path of the linux_files folder that you created at the first phase.
17- Copy the following files from the image/linux folder into the linux_files/boot folder that you created in the first phase.
18- In the linux_files/boot folder create the linux.bif file containing the following lines
/* linux */
 [fsbl_config] a53_x64
 [bootloader]
 [pmufw_image]
 [destination_device=pl]
 [destination_cpu=a53-0, exception_level=el-3, trustzone]
 [destination_cpu=a53-0, exception_level=el-2]
3- Create Platform
1- Create a folder named pfm in the ultra96v2-vitis-pkg folder that you created in the first step.
cd pfm
To create the ultra96v2 platform for Vitis. First, run the Vitis IDE and choose the pfm folder (that you created in the first step) as the workspace.
2- Create a new platform project by selecting "File–>New–>Platform Project…". Choos "ultra96v2" as the project name and accept the default folder.
3- In the next window select the XSA option and press Next
4- Click on Brows… button and locate the ultra96v2.xsa file generated in the first step by Vivado, and then select the linux as Operating System and click Finish button.
5- Clock the Welcome window if it is open. Select "linux on psu_cortexa53" and configure the Linux domain as the following figure.
6- Press the right-click on the project name on the left panel and select Build Project.
4- Test
1- In the Vitis IDE, select "File–>New–>Application Project…" to create a new application.
2- Select vector_add as the Project name
3- Select the ultra96v2 [custom] platform in the next window
4- Press the Next button in the next window.
5- Select the Vector Addition as the template and press Finish button.
6- Select Hardware as the active build configuration from the menu on the right.
7- Build the project by pressing the right-click on the project name and selecting the Build project option.
8- Copy the content of the sd_card folder generated by the application project into an SD-CARD and boot the U;tra96v2 board.
9- Using putty open a serial terminal with the following configuration
10- login to the board by using root as both username and password. Then go to /run/media/mmcblk0p1 folder
11- Run the following commands to define the Xilinx XRT library
export XILINX_XRT=/usr
12- Run the application by running this command
./vector_add.exe binary_container_1.xclbin


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Halloween, Valentine's Day Found to Influence Birth Timing
Halloween and Valentine's Day appear to influence when expecting mothers give birth, new research at the Yale School of Public Health has found. Halloween, with its symbolism of witches and death, is treated as an unfavorable day for childbirth. In contrast, Valentine's Day, with its symbolism of flowers and love, is treated as a favorable day for childbirth. The study found a decrease in births on Halloween and an increase on Valentine's Day. The association of the two holidays with birth patterns was shown for the first time. On Halloween there was a 5.3 percent decrease in spontaneous births and a 16.9 percent decrease in cesarean births, compared to other births occurring within one week before and one week after the October holiday. Whereas, on Valentine's Day there was a 3.6 percent increase in spontaneous births and a 12.1 percent increase in cesarean births.
"The study suggests that beliefs arising from our culture can have a greater impact on physical functioning than we might suspect," says Becca Levy, lead author and associate professor of epidemiology and psychology at Yale. Study co-authors were Martin Slade and Pil Chung, also at Yale. The findings show that pregnant women may have some control over the timing of spontaneous births—traditionally believed to be beyond their control—and that scheduled births are also affected by the symbolism of the two holidays. The study drew on birth-certificate information for all births in the United States across 11 years. The Halloween period included 1.8 million births, and the Valentine's Day period included 1.6 million births. The findings are published in the current issue of the journal Social Science and Medicine.
This article was submitted by Denise L Meyer on June 22, 2012.

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If you want an age range between 0 and 100 use this system. First determine your base age by rolling a d6: (D6 result of 1: Base age is 10, D6 result of 2: Base age is 20, D6 result of 3: Base age is 30, D6 result of 4: Base age is 50, D6 result of 5: Base age is 70, D6 result of 6: Base age is 90)
Then, roll 2d6-2 and write that number down somewhere as the age modifier.
Then, roll another d6 (or flip a coin). On a result of 1-3 (heads) add the age modifier to your base age and on a result of 4-6 (tails) subtract it. The final result is your character's age.
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Here are the copy-pasted instructions you get when you access your domain manager:
Learn how to manage your name.
1. Set Resolver
The Resolver is a Smart Contract responsible for the process of translating names into addresses. In the Resolver area click 'Set'. Then click the 'use public resolver' link, and 'save' to launch the transaction.
2. Set Address
Once you have set the Resolver, you can then add records by clicking the '+' in the 'records' field. Adding your ethereum address will allow you to point your wallet to your name in the next step.
I've made a subdomain. I've set the public resolver for both the domain and subdomain. I cannot set address. There's no place to add records. There is no 'records' field. There is no '+' anywhere. My wallet address appears defaulted in the Controller field. But the domain still doesn't point to my wallet.
Does it take 24 hours, or something? What am I missing?
Then, there's step 3. I haven't gotten to this step. Can I ignore it if I don't want or need a reverse pointer?
3. Set Reverse Record
Once you set your address, you will see a message saying the reverse pointer is not set. Click the arrow in the field to expand, then click the button 'save'. This will translate your address into your new name.


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Imagine learning to leap, roar, swim, or fly for the first time.Born to Be Wild explores the vast complexities of growing up in the animal kingdom, where everything feels like new. This book goes where no other has to delve into the countless ways baby animals survive in the wild. Alongside gorgeous photographs of baby bears, lions and tigers, marsupials, birds, and marine mammals, it charts the stages from dependency to independence, and looks at why some animals cling to their mothers for many months, while others must learn to run almost as soon as they are born. Informative step-by-step features focus on particular stages of learning, such as how a lion cub learns to hunt. This book focuses on key themes in a young animal's life: birth and the very first days of life, learning to hunt and feed, senses and communication, habitat and adaptation, and playtime. Full of beautiful pictures and fascinating science, Born to Be Wild reveals the mysteries of how young creatures survive in an unpredictable world.
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Programming DME by BMW Software can be performed with ISTA-P or Autohex II diagnostic scan tool. The following sequence applies to both ISTA-P and Autohex II scan tool.
- Search the fault memory via "Short test" – process any faults stored – finally clear the fault memory with "Quick delete" – no faults must be stored in the control units which are to be programmed.
- The battery must be sufficiently charged – install a charger before commencing programming.
- Load BMW Software with the current programming software (CD V 59.0 or later).
- Connect up the diagnostic connection and switch on the ignition.
- Select Programming/Encoding or Programming check the version of the program which is loaded.
- Select "DME programming": Enter the date and confirm with "Y" (yes) – then select "Programming DME".
- Select "Replace control unit".
- Select "Determine basic control unit".
- The question "Is the defective control unit still installed?" must be confirmed with "N" (no).
- Enter "Part number of basic control unit" and confirm with "Y" (yes).
"Part number of basic control unit" to be entered: 1 429 884
- Enter the 17-digit vehicle identification number (WBA ……………) and confirm with "Y" (yes).
- Enter "Part number of programmed control unit" and confirm with "Y" (yes). "Part number of programmed control unit" to be entered: please refer to Service Information bulletin.
- In this case, the list of replacement control units does not need to be printed out. To continue programming, press the arrow pointing to the left BMW Software
- Select "Programming basic control unit".
- Enter the last 7 digits of the vehicle identification number and confirm with "Y" (yes).
- Enter "km/miles reading" and confirm with "Y" (yes).
- Confirm "Start automatic programming?" with "Y" (yes).
- The message "Programming completed…" appears when the programming has been successfully concluded.
- The adaptation values should then be deleted. To do this, switch the ignition off for 10 seconds, switch the ignition on and confirm Delete adaptation values" with "Y" (yes).
- Print out a new control unit label with the DIS and attach it to the control unit, next to the existing label. The old label should be crossed out to indicate it is no longer valid.
- Start the engine, and ensure it is turning over smoothly. Carry out a test drive so that the control unit can "learn" the adaptation values. The idling speed may be slightly high during the adaptation phase, but it will soon return to normal.
- A "Short test" must be conducted again via the diagnosis program. Stored faults should be deleted.
More help about Autohex II BMW Software can be found at microtronik website, they have some YouTube demonstrations of how to use Autohex II to program any Ecu, check their BMW Software for further understanding.


Milwaukee's Internationally-Acclaimed Luthier Continues His Craft
Aug 9, 2013
It's been 30 years since Denny Rauen set up shop, first in the Chicago-area and then in the Milwaukee's Riverwest. Since then, he's become an internationally-acclaimed luthier.
Denny Rauen, Riverwest's Luthier, is known nationwide.
Denny Rauen, Riverwest's Luthier, is known nationwide.
Rauen began as a designer and production manager for two guitar manufacturers in the Chicago Area. Although running the factory and designing guitars was interesting work, he soon realized it didn't appeal to him as much as did restoration, repairing and custom building - often inventing the thing he needed to make the instrument sound the way it should.
Rauen says that in manufacturing, much of what was lacking was the disconnect between the production process and the players. That's a connection that is fostered in his shop. The relationship between himself, the instrument, and the player is essential.
Rauen is a self-taught luthier, or a person who makes, repairs, and restores guitars and other stringed instruments. He learned from books and experience, continuing a craft that has been around for hundreds of years. Traditionally, the luthier craft was learned through apprenticeship and Rauen has continued that tradition today, most recently with Matt Riebe.
He's passed on his knowledge in other ways too. In the late 1970's Rauen released an article detailing the compound radius; a pivotal adaptation to the guitar, which keeps the action really low while strings are bent. He says he decided to share it because "it is so important in the music industry." By sharing something he could have patented, Rauen gave back to a community he cherishes.
Currently, there is resurgence of interest in learning instruments and more specifically a growing enthusiasm for acoustic instruments. Rauen has witnessed more and more people wanting to play a musical instrument, and he's happy to help them by making sure their instruments are tuned up and playing at their best.
Rauen says there is a deep connection people have to music and that musicians have to their instruments. And it's a magic that all of Rauen's work supports.
Denny Rauen is celebrating his 30 years of Denny Rauen's Guitars, which is found at 2473 N. Weil Street, Milwaukee, WI 53212.


The Ultimate Science Street Fair is Coming
If you missed the AWESOME Rockefeller University Science Saturday family event earlier this month, with hands-on learning stations and real science in action, The Ultimate Science Street Fair on Sunday, JUNE 1 in Washington Square Park is probably the next best thing. The event is the anchor of the 2014 World Science Festival with numerous programs starting May 28 for adults and families.
Games, performances, interactive experiments, and the great outdoors combine for a full-day science extravaganza at the seventh annual World Science Festival Street Fair. Installations and activities from more than 50 organizations will focus on three themes: space, weather, and robots.
The Ultimate Science Street Fair – FREE
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: JUNE 1, 2014 from 10 am-6pm at Washington Square Park
There's so much to explore: cutting-edge science experiments on the International Space Station, Mars rovers, extreme weather simulations, and robots that might someday live in your house, to name a few! We'll also have science celebrities on hand, so you can learn from the pros – and snag a photo.
Aspiring scientists of all ages can find entertainment both inside the buildings and outside at performances and demonstrations. Start planning your day by looking through our list of activities – and check back often to see what we've added!
Register for the World Science Festival's free outdoor events to receive early notification of special events, learn where you can have your photo taken with astronauts, and be the first to see the schedule of stage performances.
Visit the International Space Station: Experience the next best thing to being on the ISS with the help of NASA's Johnson Space Center. Step into the newly renovated NASA Mobile Exhibit for liftoff to the orbiting home and learn about research in microgravity from a team of NASA scientists.
Create Microgravity on Earth with the NASA Glenn Research Center: Step up to the miniature drop tower and test the effects of reduced gravity on physical and chemical phenomena. You'll be amazed by things that are normally hidden by Earth's gravity—from plants and water to cells and fire.
Search for Exoplanets: Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are looking for planets that are often hidden by the bright lights of the stars they orbit. Hundreds of planets have already been found. Visit The Hidden Light, an installation that helps you see what is invisible to the naked eye. Then head to the StarShade Petal, a real technology being designed to block interfering light and help photograph other planets.
Study Humans In Space: Meet the NASA Johnson Space Center team that studies humans in space. How does microgravity affect everything from bones and blood to muscle and memory? Let the team tell you how they figure it all out.
Control Next-Generation Satellites: Take command of SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites) just like those currently aboard the International Space Station. MIT's Alvar Saenz-Otero, of Zero Robotics, will teach you about this next generation of autonomous, interactive robot satellites.
Command the Rovers: Robots take over Washington Square Park at your control. Meet the New York Hall of Science's Mars-style rover robot, created by Robert Beatty and his daughters. Check out the suspension system, solar panels, infrared camera, thermal array sensor, and eight sonar sensors. Interact with a scale version of the real Curiosity rover currently on Mars,and meet Jupiter Joe's Rovers.
Blast Off with Aerospace Simulators: Ride in one of the many full-scale and fully functional space simulators, including the Orion CRV Flight Simulator, BD-5J Micro Jet, and a hovercraft. See what a space toilet looks like, inspect the Pluto Probe, and try on a pair of anti-gravity boots. Brought to you by the Traveling Space Museum.
Work in a Space Laboratory: Step into the Odyssey IV Mobile SpaceLab Module, a mock-up of the International Space Station. You'll learn to live and work in space in this simulation with interactive workstations.
Build Air Cannons: Make an air cannon with Carmelo the Science Fellow to learn more about wind and gravity.
Launch Your Own Balloon Rocket Racer: Transform recycled materials into a rocket ship and use air propulsion power to race down a fishing line. Then try your hand at building and launching space gliders with Scrapkins.
3D Space Printer: Astronauts run out of tools on the International Space Station and must wait until the next resupply mission to restock. With the aid of 3D printing technology, immediate re-stock is just around the corner. Come see the first 3D printer that will head to space.
Science on a Sphere®: See our home planet as you've never seen it before: projected and animated on a giant suspended globe from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Gather around massive sphere to watch historic storms unfold as dramatic weather unleashes its fury, and see special spherical movies about tsunamis and waterfalls (without getting all wet). When you're done exploring Earth, travel to other planets in our solar system and beyond and get a glimpse of conditions far from home. Finally, meet the scientists and journalists who study space, climate, and the often only marginally predictable atmosphere. 10:00 AM-06:00 PM, at Gould Plaza, NYU
Get Caught in a Hurricane: Step into the hurricane simulator and experience winds up to 78 mph. Suitable for storm chasers of all ages.
Control Your Own Tornado: Prepare to be blown away by a vortex of swirling vapor as you control the speed of four-foot tall tornadoes.
Explore the Arctic of the Future with the PoLAR Climate Project: Play games to learn how animals (from plankton all the way to polar bears) are impacted by humans. Then go through interactive displays with Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory to learn how climate and weather impact sea ice loss and change the sea level. Don't miss the Polar Explorer app!
Investigate the New York Hall of Science: Watch dueling pressure systems create spinning clouds of air when we fire our Air Cannon. Use your cell phone to make small images appear large using forced perspective photography at Stick Pics. You can make images with your favorite astronomers, astrophysicists, astronauts, and spaceships. Finally, make your hair stand on end as lighting forms before your very eyes at the Van de Graaf Generator.
Battle Earthquakes with Engineering: Join Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers to make your own earthquake-proof structures. How will your building stand up to the seismic waves?
Ride the Coriolis and Forecast Weather: Join CUNY's NOAA-CRESTto take a spin aboard the Coriolis ride, showing how hurricanes form and gain massive amounts of power. Then use real mathematical equations to predict tomorrow's weather.
Discover Fossils and Facts at the Liberty Science Center: Excavate for fossils (including shark teeth and small bones) that you can take home with you, and learn how weather affects fossil formation. Compare natural disasters and weather conditions on home at Earth to those on other planets.
Monkey Around at the Central Park Zoo: Discover how weather affects the animal kingdom, wildlife conservation and our own lives. Join the Central Park Zoo for performances and activities that help explain how we can make our world more livable for ourselves and other unique creatures.
Crustacean Exploration: Hop onto a solar-powered, state-of-the-art mobile microscope lab that was once a 1974 transit bus. There, use high-powered microscopes to examine the cells and organs of tiny transparent crustaceans called daphnia. These strange creatures have reproductive systems that change with the weather.
Laboratory: Pop Bottle Science: Join author Lynn Brunelle to create different kinds of weather and tracking equipment, from barometers and thermometers to rain and tornadoes. You'll build up the atmospheric pressure of a storm in a crushable bottle.
Vision: The first step to understanding how robots sense the world is by learning how they see. Unlike humans, they don't have peripheral vision – meaning they see only what is directly in front of them. Move an object in front of a digital camera and watch how objects are tracked on a screen. Try sharing a toy with iCub, a robot that mimics a human two-year-old, and see how iCub sees.
Hearing: Robot ears take in sounds and turn them into a language that robots can understand. Speak into a microphone and watch a computer translate your voice into waveforms. It will try to repeat what you said back to you.
Depth Perception: Our eyes and brain quickly calculate depth perception for us. Learn how robots tackle this crucial task by stepping up to a Microsoft Kinect and getting a strange 3D view of the world and yourself. Then have your photo taken and emailed to you.
Touch: Close your eyes and put your hand in a box – then try to decipher what you're grabbing. Or see if you can find the object you are searching for without using your eyes. Robots have it tough! Get another sense of how a child robot would interact with the world by tickling iCub, the robot who mimics a human two-year-old. He's covered in touch sensors and gets ticklish when you poke him. Eventually, he'll even learn to dodge your fingers!
INSIDE THE ROBOT BRAIN: How do robots Sense, Decide, and Act?
Tame the Robot: Teach a robot how to behave by playing Tetris on a computer. In this


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A Glimpse into the Life of Palestinian Artist, Hani Amra
Fidan Huseyni
The Decadent Photographer - Hani Amra
Hani Amra was born in Jerusalem, studied Arts and Literature in France and currently resides in Palestine. His work explores the medium of painting and photography, with a focus on re-constructing a world through an acute observation of his environment and its constant evolution in time. EMERGEAST' sat with Hani to learn more about his journey...
In three words who is Hani Amra the Artist?
Seeker, explorer, wanderer.
As a multidisciplinary Artist (painting and photography) do your inspirations differ from medium to medium?
Both mediums have characteristics that are useful in different ways. Photography is directly related to the physical reality or environment. Painting gives you more freedom to explore. In both cases the physical realm is invested to be recreated and revisited. Photography is more binding to reality upon which one can reflect, analyze through different techniques, including abstraction and collage. Painting is less binding and more directly related to the inner-self or inner aspirations. Both mediums have powerful investigative qualities.
Does your identity as a Palestinian Artist infiltrate your art, and if so how?
Obviously one can recognise some features of Palestinian landscapes in some drawings or paintings, but for me its first of all a landscape with rocks, trees, shapes and colors. I don't need to say I'm Palestinian as the lion doesn't need to claim he's a lion. Also, engaged or political Art in the Palestinian context and any context is important and doesn't necessarily relate to identity, so this is not the point. For me Art is a creative way to open new spaces, beyond pre-fixed identities. The limited boundaries of culture, identity and tradition, and the context of living under occupation in Palestine, are already a heavy load. So the idea here is not to be stuck in a rhetorical language, but rather to use the art medium as a means of exploration and self-realization. And this is also a kind of engagement.
What's next for Hani Amra the Artist?
I take pleasure in doing art as a daily practice, I would love to explore more of the world and be able to meet, share, learn and travel more.
If there was a soundtrack/ music genre to your artistry, what would it be?
Music is boundless, but it would have to be Jazz, its like abstract painting.
And finally, what would you tell a young collector seeing your work for the first time?
I would love to listen to what he has to say and engage in a friendly conversation.
Explore more artworks by Hani Amra by visiting his full profile HERE!


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The echo box performs exactly as its name implies. If you tap out a rhythm on the lid, it will tap the same thing back to you. Except it isn't tapping to make the sound, but vibrating.
The concept is similar to the Knock Block. In that hack, a piezo element detected a rapping on the wooden enclosure and repeated the rhythm by striking the lid with a solenoid. This iteration also uses a piezo element as the sensor. In the image above you can see a segment of PVC pipe in the upper corner. That houses the element, sandwiched between two pieces of wine bottle cork. That cork just touches the lid of the box, transferring the vibrations to the element.
The sound is created by a motor with an offset weight on its spindle. When the motor spins, it causes vibrations. The enclosure is one wood box inside of another, so the vibrating motor cause the inner box to shake against the outer one to make noise. Hear it for yourself in the clip after the break.

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Learning from Experiments When Context Matters
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AbstractSuppose a policymaker is interested in the impact of an existing social program. Impact estimates using observational data suffer potential bias, while unbiased experimental estimates are often limited to other contexts. This creates a practical trade-off between internal and external validity for evidence-based policymaking. We explore this trade-off empirically for several common policies analyzed in development economics, including microcredit, migration, and education interventions. Based on mean-squared error, non-experimental evidence within context outperforms experimental evidence from another context. This advantage declines, but may not reverse, with experimental replication. We offer four reasons these findings are of general relevance to policy evaluation.
CitationPritchett, Lant, and Justin Sandefur. 2015. "Learning from Experiments When Context Matters." American Economic Review, 105 (5): 471-75. DOI: 10.1257/aer.p20151016
- C90 Design of Experiments: General
- G21 Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
- O16 Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance


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First sightings of Minke whales and Common dolphins off the Hebrides in 2012
Summer visitors return to the Hebrides
Common dolphins off the Hebrides. Photo credit Matt Brook/HWDT
April 2012. The Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust (HWDT) have received the first reports of the year of Minke whale and common dolphin off Scotland's west coast. While some species, such as the harbour porpoise and bottlenose dolphin are resident year round, other species migrate to the area, usually arriving in the Spring, to take advantage of the increased food stocks available.
First common dolphins & Minke sightings
The first common dolphins of the season were sighted in the Sound of Raasay on the 13th April. The following day, Susannah Calderan and Russell Leaper, who sit on HWDTs Scientific Committee, reported the first Minke whale sighting of the season and a group of common dolphins, off the Isle of Canna. Susannah commented, "It was great to see our first common dolphins of the season. The group was at least 100-strong, and the animals were bow-riding our yacht for over half an hour. To see a Minke whale too really made our day. It's good to know our summer visitors are back again."
Please report sightings
If you spot a whale, dolphin or porpoise (cetacean), HWDT would be very keen to hear of the sighting. Moreover, if you manage to take photographs of the animal's dorsal fin researchers can attempt to identify the individual from image profiles in HWDTs catalogues of bottlenose dolphin, Minke whale, killer whale, white-beaked dolphin and Risso's dolphin. This technique is known as Photo Identification and allows HWDT to better understand population dynamics and the home range of the species present off the west coast of Scotland.
HWDT encourage people who have spotted cetaceans (and basking sharks too) to report their sighting using their online sightings form at _URL_. HWDT are also keen to learn of any stranded animals, please contact the office directly if you come across an animal on the shore by contacting 01688 302620. By getting involved you'll be helping build a better picture of the local marine environment and our understanding of particular species distribution. HWDTs Biodiversity Officer, Olivia Harries says, "By getting members of the public to report their sightings, HWDT can build up an extensive spatial and temporal data set that is invaluable to the management of the diverse range of species that inhabit Scottish waters. Without our supporters we would know a lot less about these animals."
These sightings coincide with the NATO exercise Joint Warrior, which occurs bi-annually in the waters off western Scotland. HWDT raised concerns, in particular on the effects of sonar on cetaceans, following an unusual encounter with a Minke whale in 2009. HWDT asks that the public be extra vigilant during this time and report any unusual behaviour.


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The ever so restless Tailed Jay is considered a "high energy" pollinator and is one of the most commonly sighted butterflies in gardens around the city of Mumbai. It has adapted to urban environments and can even be seen on busy roadsides possibly due to the presence of its food plant, the False Ashoka tree. These trees are known to have been planted to cut down noise pollution. This picture was taken in the terraced 'Hanging' gardens atop Malabar Hill. According to naturalist Sunjoy Monga, 19th-century writings describe the hill as a densely foliated terrain, teeming with venomous snakes, jackals and hyenas. While rapid urbanization has wiped out most of the terrestrial mammals here, the wooded area harbours around 40 species of birds and 34 species of butterflies.
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Sugaya Yasuyuki Department of Information and Computer Sciences Toyohashi University of Technology
A new numerical scheme is presented for computing strict maximum likelihood (ML) of geometric fitting problems having an implicit constraint. Our approach is orthogonal projection of observations onto a parameterized surface defined by the constraint. Assuming a linearly separable nonlinear constraint, we show that a theoretically global solution can be obtained by iterative Sampson error minimization. Our approach is illustrated by ellipse fitting and fundamental matrix computation. Our method also encompasses optimal correction, computing, e.g., perpendiculars to an ellipse and triangulating stereo images. A detailed discussion is given to technical and practical issues about our approach.
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Mirror Care 101
Mirror Care 101
Mirrors can really enhance any space throughout your home. But when a mirror is neglected and the frame or glass looks streaky and dusty, it can leave a pretty bad impression. Mirrors are the focal part of a room and attract attention, so it's important to keep them clean and looking great. Here are some tips to help you take proper care of your mirrors.
Always use a clean, gentle cloth when cleaning the glass
Mirrors are delicate, so it's imperative to be gentle when it's time to clean the surface of the glass. Never use an old, dirty rag. This can easily scratch up the glass if there are any abrasive particles or areas on the cloth. Using a soft, clean rag or paper towel works best.
Avoid using harsh cleaning agents
Using toxic cleaning agents that contain chlorine or ammonia can also damage the frame, so avoid using these. You can make a simple cleaning solution that works better than those toxic glass cleaners. Just combine equals part of warm water and dish soap. Even better, use M&T Glass Cleaner!
Avoid spraying cleaning agents directly on the mirror
Spraying cleaning agents directly on the glass surface of the mirror allows the cleaning product to drip down and seep in between the seams of the frame. This can end up damaging the backing of the frame over time. Always spray your cloth or paper towel when cleaning the surface.
Keep mirrors dry
For mirrors that are placed in the bathroom or any other space that experiences heat and moisture, this can make them deteriorate quickly if not maintained. Always try to ensure that rooms where mirrors are placed are well ventilated. Any "sweating" that may occur can end up damaging the mirror and frame over time so wipe mirrors down frequently, especially after a hot shower.
Always be diligent when hanging mirrors
If you're hanging a mirror on a wall, always ensure that there is sufficient support to handle the weight of the mirror. Check out this guide for hanging heavy mirrors.
Since mirrors are often a focal part of a room, they should be cared for and maintained properly. There are many common mistakes that homeowners perform when cleaning the mirror that can actually end up doing more harm than good. Avoid these mistakes by following these tips to keep you mirrors clean and looking great.


text: Copper trimesate (Cu-BTC) MOF has been pointed out as a promising adsorbent for separating carbon dioxide from methane. However, MOF's need to be shaped prior to their use in packed bed adsorbers in order to reduce pressure drop; on the other hand, the production of mechanically resistant shaped bodies reduces their adsorption performance. In this work, Cu-BTC tablets provided by BASF are evaluated to perform CO2/CH4 separation through adsorption. The adsorption capacity of pure carbon dioxide from methane was measured in a magnetic suspension balance between temperatures of 308 and 373 K up to a pressure of 700 kPa. The evaluated material presents higher adsorption capacity than previously studied shaped samples with a carbon dioxide and methane adsorption capacity up to 3.07 and 0.63 mol/kg at 100 kPa and 308 K respectively. Moreover, the experimental data were fitted with the Langmuir model. Isosteric heats of adsorption were obtained to be 22.8 and 15.1 kJ/mol for CO2 and CH4 on Cu-BTC tablets respectively, which indicates a strong adsorption of carbon dioxide on these adsorbents. Also, single and binary breakthrough curves were measured in the same temperature range and atmospheric pressure by using Cu-BTC tablets as the adsorbent. The preferential adsorption capacity of CO2 on nanoporous copper trimesate (Cu-BTC) indicates that this material can be used for methane purification from natural gas.


Taglierini or tagliolini are a type of thin tagliatelle that are traditionally made in skeins: in the past they were measured with an overturned mug. A version of taglierini made with egg also exists, as does a longer version called "erba di mare" in some coastal areas.
The use of eggs to make taglierini is now prevalent in Italy, but there is also a tradition of preparing the dough with just wholemeal flour, water and salt. Tagliati pelosi or "tajuli pilusi" made this way are still a speciality of the Marche region today. They are said to be hairy (pelosi in Italian) because of the veil that forms on the surface after cooking due to the lack of eggs.
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Taglierini are wonderful both on their own combined with delicate sauces based on fish or vegetables, as well as in soups. In Romagna, taglierini are traditionally baked in the dish known as basotti (or bassotti) seasoned with butter and Parmesan cheese.
Giovanni Fabbri suggests enjoying these taglierini with a sauce with a butter and truffle base.


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a repulsion term must be added to the equation. In addition, a more satisfactory estimate of binding energy is achieved by computing the lipophilic interactions in a pairwise manner rather than using the area based energy term of the above Böhm functions.
Therefore, in a preferred embodiment, the binding energy is estimated using a modified Böhm scoring function. In the modified Böhm scoring function, the binding energy between protein and ligand (ΔGbind) is estimated considering the following parameters: The reduction of binding energy due to the overall loss of translational and rotational entropy of the ligand (ΔG0); contributions from ideal hydrogen bonds (ΔGhb) where at least one partner is neutral; contributions from unperturbed ionic interactions (ΔGionic); lipophilic interactions between lipophilic ligand atoms and lipophilic acceptor atoms (ΔGlipo); the loss of binding energy due to the freezing of internal degrees of freedom in the ligand, i.e., the freedom of rotation about each C—C bond is reduced (ΔGrot); the energy of the interaction between the protein and ligand (EVdW). Consideration of these terms gives equation 1:
Where N is the number of qualifying interactions for a specific term and, in one embodiment, ΔG0, ΔGhb, ΔGionic, ΔGlipo and ΔGrot are constants which are given the values: 5.4, −4.7, −4.7, −0.17, and 1.4, respectively.
The term Nhb is calculated according to equation 2:
f1((R)=1 if (R<=TOL
or =1−((R−TOL)/0.4 if (R<=0.4+TOL
or =0 if (R>0.4+TOL
f2((( )=1 if ((<30°
or =1−(Δα−30)/50 if Δα<=80°
or =0 if Δα>80°
fpcs is a function which allows for the polar contact surface area per hydrogen bond and therefore distinguishes between strong and weak hydrogen bonds and its value is determined according to the following criteria:
For the implementation of the modified Böhm scoring function, the contributions from ionic interactions, ΔGionic, are computed in a similar fashion to those from hydrogen bonds described above since the same geometry dependency is assumed.
The term Nlipo is calculated according to equation 5 below:
f(rlL) is calculated for all lipophilic ligand atoms, l, and all lipophilic protein atoms, L, according to the following criteria:
The term Nrot is the number of rotable bonds of the amino acid side chain and is taken to be the number of acyclic sp3-sp3 and sp3-sp2 bonds. Rotations of terminal —CH3 or —NH3 are not taken into account.
The final term, EVdW, is calculated according to equation 6 below:
With regard to Equation 6, in one embodiment, the constants ε1 and ε2 are given the atom values: C: 0.245, N: 0.283, O: 0.316, S: 0.316, respectively (i.e. for atoms of Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen and Sulphur, respectively). With regards to equations 5 and 6, the Van der Waal's radii are given the atom values C: 1.85, N: 1.75, O: 1.60, S: 2.00 Å.
It should be understood that all predetermined values and constants given in the equations above are determined within the constraints of current understandings of protein ligand interactions with particular regard to the type of computation being undertaken herein. Therefore, it is possible that, as this scoring function is refined further, these values and constants may change hence any suitable numerical value which gives the desired results in terms of estimating the binding energy of a protein to a ligand may be used and hence fall within the scope of the present invention.
As described above, the scoring function is applied to data extracted from the database of side-chain conformations, atom identities, and interatomic distances. For the purposes of the present description, the number of MHC Class II molecules included in this database is 42 models plus four solved structures. It should be apparent from the above descriptions that the modular nature of the construction of the computational method of the present invention means that new models can simply be added and scanned with the peptide backbone library and side-chain conformational search function to create additional data sets which can be processed by the peptide scoring function as described above. This allows for the repertoire of scanned MHC Class II molecules to easily be increased, or structures and associated data to be replaced if data are available to create more accurate models of the existing alleles.
The present prediction method can be calibrated against a data set comprising a large number of peptides whose affinity for various MHC Class II molecules has previously been experimentally determined. By comparison of calculated versus experimental data, a cut of value can be determined above which it is known that all experimentally determined T-cell epitopes are correctly predicted.
It should be understood that, although the above scoring function is relatively simple compared to some sophisticated methodologies that are available, the calculations are performed extremely rapidly. It should also be understood that the objective is not to calculate the true binding energy per se for each peptide docked in the binding groove of a selected MHC Class II protein. The underlying objective is to obtain comparative binding energy data as an aid to predicting the location of T-cell epitopes based on the primary structure (i.e. amino acid sequence) of a selected protein. A relatively high binding energy or a binding energy above a selected threshold value would suggest the presence of a T-cell epitope in the ligand. The ligand may then be subjected to at least one round of amino-acid substitution and the binding energy recalculated. Due to the rapid nature of the calculations, these manipulations of the peptide sequence can be performed interactively within the program's user interface on cost-effectively available computer hardware. Major investment in computer hardware is thus not required.
It would be apparent to one skilled in the art that other available software could be used for the same purposes. In particular, more sophisticated software which is capable of docking ligands into protein binding-sites may be used in conjunction with energy minimization. Examples of docking software are: DOCK (Kuntz et al., J. Mol. Biol., 161:269-288 (1982)), LUDI (Böhm, H. J., J. Comput Aided Mol. Des., 8:623-632 (1994)) and FLEXX (Rarey M., et al., ISMB, 3:300-308 (1995)). Examples of molecular modeling and manipulation software include: AMBER (Tripos) and CHARMm (Molecular Simulations Inc.). The use of these computational methods would severely limit the throughput of the method of this invention due to the lengths of processing time required to make the necessary calculations. However, it is feasible that such methods could be used as a 'secondary screen' to obtain more accurate calculations of binding energy for peptides which are found to be 'positive binders' via the method of the present invention.
The limitation of processing time for sophisticated molecular mechanic or molecular dynamic calculations is one which is defined both by the design of the software which makes these calculations and the current technology limitations of computer hardware. It may be anticipated that, in the future, with the writing of more efficient code and the continuing increases in speed of computer processors, it may become feasible to make such calculations within a more manageable time-frame.
Further information on energy functions applied to macromolecules and consideration of the various interactions that take place within a folded protein structure can be found in: Brooks, B. R., et al., J. Comput. Chem., 4:187-217 (1983) and further information concerning general protein-ligand interactions can be found in: Dauber-Osguthorpe et al., Proteins 4(1):31-47(1988), which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. Useful background information can also be found, for example, in Fasman, G. D., ed., Prediction of Protein Structure and the Principles of Protein Conformation, Plenum Press, New York, ISBN: 0-_PHONE_-9.
The interaction between MHC, peptide and T-cell receptor (TCR) provides the structural basis for the antigen specificity of T-cell recognition. T-cell proliferation assays test the binding of peptides to MHC and the recognition of MHC/peptide complexes by the TCR. In vitro T-cell proliferation assays of the present example, involve the stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), containing antigen presenting cells (APCs) and T-cells. Stimulation is conducted in vitro using synthetic peptide antigens, and in some experiments whole protein antigen. Stimulated T-cell proliferation is measured using 3H-thymidine (3H-Thy) and the presence of incorporated 3H-Thy assessed using scintillation counting of washed fixed cells.
Buffy coats from human blood stored for less than 12 hours were obtained from the National Blood Service (Addenbrooks Hospital, Cambridge, UK). Ficoll-paque was obtained from Amersham Pharmacia Biotech (Amersham, UK). Serum free AIM V media for the culture of primary human lymphocytes and containing L-glutamine, 50 μg/ml streptomycin, 10 μg/ml gentomycin and 0.


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Rope – la cuerda
To remember that rope is pronounced kwehr-dah (cuerda) in Spanish, use the following mnemonic:
The rope shows he must have climbed out the window. The question is, where has Dad gone?
Cuerda is feminine, so it's la cuerda. Imagine a lady swinging on a rope.


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Generalization, Specialization and Aggregation in DBMS
Speculation Specialization and Aggregation in DBMS are deliberation systems used to model data. The reflection is the instrument used to shroud the unnecessary points of interest of an arrangement of articles.
For instance, vehicle is a reflection that incorporates the sort's auto, jeep and transport.
In this way, the two deliberation instruments used to model data:
- Speculation (Specialization is the opposite procedure of Generalization)
Generalization in DBMS
Speculation is an abstracting procedure of review sets of items as a solitary general class by focusing on the general attributes of the constituent sets while stifling or overlooking their disparities.
In basic terms, Generalization is a procedure of removing normal attributes from two or more classes and joining them into a summed up superclass. In this way, it is a base up methodology as two or lower lever substances are consolidated to shape a more elevated amount element.
The normal qualities implies here properties or techniques.
Notation of Generalization
Generalization is represented by a triangle with a line.
Generalization is an IS_A relationship
Example of Generalization:
For instance, a Part_Time Employee and Full_Time Employee element sets can be summed up as EMPLOYEE substance sets;
- The Full_Time_Employee is a speculation of the substance set Faculty and Staff;
- The Part_Time_Employee is a speculation of the substance set teaching and casual.
Bike element is not appeared as it doesn't fulfill conditions for a subtype in light of the fact that it has every one of the credits normal to all vehicles. In this way, there are no ascribes particular to cruisers. Further, MOTORCYCLE does not have a relationship to another substance sort.
Specialization in DBMS
Specialization might be seen as the opposite procedure of Generalization. Specialization is the abstracting procedure of acquainting new qualities with a current class of items to make one or all the more new classes of articles.
In basic terms, a gathering of substances in specialization can be classified into sub-bunches in view of their attributes. So it is a top-down methodology in which one larger amount substance can be separated into two lower level element. It characterizes one or more subtypes of the supertypes and framing supertype/subtype connections.
In the above case, Faculty and Staff acquires the characteristic pay of the substance set Full_Time_Employee and last mentioned, thus acquires the properties of Employee. In this way, Faculty and Staff is a specialization of Full_Time_Employee and Full_Time_Employee is a specialization of Employee.
Additionally, Teaching and Casual acquires the quality Wage of the element set Part_Time_Employee and last mentioned, thus acquires the traits of Employee. Along these lines, Teaching and Casual is a specialization of Part_Time_Employee and Part_Time_Employee is a specialization of Employee.
Aggregation in DBMS
Conglomeration is the procedure of ordering data on an item, in this way abstracting a larger amount object. So, an element Person is inferred by amassing the qualities name, house_no., city and government managed savings number(SSN).
Another type of total says that it is abstracting a relationship in the middle of articles and survey the relationship as an item. Along these lines, in Figure below, the Enrollment relationship between substances understudy and Course element can be seen as element REGISTRATION.
In simple terms, Aggregation is a process when relation between two entities is treated as a single entity.
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Although rhodochrosite is found in many different localities, only a few supply the compact material which is used as an ornamental stone. It is commonly found in the form of stalactites and stalagmites in the caves of Argentina. Its use as an ornamental stone began just before the commencement of World War II, when a quantity of this stone came from San Luis in Argentina. The deposit from which it came was said to have been found in a long-disused mine situated on a mountain fissure at a high altitude, which was reputedly worked by the Incas for silver and copper during the thirteenth century. The Incas, who called it Inca Rose, believed that rhodochrosite is the blood of their former kings and queens / that was turned to stone.
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wind instrument(redirected from Bell of a wind instrument)
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1. A musical instrument, such as a clarinet, trumpet, or harmonica, in which sound is produced by the movement of an enclosed column of air, especially the breath, and excluding keyboard instruments such as the organ or accordion. Woodwind and brass instruments are both types of wind instruments.
2. Informal A woodwind instrument, as opposed to a brass instrument.
(Instruments) any musical instrument sounded by the breath, such as the woodwinds and brass instruments of an orchestra
a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, oboe, or flute.
- organ - Comes from Latin organum, from Greek oganon, "implement, instrument, tool"; it was first a very general term, but was then used for "wind instrument" and "functional part of the body."
- poop - Once had the meaning "to make an abrupt sound, as from a wind instrument."
- bell - The flared open end of a wind instrument.
- tootle - To toot continuously, as notes on a wind instrument.
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bell - the flared opening of a tubular device
brass instrument, brass - a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
free-reed instrument - a wind instrument with a free reed
kazoo - a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece
musical instrument, instrument - any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
pipe organ, organ - wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
pipe - a tubular wind instrument
post horn - wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries
whistle - a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it


Council urges caution and consideration this Bonfire Night
Denbighshire County Council is urging people to take extra safety precautions this Bonfire Night if they are planning their own celebrations.
The coronavirus restrictions mean that the vast majority of public events will not be going ahead and many people may decide to set fireworks in their gardens or backyards instead.
For many, bonfire night attractions provide enjoyment to thousands of people, but the Council is also urging people to be aware of the potential impact on the misuse of fireworks on vulnerable people in communities, as well as animals.
Councillor Mark Young, Cabinet Lead Member for Planning, Public Protection and Safer Communities, said: "We want everyone to have a safe and enjoyable bonfire night, but to consider those people who may find fireworks distressing.
"That is why we are asking people if they intend to host your own private event to inform their neighbours in advance, so they can make arrangements for any pets or to be away from home to avoid being affected by large noise and lights.
"We would also encourage people using fireworks to follow the guidelines issued by the manufacturers, take the necessary precautions and avoid any accidents from happening. Following the firework code greatly reduces the risks of accidents".
Anyone that chooses to use fireworks in an anti-social and irresponsible manner could find themselves on the wrong side of the law.
Under fireworks regulations there is generally a curfew preventing people from letting off fireworks between 11pm and 7am but this is extended to midnight on November 5th and 1am on New Years' Eve, Chinese New Year and Diwali. Similarly, parents and youngsters are reminded it is illegal for children under 18 to buy or be in the possession of fireworks.
Fireworks are explosives and should be treated with great care and respect, here is our advice for anyone considering using fireworks this November:
 1. Only buy fireworks from reputable outlets and be wary of fireworks sold via social media
 2. Don't drink alcohol if setting off fireworks.
 3. Keep fireworks in a closed box.
 4. Follow the instructions on each firework.
 5. Light them at arm's length, using a taper.
 6. Stand well back.
 8. Never put fireworks in your pocket or throw them.
 9. Always supervise children around fireworks.
 10. Light sparklers one at a time and wear gloves.
 11. Never give sparklers to children under five.
 12. Keep pets indoors.
 13. Don't set off noisy fireworks late at night.


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A prank call, also known as a crank call or nuisance call, is a form of practical joke over the telephone. This includes threatening someone over the phone as well as hanging up the phone once the receiver has picked up the phone. Repeated prank calls can amount to harassment, stalking or even bullying. It is important to use common sense and realise that prank calls can cause fear and distress to other people.
Which types are prank calls are considered offences?
- Threatening to kill someone (not necessarily the person you called) over the phone with the intention that they will believe you.
- Threatening to cause serious harm to someone (not necessarily the person you called) over the phone with the intention that they will believe you.
- Threatening that you have left/will leave an explosive or dangerous object somewhere with the intention that they will believe you.
- If you menace, harass or cause offence to a person over the phone, either by what you are saying or the way you are saying it.
The penalties for making threatening calls can be very serious.
Calls to emergency services (000)
- Dialling '000' and pretending that there is an emergency. Penalty – 3 years imprisonment.
- Dialling '000' for a reason other than an emergency situation. Penalty – 3 years imprisonment.
The penalties for making prank calls to emergency services can be very serious.
Calls are not only considered to be prank calls when it is threatening. Other types of prank calls may be classified as harassment depending on the words said, time and its circumstances.
So it is possible that you are not intending to threaten someone over the phone, but if your calls are annoying the receiver, they can ask their mobile company or the police to investigate and trace the prank call.
What can I do if I receive a prank call?
Hang up immediately. If you keep getting prank calls, you can make a complaint to the local police. They can then investigate, and, if necessary, prosecute the person who made the call.
You can also contact your phone company to help. For example, Telstra has a special call centre to help customers who are receiving unwanted phone calls. However your phone company is not obliged to disclose the information of the person calling you, unless asked by the police.
If you receive a phone call, you should not:
- Find out yourself who the caller is – this may be dangerous
- Threaten the caller
- Pretend you are a police officer when receiving the phone call (Impersonating a police officer)
If you threaten the caller or pretend to be a police officer, this may result in you being investigated for a criminal offence.
Stalking by prank calls
Unwanted contact through any technological means that happens more than once and causes concern or fear may constitute stalking. This means that repeated prank calls may be considered stalking. The penalties for stalking by prank calls can be very serious.
Bullying by prank calls
Repeated prank calls may also be bullying. If the prank calls becomes harassment, or illegal threats, then it becomes a form of bullying. Please refer to our Bullying section.
This information was last reviewed 6th June 2010.


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Do you know your food habit impacts your luck and prosperity? Sounds wired! But, this is the truth and you can decipher it if you follow Food Astrology. There are very few people who are actually aware that their food habits can strengthen and/or weaken the effects of planets; irrespective of good and bad. Even, due to bad food habits, the most beneficial planet in your birth chart can start giving negative results. And if you visit a truly educated and genuine astrologer in Kolkata, you will be amazed to know how you can reduce or increase the effects of planets just with your food practices.
So, if you want to know how you can increase the beneficial results of planets through your eating habits until you fix an appointment for an astro-consultation, take this blog as your guide.
Improve Results from Planets Through Food Astrology
Yes, you just read it right. Utilizing food astrology, you can magnet positive results from planets. Let us know which food you should list in your diet to improve the planets that are weak in your natal chart, or that you want to strengthen.
- Sun: Sun denotes health, mental health, respect, confidence, success, and father in a birth chart. If it is weak in your natal chart, add wheat, mango, and jaggery to your diet.
- Moon: If the Moon is weak in your birth chart or you are suffering due to your mental health, take sugarcane, sugar, milk, ice cream, white bread, and rice.
- Mercury: Mercury reflects your intelligence quotient. So, if Mercury is inflicted in your birth chart, you can add more and more green vegetables, green daal, and green sweets to your diet.
- Mars: To strengthen Martian energy and bring back confidence and boldness in life start eating jaggery, honey, lentils, pomegranate, and red-colored fruits to your plate.
- Venus: This planet is a karaka of marital bliss and financial improvement as well. If you are suffering with money due to weak Venus, have curd, sugar, candy, sooji white-colored food, and fruits every day. It will also improve your married life.
- Jupiter: Your wisdom and character majorly depend on how Jupiter is posted in your natal chart. To have good results from the planet Jupiter, eat banana, maize, yellow pulse, besan, ghee, gram flour, gram dal, rock salt, yellow fruits, and turmeric with your regular food.
- Saturn: Your karma karaka planet is Saturn. If you want to appease Saturn, you should add food like black pepper, urad dal, sesame seeds, mustard oil, pickle, clove, bay leaves, black salt, black dal, jaggery, and black-colored fruits and sweets to your diet.
- Rahu and Ketu: If you are suffering due to Rahu and Ketu then start including black sesame, chana, mustard oil, black sweets, and black fruits in your diet. It will help to reduce the negative energy of these shadowy planets.
Try these foods based on your zodiac sign as well as planets (weak/strong) in your natal chart. Hope, you will incur results incorporating this food into your diet and get rid of the planetary dilemma. You can consult with Astrologer Shrijit Chatterjee, one of the most genuine astrologer in Kolkata to have personalized food astrology remedies.


Another word for big
Example:- a large city
bad, big - very intense
Example:- a bad headache
big - significant
Example:- graduation was a big day in his life
big, heavy - prodigious
Example:- big spender
big - marked by intense physical force
Example:- a big wind
big - loud and firm
Example:- a big voice
big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child - in an advanced stage of pregnancy
Example:- was big with child
big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded - given or giving freely
Example:- was a big tipper
big, large, magnanimous - generous and understanding and tolerant
Example:- a heart big enough to hold no grudges
big, swelled, vainglorious - feeling self-importance
Example:- too big for his britches
big, boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing - exhibiting self-importance
Example:- big talk
big, large, prominent - conspicuous in position or importance
Example:- a big figure in the movement
adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup - (of animals) fully developed
Example:- an adult animal
big - on a grand scale
Example:- think big
big - in a major way
Example:- the play failed big at the box office
big, boastfully, large, vauntingly - in a boastful manner
Example:- he talked big all evening
big - extremely well
Example:- his performance went over big
Tweets containing the word big
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Fri 18 January - Sun 26 May 2013
Marking the 100th anniversary of excavations at the site, the Museum für Islamische Kunst (Museum of Islamic Art) presents an exhibition on the legendary royal city of Samarra, which lay approx. 120 km north of Bagdad on the banks of the Tigris, and which served as the government capital of the powerful Abbasid Caliphate from 836 to 892. Samarra boasted one of most elaborate city plans in the world at the time. With its gigantic palaces, mosques, walled hunting parks, polo fields, and horse racing courses it stretched to an astonishing length of almost 50 km.
Prominent ruins were excavated from 1911 to 1913 by the German archaeologist and Orientalist, Ernst Herzfeld. It was the first scientific excavation expressly dedicated to uncovering a site dating from the Islamic period. Today's exhibition presents a large selection of the finds that made their way to the Berlin museums under the then prevailing antiquities law, by which the found objects were divided up, with half retained by the local country and half removed by the country responsible for financing and conducting the dig. Among the objects on display are wall paintings, stucco, and wood panelling, which once adorned the walls of palaces. Also on show are lusterware ceramics, Chinese porcelain, and cut glass: testaments of the city's innovative artisanship and far-reaching trade links. The exhibition is enriched by a selection of historical excavation photographs taken by Ernst Herzfeld. They amount to important documents of the ruins, but also depict the landscape and everyday life at the dig.
Museum für Islamische Kunst


Is it time to stop obsessing over MadELeINE?
Why the Madeleine McCann case epitomises a narrative of white privilege
By El Barnes
The Madeleine McCann case is the most notorious missing person's case in history.
Almost twelve years later, Operation Grange has received a total of £11.75m of government funding, the most recent instalment having been granted in October 2018. But with 1 in 200 children going missing each year in the UK alone, is it time to finally stop obsessing over Madeleine McCann?
Before continuing, it must be addressed that this is a devastating case which has at the heart of it a beautiful and innocent little girl who, no matter which theory you choose to believe, has been met with an exceedingly tragic fate. I do find it interesting, though, that the only other case involving a child that has had an international audience just as captivated is the 1996 murder of JonBenét Ramsey in Boulder, Colorado. The most significant point of contrast between the two is that JonBenét's ordeal culminated with the discovery of a body, but the similarities don't start and end with public reception.
Like Madeleine, JonBenét was thought of as something of a juxtaposition between prized possession and least favourite child. Like Madeleine, JonBenét suffered the most horrific fate with her – apparently oblivious – family close by. JonBenét's brother, like Madeleine's siblings, was completely unaware and came out unscathed. As with Madeleine's case, evidence arose after the fact that pointed towards some kind of familial involvement. Like Madeleine, JonBenét was a white middle-class child, born to wealthy and respected parents. Like Madeleine, JonBenét was innocence personified – a young child with fair hair, fair skin and coloured eyes.
According to the charity Missing People, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds in the UK.
That means that since Madeleine's disappearance over 4.2m others have been reported missing, the majority of these being children, which begs the question: why Madeleine? It seems crass to suggest that an innocent and ill-fated child should become an unfortunate symbol of white privilege, but the sad truth is that when a person of colour and/or an immigrant or refugee goes missing, the media is far less likely to pay attention. A scroll through the current list of missing persons in the UK will reveal a glaring and cruel reality: people of colour make up a significant majority of missing persons, despite the population of the UK being 86% white.
What really saddens me about this is that I couldn't name a single person of colour on this page; the only missing persons' cases I've seen media coverage of recently are that of 16-year-old Liam Smith from Aberdeen, 21-year-old Libby Squire from Hull and 19-year-old Daniel Williams from Reading. The common denominator? The victims whose faces the media has chosen to circulate are all white.
I'm not suggesting that these three people received the media attention they deserved, or anywhere near as much as Madeleine.
I'm not even suggesting that Madeleine has received more than she deserves; I firmly believe that everything should be done to uncover the circumstances of her disappearance and bring the perpetrator(s) to justice. She, as a child, and an innocent victim, deserves that much. But if the government is incapable of providing such extensive and sustained funding, and the media incapable of giving such extensive and sustained air-time, to every child that goes missing, then it shouldn't be provided to one in particular. After all, it's not just Madeleine whose image conjures up reminders of the perpetuation of white privilege – it's her parents, too.
All too often Madeleine herself becomes lost in the earth-shattering reverberations of the tempestuous see-saw that is the public opinion of Kate and Gerry McCann and no matter which side of the see-saw you are on, you are sure to have an opinion. You are sure to believe that they are victims of unimaginable tragedy or evil perpetrators of a heinous crime. You are sure to know their faces. You most likely know that in just the first 10 months following Madeleine's disappearance, the public donated £2m to the McCanns. Picture Madeleine, and you inevitably picture Kate and Gerry along with her; their names and faces and numerous details of their lives…and yet so many names of actual missing people in the UK draw a blank.
But instead of contributing to an endless media circus and becoming another extension of the problem, let's talk about the missing people of colour in the UK and remind them, wherever they are, and their families, that we haven't forgotten them.
Recent photos can be found at, where you can also report sightings.
Let's find 16-year-old Ismael Berkoun, missing from Westminster since March 13th.
15-year-old Iesha Manuk Welsh, missing from Lambeth since March 13th.
14-year-old Rhys Moore-Campbell, missing from Camden since March 7th.
15-year-old Tamara Oram, missing from Walthamstow since March 4th.
17-year-old Tung Nguyen, missing from Luton since February 18th.
16-year-old Haftom Manush, missing from Birmingham since February 10th.
16-year-old Amy Mendes, missing from Croydon since January 22nd.
Let's circulate their names and faces and keep them in our thoughts as much as we have kept Madeleine there for the past twelve years and let's hope, just as fervently, that they too will be found.
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El Barnes
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
HTML image maps - an old trick with a new twist
HTML image maps have been around for some time but not many people are familiar with them. In fact, until a client recently wanted to use an image as the basis of a dynamic help system, even I didn't have much use for them. But when you do need to work with them, it's actually a lot of fun!
So what's the twist? This article shows how one can use image maps without the anchor tag which is normally used, uses a little jQuery, and is written in the context of Apex - all at the same time. You can check out the demo here. Here are the basic steps to get you going...
 1. Install jQuery.
 2. Get the image. There are a bunch of programs out there, both free and paid, that will help you take screen shots if you don't already have the image you want to work with. For a free tool that comes with Vista, check out the snipping tool.
 3. Create a map for the areas in the image. In an HTML image map, the sections one will be working with are called areas and each area element has a shape attribute. There are three basic shapes: rect (rectangle), circle, and polygon. Choose the appropriate shape for each each area of the image you want to work with - polygons can be used for oddly shaped areas. Then using a tool for working with images, like MS Paint or GIMP, get the coordinates of each. Each shape has its own system for mapping coordinates. We'll turn these coordinates into code in step 5.
 4. Make the image available to your application. Either add the image to the shared components of your application or to the file system of your web server like the "i" directory.
 5. Add the image and image map to your Apex application by adding an HTML region with the following code (modify for your needs):
 6. Add the following JavaScript to the HTML Header of the page:
As you can see, my implementation is very basic - all the HTML is in the one region. However, there is no limit to how you can adapt the code for your own needs. Using a static region ID, you can work with multiple regions. Even Ajax is possible.
Happing coding!
 - 2009/05/12 - Updated to better handle the hovering effect in IE.
 1. Dan,
 You can check an old demo I made. ;),2
 2. L-G,
 I remember that one... As well as Roel's here:
 3. Nice Demo Dan.
 This is something we were looking at doing.
 Thanks for the info.
 4. Francis,
 Thanks. Note that I just updated the code to better handle the hovering effect in IE. It's actually simpler ;)


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Lefebvre, A et al. (2011): Spectral analysis of seabed elevation from the Danish Wadden Sea. doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.770136,
Supplement to: Lefebvre, Alice; Ernstsen, Verner Brandbyge; Winter, Christian (2011): Bedform characterization throuth 2D spectral analysis. (Proceedings of the 11th International Coastal Symposium), Szczecin, Poland, ISSN 0749-0208, Journal of Coastal Research, Sl 64, 781-785, hdl:10013/epic.38582.d008
Bedforms both reflect and influence shallow water hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics. A correct characterization of their spatial distribution and dimensions is required for the understanding, assessment and prediction of numerous coastal processes. A method to parameterize geometrical characteristics using two-dimensional (2D) spectral analysis is presented and tested on seabed elevation data from the Knudedyb tidal inlet in the Danish Wadden Sea, where large compound bedforms are found. The bathymetric data were divided into 20x20 m areas on which a 2D spectral analysis was applied. The most energetic peak of the 2D spectrum was found and its energy, frequency and direction were calculated. A power-law was fitted to the average of slices taken through the 2D spectrum; its slope and y-intercept were calculated. Using these results the test area was morphologically classified into 4 distinct morphological regions. The most energetic peak and the slope and intercept of the power-law showed high values above the crest of the primary bedforms and scour holes, low values in areas without bedforms, and intermediate values in areas with secondary bedforms. The secondary bedform dimensions and orientations were calculated. An area of 700x700 m was used to determine the characteristics of the primary bedforms. However, they were less distinctively characterized compared to the secondary bedforms due to relatively large variations in their orientations and wavelengths. The method is thus appropriate for morphological classification of the seabed and for bedform characterization, being most efficient in areas characterized by bedforms with regular dimensions and directions.
Median Latitude: 55.314657 * Median Longitude: 8.506722 * South-bound Latitude: 55.310274 * West-bound Longitude: 8.497136 * North-bound Latitude: 55.318952 * East-bound Longitude: 8.516705
Knudedyb * * Latitude: 55.315000 * Longitude: 8.497000 * Location: Vesterhavet, Denmark *
Latitude/longitude are given in WGS84.
An overview map of the data is available at hdl:10013/epic.38582.d007
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1LATITUDE *LatitudeGeocode
2LONGITUDE *LongitudeGeocode
3UTM Northing, Universal Transverse Mercator *UTM northmLefebvre, Alice *
4UTM Easting, Universal Transverse Mercator *UTM eastmLefebvre, Alice *
5UTM Zone, Universal Transverse Mercator *UTM ZoneLefebvre, Alice *
6Wave length *Wave lengthmLefebvre, Alice *of the seabed features in metres
7Direction *DirectiondegLefebvre, Alice *of the seabed features
8Height *hmLefebvre, Alice *rms of the box of seabed elevation
9Spectral energy *Spec EdBLefebvre, Alice *of the peak in the 2D spectrum
10Spectral exponent *Spec expLefebvre, Alice *slope of the power-law fit
11Spectral strength *Spec strm4Lefebvre, Alice *y-intercept of the power-law fit
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOCK BOGGS FEB 7th 1898
Dock was an influential old-time singer, songwriter and banjoplayer. His style of banjo playing, as well as his singing, is considered a unique combination of Appalachian folk music and African-American blues. Contemporary folk musicians and performers consider him a seminal figure, at least in part because of the appearance of two of his recordings from the 1920s, "Sugar Baby" and "Country Blues", on Harry Smith's 1951 Anthology of American Folk Music collection. Boggs was initially recorded in 1927 and again in 1929, although he worked primarily as a coal miner for most of his life. He was "rediscovered" during the folk music revival of the 1960s, and spent much of his later life playing at various folk music festivals and recording for Folkways Records.


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This is a Guide for creating icon themes for Inkscape 1.0+
== What are multicolor icons? ==
== What are multicolor icons? ==
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This is a Guide for creating icon themes for Inkscape 1.0+
What are multicolor icons?
From Inkscape 1.0 on, Inkscape icon sets can make use of 3 user-customizable highlight colors, plus a user definable base color (colors can be mixed and blended). A user can select the colors in Edit > Preferences > Interface > Theme: Display icons.
The stock multicolor icon theme was designed by Adam Belis. Most of its icons are based upon those contained in the hicolor symbolic icon theme.
Since Inkscape's switch to Gtk3, every icon is saved in a separate file. There are about 450 different icons used in Inkscape. When you're creating your own icon theme, you don't need to make a new one for each of those. Instead, you can base your changes on an existing icon theme (hicolor or Multicolor).
How does it work?
Gtk supports up to 4 classes of colors:.success,.warning and.error. Normally,.error is set to red,.warning is orange and.success is green. The default colors can be set in a CSS file in the theme's folder. Inside this file also there is.base color defined is foreground color and the background is transparent or widget background-color.
How to build a new set of icons: Practical Guide
Creating a new icon theme and setting its default colors
 1. Find the Inkscape data folder at Edit > Preferences > System: Inkscape data.
 2. Find you Inkscape user icon folder at Edit > Preferences > System: User icons.
 3. Open the folder icons in the Inkscape data folder.
 4. Copy the multicolor icon folder from there into your Inkscape user icon folder.
 5. Rename the new folder to your new name (for example, call it Super Cool Icons).
 6. Open the file index.theme in your new icon folder with a text editor (e.g. Notepad), and adjust the name and comment line there, too. Save the file.
 7. To set up your default colors:
 1. Open the file highlights.css in your new Super Cool Icons folder with your favorite text editor be careful only touch the color definition and dont add extra spaces, new lines or reindent...
 2. Adjust the hex color codes of the classes to your liking, e.g. if you want your.success class to be green, you will change it to #009909.
 3. You can copy hex colors from Inscape's Fill and Stroke dialog or use an online color chooser, e.g. _URL_.
 4. The.dark classes can be used to adjust your color scheme to dark themes.
 5. Save and close the highlights.css file.
 8. You can also come back and tweak the colors later, if you like.
Editing or creating your first icon
Now when you are happy with your colors, we can jump into icon editing:
 1. Think about how you want to use the three available colors for your theme, e.g. maybe you want to sort icons by functionality, placement, or any other attribute.
 2. Open any icon file in the folder symbolic/actions inside your Super Cool Icons folder with Inkscape 1.0.
 3. Open the dialog Object > Selectors and CSS. disabled in 1.0 but still accessible via shortcut Shift+Ctrl+Q
 4. Also open Edit > Preferences > Interface > Theme and select the icon theme you have just created.
 5. Delete the current icon.
 6. Design your own icon on the same layer.
 7. To assign a color to a fill:
 1. Select the path.
 2. In the Selectors and CSS dialog, you will see 3 classes (.success,.warning,.error) (you may need to expand the dialog, or switch to vertical mode to be able to see them).
 3. Click on the + button next to the desired class, e.g. if you want the fill to be green (.success), you will click on + button next to.success.
 4. If you changed your mind and want a different class, you can click on the triangle behind the class name to expand the list of objects that use the class, and remove the class from the path by clicking on the x button.
 5. You need to add each path a class.success,.warning,.error trought XML Inspector
 8. To preview your new icon, save the icon file (Ctrl+S), and switch to a different theme, and then switch back to your new theme in the preferences to force a reload of the icon theme, or just toggle the 'dark theme' option twice.
 9. Now you can see how the icon looks when it is used in the Inkscape interface.
 10. Repeat the process 450 more times to finish your very own Super Cool Icons.
 11. Congratulation you did it! Dont forget to share your Super Cool Icons theme with the community on the Inkscape website.
Feature support
 - 3 solid fill colors (set by classes) + 1 base color
 - arbitrary opacity values (not alpha, but object opacity)
 - LPEs (live path effects)
 - clip masks
 - filters (not recommended, not change on dark/bright changes, resolution-dependent)
 - embedded bitmaps (not recommended, not change on dark/bright changes, resolution-dependent)
 - strokes with any color different from the theme base color
 - Workaround: add the 'Join type' LPE (it nondestructively converts strokes to paths)
 - gradients
 - Workaround: you can simulate linear gradients by creating multiple rectangles in a row and changing their opacity (0,10,20,30...), and then clipping this group with the shape you want to have a linear gradient.
you can simulate a radial gradient by adding circles increasing in size and decreasing in opacity. You can also simulate gradients by using blur on paths.
 - mesh gradients
 - blend modes
 - different colors than those set by.success,.warning and.error.
 - Workaround: you can create more than 4 colors by layering objects with lowered opacity. Create a duplicate of the path, then change the new path's opacity and select one of the color classes. E.g. use one object with the class.success at 30% opacity, placed on top of another object with an unset fill for a different shade of the.success color.
Best practices
 - Keep it all in one layer and do not change the name of the layer.
 - Keep in mind that the icons are going to be very small (16x16px), so use a grid for drawing to ensure crisp rendering. It seems like you need to use a 24x24 grid for icons inside SOME panels (alignment and distribution).
 - Add a color class to all paths, or unset the fill. If no class is set, the default class.base will be used.
 - Try to keep the SVG file small and simple so it does not take a long time to render your icons (this can impact start up time).
 - Try to use discrete opacity values: 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100% to keep the SVG files small.
 - Use a low precision for your file's coordinates (maximally 0.xx). This includes node poritions, object transformations etc.).


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The charity workers staking out your favorite holiday shopping site with collection cups in hand may have chosen the exact right spot to prick your conscience, a new study suggests.
It's not that you feel guilty for your purchasing power. It's about the weight of your shopping bags.
Researchers found that when we are physically weighed down, with anything from groceries to gifts, our thoughts inescapably turn to serious -- weighty -- subjects. Apparently, the wiring in our brain sparks directly from physical weight to psychological weight.
When we're toting a big haul, we're more likely to be suddenly struck by the importance of current events or issues in the world around us, according to the report published in the Journal of Consumer Behavior.
"We found that carrying a heavy load leads consumers to feel an unrelated event as being more important and more stressful," said the study's lead author Meng Zhang, an assistant professor in the department of marketing at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
For the new study Zhang ran a series of experiments on more than 100 people to look at the impact of heavy loads on thinking.
In her experiments, Zhang asked a group of volunteers to carry a shopping bag with bottles of water that weighed about 10 pounds. A comparison group carried bags with empty water bottles. The volunteers were told the experiment was to determine how much weight consumers might be willing to carry while shopping.
Later, both groups were asked questions, such as how important it is for people to express their opinions in public, how important it was to read nutrition labels, or how important it was that people stay socially connected.
Sure enough, volunteers carrying the heavy bags tended to score higher on their answers to the societal questions. In other words, people carting around heavy bags were more likely to say lots of stuff was really important.
Perhaps even more intriguing was Zhang's discovery that people could be nudged to think about the importance of weighty societal issues just by asking them to read narratives that included words such as "heavy," "tons," and "loaded."
Is there an antidote to the psychological consequences of carrying a shopping bag loaded down with holiday loot?
Apparently there is. In another experiment Zhang determined that the psychological impact of a heavy load could be diminished when people thought about lightweight objects, such as balloons and feathers.
Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.


Why do people give to the United Way?
 - Some like the oversight United Way provides over partner agencies...making sure the finances are being handled properly.
 - Others like that someone else is checking to be sure the community's most critical problems are being targeted, not just band-aid solutions.
 - Still others appreciate the convenience of payroll deduction.
 - Some like that their donation can be directed to nearly any charity, anywhere they wish.
 - Everyone appreciates that they are helping those in need.
Why do employers like the United Way?
 - The United Way makes it easy for employers to help employees give back to their community. Many employers consider partnering with United Way as good corporate citizenship.
 - Since the United Way will direct employee donations to nearly any charitable organization, employers may choose to limit outside fundraising efforts.
 - Even the simplest payroll software accomodates payroll deduction. The employer simply sends one check to United Way on a monthly or quarterly basis. The United way does the work of keeping track of where the employee donations are directed.
Why do charities like the United Way?
 - Charities understand that United Way's trusted partnership with employers and their ability to utilize payroll deduction, is a powerful team that often results in larger donations directed to the charity.
 - Charities often suggest to their employees, their board members, and their supporters to take advantage of Donor Directed contributions and payroll deductions so that part, or all, of their donation benefits their organization.
 - Being a partner agency with United Way signals to the charity's donor that both the charity and the finances have been carefully reviewed by a third party.
Annual Workplace Campaign Materials - download here
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Australian Theatre, Film and Learning
This unit of study will examine the nature of theatre and film in Australian cultural and educational settings. A particular focus will be placed on theatre and film for and by young people, and the range of learnings that take place through young people's engagement in, and appreciation of, theatre and film. In addition, the role and nature of Australian film and theatre will be placed within an international context so that students can examine the international forces influencing Australian culture. Indigenous issues in Australian Film and Theatre will be examined. Australian Theatre, Film and Learning will provide first hand experiences of Australian films and theatre performances through field trips to significant theatre performances and festivals, Australian school performances and the viewing of Australian films.
Essay (2500 words), Film Assignment essay (2500 words).


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- How can we decipher the symbolism of Maus 2, extracting more meaning from only the images?
- Frame analysis:
- DescribeDescribe the frame in detail. Make sure you find even the smallest pieces of information that are hiding within the illustration.
- ExplainExplain the meaning of each of the objects and details in this frame. What do these things symbolize or represent? Why does the author use this image instead of another one? What message is the author trying to convey through this frame?
- ExpandShow how this frame and its different meanings relate to the rest of the book or to your own life.
4. Use Photo Booth to take a picture of the frame you would like to analyze.
5. Annotate the photo with description, explanation, and expansion using preview (after you have converted it to a PDF)
6. Go to Slideshare.net and upload your file… Make sure that you tag it with maus2.
7. Look at our greatness.
- Using a backchannel to discuss and ask questions about Animal Farm (While we read).
- Text animalfarm and then your question or comment to 41411.
- I also need a google jockey to get images that help to express what is going on in Animal Farm.
- Read Chapters 9 and 10 of Animal Farm.


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Discrete Fourier transform matrix in Galois field
dm = dftmtx(alph)
dm = dftmtx(alph) returns a Galois array that represents the discrete Fourier transform operation on a Galois vector, with respect to the Galois scalar alph. The element alph is a primitive nth root of unity in the Galois field GF(2m) = GF(n+1); that is, n must be the smallest positive value of k for which alph^k equals 1. The discrete Fourier transform has size n and dm is an n-by-n array. The array dm represents the transform in the sense that dm times any length-n Galois column vector yields the transform of that vector.
 Note: The inverse discrete Fourier transform matrix is dftmtx(1/alph).
The example below illustrates the discrete Fourier transform and its inverse, with respect to the element gf(3,4). The example examines the first n powers of that element to make sure that only the nth power equals one. Afterward, the example transforms a random Galois vector, undoes the transform, and checks the result.
m = 4;
n = 2^m-1;
a = 3;
alph = gf(a,m);
mp = minpol(alph);
if (mp(1)==1 && isprimitive(mp)) % Check that alph has order n.
 disp('alph is a primitive nth root of unity.')
 dm = dftmtx(alph);
 idm = dftmtx(1/alph);
 x = gf(randi([0 2^m-1],n,1),m);
 y = dm*x; % Transform x.
 z = idm*y; % Recover x.
 ck = isequal(x,z)
The output is
alph is a primitive nth root of unity.
ck =
The Galois field over which this function works must have 256 or fewer elements. In other words, alph must be a primitive nth root of unity in the Galois field GF(2m), where m is an integer between 1 and 8.
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The element dm(a,b) equals alph^((a-1)*(b-1)).
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