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Double Torah Portion
I enjoy attending synagogue every Shabbat morning. When it comes to the weekly Torah reading, sometimes we read two parshas. Why is that?
The Aish Rabbi Replies:
The Torah is split up into 54 portions, called parshas. The entire Torah is completed once per year, which works out to approximately one per week.
More precisely, though, there are 54 weekly portions in the Torah, but only 50 or 51 Shabbats in a year. In addition, there are at least two, and sometimes as many as 4 or 5, times when Shabbat falls on a holiday, and the normal weekly portion is not read that week. How are the calendars and the Torah reconciled?
The normal Jewish year (i.e. not a leap year) is generally 354 days long. 354 divided by 7 is 50 weeks, with a remainder of 4. In other words, there are 50 or 51 Shabbats during a normal Jewish year.
There are also certain times when the normal weekly portion is not read on Shabbat. Such instances are during Passover and Sukkot, when at least one day of the holiday happens on Shabbat, and other holidays which sometimes fall on Shabbat. Thus, there are at least two times during the year where the normal weekly portion is not read on Shabbat.
So now we're down to approximately 48 Shabbats each year when the weekly portion is read. (Actually, we only read 52 of the 54 portions on Shabbat: The first portion of the Torah, Breishis, is always read on the Shabbat immediately following Simchat Torah. The last portion is always read on Simchat Torah, even though that holiday can never fall on Shabbat.)
The way these problems get reconciled is that certain portions can be combined:
- Vayakhel (Exodus 35:1–38:20) and Pekudei (Exodus 38:21–40:38)
- Tazria (Leviticus 12:1–13:59) and Metzora (Leviticus 14:1–15:33)
- Acharei (Leviticus 16:1–18:30) and Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1–20:27)
- Behar (Leviticus 25:1–26:2) and Bechukotai (Leviticus 26:3–27:34)
- Chukat (Numbers 19:1–22:1) and Balak (Numbers 22:2–25:9)
- Matot (Numbers 30:2–32:42) and Masei (Numbers 33:1–36:13)
- Nitzavim (Deuteronomy 29:9–30:20) and Vayelech (Deuteronomy 31:1–31:30).
Some of these seven pairs of portions are combined each year to reconcile the number of Shabbat readings with the need to complete the annual Torah cycle.
During a Jewish leap year, an extra 30-day month is added to the year in the winter. This allows for at least four more weeks in the year, meaning that there is still a need to combine portions, but not as many as in a regular year.
Thankfully, all this is determined by a pre-set calendar, so there is no guesswork involved. If you're interested to see how this plays out over many years, you can download user-friendly Jewish calendar software at _URL_


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The SensArray family is designed with light on-board computational capabilities. The SensThys GUI is designed to operate and control the units, both in initial start-up and in basic applications like portal readers. A reader with substantial computing power, such as the Alien F800X or a server running control software, can handle interrogation and control of the integrated RFID reader when used in larger applications.


Difference Between Trade or Non-Trade Cement
What is Cement?
Cement is a binding material called binding agent. We know cement is a main ingredient of building materials.
Cement is a commonly used binding material in the construction. The cement is obtained by burning a mixture of calcarious (calcium) and argillaceous (clay) material at a very high temperature and then grinding the clinker so produced to a fine powder. It was first produced by a mason Joseph Aspdin in England in 1924. He patented it as Portland cement.
Cement Marketing are two types
 1. Trade Cement marketing
 2. Non-Trade Cement Marketing
What is Trade Cement?
Trade cement is sold by the manufacture to the dealers and distributors, who in turn sell to the consumers.
 - Cement dealer, buy directly from cement company and sell also do retail sale from his shop.The dealer is incentive's to sell the product.
 - Trade cement are costly than non trade cement. All taxes to be paid at the time of delivery while in non trade cement taxes can paid in any month of financial year.
 - Selling Price involves share of dealers, retailers etc.
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What is Non-trade Cement?
Cement sold to direct customer like a construction company for self consumption (their project use), not to be resold to a third party falls under NonTrade Category.
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on Non-Trade cement bag written (Not for retail sale)Its Mean this type of cement bags is coming direct from plant.
 - Non-trade cement is that which sell by the manufacturer directly to the consumer (Builder, Contractor or and Institution involve in any project, NGO or Government). The dealer bypass.
 - Non-trade cements do not have heavy overheads and are cheaper as compared to trade cements. Consumers such as realtors, contractors, etc., purchase in bulk from the manufacturer.
 - In non trade the company can directly dispatch material from its factory to the destination of buyer without any doubt of middle men meddling with the product.
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Why do guys grow their pinky nail long?
Why do some people, usually men, have a very long pinky little fingernail?
 1. Picking the ears
 This might sound a little weird to you, but yes, various men grow their pinky nail long as it makes it easier for them to pick their ears. This is usually done by people of lower social classes in countries like China. (See, What does touching your ear mean in body language?)
 2. To get better fortune
 As per few cultures, a long pinkie nail is considered a sign of wealth and fortune. Also, palmistry says that if a pinkie nail is longer than the distal knuckle on his ring finger, it is considered lucky and intelligent. Numerous people grow their pinky nail so that they get better palmistry readings.
 3. The person doesn't do manual labour
 Many regions grow their pinkie nail to show that they are not doing manual labour. It can also be said that they try to show off that they belong to a higher class.
 4. To clean their nose
 This might sound unbelievable, but they actually grow the nail of their finger to wipe their nose or scratch certain areas of their body.
 5. To handle drugs
 This is true that various people grow their pinky fingernail to take drugs easily, such as cocaine, etc. Many people think that this is a myth, but no people really do it to become easy for them to take drugs. (See Why are some rich people stingy?)
 6. To use it as a tool
 People grow this nail to use it as a tool or handle objects. This reason is a little strange, but people actually do this.
 7. This finger is not used much
 A lot of people grow the nail of the last finger as this finger is not used much. As it becomes difficult to use the hand if other nails are big, so pinky is fingernail is the best to grow nails.
 8. To increase the use of this finger
 For making the pinky finger more useful, people often prefer to grow their nails.
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Sample 4. Step 5.4: Invoice Number field, InvoiceNumber element
On some of the documents, the Invoice Number field is located to the right of the field name whereas on other documents it is located below the name (in documents 1 and 2 the field data are placed directly beneath the name).
To create an InvoiceNumber element:
 1. In the InvoiceHeader element, create an element of type Character String and name it InvoiceNumber.
 Note.The name of the element need not be the same as the name of the block corresponding to the InvoiceNumber field. However, having identical names is convenient when working with a FlexiLayout.
 2. Click the Character String tab.
 3. Specify the alphabet:
 4. Set Percentage of non-alphabet characters to 30%.
 5. In the Character count field, specify the fuzzy interval {-1, 3, 20, INF} for the length of the character string, assuming that possible values fall into the region of 3 to 20 characters. Any hypothesis outside this interval will be penalized.
 6. On some of the images, the search area for the Invoice Number field contains the already detected kwInvoiceDate element. Exclude this element from the search area, so that the program does not include this text in its hypotheses for the Invoice Number field:
 - On the Search Constraints tab, click the Add... button next to the Exclude regions of elements field.
 - Select kwInvoiceDate from the list of elements.
 - Click OK. The string SearchElements.InvoiceHeader.kwInvoiceDate will appear in theExclude regions of elements field.
 Show me...
 1. Click the Advanced tab.
 2. In Advanced pre-search relations, specify additional conditions: if the name kwInvoiceNumber is not found, do not search for the InvoiceNumber field, otherwise specify the search area as an array of rectangles: one rectangle to the right of the name and another rectangle below the name with a small offset. In the FlexiLayout language, this condition can be written as follows:
 if kwInvoiceNumber.IsNull then Dontfind();
 { WholeWordMOde: true;
 MaxGapInLine: 30dt;
 RectArray DataRegion;
 Let r1= Rect (kwInvoiceNumber.Rect.Right, kwInvoiceNumber.Rect.Top -20dt, kwInvoiceNumber.Rect.Right + 650dt, kwInvoiceNumber.Rect.Bottom + 50dt);
 // Limits the search area by a rectangle to the right of the name of the InvoiceNumber field.
 Let r2 = Rect (kwInvoiceNumber.Rect.Left - 100dt, kwInvoiceNumber.Rect.Bottom, kwInvoiceNumber.Rect.Right + 100dt, kwInvoiceNumber.Rect.Bottom + 100dt);
 // Limits the search area by a rectangle beneath the name of the InvoiceNumber field.
 DataRegion = RectArray (r1);
 DataRegion.Add (r2);
 RestrictSearchArea (DataRegion);
 3. The search area for the field is limited to two rectangles, one to the right of the field name and one beneath it. If the field data are located to the right of the field name, there is often some other text beneath the field (on the test images, this is most commonly the name and data of the Date field). Since this extraneous text will be included into the search area for the Invoice Number field, the program will generate a hypothesis for this text. To influence the quality of this hypothesis, specify additional checks in the Advanced post-search relations field: the lower the text beneath the field name, the bigger the penalty. In the FlexiLayout language, this condition can be written as follows:
 if not IsNull then
 { FuzzyQuality: Top - kwInvoiceNumber.Rect.Top, {-30000,0,0,10000}*dt;
 // The greater the distance between the name and upper boundary of the field, the bigger the penalty for the corresponding hypothesis. In this particular case, the hypothesis for the element whose upper boundary coincides with the upper boundary of the name will have the highest quality.
 4. Temporarily exclude the InvoiceFooter element and match the FlexiLayout.
 5. Specify the location of the InvoiceNumber block as a rectangular region of the InvoiceNumber element enlarged by 5 dots vertically and horizontally. To do this, select Expression and type the following expression:
 Rect outputRect;
 outputRect = InvoiceHeader.InvoiceNumber.Rect;
 IsNull = InvoiceHeader.InvoiceNumber.IsNull;
 // Treats the block region as detected if the InvoiceNumber element has been detected.
 OutputRegion = outputRect;
 OutputRegion.Inflate (5dt, 5dt);
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How can I make a consecutive numbering with my e-mark?
Creating a consecutive numbering imprint in the app
To create a numbering imprint, go to "New imprint" and "start without template". In the editor you can add a numbering element to your imprint. Alternatively, you can choose one of the pre-installed numbering templates and click on the numbering element.
You can choose the following numbering settings:
 - Starting point/First number
 - Steps to count upwards
 - Digits of your number (00123 would be 5 digits)
 - End point of your numbering
 - Change after 'x' imprints (an imprint/number can be printed several times before it counts upwards)
 - Define a prefix or suffix to your number
Printing consecutive numbering imprints:
Since one of the latest updates, imprints with numbering function are automatically counted up from the e-mark. For this purpose, a numbering has to be added in the editor or a template has to be selected from the numbering category. Then send it once to the e-mark, the rest will be done by the e-mark itself. The e-mark continues to count even if the app is closed or the e-mark is switched off between two prints.
Please note that prints with numbering function cannot be stored on the e-mark at the blue, pink and orange positions or added to the print queue.
Furthermore, please note that by removing the battery or having had a battery level of 0 %, the e-mark resets numbering and will not print the right information any more.
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This is the nest of the polist wasp, the paper-maker.
These bees build a hexagonal nest with the paper produced
by mixing their saliva with the wood they chew on.
Larvae of the bee grow in these paper nests.
The worker bees are worried that the hot temperatures
might heat up their nests. The worker bees adjust the
room temperature with water. Six days after hatching,
a larva shelters itself and transforms into a pupa.
Once out of the cocoon, the pupa becomes an adult in
two weeks. The bee will mature into a worker bee or
a queen bee depending on the temperature. A larva will
become a queen bee when exposed to warm temperatures
and a worker bee when exposed to cool temperatures.
The polist wasp rapidly flaps its wings to raise its
body temperature and to dry its wet wings.

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What does PING mean in General?
This page is about the meanings of the acronym/abbreviation/shorthand PING in the Computing field in general and in the General terminology in particular.
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What does PING mean?
- Ping, Ping River(noun)
- a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya

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[FOM] Euclid's axioms
William Tait wwtx at earthlink.net
Thu Nov 14 00:49:23 EST 2002
A number of postings to the list in the fairly recent past have
concerned the absence of the axiom of continuity in Euclid's
_Elements_. With some blushing, let me post a somewhat fanciful
response to this, adapted from an equally fanciful course of lectures
on Greek mathematics I once gave.
Bill Tait
Euclid is often criticized for not postulating the existence of the
points of intersection of
curves. For example, let c be a circle and l a curve with points in the
interior and points in the exterior of
c. The criticism is that Euclid does not postulate that l has points on
c, but assumes in proofs that it does. For example, Book I, Theorem 1
already assumes that there are such points: Euclid takes the two points
of intersection of two circles of radius equal to the distance between
their centers. But I think
that there is some evidence that this criticism is open to question.
The cirumference of a circle is a line of a certain sort (I. Def.15).
The definition of a line has
two parts, Def 2 and 3. Def. 2 says that a line is length without
breadth. Def. 3 says that the
perata of a line are points. De.f 1 has already stated that a point is
that which has no part.
So, presumably, to say that a line has length is to say that it has
parts. Suppose that we cut it
into two parts. To say that it has no breadth is to say that what is
common to those parts, their
boundary, has no parts. The term 'perata'is usually translated as
'extremities'. But this
doesn't make sense: a circumference is a line and has no extremities.
The term is translated
 in other contexts to mean, for example, 'limit' or 'determinant'. It
is reasonable to think that
what Euclid has in mind here by perata is what constitues the boundary
of any two parts. Indeed,
Def 13 states that a boundary is that which is the peras of anything.
Thus, on this reading,
Euclid is realizing that to say that the boundary has no parts is not
enough: the boundary might
be null. He therefore supplements Def.2 by asserting that there is a
boundary---which consists of
points. In modern terms, he is requiring lines (i.e. curves) to be
connected. Note that there is a similar
phenomenon in connection with his Def. 5 and 6 concerning the notion of
a surface: a surface is
length and breadth without depth and the perata of a surface are
lines. In other words, if we cut
a surface into two parts, its boundary has no breadth, i.e. at most
consists of lines. This is
supplemented by requiring that the boundary indeed consist of lines.
One should compare these definitions to Poincare's informal definition
of the dimension of a
continuum in Revue de metaphysique et de moral(1912),p.486, quoted in
Hurewicz-Wallman's _Dimension
Theory_, p.3. "... if to divide a continuum it suffices to consider as
cuts a certain number of
elements all distinguishable from one another, we say that this
continuum is of one dimension ;
if, on the contrary, to divide a continuum it is necessary to consider
as cuts a system of
elements themselves forming one or several continua, we shall say that
this continuum is of
several dimensions. "If to divide a continuum C, cuts which form one
or several continua of one
dimension suffice, we shall say that C is a continuum of two dimensions
; if cuts which form one
or several continua of at most two dimensions suffice, we shall say
that C is a continuum of three
dimensions ; and so on."
It is, or so the argument that I may or may not quite believe runs,
this inductive character of
the notion of dimension that Euclid is anticipating in his definitions.
The main difference, aside
from considering only continua of dimension <4, is that he is
considering a less general class of
continua than Poincare was: he requires that all cuts of the n+1
dimensional continuum determine one
or more continua, all of dimension n. For example, Euclid would not
consider a line segment with a
point missing as a line (and perhaps could make no sense of the idea).
Likewise, he would not consider two tangent disks
as forming a surface---a ''figure''.
In any case, if this reading of Euclid is correct, he needs no separate
postulation of a point of
intersection of a circle c and a curve l: the circle cuts the curve
into the part interior and the
one or two parts exterior to the circle. (Of course, he never makes
this precise.) This
yields the one or two points of intersection.
One problem with this reading is that, as I understand it, there is no
knowing what definitions
were actually in the original text. David Fowler recently pointed out
that the earliest text that
we have is closer to our times than to Euclid's. Fowler himself (in
other contexts) likes to take this as an argument
that one likely (or perhaps unlikely) story is as good as another.
Whether or not that is so, I like my story, which
makes Euclid and his colleagues smarter than anyone else was for a long
time after.
Now let me send this off before I lose my nerve. Bill
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اهمیت جانبیMNC، نقش تعبیه داخلی چیست؟
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Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت)
Journal : International Business Review, Volume 20, Issue 2, April 2011, Pages 151–162
This paper addresses the issue of how a subsidiary's internal and external embeddedness interact in generating the importance of the subsidiary vis-à-vis the MNC as a whole. We take previous findings of the positive impact of external embeddedness on a subsidiary's importance as our starting point and consider two questions: (a) how does the internal embeddedness of a subsidiary affect its organisational importance, and (b) how do a subsidiary's internal and external embeddedness interact in generating organisational importance? We test hypotheses reflecting these questions on data from 97 foreign subsidiaries belonging to Swedish multinationals. We find that internal embeddedness is negatively related to a subsidiary's importance to product development but unrelated to its importance to production development. We also find that internal embeddedness dilutes the positive impact of external embeddedness on a subsidiary's importance to production development. We discuss the findings in the light of the extant literature and consider implications for future research and MNC managers.
A significant development in the multinational corporation (MNC) subsidiary literature is the detailed investigation of the role of business networks in subsidiary development and impact in MNCs (Andersson and Forsgren, 2000, Andersson et al., 2002, Andersson et al., 2007, Forsgren et al., 2005, Ghauri, 1992 and Holm and Pedersen, 2000). One issue that these studies have investigated relates to the 'organisational performance' of the subsidiary within the MNC of which it is a member. By 'organisational performance' of a subsidiary, we mean, following Andersson, Forsgren, and Pederson (2001), the impact of the subsidiary on the rest of the MNC through its knowledge development and knowledge sharing activities. One particular manifestation of the 'impact' of the subsidiary within the MNC is the importance that other units in the organisation, and particularly the headquarters (HQ), attach to the subsidiary insomuch as it is of use to them as a source of knowledge or capability. Business network studies have shown that subsidiary importance is a robust construct and reflects the subsidiary's potential to contribute to technological and market development in the MNC ( Andersson et al., 2002) and is a key source of its bargaining strength (see, in particular, Andersson et al., 2007). Thus, for example, the basis of a subsidiary's status as a 'centre of excellence' within the MNC is the recognition by HQ that the subsidiary has gained expertise or capability in a particular function or activity of potential value to other units in the organisation ( Andersson & Forsgren, 2000). A subsidiary's importance to production or product development has been shown to be strongly linked to its 'embeddedness' in networks of business relationships between the subsidiary and a (small) number of customers and suppliers. While a subsidiary's business partners could be either sister affiliates in the MNC or external business organisations, most of the attention has been paid to subsidiaries' business relations with external business organisations and to the impact of such relationships on the MNCs. With rare exceptions (Garcia-Pont et al., 2009 and Schmid and Schuring, 2003) internal subsidiary embeddedness has not been the focus of empirical investigation. Most empirical studies have only included measures/indicators of external business embeddedness in their analyses. However, subsidiaries are clearly simultaneously embedded in both external and internal networks (Forsgren et al., 2005). Even though the degree or 'depth' of internal embeddedness may be less than that of the external embeddedness, it is unlikely to be zero (Holm and Pedersen, 2000 and Yamin, 2005). An important question in this context is, given that a subsidiary's external network embeddedness enhances its importance to the MNC's competence development, does the subsidiary's internal embeddedness reinforce or dilute this effect? This paper addresses the issue of how a subsidiary's internal and external embeddedness interact in generating the technological importance of the subsidiary vis-à-vis the MNC as a whole. We take previous studies' findings relating to the positive impact of external embeddedness on a subsidiary's organisational importance as our starting point and ask two research questions: (a) how does the internal embeddedness of a subsidiary affect its organisational importance, and (b) how do a subsidiary's internal and external embeddedness interact in generating organisational importance? In Section 2 we consider the distinctive features of the internal and external embeddedness of subsidiaries. In Section 3 we develop hypotheses relating to the impact of internal embeddedness on subsidiary importance and also with regard to the interaction between internal and external embeddedness in terms of a subsidiary's importance. Section 4 explains the methodology and data source utilised in this study and in Section 5 we discuss our findings.
نتیجه گیری انگلیسی
This paper has addressed a hitherto neglected issue in the MNC subsidiary literature, namely the effects of internal business embeddedness on a subsidiary's organisational performance. Prior literature has not fully addressed how internal embeddedness may be distinctive in terms of its effect on key subsidiary roles, such as knowledge development. Current discussion of this issue has been of a rather general and conceptual character, with very limited empirical investigation of the effect of a subsidiary's internal embeddedness on its competence or capability development. The recent study by Garcia-Pont et al. (2009) does empirically investigate the impact of internal embeddedness on the subsidiary but its focus is not the subsidiary's importance but a different, though potentially related outcome, namely the subsidiary's 'distinctiveness'. Moreover, Garcia-Pont et al. (2009) do not appear to shed any light on how internal and external embeddedness interact in generating outcomes for the subsidiary. Our aim, by comparison, has been to specifically build on existing studies which have demonstrated a significant and robust connection between external embeddedness and a subsidiary's importance for production and product development in the MNC of which it is a part. Specifically, we have investigated (1) whether a subsidiary's internal embeddedness has any effects on its importance, once we control for the level of external embeddedness, and other subsidiary characteristics that could potentially affect its importance; and (2) whether and how internal embeddedness may interact with external embeddedness in generating a subsidiary's importance. Overall our study confirms the extant knowledge in that external embeddedness is shown to have pre-eminence in generating a subsidiary's competence in both production and product development. However the finding that internal embeddedness negatively impacts a subsidiary's importance for product development and, especially, the finding of a negative interaction effect on a subsidiary's importance for production development, suggests that the extant studies' near–exclusive focus on external embeddedness is unwarranted. Our study makes an important contribution by carefully delineating why internal embeddedness may be distinctive in terms of its impact on a subsidiary's importance. A further contribution is to highlight the possibility that internal embeddedness may actually reduce the positive impact of external embeddedness on the subsidiary's importance. Our study strongly suggests that general propositions linking a subsidiary's embeddedness and its strategic capabilities that are based only on the consideration of external (or, of course, only of internal) embeddedness, should be regarded with caution if not scepticism. It is surely necessary that propositions about subsidiary capabilities are based on a more holistic view of the impacts of all of its networks. Data limitations do not allow us to further investigate the rationale behind the rather uneven pattern of results with respect to interaction effects. In particular it would be important to investigate further whether (and why) internal embeddedness reduces the positive effect of external embeddedness on a subsidiary's importance for production development but not for product development. The findings with respect to interactions are somewhat counter-intuitive, as it is more plausible for the interaction effect to be negative with respect to product development. So clearly there is scope for further theoretical and empirical investigation of the interactions between internal and external embeddedness. Another line of research could beneficially investigate the impact of a subsidiary's embeddedness on its corporate 'visibility' and, specifically, whether the internal embeddedness does in fact enhance corporate 'visibility' more than external embeddedness. This would enrich our understanding of the process through which a subsidiary's importance may be gained, enhanced or damaged. In terms of practitioner implications, we note that a subsidiary's importance is, ultimately, 'useful' to it as the basis for it gaining influence on strategy within the MNC (Andersson et al., 2007). From this perspective, our findings suggest that in the struggle to gain influence, a subsidiary's technical and organisational capabilities may be more important than its involvement in internal MNC networks and hence its corporate 'visibility'. Thus a subsidiary's capabilities may well attract the attention of HQ (Bouquet & Birkinshaw, 2008) even if it is not very 'visible' in terms of a high degree of internal corporate networking activity. Our findings imply that simultaneously benefitting from internal and external embeddedness may prove to be a tough balancing act and thus be managerially challenging. Managers may prudently reflect on the double-edged nature of corporate visibility: enhanced visibility without superior or perhaps even 'average' competence levels may well weaken the position of the subsidiary in the internal competition for resources


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If you're looking for some small cacti with unusual shapes and forms, the bishop's caps are just the thing.
Also known as the star cactus, there are several species in this group. These are native to Southwestern U.S., and Mexico. Blooming in late summer, they are sometimes spiny.
Unlike the very tropical cacti, these can tolerate cooler temperatures during the winter.
The star cactus or bishop's caps need a coarse, well drained mix. They need to be kept pretty dry during the winter when they are resting.
If growing outdoors in warm climates, they benefit from a little partial shade during the hot afternoons. Otherwise, they need full sun.
There are several species of the bishop's cap cactus, including the following.
Bishop's cap (Astrophytum myriostigma)
This low growing cactus is noted for its unusual form. With an overall globular shape, the five ribs are arranged so they resemble the angles one would see on a bishop's miter. Scattered randomly over the surface are tiny white spots. When the sun is out during the day, the large vivid yellow blooms emerge in clusters from the crown of the plant.
As young plants, these tend to be very slow growing. When mature, they reach about eight inches across. One unusual feature of the bishop's cap is that this species is spineless.
Goat's horn (Astrophytum carpricorne)
This plant is named for the twisted spines. Goat's horn grows in the form of a globe with about eight ribs from which the spines emerge. It can reach almost ten inches in height. There are silvery tinges decorating the body.
The rather open, funnel-like blooms are yellow with red centers.
Monk's hood (Astrophytum ornatum)
Also known as star cactus, this species forms a chubby globe. The eight folds or ribs are arranged spirally. As the plant becomes older, it assumes a columnar shape. This eventually grows to be about seven feet or so in height. This has tufts of stiff, sharp, tan spines. Funnel-shaped, the monk's hood blooms are vivid yellow. Monk's hood has lovely silver spots.
Sand dollar (Astrophytum asterias)
Also known as sea urchin cactus, this low growing, and somewhat flattened cactus has a dome shaped body with prominent indentations that resemble ribs. This has particularly attractive white spots that dot the body. In addition, there are tufted areoles, which are scattered about as well on the surface. The yellow blooms arise from the crown. These have a prominent red center. This species has large tufts of slender, tan spines.


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See also: Conjoint analysis (in marketing)
Why conjoint in heathcare market research?Edit
Pharmaceutical manufacturers need deeper and deeper market information they can rely on to make the right decisions and to identify the most promising market opportunities. They can obtain great benefits from understanding physicians' prescription preferences and opinions, as these are the key people in prescribing medical treatments. Consequently, conjoint analysis research projects might represent a remarkable help for pharmaceutical companies during the development of new drugs, and if properly conducted they might even allow the estimation of product sale and market share. Conjoint analysis is a multivariate statistical technique based on the study of the joint effects on consumers of the elements that compose a product or service; it allows eliciting the relative importance of such elements. Therefore, by an additive model, it allows the estimation of the total utility of different profiles or combinations of attributes, and consequently, it allows the identification of the optimal configuration for a new or existing product or service. This technique was first developed in the early 1970s by Green and Rao. Since then, it has received increasing academic and private sector attention.
Traditional conjoint modelsEdit
One of the most important statistical problems concerning conjoint studies lies in the design. The choice of the design depends strongly on the characteristics of the study, such as the number of variables involved, the potential presence of interaction effects among the variables, the ability and the motivation of the target respondents to the conjoint survey, the statistical ability of the researcher, and last, but no least, the availability of software. For the time being, healthcare researchers have been used most of the widespread conjoint collection models (i.e., full profile, partial/incomplete profile), designs (i.e., full factorial designs, fractional factorial designs, resolution III designs, etc), and evaluations approaches (i.e., ranking, rating, choice from a set, paired comparison) available in the statistical literature.
Software available for traditional conjoint analysis:
- SPSS conjoint add-on module (_URL_
- Sawtooth Software (_URL_)
- R (programming language) (_URL_)
Prescription-based conjoint modelEdit
These models are adequate when respondents' evaluations apply to products or services to be used by themselves (FMCG, Durable goods, financial products, etc). However, for some projects, respondents have to provide evaluations for products or services to be used by a group of people, that is the case of physicians with respect to their patients, when they are asked to assess the preference for a new or existing drug or medical treatment. The healthcare researcher wants to assess what physicians will do for a number of patients. More precisely, he/she intends to elicit the preference for a new treatment and to estimate in the most precise way the related preference share that eventually will lead to the estimation of the market share for such a treatment. Consequently, a prescription-based model seems to be an appropriate tool for this research situation. Basically, it consists in exposing physicians to several treatments profiles at-a-time, where all current treatments appear next to the new treatment (conjoint task). Physicians are then asked to assign some points to each treatment in the task. More precisely, in this exercise they are asked to think of the next 100 patients with the disease of concern and to record the number of prescriptions that they would prescribe for each of the treatments outlined in the task presented. Consequently, all treatment assignments in the task add up to 100 points or more. More than 100 points are allowed for projects involving treatments that could be co-prescribed. This framework is especially appropriate for a deep understanding of the relationships between the current medical treatments for a particular disease and different definitions for the product to be launched.
Software available for Allocation-based conjoint analysis:
- Demia R-sw Conjoint: an MS Excel add-on interface (_URL_)
- Conjoint analysis (in marketing)
- new product development
- marketing research
- quantitative marketing research
- Chakraborty, G., R., Ettenson, & G., Gaeth. 1994. How consumers choose health insurance. "Journal of Health Care Marketing", 14, 21–23.
- Furlan R., Corradetti R. (2006), "Aspects of Experimental Design in the Allocation-Based Conjoint Analysis Model", Proceedings of ENBIS 6, 2006, Wroclaw, Poland
- Green P. E., Rao V. R. (1971) Conjoint measurement for quantifying judgemental data, "Journal of Marketing Research", 8, 355-63.
- Green P. E., Srinivasan V. (1978) Conjoint analysis in consumer research: issue and outlook, "Journal of Consumer Research", 5, 103-123.
- Gustaffson A., Herrmann A., and Huber F. (2001) Conjoint analysis as an instrument of market research practice, in: "Conjoint Measurement: Methods and Applications", Gustaffson A., Herrmann A., & Huber F. (Eds.), Berlin: Springer, 5-46.
- Scottish Office Department of Health. 1992. "The patient's charter: what users think". Tech. rept. HMSO, Edinburgh.
- Sculpher, M., Bryan, S., Fry, P., DeWinter, P., Payne, H., & Emberton, M. 2004. Patients' preferences for the management of non-metastatic prostate cancer: discrete choice experiment. "British Medical Journal", 328, 382–385.
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The Maker, also known The One Who Creates, was a being often referred to in deity-like terms by droids. Droids claimed that the Maker was the being that created the first droid. He changed them from simple machines into intelligent creations. Another belief was that The Maker was actually the first droid.
It seemed curious that new droids would possess knowledge of the Maker, which led to two conclusions: new droids were told by old droids, creating a chain, or droid manufacturers included knowledge of the Maker in droid programming to make them easier to control.
The Maker was also central to the religion of the Sunesi people, who also called him the Giver. They viewed him as the giver of life and a master being "with a fine and glorious creativity and affection," often adding a sense of humor to his qualities.
Behind the scenesEdit
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, First Edition
- Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Droids, Technology and the Force: A Clash of Phenomena
- "Price of Business" (Mentioned only)
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- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Scavenger's Guide to Droids


Missouri Fencing and Boundary Laws
Joe Koenen
County Engagement Specialist, Agricultural Business and Policy Extension
Beef cattle behind a fence in a pasture.
Figure 1. It is important for landowners to understand fence and boundary law to avoid conflict with neighbors and legal issues.
Fencing duties and boundary locations have been the subject of arguments between neighbors for centuries. This publication is intended to answer Missouri farmers' and rural landowners' questions regarding such duties and rights (Figure 1). The solution to most fencing problems lies in a cooperative attitude with neighboring owners. Where an honest difference of opinion exists, this publication may help to resolve it. However, this is not intended as a substitute for an attorney's skill or advice. When a dispute arises or seems likely to arise, consult with your attorney.
Attorneys with an agricultural background or interest are getting harder to find. If you don't have an attorney, check with friends or a University of Missouri Extension agricultural business specialist in the community for their recommendations on an attorney. Another aid to locate an attorney is the Missouri Bar website (see Resources).
History of Missouri fence law
One of the reasons Missouri's fence law is so complicated is the history of our laws and what portions of each law remain today. Missouri's first fence law was enacted in 1808 while Missouri was still within the Louisiana Territory (Missouri became a state in 1821). It required landowners to fence out the neighbors' livestock off of their property (open range). If a landowner constructed a "lawful fence," then he had certain legal remedies against the owner of trespassing livestock:
 - Actual damages for the first trespass
 - Double damages and court costs for subsequent trespass
 - Landowner authorization to kill and dispose of the trespassing livestock without liability on the third and later trespass
The procedure for determining the actual damages was to approach the local justice of the peace, who would appoint three householders of the neighborhood to serve as fence viewers to determine whether the fence was lawful and the extent of the damages. To be a "lawful fence," it had to be at least 5 feet 6 inches high, and supported by stakes "strongly set and fastened in the earth so as to compose what is commonly called staking and ridering." (Territorial Laws, page 197, Section 1, enacted Oct. 27, 1808) This territorial law of 1808 was reaffirmed by the Missouri Legislature in 1824. (Missouri Laws of 1825, pages 428–429)
In 1877 the Missouri fence law expanded the definition of "lawful fence" and lowered the fence height minimum to 4 feet. The remedies available to the damaged landowner were altered to include "other stock" which trespassed and not just "any horse, gelding, mare, colt, mule or ass, sheep, lamb, goat, kid, or cattle...." No longer could the landowner kill and dispose of trespassing livestock on the third and subsequent trespass. Now on the second and subsequent trespass, the landowner could seize the livestock (distrainment) and require payment for their upkeep.
The 1877 fence law addressed division fences for the first time. It allowed a landowner who already had or who constructed a lawful fence "enclosing the land of another" to obtain one-half the division fence costs from the neighboring landowner. Each would then own an undivided half in the division fence. Each was required to maintain his portion of the fence, but no right-hand rule was mentioned in the statute. Disputes were to be resolved by the justice of the peace appointing three fence viewers, who each were to receive one dollar per day.
In 1889 Missouri amended its fence law (sections 65.5032 to 65.5056) to include barbed wire and set standards for fences made of boards and posts. Barbed wire fences were to have posts not more than 16 feet apart and to have three barbed wires tensely fastened to the posts. The upper wire had to be "substantially four feet from the ground." A board-and-post fence had to be at least 4.5 feet high with posts no more than 8 feet apart.
In 1963, the Legislature enacted major changes in fence law by authorizing the "local option" fence law (Chapter 272.210, 1963). Adoption of the local option for a county required a majority vote at a county election. The issue could be put on the local ballot either by motion of the county court or upon the petition of 100 real estate owners of 10 or more acres in the county. As discussed below, the major differences between the general county fence law and the local county option changed the definition of lawful fence, allowed only actual damages rather than double damages, and limited the forced contribution from neighboring landowners to one-half the value of a fence of four barbed wires with posts 12 feet apart. If a more expensive division fence is built, the landowner requiring more is responsible for the extra costs.
Missouri's fencing statute revised
After more than 20 years of bills being introduced each legislative session, the General Assembly passed and the governor signed into law major changes to Chapter 272, Missouri's fencing statute, that went into effect Aug. 28, 2001 (see Resources to access statute online).
The major changes are only for "general fence law counties," not those counties that have opted (or will opt) out by local election into the "optional county fencing statute" (found in the same Chapter 272 of the Missouri Revised Statutes, in the latter half, beginning with section 210). As of May 2016, 19 Missouri counties are thought to have adopted the Optional County Fencing Statute: Bates, Cedar, Clinton, Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Knox, Linn, Macon, Mercer, Newton, Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, Sullivan, Saint Clair and Worth.
In 2016, the Legislature amended sections 272.030 and 272.230 of the Missouri Revised Statutes (RSMo) to allow damages only in cases of animal negligence. More on the meaning of these changes will be addressed later in this publication.
We will return to discussing the local option fence law provisions after we cover the general county fence law (default provisions).
Change 1: Modified forced contribution and maintenance (general counties)
Only if the neighbor has livestock placed against the division fence can he/she be forced to pay for half the cost of construction, as well as be required to maintain the right-hand half. If the neighbor doesn't have livestock against the fence, you will have to put up the entire cost of the division fence and maintain the entire fence. Other states allow "compulsory contribution" whether or not the reluctant neighboring landowner has livestock against the division fence.
A landowner building the entire division fence may report the total cost to the associate circuit judge, who will authorize the cost to be recorded on each neighbor's deed. If your neighbor later places livestock against the division fence, then the landowner who built the entire division fence can get reimbursed for one-half the construction costs (RSMo sections 272.060.1 and 272.132).
However, this has not worked as the law intended for a couple of reasons. First, many judges today have no agricultural expertise or background, and the law expects them to know what a fence costs. Second, in many Missouri counties, only attorneys can go into the associate circuit court office, thus greatly increasing the costs of doing this for the one landowner.
Under the prior law, either neighbor could force the other neighbor to pay for half of the construction and maintenance of a division fence, regardless of whether the reluctant neighbor had livestock against the fence. This continues to be the fencing law in many Midwestern states.
Change 2: The right-hand rule (general counties)
It was assumed there was a "right-hand rule" as a custom, but there was no such language in the former statute. Now the statute clearly says neighbors who cannot agree on who is to build and maintain which portion of a fence shall apply the right-hand rule. Each neighbor stands on his land looking at the common boundary, finds and meets at the midpoint, and is responsible for the half to his right (RSMo section 272.060.1). Anything other than that must be in writing and recorded at the county recorder's office.
This assumes each neighbor has livestock against the division fence. Where your neighbor doesn't have livestock against the fence, then you will have to build and maintain the whole fence until such time as your neighbor places livestock against it. You can legally enter upon your neighbor's land to build and to maintain your share of the division fence (RSMo section 272.110).
Under the prior law, you would have to take your neighbor to court if you and your neighbor couldn't reach an agreement as to which fence portion was whose responsibility to build and to maintain.
Change 3: What is a "lawful fence?" (general counties)
Some may think the new statutory definition of "lawful fence" is cumbersome and confusing, but you should have seen it under the prior law!
Basically, RSMo section 272.020 says that a "lawful fence" is any fence consisting of posts and wire or boards at least 4 feet high (and mutually agreed upon by adjoining landowners or decided upon by the associate circuit court), with posts set firmly in the ground not more than 12 feet apart. The fence must also maintain livestock.
A question occurs when both neighbors have livestock against the division fence but one neighbor wants a more


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Volume 8 (1996) Issue 1 Pages 1-4
In this study, forty-one hemodialysis outpatients performed a daily walking exercise. For this exercise, patients were instructed to walk beyond a daily target number of steps for three consecutive weeks. The target number of steps was defined as 120% of the average number of steps per day prior to the exercise. The effects of this exercise were examined by comparing the six-minute walking distance (6MD), and physiological cost index (PCI) before and after performing the exercise. The results were as follows: the target numberof steps during the exercise period was achieved by 19 of 41 patients; 6MD of target achieving patients was significantly increased by this exercise; the difference in PCI before and after this exercise was not statistically significant. This study suggests that the present exercise triggered an increase in the number of steps per day and improved the actual walking performance as measured by 6MD.


Preparatory studies
Study of Female Head to Right by Burne Jones
Study of Female Head to Right, 1889
Burne-Jones produced studies and drawings as research for larger drawings, watercolours and tapestries. Including studies made for major works such as his 'Pygmalion Series', 'The Briar Rose Series' and 'The Wheel of Fortune'. They reveal Burne-Jones' exhaustive method of building compositions and his passion for Romantic and classical literature.


Question: What Is The Black Stuff On Salmon?
How fast can bad fish make you sick?
These include a variety of gastrointestinal, neurological, and cardiovascular abnormalities..
What are the black spots on salmon?
What's the gray stuff on salmon?
How do you know if salmon has gone bad?
What are the black spots on fish meat?
Black spot disease is also known as diplopstomiasis or fluke disease. It is a freshwater fish disease caused by flatworm larvae of the genus Neascus. It appears as tiny black spots on the skin, fins and flesh of the fish. The life cycle of the parasite typically involves a fish-eating bird, a snail and a fish.
Can you eat salmon 2 days expired?
When refrigerated, salmon (and other fatty fishes such as mackerel and sardines) can only last for 1-2 days. … Doing so would make the salmon safe to eat up to 9 months past its sell-by date. However, it may not be at its best condition or taste if cooked 3 months after it sell-by date.
What are the black lines in cooked fish?
Re: Black Veins in Fish Flesh normal – blood vessels. Consider it as the fish version of varicose veins. Bleeding the fish straight away after landing it minimizes the visibility of the veins when cooked.
How long can you keep raw salmon in the fridge?
Can you eat raw salmon from Costco?
I bought a pack of frozen, individually vacuum packed farm-fresh Atlantic salmon portions with 4% salt & water solution from Costco. The packing doesn't say anything about it being safe to eat raw. … You really can't eat raw wild salmon these days unless it's flash frozen or cured in brine to kill parasites.
When can you eat raw salmon?
There's no reason not to eat raw salmon if you enjoy it and if you're confident that it was properly handled after being caught. Aside from knowing your raw salmon was frozen before landing on your plate, the Wild Alaskan Company recommends giving it a poke to see if it's firm, and checking smell.
Can you eat salmon everyday?
Can you eat the black skin on salmon?
Fish is a great source of omega-3 oils (present in both the skin and the flesh), which contributes to physical and mental health. And provided the fish is properly sourced, fish skin is safe to eat, one of the reasons that chefs tend to shy away from some farm-raised species.
Should you wash salmon before cooking?
Why is there white stuff on my salmon?
The white stuff on salmon is called albumin. As the meat cooks, the coagulated albumin gets squeezed out and appears in the form of the weird, slimy, white substance that you are probably familiar with (and weirded out by).
Should you eat salmon skin?
Can you eat raw salmon?
What happens if you eat salmon that has gone bad?
Remember that spoiled salmon develop mold and bacteria, which could have terrible effects on your health. Scombroid poisoning is just one of health dangers that can happen as a result of fresh salmon not being frozen or appropriately refrigerated after it was caught.
Is undercooked salmon dangerous?
There are no risks of eating undercooked salmon. If you can eat raw salmon, and cooked salmon, there should be no problem with undercooked salmon. The risk comes in after time where the fish begins to spoil. If you completely cook it, you will extend the life of the salmon and it will take longer for it to spoil.


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Sangho Ha and Heunghwan Kim+
Department of Computer Science
Asan 336-745, Korea
+ Department of Computer Science
Cheongju 360-742, Korea
Multithreading is attractive in that it can tolerate latency and synchronization by effectively overlapping communication with computation. While several compiler techniques have been developed to produce multithreaded codes from functional language programs, it is very difficult to find effective loop implementation for multithreaded computation. In this paper, we will suggest a loop unfolding scheme, KU-Loop. In this scheme, parallel loops can be implemented more efficiently than sequential loops by effectively overlapping loop-setup with loop execution. In addition, we suggest equations to statically approximate the optimal loop unfolding degree for each loop class using profile information. Finally, we will analyze our loop unfolding scheme by means of simulation over several benchmarks and compare simulation results with the results of the equations.
Keywords: multithreading, loop unfolding, loop unfolding degree, synchronization, communication
Received May 1, 1997; revised November 20, 1997.
Communicated by Chung-Ta King.
* This paper was supported by the Korea Science & Engineering Foundation.


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Feature Engineering for Machine Learning: Principles and Techniques for Data Scientists
Feature Engineering for Machine Learning: The following is a review of the book Feature Engineering for Machine Learning: Principles and Techniques for Data Scientists by Amanda Casari and Alice Zheng (Twitter here), senior Data Scientists at Google and Amazon respectively.
Review of Feature Engineering for Machine Learning
You've probably heard the phrase a million times:
'In a Machine Learning project 80% is cleaning and transforming the data and 20% is model building and training'. This book speaks about the first 80%.
Feature engineering for Machine Learning is a crucial step in any Data Science/ML Pipeline, however most texts are dedicated to model building and training (the 20% of the previous paragraph), rarely covering the topic of feature engineering on its own.
With this very practical book, you'll learn techniques for extracting and creating features out of raw data, so that your machine learning models can better understand them and therefore achieve better results.
Feature engineering for Machine learning covers the main techniques of today's Data Science toolkit, as well as some hints on how to optimally apply them. The book uses the best Python packages including numpy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, and Matplotlib, featuring them in the wide variety of examples it includes.
In the text you will learn about the following topics:
- Feature engineering for numeric data: filtering, binning, scaling, log transforms, and power transforms.
- Natural text techniques: bag-of-words, n-grams, and phrase detection (check out our awesome NLP posts)
- Frequency-based filtering and feature scaling for eliminating uninformative features
- Encoding techniques of categorical variables, including feature hashing and bin-counting
- Model-based feature engineering with Principal Component Analysis
- The concept of model stacking, using k-means as a featurization technique
- Image feature extraction with manual and deep-learning techniques
This book tries to teach the intuition first, and the mathematics second. Instead of only discussing how something is done, it tries to teach the why, with the goal of providing the intuition behind the ideas, so that the reader may understand how and when to apply them.
Contents of Feature Engineering for Machine Learning
The contents of the book are the following:
- The Machine Learning Pipeline: Data, Tasks, Models and Features.
- Fancy Tricks with Simple Numbers: scalars, vectors, binarization, log transforms, feature scaling and normalization.
- Text Data: Flattening, Filtering, and Chunking: N-grams and bag of words.
- The Effects of Feature Scaling: From Bag-of-Words to Tf-Idf
- Categorical Variables: Counting Eggs in the Age of Robotic Chickens: one hot and dummies, categorical variable encoding types, and feature hashing.
- Dimensionality Reduction: Squashing the Data Pancake with PCA: PCA, its uses, advantages, and limitations.
- Nonlinear Featurization via K-Means Model Stacking: K means clustering and how to use the results as features for machine learning models.
- Automating the Featurizer: Image Feature Extraction and Deep Learning: a full chapter on how to extract awesome features out of our image data.
- Back to the Feature: Building an Academic Paper Recommender: a very interesting final project to finish the book with.
You can find the official website of the book here.
Summary of Feature Engineering for Machine Learning
This is a very easy to read book that covers an essential and many times overseen part of a Machine Learning Pipeline. It contains very clear Python coding examples, and we suggest that you try them yourself and play around with the code, exploring what you can do with it.
You can find it on Amazon at the best price here:
- Zheng, Alice (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 218 Pages - 04/14/2018 (Publication Date) - O'Reilly Media (Publisher)
It is pretty short and can be digested fairly quickly, so we recommend reading it after books like Python Machine Learning or Hands on Machine Learning with Python, Tensorflow and Keras. You best have some Python knowledge when tackling Feature Engineering for Machine learning, so if you don't we recommend texts like Python Crash Course or our awesome list of Python Programming online courses.
Once you've read it, you might want to further down your statistical knowledge with texts like Practical Statistics for Data Scientist or to start grasping some coding architecture patterns with amazing books like Architecture Patterns with Python. Check out our reviews!
Thanks for reading How to Learn Machine Learning and have an awesome day!
Tags: Feature Engineering, Feature Engineering Python, Feature Engineering for Machine Learning, Feature Selection.


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Then we choose where to install the Satellite Server:
Installation of WinPCap is required. The WinPCap installation window would appear at this step of the installation process:
Then we must configure WinPCap to start on when system starts.
Once finished the installation of WinPCap we would see the following window:
The the license number must be introduced:
Then the parameters of the recon task must be configured:
At the end a restart of the system is required for all changes to take place.
Once finished the Satellite Server can be started from the start menu.
1.4.1 Operation WMI modules in some Windows versions
For security reasons in Windows, some versions have limited users who can remotely query WMI. If these modules were not carried out, the solution is to run the service Satellite Server as an Administrator user.
The process to follow is:
We click right click on the service and enter in Properties
On the Log On window, select an account with Administrator permissions and apply changes:
And following these changes, restart the service.
All parameters that require a timeout or some time are specified in seconds, for example 300 = 5 minutes.
It is important to keep in mind that the latency and snmp intervals are specific for the status change. In case of Boolean checks (port or machine status) the threshold witch defines the change of state is automatic. For the numerical values (latency, network traffic in an interface, disk space, CPU, etc) it is based in a threshold that must be defined in each module.
1.5.1 agent_interval xxx
300 seconds by default (5 minutes), it creates agents with an interval of 5 minutes. Information ins't send to the server till this time has passed. Independently that the checks done by the network server have a lower interval.
1.5.2 agent_theads xxx
Number of threads used for sending agent XML data files.
1.5.3 xxxxxx_interval xxx
Executes all checks (latency, snmp, etc) with some interval. If the current information is different compared with the previous one it sends it instantly. If it is the same it will send it when the agent interval has passed. It is useful to do intesive checks and notify only in case of a status change.
1.5.4 xxxxx_retries xxx
Number of retries in checks (latency, snmp, ping...)
1.5.5 xxxxx_timeout xxx
Timeout in seconds for the SNMP, Latency and Ping checks.
1.5.6 xxxxx_block xxx
Forces the server to execute the checks in blocks of XXX checks. The higher the number (500 tops) the more capacity it would have, but with an increased latency. In some cases it mind be recommended to lower this number (latency, ping and snmp)
1.5.7 xxxxx_threads n
Number of assigned threads to every type of check. It depends on the capacity (CPY and Memory) of the machine. The higher the threads more pressure would be put on the machine but the processing speed would be higher for the satellite server.
1.5.8 log_file /var/log/satellite_server.log
Indicates the file where the Satellite server writes its logs, by default the path is /var/log/satellite_server.log
1.5.9 recon_task xxxxx[,yyyy]
IP Address and network addresses for autodiscovery for example:
1.5.10 server_ip
Pandora FMS Server ip address where the information is send using the tentacle protocol (port 41121/tcp)
1.5.11 recon_mode [icmp,snmp,wmi]
Autodiscovery mode. The system would use the following protocols to in recon checks:
- ICMP: It would just check if the host is alive and the latency time.
- SNMP: If capable it would look for all the interfaces and get it's trafic, general status etc..
It can only use v1 and 2 of SNMP.
- WMI: Similar to the previous but in this case it would show: CPU Usage, Memory and Diskdrives
1.5.12 recon_community aaa,bbb,ccc...
States a list of SNMP communities to be used in autodiscovery mode.
1.5.13 wmi_auth Administrator%password
Specifies a list of groups of User%Password, f.e: admin%1234,super%qwerty. This list is used in autodiscovery mode.
1.5.14 agent_conf_dir
In this directory the config files are automatically of each agent discovered by the satellite server is stored.
1.5.15 group
Specifies the default group for the agents created by the Satellite Server.
1.5.16 daemon 1|0
When set to 1 starts the daemon in the background (by default).
1.5.17 hostfile
It is an alternative method for network scanning. A file is provided with an adress in each line. It can include the hostname as well.
1.5.18 pandora_license xxxxxxx
Here you must input the license number of your Pandora FMS server the same way it appears in the Setup->Licency section. The total number of agents is verified in the pandora console.
1.5.19 remote_config 1|0
Specifies if the autodiscovery agents have enabled remote config to edit them from the console. It enable itself remote config too.
If the free space (in MB) of the partition in which the temporary directory is located. If it's smaller than this value, it would continue generating data packages. It avoids the disk becoming full if the connection with the server is lost during an extended interval under any circumstances.
The default value is '0'. If set to '1', the agent is going to save any XML data files which couldn't be sent and retries later.
If you are in a secured environment under UNIX and want to enable the XML buffer, you should consider changing the temporal directory, since anyone has the right to write into '/tmp'.
SNMP version to use by default (only 1 and 2c are supported). 1 by default.
1.5.23 braa
Path to the braa binary (/usr/bin/braa by default).
1.5.24 fping
Path to the fping binary (/usr/sbin/fping by default).
1.5.25 fsnmp
Path to the SNMP binary(/usr/bin/pandorafsnmp by default).
1.5.26 latency_packets xxx
Number of ICMP packets to send per latency request.
1.5.27 nmap
Path to the nmap binary (/usr/bin/nmap by default).
1.5.28 nmap_timing_template xxx
A value that specifies how aggressive nmap should be from 1 to 5. 1 means slower but more reliable, 5 means faster but less reliable. 2 by default.
1.5.29 ping_packets xxx
Number of ICMP packets to send per ping request.
1.5.30 recon_enabled 0|1
Enable (1) or disable (0) host auto-discovery.
1.5.31 recon_timing_template xxx
Like nmap_timing_template, but applies to Satellite Server and Recon Server network scans. 3 by default.
1.5.32 server_port xxxxx
Tentacle server port.
1.5.33 server_name xxxxx
Name that we want to call the Satellite server (by default localhost.localdomain).
1.5.34 server_path xxxxx
Path where the XML files are copied when the transfer_mode is in local (by default /var/spool/pandora/data_in).
Server parameters passed to the Tentacle.
1.5.36 transfer_mode XXX
File transfer mode. It can be Tentacle or local (by default Tentacle).
1.5.37 Secondary Server
An special kind of general configuration parameter is the definition of a secondary server. This allows the definition of a server to send data to, in a complementary way to the server defined the standard way. The secondary server mode works in two different ways:
- on_error: Send data to the secondary server only in cases it could not send them to the primary one.
- always: Always send data to the secondary server, no matter if it's able to contact the main server or not.
secondary_server_ip 192.168.1.123 secondary_server_path /var/spool/pandora/data_in secondary_mode on_error secondary_transfer_mode tentacle secondary_server_port 41121
1.5.38 snmp_verify 0|1
Enable (1) or disable (0) the verification of SNMPv1 modules that break braa in realtime. These modules will be discarded and stop being executed.
1.5.39 snmp2_verify 0|1
Enable (1) or disable (0) the verification of SNMPv2 modules that break braa in realtime. These modules will be discarded and stop being executed.
1.5.40 snmp3_verify 0|1
Enable (1) or disable (0) the verification of SNMPv3 modules that break braa in realtime. These modules will be discarded and stop being executed.
1.5.41 startup_delay xxx
Wait startup_delay seconds before sending XML data files for the first time.
1.5.42 temporal /tmp
Temporal directory where XML files are created.
1.5.43 tentacle_client
Full path to the Tentacle client


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Mangifera indica, commonly known as mango trees and a member of the Anacardiaceae family. They are tropical fruit trees that flourish in frost-free climates and a deep-rooted plant that becomes large specimens in the landscape. These mango trees are perfect in size. It has 1.8 Mtr Total Height
How To Care
Light: Keep the tree in a warm area with at least 6 hours of sun
Water: watering the tree in late winter or early spring when temperatures warm, do not leave the plant to sit with wet feet in soggy soil. watering must be reduced to twice a week until harvest.
Fertilizer: use a liquid fertilizer that is lower in nitrogen and higher in potassium and phosphorus.
Temperature: Flowers and fruit drop if temperatures dip below 40 degrees F. They love warm temperatures
Potting: The best time to plant a mango is in the spring. Plant a mango seed in a pot with drainage holes, it will grow into small trees, after about four or five years need repotting when they become large mango tree.
Pruning: Mango trees don't require pruning normally, only need to remove diseased or dead branches and the occasional wayward growth.
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Housing and Wealth Inequality in Azerbaijan: A Statistical Analysis of Real Estate Prices in Baku
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Housing affordability is viewed by many as a way of assessing the socioeconomic stability of a country. Housing being one of, if not the largest expense for most households, the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored its importance as many households lost part of their income, leading to unpaid rent and unstable living conditions in many countries. This situation further highlights the need for policymakers to discuss housing affordability.
However, there is another reason housing affordability is an issue not to ignore. As put forward by Thomas Piketty (2014), the return rates on capital (e.g. real estate) are higher than the rate of return on labor, reproducing a cycle of wealth inequalities. While many researchers have assessed housing wealth's effects on inequality in Western cities, none have discussed Baku's case.
In this study, we assess housing affordability for first-time apartment buyers corrected for the average household's savings rate. Results show that in the current situation, the average household cannot afford to buy an apartment during the course of their life as their monthly expenditures surpass their monthly net income by 514 AZN, and thus any real estate price is unattainable. After computing a simulation of increased wages, it has been assessed that even after a 250 AZN increase, most first-time buyers still could not afford housing.
1/ Low salaries, low savings rate
Table 4 shows the average monthly and yearly expenditures per person and household in Baku as of 2020. Per person, the average monthly expenditures are 897 AZN, while per household, these expenditures are 1,893.9 AZN.
At the current average salary of 326.1 AZN per capita, the average household of four, no matter the number of working individuals, cannot afford the average monthly consumption expenditures of 332.4 AZN per person. This is without considering non-consumption expenditures, such as rent, which averages 564 AZN in Baku, according to our August 2020 data.
Average expenditures. Based on 2019 official statistics and 2020 collected data.
Depending on the number of working individuals, the average household salary ranges from 326.1 to 1,304.4 AZN per month. However, the household consumption expenditure and average rent being 1,329.6 and 564 AZN, respectively, all household compositions suffer from a shortage of financial funds at the end of the month.
Average monthly salary and savings per household composition
The average household is thus 1,079 AZN short every month, making it impossible to save to buy housing later in life, be it with financing options or without. Even before rent payment, the average household is short 514 AZN.
As an experiment, we decided to compare savings rates at two different salary levels: at 476 and 576 AZN per person. As shown in table 5, the average household can still not afford all its expenditures and save at a salary level of 476 AZN, with an average savings level at –704 AZN.
Savings rate at salary of 476 AZN per person
Savings rate at salary of 576 AZN per person
As can be seen from the previous table, only after a 76% increase in salary at 576 AZN does one type of household with all four persons working start saving 4% of their monthly salary. Based on this analysis, results show that Baku's average household salary does not account for all monthly expenditures, including rent, even after an increase of 250 AZN in salary.
It also follows that this situation might affect petty corruption levels. As the salaries are too low compared to the expenditures, the moral costs of corruption decrease as these acts serve a compensatory role aiming at the increase of household financial funds.
It must be noted that the official average salary statistics might not be the closest to reality, as the shadow economy of Azerbaijan represented over 65% of GDP in 2010 (Bayramov 2012). This shadow economy includes informal employment that goes undeclared and informal payments such as small bribes paid to government officials in exchange for standard public services (Guliyev, 2015). As a result, official salary levels might be lower than the real financial funds that households receive monthly.
2/ No access to financing
Based on these findings, we analyzed the official statistics on mortgage and credit in Azerbaijan (MCGF, 2019). As of 2019, only 3% of mortgage borrowers had a salary of under 500 AZN, while 42% have a salary between 501 and 1000 AZN (inclusive), and over 53% had a salary of over 1001 AZN.
When calculating the largest amount borrowable by a household at the average salary via the MCGF website, it appears that neither ordinary nor social mortgages can be taken out by the household, even when the mortgage is joint. In all cases, because of the lack of savings, the average borrower cannot pay an initial down payment of 10% or 15% for an ordinary or social mortgage, respectively.
Options to finance housing are thus not only limited but also not accessible to the average household. Even when assessing the possibility of a "soft" mortgage intended for the poorer population, these social loans remain inaccessible for the lowto average-income households.
3/ Lack of housing affordability
Based on our collected data, the average housing sales price is 148,907 AZN, with a price per meter of 1,515 AZN. The following table estimates that the average sales price is 450 times the average salary per person.
Average sales price per size of apartment
Average price per district
As shown in the previous table, the highest housing price is in Nasimi district, with Yasamal following close behind at 185,174 and 152,562 AZN, respectively. The lowest real estate prices are recorded in the Garadagh and Pirallahi districts.
Building from these numbers, we compute the price-to-income ratio for the overall average real estate price before going ahead to the assessment of housing affordability:
Average price-to-income ratio with rating
Housing affordability rating
Results show that for all household compositions at the current savings level and price-to-income ratio, housing is, as expected, unaffordable.
As an experiment, we compute housing affordability, where the average salary per person would be 576 AZN.
Housing affordability rating at salary level of 576 AZN
It follows that even at a salary increase of 250 AZN per working person, the average household can still not afford real estate in Baku.
1/ Housing affordability and wealth inequalities
Housing is the most basic of human needs (shelter); its affordability is an essential factor in assessing a population's livelihood. Housing affordability has become problematic worldwide, putting the lower and lower-middle-income households further under strain. This lack of affordability has even been linked to poorer health as households tend to spend less on their health when housing costs represent a higher percentage of their income (Stud 2000). In a 2020 study, links between the deprivation of stable shelter and household health were assessed in Hong Kong, which has been suffering from housing unaffordability for many years. Due to the low disposable income post-housing costs, households suffer from increased stress levels, leading to overall poor physical and mental health (Chung et al. 2020).
The analysis done for this paper supports the hypothesis that housing inequality is related to wealth inequalities in Azerbaijan's capital city, Baku. The traditional way of explaining inequalities is the struggle between capital and labor, or the distribution of income between capital and labor. Piketty, in his work Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2014), shows how it is no longer possible for an individual to increase their income through their labor as capital's growth rate has exceeded that of labor. This means that labor returns have decreased while returns on capital, including real estate, have increased. A situation that further supports the idea that housing capital helps perpetuate social segregation and wealth inequalities.
The declining labor share of income has been documented worldwide (e.g., Karabarbounis, Neiman 2014; Chi Dao et al. 2017), further emphasizing the need for housing affordability policies. In Baku's case, despite the average household's housing costs being more than half of their monthly income, there are no policies targeted at creating more social housing. The data shows that housing is not affordable regardless of the size of the apartment or the district, but most households also cannot save since their total expenditures surpass their income. Even more surprising in our findings is that even after a hypothetical 250 AZN increase in individual income, the average household can still not afford to buy housing.
Access to housing finance is virtually non-existent for these households. Mortgage plans do not seem to have successfully penetrated the market. Social mortgages have only made housing purchases more affordable for households with higher salaries. This is just as much an issue in Baku as it is in London (UK). A 2017 London School of Economics report showed that despite the government targeting poorer households with its low-cost homeownership opportunities, the average person to benefit from this type of help already earned 1.5 times the median wage (LSE, 2017). [U1] Instead of promoting homeownership for average-income households, these schemes made housing purchases more affordable for households that could have bought without governmental help.
It is worth noting that despite having poor access to housing finance, microfinance is well established and offered by all banks.


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Petrified Forest National Park
Petrified Forest National Park is a United States National Park that is in eastern Arizona, in the Southwest region of the United States. The park takes its name from the remnants of ancient trees which have been transformed into brilliantly colored minerals through a series of geological processes.
Petrified Forest was set aside as a national monument in 1906 to preserve and protect the petrified wood for its scientific value. The monument became a national park in 1962, and legislation passed in 2004 more than doubled the park's area from 93,533 acres to 218,533 acres.
Petrified Forest National Park features one of the world's largest and most colorful concentrations of petrified wood, the multi-hued badlands of the Chinle Formation known as the Painted Desert, historic structures, archeological sites, and displays of 225 million year old fossils. The park is now recognized as protecting the best representation of the Late Triassic Period in the world, and on average paleontologists discover about two new animal species each year.
The park features one of the world's largest and most colorful concentrations of petrified wood, the multi-hued badlands of the Chinle Formation known as the Painted Desert, and displays of 225 million year old fossils.
 Flora and fauna
The park includes a grassland ecosystem and the badlands of the Painted Desert. The terrain changes quickly as you travel through the park, from the vistas of the Painted Desert, into the grassland of a large plateau, through grand geologic formations, and arrays of richly colored petrified wood.
Animal life at Petrified Forest includes amphibians, birds, insects, spiders, mammals, and reptiles. Birds, lizards and some rodents are seen most frequently, though seasons and weather play a large role in determining what animals are active. Nocturnal animals include kangaroo rats, woodrats (also called packrats) and most other small desert rodents, skunks, foxes, bobcats, bats and owls. Animals that can be seen during the day include pronghorn, mule deer, coyotes, porcupines, desert cottontails, black-tailed jackrabbits, squirrels, hawks, snakes, lizards, golden eagles, and many songbirds.
The park has summer daytime average temperatures in the 90s F and summer overnight temperatures in the 60s F. Winters are mild, frequently freezing overnight but warming by mid-afternoon to an average of 40 F. Park closures for weather are possible but not frequent.
 Get in
 By car
An automobile is the only feasible way of getting to the park, located off of Interstate 40 in northeastern Arizona, 106 miles east of Flagstaff and 178 miles west of Albuquerque. Westbound Interstate 40 travelers should take exit 311, drive through the park and connect with Highway 180 at the south end. Highway 180 north returns to Interstate 40 via Holbrook. Eastbound Interstate 40 travelers should exit at Holbrook and travel on Highway 180 south to the park's south entrance. Drive north through the park to return to Interstate 40.
 By plane
 By train
Entrance fees are $5 for individuals on foot, bike or motorcycle, and $10 for private vehicles. The Petrified Forest Annual Pass is available for $20 and allows free park entry for one year. Alternatively, the America the Beautiful National Parks Pass is $80 and allows free entry to all national park areas for one year.
 Get around
Petrified Forest National Park is open to the public every day of the year except for Christmas Day (December 25). Park access is prohibited at night without a permit. Park hours are:
Unlike most western states, Arizona does not observe Daylight Savings Time, remaining on Mountain Standard Time year-round. However, many visitors arriving from the Navajo Reservation (which does observe DST) travel with their clocks set an hour off. Check the time to make sure you don't accidentally get locked in at night.
 By car
A car is the easiest way of getting around in the park, with the 28 mile (45 km) park road allowing visitors to travel through the park from end to end without backtracking. Eastbound travelers should enter at the south off Highway 180, and exit at the north onto Interstate 40. Westbound travelers should enter at the north at Exit 311 off Interstate 40, and exit at the south onto Highway 180.
 By bicycle
Bicycles are permitted only on the established paved roadway and cannot be used on paved or dirt trails or off road at any time. In addition, if planning to see the park from a bicycle be aware of the potential for extreme heat, thunderstorms, or high winds and plan accordingly.
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There are stores just outside the park which sell petrified wood souvenirs. These specimens were (or were supposed to have been) collected outside the park boundaries. This is why rangers will ask about possession of petrified wood when you enter the park. Additional souvenirs may be purchased at the gift shops located near the Painted Desert Visitor Center or the Rainbow Forest Museum. Both of these areas also offer bookstores selling books of local interest.
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There is a snack shop located near the Rainbow Forest Museum. The Painted Desert Visitor Center area offers a restaurant and travel store selling snacks. Additional restaurants and grocery stores can be found 30 miles west in the town of Holbrook.
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The consumption of alcohol or the presence of open alcoholic containers is prohibited, except in picnic areas or concession food service facilities. Water and other beverages can be obtained either near the Rainbow Forest Museum or the Painted Desert Visitor Center.
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There are no organized campgrounds within the park. Some of the souvenir shops located just outside of the park's southern entrance will allow camping or overnight parking on their properties as long as you purchase at least one item from them.
For those who wish to stay overnight in the park's wilderness area, a free permit must be obtained at least one hour before the park closes. Permits are issued from either the Painted Desert Visitor Center or Rainbow Forest Museum. Hikers must park their cars in the Painted Desert Inn parking area and use the access trail on the northwest side of the building. Backpackers must hike to a designated zone north of Lithodendron Wash before setting up camp. No campsites are maintained in the Wilderness Area, and you must carry all of your water in with you.
 Stay safe
The primary dangers in the park are from the weather. Summer storms can bring lightning, high winds and flash floods, while the heat can cause dehydration and heat stroke. Avoid open areas during storms, and drink plenty of water (at least one gallon per day). Always be prepared for rapidly changing weather conditions; from July through August expect afternoon monsoon thunderstorms, while from October through April expect cold temperatures and possibly snow. High winds are also common, and can bring blowing sand that makes hiking unpleasant if not dangerous.
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Can You Freeze Rice Pudding?
Rice pudding is an all-around great dish. It combines some of the most basic ingredients to form a scrumptious treat for the whole family. This yummy dish is the perfect dessert, an excellent snack, and something that even your baby can eat.
One of the only sweet treats that are also really healthy, and an easy guilt-free treat for a down day. But for all the effort that it takes to make this delicious pudding, it doesn't have a very long shelf life.
That's why freezing is an excellent option, despite its two main ingredients being extremely temperature-sensitive.
Milk is a dairy product that is well-known for being difficult to freeze, and rice is also extremely sensitive. This means there will likely be structural and textual changes to the ingredients once they freeze.
Despite this, rice pudding actually freezes surprisingly well. So there's no need to worry if you've made too big a batch, you can easily freeze the excess.
You can even make a batch of rice pudding ahead for easy access to this sweet treat in the future. Just follow this guide, and freezing rice pudding will be easy.
How to freeze rice pudding
If you decide that you want to freeze your rice pudding, the process is extremely easy. The most important step is the first one, and once you've done this, the entire process is simple.
You have to wait until the rice pudding has cooled before beginning the freezing process. If the pudding is not cooled thoroughly, this will affect the texture of the rice pudding and potentially make it inedible when defrosted.
If you are short on time and need the rice pudding to cool quickly so that you can freeze it, there are ways around this. The most common way is to give the pudding an ice bath. This accelerates the cooling process by exposing the warm pudding to cold water.
To do this you simply transfer the rice pudding from the pan into an airtight container. You can then seal the container and submerge it in water which is ice cold for roughly 20 minutes. This will cool the pudding to a temperature that is freezer safe.
If you decide to let the pudding cool naturally, the first step once it has cooled is transferring to an airtight, freezer-safe container. You should fill the container up until it has about 2-inches left at the top.
The water content of the rice pudding will expand when frozen and cause the entire mixture to fill the container.
You should then place a layer of saran wrap across the pudding before sealing with the lid. Once this is completed you can simply label the container with the date of freezing, and lay flat in your freezer to avoid any spillages.
How to defrost rice pudding
Once frozen, rice pudding can last up to 3 months in the freezer. But for the best taste experience, it should be eaten as soon as possible because the texture and flavor will deteriorate the longer it has been frozen.
When you decide to eat your frozen rice pudding, the defrosting process is just as easy as the freezing process. You can simply take the container of rice pudding out of the freezer and place it in the fridge.
Leave the container in the fridge overnight and come morning you will find that the rice pudding has thawed thoroughly. You should never leave the rice pudding to defrost at room temperature. It has a high milk content, and this will cause the pudding to turn quicker and become inedible.
Depending on your preference, you can then either reheat the pudding or eat cold. If you prefer your rice pudding chilled then you're good to go. But if you prefer it heated, you have a few options for how to do this.
The most common is to reheat the rice pudding on the hob. This method ensures that the mixture has heated thoroughly and also allows you to give the pudding a good stir before you eat it.
Simply simmer the mixture in a saucepan over low heat, once it has reached your desired temperature you can then add your favorite toppings and enjoy.
Alternatively, you may choose to reheat the rice pudding in a microwave. This is a very easy option, but you must add a cup of water to the mixture before heating it. The microwave is likely to dry out the mixture, so the water will counteract this and allow you to enjoy your meal.
Factors to consider before freezing RICE PUDDING
As is most common with freezing things, there are some factors that you should consider before choosing to freeze your excess rice pudding.
The first is the ingredients you use to make the rice pudding. This is especially important if you are making a batch of rice pudding intending to freeze.
One great way to give your rice pudding a longer shelf life is by using a milk alternative. Rice pudding is commonly made with whole milk, but this has an extremely short shelf life which can be affected by freezing.
To improve the texture and consistency of your pudding once defrosted, you should consider using a milk alternative such as evaporated, condensed, or even coconut milk.
You should also consider the type of rice that you use. Long grain rice tends to make for drier and denser rice pudding, whereas short grain tends to be a lot more watery.
Consider which will freeze better and choose accordingly. Alternatively, if you plan on making rice pudding exclusively to freeze you could replace the milk with water to freeze.
This will provide the pudding with a longer shelf life, and allows you to add fresh milk to the recipe when you are reheating it.
In short, the answer is yes, rice pudding is freezable.
You can easily freeze your excess rice pudding to enjoy in the future.
Alternatively, if you are making a batch of rice pudding to freeze for the future there are some changes you can make to the recipe to give it a longer shelf life.
Different ingredients can cause changes to the texture, so follow this guide for the best freezer-friendly rice pudding.


Hybrid engine test by Nammo
Nammo's hybrid rocket works by having the oxidizer separate from the solid fuel, and it is able to regulate its power by simply regulating the flow of the oxidizer. If necessary, it can even be turned off completely before re-igniting. The main benefit, however, is that only one fluid needs to be regulated, which makes the rocket far more stable and easy to work with. In addition neither of the fuel ingredients needs to be stored at high pressure, under extreme cooling or represents an explosive risk.
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Country Blues Guitar Duets composed by Bob Brozman and Woody Mann. For Guitar (Fingerpicking). Boxed, Duets. Grossman Guitar Workshop. Blues. Intermediate. DVD. Duration 62 minutes. Published by Grossman's Guitar Workshop (MB.GW310DVD).
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WWII Aircraft Carrier Used in Atomic Bomb Tests Found Intact on Sea Floor
USS Independence in 1943.A team from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has located the wreck of the 623-foot USS Independence, an American light aircraft carrier that served in World War II before being rocked by two atomic blasts during the famous bomb tests at the Bikini Atoll. The ship was scuttled off the coast of San Francisco in 1951, but scientists say that it is still in remarkably good condition despite having spent more than 60 years underwater.


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I am dealing with a project and for now I can get analog signals from my sensors and with PIC's ADC, convert them to digital datas. Besides, via USB I can transfer all the datas to my windows application (user interface) which is made by C#. When I look into my inputbuffer, all the datas there.
 1. My problem is after these steps, how can I draw these datas as a continuous signal? I use ZedGraph and I want to observe my sensor datas as a continuous signal. I know how to draw something using ZedGraph. I even drew my inputbuffer only one time. But still I cannot manage it as a continuous signal.
 2. Which architecture is more suitable for me? Should I use circular buffer?
 3. Can I use PerformanceCounter class as my custom events such as drawing my sensor datas or this class is only useful for system events?
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You could create a Performance Counter, that is easy to do.
Drawing the graph yourself is a bit harder:
 1. (I take it you mean by continuous signal a line instead of points) Just draw a line from the previous position to the current position.
 2. A circular buffer might help (although the oldest data should shift back in I think) but you still need to keep track of the previous position so you know how to draw the line. Make sure you shift the buffer in proportion to the time elapsed.
 3. An alternative would be to be to push the data to an Excelsheet and use the charts there.
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I will try it out now. – Ereg May 17 '11 at 19:54
Can't you just assign a timestamp to each data point in your sample? Then you should be able to easily plot the sample using time as X-axis and value as Y-axis with zed-graph, only need to adjust some parameters like line smoothing etc.
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