NOLOGO) option is used.
You can use the Print Progress Messages (/VERBOSE) option to display additional details about the build.
LINK issues error and warning messages in the form LNKnnnn. This error prefix and range of numbers are also used by LIB, DUMPBIN, and EDITBIN.
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We are thrilled to announce our partnership with AdvancedMD, a leading EHR solution for mental health practices across the country.
As of July 2022, Blueprint's leading measurement-based care software is fully integrated into AdvancedMD to unlock a more seamless care experience for clinicians and patients alike. With this integration enabled:
- Patients can be automatically enrolled on Blueprint, which helps inspire connection and confidence between appointments while reducing cancellations by 25% and gathering valuable assessment and worksheet data between sessions
- Clinicians can review a patient's Blueprint from within that patient's chart on AdvancedMD, helping them do their best work through a measurement-based care approach
- Practices can gather outcomes data to better run and position their businesses with minimal training requirements and little operational burden. It just works!
Since day one, we at Blueprint have been focused on making it easier for mental health clinicians to deliver high-quality evidence-based care. To do this effectively at scale, we believe it is critical to embed measurement and data-driven insights into the tools that clinicians are already using whenever possible.
We are excited about what this integration means for the mental health ecosystem, practices, clinicians, and patients. Research shows that when patients receive measurement-based care, they're more likely to reach a positive outcome faster. Making measurement-based care easy and accessible to more clinicians is critical to our mission of unlocking high-quality evidence-based mental health care for all.


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Do you know how green Broward cities are? Want to know? So did we! So, in the spring of 2011, Broward County's Energy and Sustainability Program reached out to our 31 municipalities to gather information on the scope and diversity of energy efficiency initiatives and sustainability programs implemented throughout our community. Questions covered many topics, including: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation, Energy Conservation and Production, Transportation and the Built Environment, Water Use and Conservation, Waste Reduction and Recycling, and Climate Change Adaptation Planning.
We found that, collectively, local governments in Broward County have taken significant strides in implementing energy conservation measures and sustainability initiatives.
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Arrange smaller numbers before the key and greater after the key
Given an array of numbers and a Key value. Arrange it in such a way that all the numbers less than a given key should come before the key and all the numbers greater than the key should come after it.
Input: 0, 3, -2, 2, 0, -1, 5
Key: 0
Output: -1, -2, 0, 0, 2, 3, 5
Take the key and search from start of array and count how many numbers are greater than and equal to the key value. Also save the position (index of array) where you have found the key in the array.
In above example loop through and count numbers greater than 0 (key) and also find the first location of the key in array
We found
key position (index) let Y = 0
Number of items greater than equal to the key value let X = 5
Length of array let L
Now we will swap the A[L – X] and A[Y] and now the array becomes
-2, 3, 0, 2, 0, -1, 5
Now take variable i and j, i pointing to A[0] and j pointing to Y+1 (just after first occurrence of key) as shown in figure below.
arrange numbers less than key on left and greater on right
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Dinosaur Fish Lurk in Wisconsin Waters
Believe it or not, the gnarly, bottom-dwelling lake sturgeon first appeared on the face of the earth about 150 million years ago - when the dinosaurs were still around! Lake Sturgeon can still be found in Wisconsin today. Look closely at the picture and you'll see that sturgeon even look like prehistoric dinosaur fish. Their tail is shark-like with the upper part longer than the lower and their long slate gray/black shape is covered with sharp bony plates all over.
If you want to find sturgeon, look along Wisconsin's major river systems, especially the Lake Winnebago waterway system which holds the largest single concentration of sturgeon in the world. You will also find them along the northern tip of the Wisconsin River, the Mississippi, lower Wisconsin, Chippewa, Flambeau, Manitowish, and Menominee Rivers. Actually, the Wolf/Fox River is thought to be the only place in North America where these spectacular fish can be seen when they spawn in late April into early May. Check out the towns of Shiocton, New London, Northport and Shawano for some excitement as lake sturgeon rendezvous in the deep, cool rivers, waiting to make their move.
When water levels and temperatures are just right, these armor-plated, torpedo-shaped giants come out of their hiding places and head for the river's rocky shallows on outside bends of river banks. Just imagine seeing their tails, sharp backs and snouts sticking out of the water like a shark infestation coming upriver. Here, the current is swelling and slowly roiling and rocks and boulders can be found at a steep angle in the water. In an ancient ritual, shark-like tails thrash the surface waters.
Eggs scatter randomly during spawning but they stick to rocks along the way. Depending on the water temperatures, it takes about 2 weeks for the eggs to hatch. Fewer than 1 in 1,000 will survive long enough to hatch! The eggs make a great snack for crayfish, mud puppies, carp and even adult sturgeon. Eggs can also be in danger from low water levels and fungi. Those that do survive, hatch with an attached yolk sac to provide food for the first 3 weeks. They grow fast and begin to move downstream at night in a large school. At this point they are called "fingerlings" and begin to eat facing upstream to suck up nutritious insect larvae floating by on the bottom. By the end of their first year, the sturgeon has grown to about 2 feet in length. By the sixth year, they are 33 inches long, and at the eighth year they are 40 inches. At 15 years they reach 50 inches long. According to DNR records, in 1953 an 82 year-old sturgeon was speared on Lake Winnebago weighing 168 lb., the oldest ever caught in Wisconsin!
Most female fish spawn (lay eggs) every year, but not the sturgeon. They spawn every 4 or 5 years and they don't begin spawning until they're 25 years old. They come from different lakes and long distances to spawn together, but eventually they return to the lake they came from. In 1994 someone caught a sturgeon on the east coast of Michigan in Saginaw Bay with a tag on it. The fish was originally tagged at Lake Winnebago, which means that this fish traveled a total of 850 miles over 16 years, navigating 14 dams, 17 locks, Lake Michigan, the Straits of Mackinac, and Lake Huron. An amazing migration!
This fascinating fish species is listed as a rare species in the United States and in Wisconsin they are on a "watch" status, closely observed and managed by Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fisheries managers. In the 1860s, sturgeon were looked at as a nuisance to commercial anglers and were deliberately destroyed in large numbers. Then, in the 1870s, people realized that sturgeon were useful for products such as: glue from their skeleton; oil from fat; leather from their tanned skins; roe (eggs) for caviar; and gelatin from their swim bladder, used for liquid clarifyers, jellies and jams. In the 1950s, fish biologists began to study sturgeon populations and spawning sites to help protect and increase their numbers. Today, people volunteer every spring to stand "sturgeon guard" at spawning sites to protect the fish from poachers. They watch in awe from the riverbanks as sturgeon come near shore to spawn. Meet a couple of sturgeon guardians and learn more about these amazing fish. For information on becoming a sturgeon guard, visit the DNR sturgeon guard page (leaves EEK!).
This Fish CAN Dance.
If you'd like to see a sturgeon up close, check out these spots during the spring sturgeon breeding season, (mid-April to early May).
Sturgeon Viewing Spots
Other Fish Viewing Hot Spots
State Record Catch Size: 170 pounds 10 ounces, 79 inches long, Yellow Lake, Burnett County, WI.


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Digital storytelling offers a combination of traditional storytelling and new technologies that is attracting attention from feminist researchers aiming to co-create research in empowering ways for participants, allowing them to collaborate, build shared awareness of issues, and share their priority issues with decision-makers and power-holders. This article focuses on digital storytelling in research into the role of Mothers' Associations in influencing families, communities, and political decision-makers to promote girls' education in Benin.
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text: In my last article, I wrote about an app called DrainGuard that can help you monitor your battery usage in standby mode; still on that battery power tangent, how about a screen that recycles light energy well enough to charge the phone? Engineers at UCLA have developed a process for harvesting and recycling the light energy of LCDs in electronic devices. By equipping a LCD with their photovoltaic polarizers, the device can convert ambient light, sunlight, and its own backlight into usable electricity. The UCLA team explains that currently a device's backlight is responsible for consuming around 80 to 90 percent of the battery and in the current design of LCDs, as much as 75 percent of light is simply lost. The polarizing organic photovoltaic cell can potentially harvest that 75 percent back into usable electricity. Essentially, as long as you have a light source, your phone may stay charged forever. The UCLA team, as well as the rest of us, hope to see technology manufacturers utilize this concept with future products.


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Sugati means happiness, bliss, wellness or fortune. We as a trust would like to bring happiness and wellness. We can say Sugati means 'having a good or auspicious position'.
- Contribute towards Education
- Build awareness in cleanliness
- Inspire, Encourage, Energize everyone the trust can reach especially Children.
- Identifying the schools that require support to get children to school.
- Identifying the children who do not have any on basic education.◦Providing required support so that they can go to school.
- Identifying and supporting schools that lack basic facilities.
- Work closely with other organizations to reach needy children and provide education.
- Conduct medical and health awareness camps.
- Orphanages - supporting◦Make them self-sufficient.
- Old age homes - supporting◦Make them self-sufficient.
- Reach out to remote villages and support them to build basic necessities.
Sugati foundation plans and executes daily, weekly and monthly projects where we need your help. Everyone wish to contribute in a good deed. However, in this busy life it is not possible for everyone to spare time or energy.
Quote of the day
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
- Swami Vivekananda
During the last 2 years sugati was able to support education for multiple students across AndhraPradesh and Telangana states.


Mystery bird: Inca tern, Larosterna inca
This mystery bird comes with a bit of a twist: If you woke up on a beach and saw this bird, where in the world would you be? (includes video)
Inca tern, Larosterna inca (protonym, Sterna Inca), photographed at Bristol Zoo, England.
Image: Adrian Pingstone, September 2005 (public domain) [velociraptorize].
Question: This mystery bird comes with a bit of a twist: Instead of me telling you where this bird was photographed, you tell me! If you had been caught in a terrible storm before being shipwrecked, and then, whilst sitting on the beach, you spied this bird, where in the world would you be?
Response: This lovely seabird is a captive Inca tern, Larosterna inca, the only member of its genus. This bird is another species that I think of as a "flying fieldmark" because there is nothing else in the world that looks quite like it.
This species' range is restricted to the Humboldt Current, which is a cold, low-salinity oceanic current that flows north from the southern tip of Chile to northern Peru (South America). This is the largest ocean upwelling in the world, and it forms the basis for the world's richest and most productive marine ecosystem.
It is here where the Inca tern is found; nesting in hollows or burrows along the coasts of Peru and Chile and feeding primarily on small fish, particularly anchovies. If you saw this bird after being shipwrecked, you would know that you are somewhere on the western coast of South America.
Here's a video of a couple wild Inca terns at Pucusana near Lima, Peru, filmed on on 20 April 2011:
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How can I search and replace a match with specific number of times using s///;. For example:
I want to replace a with i in $string n times. How can I do that? n is an integer provided by user.
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Answers to this question are also being provided at another forum: perlmonks.org/?node_id=820332 – toolic Jan 29 '10 at 13:52
Can you explain a bit more about what you are doing? You have a bit of an XY problem here. Tell use the real problem you are trying to solve instead of the potential solution you think is the answer. :) – brian d foy Jan 29 '10 at 20:16
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The simple answer probably doesn't do want you want.
my $str = 'aaaa';
$str =~ s/a/a_/ for 1..2;
print $str, "\n"; # a__aaa. But you want a_a_aa, right?
You need to count the replacements yourself, and act accordingly:
$str = 'aaaa';
my $n = 0;
$str =~ s/(a)/ ++$n > 2? $1 : 'a_' /ge;
print $str, "\n";
See the FAQ, How do I change the Nth occurrence of something? for related examples.
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Just substitute $n times:
$string =~ s/a/i/ for 1..$n;
This will do it.
More general solution would be global substitution with counter:
my $i = 0; # count the substitutions made
$string =~ s/(a)/ ++$i > $n? $1 : "i" /ge;
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hi but am facing problem when am replacing by $s="abc"; $s=~s{*}{*\n} for 1..2; print$s; it replaces first * by \n and the rest it ignores... why? "*\n" abc – lokesh Jan 29 '10 at 13:37
If I understand you correctly, you need smth like this: my $i = 0; $str =~ s/(\*)/ ++$i > $n? $1 : "*\n" /ge; – eugene y Jan 29 '10 at 14:50
I'm not aware of any flag that would do that. I'd simply use a loop:
for (my $i = 0; $i < $n; $i++)
 $string =~ s/a/i/;
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you can try this:
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i beleive this would be more efficient then simply doing $string =~ s/a/i/ for 1..$n; – jojo Jan 29 '10 at 11:36
Please explain why you believe it is more efficient. You unnecessarily create 2 extra temporary variables ($str1 and _USER_). You could simplify it as $str = join 'i', split /a/, $str, $n;, but I don't think that is nearly as easy to understand as the s/// solution. – toolic Jan 29 '10 at 13:33
you may be right about the easy to understand. but as for efficiency using s/a/i/ for 1..$n will take O(n*m). while using split will take O(n). – jojo Jan 29 '10 at 13:39
This also avoids the problem encountered when the replacement string matches the match expression. – Jeff B Jan 29 '10 at 20:27
Here is a way to do based on the comment you made to eugene y's answer
use strict; use warnings;
my $string = '***ab***c';
my $n = 3;
1 while $n -- and $string =~ s/\*([^\n])/*\n$1/;
print "$string\n";
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sub substitute_n {
 my $n = shift;
 my $pattern = shift;
 my $replace = shift;
 local $_ = shift;
 my $i = 1;
 s{($pattern)} {
 $i++ <= $n? eval qq{"$replace"} : $1;
You can then write
my $s = "***ab***c";
print "[", substitute_n(2, qr/\*/, '$1\n', $s), "]\n";
to get the following output:
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Won't the output actually be: [\n\nabc]? It will match on the first * on each iteration. – Jeff B Jan 29 '10 at 20:25
I posted runnable, working code. You don't have to take my word for it! :-) – Greg Bacon Jan 29 '10 at 20:49
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What is Ultimate?
Ultimate is fun!
Ultimate is a fast paced, non-contact sport suitable for people of all ages. Ultimate combines the speed of soccer with the throwing and catching of basketball and football.
Games are self-officiated and players settle disputes amongst themselves using a code of ethics known as "Spirit of the Game". All you need to play is a field and a disc, what are you waiting for?
Ultimate in 10 Simple Rules
As found on usaultimate.org
1. The Field: A rectangular shape with end zones at each end. A regulation field is 70 yards long by 40 yards wide, with end zones 20 yards deep.
2. Starting Play: Each point begins with both teams lining up on the front of opposite end zone lines. The defense throws ("pulls") the disc to the offense. A regulation game has seven players per team.
3. Scoring: Each time the offense catches a pass in the defense's end zone, the offense scores a point. The teams switch direction after every goal, and the next point begins with a new pull by the team that just scored.
7. Non-contact: Players must attempt to avoid physical contact during play. Picks and screens are also prohibited.
8. Fouls: When a player initiates contact that affects the play, a foul occurs. When a foul causes a player to lose possession, the play resumes as if the possession was retained. If the player that the foul was called against disagrees with the foul call, the play is redone.
10. Spirit of the Game: The foundation of the rules in ultimate is Spirit of the Game, which places the responsibility for fair play on the player. Competitive play is encouraged, but never at the expense of respect between players, adherence to the rules, and the basic joy of play.
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Speaking from the technology perspective, naming is specific depending on the device characteristics, two main categories being landline and mobile.
Landline is a device receiving signal through a fixed phone line (which is not always a circuit; sometimes the device is a pretty large phone with a SIM making it quite mobile, sometimes handheld, still it's considered a landline phone).
Mobile phones have a couple different technology-dependent types:
- cellular (or cell for short) are called the devices utilizing signal received through a "cellular network"
- satellite devices are powered by the satellite network
These terms describe your device in respect to differences implied by phone networks, but the total of non-landline phones are mobile.
Also there are smartphones. This term distinguishes the device in a bit different dimension; it describes the capabilities as opposed to older handheld devices (smartphones are the devices that combine a microcomputer and a telephone).
So, strictly speaking, if you want to be specific to different types of devies you should use different terms in different cases. That would make a lot of difference if you wanted, per se, sell software for a particular kind of devices.


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Not a teacher. 'I was told...' is a passive sentence and 'They told me...' is a active sentence. If you want to change 'They told me...' into passive sentence, write 'I was told...'. But if you want to change 'I was told...(by sb)' into active sentence, 'They told me...' is just the answer when somebody=them.
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Ancient tombs discovered in Swat valley
25 November, 2012
ISLAMABAD: Italian archaeologists say they have discovered a cemetery that reveals complex funeral rites dating back more than 3,000 years in Swat valley.
The Italian mission began digging in the 1950s at Udegram, a site of Buddhist treasures in Swat, the northwestern district formerly known as the Switzerland of Pakistan for its stunning mountains, valleys and rivers.
Archaeologists were aware of a pre-Buddhist graveyard site in Udegram, but only recently discovered the collection of almost 30 graves, tightly clustered and partially overlapping.
"Some graves had a stone wall, others were protected by walls and enclosures in beaten clay," Luca Maria Olivieri, head of the Italian mission, told AFP.
"The cemetery seems to have been used between the end of the second millennium BCE and the first half of the first millennium BCE," he added.
Olivieri said, "The tombs point to the culture that predates the Buddhist Gandhara civilisation that took hold in northwest Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan from the first millennium BCE to the sixth century AD.
"The presence of a few iron fragments might be amongst the most ancient traces of this metal in the subcontinent," he said. Bodies were first laid to rest in open graves, fenced in by wooden railings. Then the graves were re-opened and the bones partially burnt before the graves were sealed and a burial mound built. Men were buried with high quality flasks, bowls and cooking pots, and women with semi-precious beads, bronze hairpins, and spindles.
Taliban insurgents led by cleric Fazlullah terrorised the Swat valley from 2007 to 2009, beheading opponents and burning down girls' schools as part of their determination to implement their laws. An army offensive in 2009 claimed to have defeated the insurgency, but isolated attacks continue.


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Enabling Paperless Trade
Alexander Goulandris
Paperless Trade
Digital Documents
 enabling paperless trade
By Alexander Goulandris, CEO, essDOCS
*This article originally appeared in ICC UK's 'G20: The Voice of UK Business' May 2017 Issue and is republished with the kind permission of ICC.
In the drive for simplicity and automation in trade, companies and banks are increasingly turning to digitization. In the last few years, eCommerce trade has grown from a few million dollars to over $1.7T of trade in 2016, across platforms such as eBay, Alibaba, Amazon, in US, EU and China.
But what does it mean and why should G20 leaders take note?
Digitization in trade and trade finance brings significant operational and financial benefits through automation whilst providing greater compliance and transparency. IATA estimate that eDocs will reduce export paper processes by up to 44% when fully digitized.
The digitization of things also known as the Internet of Things (IoT), increasingly offers real-time cargo information and in turn a reduction in risk for buyers and banks. As digitization efforts bear fruit, the risk (and cost) of trade will reduce, in turn allowing for more trade finance and more trade.
As financial inclusion bubbles to the top of policy imperatives, enabling digital trade should be a critical initiative for all G20 leaders.
In addition, real-time digital document analysis combined with artificial intelligence learning offers a powerful tool in identifying terrorism financing flows and dual use goods shipments which are in contravention of export controls.
There are several different levers which can be pulled to enable digital trade as follows:
Acceptance: ensuring that relevant arms of Government, such as the Central Bank, Customs, Health and Tax Authorities, as necessary, accept electronic trade documentation as an alternative to paper. Furthermore, where digitization projects are underway such as the IPPC ePhyto Hub Project, it is critical for Governments to participate to ensure their global success. Adoption of the World Customs Organization Data Model as part of a Single Window project will also greatly facilitate digital trade, as will the full implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) once more member states support and accept it.
Incentives: the transition to digital trade is a significant endeavor for companies and banks alike. Incentivizing trade participants to make the investment will accelerate the transition and in turn deliver the benefits to GDP and financial inclusion. Possible incentives that G20 countries could offer include: (i) blue line customs clearance for cargos shipped under digital documents; (ii) reduction in capital adequacy requirements for credit provided under a digital trade asset; (iii) tax credits for companies engaged in digital trade transformation; and/or (iv) tax credits or grants for digital trade providers.
Legislation: one key complexity in digital trade, is the enforceability of electronic title documents, such as bills of lading, warehouse warrants, bills of exchange and promissory notes, without the need for a complex multi-partite legal agreement. G20 leaders can assist by ratifying for example the Rotterdam Rules which enables electronic bills of lading, or the upcoming UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferrable Records (due to be adopted in July 2017), which deals with all negotiable instruments. In addition, G20 countries should focus on promoting technological neutrality, i.e. no requirements for local digital signature providers or local storing of data, as this negatively impacts the suitability of those rules for international trade.
In summary, Digital Trade will provide enormous benefits, whether focused on domestic or international trade. The support of G20 leaders is important in accelerating this transition.
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Do pelagic predators hunt in random patterns or with some more organized approach that actually has some mathematical significance? Underwater Times picked up on an article in ScienceNews, about a study showing that fish like tuna, billfish, and some sharks exhibit a mathematical logic in their movements, called a Lévy walk or flight.
In tracking various ocean predators, the researchers noted foraging patterns that were not random - moving here and there without any particular method to their movements - but more deliberate, punctuated with long movements and demonstrating evidence of mathematical fractals.
A fractal is a mathematical pattern that is used to describe the shapes of many things, from snowflakes to the shapes of leaves. No, snowflakes and leaves don't have intelligence, at least not intelligence that necessarily demonstrates free will. But in analyzing the foraging patterns of their test subjects, the researchers detected a level of mathematical thinking or intelligence that was not purely random-based, which was the prevailing theory in the past.
"Many of the animals displayed Lévy behavior at least some of the time, researcher David Sims and his colleagues report — 'the strongest evidence yet that these Lévy patterns are exhibited by wild animals,' he says. Lévy behavior showed up more often in waters where plankton, fish and other food was scarce. In regions with plentiful food, random motion dominated. This observation, says theoretical physicist Gandhimohan Viswanathan, fits with earlier suggestions that 'animals may use a Lévy flight motion to improve their chances of finding prey.'"
This kind of research can provide more insight into migration and other feeding patterns based on availability of food. Perhaps in the future we can better understand or anticipate the actions or movements of some species or their ability to adapt when environmental conditions change.
Read ScienceNews article.


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If you want to give your art quilts or fiber art a unique design, one of the easiest ways is with fabric painting and surface design techniques. And one of the simplest ways to apply fabric paints or inks in a unique way is with monoprinting.
|Margarita Korioth made a monoprint on fabric
with a collagraph plate she created.
In the February/March 2013 issue of Quilting Arts Magazine
, Margarita Korioth demonstrates how to create a monoprint on fabric with a collagraph plate. A collagraph is essentially a raised collage that serves as a printing plate. Instead of carving into the plate, you build up the surface with collage elements. You can use anything from cardboard or fun foam cutouts to found objects to build up the surface design on the plate.
Here is an excerpt from Margarita's article, explaining how to make a durable collagraph plate
. Margarita writes:
1. Using a pen, draw the design you want to print on the unprinted side of a piece cardboard. For my examples, I drew floral designs, vases, and leaves. Once you are satisfied with your design, cut the individual components from the cardboard.
2. Arrange the cut pieces on the unprinted side of the other piece of cardboard and glue them in place.
Consider adding more texture to the collagraph plate by gluing string onto the design. Keep in mind that whatever is glued to the collagraph plate will be printed, so make your designs interesting with different shapes and textures.
Tip: If you add string to your collagraph plate, first glue the cut shapes to the plate and then glue the string.
3. Set aside the collagraph plate and allow it to dry thoroughly. This may take several hours.
4. Cover the entire design side of the plate with 2 coats of liquid gel medium, being careful to put an even coat over the surface of the design. Be sure to let the gel medium dry completely between coats.
|A collagraph monoprint can be made from
a small, shaped plate.
5. Cover the back side of the plate with 1 coat of gel medium. Allow the plate to dry completely.
Now you have a durable plate for printing on fabric (or paper).
Margarita demonstrates the entire collagraph printing process and gives tips on monprinting with gelatin plates, in the February/March issue of Quilting Arts
I hope you enjoy learning about her process and the unique look it gives her quilt art as much as I did and consider trying this technique yourself.
P.S. Have you made monoprints on fabric? What method did you use, and how did it come out? Describe your experience and any tips you have below.