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Of the non-scheduled regional languages spoken in the state, more than 75% are on the verge of disappearing in the next few decades, according to a recent linguistic survey.
In Maharashtra, 56 regional languages are spoken, of which Marathi and its nine regional varieties are scheduled languages and are entitled to be developed and preserved by the government. Some of these regional varieties are Varhadi, Tawadi, Jamneri, and Samvedi.
Among the other 46 languages, about 10 have a relatively sizeable number of speakers and at present show the signs of continuing for a considerable period of time, according to a survey conducted by the People's Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI), a language research and publication centre based in Baroda, Gujarat.
However, the survey revealed that the remaining 36 languages, spoken in places such as Amravati, Satara and Sangli among others, are rapidly losing their significance, with 20 expected to become extinct in the next two decades.
Although the other 16 languages are backed by enough speakers to continue for some more years, its speakers are also rapidly reducing in number.
"Languages that are mainly spoken by nomadic groups or denotified tribes are critically endangered," said Ganesh Devy, chairperson, PLSI. "Siddi, a branch of Swahili, spoken by the people who came from Africa is one such example," said Devy.
Such significant loss of languages can have an adverse impact on other domains. "The ecological knowledge of several flora and fauna in the state will become superficial, as their detailed descriptions among the local communities will be lost," said ecologist Madhav Gadgil.
Marathi a popular option for students
mumbai: The Marathi language does not seem to be under threat of being overshadowed by other popular languages, and is in fact in demand among the youth.
Over the last few years, more than 500 city students have opted for Marathi for the Masters in Arts (MA) annually from Mumbai university and with students learning under distance education, the number is about 1,200 every year. February 27 was celebrated as Marathi Bhasha Diwas.
"There is still a good demand for studying Marathi, and the number of students opting for the subject has remained consistent over the years," said Pushpalata Rajapure-Tapas, head of Marathi department at the university.
Some language experts also defended the significance of Marathi in present times. "It is a strong language, and has been growing because of its rich literature," said Ganesh Devy, chairperson, People's Linguistic Survey of India.
However, Devy highlighted areas of concern. "The language is losing its significance in medicine and healthcare, because people are not able to describe ailments in Marathi and even doctors are increasingly using English," he said.
Some experts also felt the need for the language to be standardised.


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Client: Colorado Springs Utilities
Task: Increase participation and representation of youth perspectives in decision-making about electricity generation.
Students conducted focus groups, interviews, and a survey to capture how area youth think about electricity production and to understand their priorities in the future. Almost 500 high school-age students participated in the different engagement methodologies, and analysis of collected data highlighted key priorities, trends, and opportunities. Additionally, a lesson plan and strategy were developed to enable long-term engagement with youth beyond the scope of this study.
Findings were delivered to the Utilities Policy Advisory Committee as a component of a comprehensive planning process. Results were subsequently used to support the weighing of different factors (cost, environmental impact, reliability, innovation etc.) in scenario planning, and also to support the ultimate adoption of a planned energy portfolio that will reduce carbon emissions from electricity generation by 90% by 2050.

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Asphalt paver is a complex linear road-building machine. Asphalt pavers are designed for laying layers of asphalt concrete covering, including distribution and preliminary compaction of asphalt-concrete mixture on the underlying layer of pavement. Usually works in tandem with a truck supplying a mixture for it.
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Asphalt paver with automatic leveling
The design of all modern asphalt pavers provides the ability to automatically control the processes of feeding, distributing and laying pavement material. Qualitative construction of the coating can not be done without using a leveling automatizer for controlling the working body, except for small areas with small areas. When constructing non-complex objects, the stacker is installed, at a minimum, with sensors for controlling the supply of material to the distribution auger, a slope sensor that controls the slope of the slab to the horizon, one or two height sensors that control the thickness of the layer to be laid. On responsible sites, especially on the laying of a wide strip of pavement, with the slab extended, more sophisticated leveling automation systems are used. ACS for asphalt pavers and other SDM by the method of transmission and processing of the control signal are divided into digital and analog. Digital devices are created taking into account the maximum use of the latest advances in computer technology. Automation systems for leveling, completed on their basis, are universal, multifunctional, provide the possibility of using different combinations of sensors, for example, an ultrasonic contactless height sensor and a sensor-receiver of laser planes can enter into one set of automated control systems.


How can we contact you?
Board of Directors Camp Bluebonnet P.O. Box 19802 Houston, TX 77224
E-mail: _EMAIL_
Will my daughter be able to call home?
Yes and no. It is preferable that the girls do not call home since this may foster homesickness. On the other hand, whenever there is sufficient reason, the girls will be able to do so.
If we have an emergency who can I contact?
You will receive an e-mail during June which will have contact names and their phone numbers for any other question during the week of camp.
Can I mail letters to my daughter while at camp? What is the address?
Letters are always welcome and should be sent to the following address: Stoney Creek Ranch, 1912 Zimmerscheidt Road, New Ulm TX 78950. Unfortunately, we cannot accept any form of care packages, boxes, containers, etc. only letters.
Who are your counselors? How do you select them?
Our counselors are college and high school young women who have demonstrated leadership qualities and attend formative activities at Sheridan Study Center*. There is an application process and interview which assures the staff of the camp that the counselors identify with the mission and goals of Camp Bluebonnet.
How do you train your counselors?
Sheridan Study Center* hosts a counselor-training seminar before camp. It includes work sessions on the goals of the camp, leadership workshops, preparation of the talks for campers, planning camp activities, first aid training. Additionally, the counselors attend throughout the year different activities which help them in their personal growth as leaders of camp.
Will I be able to bring an infant to the Mom's Brunch?
You are welcome to bring a nursing baby to the camp. Please do not to bring infants who can walk.
My daughter's birthday falls during the camp week, what can I do?
You might drop off a birthday card and enough cups cakes or cookies for 18 girls on registration day, and counselors will deliver them on your daughter's birthday. Her birthday will also be be announced and celebrated during breakfast.
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HCC Site ID: 1770 Parish: Eastleigh
Designations: SINC, SSSI Area: 30 ha
Access: Public Access Ownership: Private
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William Cobbett bought Botley House in 1805-6. Between the purchase of the house and 1810 when he was sent to Newgate Prison, he added a grandiose portico to the house; built stables with a clock, stable yard and four tied cottages. He planted shrubberies, orchards and mature trees. In the walled garden the fruit trees were trained as espaliers; there were hot beds for melons and early vegetables. He was very much in favour of the formal garden, and not the 'picturesque'. He advocated that gravel paths should dissect his gardens and shrubberies, be four feet wide and edged with box, and that the lawn or 'grass-plat' was an essential part of the beauty of the pleasure garden. He considered a greenhouse essential, preferably built onto, and entered and viewed from, the sitting room where early spring flowers could be enjoyed.
In 1812, when he was released from Newgate prison the family rented a smaller house at Botley Hill. This property had three quarters of a mile of high walls for fruit trees, and Cobbett spent £150 on plants and trees, nectarines, peaches and vines, and employed a gardener to prune and train them. In 1817 Cobbett fled to America and Botley House was re-possessed. When he returned to England his family were in distress with debts and lawsuits. He was allowed to live in Botley House for a short while through the kindness of the mortgagee, John Tunno. In 1820, John Tunno sold
Botley House to John Jenkyns, a lawyer who owned Botley Hill. In 1831 Botley House was almost buried by the locust trees planted by Cobbett, and was demolished.
William Cobbett owned and lived at Botley House in the early part of the 19th century, during which time he had a formal garden and extensively planted the grounds with trees and shrubs, so much so that in 1831 the house was demolished due to the overgrown locust trees. During his residence at Botley Hill, he planted the extensive walls with various fruits.
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I have a class diagram for my application which consists of several compositions and aggregations.
Now I want to have diagram based on the class diagram which shows class instances. A snapshot if you will. I need this because it would help discussing some functional requirements.
Class diagram:
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"Instance" diagram:
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Is there a diagram type for this? (Currently I'm mis-using a class diagram, where all my instances are separate classes)
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I agree with this comment. – UML GURU Nov 17 '10 at 10:00
Object diagram likely most appropriate as, from original q, an objective is to illustrate relationship cardinality. – sfinnie Nov 17 '10 at 12:30
An "instance" diagram in UML is called an Object Diagram.
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You can use the "Object Diagram" as Peter G. McDonald said.
See the wiki :Object Diagram Wiki
In UML if what you want doesn't exist you can adapt classic Diagram for what you want
something just like you did but with comment block to explain your choices
Documentation is as important as diagrams.
If you want to describe the life cycle of yours instances you can use "State machine diagram".
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§24.1.1/3 from C++03 Standard reads,
For input iterators, a == b does not imply ++a == ++b. (Equality does not guarantee the substitution property or referential transparency.) Algorithms on input iterators should never attempt to pass through the same iterator twice. They should be single pass algorithms. Value type T is not required to be an Assignable type (23.1). These algorithms can be used with istreams as the source of the input data through the istream_iterator class.
I couldn't understand the bold text in the above quotation. Can anyone help me understanding this?
Also, what does the following statement (italicized text in the above quotation) mean? How is it related to a==b and ++a==++b expressions?
Equality does not guarantee the substitution property or referential transparency.
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The properties referred to are:
Substitution Property
For any quantities a and b and any expression F(x), if a = b, then F(a) = F(b) (if either side makes sense, i.e. is well-formed).
Referential Transparency
Informally, it means that there is no difference between a value and a reference to this value (thus how the term was coined).
In imperative programming it is a difficult concept to get, because we are used to modify our variables. Rick Hickey (behind Clojure) gives a nice talk about the distinction between Identity and State that may help you. The gist of it is that a variable is an Identity. At any point in time an Identity refers to a State. A State never changes, however an Identity may be altered to refer to another State.
Input Iterators
The substitution property violation is "obvious" here, if we define F(x) in the above to mean ++x, then we have that if input iterators verified the substitution property, the following would hold a == b => ++a == ++b.
This is not true, however, because incrementing an input iterator may invalidate all other input iterators from the same source. From table 107 in n3290 (page 831, just above the paragraph you quoted):
pre: r is dereferenceable.
post: r is dereferenceable or r is past-the-end.
post: any copies of the previous value of r are no longer required either to be dereferenceable or to be in the domain of ==.
That is, when we perform ++a, then b may become invalid, and therefore ++b itself will be undefined behavior.
This is a direct violation of ++a == ++b, therefore the substitution property does not hold.
The referential transparency is a bit more evident here. If Input Iterators were referentially transparent, it would mean that they would be indifferentiable from the value they point to. Clearly this is not the case, as applying ++ does not increment the value, but the iterator.
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+1. Nice post, Matthieu. :-). Last paragraph is very cogent. – Nawaz May 10 '11 at 15:59
By the way, I found an interesting explanation in wikipedia : "Because of this they lack referential transparency, i.e. the same language expression can result in different values at different times depending on the state of the executing program." – Nawaz May 10 '11 at 16:22
_USER_: yes, in general you need purity for referential transparency of expression (that is, no reading from some global state and no writing to global state). For example, i = rand() cannot (and should not) be memoized, while i, RandState = rand(RandState) could be, because the state is now explicit. – Matthieu M. May 10 '11 at 17:37
_USER_. Could you elaborate on That is, when we perform ++a, then b may become invalid, and therefore ++b itself will be undefined behavior. I don't see how b may become invalid. – newprint Oct 6 '13 at 20:08
_USER_: Imagine that you use an iterator over the bytes of a buffer. When you point to the last byte of the buffer with a and b and execute ++a, it may signal: "I am done with this, bring the next one", at which point b could be a dangling pointer. – Matthieu M. Oct 7 '13 at 6:26
For Input Iterators, incrementing an iterator invalidates copies of the same iterator.
auto a = istream_iterator(something);
auto b = a;
a == b; // true
++a; // b is now invalid
++b; // undefined behavior, I think, but in any case not guaranteed to
 // result in anything sensible.
So certainly ++a == ++b is not guaranteed. That is, a == b does not imply ++a == ++b.
I think the "substitution property" means "anything you do with the value of a has the same result as doing the same with the value of b", or similar - there are various versions of substitution that it might refer to, but something along those lines. I think in this context it must mean "later doing the same with b", since if a == b and I haven't done anything invalid yet, then it doesn't matter which of a and b I use, they refer to the same point in the stream. But when I increment, I do have to pick one and lose the other, hence the difficulty with ++a == ++b.
"Referential transparency" means that different objects are independent, i.e. they're not references/pointers to or aliases of each other. In combination with "substitution property" this means:
Later? There is no earlier or later since operations don't have global side-effects. If you can't substitute "later" then you can't substitute
Input iterators in the same sequence typically refer to the same "actual data", like a file handle or whatever, which itself contains mutable state. Since a and b refer to the same file handle, and their value is dependent on its state, you don't have referential transparency. This lack is why substitution fails.
Forward iterators typically also refer to the same underlying data (like a container), but as long as you use them read-only (and don't otherwise modify the container), they don't betray this fact, at least not until you start comparing the addresses of the values they return. So they have a limited kind of referential transparency of their own value, that input iterators don't. They're still references themselves, so the things they refer to are still aliased.
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While true, is that really what the paragraph is specifically talking about? – Lightness Races in Orbit May 10 '11 at 9:04
_USER_: That doesn't explain what I've asked. Also, is this code valid in C++03? – Nawaz May 10 '11 at 9:07
_USER_: I believe so. The paragraph is talking about input iterators working for a single pass only, and to me, "increment invalidates copies" is the simplest way to express that. It also explains in simple terms why a == b doesn't imply ++a == ++b (since it provides a counter-example). No doubt there are other explanations possible, some of them also simple :-) – Steve Jessop May 10 '11 at 9:07
_USER_: no, I'm using auto because I'm too lazy to duplicate the type or even write a typedef. If it's virtuous not to be that lazy, feel free to earn a place in Heaven by editing my code! – Steve Jessop May 10 '11 at 9:08
_USER_: I've now attempted to answer your second question in addition to your first. – Steve Jessop May 10 '11 at 9:28
As the explanation says: "They should be single pass algorithms."
The point is that an iterator on an input stream represents a transient state. Once the iterator is changed, that state no longer exists; all other iterators representing that state are invalidated: once you increment a, the iterator b becomes invalid.
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Input iterators define a sequence which can only be read once; input from a keyboard or a pipe would be a good example. Incrementing an istream_iterator effectively means reading further in the istream, extracting characters, so other istream_iterator on the same stream will no longer be valid with regards to their position. Imagine a stream of characters "abcdefg..." (the alphabet, in sum), with two istream_iterator pointing to the 'a'. Incrementing one of them will cause the 'b' to be read from the stream, and no other iterator can ever see it.
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Consider that an input iterator could be connected to a stream reading from the keyboard. Incrementing the iterator means reading the next character.
Also incrementing a copy of the iterator does not mean reading the same character.
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University-wide voluntary initiative:
- Employees are encouraged to create their own Climate CV, voluntarily.
- A Climate CV shows how much the employee travels for conferences, meetings and such, and modes of travel.
- We hope that this may stimulate discussion in our community about the necessity and unquestioned academic tourism that many of us pursue.
"The idea of this climate CV originated from discussions in the Environmental Psychology research group."


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What is Emergency Lighting?By definition, emergency lighting is a battery-operated light that is programmed to come on any time the power fails in a large building. Most building codes require that these lights be installed in all new commercial and residential buildings, as well as schools, dormitories, and other spaces with large occupancy. Older buildings are also installing these systems since they are critically important for helping people escape from buildings safely.
Modern Emergency Lighting describes the type of lighting that is used in all high occupancy commercial, industrial or residential building. Every emergency lighting unit has reflectors that direct the focus of the light and intensify it. The actual source of the light can come from some type of incandescent light bulb, or from light emitting diode (LED) clusters. The design of emergency lighting fixtures may place the reflectors behind the fixture, or the fixture may have a plastic covering over the lighting source. Individual emergency lighting units are typically designed so that the light can rotate, making it possible to redirect the light to any place where the light is needed most.


harsh conditions. Here are five things to know about child poverty in Lebanon.
5 Facts About Child Poverty in Lebanon
 1. Poverty by the Numbers: There is severe inequality in Lebanon as 5-10% of the population receives more than half of the total national income. Around 25-30% of Lebanese people live in poverty. Refugees and other populations face an even higher rate of poverty. For all of these groups, families with children are more likely to live in poverty. Current estimates say 1.4 million children in Lebanon are living in poverty. This affects their ability to receive an education, adequate nutrition and water and future standard of living and employment.
 2. Education: An estimated 10% of children in Lebanon do not attend school. The schools that do exist are low quality in both education and the physical state of the buildings. The poor education in Lebanon causes less young people to acquire jobs in technical or competitive fields. Armed and violent conflicts in Lebanon have also damaged school buildings. Furthermore, children's access to education is hindered by the 1925 Nationality Law, in which only children with Lebanese fathers receive citizenship. If a child's only parent is their mother or the father is not Lebanese, public schools will not admit them until all other Lebanese children are enrolled.
 3. Child Labor: Lebanon has lower rates of child labor than many of the surrounding countries, but still 7% of children work. Many of these children work to support their families, though their salaries are often low. Boys often work in factories or agriculture which have inhumane and very harsh working conditions. Lebanon has signed on to the ILO's Convention on Child Labor, but this has not decreased child labor.
 4. Refugee Children: Lebanon has a very high number of refugees living inside its borders because of its geographical location. These refugees come from Iraq, Syrian, Palestine and more. The majority of refugees live in extreme poverty. Refugee children often work in poor conditions to make money. Many also suffer from mental health problems due to their trauma. In refugee camps, children face many dangers, including domestic violence, drug use and minimal health care and basic hygiene. Lebanon has not ratified the U.N. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, and does little to protect these people living inside the country. The country also lacks the resources to address children's mental health problems, but NGOs are working to provide more medical help inside the refugee camps.
 5. Reducing Child Poverty: The Government of Lebanon launched the National Poverty Targeting Program in 2011. The World Bank provided technical and financial assistance to this program to provide a safety net for families living in extreme poverty. Families are chosen based on level of food security, labor force status and other variables. This program currently helps 43,000 households, although more than 150,000 families are in extreme poverty and more than 350,000 qualify are in poverty. The families benefiting from the program receive a "Hayat Card," which gives them access to free health care and educational services, and the poorest receive a debit card for food.
Children in Lebanon are still heavily affected by poverty, whether it is through health care, education or labor. Refugee children and girls are particularly vulnerable as they lack basic rights under law. Although strides have been made in recent years to eradicate poverty, the government and other organizations must prioritize addressing child poverty in Lebanon.
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3RF: Helping Lebanon Recover from the Beirut Explosion
The United Nations has announced a new plan to support Lebanon after Beirut's deadly explosion in August 2020. Operating in conjunction with the World Bank and the European Union, the U.N. has named its program 3RF, short for "Reform, Recovery[ ] and Reconstruction Framework." Lebanon has long struggled under the weight of political and economic crises, which the explosion in its capital city only exacerbated. Therefore, 3RF comes as an effort from the international community to improve conditions in Lebanon over the long term.
An Explosion in the Capital
Shortly after 6 p.m. local time on August 4, 2020, a colossal explosion at Beirut's port sent shockwaves rippling through the city. The disaster killed 200 people, injured thousands more and rendered approximately 300,000 individuals—out of the city's total population of 2 million—homeless and destitute.
Officials have since identified the cause of the explosion as 2,750 tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate, a chemical found in fertilizer. A welding project in one of the port's warehouses sparked a fire that triggered the blast.
Shockwaves blew out windows at Beirut International Airport five miles away, and scientists from the United States Geological Survey reported that these equated to a 3.3-magnitude earthquake. Besides destroying commercial buildings and residential properties, the explosion also incapacitated three major hospitals and more than 24 clinics. Victims flooded the remaining healthcare centers, placing further strain on a system already contending with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Economic Crisis
Unfortunately, Lebanon was beset by problems before the August 2020 explosion. Public discontent has simmered for years, stoked by political corruption, economic hardship and a government struggling to provide services like reliable power and clean drinking water.
In October 2019, following a foreign currency shortage and the eruption of major wildfires, the Lebanese government announced new taxes in a bid to raise desperately needed revenue. However, the Lebanese government scrapped the plans after large-scale protests gripped the country.
Then, after lockdown measures underwent implementation in March 2020 to slow the spread of COVID-19, Lebanon's economic crisis worsened. As businesses had to fire employees or place them on furlough without pay, prices on basic goods rose to prohibitory levels. In May 2020, former Prime Minister Hassan Diab wrote in The Washington Post that much of the country's population had ceased buying meat and fresh produce and that soon people would be unable to afford bread.
Poverty and Corruption
The blast in Beirut has significantly compounded the hardships that Lebanese people have faced. Many residents within the financial capital have experienced trauma, including older citizens for whom the explosion brought up memories of the violent Lebanese Civil War (_PHONE_). Additionally, more than 55% of the country lives below the poverty line, almost doubling the percentage registered in 2019. Extreme poverty has also surged within the past year, rising from 8% to 23%.
Unfortunately, corruption among Lebanese political elites has meant the lack of a government-led recovery plan. Popular protests in the wake of revelations about mismanagement of the ammonium nitrate at Beirut's port led to the mass resignation of then Prime Minister Hassan Diab's government. Instead, volunteers and NGOs have spearheaded efforts to clean up the city. Funds raised abroad have gone straight to these NGOs on the ground, bypassing the Lebanese government due to the international community's lack of trust in its leaders.
3RF and Lebanon's future
The program 3RF aims to address the desperate situation in Lebanon. Announced at the recent International Conference in Support of the Lebanese People, the plan underscores urgent needs for political reform to solve the root causes of Lebanon's economic crisis. Such reforms will facilitate recovery and reconstruction in the long run.
For his part, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called upon political leaders in Lebanon "to put aside partisan political interests and form a government that adequately protects and responds to the needs of the people." The International Monetary Fund also promised to help but emphasized the importance of active participation from a legitimate Lebanese government during the reform process.
Conditions for Lebanon's people have been difficult during 2020. Stemming from a spiraling economy and political corruption, the COVID-19 pandemic and the catastrophic explosion at Beirut's port exacerbated these hardships. With thousands of people homeless and poverty rising, the U.N.'s 3RF will hopefully provide immediate relief while also laying the foundation for better governance in the future. Pressure from the international community can likewise encourage Lebanese leaders to form a new government and begin implementing necessary reforms.
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The CDC's new resource for positive parenting, Essentials for Parenting Toddlers and Preschoolers is a free, online resource developed by the CDC. Designed for parents of 2 to 4 year olds, Essentials for Parenting addresses common parenting challenges, like tantrums and whining. Positive parenting skills and techniques can reduce parenting stress and provide parents with ways to handle their child's misbehavior. Skills focus on encouraging good behavior and decreasing misbehavior using proven strategies like positive communication, structure and rules, clear directions, and consistent discipline and consequences. Build the foundation of a positive parent-child relationship with Essentials for Parenting.
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- Articles with a variety of skills and tips
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Phase Space: a Framework for Statistics
Statistics involves the counting of states, and the state of a classical particle is completely specified by the measurement of its position and momentum. If we know the six quantities
then we know its state. It is often convenient in statistics to imagine a six-dimensional space composed of the six position and momentum coordinates. It is conventionally called "phase space". The counting tasks can then be visualized in a geometrical framework where each point in phase space corresponds to a particular position and momentum. That is, each point in phase space represents a unique state of the particle. The state of a system of particles corresponds to a certain distribution of points in phase space.
The counting of the number of states available to a particle amounts to determining the available volume in phase space. One might preclude that for a continuous phase space, any finite volume would contain an infinite number of states. But the uncertainty principle tells us that we cannot simultaneously know both the position and momentum, so we cannot really say that a particle is at a mathematical point in phase space. So when we contemplate an element of "volume" in phase space
then the smallest "cell" in phase space which we can consider is constrained by the uncertainty principle to be
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A breath-holding spell is an episode in which the child stops breathing involuntarily and loses consciousness for a short period immediately after a frightening or emotionally upsetting event or after a painful experience.
Breath-holding spells occur in 5% of otherwise healthy children. They usually begin in the first year of life and peak at age 2. They disappear by age 4 in 50% of children and by age 8 in about 83% of children. The remainder may continue to have spells into adulthood. Breath-holding spells do not appear to be risk factors for true epilepsy but may be associated with an increased risk of fainting spells in adulthood. There are 2 forms of breath-holding spells:
Both forms are involuntary and readily distinguished from uncommon brief periods of voluntary breath-holding by stubborn children, who invariably resume normal breathing after getting what they want or after becoming uncomfortable when they fail to get what they want.
During a cyanotic breath-holding spell, children hold their breath (without necessarily being aware they are doing so) until they lose consciousness. Typically, the child cries out, exhales, and stops breathing. Shortly afterward, the child begins to turn blue and unconsciousness ensues. A brief seizure may occur. After a few seconds, breathing resumes and normal skin color and consciousness return. It may be possible to interrupt a spell by placing a cold rag on the child's face at onset. Despite the spell's frightening nature, parents must try to avoid reinforcing the initiating behavior. As the child recovers, parents should continue to enforce household rules. Distracting the child and avoiding situations that lead to tantrums are good strategies. Cyanotic breath-holding has been found to respond to iron therapy, even in the absence of anemia, and to treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (when present).
During a pallid breath-holding spell, vagal stimulation severely slows the heart rate. The child stops breathing, rapidly loses consciousness, and becomes pale and limp. If the spell lasts more than a few seconds, muscle tone increases, and a seizure and incontinence may occur. After the spell, the heart speeds up again, breathing restarts, and consciousness returns without any treatment. Because this form is rare, further diagnostic evaluation and treatment may be needed if the spells occur often. Simultaneous ECG and EEG can help to differentiate cardiac and neurologic causes.
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The Impact Bat PRO is a heavier, more advanced version of the popular Impact Bat wood training bat. The Pro model is made for the more advanced player because it has a smaller sweet spot and it is game weighted (-3 weight drop). It is made of acrylic and has a rectangular handle which emphasizes palm up/palm down hands. This bat promotes rotational hitting mechanics and is endorsed by renowned hitting instructor Mike Epstein.
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If you swing and miss, or hit it into the ground, then you most likely rolled your wrists too soon. When you square it up with the Impact Bat, you will hit line drives. This gives you instant feedback and creates the proper muscle memory like all professional hitters.
With the square handle and the flat side, the Impact Bat reinforces proper hand position for square contact. It helps the player determine the square path to the ball without any thought. When someone swings the Impact Bat for the first time, they get an instant understanding of how the hands are supposed to be at contact. When the thumbs are placed on the bat, it helps the hitter understand how to get inside and behind the ball by giving the hands the mechanical advantage.
Too often players whip their hands through the strike zone to create bat speed, causing the wrists to roll over. This is a leading cause for ground balls, pop ups, and misses. All MLB players have their top hand palm up and the bottom hand palm down at impact to deliver the most force on the ball. The Impact Bat reinforces this position!
"This makes sense, the Impact Bat teaches a player proper hand position at contact. We use it with everyone we teach." - Mike Epstein, Major League Player from _PHONE_ and Owner of Mike Epstein Hitting.


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Linear Mass Density Problem
 1. Mar 2, 2005 #1
 I'm having a hard time with this.
 A long thin rod lies along the x-axis. One end is at x=2.00 m and the other at x=3.00 m. Its linear mass density λ = 0.300 x2+ 0.500, in kg/m. Calculate mass of the rod.
 Can anybody help?
 2. jcsd
 3. Mar 2, 2005 #2
 I take it you mean [itex]\lambda =.300x^2 +.500[/itex]?
 Note that
 [tex]m = \int_{x_1}^{x_2}\lambda(x) dx[/tex].
 4. Mar 2, 2005 #3
 But then how would I find the center of mass?
 5. Mar 2, 2005 #4
 The center of mass is just the weighted average of the density. You really should be able to look these formulas up on your own, or memorize them.
 [tex]x_{CM}= \frac{1}{m}\int_{x_1}^{x_2} x \lambda(x) dx[/tex]
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Architectural services
Advising on the initial brief;
2. Carrying out a site appraisal;
3. Advising on the appointment of other consultants;
4. Advising on and taking part in discussions with statutory and other bodies; establish plot planning parameters.
5. Preparing outline proposals and making application for outline planning permission;
6. Advising on development of the brief for the Employer's Requirements;
7. Developing design concept drawings as appropriate for the Employer's Requirements;
8. Advising on tendering procedures;
9. Advising on contract matters;
11. Examining the Contractor's Proposals, including design and the contract sum analysis, and offering advice;
12. Acting as Employer's Agent under the contract during the construction of the works;
13. Visiting the site during construction and reporting back to the Employer Client;
14. Advising the Employer/Client on his obligations under the contract, and assisting in the drafting of statements;
15. Inspecting the works on behalf of the client prior to practical completion and advising the
16. Checking the contractor's as built drawings and operating/maintenance manuals;
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The campaign will provide the Girl Scouts of the USA with tools and resources to help raise awareness among kids, teens, and young adults about emerging online threats and the importance of cybersecurity. This partnership builds on the campaign's ongoing efforts to highlight curriculum resources available to communities, and to educate America's youth about safer online practices.
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gitattributes - defining attributes per path
$GIT_DIR/info/attributes, gitattributes
A 'gitattributes' file is a simple text file that gives
'attributes' to pathnames.
Each line in 'gitattributes' file is of form:
glob attr1 attr2...
That is, a glob pattern followed by an attributes list,
separated by whitespaces. When the glob pattern matches the
the path.
The path has the attribute with special value "true";
this is specified by listing only the name of the
attribute in the attribute list.
The path has the attribute with special value "false";
this is specified by listing the name of the attribute
prefixed with a dash '-' in the attribute list.
Set to a value::
The path has the attribute with specified string value;
this is specified by listing the name of the attribute
followed by an equal sign '=' and its value in the
attribute list.
No glob pattern matches the path, and nothing says if
the path has or does not have the attribute, the
attribute for the path is said to be Unspecified.
When more than one glob pattern matches the path, a later line
overrides an earlier line. This overriding is done per
When deciding what attributes are assigned to a path, git
consults '$GIT_DIR/info/attributes' file (which has the highest
precedence), '.gitattributes' file in the same directory as the
path in question, and its parent directories (the further the
directory that contains '.gitattributes' is from the path in
question, the lower its precedence).
Sometimes you would need to override an setting of an attribute
for a path to 'unspecified' state. This can be done by listing
the name of the attribute prefixed with an exclamation point '!'.
Certain operations by git can be influenced by assigning
particular attributes to a path. Currently, the following
operations are attributes-aware.
Checking-out and checking-in
These attributes affect how the contents stored in the
repository are copied to the working tree files when commands
such as 'git checkout' and 'git merge' run. They also affect how
git stores the contents you prepare in the working tree in the
repository upon 'git add' and 'git commit'.
This attribute controls the line-ending convention.
Setting the 'crlf' attribute on a path is meant to mark
the path as a "text" file. 'core.autocrlf' conversion
takes place without guessing the content type by
Unsetting the 'crlf' attribute on a path is meant to
mark the path as a "binary" file. The path never goes
through line endings conversion upon checkin/checkout.
Unspecified 'crlf' attribute tells git to apply the
'core.autocrlf' conversion when the file content looks
like text.
Set to string value "input"::
This is similar to setting the attribute to 'true', but
also forces git to act as if 'core.autocrlf' is set to
'input' for the path.
Any other value set to 'crlf' attribute is ignored and git acts
as if the attribute is left unspecified.
The 'core.autocrlf' conversion
If the configuration variable 'core.autocrlf' is false, no
conversion is done.
When 'core.autocrlf' is true, it means that the platform wants
convert them back to the normal LF line endings when checking
in to the repository.
When 'core.autocrlf' is set to "input", line endings are
converted to LF upon checkin, but there is no conversion done
upon checkout.
When the attribute 'ident' is set to a path, git replaces
'$Id$' in the blob object with '$Id:', followed by
40-character hexadecimal blob object name, followed by a dollar
sign '$' upon checkout. Any byte sequence that begins with
'$Id:' and ends with '$' in the worktree file is replaced
with '$Id$' upon check-in.
A 'filter' attribute can be set to a string value that names a
filter driver specified in the configuration.
A filter driver consists of a 'clean' command and a 'smudge'
command, either of which can be left unspecified. Upon
checkout, when the 'smudge' command is specified, the command is
fed the blob object from its standard input, and its standard
output is used to update the worktree file. Similarly, the
'clean' command is used to convert the contents of worktree file
upon checkin.
A missing filter driver definition in the config is not an error
but makes the filter a no-op passthru.
The content filtering is done to massage the content into a
shape that is more convenient for the platform, filesystem, and
intent is that if someone unsets the filter driver definition,
or does not have the appropriate filter program, the project
should still be usable.
Interaction between checkin/checkout attributes
with 'filter' driver (if specified and corresponding driver
defined), then the result is processed with 'ident' (if
specified), and then finally with 'crlf' (again, if specified
and applicable).
Generating diff text
The attribute 'diff' affects if 'git diff' generates textual
A path to which the 'diff' attribute is set is treated
as text, even when they contain byte values that
normally never appear in text files, such as NUL.
A path to which the 'diff' attribute is unset will
generate 'Binary files differ'.
A path to which the 'diff' attribute is unspecified
first gets its contents inspected, and if it looks like
text, it is treated as text. Otherwise it would
generate 'Binary files differ'.
Diff is shown using the specified custom diff driver.
The driver program is given its input using the same
calling convention as used for GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF
program. This name is also used for custom hunk header
Defining a custom diff driver
wrong place to talk about it. However...
[diff "jcdiff"]
command = j-c-diff
When git needs to show you a diff for the path with 'diff'
attribute set to 'jcdiff', it calls the command you specified
with the above configuration, i.e. 'j-c-diff', with 7
parameters, just like 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' program is called.
See linkgit:git[7] for details.
Defining a custom hunk-header
Each group of changes (called "hunk") in the textual diff output
is prefixed with a line of the form:
The text is called 'hunk header', and by default a line that
begins with an alphabet, an underscore or a dollar sign is used,
which matches what GNU 'diff -p' output uses. This default
selection however is not suited for some contents, and you can
use customized pattern to make a selection.
First in.gitattributes, you would assign the 'diff' attribute
for paths.
*.tex diff=tex
Then, you would define "diff.tex.funcname" configuration to
specify a regular expression that matches a line that you would
want to appear as the hunk header, like this:
[diff "tex"]
funcname = "^\\(\\\\\\(sub\\)*section{.*\\)$"
Note. A single level of backslashes are eaten by the
configuration file parser, so you would need to double the
backslashes; the pattern above picks a line that begins with a
backslash, and zero or more occurrences of 'sub' followed by
'section' followed by open brace, to the end of line.
There are a few built-in patterns to make this easier, and 'tex'
configuration file (you still need to enable this with the
attribute mechanism, via '.gitattributes'). Another built-in
pattern is defined for 'java' that defines a pattern suitable
for program text in Java language.
Performing a three-way merge
The attribute 'merge' affects how three versions of a file is
merged when a file-level merge is necessary during 'git merge',
and other programs such as 'git revert' and 'git cherry-pick'.
contents in a way similar to 'merge' command of 'RCS'
suite. This is suitable for ordinary text files.
Take the version from the current branch as the
tentative merge result, and declare that the merge has
conflicts. This is suitable for binary files that does
not have a well-defined merge semantics.
driver as is the case the 'merge' attribute is set.
However, 'merge.default' configuration variable can name
different merge driver to be used for paths to which the
'merge' attribute is unspecified.
3-way merge is performed using the specified custom
explicitly specified by asking for "text" driver; the
built-in "take the current branch" driver can be
requested with "binary".
Built-in merge drivers
can be asked for via the 'merge' attribute.
Usual 3-way file level merge for text files. Conflicted
regions are marked with conflict markers '<<<<<<<',
'=======' and '>>>>>>>'. The version from your branch
appears before the '=======' marker, and the version
from the merged branch appears after the '======='
Keep the version from your branch in the work tree, but
leave the path in the conflicted state for the user


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Fieldwork opportunities for occupational therapy students studying outside Canada
If you are an occupational therapy student studying outside of Canada and interested in a fieldwork placement in Canada, please note that you must:
- choose only one city/catchment area of Canada to inquire about a potential placement.
- arrange to have your home university fieldwork coordinator contact the Canadian university fieldwork coordinator for the catchment area in which you would like to have the placement*. – make this contact at least six months prior to the beginning of the placement.
- gather more information about the method of application, associated costs, student requirements, and placement availability from that particular Canadian university fieldwork coordinator.**
- get the contact information you need: Canadian university catchment areas and fieldwork coordinators
*Please note that students interested in fieldwork opportunities are not allowed to directly contact any Canadian fieldwork facilities or universities asking about placements. This is a strict rule throughout Canada for both Canadian and international students.
**The University of British Columbia is not involved with arranging placements for international students in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. International students seeking placements in British Columbia or the Yukon must have their fieldwork coordinators contact the placement sites directly.
- Placements for international students within Toronto and surrounding Greater Toronto area are unlikely as these placements are in high demand by Canadian OT students and Canadian students are given priority over international students.
- Placement availability during the Canadian summer (Jul-Aug) is unlikely due to high demand and low capacity.


Does It Hurt More to Punch With the Side of Your Hand?
by Luke Schmaltz, Demand Media
The side of your fist opposite your thumb has more padding on it than the frontal plane. This layer of flesh serves the striker as a cushion for pain upon impact as well as a layer of protection from internal injuries. Although punching with knuckles inflicts more damage from certain angles, the knuckles, fingers and metacarpals tend to sustain an equivalent ratio of trauma. For these reasons, punches that land with the knuckles result in more painful injuries to the striker than do punches landing with the side of the fist. A strike with the side of a closed hand is called a hammerfist.
The Side of the Head
The human skull is far more durable than the human hand. Punching into the head with the front of a closed fist immediately hurts the puncher far more than the victim. A hammerfist strategically placed into the temple of an opponent may render that person unconscious, while the person punching feels very little thanks to the extra padding of the outer palm. The trick here is gaining position on an opponent in order to strike from the best angle, which is usually from overhead while the opponent is on the ground.
Ground and Pound
When your opponent is on the ground and you have the upper position, you can use a hammerfist effectively without experiencing painful hand damage. Gravity adds power to your blows as your body heaves downward with each strike. A knuckle punch thrown during this action carries great risk of a sprained wrist. This is especially the case if the intensity of the moment makes you forget to clench your fist. A hammerfist from the same angle, although maybe not as powerful requires less range of motion which has the additional bonus of giving your opponent less of a window for escape.
Lateral Backhand vs. Hammerfist
From a lateral position, a circular strike can be thrown at an opponent that originates from the guard position and moves in an outward arcing motion. This is usually aimed at the face or head. If the person throwing the punch chooses a backhand over a hammerfist, she is going to be hitting with the tops of her knuckles onto a equally hard if not harder surface. This carries potential for injury because it is essentially bone hitting bone. That same strike can be landed in the form of a padded hammerfist and deliver the same amount of power with a less painful impact for the striker.
Vertical Backhand vs. Hammerfist
In an infighting scenario, a striker has a choice between landing a punch with the back of the knuckles or with the side of the hand. When an upward elbow strike is thrown at the sternum or chin, it puts the attacker in perfect position to follow that strike with a downward hand hit to the top of the head, bridge of the nose or cheekbone. Choosing a backhand carries more potential for injury to the attacker's hand. If a hammerfist is opted for, the fleshy bottom part of the fist provides a less painful impact for the striker and less potential for a hand injury.
About the Author
Luke Schmaltz has extensive experience in martial arts and personal training, which informs his writing on health and fitness. He also spends time in the entertainment world as a songwriter and performer. He has written and produced numerous studio albums and published many articles online.
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Marpa::R2::Changes - Differences between Marpa::R2 and Marpa::XS
About this document
This document describes the incompatible differences between Marpa::XS and Marpa::R2. (Differences that do not give rise to incompatibility are outside of its scope.) It is intended for readers already familiar with Marpa::XS, who are writing new applications for Marpa::R2, and for readers migrating Marpa::XS applications and tools to Marpa::R2.
Additional reserved symbol names
Marpa::XS reserved, for its internal use, all symbol names ending with the right square bracket ("]"). In addition, Marpa::RS reserved symbols ending with the right parenthesis (")"), the right angle bracket (">"), and the right curly bracket ("}"). Any other valid Perl string remains an acceptable symbol name.
The return value of the read() method has changed
The return value of the Marpa::R2 recognizer's read() method differs from its Marpa::XS equivalent. In Marpa::XS it returned the number of distinct terminals (by symbol ID) allowed in the next read(). In Marpa::R2 it returns the number of recognizer events that occurred during the read. Examples of recognizer events are exhaustion, the Earley sets exceeding a designated "warning" level, and other circumstances settable by the user. For more detail, see the documentation of recognizer's read method.
Rule LHS's are no longer a source of action names
In Marpa::XS, if there was no explicit action name for a rule, Marpa would try to find a closure that had the same name as the rule's LHS. The use of rule LHS's as action names had a potential for unpleasant surprises. A surprise could occur if the rule's LHS coincided with a function name without the prorgrammer realizing or intending it. This kind of 'action at a distance' bug can be very hard to detect and trace.
It was originally thought that implicitly using the LHS as the name of an action would be convenient enough to outweigh the dangers. But in fact, this feature wound up being little used. And accidental resolution via a rule LHS was a danger for all users, whether they used the feature or not. For these reasons, as well as potential optimization and efficiency considerations, Marpa::R2 no longer does implicit action resolution using a rule LHS.
Different rules with the same rank now appear in arbitrary order
In ranking parse trees, if two rule instances are for different rules but have the same rule rank, they will now appear in arbitrary order. This is probably the behavior that programmers have always expected.
In Marpa::XS, when the null_ranking named argument of rules was in use for one of the rules, specific guarantees were made for the order in some of the cases. The intent was to be orthogonal with the guarantees made for the ranking of null variants within the same rule. These additional guarantees proved useless in practice, cumbersome to implement, and, when documented, opaque and unintuitive. In Marpa::R2 they have been dropped.
Null actions now come from the rules
In Marpa::XS null actions were specified by symbol. This created a dual semantics -- one for non-nulled rules, and another for nulled rules. The conventions and behaviors of the two semantics were quite dissimilar. The rules for their coordination were complicated, and it was possible for a programmer expecting one semantics, to be surprised by a result from the other.
In Marpa::R2 the semantics of nulled rules is the same as that of non-nulled rules, and the semantics of nulled symbols comes from the semantics of the nulled rules. This requires rule evaluation closures to be aware they might be called for nulled rules. But it greatly simplifies the semantics conceptually. For more detail, see Marpa::R2::NAIF::Semantics::Null.
Actions can now be constants
If an action name resolves to a constant, that constant is the action. The effect is the same as if the action name resolved to a function that returned that constant, except that it is more efficient.
Perl cannot reliably distinguish between non-existent symbols and symbols whose value is undef, so constants whose value is undef are not allowed. The ::undef reserved action name can be used instead.
Actions names beginning with "::" are reserved
Action names which start with "::" are reserved. "::undef" is a safe way of specify a constant whose value is undef. Use of a reserved name which has not yet been defined causes an exception to be thrown.
The "default_null_value" named argument for grammars has been removed
Symbols no longer have null values, so the "default_null_value" named argument of grammars has been removed.
The "null_value" symbol property has been removed
Symbols no longer have null values. Use of the null value symbol property now causes an exception.
The token value argument of read() has changed
The Marpa::R2 recognizer's read() method differs from its Marpa::XS equivalent. In Marpa::R2, If read()'s token value argument is omitted, then the value of the token will be a Perl undef. If read()'s token value is given explicitly, then that explicit value will be the value of the token. In particular, an explicit undef token value argument will behave differently from an omitted token value argument. For details, see the documentation of recognizer's read method.
The token value argument of alternative() has changed
The Marpa::R2 recognizer's alternative() method differs from its Marpa::XS equivalent. Its token value argument must now be a reference to the token value, not the token value itself, as in Marpa::XS. If alternative's token value argument is omitted or a Perl undef, then the value of the token will be a Perl undef. If alternative's token value argument is reference to undef, then the value of the token is a Perl undef. For details, see the documentation of the alternative method.
Marpa::R2::Recognizer::value() does not accept named arguments
In the Marpa::XS recognizer, the new(), set() and value() methods all accepted named arguments. As of Marpa::R2, the value() method will no longer do so.
Allowing named arguments for the value() was a holdover from a previous interface, which also seemed like it might be a convenience. But, since it was even more important that the value() method be convenient as the termination test controlling a loop over the parse results, a lot of special logic was added to deal with arguments which only made sense before the first pass of the loop, etc., etc.
Eliminating named arguments from the value() method eliminates a variety of special cases and, as a result, the documentation of the value() method is now simpler, shorter and clearer. Anything that could be done by providing named arguments to the value() method can be done more using the recognizer's set() method, and the code will be clearer for it.
Marpa's grammar rewriting is now invisible
Internally, Marpa rewrites its grammars. In Marpa::XS, most details of these rewrites were invisible, but not all. In Marpa::R2, all internal rules and symbols are now completely invisible to the user, even in the tools for debugging grammars.
By default, the non-LHS symbols are the terminals
Traditionally, a symbol has been a terminal if it is not on the LHS of any rule, and vice versa. This is now the default in Marpa::R2, replacing the more complicated, and less intuitive, scheme that was in Marpa::XS. Marpa::R2 still allows the user to use any non-nulling symbol as a terminal, including those symbols that appear on the LHS of a rule, but this is now an option, and never the default. For more, see "Terminal symbols" in Marpa::R2::NAIF::Grammar.
The lhs_terminals grammar named argument has been eliminated
The lhs_terminals named argument of grammar objects implemented what is now the default behavior. Since it no longer performs a function, its use is now a fatal error.
Nulling symbols cannot be terminals
In Marpa::XS, it was possible for a symbol to be both nulling and a terminal. In practice that meant that the symbol was nulling, but that, on input, that property could be overriden, and a specific instance of the nulling symbol could be made non-nulling. This behavior was worse than useless and non-intuitive -- it was dangerous and logically inconsistent.
Marpa::R2 will not allow a nulling symbol to be used as a terminal. To the extent that the Marpa::XS behavior made sense, it can be duplicated by creating a symbol which is the LHS of two rules, one empty, and the other rule with a RHS consisting of exactly one terminal symbol.
A sequence must have a unique LHS
The LHS of a sequence rule may not be on the LHS of any other rule, whether another sequence rule, or a BNF rule. This is not as severe a restriction as it might sound -- while sequences cannot share the same LHS with other rules directly, they can do so indirectly. For details, see "Duplicate rules" in Marpa::R2::NAIF::Grammar.
In Marpa::XS, the definition of when a sequence was a duplicate was more liberal, but it was also complicated and non-intuitive. The new definition is simpler and more intuitive, and its greater restrictiveness is easy to


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Microsoft Azure is a service that is used to store files, messages, tables and other types of information. Azure storage use multiple tools that help to perform multiple functions. Azcopy upload PST helps to import the data so that migrated mailbox data items can be retrieved easily. These storage tools are used by websites, mobile apps, desktop applications, and many other types of custom solutions.
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
In this segment, we will consider Azcopy that helps to upload Outlook PST to Office 365. The command line tool Azcopy moves the data from Microsoft Azure storage to the desired location. The command network upload method uses the Azure and AzCopy tool to migrate the mailboxes to Office 365 that is widely accessible. But first, before we migrate PST mailbox to Office 365 we need to know the features and need for Azcopy tool.
The Need and Features of the Azcopy Tool
The features of AzCopy tool are
- Selective data transfer is possible using the wild cards, prefix etc.
- Concurrent and conditional copying
- To restart the operations uninterrupted.
The need to use AzCopy tool are
- To access SaaS using the internet
- Pay for the service as per the usage only
- To meet requirements for business
- Automatically work with updated versions
- 24*7 service is accessible
- Dependency on hardware decreases
- Decreased chances of data loss
Method to Migrate Mailbox Items using AzCopy Tool
Step 1 – Install Azure AzCopy Tool
- Using the Office 365 credentials of an administrator account, sign in.
- Click on Data management ->Import on the left side of the navigation panel.
- The Import page opens up and you need to again click on the option Import.
- In the Import data into Office 365 tab, click on the + sign and you get a drop-down list.
- Select Upload data over the network option.
- In the Upload files over the network window, click on Show URL to copy the Shared Access Signature (SAS)
- URL and copy the entire SAS URL.
- For the downloading of Azure AzCopy tool-
- To download Azure AzCopy tool, click on Download tool.
- Click Run and Azure AzCopy tool get installed.
- In the Upload files over the network page, click Cancel option after the download is completed.
Step 2 – To Upload PST Files to Microsoft Cloud
This step is to upload and store the PST files on cloud. For this, the PST files need to be located in a file share. This is the source directory and each time the AzCopy tool is run, a different source directory can be specified.
- On the local machine open the command prompt and with the AzCopy command-line utility, transfer the data.
- In the command prompt, go to the installed tool default location %ProgramFiles (x86)%\MicrosoftSDKs\Azure\Azcopy
- For the uploading of the PST files that are to be migrated to Office 365, run the AzCopy.exe command asAzCopy.exe /Source: /Dest: /V:
/Source: "Path of PST file"
/Dest: "SAS URL"
/V: Specifies output verbose status messages into a log file. This displays a detailed status message.
- After the execution of the command, the user gets to see a status message displayed of the total number of successful uploaded files to Office 365.
Step 3 – To create the PST Import Mapping File
- A copy of the PST Import mapping file is to be downloaded.
- The CSV file is to be opened and saved to the Notepad or Excel of the local disk.
Step 4 – To Create a PST Import Job
- Go to the website protection.office
- Use the Office 365 credentials of an administrator account to sign in.
- On the left navigation pane, click Data management -> Import.
- On the Import page that opens up, click on Import option.
- Click on + option and in the drop-down list, select Upload data over the network.
- In the Upload files over network page, click on the option 'I'm done uploading my files' and on 'I have access to the mapping file' boxes. Click 'Next'.
- Type a name for the PST Import file and click Next
- The user has to click on the + sign and navigate to the location of the CSV file created.
- Click on that CSV file and then click 'Validate' to check the file for errors.
- Read the terms and conditions and then click the checkbox
- Click Finish and your PST Import file get submitted.
- The user can click on Import on the left side navigation pane to view the status of the imported data.
Drawbacks of Manual Approach
The use of Azcopy import pst will help to migrate the Outlook PST data but this manual method that is provided above is time-consuming, lengthy and tough for a non-technical person. It is better to keep this process on a side as using a professional way to upload Outlook PST file.
SysTools Office 365 Restore is a great tool which supports bulk migration and also transfers attachments, emails and contacts. It is even endowed with a user-friendly interface that helps the user to understand the process to migrate Outlook PST files to Office 365 cloud. The best part this tool is that it helps to import Outlook PST Files to Office 365 user account with entire data items, not only this it also takes backup of Office 365 data that is very helpful and replace Azcopy import PST process.
This blog discusses the manual method to export mailboxes using Windows Azure storage tool AzCopy and also the professional tool to do this task efficiently and easily, the migration of PST to Office 365 is very helpful and will replace the manual process very easily.


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I can explain the role of a narrator and how he or she differs from the author.
8,000 schools use Gynzy
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In this lesson, students learn how to determine who the narrator is in a story. They will be able to identify when the narrator is also a character in the story and when he is not. They will also discuss the role of the author. Students will use this knowledge to be able to write their own narrative pieces in which they establish their narrator and characters.
Students will be able to identify the narrator, author, and characters, and determine if the narrator is also a character in a story.
As a class, read a short excerpt from "A Dog's Tale" and ask students if they can tell who is telling the story. How do they know? Have them underline the clues in the text that show that the narrator is a dog.
Explain the role of the narrator, the author, and the characters. The author writes the story, the narrator tells the story, and the characters act it out. Next, students will read the passages and identify who the narrator is. After this, tell students that the narrator is sometimes also a character in the story, participating in the action and interacting with the other characters. Use the spinner to land on an action, then have students orally share a quick story in which the narrator does that activity with another character. Then read an excerpt from "The Box-Car Children" by Gertrude Warner and identify the narrator's role in the story.
Students are given 10 questions to review key concepts taught during the lesson.
Students will write 2 story introductions. In one of them, the narrator will not be a character in the story. In the other, the narrator should also be a character.
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USDA Farm to School Team Site Visit
Jefferson County Public Schools in
On May 25-26, 2010,
the USDA Farm to School Team met with Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS)
Nutrition Services Department and their partners to learn, firsthand, about the
District's Farm to School efforts.
JCPS is a large, urban school district in Louisville,
Kentucky, that enrolls 98,000 students and serves over 61,000 lunches every day.
Approximately 62 percent of the students are eligible for free or
reduced-priced meals. The District's impressive Nutrition Service Center is a
68,000 square-foot warehouse and central kitchen, which is used to distribute
and prepare meals for the District's 144 schools. Every school has an
operational kitchen where meals are received from the central kitchen,
assembled, heated and served.
In 2007, JCPS kicked off their local purchasing initiative
by reaching out to an apple producer located approximately 20 miles from the
City of Louisville. They successfully made a single bulk purchase for enough
apples to serve one to each student in all 144 schools. Building on this
initial success, JCPS has increased the variety and volume of local food used in
the school nutrition programs; expanded Farm to School education programs; and
established a number of community and business partnerships.
Food service personnel value the strong working
relationships they have with distributors and local farmers. In addition to an
occasional bulk purchase of apples, the school district contracts with five
local produce distributors to fill regular orders placed by school kitchen
managers. In order to meet JCPS demand for local produce, the distributors
partner with local farmers. To help facilitate this process, the Kentucky
Department of Agriculture organizes an annual Grower-Buyer meeting to give
local farmers, school district personnel, distributors, and other key
stakeholders an opportunity to meet and discuss marketing opportunities.
with purchasing locally grown produce, agriculture and health education is an
important Farm to School component at JCPS.
Currently, there are approximately 70 school gardens in use by students from
kindergarten to grade 12. The garden programs receive grant support and
technical assistance from local nonprofits. The gardens are used for
educational programs, and on a very limited basis, students and teachers grow
cherry tomatoes and a variety of herbs to sample in the classroom. Starting in
the 2011-12 school year, JCPS plans to enlist multiple school gardens to grow
herbs (e.g., basil or rosemary) in order to scale-up production for use in the
school lunch program.
To supplement the
school garden program, JCPS offers students farm-based learning experiences in
partnership with a local nonprofit. Students involved with this program attend
daylong hands-on educational programs at a local farm. The programs support
curriculum standards set by the Kentucky Department of Education and incorporate
several subjects including science, language arts, practical living, social
studies, and math. Grant funds help offset program fees and transportation
costs. Based on lessons learned from initial farm trips, JCPS hopes to expand
this component in the years to come.
Julia Bauscher, the
District's School Nutrition Services Director, states, "Farm to School doesn't
have to be an all or nothing thing." Bauscher's realization embodies JCPS'
incremental approach to local food and also suggests that a small change, one or
two local products in a handful of schools, is a worthwhile practice. JCPS
staff and partners are committed to increasing access to fresh, healthy food and
helping students better understand where food
comes from. As a result, JCPS's Farm to School efforts are blossoming
throughout the district.


City of Glory
A Novel of War and Desire in Old Manhattan
City of Glory
 - Simon & Schuster |
 - 592 pages |
 - ISBN 9780743298728 |
 - January 2007
Reading Group Guide
1) City of Glory opens with an act of heroic chivalry by Joyful Patrick Turner. Why do you think Beverly Swerling chose this incident as a springboard for her novel? What does it reveal about Joyful? How does the alliance he forges in the prologue affect his successes and failures later in the story?
2) "Joyful knew joss was more than luck, it was fate, something you had to accept. But in New York as in Canton, money trumped luck every time" (50). Joss, both good and bad, is a recurring theme in the novel. Note the references to it throughout the story and discuss the circumstances under which the characters mention that they either rely on or fear joss. Does the conclusion of the book prove that Joyful's theory about money and joss is correct?
3) Delight Higgins, Joyful Patrick Turner, Bastard Devrey, Vinegar Clifford -- in the early nineteenth century it was common to assign names and nicknames that sound strange today. In the nove,l do these names have any symbolic meanings that point to larger themes? How did they influence your opinion of the characters? Are these names accurate assessments of their personalities? Did they entertain you, or would you have preferred everyone be called the equivalent of Dick or Jane?
4) Two of the main characters in this novel are surgeons, and amputations and amputees figure prominently throughout the story. Why do you think the author chose this imagery? How d see more
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Beverly Swerling
Beverly Swerling is a writer, consultant, and amateur historian. She lives in New York City with her husband.


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Students may have been wondering why there are tags hanging on trees. Suzanna Scott, professor of New Century College's Art, Beauty, and Culture course, and Lynne Constantine, professor of The School of Art's Aesthetics course, decided to bring the Wish Tree Project to the George Mason campus as part of their curriculum.
For those who don't know, Yoko Ono originally started The Wish Tree Project in 1996. Scott says, "People participate in the work by writing their personal wishes for peace on white shipping tags and tying the wishes to a tree branch." This project was started on the George Mason Campus on October 1st and will end on October 18th.
When asked why the project would end, Constantine replied, "In a way, the very fleetingness of the tree's presence here is important. Any longer, and it would simply become part of the landscape. This way, both its appearance and its disappearance are events, opportunities for paying attention."
Once the wishes are taken down on the 18th, they will be shipped to Reykjavik, Iceland where Yoko Ono is collecting all the wishes and building a memorial for her late husband, John Lennon.
Both Constantine and Scott were eager to bring this project on campus in order to inspire their students to work together in order to learn more about the origin of this project.
Scotts says, "They are learning what it is like to be part of something larger than themselves and their individual projects. Their goal is not only to inspire their own students, but also to inspire the George Mason student body."
Constantine says, "Several times when I've passed the tree, I've seen students and other passers-by who are not in Suzanne's or my classes reading the tags or taking pictures of the tree with their phones. If the idea of a network of people wishing for peace comes into their consciousness for even that brief minute, I feel satisfied with that."
The Wish Tree Project is a national and international symbol of the future. It collects people's wishes and hopes for a better world. By bringing this project to our school, both Scott and Constantine are allowing their students to be part of a project that connects them with people all over the world. Their wishes will be put in a memorial with the wishes of people from all different walks of life. Scotts says that one of the most valuable parts of this project is that it can be replicated.
She says, "So perhaps we may see more Wish Trees appear on campus in the future."


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Thursday March 6, 2008
Origins of the borrowed words
By LYNNE McGREADY
BORROWED or loaned or stolen words?? Does is it really matter?
In my last article on this subject (Feb 22), I put forward a very easy challenge: "Can you find the words (in this list) that were borrowed from other languages?" I am confident that many readers were able to find or already know the etymology or history of some of the words in the list. Not all of the words were borrowed but each and every one of them has a history or what I like to call a "beginning".
So, here are the answers, as I know them.
Typhoon: A violent tropical storm. The Arabs say that the word is an adaptation of their Arabic word tufan. The Greeks say, "No way! It's ours. We say typhon which means violent storm." Another suggestion is that the word was from the Cantonese tai fung, meaning great wind.
Loot: Things stolen during pillaging... Ermm? pillaging? You mean looting or stealing? Yes. And its origin was in India, in the Hindi language to be exact.
Ginger: When I researched the etymology of this word, my first concerns were: "How am I going to simplify the explanation of its beginnings as it has been influenced by the many periods of the English language – Middle English gingerer, Old English and then Greek zingier?" Then I found that the one I liked was the Tamil inci, which means ginger, and veer, which means root.
Shampoo: This was a little bit of a surprise! This word is borrowed from the Anglo-Indian word shampoo! It originated in the Hindi word champ, which means to smear, massage using the flowers of a plant called the Michelin champak. I know I met someone in Kuala Lumpur called Champak who told me her name was the name of a flower! A small world of words?
Compound: Guess what? Compound originated in the 1600s from the Malay word kampong! I think this deserves an "ah ha!" as we think about the definition of the word as "a village or group of buildings". The English borrowed the word to describe an enclosure for a factory or a settlement of Europeans in the East.
Bandanna: I thought this word was one that originated in Spain or Mexico only to find that it is from the Hindi word bandhnu and from the Sanskrit word badhnati, which means "to bind". Perhaps I had visions of the handsome Spanish actor Antonio Banderas on a horse, wearing a red bandanna on his head and?
Cumquat or Kumquat: I have eaten many a slice of toast covered in cumquat jam. I never thought to ask about its origins. It is a fruit grown in Japan, Korea, China, Vietnam and even Malaysia. But the origin of the word is from Canton in China – gam gwat, or gan ju in Mandarin. (I must find the Bahasa Malaysia name for it!)
Amok: This is a word I love! My mother used to threaten my brother and me with "No going away during your school vacation if you continue to run amuck while I am at work". (Our nanny was the squealer!) It never occurred to me that this word was first recorded from the Malay amok, which means attacking furiously or a frenzied person. I have been enlightened.
Gong: From the Malay word gong. The sound of the instrument when struck?
Shanghai: This is an easy one and used mainly to describe a situation that a sailor might find himself in when he is kidnapped to work on a ship sailing to places like Shanghai in China.
Junk: A Chinese sailing ship but... from the Malay word jong or Javanese djong, which I have been told means large boat or ship.
Kowtow: The Chinese had a custom of touching the ground with their forehead as a sign of submission or respect. In Hanyu Pinyin, it is spelt kou tou.
Pariah: I thought this word simply meant "mongrel dog". Of course not! It has been borrowed directly from the derogatory Tamil word paraiyar because it was applied to people who were of a low caste and/or social outcasts! This word has been deleted from my vocabulary, effective immediately.
Bangle: A simple one. A ring shaped bracelet borrowed from the Hindi word bangri, which means coloured glass bracelet or anklet.
Mango: Hmmm, this was interesting and a bit of a battle between languages. Is it from the Malay word mangga or the Tamil word man, meaning mango tree, + kay, which means fruit?
Silk: From the Chinese word si, the Manchurian word sirghe, then borrowed into Greek as serikos, and on and on...
Alcohol: An easy but interesting one. Ladies, have you ever used kohl to darken your eyelids? Al kuhul was the powder used to darken eyes. Then the definition moved to al gawl, meaning the spirit which is also the origin of the word ghoul.
Thug: "You useless member of a gang of murderers and robbers and cheats and swindlers!" said the person in Hindi before it was borrowed by the English.
Cockatoo: I thought this was an Australian word and bird! In fact, it has been borrowed from the Malay word kakak tua, meaning older sister. Ouch!
Orang-utan: Everyone knows this one.
Jungle: Borrowed from the Hindi word jangal, which means desert, forest, wasteland. Weird! I always imagined a jungle as being forest with lots of trees, humidity and rain, rain and more rain.
Punch: Here is one for those of you who like a little 'punch' at parties but are never quite sure what the ingredients are. This is a word said to be borrowed from the Hindi word panch, which means five. Five spirits, or four spirits and water, or three spirits, water and lemon juice, or?
Cot: From the Hindi word khat or small bed.
Gung ho: This story must be told. The original Chinese word kung he means to co-operate. Then a colonel in the US Marine Corps, stationed in China in the 1930s, was so impressed with the attitude of the people in the cooperatives he visited, he chose "Gung Ho" as the motto for his battalion. It is said that by the end of World War II, these same words were being used throughout the American Marine Corps to express a "can do" attitude.
Anaconda: If you watched the movie of the same title, you probably thought it was South American. In actual fact, all I could find were suggestions that ranged from Sinhalese henacandaya or whip snake to Tamil anaikkonda, which is supposed to mean "having killed an elephant". Er? any connection to its size?
Yen: Yes, it's the Japanese currency but wait? if its definition is also "a sharp desire or hunger for something", then it goes back to the Chinese Cantonese word yin, which means "intense craving", supported in English by the word "yearn" or to long for something.
Is this it? Are there more words that are borrowed, loaned or stolen? Absolutely! I read somewhere that there were 80,000 loan words in the 1970s.
I enjoyed this simple investigative exercise simply because the English pronunciations of the words I was searching for often differed from the original pronunciation and so the people I spoke to about Chinese words, Malay words, etc, were not able to recognise the borrowed word when spoken.
Also, I am repeatedly reminded that when I start activities like this, "curiosity killed the cat", but I think "indifferent cats" probably died young and of boredom.


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GREEN TWP. -- A town that isn't going to jump off the Wayne County map to the eye of perusers anymore is Georgetown. This village, well known to 19th century residents, has all but disappeared from the 21st century landscape, and it takes a little knowledge and research even to locate what remains of it.
Georgetown was a pioneer town located in the Little Chippewa Valley between Egypt Road and Stuckey's Corners on the historic Portage Trail, which ran from the Cuyahoga River Valley to Killbuck Creek.
Georgetown was named in honor of pioneer farmer George Starn who built several houses in the community, as well as the schoolhouse, in 1875. The location that was Georgetown encompasses the area where Egypt Road, Fox Lake Road, Blough Road and Akron Road (585) come together. In the mid-1800s, it was a thriving area that anticipated even better economic times when the railroad came through.
In fact, a railroad right of way was surveyed from Orrville down along Little Chippewa Creek. This route, however, had to be canceled with the discovery of deep deposits of peat and quicksand. Due to the lack of a railroad, Georgetown ultimately died and Smithville grew after receiving the nod for rail transportation.
But while it existed, Georgetown was a bustling place. The town -- actually the location of the second settlement in Green Township -- was anchored by the Midway House Inn stagecoach stop. It was so named because it stood about halfway between Doylestown and Wooster and made a good place to stop for refreshments.
In addition, there was a grist mill on Little Chippewa Creek, a general store, brickyard which made bricks for a number of residential and commercial structures in the vicinity, the Martin Blacksmith Shop, D.H. Harter Tannery, a sawmill, two stone quarries, ice house, mail stop, Green Township School District No. 2 and the Union Church built in 1864. One of the most unique features of the town was the Georgetown Seminary, which in 1875 boasted more than 100 enrolled students.
Just outside of Georgetown stood the Egypt Farm stone house built in 1833. Egypt Road actually derives its name from the bank barn which still stands on this farm. Inside the barn is a threshing apparatus that longtime owner the late Ervin Martin said replicated a device commonly used in Egypt. A pivoting pole about 12 feet in length extended from the center beam of the barn downward through a hole in the floor directly underneath it.
To this pole was hitched a heavy wooden sledge equipped with rollers, which was drawn by horses around and around over the sheaves of grain piled on the barn floor. The rollers and horse thus separated the grain from the chaff, saving the farmer from the laborious chore of flailing.
Source: "History of Smithville & Surrounding Area" by Joseph Irvin
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An Agricultural Water Usage Certification or Agricultural Water Use Registration must be obtained from the County agricultural agent if a person has the capability to divert ground and/or surface water in excess of 100,000* gallons per day for agricultural, aquacultural or horticultural purposes.
An Agricultural Water Use Registration is required for any person with the capability to divert in excess of 100,000* gallons of water per day, but who diverts less than this quantity.
* At the 100,000 gallons per day threshold additional approvals for water diversion may be required by the Delaware River Basin Commission and the New Jersey Pinelands Commission. According to N.J.A.C. 7:38-2.5(c) Agricultural, Aquicultural and Horticultural diversions within the Highlands Preservation Area have a regulatory threshold of 100,000 gallons of water per day based on N.J.A.C. 7:20A. Please refer to the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act for additional information.
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