Logical Negation Operator:!
Logical Negation Operator:!
! cast-expression
The logical negation operator (!) reverses the meaning of its operand. The operand must be of arithmetic or pointer type (or an expression that evaluates to arithmetic or pointer type). The operand is implicitly converted to type bool. The result is true if the converted operand is false; the result is false if the converted operand is true. The result is of type bool.
For an expression e, the unary expression!e is equivalent to the expression (e == 0), except where overloaded operators are involved.
Operator Keyword for!
The not operator is the text equivalent of!. There are two ways to access the not operator in your programs: include the header file iso646.h, or compile with the /Za (Disable language extensions) compiler option.
// expre_Logical_NOT_Operator.cpp
// compile with: /EHsc
_TAG_
using namespace std;
int main() {
 int i = 0;
 if (!i)
 cout << "i is zero" << endl;
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Rats lost post. Presenter is going over potential and Kinetic energy. Energy does work or causes change. Potential energy is stored Kinetic is being used. Energy and mass cannot be changed or destroyed just changed. Heat is dissipated at each level. She as a flash light that can be powered by squeezing a handle, it has a magnet and a copper wire that causes electrons to move. They also had sand going around in two containers being shaken. Now they are measuring the temperature.
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Basic definitions
Dewpoint temperature
The temperature to which the gas must be cooled in order that it should be saturated with water vapour (i.e. 100% relative humidity).
For practical reasons it is referred to water above 0 °C (+32 °F) and ice below 0 °C (+32 °F).
Dewpoint is expressed in degrees Celsius (°C) or degrees Farenheit (°F).
Water vapour pressure
The pressure exerted by the water vapour contained in any mixture of gases. The total pressure exerted by the gas mixture is the sum of the pressures exerted by its components – including the water vapour. Water vapour pressure varies in direct proportion to the total gas. Expressed in units of pressure such as pascals (Pa), millibar (mbar) or millimeters of mercury (mmHg).
Saturation water vapour pressure
The maximum pressure of water vapour that can exist in a gas at a given temperature. Expressed in units of pressure as partial water vapour pressure.
Parts per million by volume
The ratio of the water vapour pressure to the total gas pressure, expressed as ppm(v) or vpm.
Parts per million by weight
The figure is modified according to the ratio of the molecular weight of water vapour to the molecular weight of the carrier gas mixture, expressed as ppm(w).
Absolute humidity
The mass of water vapour in a unit volume of moist gas at a given temperature and pressure. Expressed as grams per cubic metre (g/m³), milligrams per litre (mg/L), milligrams per cubic metre (mg/m³) or pounds of water per million cubic feet of gas (lb/MMSCF).
Relative humidity
The ratio of actual water vapour pressure in the gas to the saturation water vapour pressure at the same temperature.


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Definitions for Bowboʊ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to bend the knee or body or incline the head, as in reverence, submission, or salutation.
to yield; submit:
to bow to the inevitable.
to bend or curve downward; stoop:
The pines bowed low.
(v.t.)to bend or incline (the knee, body, or head) in worship, submission, respect, civility, etc.
to cause to submit; subdue; crush.
to cause to stoop or incline.
to express by a bow:
to bow one's thanks.
to usher (someone) with a bow:
They were bowed in by the footman.
to cause to bend; make curved or crooked.
bow out, to withdraw by choice, as from a task; retire.
Category: Verb Phrase
(n.)an inclination of the head or body in salutation, assent, thanks, reverence, submission, etc.
Idioms for bow:
bow and scrape,to be excessively polite or deferential.
Origin of bow:
bef. 900; ME bowen (v.), OE būgan; c. D buigen
a flexible strip of wood or other material, bent by a string stretched between its ends, for shooting arrows.
a bend or curve.
a readily loosened knot for joining the ends of a ribbon or string, having two projecting loops.
Category: Navy, Textiles
a loop or gathering of ribbon, paper, etc., used as a decoration.
a flexible rod having horsehairs stretched from end to end, used for playing a musical instrument of the viol or violin families.
Category: Music and Dance
something curved or arc-shaped.
an archer; bowman.
Ref: temple2 (def. 2). 1 2 3
aU-shaped piece for placing under an animal's neck to hold a yoke.
(adj.)curved outward at the center; bent:
(v.i.)to bend into the form of a bow; curve.
to perform with a bow on a stringed instrument.
Category: Music and Dance
Origin of bow:
bef. 1000; ME bowe (n.), OE boga
the forward end of a vessel or airship.
Category: Aeronautics, Nautical, Navy
the foremost oar in rowing a boat.
(adj.)of or pertaining to the bow of a ship.
Category: Nautical, Navy
Origin of bow:
1620–30; < LG boog (n.) or D boeg or Dan bov; see bough
a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments
bow, fore, prow, stem(noun)
front part of a vessel or aircraft
"he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow
something curved in shape
bow, bowing, obeisance(noun)
bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
bow, curtain call(noun)
an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience
a decorative interlacing of ribbons
a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
bow, bow down(verb)
bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
"He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame"
submit, bow, defer, accede, give in(verb)
yield to another's wish or opinion
"The government bowed to the military pressure"
bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting
"He bowed before the King"
crouch, stoop, bend, bow(verb)
bend one's back forward from the waist on down
"he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
play on a string instrument with a bow
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
a knot with loops
to tie a bow
an object used for playing the violin
***He pulled the bow across the strings.
a weapon for shooting arrows
***a bow and arrow
to bend forward to show respect or thanks
to bow to the audience
to look down or to bend the head down
He bowed his head in shame.
the act of bending forward
***to take a bow
the front of a ship
***a boy fishing from the bow
The front of a boat or ship.
Origin: From bugan, from beuganan. Cognate with Dutch buigen, German biegen.
to cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved
to exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline
to bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension
to cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue
to express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks
to bend; to curve
to bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with down
to incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow
an inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; as, a bow of deep humility
anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow
a weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an arrow is propelled
an ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string
the U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke
an appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it, used in playing on a stringed instrument
any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters
a rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea
two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree
to play (music) with a bow
to manage the bow
the bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow
one who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar
Translations for Bow
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
a springy curved rod bent by a string, by which arrows are shot.
- arcoPortuguese (BR)
- der BogenGerman
- bue; flitsbueDanish
- (šaujamais) loks; stopsLatvian
- 弓Chinese (Trad.)
- cái cungVietnamese
- 弓Chinese (Simp.)
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Eight Week Quiz C
Name: _____________________________ Period: ___________________________
This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Chapters XX-XVII.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where are Elisha and Deborah to stay when at the feast?
(a) Akiba's house.
(b) Rabbi Peter's home.
(c) Their own estate.
(d) Uncle Amram's estate.
2. Who does Elisha find out he has been betrothed to?
(a) Deborah.
(b) Theo.
(c) Zoma.
(d) Shraga.
3. Why does Deborah encourage Elisha to curry the Shraga's favor?
(a) She is concerned the Shraga wants to take Elisha away from her.
(b) She is concerned the Shraga might prevent his ordination.
(c) She wants Elisha to become Shraga's disciple.
(d) She wants the Shraga to give Elisha more servants.
4. Where does the plague strike?
(a) Antioch.
(b) Usher.
(c) Palestine.
(d) Jerusalem.
5. Who does Elisha try to find in the pagan part of Caeserea?
(a) A magician.
(b) A bookseller.
(c) His old tutor.
(d) A carpenter.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Elisha discuss with Justin, the leader of the Gentile Christians?
2. What do the workers, numbering over 500, want to do after the command to leave?
3. What is Deborah bothered by when around Meir and his wife?
4. Why is Abuyah considered something of a heretic among others in this society?
5. What does Elisha think about his new wife after the week-long festival?
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Two Clemson University researchers seek to make diners mindful of mindless eating.
Psychology professor Eric Muth and electrical and computer engineering professor Adam Hoover have created the Bite Counter, a measurement device that will make it easier for people to monitor how much they eat. Worn like a watch, the Bite Counter device tracks a pattern of wrist-roll motion to identify when the wearer has taken a bite of food. Think of it as a pedometer for eating.
"At the societal level, current weight-loss and maintenance programs are failing to make a significant impact. Studies have shown that people tend to underestimate what they eat by large margins, mostly because traditional methods rely upon selfobservation and reporting," said Muth. "Our preliminary data suggest that bite count can be used as a proxy for caloric count."
The advantage of the Bite Counter is that it is automated so that user bias is removed. The device can be used anywhere, such as at restaurants or while working, where people find it difficult to manually track and remember calories.
The device is not based on what happens in a single bite (i.e. exact grams or specific food nutrients), but in how it simplifies long-term monitoring. For commercialization, Bite Counters eventually will be sold as simple consumer electronics alongside such familiar devices as activity monitors, heart-rate monitors, GPS watches and pedometers. A device is available from Bite Technologies now for professional and research use at _URL_.
"The device only requires that the user press a button to turn it on before eating and press the button again after the meal or snack is done. In between, the device automatically counts how many bites have been eaten," Hoover said.
In laboratory studies, the device has been shown to be more than 90 percent accurate in counting bites, regardless of the user, food, utensil or container, according to Hoover. However, there are few existing data on how bite count relates to calorie count or how a bite-counting device could be used for weight loss. The device will allow for such data to be more easily collected.
With prototypes completed and manufacturing under way, devices are being tested in 20 subjects for one month. The devices will store logs of bite-count activities, which will provide researchers baseline data for developing guidelines for completely new and innovative weight-loss studies.


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5 Accounting Controls for QuickBooks
Here's a quick summary of five powerful techniques for minimizing the problems that crop up when you've got people with varying levels of skill and trustworthiness working with your QuickBooks data:
Regularly compare physical inventory counts with inventory accounting records. One thing you can do, both to minimize your inventory losses and to maintain accurate accounting records, is regularly compare physical counts of your inventory with what your accounting records show. Frequently counting the most valuable and easiest-to-steal items accomplishes two things:
Inventory shrinkage is quickly identified.
The business owner can minimize inventory shrinkage by identifying the type of inventory that's most often stolen or even when inventory is most often stolen.
Reconcile bank accounts. Another thing business owners should do, in my opinion, is reconcile their own bank accounts. Often, employee theft by accounting personnel occurs as employees figure out how to write checks on the company's bank account that the owner doesn't see. One sure way to find a fictitious and fraudulent transaction is to have the owner reconcile the bank statement. Additionally, any flaky, suspicious transactions tend to become obvious when the business owner looks closely at checks.
Segregate accounting from physical custody where possible. In a small business, it's not always easy to separate the accounting for some activity from the physical custody or physical responsibility for that activity. For example, it's tough to segregate the inventory accounting from physical custody or access to that inventory. A store clerk, for example, may be able to steal cigarettes easily and also adjust inventory records through cash-register sales for cigarettes. Nevertheless, wherever you can segregate physical custody from accounting, built-in error checking occurs. The person doing the accounting indirectly checks on the physical custodians' caretaking of the asset.
Train employees in the use of QuickBooks. You should train employees to use QuickBooks if you have a business of any size, for two basic reasons: Someone who knows how to use QuickBooks is less likely to make inadvertent errors, and messy accounting records camouflage employee theft.
Close your QuickBooks file. Here's a final technique worth considering. Though you aren't required to close the fiscal year in QuickBooks, you may still want to do this in order to maintain the integrity of your data. Here's how: Choose the Edit→Preferences command, select Accounting, select the Company Preferences tab, and then click the Closing Date Set Date/Password button. When QuickBooks prompts you, specify a closing date and password. After you provide this information, QuickBooks prohibits or limits users from changing or entering transactions dated before the closing date.


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1 Introduction to Calculating PID Gains Symbollically
Peter Nachtway provided the meat of this article to me. (You can see the original file here.)
Peter had answered a problem on the sci.engr.control usenet group (the question that was asked can be found here). Here's the original question
The task: I will simulate a numerical PID under scicos. I use a Scifunc-Block. This block is triggered each ms. There I have following question:
1. The integral part of the PID has the form Yi = Yi + Ki * u1; The Problem: It seems, as Yi keeps not the value of the run before. Thus no integration is done. How can I reach, that Yi keeps this value?
2. Variable init: The variables are initialized in Diagram/context. Is this the correct place? is This init at "context" only done at the start of simulation and not every Scifunc-calling?
3. What else must be considered that the PID works propper?
There were some private conversations between Peter and Wolfgang. The result is the pdf I linked to above.
2 PID Control Problem Formulation
|Type 0 System with 2 poles|
The PID controller is
|Standard PID Controller|
The closed loop transfer function for a controller and second order velocity is
Let's start by evaluating
Substituting Eqn. 2 into Eqn. 1
} Multiply top and bottom by and get
The closed loop transfer function with characteristic equation in powers of s. Explicitly, the characteristic equations is
Based on design requirements we can construct a desired closed loop transfer function.
In this example the desired characteristic equation is
2.1 Symbollic Solution
Using Eqn. 5 and Eqn. 6 it is easily determined that
The values of K, A1, A0 are part of the plant model and therefore known at the time of the PID controller design. As a result there are 3 equations and 3 unknowns. Here are the values of Ki, Kp, adn Kd.
This example comes from _URL_
For this example
- M = 1 kg
- c = 10 Ns/m
- k = 20 N/m
- F = 1 N
- K = 1
- A1 = 10
- A0 = 20
So if we choose rad/sec then we get


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The accuracy of genomic prediction partly depends on the genetic correlation between the reference population and the population of selection candidates. This correlation can be lower than 1 due to interactions between genes, such as dominance and epistasis. Wageningen researchers investigated the relationship between gene-interactions and the genetic correlation between populations. They published their results in the journal G3.
Genomic prediction and importance of genetic correlations between populations
Animal breeders aim to improve the average performance of their populations. They achieve this by selecting individuals with the highest breeding values as parents of the next generation. The breeding values can be estimated with a technique called genomic prediction. This technique makes use of a reference population that consists of animals that have both phenotypes and marker genotypes available. The data of the reference population is used to estimate breeding values of selection candidates that only have marker genotypes available. The accuracy of estimated breeding values is lower when the genetic correlation between the reference population and the population of selection candidates is lower than 1.
Publication: Gene-interactions and genetic correlations
Interactions among genes, such as dominance and epistasis, can cause the genetic correlation to be lower than 1, thereby reducing the accuracy of the genomic prediction. Researchers from Wageningen University & Research investigated how gene-interactions affect the genetic correlation between populations. They simulated two diverging populations with different types of gene-interaction. Their results showed that the genetic correlation decreased when populations had diverged for a longer time, and when interaction effects were larger. With dominance, genetic correlations did not drop below 80%, whereas with epistasis, values dropped to as low as 45%. These insights may contribute to the understanding of genetic differences in trait expression between populations, and may help in explaining the inefficiency of genomic prediction across populations and generations.


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On 26 June 2012 it is the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
This important day was created by the United Nations General Assembly to help create a society free of illegal drugs and drug abuse. The date raises awareness of two important world issues -World Drug Day and theBlue Heart Campaign against Human Trafficking.Established in 1987, the day is now in its 25th year and its pro-health campaign is stronger than ever.
Each year the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) selects a theme for the day and this year it is Health.
Events will be held all over the world, from Australia to Vietnam, to look at the effects of drugs in local communities and how we can stop them.
From the dangerous effects of cannabis to the prevention of HIV/AIDS and needle sharing, there will be lots of information available to get educated and join the fight against drug abuse.


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Dear Teacher Columnists Win 2001 Journalism Award
Authors of the King Features Syndicate column "Dear Teacher," Peggy Gisler and Marge Eberts, received a 2001 Award for Excellence in news reporting from the Stuttering Foundation of America (SFA). The "Dear Teacher" columnists were one of 7 recipients chosen by the SFA for successfully enhancing the public's understanding of this complex speech disorder.
"Journalists have given unprecedented attention to the causes and treatment of stuttering over the past year," said Jane Fraser, president of the 54-year-old nonprofit foundation. "The entries from print, radio and electronic media have shown an increased sensitivity to a speech disorder that affects millions of people."
The "Dear Teacher" column recognized by the SFA was one that offered teachers resource information and timely tips for children who stutter in the classroom.
The Stuttering Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in Memphis, Tenn., that has worked toward the prevention and improved treatment of stuttering since 1947. For more information call the SFA toll free at _PHONE_ or log on to their Web site at _URL_.
Click here to learn more about "Dear Teacher" authors Peggy Gisler and Marge Eberts.


|R'(x)|$ is of the same order as $d (\log \log x)/dx = 1/(x \log x)$, even though $R(x) << \log \log x$. When you compute $N(t) = \int t d(\log \log t)/dt \cdot dt + \int t R'(t) dt$, the two terms are of the same order of magnitude, and you have no control over $N(t)$. – David Speyer May 4 '12 at 17:07
@ David, Thank you for the explanation. Now the gap is clear to me. I have accepted your answer as the answer to this question. – Nilotpal Sinha May 6 '12 at 7:04
Because the scale is too small in Mertens's theorem, and the prime number theorem as well as the Riemann hypothesis are hidden by the $O(1/\log{X})$ notation.
Indeed, the former amounts to strengthening this term to $o(1/\log{X})$; the latter - to $O(1/\sqrt{X})$.
[Incidentally, one could go for equivalent statements to a still smaller scale. Of course, an estimate like $\sum_{p < X} 1/p^2 = \mathrm{const} + O(1/X)$ does not say anything at all about the primes. But one could, if one wished, express the prime number theorem by elaborating on the $O(1/X)$ term. ]
To elaborate on this a bit, let me go to a slightly bigger scale where the prime number theorem begins to emerge outside of $o(1)$. This is also more natural; indeed, it was how Mertens's theorem was proved.
By partial summation, Mertens's estimate is equivalent to $\sum_{p < X} (\log{p})/(p-1) = \log{X} + O(1)$; or, if one prefers, $\sum_{n < X} \Lambda(n)/n = \log{X} + O(1)$. The prime number theorem however is the statement that the $O(1)$ term converges to a constant: $\sum_{n < X} \Lambda(n)/n = \log{X} - \gamma + o(1)$. Indeed, the related bound $\sum_{n < X} \Big( \frac{1}{n} - \frac{1}{X} \Big) \Lambda(n) = \log{X} - 1 - \gamma + o(1)$, another form of the prime number theorem, is what de la Vallee Poussin actually obtained in his original paper. Here $\gamma = 0.57\ldots$ is Euler's constant, but this is of no importance for us, see the next paragraph. Also the $\log{X}$ logarithmic pole corresponds to the pole of $\zeta(s)$ at $s=1$, whereas the $o(1)$ term expresses there being no zeros with $\mathrm{Re}(s) = 1$. The Riemann hypothesis is the correspondingly stronger bound $O(1/\sqrt{X})$ on the $o(1)$ oscillating term. At this scale, in contrast to $\psi(X) = X + O\big( \sqrt{X} (\log{X})^2 \big)$ or $\pi(X) = \mathrm{Li}(X) + O(\sqrt{X}\log{X})$, a logarithmic factor in addition to the square root is not required, as $\sum_{\rho} 1 / |\rho|^2 < \infty$ over the zeros.
Here finally is how to deduce the more usual form $\psi(X) \sim X$ of the prime number theorem from the refinement $S(X) := \sum_{p < X} \Lambda(n)/n = \log{X} -\gamma + o(1)$ of Mertens's theorem: Summing by parts, $\psi(X) = XS(X) - \int_1^X S(t) \, dt = X(\log{X} - \gamma + o(1)) - \big( \int_1^X \log{t} \, dt - \gamma X + o(X) \big) = X + o(X)$.
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Department of Computer Graphics and Multimedia
Spider Lawn Mower Automation Design
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|Keywords:||lawn mower robot, non-linear control, sensory system, robot navigation|
|This project proposal describes the automation of a four steering wheel lawn mower robot called spider lawn mower SLM robot. The SLM faces four issues studied in this research: slippage conditions and cutting grass edge following, multi-mobile robot formation control, a body detection within the grass in front of the robots path and auto-repeating the same known tasks.|
To this end, a mathematical model that takes into account the kinematics and dynamics of the SLM is proposed: state feedback linearization is designed as a control strategy to tackle the nonlinearities of the system, implemented and tested.


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Seaside Seabird Sanctuary rescuing birds sick from red tide
The birds become sick after eating dead fish
Posted at 10:44 PM, Jul 14, 2021
and last updated 2021-07-15 00:11:53-04
INDIAN SHORES, Fla. — The Seaside Seabird Sanctuary in Indian Shores is caring for birds that became sick from the red tide.
They said seabirds are exposed to brevetoxin by eating contaminated food sources like dead or dying fish.
"They end up eating the fish and what happens is the toxin gets in their bodies and ends up in their muscle systems and that's what gives them that instability and sometimes it actually paralyzes them to the point that they can't move at all," said Christina Chilbert with Seaside Seabird Sanctuary.
In June, the sanctuary took in more than 300 birds, including ones impacted by red tide. They receive about 40 to 60 calls daily.
"With brevetoxin, what happens in their body is they'll kind of act unstable. You'll notice them; they'll be a little bit wobbly. They'll just exhibit behaviors you wouldn't normally see a bird doing, like laying down in an area for an extended period of time," said Chilbert.
Volunteers at the sanctuary's wildlife hospital are caring for a Great Blue Heron that became ill from the red tide.
Birds that survive the first 24 hours in the hospital often make full recoveries, but it depends on how long the birds have suffered from the toxicity.
"Flushing them with as many fluids as possible to kind of get that toxin out of their bodies is super important, Also, being able to provide them with fresh clean fish that we know are clean fish for them to eat," said Chilbert.
Chilbert expects to see an influx of sick birds throughout the summer.
"We have 85 pelicans and 30 cormorants that are ready to be re-released. We have to take care of them every day, but because of the red ride, we're hesitant to release them back into the wild because we don't want them to come back to us so that's incurring a huge cost to us," said Chilbert.
The sanctuary asks people to report any birds showing signs of toxicity. For example, birds that are unable to stand, walk, or fly. People may call _PHONE_ and choose option 1.
The sanctuary is always looking for donations and volunteers. Volunteers said they could use supplies like bleach, laundry detergent, apples, grapes and other essential items. Monetary donations are also appreciated.
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An energy expert with the United Nation's Samoa Office said climate change should not be viewed nor addressed as merely an environmental issue, the Islands Business online reported on Thursday.
"Climate change has enormous implications on human development issues," Thomas Jensen told reporters at the Pacific climate change round-table currently underway in Apia, Samoa.
"We are not going to solve anything if we just treat it as an environmental issue. That should be the starting point, to have a real impact we must acknowledge the fact that climate change is not an environmental issue alone, but it's a human issue, a development issue," he said.
According to Jensen who oversees renewable energy program of the United Nations Development Program in the Pacific, the issue of climate change impacted economic, social, cultural, health, infrastructure, energy, poverty reduction, sustainable development aspects of a nation.
So leaving climate change only for a department of environment to tackle would be pointless and ineffective, he said.
"To address climate change properly, we cannot just leave it at the national level to the environment department which most of the time is under-resourced, lacks staff and money," the Islands Business quoted him as saying.
On the high cost of fossil fuel, Jensen suggested the best strategy would be pro-activeness.
"To keep the momentum going (on renewable energy), we need to be proactive. We need to think long term in order for us to be less vulnerable to the unstable high cost of fossil fuel," he said.
(Xinhua News Agency October 16, 2008)


Stone-Age Skeletons Unearthed in Sahara Desert
"It must have been a place of memory," said study co-author Mary Anne Tafuri, an archaeologist at the University of Cambridge. "People throughout time have kept it, and they have buried their people, over and over, generation after generation."
PHOTOS: Faces of Our Ancestors
About 15 women and children were buried in the rock shelter, while five men and juveniles were buried under giant stone heaps called tumuli outside the shelter during a later period, when the region turned to desert.
The findings, which are detailed in the March issue of the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, suggest the culture changed with the climate.
Millennia of burials
From about 8,000 to 6,000 years ago, the Sahara desert region, called Wadi Takarkori, was filled with scrubby vegetation and seasonal green patches. Stunning rock art depicts ancient herding animals, such as cows, which require much more water to graze than the current environment could support, Tafuri said.
NEWS: Stone Age Painters Were Realists
Tafuri and her colleague Savino di Lernia began excavating the archaeological site between 2003 and 2006. At the same site, archaeologists also uncovered huts, animal bones and pots with traces of the earliest fermented dairy products in Africa. (See Images of the Stone-Age Skeletons)
To date the skeletons, Tafuri measured the remains for concentrations of isotopes, or molecules of the same element with different weights.
The team concluded that the skeletons were buried over four millennia, with most of the remains in the rock shelter buried between 7,300 and 5,600 years ago.
The males and juveniles under the stone heaps were buried starting 4,500 years ago, when the region became more arid. Rock art confirms the dry up, as the cave paintings began to depict goats, which need much less water to graze than cows, Tafuri said.
The ancient people also grew up not far from the area where they were buried, based on a comparison of isotopes in tooth enamel, which forms early in childhood, with elements in the nearby environment.
Shift in culture?
The findings suggest the burial place was used for millennia by the same group of people. It also revealed a divided society.
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"The exclusive use of the rock shelter for female and sub-adult burials points to a persistent division based on gender," wrote Marina Gallinaro, a researcher in African studies at Sapienza University of Rome, who was not involved in the study, in an email to LiveScience.
One possibility is that during the earlier period, women had a more critical role in the society, and families may have even traced their descent through the female line. But once the Sahara began its inexorable expansion into the region about 5,000 years ago, the culture shifted and men's prominence may have risen as a result, Gallinaro wrote.
The region as a whole is full of hundreds of sites yet to be excavated, said Luigi Boitani, a biologist at Sapienza University of Rome, who has worked on archaeological sites in the region but was not involved in the study.
"The area is an untapped treasure," Boitani said.
The new discovery also highlights the need to protect the fragile region, which has been closed to archaeologists since the revolution that ousted dictator Moammar el Gadhafi.
Takarkori is very close to the main road that leads from Libya into neighboring Niger, so rebels and other notorious political figures, such as Gadhafi's sons, have frequently passed through the area to escape the country, he said.
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Little Johnny History Lesson
Little Johnny was in class while the teacher was giving an oral quiz on History. "Who said 'Give me liberty or give me death'" started the teacher. No one answered.
Finally a little Japanese exchange student piped in: "Patrick Henry, 1776"
The teacher was a little miffed that an exchange student would answer and her American students couldn't.
So she tried again: "Four score and seven years ago..." and again no one answered until the little Japanese girl replied: "Abraham Lincoln, 1863".
Again the teacher was miffed. So the teacher gave a challenge, the next right answer would get the rest of the day off.
"F&%# THE JAPS!" was yelled from the back of the room.
"Who said that?!!" screamed the teacher.
Little Johnny replied proudly, "Gen. Douglas McArthur, 1941. See you tomorrow!"
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99 Clojure Problems (46, 49)
I had some difficulty with the "Logic and Codes" section, since neither Prolog or Scala are really all that lisp like.
Here's my answer for 46. Many thanks to Brian Carper for responding to my StackOverflow question. It really helped me to reformulate this question with more of a clojure style than a Scala or Prolog style.
; P46 (**) Truth tables for logical expressions.
(comment "Define predicates and/2, or/2, nand/2, nor/2, xor/2, impl/2 and equ/2 (for logical equivalence) which succeed or fail according to the result of their respective operations; e.g. and(A,B) will succeed, if and only if both A and B succeed. Note that A and B can be Prolog goals (not only the constants true and fail).")
(comment "A logical expression in two variables can then be written in prefix notation, as in the following example: and(or(A,B),nand(A,B)).")
(defn not_ [a] (if a false true))
(defn and_ [a b] (if a (if b true false) false))
(defn or_ [a b] (if a true (if b true false)))
(defn nand_ [a b] (not_ (and_ a b)))
(defn nor_ [a b] (not_ (or_ a b)))
(defn xor_ [a b] (or_ (and_ a (not_ b)) (and_ (not_ a) b)))
(defn impl_ [a b] (or_ (not_ a) (and_ a b)))
(defn equ_ [a b] (not_ (xor_ a b)))
(comment "Now, write a predicate table/3 which prints the truth table of a given logical expression in two variables.")
(defn table [f]
 (doseq [a '(true false)
 b '(true false)]
 (println a "\t" b "\t" (f a b))
I skipped number 47 (turning the functions into operators) because clojure doesn't really deal with infix notation at all. It seems really foreign to me to try to write (a and b). I can see doing this in ruby
or f#
a |> and b
but not clojure.
I skipped number 48, because I couldn't figure out how to count the parameter "arity" of the function being passed in. Even with the number of parameters being passed in, I wasn't able to figure out how to pass a list as the parameters to a function. (Basically converting (func '(a b c)) to (func a b c) with a simple bit of code.
Here's my answer to number 49, which was mercifully easy after messing with 48 for a little while.
; P49 (**) Gray code.
(comment "An n-bit Gray code is a sequence of n-bit strings constructed according to certain rules. For example,")
(comment "n = 1: C(1) = ['0','1']. ")
(comment "n = 2: C(2) = ['00','01','11','10'].")
(comment "n = 3: C(3) = ['000','001','011','010','110','111','101','100'].")
(defn gray [n]
 (loop [nleft n
 combos (list (list ))]
 (if (zero? nleft)
 (map #(apply str %) combos)
 (recur (dec nleft) (concat (map #(conj %1 1) combos) (map #(conj %1 0) combos)) ))))
I did not do result caching. I couldn't figure out where to start with it, and this code is so devilishly simple that I can't figure out where I would store anything for future use.
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 1. user=> (defn func-with-args [& more]
 user=> (func-with-args "this " "takes " " a " "variable number" " of " "args")
 2. What about (apply func '(1 2 3))?
 It doesn't quite get you the arity, but it will "spread" the arguments for you.
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Putting Soil Health First
A Climate-Smart Idea for Ontario
On November 15, 2016, the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario released a report, Putting Soil Health First: A Climate-Smart Idea for Ontario.
Modern agriculture has been a great success at feeding the world, but the environmental price has been very high. Now there is an exciting opportunity to both feed ourselves efficiently and to protect the natural world - by rebuilding soil health, soil ecosystems and soil organic matter. Rebuilding carbon levels in Ontario agricultural soils can reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, enhance our ability to adapt to climate changes, and reduce the overall environmental footprint of modern agriculture - all while sustaining or increasing yields and profitability.
This report describes the basic science behind the soil health approach and outlines its main principles and practices. It also draws on the example of several successful soil health practitioners, including two farms that are leading the way here in Ontario. It outlines both the benefits of a soil health focus and the challenges faced by farmers adopting its methods. It calls on the Ontario government to lead in taking this new approach from its current status of leading-edge innovation to where it needs to be - the new normal.


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A grandson's photo album. Old postcards. English porcelain. A granite headstone. These are just a few of the material objects that help reconstruct the histories of colonial people who lived during Japan's empire. These objects, along with oral histories and visual imagery, reveal aspects of lives that reliance on the colonial archive alone cannot. They help answer the primary question of Lost Histories: Is it possible to write the history of Japan's colonial subjects? Kirsten Ziomek contends that it is possible, and in the process she brings us closer to understanding the complexities of their lives.
Lost Histories provides a geographically and temporally holistic view of the Japanese empire from the early 1900s to the 1970s. The experiences of the four least-examined groups of Japanese colonial subjects—the Ainu, Taiwan's indigenous people, Micronesians, and Okinawans—are the centerpiece of the book. By reconstructing individual life histories and following these people as they crossed colonial borders to the metropolis and beyond, Ziomek conveys the dynamic nature of an empire in motion and explains how individuals navigated the vagaries of imperial life.


Jurisdiction Risk
Definition of 'Jurisdiction Risk'
The risk that arises when operating in a foreign jurisdiction. In recent times, jurisdiction risk has focused on banks and financial institutions who are exposed to the risk that some of the countries where they operate may be high-risk areas for money laundering and terrorism financing.
Jurisdiction risk can also refer to when laws unexpectedly change in a jurisdiction an investor has exposure to.
Investopedia explains 'Jurisdiction Risk'
Jurisdiction risk is generally believed to be higher in countries that have either been designated as non-cooperative by the Financial Action Task Force, or have been identified by the U.S. Treasury as requiring special measures due to concerns about money laundering or corruption. Because of the punitive fines and penalties that can be levied against a financial institution that is involved (even inadvertently) in money laundering or financing terrorism, most organizations have specific processes to assess and mitigate jurisdiction risk.
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AJAX Controls and ClientIDMode
The new ClientIDMode property is a new.NET 4.0 features that allows a developer to take control over the ClientID property. In.NET 3.5 and earlier, the ClientID property renders in the ID HTML attribute for all controls. The system generated ID would be very long, may be looking something like ct100_ct100_BOdyPlaceholder_Ctl for a control that has an ID property of Ctl, and as such, ClientIDMode gives you much better control over this rendering process. For instance, a mode of Static takes whether the ID value is and renders it directly, which is very useful but potentially dangerous (as then you have to ensure that each ID is unique). It seems a lot of people favor the Predicable, trimming down the "ID fat." ClientIDMode can be set per control, in the _USER_ declaration, and in the config file.
From an AJAX perspective, this can be helpful. It was mostly required to find an AJAX control (especially if the application used a master page). This required these types of lookups of AJAX components:
var control = $find("<%= Button1.ClientID %>");
This finds a button AJAX control, but as you can see, because the ID is never the same as the ClientID, we needed to render it from the server-side so that the correct client-side ID (always ClientID) is passed in and the control is properly found.
But with the addition of ClientIDMode, for controls we know are standard, we can define a control like:
And can reference it on the client as:
var control = $find("b1");
Because both the ID and the ClientID match on the server, thus the server-side ID of b1 is also the client side ID of b1, and it makes it easier for lookups, though the previous approach wasn't that much more difficult. There are only a handful of scenarios where the <%= %> syntax doesn't work, such as templated controls that are not marked with [TemplateInstance(TemplateInstance.Single)] attribute definition, or repeating templates. The syntax must also be specified in the same container (same page, same user control, etc.).
I'd recommend using ClientIDMode="Static" for central controls, such as the scriptmanager, or if you use Telerik the RadAJaxManager and other Rad manager controls. Additionally, other master page controls can use a static ID, and then it makes it easier to target these controls from client-side JavaScript, as we don't have to mess around with the <%= control.ClientID %> syntax and any general scoping issues that may bring.
There is an AJAX benefit to the new ClientIDMode property.
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Claude Joseph Patrick Nunney
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Born (1892-12-24)24 December 1892
Dublin, Ireland
Died 18 September 1918(1918-09-18) (aged 25)
Vis-en-Artois, France
Buried at Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, near Aubigny-en-Artois
Allegiance Canadian Red Ensign _PHONE_.svg Canada
Service/branch Canadian Expeditionary Force
Years of service 1915 - 1918
Rank Corporal
Unit 38th Battalion, CEF
Battles/wars World War I
Claude Joseph Patrick Nunney VC DCM MM (24 December 1892 – 18 September 1918)[1] was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Born in Dublin, Ireland, by birth he was Irish but became a Canadian citizen by naturalization.
Nunney was one of the seven Canadians to be awarded the Victoria Cross for their actions on one single day, 2 September 1918. The other six were Bellenden Hutcheson, Arthur George Knight, William Henry Metcalf, Cyrus Wesley Peck, Walter Leigh Rayfield and John Francis Young.
Early life[edit]
There has been some debate as to Nunney's origins. Whilst Nunney himself stated he was born in Dublin, Ireland, it is claimed he was actually born in Hastings, England as Stephen Sargent Claude Nunney. Also it is claimed that Nunney did not become a Canadian citizen by naturalisation, but by becoming part of a child emigration scheme known as British Home Children.
Dave Lorente (Homechildren Canada) wrote in an article on Claude:
"It is interesting to speculate how Claude Nunney would answer, were he alive today and asked to give his first names, DOB and birthplace, because for some unknown reason or reasons he knowingly or unwittingly gave false information when he joined up in World War I. Perhaps it was because, like so many other Home Children, he had lost his baptismal record and/or birth certificate.... [H]is birth certificate shows he was actually born in Hastings, England - not in Dublin as his military Attestation papers show. Nor was he Irish...and his name was not Claude Joseph Patrick Nunney as he stated but Stephen Sargent Claude Nunney' - the 'Sargent' being his mother's maiden name. His birthdate was also wrong and he came to Canada as Stephen - not Claude. All that said, none of it detracts in any way from the brave things he did during World War I when he became one of 'Canada's Magnificent Seven' and won the former Empire and Commonwealth's highest award for bravery in the ranks."
Nunney was a member of the 38th (Ottawa) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force which is perpetuated by the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh's Own). The Cameron Highlanders are a Canadian Forces Primary Reserve light infantry regiment located in the Cartier Square Drill Hall. Nunney was a private in the First World War when the following deeds took place for which he was awarded the VC:
For most conspicuous bravery during the operations against the Drocourt-Quéant Line on Sept. 1st and 2nd, 1918.
On Sept. 1st, when his battalion was in the vicinity of Vis-en-Artois, preparatory to the advance, the enemy laid down a heavy barrage and counter-attacked. Pte. Nunney, who was at this time at company headquarters, immediately on his own initiative proceeded through the barrage to the company outpost lines, going from post to post and encouraging the men by his own fearless example. The enemy were repulsed and a critical situation was saved.
During the attack on Sept. 2nd, his dash continually placed him in advance of his companions, and his fearless example undoubtedly helped greatly to carry the company forward to its objectives. When his battalion which was preparing to advance, was heavily counter-attacked by the enemy, Private Nunney on his own initiative, went forward through the barrage to the company out-post lines, going from post to post and encouraging the men by his own fearless example. - London Gazette 13 December 1918
He died aged 25, 16 days after receiving what proved to be mortal wounds and was buried at Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, near Aubigny-en-Artois (Grave reference number IV. B. 39).
The Medal[edit]
All of Nunney's medals (he had earlier in the war won the Military Medal and the Distinguished Conduct Medal at the Battle of Vimy Ridge), including his VC are displayed above the fireplace at Cornwall Armoury in Cornwall, Ontario.
 1. ^ "DHHVictoria Cross - First World War". Retrieved January 16, 2013.
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I'm drawing a scene where the camera freely moves about the universe. The camera class keeps track of the view (or look at) point, the position of the camera, and the up vector. These vectors/points are then passed into gluLookAt.
Pan and zoom are nearly trivial to implement. However, I'm finding rotation about the look at point to be much more of an issue. I want to write a function Camera.rotate that takes 2 angles, one that rotates up/down and one that rotates left/right along an imaginary sphere that is centered about the look at point.
Is there an easy way to do this?
I've (briefly) read about quaternions, but I wanted to see if there was an easier solution given the relatively simple construction of my scene.
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Do you have anything in your toolbox to rotate a point around the origin, given an axis and an angle? – Sam Hocevar Dec 8 '11 at 15:55
Nothing other than my loose understanding of Quaternions, no. The more I'm looking at this, I think Quaternions might be the answer. However, I'm unsure how to calculate the axis x, y, and z values to use in the Quaternion formulas. – Luke Dec 8 '11 at 16:01
I won't tell you that quaternions are not the way to go. They are a very good solution to your problem. But you will need a quaternion class and ways to interact with GL and GLU, and I feel that you should first try to get familiar with transformation matrices. Others may disagree. – Sam Hocevar Dec 8 '11 at 16:12
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What you are asking for is called Arcball rotation. Quaternions are the easy solution only if you understand how they work. You can achieve the same without quaternions however.
Do you know how to rotate objects in general? Let's say you have an object at the origin. Do you know how you rotate it (hint: multiply by some rotation matrix)? If yes, then I am assuming you know what will happen if you translate the object first and then rotate it?
You must know how to calculate a rotation matrix from angle-axis (easy as pie, look at the myriad of equations online, a lot of them give you the code as well)
 - Get the camera's up and right vectors. Note that they should be normalized.
 - Get the vector from the focus point to the camera (camPosition - Focus). This is the vector that you are going to be rotating. Let's call this camFocusVector.
 - Decide how much you want to rotate in yaw/pitch in relation to the camera
 - Create two rotation matrices. The 1st rotation matrix will use the up of the camera as the axis and yaw angle that you decided. The 2nd rotation matrix will use the right of the camera as the axis and pitch angle that you decided.
 - Now rotate the camFocusVector with the new rotation matrices. This is now your new position of the camera relative to the origin. We of course, want it to be relative to the focus point...
 - Add the focus point position to camFocusVector. This is now your camera's new position. Translate your camera accordingly.
 - Finally, ask the camera to focus on the focus point by calling your lookAt() function
You will have to lookout for certain cases or singularities at which your camera will stop working. Looking straight down/up for example. I will let you figure out how to deal with those.
EDIT1: How to recalculate the orthonormal vectors of the camera
You already know the direction of the camera ( (cameraPos - focusPoint).normalize() ). Now assume that your camera's up is +Y (or w/e your world's current up axis is... that is up to you). Now simply cross the direction with the up to get the right. Done? Nope! Your up vector is no longer orthogonal to the other two. To fix that, cross right with direction and you get your new up.
Again, take a note of the caveats as this will fail to work in some cases (direction is parallel to up for example).
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Note that the right vector can be obtained using normalize(up ^ camFocusVector) (or its opposite if left-handed). – Sam Hocevar Dec 8 '11 at 17:23
Looking good so far, worked beautifully for left/right rotation (I have the up vector so that's easy). What does the '^' mean in your comment _USER_? Is that cross product? Also, how can I recompute the up vector once I've made the translations? – Luke Dec 8 '11 at 21:18
_USER_: Check my EDIT1 – Samaursa Dec 8 '11 at 21:35
_USER_ Thank you very much. Your solution works perfectly, and I learned a lot in the process! – Luke Dec 9 '11 at 12:53
this is an EXCELLENT answer, thank you very much for your explanation. In my case, I wanted the camera to only rotate about the target point in the X-Y plane, and so after doing all the calculations, I always set the cameraRight.z to 0 and then calculated the cameraUp vector. This gave the desired effect. Just thought of sharing – codemonkey Oct 31 '12 at 15:21
What you need is a typical ArcBall camera, which is basically a camera that keeps a target location and allows you to move the camera in a "spherical" way around that target.
It's in XNA but IIRC I've used this implementation before, and it worked quite well:
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That implementation appears to only move directly along the right vector, which will approximate an arcball for small values of amount. He's also moving the LookAt point, as where I want to move the camera (close, but subtly different). I believe Samaursa has provided the simplest complete way of achieving this. – Luke Dec 9 '11 at 12:59
Thank you for your feedback. I must admit that I used this implementation a bit as a "blackbox" but I did not notice any problem. To clarify were you perhaps talking about the MoveCameraRight/MoveCameraForward methods? Those methods were added in order to pan the camera around, but are not part of the Arcball interface. If you want to rotate the camera around the target, you simply change the Yaw or Pitch properties. – David Gouveia Dec 9 '11 at 15:37
Sorry, you're right, those are panning methods. I didn't notice how he set a dirty flag for the matrix when yaw and pitch were changed. – Luke Dec 12 '11 at 14:41
Here's my code for rotating around a point, found myself reusing it a lot.
float distance; // Straight line distance between the camera and look at point
// Calculate the camera position using the distance and angles
float camX = distance * -sinf(camAngleX*(M_PI/180)) * cosf((camAngleY)*(M_PI/180));
float camY = distance * -sinf((camAngleY)*(M_PI/180));
float camZ = -distance * cosf((camAngleX)*(M_PI/180)) * cosf((camAngleY)*(M_PI/180));
// Set the camera position and lookat point
gluLookAt(camX,camY,camZ, // Camera position
 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, // Look at point
 0.0, 1.0, 0.0); // Up vector
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That's basically the way I did it initially. There are many issues with doing it this way (at least for me). Basically this implementation rotates only about 2 fixed axes. Let's say you rotate up nearly to the north pole. Then rotate right. You'll find yourself spinning in a tiny circle rather than following the right vector of the camera all the way around the globe. – Luke Dec 9 '11 at 12:43
Now that you mentioned that, I guess there are two different ways to look at the problem. In my application I used the ArcBall camera to rotate around a target island on the sea, and if I used 3 axes of freedom it would look plain wrong (such as seeing the island upside down or sideways). – David Gouveia Dec 9 '11 at 15:46
This very simple algorith to achieve that is pretty awesome:
Being P the center point about you want to rotate (the "look at"or "target" point):
rotate horizontal
rotate vertical
I used it and its nice.
Source found at sister-site stackoverflow: _URL_
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When asked about his overarching goal for writing his autobiography, A Struggle to Walk with Dignity – The True Story of a Jamaican-born Canadian, Gerald Archambeau responds, "To inspire youth to never give up on the goodness of human beings regardless of race." With this aspiration in mind, Archambeau has donated a collection of his works – a memoir and three scrapbooks – to Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections.
The scrapbooks narrate Archambeau's life through a series of photographs, postcards and newspaper clippings pertaining to race relations and his employers the Canadian National Railway (CN), Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and Air Canada. The scrapbooks refer to the collective fight for human rights equality and Archambeau's quotes written throughout added personal reflections of his own struggle. These scrapbooks, chronicling his life, served as the catalyst for writing A Struggle to Walk with Dignity – The True Story of a Jamaican-born Canadian.
Catherine Davidson, York University's associate university librarian of collections, believes that Archambeau's donation will be a valuable instructional resource for undergraduate humanities programs, specifically courses in Canadian history and race relations. "Archambeau's memoir and scrapbooks shine a light on the racial segregation and inequality that were prevalent in Canada at the time," said Davidson. "Archambeau's scrapbooks in particular are a fascinating read; they bring the issues to life for the reader."
Archambeau was born in Jamaica to a Panamanian father of African, French, and Aboriginal ancestry and mother of Caucasian and African ancestry – although he was raised by his grandmother and three aunts.
As a teenager he was forced to immigrate to Canada by his mother and stepfather, a Barbadian who fought for the Canadian army in the Second World War and for that reason was granted Canadian citizenship. Archambeau moved to Canada so the three could qualify for veteran housing in Montreal.
Because of his love for trains, Archambeau was employed as a porter for CN and CPR for over 15 years. He writes next to a newspaper clipping about the porters in one of his scrapbooks, "The true gentlemen of the rails – service with a smile even though we were insulted at times." Despite racial clauses in some union contracts, Archambeau's time on the rails was quite happy. "We served Canada's wealthy who could afford to ride in sleeping cars, club cars, parlour cars, and eat in the dining cars. Porters who provided good service were tipped and always had money in their pockets. Very few incidences of open racism occurred on the railways and if there were any problems (the porters) could report it to the train conductor who would handle it according to railway rules."
In the 1960s the railway business started to decline in popularity and in 1967 Archambeau began working for Air Canada as a station attendant, later being promoted to lead ramp foreman. It was at this point that he said that he had to fight for equality because of improper workplace practices and behaviours.
When Archambeau retired in 1993, his wife Marion encouraged him to write his autobiography, the book was published in 2008 by Blue Butterfly Publishing. "The most important thing to me in life is my integrity as a human being – not as a race or a colour, but as a person," said Archambeau. "My book is a very humanistic story about interactions between people of the human race."
For more information about the donation or how to integrate it into coursework and research, contact Anna St.Onge, archivist of digital projects & outreach, Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections, by e-mail to _EMAIL_. To order a copy of Archambeau's book, click here.


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Sell your city's utilities!
Chandigarh still serves as the capital of Punjab, India. The city was designed as a modernist 'oeuvre-total' by Le Corbusier in the 50's. He conceived everything from the city plan, to the government buildings, the urban equipment, official furniture, logos and identity. Start from scratch, make it functional, and liveable.
In 2010, the city is worth a lot, as a design good, within the plains of Punjab, India, where people still struggle to define their economy.
Le Corbusier's identity, beyond its true functionality, is being sold for cool-hunters all over the world, from its manholes (21 000$), city lamps (30 000$), and magistrate chairs (up to 30 000 $). Punjab's people rip their public goods off, and make it worth more then modernist icons.
Chandigarh manhole cover.
Auctioned at $ 21,600. June 5, 2007.
Rockefeller Plaza, New York.
Jeanneret chairs at a jail in Chandigarh, after inmates had restored them. Many of the city's chairs had been thrown out. Taken from the NYTimes.
- In an article from The Independant: « When Jawaharlal Nehru commissioned the French architect Le Corbusier to build the city Chandigarh he proclaimed it as the embodiment of a newly independent India 'unfettered by the traditions of the past, a symbol of the nation's faith in the future'. »
« Amid India's high-speed transformation into a world power, the purpose-built furniture that once filled the city's chic public spaces is being systematically sold off in the auction rooms of London, New York and Paris. »
- And in The New York Times: « The process by which the avant-garde furniture left the city's offices and made its way to New York and Paris reflects a broader ambivalence among the public toward Le Corbusier's heritage in Chandigarh and widespread official neglect of his work. »
- You can also read here: « City's dump fetches millions at christies: What, however, is a sad news for the city is that all these were sold at a pittance. Many items had been discarded as waste. According to rough estimates, alt 80 per cent of the furniture and other relics of the time have been sold. Some of the original drawings made by Le Corbusier are also missing from the city. »


text: May be the author Eliza Wilson (Mrs. Robert Wilson) of Kirkdale, Liverpool, England. Diary entries describe the social life and travel of a British woman living in India with General Craigie, his wife, and daughters. They left England in November 1854, traveled by ship with stops in Egypt, and arrived in Madras in January 1855. The group lived in Madras but journeyed to other cities in southern India, including Bangalore, Mysore, and Vellore. There are references to the Sepoy Rebellion, _PHONE_, before Wilson departed India in 1860.


What is Biomechanical Assessment?
Definition & Overview
Biomechanical assessment is the process of analysing the functions of lower limbs. It is performed to determine abnormalities and identify how the body compensates for these irregularities.
Among those who can benefit from the procedure include those with:
 - Asymmetrical body that is quite pronounced in the feet and legs and affects how a person walks or stands
 - Physical anomalies that affect movements, such as having one leg shorter than the other and bowed legs
 - Injuries sustained from sports or accidents
 - Prolonged strain on the limbs due to excess weight leading to irregular gait and posture
Who Should Undergo and Expected Results
Aside from those mentioned above, biomechanical assessment can also be recommended for:
 - Individuals suffering from various pains in the lower limbs that need to be addressed in a permanent and long-term manner. Examples of these ailments include pain in the heel, arch pain, and Achilles tendinitis as well as foot, knee, and back pain. These assessments are particularly helpful for painful conditions with no apparent causes.
 - Athletes who had sports-related injuries, in which the biomechanical assessment can help establish the proper rehabilitation program to address the problem and promote healing of injuries. The assessment can also be done on athletes who just want to improve their performance regardless if they are injured or not.
 - Those born with flat feet or high arches. These conditions often cause pain and discomfort due to the improper distribution of weight and unstable posture. An individual with flat feet is also likely to develop deformities like bunions and hammer toes. Children with these conditions can benefit from early intervention to avoid misalignment and correct posture deficiencies as they grow to adulthood.
Athletes and their trainers often integrate the results of the assessment in their training to achieve optimal performance in actual competitions.
How is the Procedure Performed?
Biomechanical assessment, which typically lasts between one and two hours, is often performed in a specialised laboratory where physiotherapists can monitor and record how a person walks and runs. Patients are asked to wear a pair of shorts so the movements of the legs are visible and easily recorded. Before the actual assessment, patients are asked about their medical history and the symptoms they have been experiencing.
Biomechanical assessments are divided into two major parts. The first one is the static part in which the specialist assesses lower limb posture and takes measurements while the patient is standing up or laying down. This part of the procedure also includes examining the bones of the foot, patterns of calluses, functions of the big toe, and integrity of joints.
The second part, on the other hand, is considered the dynamic part, in which patients are asked to perform several activities while cameras record their movements. This can involve gait analysis in which the walking pattern of the patient is evaluated. Running and motion capture analysis are also performed. The patient is asked to walk and run using a treadmill while data is recorded and captured by computers.
Examples of tools that are used during the biomechanical assessment include the biometer that measures the amount of carbon dioxide being exhaled, a tractograph that measures angles during leg examination, and a goniometer that measures motion ranges of joints.
Athletes may be evaluated and assessed in the place where they do sports, like a field or an indoor court. In some cases, the assessment is carried out while the athlete is playing or engaged in a competition to get relevant results. This method typically involves sensors and 3D kinematics.
Possible Risks and Complications
Individuals who undergo a biomechanical assessment may feel exhaustion after the session. Improper or wrong diagnosis can lead to improper treatment and may exacerbate pain and posture problems.


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Tue February 19, 2013
WMU speaker considers "health equity"
The federal government says black babies are up to three times more likely to die than white infants. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say more African-Americans suffer from high blood pressure than whites do. Those and other disparities in health and health care are the subject of the annual Burian Lecture on Wednesday, February 20th, at Western Michigan University.
Brian Gibbs is an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He says the problem involves much more than differences in rates of disease. That's because minorities disproportionately live in areas with high poverty rates and more pollution as well as lower access to health care services and healthy food.
Gibbs says differences in a person's situation can have big effects on the results of health care that is available. He says the first step toward solving the problem is getting more and better data to determine what exactly the challenges are.
The training of physicians, nurses, and other health care workers is also an issue. Gibbs says doctors and others should be trained to be able to deal appropriately with patients from all backgrounds.
Gibbs' public presentation Health Inequality: Barriers, Challenges, and Solutions at WMU's Fetzer Center starts Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. and is sponsored by Western's College of Health and Human Services. Gibbs will also give the keynote address Diversity and Inclusion: Preparing Ourselves to Advance Health Equity at a conference Thursday in Western's Health and Human Services Building. The conference is from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and is also open to the public.


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The Determinants of Debt Maturity at Issuance: A System-Based Model
We examine the determinants of corporate debt maturity while taking into account the interdependent relation between maturity and leverage. We do this by estimating a simultaneous-equations model on debt maturity and leverage for a sample of bond-issuing firms. To compare with previous studies, we also estimate a single-equation model on debt maturity using OLS. We define debt maturity as either the maturity of bonds at issuance (incremental approach), or the percentage of a firm's total debt that matures in more than three years (balance-sheet approach). Corroborating the findings of many previous studies, our single-equation OLS results support the underinvestment hypothesis purporting that firms with greater growth opportunities have shorter-term debt. However, under the simultaneous-equations model, the negative relation between a firm's debt maturity and its growth opportunities ceases to hold. Instead, it is the leverage decision that is influenced by growth opportunities. This suggests that existing models may overestimate the effect of growth opportunities on debt maturity. Copyright 2002 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Human-Centered AI with Di Dang: GCPPodcast 176
Mark Mirchandani and Michelle Casbon take over the show this week to discuss AI and the PAIR Guidebook to Human-Centered AI. Mark Mandel pops in on the interview, and Di Dang, Design Advocate at Google, talks about her role in designing and building the guidebook with the intent of helping others create quality AI projects.
Di describes human-centered AI as a practice of not only being conscious of the project being built, but also considering how this AI project will impact us as humans at the end of the day. We influence machine learning so much, both intentionally and unintentionally, and it's our job to look at the project and results as a whole.
In the guidebook, topics like data bias in machine learning, what design patterns work, how to establish trust with the user, and more are addressed. Di explains that the guidebook is a work in progress that will develop with input from users and advances in technology.
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Towards Sustainability through Development: A Regional Dialogue in the 3rd International Symposium on Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development (DRSD 2023)
Experts, practitioners, policymakers, and students from multi sectoral and multidisciplinary backgrounds gathered to engage in a regional dialogue and academic exhibition regarding disaster resilience and sustainable development in Asia Pacific and beyond. Their participation was part of the 3rd International Symposium on Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development (DRSD 2023), a biannual event organized by Asian Institute of Technology with great support from institutional partners.
The 2-day Symposium took place on 7th and 8th December 2023 in AIT Conference Center, Pathumthani, Thailand. Over 220 participants from 25 countries attended the Symposium. The diverse participants represented different sectors, such as academic institutions, national and international nongovernmental organizations, national and subnational government agencies, multilateral banks, and the private sector.
The Symposium achieved its aims of diverse academic exhibitions and established discourse on key issues related to DRR and sustainable development.
The Symposium was formally opened on 7 December 2023 by AIT President, Prof. Kazuo Yamamoto and the Chair of the DRSD 2023 Organizing Committee, Dr. Indrajit Pal. Prof. Yamamoto stressed the important correlation between disaster resilience and sustainable development goals. AIT's work in promoting SDGs has been recognized widely and this Symposium was key to sustaining that work further.
Dr. Pal, who is also Chair and Assoc. Prof of Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management (DPMM) Program, highlighted the positive response from the DRR community in Asia Pacific and beyond; and further encouraged the importance of collaborating together to achieve sustainability through development.
After the opening session, opening keynote speeches were delivered by two renowned personalities Dr. Sanjay Srivastava from UN-ESCAP and Dr. Bhichit Rattakul from Thai Network for Disaster Resilience (TNDR). Throughout the two days, five international experts delivered keynote speeches on the topics of The Living Deltas Hub, sponge city and urban flood resilience, building international scientific collaboration for disaster management, and infrastructure resilience from climate hazards.
The Symposium facilitated in-depth, multi-sectoral dialogue through four panel discussion sessions on the topics of water supply and sanitation resilience during emergencies; strengthening critical infrastructure resilience to disasters and climate change; disaster and climate resilience in deltaic and coastal systems; and enhancing regional collaboration among Global South countries to promote research into risk and resilience. Participants witnessed and benefited from the experiences and insights shared by the panel members and ensuing Q&A.
Over 150 participants representing over 70 institutions and 25 countries conducted technical presentations in the form of oral and poster presentations to reflect state-of-the-art interdisciplinary knowledge on DRR in Asia Pacific and beyond. In total, there were 126 oral presentations and 24 poster presentations presented in the Thematic Sessions under distinct themes:
1. Climate Change, Risk Reduction, and Adaptation;
2. Remote Sensing and ICT Applications for Disaster Resilience;
3. Risk Reduction, Governance and Development,
4. Resilience of Urban, Built Environment, and Infrastructure,
5. Disaster and Climate Resilience in Coastal, Marine, and Deltaic Systems, and
6. Strengthening Ecological and Natural Systems for Disaster Resilience.
The Symposium was officially closed on 8 December 2023 by Dr. Roger Levermore, Dean of AIT School of Management and Vice President for Development, and Dr. Indrajit Pal. Dr. Roger extended his appreciation to all participants and partners for their support and highlighted the need to further strengthen collaborations. The DRSD 2023 Symposium concluded with remarks from Dr. Indrajit Pal on the regional multi-stakeholder collaboration, especially higher education institutes towards the sustainable and disaster resilient community.


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What is the difference between 'mange' and 'manges'?
In English one word can have many forms "I am going to eat", "I am eating", "I ate", "I have already eaten" depending on the context of the word, these are called conjugations.
Mange and Manges are two conjugations of the word manger "to eat". Throw it into google and you will find: _URL_ Which will tell you the context of the word. In french there are a lot more conjugations than English, but mostly they follow a regular pattern. I strongly suggest doing some investigation outside Duolingo to find out what the patterns are.
Oh, forgot to note that French has different conjugations depending on the subject. So while "I eat" and "you eat" use the same form in English, in French they are different "Je mange" and "Tu Manges" respectively.


Temperature monitoring of thin plastic films
With blown film extrusion, non-contact temperature measurement is a difficult measurement task. Ambient radiation also penetrates thin films and distorts the intrinsic radiation of the films. The infrared CT-P3 and CT-P7 pyrometers only detect the infrared radiation emitted by the plastic films and ignore the penetrated ambient radiation. This is how high precision detection of the surface temperature is possible.
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1.1 This test method covers a procedure for determining the ball-pan hardness number of granular activated carbons. For the purpose of this test, granular activated carbons are those having particles 90 % of which are larger than 80 mesh (180 μm) as determined by Test Method.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Model by IP UNKNOWN FAILURE Error
When you model a device by IP, the following error pops up:
Error creating the model in landscape <>:
Often the cause of this error is because the IP address being used is in the AutoDiscovery IP Exclusion List.
Check for the ip address in the IP Exclusion List:
1. Log into OneClick as an ADMIN user
2. Find and select the VNM model
3. Click on the Information tab
4. Find and expand the AutoDiscovery Control -> Modeling and Protocol Options subview
5. Check for the ip address in the IP Exclusion List
Please reference the "AutoDiscovery Control Subview" section of the documentation for more information.


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Lustration in Poland
refers to the policy of limiting the participation of former communists
, and especially informants of the communist secret police
(from the years _PHONE_), in the successor governments
or even in civil service
The first lustration statue, passed by the Polish Sejm
in 1992, has been declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland
Several other projects have been submitted and reviewed by a dedicated commission, resulting in a new law passed in 1996.
In the years _PHONE_ lustration was dealt with by the office of Public Interest Spokesman (Rzecznik Interesu Publicznego
) who analyzed lustration declarations and could initiate further proceedings, including submitting a request to the courts to initiate a legal lustration proceeding.
On 18 December 2006 Polish law
regulating Institute of National Remembrance
(pol. Instytut Pamięci Narodowej - IPN) was changed and came into effect on 15 March 2007. This change gave IPN new lustration
powers. The first Polish lustration laws were adopted in 1997; only since 2007 do they officially involve IPN. IPN has now replaced the old Polish lustration institution, the Public Interest Spokesman. According to the revised Chapter 5a of the Act of 18 December 1998 on the Institute of National Remembrance - Commission for Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation (Ustawa z dnia 18 grudnia 1998 r. o Instytucie Pamięci Narodowej - Komisji Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu
), the Lustration
bureau of the Institute of National Remembrance performs the following functions:
- maintains the register of lustration statements;
- analyses lustration statements and collects information necessary for its correct assessment;
- prepares lustration procedures;
- notifies the respective bodies about non-performance by non-judicial bodies of obligations in accordance with this Law;
- prepares and publishes catalogues of documents containing personal data:
- a) produced by this individual (or with their participation) in connection with their activities as a secret informant
- b) from the content of which it follows that the relevant individual was regarded by security services as a secret informer or operational assistant collecting information.
Lustration by IPN was to be obligatory for 53 categories of people born before August 1st, 1972 and holding positions of significant public responsibility, including lawyers, public notaries, attorneys, journalists and academic workers. However, key articles of that law were judged unconstitutional by Poland's Constitutional Court or Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland on May 11, 2007, making the role of IPN unclear and putting the whole process into question. Most importantly, the part of the law that would have required about 700,000 people in the above 53 categories to submit declarations on whether they had spied for the secret services has been thrown out.. With this key change, the role of IPN in the lustration process is at present highly unclear. Some influential opinionmakers and politicians in Poland are now declaring that, since the whole lustration process in the old format is essentially over, the secret police archives should simply be thrown open. Others oppose such a move, arguing that the release of all of the personal and confidential information contained in the files would cause unacceptable harm to innocent people.
- Mark S. Ellis, Purging the past: The Current State of Lustration Laws in the Former Communist Bloc (pdf), Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 59, No. 4, Accountability for International Crimes and Serious Violations of Fundamental Human Rights (Autumn, 1996), pp. 181-196], covering a dozen former Communist countries in 1996
- "Explaining Lustration in Eastern Europe: 'A Post-communist politics approach'", Szczerbiak, Aleks, Brigid Fowler and Kieran Williams. SEI Working Paper No 62.
- Lavinia Stan, "Transition, Justice and Transitional Justice in Poland," Studia Politica, Vol. 6, No. 2 (July 2006), pp. 257-284.
- Lavinia Stan, "The Politics of Memory in Poland: Lustration, File Access and Court Proceedings," Studies in Post-Communism Occasional Paper No. 10 (April 2005).


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Mokpo City, located on the southwestern coast of the Korean Peninsula, has been built on one of the largest areas of reclaimed coastal land in Korea. This reclaimed land is currently experiencing significant ground subsidence due to soil consolidation. We have estimated the subsidence rate of Mokpo City (8 × 8 km) using the synthetic aperture radar interferometry (InSAR) and InSAR permanent scatterer (PSInSAR) techniques to analyze 26 JERS-1 SAR images acquired between 1992 and 1998 and six ENVISAT ASAR images acquired in 2004-2005. Mean subsidence velocity, which was clearly related to reclaimed land, was computed from the JERS-1 PSInSAR analysis. The results indicate a continuous and significant subsidence at three sites (Dongmyung, Hadang and Wonsan), where the subsidence velocity has reached more than 5-7 cm/yr in the area of maximum subsidence. The subsidence rate was found to have decreased in Wonsan and Hadang between 1992 and 1998, while it remained steady or increased in Dongmyung during the same period. The subsidence extended to the period of 2004-2005, and the subsidence rate predicted by the JERS-1 PSInSAR analysis using a linear model was confirmed by the ENVISAT ASAR InSAR results. Our results show that InSAR/PSInSAR-based subsidence maps are useful for the long-term monitoring of soil consolidation and for defining risk zones in coastal reclaimed regions.
Bibliographical noteFunding Information:
Acknowledgments. We thank NASA and ONR for support. The research was supported by the National Research Lab. Project (M1-0302-00-0063) of the Korea Ministry of Science and Technology. CSTARS publications # 8.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Space and Planetary Science


A fortiori argument
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An a fortiori argument /ˈɑː fɔːrtɪˈr/[1] is an "argument from a yet stronger reason." (The phrase a fortiori is Latin for "from [something] stronger".)
An a fortiori argument draws upon existing confidence in a proposition to argue in favor of a second proposition that is held to be implicit in the first. The second proposition may be considered "weaker," and therefore the arguer adduces a "stronger" proposition to support it.
For example, if it has been established that a person is dead (the stronger reason), then one can with equal or greater certainty argue that the person is not breathing. "Being dead" trumps other arguments that might be made to show that the person is not breathing, such as, for instance, not seeing any sign of breathing.
In the English language, the phrase a fortiori is most often used as an adverbial phrase meaning "by even greater force of logic" or "all the more so".
Bryan Garner, an authority on usage, has written in Garner's Modern American Usage that writers sometimes use a fortiori as an adjective, which he says is "a usage to be resisted." As an example of this he gives the sentence, "Clearly, if laws depend so heavily on public acquiescence, the case of conventions is an a fortiori [read even more compelling] one."[2]
A fortiori arguments are regularly used in Jewish Law under the name kal va-chomer (Light and Heavy).
In ancient Indian logic (nyaya), an a fortiori inference is known as kaimutika or kaimutya nyaya, from the words kim uta meaning "even more so."
In Islamic jurisprudence, a fortiori arguments are among the methods used in qiyas (reasoning by analogy).[3]
In the New Testament, St. Paul often used a fortiori arguments, e.g.:
 - Romans 5:10, 15, 17 and 11:12, 24
 - 2 Corinthians 3:9, 11
Jesus used a fortiori in teaching, e.g.:
 - the ravens and lilies of the field (Luke 12:24–29)
 - the sinners giving good gifts to their children (Matthew 7:8–11; cf. Luke 11:13)
See also[edit]
 1. ^ Morwood, James (1998). A Dictionary of Latin Words and Phrases. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. x–xii. ISBN 978-0-19-860109-8.
 2. ^ Garner, Bryan A. (2009). Garner's Modern American Usage (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-19-538275-4.
 3. ^ Hallaq, Wael (2009). Sharī'a: Theory, Practice, Transformations (1st ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 105. ISBN _PHONE_.
 - Grabenhorst, Thomas K.: Das argumentum a fortiori, Verlag „Peter Lang" 1990 ISBN 3-631-43261-5.
 - Schneider: Logik für Juristen, pages 158ff.


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Meaning of LIVE
What Does LIVE Mean? (Using LIVE Online)LIVE means "Exciting".
Summary of Key Points
Definition for LIVELIVE means "Exciting". This is the most common definition for LIVE on Snapchat, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter. Here is some more information about LIVE:
4: Difficult to guess
Adults and Teenagers
A Text with LIVE
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The Apple Star, Nidorielliea sp., is a rare starfish species that is short and stout and has a deep red color. It can occasionally feature bright white stripes across its limbs. Its coloration patterns can change a lot between individuals. Its short limbs and beautiful colors make for a great organism.
The Apple Star are great scavengers and are active during the day. If your tank is lacking in algae growth, their diet can be supplemented with algae based foods, and some chopped meaty preparations as well.
Starfish are intolerant of sudden changes in oxygen levels, salinity and pH of the water, and cannot tolerate copper-based medications. The drip acclimation method is highly recommended for all Sea Stars due to being intolerant to changes in water chemistry. It should never be exposed to air while handling.


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What-does.net is your comprehensive online definition dictionary. If you are not sure how to define a certain word (Hoofed, for example), our website can provide you with the appropriate definition. On this page, you can find what is the definition for Hoofed.
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hoofed - examples of usage
- He took a flashlight and found a small hoofed animal, hardly bigger than old Tom, rearing and bucking with a broken leg in the trap. - "Cat and Mouse", Ralph Williams.
- It was devilish hard lines to be hoofed away from the regiment practically just after he had got his command. - "The Red Planet", William J. Locke.
- These animals, although hoofed as sheep are, can scale a cliff like cats, or spring down one like squirrels. - "The Boy Hunters", Captain Mayne Reid.


text: During 1978-79, the Bureau of Mines surveyed the mineral potential of the west portion of Western Chichagof Island as part of the examination of the Western Chichagof and Yakobi Islands Wilderness Study Area, Tongass National Forest, southeast Alaska. The study included literature and claims records searches; field examinations of the reported mines, prospects, or claims; and field evaluation of geochemical anomalies noted by the U.S. Geological survey during concurrent investigations. Two mineralized areas were found. One, called the slocum arm molybdenum area, is estimated to have moderate potential for the development of porphyry or vein-type molybdenum deposits. The other, called the west coast gold area, is estimated to have moderate potential for the development of fault controlled gold-silver lode deposits.


Surface Preparation Thermal for Spray Coatings
Surface Preparation forThermal Spray Coatings
Surface preparation for thermal spray coatings is essential for the proper boning between the coating and the substrate. Thermal Spray operations are typically based on the materials being applied to the substrate in the plastic (non-molten) state. Therefore, the bond is not due to fusion between the coating and the substrate. In addition, there is usually little or no chemical reaction between the coating and the substrate, so the bond is not chemical in nature. What is the bond mechanism?
Coatings applied using thermal spray processes typically depend on a mechanical (interlocking) bond. The nature of the surface preparation for thermal spray coatings is, therefore a key to quality. For successful coatings, the substrate surface needs to rough and pitted to provide a "foot-hold" (Splat-Hold) for each splat of powder that impacts the substrate. In addition, the surface needs to be clean and free from contamination that would fill the pits and prevent locking of the splats. How is this achieved?
Grit blasting is popular for surface preparation, which is simply pressurizing an abrasive media with compressed air and aiming the stream of accelerated particles at the surface being prepared. Many are familiar with grit blasting for cleaning surfaces prior to painting. However, grit blasting for thermal spray is quite different since more than removal of oxides is needed; instead, pits and crevices need to be formed where the molten thermal spray particles "splat" into the rough surface and adhere.
Grit blasting in preparation for thermal spray depends on dry abrasives. The grit blast material should be sharp and angular so that it will cut into the substrate on impact. It is also beneficial if it produces under-cut pits for a strong mechanical bond. The need for sharp, angular grit is the reason that grit for Thermal Spray operations needs to be changed-out more often than the grit used for surface cleaning operations. The most common materials used for grit blast is aluminum oxide and chilled iron. The typical; surface finish after grit blast should be what is called a "white metal finish". It should feel like the surface of a 80 to 100 grit sandpaper. The variables that will effect the final finish include media size, media morphology, media hardness, air pressure, distance from the work piece, angle of impingement, and anything that will effect the speed of the media hitting the work piece.
The substrate is physically deformed during grit blast operations resulting in residual stresses being formed on the surface. This is easily demonstrated by grit blasting a thin strip of test material, often called an almen strip, and observing how the metal "bows". This is due to the higher residual stress that is created on one side of the strip being grit blasted. "Shot-peening" has the opposite effect of reducing residual stress on the surface.
In summary, Grit Blast operations for Thermal Spray need to be properly used and controlled to provide a consistently strong bond by providing the proper splat pits for the coating material.


Learning Map
The positioning in Learning Map
Comparing with the emphasis on the Blockly interface of Coding syntax, Flow-Based Programming (FBP) emphasizes processes and problem-solving methods.
Therefore, in the learning stage after the initial understanding of the basic program syntax, the medium-term users who want to advance to direct programming must firstly understand the concept of algorithm and logical architecture.
Flow chart-based graphical programming software, TarkusVP, is generated on this demands.
Implementation of TarkusVP on the learning map
1. Thinking about the concept of AI: "Using program instruction syntax and variable calculation to make decisions" is the basis of machine learning. Through the process concept to understand the principle of the variables calculation, and methods to solve engineering problems by variables. It is easier to connect the learning of A.I. neuron network.
2. Focus on steps of problem solving at Design Thinking: Use TarkusVP to exercise how to conceptualize the logic of the process, implement and validate the process of thinking.
3. The concept of programming logic: The users will be easy to connect with the base concepts of Coding learned in the previous stage with the use of variables and more program instructions. The intuitive interface makes it easier to think about the logic of the process.
Connect the graphical tool in future
The concept of "Flow" will also play a role in the connection between the A.I. and IOT-related environmental process graphical interfaces in the future.
Because of its easy-to-understand intuitive interface, many A.I. development platforms use Flow-oriented logic, such as Google's Tensor Flow.
The thinking of "Flow" in the future A.I. program development will become the basic skills necessary.